#1187392 - Sat Jan 13 2018 09:13 PM
Re: New Homepage Under Construction
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The player that didn't work on a home page search was maiow. Works from profile page search, though.
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#1187983 - Sat Jan 20 2018 09:14 PM
Re: New Homepage Under Construction
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Registered: Sat Mar 19 2011
Posts: 47
Loc: Springfield Massachusetts USA
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Search results used to give 'the top sixty results' but now only thirty. That would be annoying enough, but I've already done a number of the quizzes listed. And there is no way I can find to display more.
First: Why the radical reduction?
Second: How can I display more search results?
I've returned, foolishly, to Mission Impossible and so must find quizzes with 'impossible' or 'obscure' in the title. The problem sited above occurred when searching for 'obscure'.
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#1187992 - Sun Jan 21 2018 04:24 AM
Re: New Homepage Under Construction
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Mainstay
Registered: Thu Jul 09 2009
Posts: 911
Loc: Antwerp
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Search results used to give 'the top sixty results' but now only thirty. That would be annoying enough, but I've already done a number of the quizzes listed. And there is no way I can find to display more.
First: Why the radical reduction?
Second: How can I display more search results?
I've returned, foolishly, to Mission Impossible and so must find quizzes with 'impossible' or 'obscure' in the title. The problem sited above occurred when searching for 'obscure'. Did you check the two subcategories with the word "Obscure" the search engine gives? In exploring these subcategories you'll find nine quizzes with the desired words. Another method is searching from "out of the box" - a technique which is needed for a totally different challenge, I've read somewhere. The technique that I used was more cumbersome: going into each and every category and subcategory until I found enough quizzes to fulfill the criterium.
Edited by JanIQ (Sun Jan 21 2018 04:25 AM)
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#1188034 - Sun Jan 21 2018 08:27 PM
Re: New Homepage Under Construction
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Registered: Sat Mar 19 2011
Posts: 47
Loc: Springfield Massachusetts USA
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The technique that I used was more cumbersome: going into each and every category and subcategory until I found enough quizzes to fulfill the criterium. That's the way I usually do it. This time it occurred to me that actually using the search function might be easier. In the long run it sort of isn't. Thanks for the hint to check out the categories brought up by the search. Nine more will definitely help.
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#1188111 - Mon Jan 22 2018 11:05 PM
Re: New Homepage Under Construction
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Registered: Sat Mar 19 2011
Posts: 47
Loc: Springfield Massachusetts USA
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Is someone tinkering with the margins? Because a few minutes ago they suddenly became much wider. That is, the sort of teal background each of the FT pages is set against began to show a lot more on each side and the page itself became narrower. IMO this is *not* an improvement. I hope it's just a side effect of tinkering with the code.
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#1188153 - Tue Jan 23 2018 03:53 PM
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Registered: Sat Mar 19 2011
Posts: 47
Loc: Springfield Massachusetts USA
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Okay. Will do.
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#1188702 - Tue Jan 30 2018 05:38 PM
Re: New Homepage Under Construction
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Multiloquent
Registered: Sun Jan 17 2010
Posts: 2223
Loc: Nevada USA
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I use the Compact Home Page but three times in the last week, after I'm away from the site for a while (minutes or hours) the page resets itself to Standard. When I go to the Customize screen to change it back Standard is not bulleted but I suppose that's because it's the standard look.
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#1189018 - Fri Feb 02 2018 11:00 PM
Re: New Homepage Under Construction
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Registered: Sat Mar 19 2011
Posts: 47
Loc: Springfield Massachusetts USA
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On attempting to change my avatar, I discovered that the only profile component that can be edited is my location. Help!
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#1189045 - Sat Feb 03 2018 10:34 AM
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Mainstay
Registered: Sun Nov 14 2010
Posts: 535
Loc: Alabama USA
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On attempting to change my avatar, I discovered that the only profile component that can be edited is my location. Help! That fooled me too. The "edit" at the top is only for location. Scroll down to "Edit My Profile" which is to the right of "Scores and Ranks."
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#1189051 - Sat Feb 03 2018 02:08 PM
Re: New Homepage Under Construction
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Participant
Registered: Sat Mar 19 2011
Posts: 47
Loc: Springfield Massachusetts USA
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Thanks!
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#1189177 - Mon Feb 05 2018 12:43 PM
Re: New Homepage Under Construction
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Registered: Sat Mar 19 2011
Posts: 47
Loc: Springfield Massachusetts USA
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Hey! What happened to my forum avatar?
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#1189196 - Mon Feb 05 2018 07:52 PM
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Prolific
Registered: Wed Nov 03 2010
Posts: 1839
Loc: Ontario and Arizona
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When I click on Game Details from the Daily Challenge page, I get "A total of 4 Challenges can be completed here..." which then shows me the game details for the Team games, not the Daily Challenges. You never know what you're going to see when you click game details. Daily Challenges show Team game details, Team game challenges show Daily Challenge details...or sometimes you get what you want, but not always. Any response on this? Am I the only one who sees this? Is it fixable?
Edited by ssabreman (Mon Feb 05 2018 07:52 PM)
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#1189197 - Mon Feb 05 2018 07:58 PM
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Prolific
Registered: Wed Nov 03 2010
Posts: 1839
Loc: Ontario and Arizona
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Throughout the day, I see a random 0/15, or 2/15, or 4/15, or 1/15, or 3/15 and even a 5/15 for the FT Duel Games...but I haven't played Duel since early August. Any response on this? Am I the only one who sees this? Is it fixable?
