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Can't wait for this feature.

This will make posting in our forums really fun.

Thanks babelpuppy and the tireless lefora team.

Previously do not have problems with embedding images and I use this feauture all the time.   I use the Standard editor to insert images

Only thing that changed in my system is that I recemtly upgraded to firefox 3.0.4 but do not know if that is the cause of the problem or something else.

These are samples of recent posts w/c inserted images do not show up:

http://foreign-nurse.lefora.com/2008/11/17/florence-wald-leader-in-us-hospice-dies-at-91/page1/

http://foreign-nurse.lefora.com/2008/11/17/cigarette-smoking-may-worsen-premenstrual-woes/page1/

http://foreign-nurse.lefora.com/2008/11/18/end-of-life-care-focuses-on-maximizing-comfort/page1/

http://foreign-nurse.lefora.com/2008/11/17/seaford-nanticoke-memorial-gets-new-ceo/page1/


Thanks in advance.

Hi Oliver,

In my case, it is working quite consistently already. When re-entering a blog, do you still include the /feed syntax. Try not to include that syntax before hitting the 'save' button and that will give you another 10 post pop. I used to do that when the importer wasn't importing consistently but now it does. Also, try going to your admin panel and go to spam management to see if some are in there and un-spam them.  Some imports goes there  when the site you are importing from provides multiple contents a day.

Hope that helped a little. I'm sure Chief and Cookie will come along soon.

Hi, chief. I'll PM you the details. But had a few members w/ no posts as well and they always show up on my member's list.  Except this one.

Have also one member that recently registered, able to give me a PM and edit her profile to add an avatar, etc... but member does not show up on my member's list nor show up that he or she is a member of any forum in lefora.

Thanks in advance.

From my experience, statcounter has compatibility issues with lefora.  Don't know exactly when that happened because from my reading from previous posts, it has no previous problems with lefora.

Try using other free counters out there.  Use one that offers also offers HTML code versions.  Also, not all are compatible with lefora as you've mentioned.

Currently, I am using sitemeter.com.  No problems, so far.

Hope that helps.

Mine as well. It's been on and off recently.

Also, the standard editor is loading very slowly on my forum the last few days or so.  In the support forum,  it's the usual speed.

Thanks in advance.

I think the headlines has stopped updating itself (at least in my forum) with new topics that are being posted.

Thanks in advance.

Hi,
do you see the main use for this being an admin/mod deleting something that they shouldn't?

I'm just wondering if it would be better to have a single list of all deleted topics/posts so you could check them all quickly, rather than having to happen to stumble across them within the forum.

We have the ability to provide this function, but need to make sure its clear to understant, I worry putting it inline in the forum may confuse some people with the thumb down function.

Thanks for the sugestion, we'll see what we can do next time we refresh the moderation function.

-cookies

Yes, exactly.  I had experiences before on my last forum I was co-moderating where members were complaining that their posts were being deleted with no apparent reason and the post was never reported as being a bad post or with lefora's case, never had any thumbs down at all and we cannot trace where it has gone.

The only solution was to take away all hard delete options.  This rules out the possibility that an admin or mod with a grudge against a particular member (or a grudge against co-mods or admins and trying to sabotage the forum) hard deleting all their posts as members will naturally blame it on the mod or admin first rather than think that it may be a bug or something happening at the background already concerning the staff.

Anyway, this is just a suggestion.  Maybe lefora can do something similar or to that effect. 

Thanks for hearing me out.

I would like to suggest that admins (besides the founder) and mods have the soft-delete option or better yet, let this be the default instead of hard deletes.

Soft-deleted posts are collapsed w/c admins and mods can still open up and check and can undo but already seen as invisible by the members.  Maybe after x amount of months, it can automatically hard delete itself if it were not undone by the founder. 

Thanks.

i dont like that ruling =(...i think we should be allowed editting rights...just the admin though...seeing as i cant edit posts...i cant sort something and it ruins the flow.

-w00shy

The 15 min. rule does not apply to admins already and can edit any post anytime.

Hi, this just hit me now when a member asked about it.  Is it unlimited and if so are their plans to limit them in the future ?

I think this is a great feature and a great way to entice people to be members if so. 

Thanks

I think this is the answer to my question.  Silly me, that I presumed that it was already resolved since 30-45 days has lapsed already.   Guess, they are not finish with their tinkering.

