WHAT!!!!!
Submitted by jepsonclough on Sun, 05/17/2009 - 08:49
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Welcome and quick question
Submitted by Moxie on Sun, 05/17/2009 - 12:59
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Hello and a huge welcome from all of us :) I suspect your daughter is 8 ? The smiley is made up of an eight and a bracket (I think) so you may have just clipped it with your finger??Thank you for the intro - you are not far from lots of us here - Huzzah!Quick question did you click new post under the Marche Clubhouse? If so how did it end up in the piazza Ronald so Gala saw it?I can only assume that you hit another option too? Could you confirm for me please? Look forward to hearing much more from you soonMoxie
Smileys
Submitted by jepsonclough on Mon, 05/18/2009 - 14:49
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Give it some time
Submitted by Ronald on Sun, 05/17/2009 - 09:31
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it is very different from the usual forum layout - the main difference being that there are no forums as such!You create content which can be categorised and it is those categorise that replace the different forum headings we had in the previous layout. So as you say it is far more flexible from that point of view although it takes getting used to (especially if you are coming over from the previous layout and functionality)The other difference is between groups (where posts are visible only to group members) and posts in the public space (which are visible to all.Finally the piazza gives you an overview of everything going on on the website that is relevant to you (i.e. a view of all the public posts and group posts you are a member of)Another big different (that is not live yet) is the ability to create different types of content (rather than just posts like the forums). So tomorrow we will see how photo galleries, different types reviews, etc will be possible.
Using Drupal Groups
Submitted by Kevan Cummins on Fri, 05/22/2009 - 08:08
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Hi Ronald
Great work on getting rid of forums and replacing with Drupal Groups! I know this is going to be difficult for all those members who are used to forums but I'm sure that a few months from now when all the glitches and improvements are in place that most users would not want to return to forums.
Kevan
HI CHRIS
Submitted by Gala Placidia on Sun, 05/17/2009 - 12:32
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My test post in the Marche
Submitted by Annec on Sun, 05/17/2009 - 14:41
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It is *your* piazza
Submitted by Ronald on Mon, 05/18/2009 - 01:19
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1. In the piazza you see posts that are relevant to you - so if you are a member of the Marche group you will see Marche group postings in the piazza etc.2. This post was created under the Help Group AND the Marche Group (cross-posting) and that is why Gala (who is not a marchese) can see it
I'm sure we will get used to it...
Submitted by jepsonclough on Mon, 05/18/2009 - 14:52
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...after all those of us old enough to remember dos operating systems eventaully got used to windows (although I still can't find anything on vista - one of the problems of running two computers with different operating systems but this is getting really off topic so enough already!Chris
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Hello All,Just saying hello from sunny Wales. Have made a few postings in the old system and am not sure I like this one. Maybe I'm just a bit of a dinosaur! Also I have not got a status. Does anyone know how I get one? I did like the forums as threads were easy to find but I'm sure I'll get used to this in time.Helen 
about status
Submitted by Valentina+c on Wed, 05/27/2009 - 04:43
Hi Helen,the status it the right place to describe what your feelings are in a particular moment or what are you thinking about.This is how you can have one:If you one the get one more idea of what a status is, just go at the bottom of the Piazza's page and you will find other users' status.Waiting to see your own status!!
Big thumbs down from me...
Submitted by AndyT on Sun, 05/31/2009 - 15:19
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I've used the internet since around 1990 (on a very slow 9600 modem) and the days of bulletin boards - 'cos we couldn't download images back then. Forums work. I've seen a few great forums move to new 'community' sites like this has & they've all gone down the drain - losing the very user-base that kept them interesting.I find this particularly hard work to browse through - it's hard on bandwidth and half of the page is taken up needlessly with graphics and gimmicks. The CSS implimentation appears to have problems here and there as well since on Firefox 3.0.10 (OSX) I have over-lapping columns on certain pages. It's disappointing imo - no longer a place I can quickly login to and scan through for interesting threads.
Agree with Andy
Submitted by jepsonclough on Sun, 05/31/2009 - 16:54
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I'm giving it a go but I find that unlike the old forums which I could have a glance at when i had a spare 5 mins it's so difficutl to see what has changed and the screen is so full of dross (for example I don't care what avatar or picture someone posting has) and not much content that I don't even have a look once a day. Sorry but I don't think I'll be as regular as I was.Chris
I agree with Chris and Andy.
