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rascal said:
This is as expected?  Not trying to be an ###, just seems like including the full conversation in a quote would be useful.  Or do I have a wrong setting?
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what we have now is apparently the only option available in the latest version of Invision's board software. we can't change a setting to have it include more quote history in a conversation. you can click the arrow in upper right to trace back what people were talking about if you want to.

 
Aaron Rudnicki said:
rascal said:
This is as expected?  Not trying to be an ###, just seems like including the full conversation in a quote would be useful.  Or do I have a wrong setting?
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what we have now is apparently the only option available in the latest version of Invision's board software. we can't change a setting to have it include more quote history in a conversation. you can click the arrow in upper right to trace back what people were talking about if you want to.
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hey look what i did!

 
from the first post of this thread:

Nested Quotes, Quote Multiple Posts

Invision changed their boards to only have 1 nested quote by default, because having too many made it unreadable, particularly on mobile. You can include multiple separate quote boxes though. To include more than one, just click the + next to Quote on the posts you wish included. A new button will then appear at the bottom to include all of the quotes.

You can also highlight a post and hit the "Quote This" that pops up and it might include more of the previous quote(s).
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On the login thing, I recall hearing it was being passed to Invision, but I don't think anyone on staff said they had the issue that we could do much to trouble shoot it.

I wonder if anyone has tried deleting their footballguys.com and forums.footballguys.com cookies and see if maybe that helps?  Or checking other cookie or form related settings in the browser that might affect it?  It only seems to be some people having the problem, so it being something within their browsers could make sense as a potential cause.

 
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Greg Russell said:
On the login thing, I recall hearing it was being passed to Invision, but I don't think anyone on staff said they had the issue that we could do much to trouble shoot it.

I wonder if anyone has tried deleting their footballguys.com and forums.footballguys.com cookies and see if maybe that helps?  Or checking other cookie or form related settings in the browser that might affect it?  It only seems to be some people having the problem, so it being something within their browsers could make sense as a potential cause.
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I did try clearing all my cookies for FBGs and the forums. Didn't make a difference.

 
Aaron Rudnicki said:
from the first post of this thread:

Nested Quotes, Quote Multiple Posts

Invision changed their boards to only have 1 nested quote by default, because having too many made it unreadable, particularly on mobile. You can include multiple separate quote boxes though. To include more than one, just click the + next to Quote on the posts you wish included. A new button will then appear at the bottom to include all of the quotes.

You can also highlight a post and hit the "Quote This" that pops up and it might include more of the previous quote(s).
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"+" not showing up, but at least the highlight does.  Of course, if nobody uses it....

 
rascal said:
"+" not showing up, but at least the highlight does.  Of course, if nobody uses it....
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What browser/OS are you on?

At the bottom left of a post where you click on the word Quote to quote that one post, there isn't a + on a grey background to the left of the word Quote?

 
Greg Russell said:
What browser/OS are you on?

At the bottom left of a post where you click on the word Quote to quote that one post, there isn't a + on a grey background to the left of the word Quote?
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Internet Explorer 11/Windows 7

I see a grey box for multiquote, but that is it.

 
rascal said:
Internet Explorer 11/Windows 7

I see a grey box for multiquote, but that is it.
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Right, that's the "+" that is being referred to.  Hit that on a few posts and each of them will be quoted individually in your reply if you hit the Quote # posts box that will appear after.

Looking like this:

rascal said:
This is as expected?  Not trying to be an ###, just seems like including the full conversation in a quote would be useful.  Or do I have a wrong setting?
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Aaron Rudnicki said:
what we have now is apparently the only option available in the latest version of Invision's board software. we can't change a setting to have it include more quote history in a conversation. you can click the arrow in upper right to trace back what people were talking about if you want to.
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Peyton Marino said:
hey look what i did!
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Honestly, this attempt by Invision to streamline the appearance of the board across multiple platforms is a HUGE FAIL. Especially on mobile. Its not an improvement at all and in fact is much worse because users are unable to customize to our liking. It almost appears as if Invision didn't make these changes with the end user in mind but instead were focused on their own desires. 

 
I am completely stunned that the double log in issue is still unresolved.

Does this new version use completely different software/language than the previous version? If not, maybe the programmers should compare the old code to the new code and see what they missed.  Even if it is completely different ... go back and figure out what you forgot to program into this.

