The first song ever registered

[Farin]

well i think it would help if we get some responses from both Americans and Non-Americans whether they can in fact choose this option!?

as I said: I can't

[Elvish]

I can

[RonJonSurfer]

I've got this on the left side of my new posts:

Options

Markup is on.

HTML is on.

does that mean..."yes"? Don't know too much about HTML codes...I also see this icon I click on it...

is put in my post.

[edna]

I have only "Markup is on". But I think I remember it was in the former site...

[Lucky]

On the left side of my "new reply" markup is on, and HTML is on.

So what does that mean?

[The Seeker]

Those anonymous users... are they unregistered guests, invisible users (registered ones) or both?

[Mike]

Those anonymous users... are they unregistered guests, invisible users (registered ones) or both?

Unregistered visitors.

[The Seeker]

How is it possible for them to be resetting their passwords or hide their online details by viewing topics (private)?

[Lucky]

I'd like to know how that works also. For good reason.

[Carl]

Spiders.

Here's what I learned:

They are visitors that aren't logged in. Probably search engine spiders. Even though it says they are sending a pt or whatever, that means they are only on that page. If you don't allow guests to do a certain thing, they can still click on the link but it will tell them they don't have permission... it will still say they are doing that online because they are on that page.

[Shawna]

spiders. Bleeuuurggghh

[Lucky]

Ah, that makes sense. Thanks Carl.

[miamisammy29]

The best way to get rid of spiders is to squish them with your foot or a rolled-up newspaper.

[Lucky]

Now THAT is an excellent idea!

[Rayzor]

I have a question about the main site. I can't login there, yet when I come to the message boards I can login without problems.

I tried to re-register thinking that perhaps that was the problem, but I wasn't able to because my e-mail already exists in the system.

Why is my login not valid? (It's not the password, btw)

[c_s_1987]

Have you tried requesting a new password? That works for me.

[Rayzor]

It's strange... if I ask for my password to be sent to my e-mail it says that it doesn't exist, yet when I try to register it says my e-mail already exists. Strange...

[The Seeker]

This happened to me too... some time ago, I changed my email address. I had to log in to the forum by using my old email-address for some time, while the main site wanted my new one. Now the forum has started to accept the new address too. Perhaps it's got something to do with that?

[Rayzor]

I have only one e-mail address, so I don't really see where the problem should be. Oh, well. I won't be submitting any artist facts or song facts via the main page for awhile I guess!

[Farin]

I just had a thought:

why are old threads deleted when there are too much (?) posts?

are there site related reasons (bandwith, loading time, storage, etc.)

or user related (searchability, navigability, etc.)?

[Tenacious_Peaches]

A little of both.

[Farin]

then couldn't it be possible to just close them, instead of deleting them alltogether?

I only ask, because I once posted a translation in the song lyrics thread, that I could have used again tonight...

[Tenacious_Peaches]

That sounds reasonable, but I don't know much about the inner machinations of the site. I imagine someone a bit smarter than I am will be able to answer your question.

[Farin]

thank you

I mean, I believe it wouldn't be necessary to keep the ones from F&G, but others (mainly the Random Thought ones) could be worth keeping, don't you think

[The Seeker]

I agree... I espially miss old threads like the first Announcements or Random Thoughs ones.