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Community => Announcements => Topic started by: Dan on September 09, 2011, 07:08:12 pm
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Just to let everyone know that the forums will be inaccessible between around 6am and noon on Monday 12th September.
This is to allow us to upgrade the forum software to the latest version, convert it to be part of the new website, add some new features and move to a new web server.
On Monday around noon we will be launching the new TAS website at last. :o
Thanks to all those who tested the new site, we hope you all like it. :)
Dan & Rosemary
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ermmm, so where do we get the tranquilisers to help us cope with this trauma of no forum????????? ;)
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Good luck! New site looks great - especially liked videos of Rosemary with her heifers. :cow:
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Good luck! New site looks great - especially liked videos of Rosemary with her heifers. :cow:
Three grumpy cows? ;D :cow: :cow: :cow:
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ermmm, so where do we get the tranquilisers to help us cope with this trauma of no forum????????? ;)
Darkened room, bottle or red / white, chocolate. You'll be fine - it's not for long ;D
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glad its monday, i'm at work so i will cope ok. sending a big hug to those who will be struggling..
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Good luck! New site looks great - especially liked videos of Rosemary with her heifers. :cow:
Three grumpy cows? ;D :cow: :cow: :cow:
Hey hey HEY! Breeze isn't grumpy! ;) ;D ;D (Love ya! :-*)
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ermmm, so where do we get the tranquilisers to help us cope with this trauma of no forum????????? ;)
I second that ;) 18 hours without TAS, OMG ! I think I'd better go out on Monday :D
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I second that ;) 18 hours without TAS, OMG ! I think I'd better go out on Monday :D
Eek, looks like I've misled everyone. By 12pm I meant noon, so it's only 6 hours, not 18! :o
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What a bunch of numpties ::) 12pm IS noon!
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What a bunch of numpties ::) 12pm IS noon!
I was going to ask, then saw
On Monday around noon we will be launching the new TAS website at last. :o
so figured he must mean noon for 12pm. (But am glad for the clarification!) :D
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you tell them annie :wave: :farmer: :wave:
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That's what I was put on God's earth for Robert! ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Duh :dunce:
Think I might manage 6 hours ::) ;) ;D
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When he clicks that button, we will be raising a glass of something chilled and fizzy to all you TASers who have contributed so much over the years. Hope you all like the new website and forums.
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I have a complaint, Missus!!!! ;D Way, way back when Dan asked for tester volunteers - I offered - and heard no more! ;D Not that I've had time anyway, like. ::) ;D ;D
And guess what? I'm not offended! You enjoy that glass of bubbly, pal, you've deserved it! :bouquet:
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Ooops, I did try it out and totally forgot to give feedback :-[
Looks great though and I'm sure it'll all go smoothly at switchover ;D
Enjoy your bubbly fizzy stuff - you both deserve it :thumbsup:
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When he clicks that button, we will be raising a glass of something chilled and fizzy to all you TASers who have contributed so much over the years. Hope you all like the new website and forums.
Chilled and fizzy.....ermmm...what....like.......Liver Salts ;D ;D ;D
(http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Holidays_and_Party/party-073.gif)
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I have a complaint, Missus!!!! ;D Way, way back when Dan asked for tester volunteers - I offered - and heard no more! ;D Not that I've had time anyway, like. ::) ;D ;D
I emailed you on 30th August along with everyone else Annie! :-[
To the email address on your profile here - was it spam-trapped? ???
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I have a complaint, Missus!!!! ;D Way, way back when Dan asked for tester volunteers - I offered - and heard no more! ;D Not that I've had time anyway, like. ::) ;D ;D
I emailed you on 30th August along with everyone else Annie! :-[
To the email address on your profile here - was it spam-trapped? ???
Maybe it's the Hotmail one I had to kill, and I forgot to change it - will go and check. Certainly didn't get an email from you and I check my junk folder daily anyway.
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Yup, my fault, sorry - hadn't changed my email address. Have now done so!