 
Walking Boot said:
There are no "programmers" here,  fbg bought the software as-is and out of a box. They're just an end customer. It would be like you emailing Microsoft to change the thickness of the bold lines in excel. 
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That is at least something easy for the user to fix, not the fustercluck that is going on here.

 
Walking Boot said:
Mjolnirs said:
I am completely stunned that the double log in issue is still unresolved.

Does this new version use completely different software/language than the previous version? If not, maybe the programmers should compare the old code to the new code and see what they missed.  Even if it is completely different ... go back and figure out what you forgot to program into this.
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There are no "programmers" here,  fbg bought the software as-is and out of a box. They're just an end customer. It would be like you emailing Microsoft to change the thickness of the bold lines in excel. 
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Sure there are no programmers at FBG, but this software is an upgrade to the software that was being used.  The old version was out of the box and this new version is out of the box. 

Losing the functionality of not only single sign on, but remembered sign on as well, is a major issue that should be hitting all purchasers of this software.  Has FBG contacted the company to see if this issue is happening for other customers, and if there is a fix in the works?

If a business purchased Excel and the newest version started requiring users to go through the "save" option twice before anything was actually saved, I'm sure Microsoft would be aware and working on it.

 
KingPrawn said:
Have we gotten a reply reason excuse for this yet?
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Okay - I figured this out.  I go the main forums page and it's showing me as not logged in.  But if I go click on the FFA, Shark Pool or Baseball forums, it then logs me in.  Must be a caching issue with the page.   In any case, this is no longer an issue for me.

 
I tend to view only threads I've posted in. The new "custom" option allowing me to do this seems to only have one page; I can't look at a 2nd or later page of threads I've posted in. Is there a way to do this?

 
Some people are having the sign on issue. It appears most do not. 

Passed it along and heard back we'd contacted Invision about it. I've not heard any update on it beyond that.

 
El Floppo said:
I tend to view only threads I've posted in. The new "custom" option allowing me to do this seems to only have one page; I can't look at a 2nd or later page of threads I've posted in. Is there a way to do this?
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I believe this was passed to Invision as well as I sent Memphis screen shots of it.

Another option would be go to Activity -> My Activity Streams up on the tabs at the top, and choose content you've posted in.

 
urbanhack said:
Okay - I figured this out.  I go the main forums page and it's showing me as not logged in.  But if I go click on the FFA, Shark Pool or Baseball forums, it then logs me in.  Must be a caching issue with the page.   In any case, this is no longer an issue for me.
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Can others having the login issue try this and report back on if it fixes it for you? 

 
Mjolnirs said:
I am completely stunned that the double log in issue is still unresolved.

Does this new version use completely different software/language than the previous version? If not, maybe the programmers should compare the old code to the new code and see what they missed.  Even if it is completely different ... go back and figure out what you forgot to program into this.
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maybe, if they make the source code available, one or more of us could fix it.

we could wikify this bored.

 
Greg Russell said:
urbanhack said:
Okay - I figured this out.  I go the main forums page and it's showing me as not logged in.  But if I go click on the FFA, Shark Pool or Baseball forums, it then logs me in.  Must be a caching issue with the page.   In any case, this is no longer an issue for me.
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Can others having the login issue try this and report back on if it fixes it for you? 
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From the FBGs home page

Home Tab  > Forums Home it does not keep me logged in. I have to do the log in twice

Community Tab > Forums > Shark Pool (or any other one of the forums) I do not have to log in. It remembers me from my last session.

Seems to be an issue with the Forums Home page log in

 
tonydead said:
tl;dr

On PC, If you find yourself stuck with quotes that you didn't really want to quote and can't get rid of them: Right click on top left hand corner of the quote, select all, backspace.
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Does not work with IOS. Only solution I've found is to go into my iPad settings, delete all web data, then log in to the FFA again. Huge pain in the ###, and it's randomly happening more and more. I don't understand how they could screw this up so badly.

 
McGarnicle said:
Does not work with IOS. Only solution I've found is to go into my iPad settings, delete all web data, then log in to the FFA again. Huge pain in the ###, and it's randomly happening more and more. I don't understand how they could screw this up so badly.
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I should add in Windows Explorer it is "select all" in Chrome it is "copy image" and for IOS it is "your fault for buying that POS".  

