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  1. Sal,               

     

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  2. Sal, as ever, many thanks for the heads up, but also for the enormous amount of work that you and the team do to hold this community and its base together. I really appreciate you all. 

     

     

  3. Sorry for the delay in sorting this. I will PM you and I'll extend your current subscription so that you don't run out in the meantime, as I know that you'd be on time if I'd been a little faster!

     

     

     

    The cheque's in the post, Sal - a little late as I'm still catching up since I returned from my friend's... :)

  4. Just a reminder for UK folks that the clocks go BACK an hour in the UK tonight, meaning you get an extra hour in bed! :celebrate:

     

    The downside of this, of course, is that tomorrow night, it'll get dark around five, instead of around six o'clock... :(

  5. Thanks for taking time to answer, Sal. I needed to be sure that it was just me, though, as this site was the slowest to load (but is also one of the biggest I use).

     

    After an appalling speed test result from the BBC site (I couldn't watch Emma!) I phoned BT and the time it took to load BT.com to do their test persuaded the lady at the other end that there really was a problem. Download speed was 184mbps ... The problem was at the exchange, and they are working on boosting the signal.

     

    It's taken two days, but this site is now taking about 4 - 5 seconds to load and the download test's running at 1840 mbps. When they ring again, I will push for more, as I should be getting around 2.5mbps on a quiet Sunday afternoon.

     

    Again, thanks for taking the time, especially in showing me how to do the ping. :)

  6. Sal, I did the ping and this is what came back:

     

    Reply from 72.9.254.26 bytes 32 time 150ms TTL = 48

    Reply from 72.9.254.26 bytes 32 time 146ms TTL = 48

    Reply from 72.9.254.26 bytes 32 time 182ms TTL = 48

    Reply from 72.9.254.26 bytes 32 time 143ms TTL = 48 2 54.26

     

    Ping statistics for 72.9.254.26

    Packets sent = 4: received = 4: lost = 0

    Approximate round trip time in milli-seconds

    Minimum = 143: Maximum = 182: Average = 155

     

    I don't know what it means but it seems to indicate that the connection speed's ok. Is that right? If so, I don't know what to do next as it's as slow on my pc as it is on the wireless laptop?

  7. Thanks. I'll give that a go.

     

    I've had the router unplugged as much as possible and used the net as little as possible over the last couple of days to clear static, which has slightly improved things, but NF is still very slow (about 12 seconds, as opposed to the 30+ it was taking) so I do need to trace the problem.

  8. I'll try that , but I just got this result for a speed test on BBC.co.uk:

     

    Your connection to bbc.co.uk is working at 0.1 Mbps.

     

    At this speed it would take you about 5 minutes to download a 4 minute song and over 2 hours to download a half hour TV programme.

     

    Looks like it's the local BB connection...

     

    Ermm, sorry, for being a Luddite, but how do I do a DOS prompt?

  9. 0.148 seconds, when in RealTime it took 25 seconds. <puzzled> My net connection in general is a bit slow at the moment, but this is by far the slowest to load (BBC Gardener's World takes about 5 seconds, as does N&F)

     

    I'm going to turn off my router overnight and see if that helps to clear it.

  10. Sorry, Sal. I wasn't expecting you do do anything about the editor problem till the fix. I know just what a bind a major upgrade can be and was just making a suggestion in general based on your comment that it works fine in your screen - obviously not necessary, so again, I apologise.

  11. I'm sorry. I know it doesn't actually solve the problem, but I thought you only had a couple of old pms to answer and could answer the new messages normally, so this would help as an interim measure, till Sal could take a look.

     

    <decides she'd better shut up and go away :unsure: >

  12. In all honesty, it's very difficult for me to envisage the problem because my screens work! I don't really know what to say apart from us waiting for the fix to be released by Invision, but I'm glad you've found a temporary fix.

     

     

    I don't know if you could do it here, but I resolved that problem on my board by creating a separate member account so I could log in as her and view the screen as a member rather than as Admin.

  13. I've had a look and it's a reported error with the software. It's fine for Admins (which is why I've not noticed it) but other people will struggle.

     

    I can't do anything but wait for 3.0.4 to be released, I'm afraid...but it should be within the next fortnight or so.

     

    Thanks, Sal. At least it can be done through the Lo-Fi version for now, so I won't need to bother anyone to do it for me. :)

     

    Had a slight panic this evening as I couldn't add the D & T Award polls (there's no option to edit in a poll in the ordinary editor). I went into the Lo-Fi, and still couldn't, but clicked to go back to the blue skin with the edit window open and it opened the full editor!

     

    It might be worth flagging this up as a temporary fix, Sal?

  14. Thanks, Sal. At least it can be done through the Lo-Fi version for now, so I won't need to bother anyone to do it for me. :)

     

     

    You could always drop one of the staff members a quick PM too if you want Barney. :)

     

    Thanks, Tracy. If the Lo-Fi lets me down, I'll let you know (as the staff member who posts there).

  15. I've had a look and it's a reported error with the software. It's fine for Admins (which is why I've not noticed it) but other people will struggle.

     

    I can't do anything but wait for 3.0.4 to be released, I'm afraid...but it should be within the next fortnight or so.

     

    Thanks, Sal. At least it can be done through the Lo-Fi version for now, so I won't need to bother anyone to do it for me. :)

  16. Thanks, Tracy. I tried that, but nothing happens when I click on 'Use full editor'. :(

    Could you give this another go for me, and if it doesn't work, could you tell me which browser you're using?

     

    Definitely no-go, Sal, and it doesn't work for any post, not only the thread header. I'm using IE7.

     

    Edit to add: Having had a play, I've found that I can edit the thread header in the Lo-Fi version, which solves the problem for me, at least, till you have time to look at it.

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