Post by IsmAvatar on Nov 28, 2003 15:04:18 GMT -5
In the event that something in this board does not act as you would expect, please contact a moderator who has access to the problem. When I say has access, I mean don't go and get the WIP mod and tell him you're having problems in the Tools board, unless that moderator takes care of both boards. That person will then see what they can do about it. Also, feel free to contact a global moderator or an administator, instead. If a mod cannot fix the problem, then they will then report it to someone else, preferrably someone of higher rank. A few common problems will be posted here, along with the cause, and, if one exists, the solution.
Please note, message boards tend to be heavily dependant on cookies, so most of the answers to your problems probably have something to do with cookies. I'm not an expert in these areas, so I don't know solutions, but I know the cause because I read it from the masters of proboards.
Q: Board keeps forgetting me?
A: You may have cookies turned off. Go to internet options and turn cookie accepting on.
Q: Why do I keep getting logged out?
A: Go to your preferences, and one of the options is how long you stay logged in. click "Always logged in".
Q: Occasionally, old topics come back and claim to be new, why so?
A: The board saves what you've visited. To save space, it will delete old saves. The only solution I know of, which doesn't really solve the problem, but it's the best way to get around it, is to look at the date of the post, and compare it to today's date. if it's older than 10 days, it probably came back due to dead cookies. To get rid of the little new symbol, just open the topic, and then go back to the main screen again, and it will appear as read. Another way (that may not be desirable) is to click on the "mark all as read" button.
Q: Various aspects of my user preferences are messed up, one of which may be private messages.
A: You probably told your internet browser to toss all your cookies.
Please note, message boards tend to be heavily dependant on cookies, so most of the answers to your problems probably have something to do with cookies. I'm not an expert in these areas, so I don't know solutions, but I know the cause because I read it from the masters of proboards.
Q: Board keeps forgetting me?
A: You may have cookies turned off. Go to internet options and turn cookie accepting on.
Q: Why do I keep getting logged out?
A: Go to your preferences, and one of the options is how long you stay logged in. click "Always logged in".
Q: Occasionally, old topics come back and claim to be new, why so?
A: The board saves what you've visited. To save space, it will delete old saves. The only solution I know of, which doesn't really solve the problem, but it's the best way to get around it, is to look at the date of the post, and compare it to today's date. if it's older than 10 days, it probably came back due to dead cookies. To get rid of the little new symbol, just open the topic, and then go back to the main screen again, and it will appear as read. Another way (that may not be desirable) is to click on the "mark all as read" button.
Q: Various aspects of my user preferences are messed up, one of which may be private messages.
A: You probably told your internet browser to toss all your cookies.