forum very difficult to use

[Nomad]

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C\\\'mon, Terry, it\\\'s not THAT bad!

True. I was a Cubs fan for 30 years.

All I have are plastic bags...

[Arthur C.]

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C\'mon, Terry, it\'s not THAT bad!

On the other hand, we could take a cue from New Orleans Saints fans of yore and put paper bags with eyeholes over our heads when we log on...

[Nomad]

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I\'m starting to feel like a Cubs fan. LOL!

[Brian T]

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Yeah, it\'s too bad. There were a number of nice-to-have features that were so upscrewed that they probably forced the abandonment of the entire software package.

Some carvers were dumping their pix into the gallery with little intention of participating in the forums. Gone now.
This one is like several other wood working sites so I had half a clue when WCI put this up.

[makenchips]

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I agree. Although I did not regularly post I always checked the site a couple times a week. With all the problems I among all others have been having trying to get in and look at posts not even trying to attempt to post it has become to frustrating. If somebody does not get this addressed soon I might just have to forget about this forum. I do not have the patience anymore.

[Cottonwood]

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I have yet to figure out how to get anything in a gallery. Some have kindly tried to give instructions as to how to do it, but drop downs, lists etc. do not seem to be the same as those giving the instructions. There are so many problems with this forum now and it\'s use is very difficult. May fleas infest the armpits of those that damaged the old WCI site.

[Arthur C.]

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Hooked, I use Firefox and don\'t have that problem. Could the problem relate to settings on your computer?

[Hooked on Carving]

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I use firefox and have problems navigating back from pictures. It works the first time then that\'s it. I agree very frustrating to use!

[Kadiddle]

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Sometimes I cannot respond to a thread even though I am logged in at the top. it says I am not. Same goes for looking at these great carvings. Thanks everybody for posting them.
Carve On,
Kadiddle

[Claude]

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Any photos that were attached to message prior to around March 10 of this year can not be viewed as the techs still haven\'t figured out, or had the time, to transfer them from the old database to this new one.

The search function is not working yet, which is also why the Todays s and New s are not working. The techs know about it and are working on it.

The part of the software that allows to expand the thumbnails to a full sized photo is also not working. The work-around for this is to just right-click on the thumbnail, and then select Open In A New Window and view the photo in the new window. When done viewing, just close the new window. You will not have to re-log in if you do this.

Claude

[Gmaclll]

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I was finally able to log into this site after months of trying. I find that I can\'t view any pictures that are over a month old. Everytime I type something into a search bar I get a blank screen after clicking enter . The pictures that I can view, I have to right click to open or the results take me to a new window out of the forum. I have to close the new window and relog into the forum. Very aggravating. There are so many great carvers that use this form that have put a lot of effort into posting their work through the years.
It would be nice to be able to view that work again.

[papasar]

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Seems lie nothing has changed(improved) in the last month or so. Is anyone working on this site?

[Sean R]

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As much as I hate to say it, if this site does not get fixed I fear it will lose what remaining base of users it has. I love this forum, but now it is just awful. My friends list is wiped as well as all my saved pm\'s which was a big loss to me, it had a lot of info that I wanted to keep.

[Claude]

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Rick:
Do not worry about the drop down for the most recent message. The Search feature is still not working, so New s and Todays s will not work either. Just look at the date of the last post for each forum. If it says today, then it is a recent one, if it has a date of last week some time, then it isn\'t.

Claude

[rickm]

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I am using chrome but it works better if I use bing. And it is maddening to try and get that drop down thing to work properly. And it doesn\'t seem to want to sort itself out for me. If this keeps up I will have to drop wci because it frankly has become too big of a pain to use. Hate to I might add. Whoever has designed this software should have left well enough alone