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Announcements, Feedback & Questions => Announcements, Feedback & Questions => Topic started by: AlbionFan on July 07, 2018, 12:33:22 PM
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Question for the Moderators
Is there an issue with the PRE-SEASON FRIENDLIES FORUM? I know it was recently moved.
I’ve tried reaching it on several occasions, but only get an error message
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:D Only issue was I hadn't set it for everyone to view
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:D Only issue was I hadn't set it for everyone to view
Thanks for the update and returning things to normal service :D
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YAY we're back!!!
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I was beginning to get withdrawal symptoms :D
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Phew, service is resumed! COYB
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and there was me thinking folks were drunk off with me !
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There is only so much #wba on Twitter I can stand in a day.
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I'm glad we're back. I visit this more than I visit pornhub.
Oops. Did I type that aloud?
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......I visit this more than I visit pornhub.
Oops. Did I type that aloud?
Yep you did.
And from what I've just read I presume you posted using the tip of your nose.
Well I hope it was the tip of your nose anyway ;D .
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Been like it for a week now?
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Hopefully just a blip earlier today?
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Hopefully just a blip earlier today?
Been happening over last week as well?
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Problem is the hosting companys end, been happening since they did some maintenance a week or so ago, it is being monitored and if it continues we will be moving away from them.
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Problem is the hosting companys end, been happening since they did some maintenance a week or so ago, it is being monitored and if it continues we will be moving away from them.
Probably a good move if you excuse the pun!
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I was getting withdrawal symptons.
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must amount up to a 10p refund at least by now phil.
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Speaking from experience there are probably loads of companies out there hoping their air conditioning systems hold up at the moment. I wondered if that was why we disappeared this time.
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Welcome back guys!
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Thank god, the withdrawals were bad this time
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From what we have been told the hosts have finally found out what their issue is so hopefully all now sorted and they can keep us up.
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From what we have been told the hosts have finally found out what their issue is so hopefully all now sorted and they can keep us up.
Excellent was getting withdrawal systems .
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And we're back again! ;D
Missed refreshing on here all day for any transfer news!
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Hoorah ! Welcome back ;D
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I hope we stay connected.
It all starts tonight.
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It's all getting a bit silly now isn't it?
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Does this site stop working for days on end ?
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Does this site stop working for days on end ?
Hosting company.
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Does this site stop working for days on end ?
The problems with the site are out of westbrom.com hands, they are as frustrated as members no doubt
Until very recently the reliability of the site has been excellent.
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Phew, was holding my breath and all but passed out :D
Glad you are all back.
Can I suggest that all members buy a Ouija board for times of outage so we can communicate that way ;D
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Yep problems with the hosting company...extremely frustrating for the admin team and the owners of the forum.
Were looking at moving to another hosting company I believe
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All down to hosting company issues, they assured us it was sorted but obviously not.
Can I just say to the person who posted elsewhere that we did not just lock the thread in the main board as you stated, the Admin who locked it explained why it was locked as there are already 2 threads in the announcements forum so please ensure correct details are posted elsewhere
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Good to have you back guys!
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Just to point out yet again it's out of our hands , we run / mod this site for somebody else.
To see something 100 % wrong about us written on another Albion website by a member from here ( plus another dig ) is annoying really especially as this member is a mod himself on that site although granted there appears to be 12 members in total.
If you're going to have a pop get your facts right.
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Just to point out yet again it's out of our hands , we run / mod this site for somebody else.
To see something 100 % wrong about us written on another Albion website by a member from here ( plus another dig ) is annoying really especially as this member is a mod himself on that site although granted there appears to be 12 members in total.
If you're going to have a pop get your facts right.
Just treat it with the contempt it deserves. The regular site users appreciate the job that you all do,
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Just treat it with the contempt it deserves. The regular site users appreciate the job that you all do,
Agreed!
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This, without question and without fear of contradiction, is the premier West Bromwich Albion forum on the internet and has the best, fairest and hardworking mods.
And when you are the best, those that envy your success and standing will take pops at you, they hardly ever reach the target let alone hit it, pathetic behaviour.
