Status of fixes and to-dos as of January 15

Hi Terry ~
Something strange just happened after I posted my previous post. Skip To New is suddenly taking me to an empty page with the page numbers 1-5 at the top of the page, but no posts underneath, just the space to write a post.

I'll try rebooting to make sure it's not my computer going wonky.


Edited: Okay, never mind. This time it worked and I didn't reboot. Maybe my pixels got all mixed up while I was trying to "beam up" a message to DG. :o)

This message was edited Jan 29, 2016 11:46 AM

Seeing your last post at the top of page 6, nuts, I wonder if the Skip to New did that because your post was the last of page 5.

It's very possible that's what happened, Chilly. But don't you think it sounds much less exciting than "my pixels were scattered all over the universe when I 'beamed' up to DG?" :o)

Hi nutsaboutnature,

I agree with you. There may be nothing to prove that Google was guilty of any wrongdoing by posting or linking pictures that were originally from Dave's Garden. But somebody somewhere along the line was guilty of copyright infringement. Unfortunately we have all become so accustomed to such Internet infringements that we are desensitized.

I keep large master copies of the photos that I post, in Nikon's RAW format (NEF), so that if I ever need to prove ownership, I can. Only I have possession of those large versions.

ZM

When I clicked on skip to new it took me to pg 6 but there were posts on page 5 I hadn't seen. Glad I checked but I wonder what's wrong with the skip to new?

Now I have two "bitter clingers" (threads I'm watching, have looked at, but then won't drop off the home page listed of updated threads):

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1413834/

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1405192/

I "unwatched" both of these threads, and they now don't show up on my home page.

I've rewatched the ones I'd like to monitor, and taking a look and returning doesn't cause them to stick.

Sometimes has to be done 3x- unwatch to watch. Not sure, but usually something else is being done in the fixing dept. Skip to New is probably going to last Post Made- not last Post You looked at.

Terry, I clicked watch on two threads this morning and neither one showed up in my watched threads.

Will they show up if nobody has posted anything since you last viewed the thread? I know they wouldn't before all these wonderous "improvements".

No they shouldn't show up if there are no new posts but both threads had new posts.

If photos are posted in PlantFiles, Google has the ability to index them. If they are ONLY posted in a subscribers-only forum, where non-subscribers cannot enlarge them, then I'm not sure how Google would index them, but I can ask. I'll need some examples to research and create a ticket for the techs to work from.

Well, to be honest, this is not a change from how we've always handled "locked" threads (which are different from a thread "closed" by a member, such as in the trading or ID forums...in those cases, the thread does get "CLOSED" added to its title, even though any member can continue to post to it.

Threads locked by an administrator only show as such if you attempt to post to it. I agree it's somewhat counterintuitive and we can ask the techs to change it, but it's not a bug.

My particular question about photos was just that; a question and not meant to add fuel to the fire. I am particularly referring to photos only posted on Orchids, a subscriber forum, that appear on Google images. It would be a bit much to back tack but when I run across something I will let you know. In addition, people should be aware that images of themselves, published on subscriber only forums, and under their user name might appear on Google images as well.

Hmmm, I wanted to mark my thread in Plant ID Forum as "solved", but I can't figure out how to do it.

This is really odd. I have ONE thread in my thread watcher that is not updating... I've read the most recent post, returned to the home page several times, and it's still on the "watched threads" list as if there's a new post (which there isn't). I've refreshed the page, reloaded the browser, even restarted the computer. Just now I clicked on another thread to catch up on it, and when I returned to the home page it was no longer on the "watched" list (as expected), but this thread from the MAG forum seems stuck there: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1412931/?page=2#post_10195152

Hi critterologist,

This comment may not be applicable, but technically a thread is on your "watched threads" list if that is the way you checked it, even though no new replies have occurred there. The question is, when you hit Home, does it show up there?

ZM

There have been some issues with watched threads not updating or not going away after they've been read. Some people have had luck by clicking the "watch/unwatch" button several times. Maybe it kind of resets things?

I'll try resetting things that way, nuts.. thanks.

And yes I am referring to the "watched threads" list on my home page that shows threads I'm watching that have new posts.. but thanks for clarifying!

My views are still inconsistent. Some threads show many responses and no views. Others show a view count that is days old while people are actively posting. I have set and reset.

Good news is that the few symbols I've added to posts are not wiping out the post.

We have reported the problems with thread behavior, including:
1. lack of accurate "view" count
2. watched/unwatched thread behavior (I think this may be due to a "featured thread" function that isn't working properly - I will be trying to get some clarification on that today)
3. lack of closed/open tools on threads in the trading and ID forums

As soon as we get a status update on the next batch of fixes, I'll start a new thread in this forum and bring everyone up to speed.

Thanks for the update and, again, more birthday wishes coming your way.

Thanks! Let's head here to continue the conversation: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1414587/

As a side note, I've locked this thread, so I'm not trying to play catch-up with two different threads :-).