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#1189198 - Mon Feb 05 2018 08:24 PM
Re: New Homepage Under Construction
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Explorer
Registered: Mon Oct 26 2015
Posts: 88
Loc: Maryland USA
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Throughout the day, I see a random 0/15, or 2/15, or 4/15, or 1/15, or 3/15 and even a 5/15 for the FT Duel Games...but I haven't played Duel since early August. Any response on this? Am I the only one who sees this? Is it fixable? Do you play topic mash quizzes? If so, could be you've played duel mashes by accident. That's the only theory I can come up with other than a haunted browser.
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#1189199 - Mon Feb 05 2018 08:30 PM
Re: New Homepage Under Construction
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Explorer
Registered: Mon Oct 26 2015
Posts: 88
Loc: Maryland USA
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When I click on Game Details from the Daily Challenge page, I get "A total of 4 Challenges can be completed here..." which then shows me the game details for the Team games, not the Daily Challenges. You never know what you're going to see when you click game details. Daily Challenges show Team game details, Team game challenges show Daily Challenge details...or sometimes you get what you want, but not always. Any response on this? Am I the only one who sees this? Is it fixable? I don't often check the 'Game Details' links but just ran through the three you mentioned with no errors. The link that's incorrect for me is the one at the upper right that says "You are level ###". Instead of taking me to the level breakdown page, it goes to the tower of challenges page. Have you cleared your cache, etc since the changes to the site?
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#1189202 - Mon Feb 05 2018 09:31 PM
Re: New Homepage Under Construction
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Registered: Sat Mar 19 2011
Posts: 47
Loc: Springfield Massachusetts USA
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Thanks for looking into my avatar problem, gtho4. I couldn't tell if the link was dead. A little thought and fiddling and, voila! It's good to see my avatar again!
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#1189209 - Mon Feb 05 2018 10:48 PM
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Head Honcho
Registered: Wed Dec 31 1969
Posts: 21449
Loc: USA
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On attempting to change my avatar, I discovered that the only profile component that can be edited is my location. Help! That fooled me too. The "edit" at the top is only for location. Scroll down to "Edit My Profile" which is to the right of "Scores and Ranks." Thanks, I'll fix those links to be more intuitive.
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#1189302 - Tue Feb 06 2018 10:28 PM
Re: New Homepage Under Construction
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Prolific
Registered: Wed Nov 03 2010
Posts: 1839
Loc: Ontario and Arizona
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Throughout the day, I see a random 0/15, or 2/15, or 4/15, or 1/15, or 3/15 and even a 5/15 for the FT Duel Games...but I haven't played Duel since early August. Any response on this? Am I the only one who sees this? Is it fixable? Do you play topic mash quizzes? If so, could be you've played duel mashes by accident. That's the only theory I can come up with other than a haunted browser. I play ONE Mash only when I need points for the TWIN challenge. But that has no bearing on this flaw on the Home Page. When I refresh the browser, it may go from 0/15 to 5/15. What is it supposed to indicate? Duels already played or Duels available to play?
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#1189303 - Tue Feb 06 2018 10:43 PM
Re: New Homepage Under Construction
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Head Honcho
Registered: Wed Dec 31 1969
Posts: 21449
Loc: USA
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Throughout the day, I see a random 0/15, or 2/15, or 4/15, or 1/15, or 3/15 and even a 5/15 for the FT Duel Games...but I haven't played Duel since early August. Any response on this? Am I the only one who sees this? Is it fixable? Do you play topic mash quizzes? If so, could be you've played duel mashes by accident. That's the only theory I can come up with other than a haunted browser. I play ONE Mash only when I need points for the TWIN challenge. But that has no bearing on this flaw on the Home Page. When I refresh the browser, it may go from 0/15 to 5/15. What is it supposed to indicate? Duels already played or Duels available to play? It was a bug where it was showing you a cached version because you're not a GM. I have removed the indicator entirely for non GMs since only GMs can play 15 categories anyway.
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#1189307 - Tue Feb 06 2018 11:16 PM
Re: New Homepage Under Construction
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Prolific
Registered: Wed Nov 03 2010
Posts: 1839
Loc: Ontario and Arizona
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When I click on Game Details from the Daily Challenge page, I get "A total of 4 Challenges can be completed here..." which then shows me the game details for the Team games, not the Daily Challenges. You never know what you're going to see when you click game details. Daily Challenges show Team game details, Team game challenges show Daily Challenge details...or sometimes you get what you want, but not always. Any response on this? Am I the only one who sees this? Is it fixable? I don't often check the 'Game Details' links but just ran through the three you mentioned with no errors. The link that's incorrect for me is the one at the upper right that says "You are level ###". Instead of taking me to the level breakdown page, it goes to the tower of challenges page. Have you cleared your cache, etc since the changes to the site? Maybe GMs get a consistent display of Game Details but not here. I get Daily Challenge game details showing the same as the Team Game details...or vice versa. But not both showing what they should, separately.
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#1192889 - Sun Mar 25 2018 12:38 AM
Re: New Homepage Under Construction
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Enthusiast
Registered: Thu May 10 2012
Posts: 346
Loc: Norfolk
England UK
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The search function is still not as it should be.
Today I have a challenge to play a quiz by vendome. I enter vendome in the search box and system says No quizzes match your query. This quiz search feature checks the titles of all of the quizzes on the website and returns those that best match.
As it’s only a one point challenge in the past I have just ignored it but this time I thought I would mention it as others must be having the same problem.
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