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This, without question and without fear of contradiction, is the premier West Bromwich Albion forum on the internet and has the best, fairest and hardworking mods.
And when you are the best, those that envy your success and standing will take pops at you, they hardly ever reach the target let alone hit it, pathetic behaviour.
Here here.
Whenever this site goes down and I’m forced to venture to another forum I’m reminded how good this one is
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Just treat it with the contempt it deserves. The regular site users appreciate the job that you all do,
Appreciate that , it is a regular user though ! :o
Leave it at that , he'll read this.
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have to speak to the Mrs when the sites down. that's 3 times I've spoken to her this year already, it won't do mods.😁
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Welcome back again! No more gremlins this week, I hope
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Can only apologise again for the downtime, we are trying to get sorted, and thought it was again, not easy as Glenn is having issues getting through to them.
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Getting beyond a joke.
Change please.
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What are the odds of the site going down on transfer deadline day.
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Can only apologise again for the downtime, we are trying to get sorted, and thought it was again, not easy as Glenn is having issues getting through to them.
Really no apology necessary guys, pretty sure you are doing all you. Welcome back!
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Welcome back, no apologies required of course!
Are you considering a switch of provider?
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Who is the host. I've been having issues with mine and am looking to change. Don't want to end up with these rank amateurs. Any we're back up..... so balance has been restored to the universe.
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All donations accepted happily...
(If we throw the system out a few times, they will donate and the mods can have our Christmas party again) ;D
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Welcome back, no apologies required of course!
Are you considering a switch of provider?
Glenn is trying to get the info he needs from them to move on
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Glenn is trying to get the info he needs from them to move on
He got it yet?
This has now got beyond ridiculous.
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He got it yet?
This has now got beyond ridiculous.
What do you want us to do?
We're just as frustrated as anyone and want the site to be fixed, but sadly these things are beyond our expertise and control
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What do you want us to do?
We're just as frustrated as anyone and want the site to be fixed, but sadly these things are beyond our expertise and control
Get a new hosting company NOW!
Not trying to rude, honestly and I really don't mean to come across as anything other than genuinely having the site at heart but this seriously isn't good enough, neither are excuses. Needs sorting.
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Get a new hosting company NOW!
Not trying to rude, honestly and I really don't mean to come across as anything other than genuinely having the site at heart but this seriously isn't good enough, neither are excuses. Needs sorting.
The process has started..the owner of the site is having trouble with getting the details to move.
patience my friend
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The process has started..the owner of the site is having trouble with getting the details to move.
patience my friend
I understand that but that was days ago. There are 1,440 minutes in a day. How long does it take? The site is going to lose members if this carries on. A lot of people love westbrom.com but patience doesn't last forever. Albion is a community, this site is very much part of it. Transfer deadline coming up and site down YET AGAIN! Not good.
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I understand that but that was days ago. There are 1,440 minutes in a day. How long does it take? The site is going to lose members if this carries on. A lot of people love westbrom.com but patience doesn't last forever. Albion is a community, this site is very much part of it. Transfer deadline coming up and site down YET AGAIN! Not good.
Post a ticket update somewhere, it'll make you feel better ;D .
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I understand that but that was days ago. There are 1,440 minutes in a day. How long does it take? The site is going to lose members if this carries on. A lot of people love westbrom.com but patience doesn't last forever. Albion is a community, this site is very much part of it. Transfer deadline coming up and site down YET AGAIN! Not good.
Understandable criticism if you were paying to post on the forum, bit harsh considering its 100% free to all users though......
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Understandable criticism if you were paying to post on the forum, bit harsh considering its 100% free to all users though......
This with bells on :P
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I understand that but that was days ago. There are 1,440 minutes in a day. How long does it take? The site is going to lose members if this carries on. A lot of people love westbrom.com but patience doesn't last forever. Albion is a community, this site is very much part of it. Transfer deadline coming up and site down YET AGAIN! Not good.