 
Aaron Rudnicki said:
I assumed everybody had the FFA as their bookmark. Guess that's why most people weren't seeing this issue. 
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It shouldn't matter if a specific sub-forum is bookmarked or not. Once you log in from the main forum page and check "Remember Me" you shouldn't have to log in (twice) the next time you visit. I don't care if others aren't having this same issue. Enough of us are, and are voicing our displeasure over it, that something should be done about it.

What would be refreshing to read is that this upgrade is far from what the brass at FBG had hoped for when they decided it was time to upgrade and are thoroughly disappointed in the product they purchased from Invision.

 
Ruffrodys05 said:
It shouldn't matter if a specific sub-forum is bookmarked or not. Once you log in from the main forum page and check "Remember Me" you shouldn't have to log in (twice) the next time you visit. I don't care if others aren't having this same issue. Enough of us are, and are voicing our displeasure over it, that something should be done about it.

What would be refreshing to read is that this upgrade is far from what the brass at FBG had hoped for when they decided it was time to upgrade and are thoroughly disappointed in the product they purchased from Invision.
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all I can do is pass along the issues people are having with the software. those get passed along to Invision. then hopefully they fix it.

 
Heard back on the login issue from Invision. They think the issue was that the message board was supposed to redirect logins coming in via http, over to https, but it wasn't working properly. So if a bookmark went to http://forums.footballguys.com to get to the forums, it was supposed to redirect you to the correct secure URL of https://forums.footballguys.com but that wasn't working. The login wasn't recognized at the insecure URL. The work around found earlier of clicking a forum link worked because the forum links are to the correct secure https pages which then recognize the login normally.

The http->https redirection has been restored by Invision and we're making some change to the site menu to help with it. Can a couple of you who were hitting the issue with the bookmark you were using confirm it is working?

 
Greg Russell said:
Heard back on the login issue from Invision. They think the issue was that the message board was supposed to redirect logins coming in via http, over to https, but it wasn't working properly. So if a bookmark went to http://forums.footballguys.com to get to the forums, it was supposed to redirect you to the correct secure URL of https://forums.footballguys.com but that wasn't working. The login wasn't recognized at the insecure URL. The work around found earlier of clicking a forum link worked because the forum links are to the correct secure https pages which then recognize the login normally.

The http->https redirection has been restored by Invision and we're making some change to the site menu to help with it. Can a couple of you who were hitting the issue with the bookmark you were using confirm it is working?
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Works great for me now. It remembers me and keeps me signed in. I've been using the forums from the FBGs main page > Home Tab > Forums Home

Thanks for clearing this up

 
urbanhack said:
Okay - I figured this out.  I go the main forums page and it's showing me as not logged in.  But if I go click on the FFA, Shark Pool or Baseball forums, it then logs me in.  Must be a caching issue with the page.   In any case, this is no longer an issue for me.
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This helped crack the case. Thanks. 

 
Greg Russell said:
Heard back on the login issue from Invision. They think the issue was that the message board was supposed to redirect logins coming in via http, over to https, but it wasn't working properly. So if a bookmark went to http://forums.footballguys.com to get to the forums, it was supposed to redirect you to the correct secure URL of https://forums.footballguys.com but that wasn't working. The login wasn't recognized at the insecure URL. The work around found earlier of clicking a forum link worked because the forum links are to the correct secure https pages which then recognize the login normally.

The http->https redirection has been restored by Invision and we're making some change to the site menu to help with it. Can a couple of you who were hitting the issue with the bookmark you were using confirm it is working?
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Yep, it is working now.  :thumbup:

I checked my bookmark and it was to http

Thanks

 
A positive thing I just found out.

The advanced search function allows you to search for 3 letter words. I just made a post about power supplies and was able to search for 'UPS' with out getting the old error.

Nice!

 
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Not sure if it's been mentioned by others, but using Chrome on my Android phone, most times when I click on the bookmark for FBG, it opens up Chrome but simply opens up the last tab I had and does not actually go to FBG.  It's the only bookmark that does that.  I have to actually kill Chrome in order to get it to load.  An annoyance for sure and not sure why it's isolated to FBG.  Anyone else with this issue?

 
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