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Good luck with the changeover - really looking forward to the snazzy new site ;D ;D
Tish
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Chilled and fizzy.....ermmm...what....like.......Liver Salts ;D ;D ;D
(http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Holidays_and_Party/party-073.gif)
Tonic water straight out of the fridge ;D ;D ;D
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off to work shortly, be the new one up and running when i'm home tonight do i need to do anything or will we be redirected? can't be too long looking for you all, i need you!
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Hello TAS'ers! :)
We're now finally live with the new website and forums. ;D
Apologies for over-running with the go-live, we had a lot of data to move across and inevitably some minor glitches on this new server.
I've posted some details of what's new on the site and forums (http://www.accidentalsmallholder.net/forum/index.php?topic=18221.0), and we'll be busy adding more stuff today and over the coming weeks.
Dan :)
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Hi Dan and Rosemary congratulations on the new site it looks great. Stuck indoors due to this horrible weather so got plenty time to get used to it.
Well done and thanks,
JD
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looking good, even if the new colours threw me for a bit
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Love it, love it, love it. Well done you guys.
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Fantastic!! Many thanks Dan and Rosemary. It's looking great.
:) :) :)
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Thanks so much for your very hard work, much harder work than I'm sure most of us can imagine. I love the new site. Congratulations it is so much appreciated. Cheers :pig:
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I'm just starting to get used to it now :D :thumbsup: and as others have said it will probably take a while. It does all seem very spacious and I am well pleased with the new wildlife section, which I have duly posted in :D :bee: :ladybug: :bfly: Thank you Dan, and Rosemary for keeping him sane while the work was being done :D
I suppose it's my less-than-perfect eyes, but I am struggling with some of the print - grey on grey (as in the main forum page), orange on green - in fact anything with the green background. I've no idea how these things work so I don't know how adjustable it is. And I do like how things glow 8)
But overall - ten out of ten :thumbsup:
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I suppose it's my less-than-perfect eyes, but I am struggling with some of the print - grey on grey (as in the main forum page), orange on green - in fact anything with the green background. I've no idea how these things work so I don't know how adjustable it is. And I do like how things glow 8)
Thanks for the feedback, I'm tweaking the colour scheme today to improve the contrast and readability.
But overall - ten out of ten :thumbsup:
Thank you! :thumbsup:
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i will go with the same complaint it is hard to read on all the different colours black on white is perfect
possibly it is like sleeping with a strange woman?
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I expect the wind was wrecking havoc somewhere between you & me, though it never reached us. But I couldn't find your new site 'till today. Tried several times and before I went to bed about 11pm, but just the old site & the maintenence message on the forum section.
Just thought I'd let you know in case a few folks are still having problems.
Looks lovely though, congratulations :trophy: :)
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Well, I'm here (finally) but only cos I'm using the pc in the public library ::)
Will do the dns teccy thing once I'm home Dan - fingers crossed I'll be back later :-*
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Hurray, hurray we're back ;D I could only get on forward the first time this morning. Maybe it was the storms? Anyway, it looks good - off to have a play :)
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what a differance with the change back to white boards :thumbsup: :farmer: :thumbsup:
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what a differance with the change back to white boards :thumbsup: :farmer: :thumbsup:
Yes it's great now thanks Dan for tweaking it - my eyes have stopped watering from the orange/green clash :thumbsup: I won't whinge too much about the big empty green bit which fills the screen when you first go to a thread ;D
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what a differance with the change back to white boards :thumbsup: :farmer: :thumbsup:
Yes it's great now thanks Dan for tweaking it - my eyes have stopped watering from the orange/green clash :thumbsup: I won't whinge too much about the big empty green bit which fills the screen when you first go to a thread ;D
well I will! It's a horrid shade of green too ;) You wouldn't be colour blind are you, Dan? ;D ::)
Oh, and as I am getting long in the tooth and need to peer at them is there any chance the smileys could be increased in size? :love:
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Oh, and as I am getting long in the tooth and need to peer at them is there any chance the smileys could be increased in size?
