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For recent new members and those existing members without an avatar/user image who want to have one using one of their own images, here's how to go about it (I'll try to make it simple!)

First of all, the size of the image for the avatar needs to be a maximum of 120 pixels (px) wide and 120 px high and have a 'weight' of less than 12 KB. To...

I frequently make typos when typing a reply on here, but thankfully the spell checker has always highlighted them. Until very recently. Now if I make a mistake the red squiggly line isn't showing it up. Have I inadvertently altered a setting? If so, where do I switch the checker back on please?

I can't seem to see one in here.....would also be good to see a pet adoption section for dogs/puppies for sale thanks

Hello everybody !
I know how to attach a file (jpeg as an example) to a new topic or if I reply (using 'attachments' below).
I haven't seen this capability when I send a private message..
'insert image' looks to work only for URLs
should I convert jpegs into URLs and if so, how ?
Any clue or suggestion ?
Cheers

Hello - I was in the middle of replying to a post, and my cursor did its own thing (as usual) and the post got saved as a draft.
Unfortunately now I can't find it.
I noticed the other mention of 'draft pms' , but this wasn't a pm, so my saved draft isn't there.
I can't see anything to point me towards where ordinary drafts are saved.
Help please?...

Did I get a message saying I had been permanently banned? It came from nowhere, I couldn’t log on ,now suddenly I am back on the forum as if nothing happened

Is it just me that doesn't seem to be getting notification emails or even notifications on the site of updates on posts lately?

I just subscribed to a thread I'd already contributed to because it had a lot of updates since my last post and I had no idea. I then went through active topics to find a couple of other threads that had been updated and...

Prompted by a post from PatF on another topic, I thought it would be a good idea to re-post a topic about posting photos. Fortunately, Ally has already posted a guide elsewhere to doing it with photos from your own device.

It's possible to post images directly from any device directly to the forum without using a third party site such as Flikr...

Just wanting to find out what the general opinion on this is if there is one. I tend to start new threads if I want to start talking about something that an existing thread has got me thinking about but is way off on a totally different subject and so would change the topic completely. I think all threads do meander just like normal conversations,...

In the Thread Drift topic, Simonflys said the following:

Sometimes....drifts can contain some pretty good, interesting, useful information which could get lost in the mix which is a shame. Although I guess using the search function would throw up anything of possible interest whether it be a thread title or thread content...
With the Bookmark...

This is the current header image.

The header image that you see today should be considered as a placeholder until someone finds or makes one that more accurately reflects the personality of this forum (entries invited).
What are the criteria for the header image, Mike? i.e height, width etc.

When someone clicks the thumbs up icon shouldn’t the notification message say “Received Thanks” or “Received a Thank You”? Currently it says “Received Thank”. Just an observation.

In general this forum does not randomly throw me out and make me sign back in again but recently has been doing so frequently, by chance I found there was a log under manage me (remember log in keys) and I could see that it happened several times in the first week, no doubt teething problems, a few times since then and multiple times this week...

Has anyone got a problem replying to pms. I can read them but have no reply arrow :lol:

This post has been heavily modified and she cannot answer you so do not waste your time with PMs :lol:
This is what your moderators have to deal with. :P ( she says hi ally)

Hi! I'm Zlata, living in Ukraine. To be honest, I live in a village and we have no job. I get about $110 a month. It is very little ((
That's why I can do it for a little...

It's a little unfair on the rest of us that when a topic is Locked, as the Chris Froome topic is, that those with administrative/moderator powers can continue to post on it and we mere mortals can't: DB has posted twice since the topic was locked and we can't reply.

Hi, if you have posts on hold then your inbox is full. You can either delete some old pms or if you would like to keep them then just create a new folder and move all the pms in your inbox to the new folder and then any pms on hold will be visible in the inbox.

Probably not the right place to post but . . .
Hello all, not been on for quite a while and forgot my password. In the reset e-mail it said I could change it but I have looked and can't see where to do it. Sorry for being thick!
How do I change my password please?

Having seen several posts made recently where there was just a full stop/period/dot in the post, I think it would be useful to remind people that there is a Preview button conveniently placed to the left of the Submit button in the area where one types a post. If you click it, you will see what your post is going to look like before you post it,...

I've successfully uploaded photo to tinypic - I can see it but can't see code. Oh, just solved this problem but I'll carry on writing in case it happens to someone else. All the spaces for different types of code to copy were blacked out until I responded to the pop-up asking me to allow/disallow notification details of where I'm situated. Now...

Recently every time I try to add an attachment I get a message showing “status with a filled yellow triangle. This is nothing to do with the “file too large” message. Anyone know what the problem might be? Thank you.

How come any posts made after midnight, like this show a time of 12.44 am? There's no such time. It should read 00.44.
Bonne soirée,
Syd.

How do I retrieve a draft message? I created a PM yesterday and half way through I saved it as a draft, I've gone in to Private Messages to find it but can't see where it can be.

The leader of UKIP has written to the Queen asking her to suspend Parliament to prevent MPs trying to stop brexit. He also told her that she was wrong to approve the 1992 Maastricht treaty.

If, somewhere, there is a list of all the topics I have created, I'm blowed if I can find it - suggestions, anyone?