Hi everyone,
Thanks for your patience today while the site gets a bit of shakedown cruise!
Here are today's top questions:
Why can't I login?
To have secure login, everyone must have a unique identifier. On the old site we used email addresses. But this system requires a unique user name.
Out of 39,000 registrations, about 10,000 were not unique. Amazing, huh? So, to make those 10,000 names unique we wrote a little program to add some numbers to it. Ugly, but effective.
So, if you can't login do this:
1. Go through the lost password routine. this should also send your username so you can see if it has changed.
2. If you email address is no longer valid that won't work, so drop us a line at cs@mail.sailboatowners.com. Give us your full name and we'll find your login.
3. if you don't like your computer-generated user name, click Edit Profile then scroll to the very bottom of the left column. Click Request Username and tell us what you'd like. If it's available it's yours.
Here's another idea:
That was OK on the old board but not so good here. For some reason the default setting was newest first. We have changed everyone's settings tonight so (a) the thread will display old-t0-new, (b) the original post will be at the top of each page, (c) private messaging is turned on.
Aren't some forum photos missing?
Yes, we only brought over the newest of them. We are still working on the old photos and expect them to be up online Monday.
What the hell is Site-izen
A Site-izen rating is two numbers: On top, a score that assigns points for positive reputation, threads started, files uploaded, reputation points given, and other general contributions to the community. People with high scores have contributed alot.
The lower number is an activity percentile from the past 7 days. It shows who's been active in the forums recently.
My name is ______, and I use Internet Explorer
It sounds like some builds of IE, on some systems, don't show the javascript menus properly. we're working on an adjustment but it may take a week to figure out what will work and implement it. We appreciate your patience but feel free to remind me about it.
We also have lost posts in the Yamaha, Balboa, Chrysler, and some other SBO forums. We have it all, but not in the right place yet. Some of the KnowledgeBase posts need some editing; about a dozen. We're tracking down a few bad links. Please feel free to post suggestions in Site Talk or send an email to cs@mail.sailboatowners.com
As always, thanks for your support and encouragement!
Thanks for your patience today while the site gets a bit of shakedown cruise!
Here are today's top questions:
Why can't I login?
To have secure login, everyone must have a unique identifier. On the old site we used email addresses. But this system requires a unique user name.
Out of 39,000 registrations, about 10,000 were not unique. Amazing, huh? So, to make those 10,000 names unique we wrote a little program to add some numbers to it. Ugly, but effective.
So, if you can't login do this:
1. Go through the lost password routine. this should also send your username so you can see if it has changed.
2. If you email address is no longer valid that won't work, so drop us a line at cs@mail.sailboatowners.com. Give us your full name and we'll find your login.
3. if you don't like your computer-generated user name, click Edit Profile then scroll to the very bottom of the left column. Click Request Username and tell us what you'd like. If it's available it's yours.
Here's another idea:
The posts are sorted backwards -- newest first!
That was OK on the old board but not so good here. For some reason the default setting was newest first. We have changed everyone's settings tonight so (a) the thread will display old-t0-new, (b) the original post will be at the top of each page, (c) private messaging is turned on.
Aren't some forum photos missing?
Yes, we only brought over the newest of them. We are still working on the old photos and expect them to be up online Monday.
What the hell is Site-izen
A Site-izen rating is two numbers: On top, a score that assigns points for positive reputation, threads started, files uploaded, reputation points given, and other general contributions to the community. People with high scores have contributed alot.
The lower number is an activity percentile from the past 7 days. It shows who's been active in the forums recently.
My name is ______, and I use Internet Explorer
It sounds like some builds of IE, on some systems, don't show the javascript menus properly. we're working on an adjustment but it may take a week to figure out what will work and implement it. We appreciate your patience but feel free to remind me about it.
We also have lost posts in the Yamaha, Balboa, Chrysler, and some other SBO forums. We have it all, but not in the right place yet. Some of the KnowledgeBase posts need some editing; about a dozen. We're tracking down a few bad links. Please feel free to post suggestions in Site Talk or send an email to cs@mail.sailboatowners.com
As always, thanks for your support and encouragement!
