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Author Topic: Upgraded Forum  (Read 12775 times)

clonmore1

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Upgraded Forum
« on: December 02, 2016, 07:26:37 AM »
Hi Folks,

Not sure if its me or my computer, but I am really struggling to add images in the correct format to the forum.

My I.T savvy kids tell me the forum format should be placed in a museum...

I have used my iphone 6 to photograph the bike, saved these to my up to date work PC, try to add them to the forum and nobody can understand why the images are in the wrong orientation!

Its very frustrating, any ideas from anyone?

Offline Barry

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Re: Upgraded Forum
« Reply #1 on: December 02, 2016, 10:45:08 AM »
iphone images are nearly always in the wrong orientation when transferred to a PC. When I get sent pictures of my granddaughter the first thing I have to do is turn them the right way up using paint.net . Once they display the correct way up on a pc they should display fine on the forum.
Barry Cheshire, England 79 R45

clonmore1

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Re: Upgraded Forum
« Reply #2 on: December 02, 2016, 12:25:19 PM »
Thanks Barry

Offline skippyc

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Re: Upgraded Forum
« Reply #3 on: December 02, 2016, 05:28:53 PM »
What i have found is Iphone images depend on the position of the phone when images are taken. The push button on the phone must be to the right or on the bottom when the photo is taken. Iphones shift the image to the up orientation but micro soft computers don't. 

clonmore1

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Re: Upgraded Forum
« Reply #4 on: December 03, 2016, 02:19:44 AM »
Thanks Skippyc

Offline Bob_Roller

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Re: Upgraded Forum
« Reply #5 on: December 04, 2016, 11:38:19 AM »
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My I.T savvy kids tell me the forum format should be placed in a museum...

Well, here's a thought, if more members donated, this site could be updated !!!!!! ;)

Question to Justin, are enough members contributing to this site to make it self sustaining financially ???
'81 R65
'82 R65 LS
'84 R65 LS
'87 Moto Guzzi V65 Lario
'02 R1150R
Riding all year long since 1993 .
I'll give up my R65, when they pry my cold dead hands from the handlebars !!!!!

clonmore1

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Re: Upgraded Forum
« Reply #6 on: December 04, 2016, 01:30:11 PM »
Good point Bob,

I know what I need to do...

Offline Justin B.

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Re: Upgraded Forum
« Reply #7 on: December 04, 2016, 05:32:07 PM »
The few donations we get just pay for hosting and domain registration.  We are using this software because it's free, anyway I think wiz-bang looking forums are distracting and resource intensive.
« Last Edit: December 04, 2016, 05:33:33 PM by admin »
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Re: Upgraded Forum
« Reply #8 on: December 04, 2016, 05:47:18 PM »
OK, thanks Justin !!

You mentioned a few weeks ago, that it would be a lot more work for admin, for more enhanced features .

I was just curious, if you had to put money into this site to keep it operational .
'81 R65
'82 R65 LS
'84 R65 LS
'87 Moto Guzzi V65 Lario
'02 R1150R
Riding all year long since 1993 .
I'll give up my R65, when they pry my cold dead hands from the handlebars !!!!!

Offline wilcom

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Re: Upgraded Forum
« Reply #9 on: December 04, 2016, 06:40:34 PM »
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I think wiz-bang looking forums are distracting and resource intensive.
                   


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« Last Edit: December 04, 2016, 06:40:58 PM by wilcom »
Joe Wilkerson
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1984 BMW R65LS "Herr Head"
past:
1982 BMW R65LS
1979 R65
1980 R65
1982 R80RT
1974 R90/6
1972 R75
1964 R50/2
19xx R27
ZX-11

Offline Justin B.

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Re: Upgraded Forum
« Reply #10 on: December 04, 2016, 09:00:34 PM »
Bob, I don't know exactly how much the annual upkeep is as suraklyn takes care of all of that other than the domain renewal which I take care of.  We pull whatever money is in the "pot" to hopefully take care of it.
Justin B.

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1981 R100RT - Summer bike, NEKKID!!!

Offline Billmc

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Re: Upgraded Forum
« Reply #11 on: December 05, 2016, 04:01:05 PM »
So if one wanted to contribute, what is the procedure?
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Re: Upgraded Forum
« Reply #12 on: December 05, 2016, 04:41:44 PM »
At the top of the page, there is a window with PayPal on it
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'82 R65 LS
'84 R65 LS
'87 Moto Guzzi V65 Lario
'02 R1150R
Riding all year long since 1993 .
I'll give up my R65, when they pry my cold dead hands from the handlebars !!!!!

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Re: Upgraded Forum
« Reply #13 on: December 05, 2016, 07:52:07 PM »
at 1:30 this afternoon I got kicked off and couldn't get back on. When I tried to sign on I would get the following message.
User ID / Password mismatch.
The User ID you specified does not exist or you entered a wrong password.

I hit the forgot my password button and used the same pass word as before and I was on........ but when I logged off I couldn't get back in.

Now at 6PM I changed my password to the same ol password and I'm on and after logging out the site auto logged me back on..........

Gremlins at work somewhere.............................
Joe Wilkerson
Telephone man with a splash of Data
Menifee, CA

Present:
1984 BMW R65LS "Herr Head"
past:
1982 BMW R65LS
1979 R65
1980 R65
1982 R80RT
1974 R90/6
1972 R75
1964 R50/2
19xx R27
ZX-11

Offline wilcom

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Re: Upgraded Forum
« Reply #14 on: December 06, 2016, 05:54:20 PM »
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at 1:30 this afternoon I got kicked off and couldn't get back on. When I tried to sign on I would get the following message.
User ID / Password mismatch.
The User ID you specified does not exist or you entered a wrong password.

I hit the forgot my password button and used the same pass word as before and I was on........ but when I logged off I couldn't get back in.

Now at 6PM I changed my password to the same ol password and I'm on and after logging out the site auto logged me back on..........

Gremlins at work somewhere.............................

same thing happened when I went to got home at 3pm... I was knocked off and was able to get back on by changing my password to the same ol password I have always used......

am I the last to have any issues?   when it happnes I will just as a note here incase there are others that have a hiccup at the same time
Joe Wilkerson
Telephone man with a splash of Data
Menifee, CA

Present:
1984 BMW R65LS "Herr Head"
past:
1982 BMW R65LS
1979 R65
1980 R65
1982 R80RT
1974 R90/6
1972 R75
1964 R50/2
19xx R27
ZX-11