The New LoveShack.org: Discuss the update and quirks/features here

[K.K.]

Trying something .. ignore this 

Ok I see the edit post button in that post. I thought if you were the last person that posted on a thread that you could always edit anytime. When I go back to threads that I was the last person posting, there’s no edit button.  Is there a time limit or  is this the dumbest question ever. ?

OHHHHHHH it makes all in one post! But I still don’t see why there’s no edit button. 

For the old posts I mean. This is hilarious. I keep making new posts and it just adds it to that one. 

[Paul]

Hi K.K.,

 

We've intentionally changed this behavior with the upgrade. Rather than needing to be the last person in a thread, you have a set period of time which you can make edits in. We found that for very popular threads, people would be composing an edit and then be locked out because someone else replied before they'd hit submit. And yes, if you post one post after another (as you've tested), the posts are merged into one.

 

Best,

Paul

[Els]

I really like the auto merge feature. Super useful IMO!

[K.K.]

That’s a really good idea Paul! I can imagine the frustration of being locked out trying to edit. Really good idea indeed. Thanks for the explanation. So what’s the set limit of time on edits?  Thanks  

[Paul]

5 minutes ago, K.K. said:

So what’s the set limit of time on edits?

 

It's presently set to 15 minutes, though if needed, moderators can edit beyond that limit by contacting us.

[preraph]

So now that the subscription tab has been added, "What's New" is now under "More" again and inconvenient.  May I suggest you put "Journals" under "More" and put "What's New" back on the main menu, pretty please?  

[preraph]

Just found something else.  I think it was working right at first but not the last couple of days, maybe.  When I pull a topic off What's New and click on it, it takes me to the beginning of the thread.  I think it would maybe be better to go to the end of the thread, the last post.  Now, if it was a NEW thread, than of course that's different, but What's New is usually just new posts to old threads.

[Paul]

40 minutes ago, preraph said:

So now that the subscription tab has been added, "What's New" is now under "More" again and inconvenient.  May I suggest you put "Journals" under "More" and put "What's New" back on the main menu, pretty please?  

 

Oops! We've been testing on wider monitors, so we didn't notice that. Did a bit of rearranging up there.

 

22 minutes ago, preraph said:

Just found something else.  I think it was working right at first but not the last couple of days, maybe.  When I pull a topic off What's New and click on it, it takes me to the beginning of the thread.  I think it would maybe be better to go to the end of the thread, the last post.  Now, if it was a NEW thread, than of course that's different, but What's New is usually just new posts to old threads.

 

This should be taking you to the last post you saw from the thread linked.

[William]

Check out the dot or star next to the thread titles in most views.....if you hover over those it'll say 'go to first unread post' and clicking on it will reference a cookie and take you to the posts you haven't read prior. I kept clicking on the thread titles and going to the beginning of each thread and meh, then found the dot/star. The dot is the generic icon and the star means I've (you've in your case) posted in the thread. One can sort out only those threads in the Activity sub-menu item 'Content I've posted in'. There are also custom options.

[Robert]

24 minutes ago, William said:

Check out the dot or star next to the thread titles in most views.....if you hover over those it'll say 'go to first unread post' and clicking on it will reference a cookie and take you to the posts you haven't read prior.

I just found this, wonderful feature. I had been just clicking on the time link of when it was posted to go to the last post of the thread and reading up..

[William]

The little thought bubble icon at page right near the time clock in each post field in the activity stream area seems to take one to that post in the thread regardless of whether or not one has read the thread. The number next to it appears to as well.

 

Also, Paul may have mentioned this already but personal account questions or specific site function issues that administrators or the developer needs to handle should go here, currently accessed in the "Activity & More" menu in the title bar:

https://www.loveshack.org/support/

That's the new version of the 'contact us' link in the old forum.

Also, perhaps a repetition... there is an option to change one's display name....

https://www.loveshack.org/settings/username/

 

Edited December 15, 2019 by William

[preraph]

I honestly think it was taking you to the last page until the last couple of days because that's when I first noticed it.

[preraph]

This is something I've been hoping for for a long time so I guess now is the right time to bring it up. Is there any way to make the blocking feature work differently. So that if I block someone they also cannot see my posts? The reason for that is because you really dare not block someone because then they can freely attack you without you even seeing it and being able to defend yourself. So I just think blocking needs to block both parties from seeing each other's posts. 

[nospam99]

I keep getting emails that ''You just logged in from a device we haven't seen you use before. '' I guess the first one on the new system is excusable. But all the rest of them are WRONG. I only use one device. These emails specify Device, Browser, and Location and those specifications are the same almost every time. This just looks stupid - obviously the 'artificial intelligence' making that determination is not - intelligent that is. To be fair, gmail has the same problem. If the 'new host' (Invision?) is not simply piggybacking on google code, I wouldn't be surprised. But I'm just pointing out the stupidity - human beings who know anything about http do NOT make that mistake.

[William]

20 hours ago, preraph said:

.......So that if I block someone they also cannot see my posts?

I believe the ignore list works similar to that in the old forum. However we can test it. In the past, putting a member on ignore would block view of their posts but would show the field the post was in and any text from them if quoted by another member. The ignored member could send a PM if the recipient's system was otherwise turned on and accepting member PM's but the message would never reach them. By default, any messages to/from the ignored member would be selected for deletion. One would be prompted if attempting to send a message to an ignored member. AFAIK, there was no software method in the forum to block an ignored member from viewing one's posts. I don't think such a method exists at all, anywhere. One could use browser hacks to block fields with certain text strings, like an ignored member's username, but there is no control at the user end over what another member can read. 