The blog importer should be importing your RSS feed once a day. However, there have been some issues with RSS feeds that have invalid characters causing the importer to stop after the first time, we're looking into it.

-chief

Thanks, Chief.  I think this is one of lefora's best feature and what many uses or will use once they discover how useful it is.

Hi,
the problem appears to be them, I took a look at your forum and in it html the statcounter is still there, but the image it loads is blank, the code points to the following:

[url]

Which seems to load a blank gif image.

So perhaps their code changed or I see you have multiple stat counters, it's possible they don't get on very well with each other, though thats a little unlikely. Nothing we've done should effect the exsiting code, so try contacting their support if they have it.

Glad you like the new theme.
Thats a neat header image you have on your forum.

-cookies

Yeah, it's probably them as I just recently found out that sitemeter had a major problem just last month.

I just need to try other counters to compare with the highly recommended StatCounter as I think it's not accurately reflecting "lurkers" on their graph eventhough I see from their other stats that they are able to see the all the IP adds. of all those who visits.  Their graph is just reflecting a handful of visitors and pageloads and even had a day with zero but when I go see the details on their other stats, they are able to see all Ip adds of all visitors.  Just odd that they don't reflect it on their graph.

Clicky is reflecting everything on their summary and graphs and as is sitemeter. 

Hi. Just updating you guys that their are no problems with the remove/edit widget function anymore.

The icon from sitemeter is still missing though.

I guess this is just one of the hiccups but would like you guys to know.

Also, the graphic/icon from the sitemeter counter is not anymore visible.  The link is still there and it still goes to their site but the icon is gone.  Could not tell for sure if this is a problem from their side since I cannot edit widgets from the admin panel anymore, as mentioned.

The code was definitely the HTML version and everything was fine before the new theme was implemented, so I'm presuming this is just another hiccup or bug.

Thanks and I really like all the new features in the new theme.  I'm definitely converted to the new theme now and would not go back to the classic theme.


P.S. This is the link to my forum if you guys want to see what I'm talking about: http://foreign-nurse.lefora.com/forum/

I would like this as well. 

Thanks.

thanks, we used to support google analytics, but stopped because it conflicted with our own stats. As for statcounter, I just gave it a test and it worked for me, would you be able to send me a PM (private message) or email with the stat code you're trying to embed. My email is 'chief -at- lefora.com'

-chief

When you said we stop supporting google analytics, does this mean it won't run properly on the individual forums and the individual admins can't use it properly and therefore not recommended or we still can.  Kindly clarify.  Thanks in advance.

 

Statcounter is great.  However, can anyone recommend any other free counters out there?

Are their problems running 2 or more counters at the same time?

Thanks in advance.

I'm not sure if someone have noticed this but the tab of whatever will be the first widget on the sidebar gets cut-off. 

I've seen at least one forum that it's ok but I think for most, it gets cut-off.  There are also some other small visual issues such as the thumbnail avatars not always showing-up. etc...

Also, it seems someone is spamming the support forum once in a while and able to post as 'guests' and I'm not sure if this is intentional to test the anti-spamming capability of the forums or their really is someone trying to spam the support forum.

Just letting you guys know.

Thanks.

Hi,

I don't know if it's just me but I don't see the thumbs up and down graphics anymore.  There's just a gray +/- on it's place.  I use the latest firefox and when I checked under IE 7, it's just the same so I don't think it's from the browsers.  Thanks in advance.

Hi,

May I suggest that the lefora team make some short tutorial videos for admins and regular members on how to fully use the features that will be available to them.  Thanks.

This still happens to me.  Recently deleted posts still apprears in the last reply unless a new post pushes it out.

It's no biggie, really, since a new post pushes it out but I thought this is suppose not to happen anymore?

Thanks. Just letting you know that it still happens.

I can attest to this.  I just created my first forum here at lefora a couple of days ago and in just a few days, Google already recognizes my forum and I think yahoo is begining to as well, albeit keywords has to be more specific compared to Google.

Hi everyone,

I just started a new forum specifically for Foreign Nurses.

Hope anyone interested would visit and post. 

Thanks.


Regards,
t-cell


**Please see my new forum: http://foreign-nurse.lefora.com/forum/