imron Posted February 1, 2017 at 06:51 AM Report Share Posted February 1, 2017 at 06:51 AM Here's another one to ask about. At the bottom of the activity stream only have a 'Load more activity' button displayed if there is actually more activity to display. Every time I click it, it says "There's no more activity to display " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Publius Posted February 2, 2017 at 02:46 AM Report Share Posted February 2, 2017 at 02:46 AM Hi @roddy, it seems now we don't have a numbering system for the posts in a thread. I mean the so-called 樓號, #1, #2, etc. Inconvenient if I just want to say "as xxx pointed out in #2" or "I agree with #2" without using the quote function. Is it possible to bring it back? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
889 Posted February 2, 2017 at 04:28 AM Report Share Posted February 2, 2017 at 04:28 AM I already mentioned this, and Roddy replied. See my post No ??. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Publius Posted February 2, 2017 at 04:59 AM Report Share Posted February 2, 2017 at 04:59 AM Hmm, I see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelley Posted February 2, 2017 at 12:19 PM Report Share Posted February 2, 2017 at 12:19 PM I also think we should have post numbers, roddy's reasons for not having them make sense but there are old posts that use them and now they make no sense. On reflection I think the usefulness outweighs the odd problem with posts being removed, I don't remember this happening that much, posts get edited and things but not so many completely deleted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted February 2, 2017 at 12:44 PM Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2017 at 12:44 PM Send in a post report if you spot one that's a problem and I'll edit a link in. You're right posts don't get deleted often (Yet. I'd dearly love to take an ax to the older threads), but if you need to find a post to get its number, then getting the link doesn't take much more time (using the share icon at top right of every post) and it's an awful lot easier for someone to click that than figure out where post #xx is on a 5 page topic. Old links are now redirecting correctly - so if you come across something like this from 10 years ago the old format links match up with the new site. There's another issue I've spotted with offsite links which I'm working on getting fixed. There's been quite a bit of that kind of trouble-shooting so I'm behind on the stuff I'd like to be doing but getting there, and I've been able to consistently spend a decent amount of time on the site the last few weeks. Significant stuff still to get to... 1) Reorganise. We have too many forums with not enough activity. 2) New mod team - I haven't forgotten, but there's no point bringing people on till we're more settled 3) Bulk email out to introduce the changes to those who aren't visiting regularly 4) Stretch goal - culling unneeded content (flatmate ad from 2009? Unanswered question about nice bars in Beijing from 2012?), better highlighting the good content. There's other stuff, but that's the main public-facing ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
889 Posted February 4, 2017 at 04:01 PM Report Share Posted February 4, 2017 at 04:01 PM Lots of folks don't add tone marks because they're a hassle on a standard PC keyboard. But they're really useful sometimes. So it would be great if the text entry box had a small soft keyboard for adding them. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted February 5, 2017 at 12:53 PM Report Share Posted February 5, 2017 at 12:53 PM *cough*Pinyinput*cough* 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
889 Posted February 5, 2017 at 01:19 PM Report Share Posted February 5, 2017 at 01:19 PM Too complicated to pay for and install yet one more IME, then keep switching them around. Just need at times a quick way to insert a letter like è. Doesn't actually have to be a complete soft-keyboard. Just add some fixed text there that lays out for us the letters ā á ǎ à ē é ě è ō ó ǒ ò ī í ǐ ì ū ú ǔ ù ǖ ǘ ǚ ǜ. We can then copy and insert the letters individually as needed: that would be enough. Usually here we're just adding a few words in Pinyin, not long text. The site would be a lot more helpful if more posters used tone marks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lu Posted February 5, 2017 at 07:05 PM Report Share Posted February 5, 2017 at 07:05 PM Pinyinput is honestly not difficult to install, completely painless. It even has a keyboard shortcut. Although giving all the letters with tone marks is not a bad idea either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelley Posted February 5, 2017 at 08:57 PM Report Share Posted February 5, 2017 at 08:57 PM I have to second what Lu said, Pinyinput is really easy to install and use. I always use it when entering pinyin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Publius Posted February 5, 2017 at 09:51 PM Report Share Posted February 5, 2017 at 09:51 PM Wǒ juéde háishì zhèige fāngbian, wúxū ānzhuāng: https://www.chinese-forums.com/forums/topic/37827-quickpinyin-type-pinyin-with-tone-marks-portable/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted February 6, 2017 at 04:55 AM Report Share Posted February 6, 2017 at 04:55 AM 15 hours ago, 889 said: We can then copy and insert the letters individually as needed: that would be enough Not sure how this is somehow less effort than switching IMEs to Pinyinput. Re: cost, Pinyinput is free if you put $0 in the 'Pay what you want' field. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted February 6, 2017 at 12:42 PM Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2017 at 12:42 PM Minor update applied, shouldn't be any visible changes. Pinyinput is great, you should all have it. A lot of great people, very smart people, have been telling me how good it is. Soft keyboards are failing, very overrated. Sad! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Publius Posted February 6, 2017 at 01:17 PM Report Share Posted February 6, 2017 at 01:17 PM Roddy sounds presidential haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demonic_Duck Posted February 6, 2017 at 03:50 PM Report Share Posted February 6, 2017 at 03:50 PM [is there any way to delete posts on new forum software?] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted February 6, 2017 at 03:57 PM Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2017 at 03:57 PM Sure. Join the admin team. Which also means you get to read edit logs ;-) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demonic_Duck Posted February 6, 2017 at 04:17 PM Report Share Posted February 6, 2017 at 04:17 PM Alas, now you know of my shame Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realmayo Posted February 7, 2017 at 08:52 AM Report Share Posted February 7, 2017 at 08:52 AM If I search for 余华 I get no results. Same for 你好 or 谢谢。 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mati1 Posted February 7, 2017 at 09:12 AM Report Share Posted February 7, 2017 at 09:12 AM Same here. Also the front page had a hiccup not showing recent posts again. I confirmed that the search works though by searching an English word and getting results. A problem with Chinese words? Edit: Typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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