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Kevin Solway
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You will notice that the forum is now running on some new software.

If you are using the "prosilver" style, you can change the font size slightly by clicking on the link below the search button at top right of the screen.

If you find that the new forum layout takes too long to load, or if the font is too small, then click on "User Control Panel", then click on the "Board preferences" tab, and change "My board style" to "subsilver2". This will change the appearance back to a design similar to what it was before, but a bit better.

Another way to change the font size is to change the font size in your browser (View - text size). This works better on the subsilver2 style.

Warning: When editing a new post, if you press the "Save" button, your post will be saved as a draft, and will not be posted to the forum...
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Also, if you're using Firefox, a quick way to enlarge text size on a webpage is to press the 'Alt' key and the '=' key. To reduce font size, press 'Alt' key and the '-' key. Or, using your mouse go to the View menu, then text size, etc.
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BMcGilly07 wrote:Also, if you're using Firefox, a quick way to enlarge text size on a webpage is to press the 'Alt' key and the '=' key. To reduce font size, press 'Alt' key and the '-' key. Or, using your mouse go to the View menu, then text size, etc.
ctrl not alt...
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Thanks for the correction, Katy.
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What the hell is a "Majestic-12 [Bot]"?
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Majestic-12

Well, there are a lot of posts talking about Islam, there is an anti-American sentiment, we're talking about nuclear weapons - you didn't think the American government wouldn't be looking in on us, did you?
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OMG!! Run for the hills (preferably the ones without eyes)! Homeland Insecurity is watching!
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Dan Rowden wrote:OMG!! Run for the hills (preferably the ones without eyes)! Homeland Insecurity is watching!
oh dear, what showed up? :D
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This is one of the problems with enabling "ignore user." You can look like a total idiot because you didn't see a relevant part of the conversation.
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Dan, there was also a 'Google [bot]' logged in before. My guess is that it's a data miner looking for e-mail addresses or some other type of spam bot. The new forum might not thwart these types of things, or the updated software attracted them. Oh yeah, and Majestic 12 was supposedly a board of authorities in the US during the 50's or so dedicated to UFO research and covering up UFOs. Supposedly founded shortly after the Roswell incident.
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Hey Bryan. Yes, they're search engine bots; I've just never heard of Majestic 12.
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Well, looks like 2 people who put me on their list...
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Haha. I'd say Bryan just missed it. I think this feature is going make people paranoid.
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Dan Rowden wrote:Haha. I'd say Bryan just missed it. I think this feature is going make people paranoid.
Actually, it's kinda confusing either way...
I wonder what happens if you foe the whole board? It would just be Dan, David and Kevin (who you can't ignore... hmph)


Also, we've always had the bots, they just haven't shown up for us I think (show up as guests) I mean, that day we had 113 users here, do you really think 1/5 people who have ever signed up were here at one time? :p
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Yeah, I haven't yet found a single person I would put on an 'ignore' list- at least not one I wouldn't first sue the mods for bannination.
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I edited one of my posts and it worked fine but i couldn't see anything saying that it had been edited. Is this right?

To improve the new look it may be better for there to be slightly greater differentiation between posts, just a tad is often enough in these instances. Plus the posters names on the left side could be slightly larger. But it may be just a matter of adjustment, it would be better to wait.

I have noticed that if my connection fails or there is some other kind of glitch i lose data where previously i may not have, but it's too early to really tell at this stage. I tend to copy my posts before i submit them in case they don't make it.
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Rhett wrote:I edited one of my posts and it worked fine but i couldn't see anything saying that it had been edited. Is this right?
If you edit your post within a few minutes of posting it doesn't show up as an edit.
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I thought having member details in a column at right makes the posts easier to read. That's how one reads English. Less important stuff in the right hand column.
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Rhett wrote:To improve the new look it may be better for there to be slightly greater differentiation between posts, just a tad is often enough in these instances. Plus the posters names on the left side could be slightly larger. But it may be just a matter of adjustment, it would be better to wait.
Where each post is prefaced by the topic (e.g. "Re: New forum software") the differentiation is fine for me. Spot on. Where it does not appear it can require attention, at least at first use.
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I definitely prefer personal details to the right.
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I dress on the left.
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Zoom in, Zoom out ("ctrl" + mousewheel)
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you have such a way of welcoming new members to the forum, and making them feel WELCOME...
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