mod-3 Posted March 9, 2016 Report Share Posted March 9, 2016 Put your cursor over "Edit" and right click your mouse and them click open. Can't guarantee it will work for you but it does for me as a mod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted March 9, 2016 Report Share Posted March 9, 2016 You probably have extra rights that a regular user doesn't, if you are getting that. Right-clicking on EDIT only brings up the standard Windows menu for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bennie2 Posted March 9, 2016 Report Share Posted March 9, 2016 kind of a bit off topic: do the mods know what the benefits are for the newer format? were they told why chapala.com wanted the so called "up grade"? just curious. i may have missed something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mod-3 Posted March 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2016 7 hours ago, ComputerGuy said: You probably have extra rights that a regular user doesn't, if you are getting that. Right-clicking on EDIT only brings up the standard Windows menu for me. 1 hour ago, bennie2 said: kind of a bi off topic: do the mods know what the benefits are for the newer format? were they told why chapala.com wanted the so called "up grade"? just curious. i may have missed something. 1. I tried the work around for the edit function with my member sine in and it worked fine. The mouse cursor must be exactly over the word edit when you right click. And yes, it does pull up windows command and edit is the first command. You are way better at this than I am but I thought I'd pass this along in hopes it might help. 2. I guess they were just trying to provide us with a more up to date platform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickS Posted March 9, 2016 Report Share Posted March 9, 2016 " 2. I guess they were just trying to provide us with a more up to date platform. " The "I guess" portion of that sentence, from a Moderator, speaks volumes as to how this Board is run...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RVGRINGO Posted March 9, 2016 Report Share Posted March 9, 2016 The owners are more interested in the real estate functions of the website, and are not very interested in the board. They admit to having no real knowledge of how it all works; which is probably why it doesn‘t. I think that they have finally figured that out and may be looking into a more efficient and responsive provider. So, we need more patience to see what transpires next. I hope it is a major improvement, as this board has been active for many years, but has been failing in the last few. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattoleriver Posted March 10, 2016 Report Share Posted March 10, 2016 A friend of mine owns a board (Cairn Talk) with this same software. This is how he handled the update with an announcement to the community. There were some problems but no complaints. His new board is much nicer than the old version. Maybe Chapala could learn from his example. http://www.cairntalk.net/topic/15827-major-update-pending/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted March 10, 2016 Report Share Posted March 10, 2016 On 2016-03-09 at 4:26 PM, mod-3 said: 1. I tried the work around for the edit function with my member sine in and it worked fine. The mouse cursor must be exactly over the word edit when you right click. And yes, it does pull up windows command and edit is the first command. You are way better at this than I am but I thought I'd pass this along in hopes it might help. Hmmm... I tried it in Firefox and Internet Explorer (site takes too long to open in Edge, interestingly), and while I get different menus because of the difference in browsers, neither showed an "edit" function. I'm guess there is a cookie on your system that activated that function after your Mod sign-in put it there. Has anyone else been able to recreate this Edit function using Mod-3's method? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semalu Posted March 10, 2016 Report Share Posted March 10, 2016 The edit doesn't work for me in Firefox on windows 10 OS using the suggested work around. However I did try out the options drop down menu, only one menu option is available - delete. I tried it on an older post and it worked, or seemed to. I still have to see if it comes back to haunt like some other posts I delete that came back with the new and improved website. So, If you really hate what you wrote maybe a work around is delete the post you hate then start over. A bit of a pain, I know.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bennie2 Posted March 10, 2016 Report Share Posted March 10, 2016 mod 3, wouldnt it be easier to just go back to the old format? has anyone made this suggestion to the people higher up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johanson Posted March 10, 2016 Report Share Posted March 10, 2016 I would love going back to the old format. Using that format we had 100 to 200 posts per day. Things are so difficult here, I'm afraid to count because the number must be quite a bit lower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mod-3 Posted March 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2016 If you read my pinned post at the top of this forum you will see that the owners of this board are trying to move everything to a new provider. If you recall, the old board had many issues, such as down time, as well. Lets wait and see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Berca Posted March 11, 2016 Report Share Posted March 11, 2016 Just used the edit function as it was designed to be used and worked perfectly. Thank you. Just edited to add the thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cortland Posted March 11, 2016 Report Share Posted March 11, 2016 Click on the "Edit" button at the bottom of the message, make your changes and then tap on edit button again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted March 12, 2016 Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 But there is no EDIT button after you begin editing. Only a Cancel or Save. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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