Maybe you need new glasses, Annie? ;) :D (That's WINK followed by CHEESY GRIN)
http://www.boots.com/en/Google-Offers/GBP5-Eye-Test/?cm_mmc_o=2zF5zbTECjCR5fbgbzElCjCVzbp%2520mwzygtCjCwYw%2520w0zFbEzfbBE (http://www.boots.com/en/Google-Offers/GBP5-Eye-Test/?cm_mmc_o=2zF5zbTECjCR5fbgbzElCjCVzbp%2520mwzygtCjCwYw%2520w0zFbEzfbBE)
You can also increase the zoom on the screen. (Page -> Zoom : I use 125% when my eyes get tired.)
I won't whinge too much about the big empty green bit which fills the screen when you first go to a thread ;D
well I will! It's a horrid shade of green too ;) You wouldn't be colour blind are you, Dan? ;D ::)
I don't get a big empty green bit. I get the headings / menus in an olive green banner, but nothing I would describe as large and empty. It's not my favourite colour either, but then it's not my site!
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well I will! It's a horrid shade of green too ;) You wouldn't be colour blind are you, Dan? ;D ::)
You need to empty your cache Annie - it sounds like your browser is still loading one of the old site stylesheets so you'll be seeing an unholy mess.
It should look like the attachment below...
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I see why someone said the stars are square - mine are still pointy ;)
I definitely get the big green screen, for example when I click on 'forum', the list of 'home', 'livestock', 'Veggies' etc is still on the left, with a similar depth of empty green filling most of the screen, then the messages themselves are just visible peeping up at the bottom of the page. Isn't this what everyone has?
Also, it seems that if you are typing a reply and someone else beats you to it, it no longer comes up with a red warning that this has happened, so you can modify your reply accordingly.
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Sounds like you need to clear your cache, too, Juliet. :wave:
I do still get the red warning - although I think it's now at the top of the visible screen and seems just a tad less noticeable. Having said which, I'm not sure whether I've seen it on 'Post' or only on 'Preview'...
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I see why someone said the stars are square - mine are still pointy ;)
I definitely get the big green screen, for example when I click on 'forum', the list of 'home', 'livestock', 'Veggies' etc is still on the left, with a similar depth of empty green filling most of the screen, then the messages themselves are just visible peeping up at the bottom of the page. Isn't this what everyone has?
Also, it seems that if you are typing a reply and someone else beats you to it, it no longer comes up with a red warning that this has happened, so you can modify your reply accordingly.
Yes, that's what I get too. But my stars are square.(screen drop attached) And I get the message about another post having been made.You can also increase the zoom on the screen. (Page -> Zoom : I use 125% when my eyes get tired.)
or press ctrl and the plus key ;D ;D ;D
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You can also increase the zoom on the screen. (Page -> Zoom : I use 125% when my eyes get tired.)
or press ctrl and the plus key ;D ;D ;D
Aw, brilliant! Thanks, Annie. :thumbsup:
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Yes that's the big green bit I mean - seems a waste of a useful space.
And I see that all your 'w's are complete Annie. Mine are still lacking their middles. My OH has seen the same thing on another site too, a biking one, so maybe it's either our computer or .....what? I will one day take time to send a screen drop to show Dan - too complicated just now.
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Yes, that's what I get too. But my stars are square.(screen drop attached) And I get the message about another post having been made.
Annie, from that screen shot it looks like you're still seeing the old stylesheet, please clear your cache or do a hard refresh of your browser (Ctrl + F5 on most Windows browsers).
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Ah, that's better! ;D ;D ;D ;D Stars are still square though. ::)
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Aye, we've all got square stars now - apart from Juliet, who has starry stars but incomplete 'w's!
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what are 'w' s?
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what are 'w' s?
Errmmm.... the letter that's between vee and ex in the alphabet, between Q and E on the keyboard.
As I understand it, Fleecewife will see her own name as something like "Fleece||ife" at the moment - but it sounds as though the problem is at her end.
Juliet, have you tried changing the font? If you can't do it on the complete page, you could change the font in a post that you make yourself. Just to see if it makes a difference.
