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BeadsContributor
I was about to give up on all this because I've just spent an inordinate amount of time working out how to do a new post.
I just want Christmas to be over. I got tired of people asking me if I was all ready for Christmas. I have one relative here and that's it. Not everyone has a big family. The question triggers me and it's so annoying to hear that question. Nevertheless I feel sad that Christmas will never be the same as it used to be.
In response to: Christmas sadness
HenryXSenior Contributor
Thanks @Beads
@Beads, Thank you. Your address worked and, consequently, I received notification of your message.
@Beads and @LookingHopeful
and other members who may find the following information useful.
Following that, I have added a more detailed description of the process of
Posting a Comment and Replying to Another Post
and
Accessing and Responding to "Your Notifications"
"Your Notifications" are advice of those notifications, about messages that have been addressed to you, or from threads in which you have been active.
When you write a post, you can add member addresses to include other Forum members in the discussion.
Start a new discussion or click 'Reply' or 'Quick reply' on a post.
Type @ then start typing a member name you want to include:
In 'Reply' you'll see a list of suggested member names.
In 'Quick reply', you need to type the whole name.
Select or type the member name and you'll see it linked in your post.
Add more member names the same way if you like, finish your post and click 'Post'. The member will get a notification saying they've been mentioned in your post.” {copied from Guidelines & Info}
I have added the following, more detailed guide, which I hope will be of help in using the functions of the forum. If you have any problems, just ask from wherever you are and someone will offer assistance.
Posting a Comment and Replying to Another Post
When you want to reply to a post with someone's forum address, e.g., @Beads , @LookingHopeful , or @HenryX
Forum Name = @HenryX Forum Address = @ + HenryX = @HenryX
Forum Name = @Beads Forum Address = @ + Beads = @Beads
Forum Name = @LookingHopeful Forum Address = @ + @LookingHopeful = @LookingHopeful
Click the REPLY oval to the bottom right of the post to which you intend replying
With the cursor in the REPLY box, type the "@" symbol {without quotation marks / inverted commas} This will open a drop down menu with up to five or six Forum Addresses of people who have commented in the thread in which you wish to post a REPLY
The @ symbol cannot be adjacent to any other letter or symbol, in front of, or behind, in order for the drop-down menu to appear P@,J = X P @ ,J = ✔
Selecting a Forum Address from the list will automatically enter that Forum Address into the REPLY box. An alert to the person concerned, when the message is posted, will appear in their "Your Notifications" page-list.
Repeat steps 2 to 4 to include additional Forum Address entries into the REPLY box
Enter the comment that you wish to offer, then click POST once, and click POST again. {Two POST clicks are normally required. If the comment does not post on the second click, check above and below the reply box for Error Messages.
However, if you see this timeout message, Don't panic:
"Authentication Failed.
Authentication Ticket Mismatched, failed authentication."
Copy the whole of the message that you have typed into the REPLY box to your clipboard, refresh the page ⟳ {top left of browser window}, and, after the page refresh, check the message, if it remains in the REPLY box, then click POST once, and click POST again."Your post has been changed because invalid HTML was found in the message body. The invalid HTML has been removed. Please review the message and submit the message when you are satisfied."
That should complete the message process unless there are any other error messages that require attention.Additional Notes.
{When you are copying from the REPLY box, before refreshing, I believe that forum addresses do "copy and paste" back into the same refreshed REPLY box properly, as active links.}
{The process above is what I had to do with this message because I took so long to write the message. That is when the dreaded "Authentication Failed" message most often appears}
Another way of avoiding the dreaded "Authentication Failed", when writing longer messages, is to write the message in your word processor {Microsoft Word, Apache OpenOffice Writer, etc} and then "copy and paste" the text, from the word processor document, into the REPLY box,
add the desired Forum Addresses and post.
Caution: I believe that forum addresses do not copy and paste properly from the word processor as functional links, so it is best to enter all forum addresses directly into the Reply box when using a word processor for your draft copy.
Accessing and Responding to "Your Notifications"
Toward the top right of the forum page, to the right of Guidelines & Info, is placed the word New .
Clicking on the word New will open your "Your Notifications" page
The "Your Notifications" page displays a list of notifications, addressed to you. The notification is sent when another member has entered your forum address to alert you to their message. You will also receive notification of messages, that have been posted by other members, in threads to which you have also posted, in which you have been active or have subscribed to the thread.
In the "Your Notifications" page, Left click on the link, which will be displayed like this;
" Re: Henry's Landing Strip & Hangar " {with the prefix "Re:" but without quotation marks / inverted commas} A Left click on the link will open the link and the included message in the same browser TAB as the "Your Notifications" browser TAB, or
If there are a number of message alerts, I find it easier to open two or three of them, at a time, in new browser TABs
If you have any other questions, to which you would like answers or guidance, you are welcome to post them here, or in the thread in which you are active and another member or I will be happy to offer assistance.
With Best Wishes
@HenryX
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