Mate, these guys provide us this wonderful website for free! They've said they're trying to deal with it. Moving servers isn't always an easy process if the hosts they're dealing with aren't doing there job properly - they can't just move. Very unreasonable response if you ask me.
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Anyways ... good to have the forum back again. Good luck with moving, not an easy task.
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Get a new hosting company NOW!
Not trying to rude, honestly and I really don't mean to come across as anything other than genuinely having the site at heart but this seriously isn't good enough, neither are excuses. Needs sorting.
I suggest if you have a problem then contact Glenn who along with the rest of us have jobs to do away from this forum as well as having lives.
As someone who was an admin on this site then I would have expected you to appreciate what goes on and how sometimes things are out of our control a bit more but I guess not.
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Genuine question, do moderators elect to leave that position on a forum or does something else happen to precipitate their leaving?
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Genuine question, do moderators elect to leave that position on a forum or does something else happen to precipitate their leaving?
Some leave of their own accord and at times it just doesn't work out.
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Some leave of their own accord and at times it just doesn't work out.
Thanks Phil, I have more of a handle and understanding now
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just hope it stays active for the next 20 hours or a few cats are taking flying lessons. only jesting phil.
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just hope it stays active for the next 20 hours or a few cats are taking flying lessons. only jesting phil.
You and me both mate :-X
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thanks mods/owners for keeping the site running today. much appreciated.
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thanks mods/owners for keeping the site running today. much appreciated.
Seconded the thought of having to keep informed via sky leaves me shaking, great job Lads!
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Happy when its up, sad when its down, now where have I heard that before :o
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Happy when its up, sad when its down, now where have I heard that before :o
LOL!! Same. That is what I think Atomic means especially around transfer time! What joy when it comes back up! Perhaps it should keep going off and on again to remind us how much we like it! The Mods could put their feet up then as we all shutum and behave!!! ;D :o ;D
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That was a long one. Hope all okay?
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I also hope everything is OK...
and I feel better now to see us back up :)
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Welcome Back
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And breath again!
Missed you lot :D
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What happened, some sort of explanation would be nice?
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Glad to see us back up and running...but if there something that can be done to prevent this from happening again? It has been fairly common over the past few months to see it go down. Perhaps make a drive for donations to purchase better hosting? I am sure that people would be willing to chip in.
Either way...Albion games cannot be taking place without this place to comment on them :-X
For those of us who are not on Facebook/Twitter etc, you do not realise how much you miss this place until it is gone.
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Just a suggestion but would it not be a good idea to cease allowing members to be logged in "forever". I would imagine there is some context memory taken up by every online but not actually active user. If this memory is backed up on disc say in a database then that too grows and grows in time. I don't know whether this is the problem but I guess it's testament to the popularity of the site and of The Albion.
It isn't that much of a hardship to log back in.
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I work in a company which amongst other things hosts services for other companies. Two things spring to my mind...if we had one of the paying services off-line for such a long period we would be linched or in deep trouble anyway. Also, in some cases we would have to pay compensation to the affected companies. I don't know if this is the case for us, but any potential compensation could help finance a switch of hosts maybe. As someone else has said I'd be happy to contribute to any switch of provider costs.
Stress this is in no way a complaint towards the mods.
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Good to see the forum back guys!!
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Oldbury told me that part of the issue was the sites owner was abroad and thus caused delays in getting things sorted.
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Not having a pop Mods. But it would be nice if one of you could update .com's twitter page with outage news when the site goes down.
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Or even this one when it comes back up!
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Glad to be back. Let me know if I can help in keeping the site up.
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Or even this one when it comes back up!
How does that work?
You would have to visit here to see the message, but you would know the site was back then wouldn't you !!
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How does that work?
You would have to visit here to see the message, but you would know the site was back then wouldn't you !!
He meant a notification through the Twitter account that it was back up and running.
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He meant a notification through the Twitter account that it was back up and running.
Doh ! me and tech,
Doh ! me and the english language
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So glad we are up and running again. I never smoked but I think I now know what it must be like to give it up!!