Actually, I could do that for you. Here's a selection!
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog (Sorry, couldn't resist)
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
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I only arsked ;D ;D ;D ;D
I don't see any missing or incomplete 'w's so how do you know that Juliet is missing hers?
Doh! Just read her post - blonde moment :-[ :-[ :-[
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Thank you Sally - every single alternative font you wrote for me (well, apart from THAT one ;D) has perfect dubyas, double ewes, double youse (for Scottish ones), double u's etc. The only one with the holey-middle ones is the one which comes automatically. So can I change the settings somehow so everything comes through in, perhaps, the first one you wrote? I like that one. Or is it something Dan would have to do and it would then be different for everyone? Sorry to be so :dunce: but how do I empty my cache? In fact, what is my cache? It obviously worked for you Annie so I suppose I should do it, but I like my stars being star shaped ::) and I would lose that :o.
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Sorry to be so :dunce: but how do I empty my cache? In fact, what is my cache? It obviously worked for you Annie so I suppose I should do it[/quote
Have a look at the instructions here: http://www.wikihow.com/Clear-Your-Browser%27s-Cache (http://www.wikihow.com/Clear-Your-Browser%27s-Cache)
Any problems let me know. :)
but I like my stars being star shaped ::) and I would lose that :o.
We'll see about that... ;)
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Hey! Dan's got RED
stars squares!
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OMG he's a Communist ;D
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OMG he's a Communist ;D
Actually I think they're more orange. Is that worse?!
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Hey! Dan's got RED stars squares!
But he hasn't got as many as Annie Doganjo ;D ;D
My OH has been fiddling around with fonts etc and now I have fully formed 'w's and a type size I can read without squinting ::) Thank you for working that one out Sally :bouquet:
Now to deal with the big green bit (which is even bigger now) next time he is available.....
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i had a big green bit to last night and it suddenly changed the format also changed
dan is the only one with stars we all have squares now :farmer:
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Aha - that worked and the whole thing is now completely different - all neat and clear and no big green bit (in fact hardly any green at all) - and all the stars are still pointy ;D ;D :thumbsup: Thank you Dan - now I'm seeing what everyone else is seeing, or at least I think I am ???. Thank you all for being patient with me :wave: Now I'm off to bag up my tasty hoggetburgers and freeze some more.
Sorry to be so :dunce: but how do I empty my cache? In fact, what is my cache? It obviously worked for you Annie so I suppose I should do it[/quote
Have a look at the instructions here: http://www.wikihow.com/Clear-Your-Browser%27s-Cache (http://www.wikihow.com/Clear-Your-Browser%27s-Cache)
Any problems let me know. :)
but I like my stars being star shaped ::) and I would lose that :o.
We'll see about that... ;)
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Aha - that worked and the whole thing is now completely different - all neat and clear and no big green bit (in fact hardly any green at all) - and all the stars are still pointy ;D ;D :thumbsup: Thank you Dan - now I'm seeing what everyone else is seeing, or at least I think I am ???.
Oh, now I'm jealous. My stars are still square. (And I don't want to clear my cache because my human memory is so useless - I often use the browsing history to remind me what websites I was looking at last week or the week before!)
Glad you are sorted, FW. :wave:
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My stars are squares too ::)
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It's my reward for only having one for so long :D :D
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It's my reward for only having one for so long :D :D
Eh - hemmm!! :D
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It's my reward for only having one for so long :D :D
Eh - hemmm!! :D
Oops sorry Sally :D I'm sure Dan's working on it and you too will get your reward shortly ::) ;D meanwhile have a :trophy: for all the help you give everyone on here and for always being cheery :) :wave: :thumbsup:
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It's my reward for only having one for so long :D :D
Eh - hemmm!! :D
Oops sorry Sally :D I'm sure Dan's working on it and you too will get your reward shortly ::) ;D meanwhile have a :trophy: for all the help you give everyone on here and for always being cheery :) :wave: :thumbsup:
Awww, what a nice thing to say. Thank you! :bouquet: