@mikeboll64

I managed to get the Latest Forum Posts widget to load in the right hand column. It is nearer the top of the page compared with Blog comments etc, so you can’t miss it. It is set to show the last 10 forum posts.

Thanks for your input so far. It helps me make this more user friendly.

@mikeboll64

(Also, notice that you had a #1 and a #2 in the post I just quoted. But those numbers didn’t show up in the quote box above.)

I guess that blockquote strips out HTML and formats the text uniformly. Probably not a bad thing. Keeps it tidy.

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I’m talking about the right of the main page, where it says “Recent Comments” (or something like that). The most recent one listed is Wakeup, on the “Baptized Trinity” blog. (In fact, it seems all of the “Recent Comments” only regard blogs, and not the forums.)

Oh I understand now. Yes comments and posts have nothing to do with the f…[Read more]

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THAT’S exactly what’s been happening to me on the blog posts. Some of it works like it should, then all of a sudden – even though I did the tags the same way I’ve been doing them on the old site for 4 years – it does what you described.

Yeah I tried to reproduce it by; changing order, adding spaces, but it worked right each time, go…[Read more]

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Actually if you take a look at the previous page, you can see that your incorrect formatted list stuffs up the formatting for the posts that come after it. I can fix that by deleting the list or editing it correctly, but will leave it for now so you can see it.

Your code is:
<li>apples
oranges
pears
tangerines</li>

But should be…[Read more]

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Ah, I think I have figured out your conundrum. It could be either of these explanations.

When I clicked on one of the latest post (date links) it took me to the reply box. But just above it was a small post and the browser had in reality jumped to the post, but because it was small, it naturally showed the reply box underneath. Had…[Read more]

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Is that a picture of YOU? What kind of bike?

Yeah its me, it was the only picture of me on my computer. It was taken last January by my pastor (from Hawaii) of the crazy Michigander riding his Harley in the middle of winter.

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Okay t8,

Now I understand. So if I make a “New Thread”, it will be forum format, and not blog format, right?

Yup. Just as before. But if you want to blog, I can give you access to that too.

🙂

@mikeboll64

I have no idea what you’re talking about! 🙂

Okay, see if you can follow this………

Oh okay, I see the problem.

Nothing has really changed in this respect.
Before the new forum, the other part of the site worked as it does, albeit a few enhancements. And the forum was separate and you went there by clicking the forum link.…[Read more]

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Yeah bbcode is just shortcode that produces HTML code.
But lists in bbcode produces list code that is now deprecated code.
These days, all tags that open must have a closing tag.
bbcode list code only has the opening tag
but not a closing one

WordPress rejects code if it is not correct.

But yes, a list without the <ul> tags as…[Read more]

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BB Code only works in the forum.
I guess the WordPress developers think that un-formatted comments are best and it differentiates the main article which is fully formatted from the comments. This seems to be standard practice across the Web too.

@mikeboll64

The only thing that didn’t actually work was the “list” thing. I tried making bullets without the word , and it didn’t work. Then I tried with the word , and it still didn’t work.

This forum seems to have problems with lists that are not closed off. List code looks like this:

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@mikeboll64 and everyone 🙂

Ouch. I had to reverse that reply to post. The threads lost their numbers etc that jump you to whatever page. And server errors too. Might have happened due to being a flat based thread to begin with. Scared to give that another go. I will reverse the posts so that the latest post appears first.

Tell me if you think…[Read more]

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It was easy to follow the old site discussions, because the last thing posted in a thread was the last thing shown in that thread.
So even if that thread now has 100 pages, if I reply to the OP on page 1, my NEW post still shows up on page 100 – so current readers of that thread can see it.
But if I reply to an older post in the n…

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Color works fine sometimes but fails at other times, but it may have been me

Wm

@mikeboll64
I’m still figuring out how the site works, it seems that you can access other members directly as a way to follow a discussion.
I said once I’m a slow learner actually I learn quick but forget just as quickly, I have to learn through continual use.

Is that a picture of your son?

Wm