Submitted by Lisa C. on Mon, 06/01/2009 - 18:17
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I agree with Chris and Andy. The site is quite cumbersome and even with just selecting new posts, I find I'd have to scroll through 14 pages to view everything. I usually have had enough after page 3 and call it quits. So far, I am spending much lesstime on the site, which perhaps is not a bad thing!
BIG THUMBS DOWN FROM ME...
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 05/31/2009 - 15:25In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
Overlapping Columns
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 05/31/2009 - 15:31In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
Unbelievable
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 05/31/2009 - 17:01In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
Unbelievable
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 05/31/2009 - 17:27In reply to Unbelievable by Anonymous (not verified)
Hey SI, it's another 'no-quotes' problem 
.AndyT posted at 8:19pm. Jepsonclough replied to THAT message so appears underneath the AndyT posting!If you look at the thread it goes:8:19 - AndyT9:45 - jepsonclough8:258:31 etcIf you 'reply' to a posting you may not end up as the FINAL posting in the thread.Will you join my crusade to get 'quotes' so the threads appear in the order they are posted
?
I sure will Cinghale!!! Two
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 05/31/2009 - 17:35In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
Cinghiale
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 05/31/2009 - 17:45In reply to I sure will Cinghale!!! Two by Anonymous (not verified)
What do you call a Cinghiale without any eyes? A Cinghale!!!!!!
Submitted by alan h on Sun, 05/31/2009 - 18:35
Cnghale
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 05/31/2009 - 18:34In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
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Topics - new postings
Submitted by Annec on Mon, 06/01/2009 - 20:00
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Also, the old Forum had a
Submitted by Lisa C. on Mon, 06/01/2009 - 21:05
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Also, the old Forum had a feature where you could receive notification if a thread you had participated in had a new post. I do not receive any type of announcement now in my e-mail even though I believe I have it correctly set up. Inow have to search out a thread I posted in to see if there is anything new.
There are many things wrong.
Submitted by DavidUno on Mon, 06/01/2009 - 23:48
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My activity
Submitted by Annec on Tue, 06/02/2009 - 04:43
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Thanks Anne,I just tried the
Submitted by Lisa C. on Tue, 06/02/2009 - 08:50
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not enough time
Submitted by alma on Tue, 06/02/2009 - 15:38
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I agree with the others who dont have lots of time to spend on the computer. On the old forum I could skim through and quickly find the things that might interest me and put the odd comment here and there. There are still lots of categories on the new one I've not even visited. I'm sure I must be missing a lot but somehow they've not got the same lure. If I do write something Ihave difficulty remembering where it is to see if there are any rep;ies so often dont bother to comment. Mind youI never did learn how to programme the video. I really need tobe in a separate new group especially for extremely slow learners (possibly only me in the group I suppose , which could be a bit lonely)ciaoalma
Group for the 'slow learner'
Submitted by Flyingpigs on Tue, 06/02/2009 - 15:58
In reply to not enough time by alma
Can I join your group too Alma? I'm in the same position as you.I can't even record a programme any more, let alone programme any of the machines we have got. I am lucky these days if I can even get the TV switched on to the channel I want. I was only saying the other day that when VHS first came in everything was so simple, I simply pressed record and I could wind the tapes back and forward - technology has got far too clever and I have got far older!
too many buttons!
Submitted by alma on Tue, 06/02/2009 - 18:48
In reply to Group for the 'slow learner' by Flyingpigs
You certainly can. At least I can understand your post. Some of the posts on this thread might as well be written in an ancient and obscure dialect as far as my comprehension is concerned. I know that later generations than me have evolved brains that are wired up to all things technical, butwe actually had a tin bath by the fire when I was very small and bought our butter loose from the corner shop.Our most complicated piece of equipment was a wind up gramophone.I didn't even have a telephone till I was in my 20's, so even writing a comment here is quite a miracle. When it all goes above my head I wonder should I pack it in or bluff it out.
SLOW LEARNERS
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 06/02/2009 - 18:44In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
I've only just mastered my Amstrad computer; I gather there are now more up to date ones
.The only thing that has saved me is having teenage (and, in the past, less) children. They cut their teeth on VHS recorders, mastered iPods in a flash, can do amazing things with DVD recorders and can even make computers do what they want rather than what (in my experience) the computer wants
.Hoppfuly sum of thiss has rubed offf on mi.
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