RE: are ALL RVs crossing in to the us searched?
We've been searched twice entering the US - not a full searche, but rather and agriculture search. Once in Houlton, Maine, the other at Calais, Maine.
We have had three "full" searches entering Canada. Neither of the full searches have included the outside storage bays!!!???
We have not been searched entering or exiting Mexico.
Tom
RE: Forum Slow
While I find the information on this forum to be very helpful, the forum itself is frustrating.
Pages are v-e-r-y slow to load.
I get a lot of "Connection Interrupted" messages. When I click "Try Again", pages are v-e-r-y slow to load.
I belong to a number of other forums (various subjects) and I don't have these problems with any of the others. Is there anything that can be done to improve the situation?
Just curious, but are you using a PC running Windows or something else?
I have a few PCs and I have the same issues with one of my computer running Ubuntu 9.04 Linux and suspect it is related to this, 'cause I never have the problem with Windows PCs - all running Windows XP or 7. That is the only web site with this problem with me for that PC... weird!
Denis
I suggest you read this thread.
RV.net slow on Linux machines
Make sure you read the last post.
Tom
RE: New page format???
This afternoon I had the prev- mext page at the bottom, tonight I don't. Please fix.
There is a problem and the technicians have been made aware of it. That said, I think you will find that the problem is consistent, at least it has been in the hundreds of pages I've looked at.
The issue occurs on the various forum topic pages that do not have tips on the right side. If the tips are present then the link bar, which includes the Next link, is also present. If the tips column is empty, then the link bar is missing. I do not see the problem on thread pages, tips column populated or not.
Tom
RE: Blocking a Member
The block member function, as most would use it, has not worked for a long time. The first trouble ticket was written 5/10/07; that's 2 years ago. It seems apparent that fixing it has a low priority.
Here is what a way to accomplish what you want.
You can block members' posts or private messages by adding their names to your Blocked Members list, which is accessed by a link on the right-center of your My Forums page. The downside to this way is that you will have to type (or cut and paste) the member's name you wish to block. Note: If you send a PM to a member and then block PMs from that member, they can still reply.
Tom
RE: Nuke, overlooked the link to the thread on the subject.
There are several current threads running on this topic. This thread is closed indeference to them.
If you would like to comment on this topic or see what others have said, there are lots of threads to choose from.
RE: Next arrow
The technicians are looking at the issue. Sometimes it is there and sometimes it is not. I've seen the problem only on the forum topic pages, but not inside of threads. Not only is the Next missing, the entire link bar than contains "Post New Topic", "Subscribe", etc, are also missing when the Page, Next and Prev links are gone.
So far, it seems that it the page has a blank right column, the bottom link bar is missing. If the right column is populated with tips, the link bar is present.
Tom
RE: New site Format
Once the dust settles, the only real complaint is there is no longer a next page clickable at the bottom of the page. Next page only appears at the top of the page. Once this is corrected everything will be fine.
The technicians are looking at the issue. Sometimes it is there and sometimes it is not. I've seen the problem only on the forum topic pages, but not inside of threads. Not only is the Next missing, the entire link bar than contains "Post New Topic", "Subscribe", etc, are also missing when the Page, Next and Prev links are gone.
So far, it seems that it the page has a blank right column, the bottom link bar is missing. If the right column is populated with tips, the link bar is present. I'm not sure I have seen a thread page that didn't have the tips.
Tom
RE: Forum Slow
As a genearal rule, I don't experience the problem, so it is hard to troubleshoot. (Disclaimer: Yes, there are times when we all experience slowness.) We know the problem is real for some members, especially those that don't know about quickly refreshing a page that seems to hang while loading.
There have been several threads in FTS about the problem. Linux users found that was a setting in Linux that solved it. Some Windows users found that having all of the current updates for their OS, solved the problem. Some have found that switching to one of the other portals does it. Unfortunately, some have found no relief.
Have you tried one of the other portals?
Alternate "portals" to the RV.net Open Roads Forums
Tom
RE: No "Next" page choice at bottom of first page
I'm not sure you are correct. Have you read the statement at the bottom of the tips?
Tom
Yes I read it; the 'Tips' as such, have nothing to do with the forum being free. They can be placed horizontally across the page at the top or bottom. A reference link to Affinity Group websites can be put anywhere.
You left out the context of my post. Your comments here are quite different from the one I responded to.
Tom
RE: signature didn't work
I have tried to add a signature to my posts, but it doesn't seem to work. I have gone to My Forums and my preferences, added my signature and clicked on it but it still doesn't work. What am I missing?
Here's a guess. In all forums except this one, signatures will show on at most one post per page. That will usually be the first post, but you could tell the system not to display your signature in a post.
Several times, we have had members make a post and then wonder what they had done wrong to prevent their signature from showing. When, if fact, if they had scrolled up the page, they would have found their signature on an earlier post.
Tom
RE: Next link on bottom of page
Here is my post from another thread.
The technicians are looking at the issue. Sometimes it is there and sometimes it is not. Not only is the Next missing, the entire link bar than contains "Post New Topic", "Subscribe", etc, are also missing when the Page, Next and Prev links are gone.
So far, it seems that it the page has a blank right column, the bottom link bar is missing. If the right column is populated with tips, the link bar is present.
Since we have a prior thread on this topic, this thread is closed. If you would like to comment on this topic or see what others have said, you can do so here.
Tom
RE: No "Next" page choice at bottom of first page
The technicians are looking at the issue. Sometimes it is there and sometimes it is not. Not only is the Next missing, the entire link bar than contains "Post New Topic", "Subscribe", etc, are also missing when the Page, Next and Prev links are gone.
So far, it seems that it the page has a blank right column, the bottom link bar is missing. If the right column is populated with tips, the link bar is present.
Tom
They should just get rid of the whole 'Tips' thing and all would :Mbe fine again.
I'm not sure you are correct. Have you read the statement at the bottom of the tips?
Tom
RE: Cant get picture onto signature
I think we are back to the place where we can again say the error is usually caused by the picture being too large. Here are the maximum for both profile and signature pictures.
Note: The size restriction for signatures are not the same as those for the profile page.
Maximum sizes for signatures:Maximum sizes for profiles:
Width: 500 pixels 640 pixels
Height: 100 pixels 480 pixels
File:30 KB 100 KB
If you have trouble resizing the picture, send me a private message.
Tom
RE: No "Next" page choice at bottom of first page
The technicians are looking at the issue. Sometimes it is there and sometimes it is not. Not only is the Next missing, the entire link bar than contains "Post New Topic", "Subscribe", etc, are also missing when the Page, Next and Prev links are gone.
So far, it seems that it the page has a blank right column, the bottom link bar is missing. If the right column is populated with tips, the link bar is present.
Tom
RE: Difficult to Read
To elaborate on Little Kopit's post. Here is a picture of the threes size icons in the bottom-right portion of most forum pages.
http://i46.tinypic.com/33ygshf.jpg
Here are samples of the three sizes.
http://i45.tinypic.com/hwhe6e.jpg
http://i50.tinypic.com/2jg9ojo.jpg
http://i47.tinypic.com/2mflklj.jpg
Tom
