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Title: Trouble posting on long posts
Post by: WoD on 05 June, 2003, 05:08:26 PM
Mr Wake Sir,

I'm having difficulty in adding a post to end of any thread that has multiple pages.  Not sure why.

I have found a work-around that allows me to post which goes as follows (in case anyone else is having the problem); if I go to the last-but-one page I can post from there and it goes up on the board no probs.

Don't know if there is anything that you can do matey.

Cheers,
WoD.
Title: Re: Trouble posting on long posts...
Post by: Wake on 05 June, 2003, 05:41:06 PM
I think you're just experiencing a symptom of the fact that many people don't select which post they are replying to, so on long threads the first message quickly reaches it's maximum of 9 direct replies. I've got some thoughts about a possible fix, namely to extend the number of replies to the first message to 99, and possibly add some automatic searching, so that a deeper message which can't be posted because the max has been reached is automatically attached to the next message up the chain.

Don't know when I'll have time to do this though. In the meantime, for Help click Help.

Wake
Title: Website worries and html horrors
Post by: longmanshort on 05 June, 2003, 06:28:30 PM
Thought: I would like to have a nice website.

Problem 1: I have no money.

Problem 2: I have little, if any, experience of html or web design (other than staring at the damn things all day when I should be working)

Can anyone recommend a free website host that's easy to use and good for big images? I want somewhere to put my artwork but don't want any fancy graphics or owt like that. I'm currently with Batcave.net but not only are they crap to use but they are also difficult to load. For those of you unlucky enouf to look at The Upsetting World of Longmanshort, you'll know what i mean.

Also, I've always been told to use Dreamweaver for designing. Good idea or bed idea?

Thank you for your help

A distressed Longmanshort
Title: Re: Trouble posting on long posts....
Post by: WoD on 05 June, 2003, 09:52:05 PM
Right.  Got it.  Thanks Wake.
Title: Re: Trouble posting on long posts....
Post by: Wake on 10 June, 2003, 10:44:53 PM
I've just made a minor change to the board to allow up to 100 replies to the first message (though this will reduce the possible depth of a message thread by 1).

If it works, this message should appear as 5265.21 instead of 5265.3

Wake
Title: Re: Trouble posting on long posts....
Post by: Wake on 10 June, 2003, 10:52:29 PM
I'm sorry, I'll try that again.

Wake