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I don’t know if this will help members, but if you log on to the site link below, it tells you when a web site is down.
https://www.isitdownrightnow.com/
By default, if it says the sites up, then you can log on
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Not having a pop Mods. But it would be nice if one of you could update .com's twitter page with outage news when the site goes down.
Its a fair point and I hold my hands up for not doing it so apologies for that. :-[
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Great to see the forum back up and running again.
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Apologies for the issues.
The issues was again at the end of the hosting company. The timing was not good as Glenn was just arriving in the US at the time and the hosting company are not the easiest to get through to given you have to get a ticket and wait for them so once it wqas reported it was a case of waiting for them to get back to us etc.
I apologise for not keeping people update on Twitter and in case of any future issues please check our Twitter page @westbromcom where I will update.
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welcome back, missed you last saturday. my god how many of you clicking every minute of every day trying to get in :D
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welcome back, missed you last saturday. my god how many of you clicking every minute of every day trying to get in :D
To be honest, I've lost count! ;D
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Some more strange goings-on?
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Some more strange goings-on?
There will be a few over next few days as things get moved over etc
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Love the navy background!! Can it stay??
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I like the new layout background too.
With the new things happening on Monday, we have a lot to look forward to.
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New shiny GUI, nice one!
Best of luck with any techy upgrades over the next few days.
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Oh, I say, do excuse me!! I seem to have trespassed onto the wrong site.
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Nice layout!
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Hi people, great layout. However I only seem to be able to get it on data. When I’m on WiFi it just says can’t connect to server. This started yesterday morning, but the new screen on data only appeared about 2pm today, before then I was only getting the old screen with a few messages. Any ideas please?
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Liking the new forum. Just a small query though. The forum is in english but my user area is in Spanish (i think) when selecting the drop down menu. Any advice how to change it? TIA.
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Blimey, this looks...different!!
I like it ;D
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Liking the new forum. Just a small query though. The forum is in english but my user area is in Spanish (i think) when selecting the drop down menu. Any advice how to change it? TIA.
Should be sorted now
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Should be sorted now
Indeed looks good here (previously Spanish).
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navy blue, proper colour
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Hi people, great layout. However I only seem to be able to get it on data. When I’m on WiFi it just says can’t connect to server. This started yesterday morning, but the new screen on data only appeared about 2pm today, before then I was only getting the old screen with a few messages. Any ideas please?
Probably a bit late now but I’d suggest this was a DNS refreshing issue. I presume the site has moved to a new provider or address; some internet providers take a bit longer to update their records
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I have to say, after a period of, annoyance (because of downtime), familiarisation and getting used to the new format, I really really like it.
Where did you say the donate button was? ;D
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Really like the new site, though tonight it popped up with a blocked message due to firewall. I had to do one of those captcha things, then toggle my airplane on and off and I seemed to gain access. This was on 4g. Anyone tell me why as I’ve never seen that message before
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Why cant I find In Gamee Chat and After Match Debate
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Why cant I find In Gamee Chat and After Match Debate
I have no idea why you can't find in/after game chat but I've copied the link below.
http://westbrom.com/forum/index.php?board=100.0
On another note am I the only person who can no longer see an option to view 'replies' to previous posts and 'posted since last visited'? I've only viewed/posted via phone since the site changed and the format may appear different via laptop.
Currently having to check through each separate forum for updates to posts which is providing quite time consuming. Other than that I'm very impressed with the painting and decorating that's been done. Cheers very much to whomever.
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I've just noticed the 'new answers' fixture on the profile drop down.
Sorted 8) .
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Why cant I find In Gamee Chat and After Match Debate
Have you found it now?
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Yes. Thank you. I have.
My Saturday afternoons will be full again as I read the match on BBC/In Game Chat and watch the Horse Racing.
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Anyone get a 403 error (unable to post) when using the in built emojis?
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Anyone get a 403 error (unable to post) when using the in built emojis?
I don't get the '403 error' when using in built emojis. But there's been a few times when previewing posts that it's said the body of the post is empty (when it's not) or there are insufficient characters. Re emojis there have been times when they just don't show at all on preview but without the error message. When that's happened I've posted anyway, refreshed the page and edited emojis in without previewing the post. It's been fine then.
