Questions About the new Software

[davismanLV]

This looks like a job for GAD. I agree that I have a link to edit that is missing for a couple people.

A COUPLE?? You mean everyone who's not an administrator, like.......

 

[fronobulax]

GAD is on it.

If anyone is really impatient I can edit your signature if we need to...

 

[davismanLV]

I don't even need it, it's just that I know I can't do it. Woody wanted his changed I think, but I was just being snarky about your use of the word "some"..... you know? It's like you don't even want or need whiskey, until someone tells you you can't have it......

 

[GAD]

So this is not a permissions thing that I can see. You all have permission to edit your sigs:

As of right now I don't see why this is happening. I rebuilt one of the caches that might have an impact. Let me know if that did anything. Otherwise I'll keep digging.

 

[davismanLV]

I just logged out and logged back in and no difference. We get no "Signatures" option on the menu on the left.

 

[davismanLV]

yeah, this page is what i am missing. there is no such access point to this place.

I think you all have that menu on the far left side if you click on your name and then select "account details" but the list on the left will be missing "Preferences" between "Privacy" and "Following". That's the difference for me. Click on your name, then go down half-way on the window and click on ACCOUNT DETAILS. That should get you this menu that's missing the "Signatures" option.

 

[GAD]

OK, I created a new user from scratch and that user can edit sigs:

That means there's something more complicated going on here.

 

[GAD]

I think I got it - how about now?

 

[The Guilds of Grot]

It's working now! The "Signature is in the box you show above as soon as you click on your name. And now it's also in the list if you click on "Account details.!

 

[markus]

Well done!
markus

 

[GAD]

Thanks!

So, for those curious, the issue was that for the general membership usergroup editing signatures was permitted, but the allowed characters in the sigs was set to zero, so the software must have been smart enough to disallow editing based on that fact.

 

[5thumbs]

Thanks!

So, for those curious, the issue was that for the general membership usergroup editing signatures was permitted, but the allowed characters in the sigs was set to zero, so the software must have been smart enough to disallow editing based on that fact.

That sounds like a tricky one to catch. Well done, sir, and thank you again.

 

[Westerly Wood]

thanks GAD, nice catch!

 

[walrus]

Just now, I tried to (insert image) a photo in a post, and I got "file too large for the server to process" message. Tried "Attach file" and got the same thing. Weirdly, I have done it before! It was a photo I took with my phone, i.e. nothing "different" about it. What am I missing?

walrus

 

[GAD]

The max size of an image is 2MB and 2000x2000 resolution. Photo sizes can vary greatly depending on the content of the image.

 

[fronobulax]

Weirdly, I have done it before! It was a photo I took with my phone, i.e. nothing "different" about it. What am I missing?

walrus

My phone camera sometimes decides to take and save an image at high resolution. I'm sure I could learn to understand and control when and why it happens but I have not. So something did change to make the image larger but it wasn't something you were explicitly aware of. IMO.

 

[walrus]

Thanks! I just redid it - posted a pic to the "T-shirt" eBay thread, and for some reason it worked today! I had an option of "full size" or "thumbail" so I made it a thumbnail, which worked fine.

walrus

 

[The Guilds of Grot]

Since we can now update our signature I thought I'd do like a lot of you do and list all my Guilds.



Too much?

 

[geoguy]

Grot wins.

 

[walrus]

Cripes! Can the server handle that signature?!

walrus