7 minutes ago, nospam99 said:

I keep getting emails that ''You just logged in from a device we haven't seen you use before. '' I guess the first one on the new system is excusable. But all the rest of them are WRONG. I only use one device.

I believe this is due to your security settings and use of no-script and similar interaction parameters. The system can't identify your device through normal forum cookies so thinks your device is 'new'. Perhaps open a support ticket with development? Since you have the menu bar turned off I'll post the direct link here:

https://www.loveshack.org/support/

[Happy Lemming]

25 minutes ago, nospam99 said:

I keep getting emails that ''You just logged in from a device we haven't seen you use before. ''

Yes... I have a bunch of them, as well.  They seem to have started on December 8th...

 

I'm not doing anything special with "java" or "no-script", I'm just using "Firefox" as my browser on a Windows 7 machine.

 

I captured a screen shot (as a .jpg) and can e-mail it to you (if you need it).  If so, please post the best e-mail address to forward to.

Edited December 16, 2019 by Happy Lemming
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[The Outlaw]

And I couldn’t access my account when LS relaunched. My encrypted password was one letter/digit longer than it should have been and I doubt I changed it. That with the emails is a security issue. 

[Paul]

22 hours ago, preraph said:

Is there any way to make the blocking feature work differently. So that if I block someone they also cannot see my posts? The reason for that is because you really dare not block someone because then they can freely attack you without you even seeing it and being able to defend yourself. So I just think blocking needs to block both parties from seeing each other's posts. 

 

Hi Preraph,

 

This is not presently a feature, nor is it on our roadmap of planned features. You are welcome to add other members to your ignore list if you feel it's appropriate to do so.

 

However, if you encounter individuals who are not participating in a manner that follows our Community Guidelines, please report the content that is problematic or Contact Us. We expect that all members of our community will be respectful toward each other and attacks against the character of another person is not permissable.

 

The Outlaw,

 

2 hours ago, The Outlaw said:

And I couldn’t access my account when LS relaunched. My encrypted password was one letter/digit longer than it should have been and I doubt I changed it.

 

We do not know the length of your password and your password is encrypted in a one-way hash. The representation you see in your password field for saved passwords is typically the same length for every saved password and is determined by how your web browser (or embedded password manager) was programmed to display saved passwords in general.

 

Best,

Paul

 

Hi Happy Lemming,

 

2 hours ago, Happy Lemming said:

I'm not doing anything special with "java" or "no-script", I'm just using "Firefox" as my browser on a Windows 7 machine.

 

Are you using Firefox's private browsing feature?

 

Best,

Paul

Edited December 16, 2019 by Paul
Silly auto merge

[The Outlaw]

1 hour ago, Paul said:

The Outlaw,

 

 

We do not know the length of your password and your password is encrypted in a one-way hash. The representation you see in your password field for saved passwords is typically the same length for every saved password and is determined by how your web browser (or embedded password manager) was programmed to display saved passwords in general

To me it just seemed like someone may have changed the password to my account and it may have been potentially hacked. My password when I created this account was 10 digit mix of letters and numbers. When I signed off and back on again, it was 11. That just struck me as alarming. But I changed my password last week, and so far, no problems. 

[pepperbird]

I'm having a bit of trouble getting use dot the "merge" feature when posting. It keeps sticking replies together even if they aren't related if I reply to two or more posts one right after the other. At least I think that' what's going on.

[preraph]

I think there is a way to undo that so next time, at least just take a moment and look.  But yes, it has caught me by surprise a time or two.  

[Happy Lemming]

2 hours ago, Paul said:

Are you using Firefox's private browsing feature?

I went into Firefox (the privacy protection) tab.

 

It said "Protection level is set to standard"

 

Is this what you are talking about, or is there somewhere else I should be looking to answer your question??

[Paul]

Hi The Outlaw,

 

2 hours ago, The Outlaw said:

To me it just seemed like someone may have changed the password to my account and it may have been potentially hacked. My password when I created this account was 10 digit mix of letters and numbers. When I signed off and back on again, it was 11. That just struck me as alarming. But I changed my password last week, and so far, no problems. 

 

The dots or asterisks you counted were not placed there by LoveShack.org, but rather your browser. Typically, the same number of dots/asterisks will appear for any saved password as a visual indicator that the password is saved by your web browser, regardless of whether or not your password is one character long or 50 characters long.

 

Best,

Paul

[The Outlaw]

Just now, Paul said:

Hi The Outlaw,

 

 

The dots or asterisks you counted were not placed there by LoveShack.org, but rather your browser. Typically, the same number of dots/asterisks will appear for any saved password as a visual indicator that the password is saved by your web browser, regardless of whether or not your password is one character long or 50 characters long.

 

Best,

Paul

Thanks, Paul. I wasn't entirely sure of what was going on. 

[Paul]

Hi pepperbird,

 

2 hours ago, pepperbird said:

I'm having a bit of trouble getting use dot the "merge" feature when posting. It keeps sticking replies together even if they aren't related if I reply to two or more posts one right after the other. At least I think that' what's going on.

 

I'm having the same problem! 😅 We may need to revisit that behavior.

 

 

1 hour ago, Happy Lemming said:

I went into Firefox (the privacy protection) tab.

 

It said "Protection level is set to standard"

 

Is this what you are talking about, or is there somewhere else I should be looking to answer your question??

 

No, I was referring to the Private Browsing feature documented in this link.

 

Best,

Paul