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Still getting lots of 403 errors. Only on this site and only when posting. Any ideas?
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Still getting lots of 403 errors. Only on this site and only when posting. Any ideas?
Have you tried more than one browser as sometimes sites work better on certain browsers ? I use Google Chrome mostly and haven't had any issues.
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Is there a problem today or is it just me only able to access the cut down children version?
It was working fine earlier today
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Is there a problem today or is it just me only able to access the cut down children version?
It was working fine earlier today
Ignore me I was the problem ???
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Ignore me I was the problem ???
I was about to ask what the children version was? :D
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For the Mods, not an issue more of a suggestion / request, but rather than start another thread I thought I'd post here.
I do like the new layout of the site, particularly the new menu bar at the top of page. The calendar option interests me as it has a lot of potential and I was wondering if it would be possible to extend it to include match day dates, primarily for the first team and later for the juniors. I know you can upload some files to calendars that automatically populate the calendar, which would save you time and effort.
Additionally, could members suggest dates that they would like included in the calendar, relevant to the Albion of course. For instance and what made me think about this was today's Albion Foundation event that many may have wanted to attend but were unaware of.
And for future development of the calendar, perhaps we could have a pop up reminder a few days before an approved event is due in the calendar.
I know you are all busy getting on with your lives away from this board, but it's just a suggestion / request, Thank you for reading
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For the Mods, not an issue more of a suggestion / request, but rather than start another thread I thought I'd post here.
I do like the new layout of the site, particularly the new menu bar at the top of page. The calendar option interests me as it has a lot of potential and I was wondering if it would be possible to extend it to include match day dates, primarily for the first team and later for the juniors. I know you can upload some files to calendars that automatically populate the calendar, which would save you time and effort.
Additionally, could members suggest dates that they would like included in the calendar, relevant to the Albion of course. For instance and what made me think about this was today's Albion Foundation event that many may have wanted to attend but were unaware of.
And for future development of the calendar, perhaps we could have a pop up reminder a few days before an approved event is due in the calendar.
I know you are all busy getting on with your lives away from this board, but it's just a suggestion / request, Thank you for reading
Thats actually quite a good idea, i like that
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You could also possibly link the relevant matchday thread into the calendar event aswell
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Good afternoon Mod Team,
I have a query and was hoping you might find time to answer.
In the main menu at the top of the screen, second item from the left is the “Help†section, with hints and tips etc. Within that Help menu, there is reference to BBC (Bulletin Board Code) so Posts can be spiced up a little.
I started a Sacked in the Morning thread and thought I’d a use different colour text so that members viewing the thread, could quickly identify any changes to the thread following sackings or inclusion of a new manager.
After Michael O’Neils sacking I made a post using Blue Text, which was reset back to black text by a Mod. I though, I shouldn’t have used blue as it and red are used by the Mods. So I thought I’d use green text instead so as to make the post standout, but that was also reset back to black.
So, just for clarity and to save me from wasting Mods time in resetting the text colour, is the Colour Text facility within BBC unavailable to forum members in there posts?
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From the Forum rules which are stickied on the main board and elsewhere:
"PLEASE DO NOT USE COLOURED TEXT IN POSTS, USE BLACK WRITING ONLY."
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Where’s the latest comments/ thread disappeared to guys or is it just my device with a glitch ?
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What thread are you referring to?
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The list at bottom of page stating most recent comments !
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Have you accidentally minimised the Info Centre tab?
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If I knew what and where it was I’d check :D. But would this affect all devices ?
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It would appear I had and it does thanks Mark ! ;D
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When I try the homepage of Google on my phone It doesn't work it says something about being protected by Krystal Site Security. I managed to access via the recent posts
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Yeah, that occurred last night but seems to have resolved for most users, although I have noticed that old posts have had their apostrophes replaced
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Looks like it's not affecting new posts
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Just tried again through the main page and it still does it on my end at least I can access through recent posts.