Welcome To Websleuths # 2

[mpnola]

Yes, you can. Go to the forum you want to sort and it's down at the bottom of the page there is a very faint orange text on a white tab that says "Thread Display Options". Click that, then choose your prefix and click "Set Option" button and it will bring up all the LA threads.

Ok, I'm going try!!! Thank you so much! Wish me luck......

 

[Susan Schwind]

Send me the name you would like to use and I will change it for you. I used my real name too when I first started checking out the Internet. But alas, I didn't know how to change it. Heck, I barely knew how to log on to anything. LOL. My email is [email protected]

Tricia, sent you an email, not sure if you received it? Just let me know if I need to resend, thanks!

 

[Gardener1850]

Tricia I’m not getting a congrat thing, though my Alerts are still erratic...hit or miss.

What do you mean by erratic? Have you adjusted your alert settings? There are a couple different places to change the alerts you see. The first is to hover over Alert and then when the drop down box comes up select "Alert Preferences". But it seems like the alert settings for watched forums are not under this option. When you first select "Watch Forum" it will give some different options for alerts. You can choose to get alerts for new threads or for new messages, but for some reason you cannot choose to get alerts for BOTH new threads and new messages from a watched forum. The only way I have found to change the alert settings for the watched forums is by selecting "Unwatch Forum", then choosing to watch it again and choose different options. HTH.

 

[Tortoise]

better tag @WS Admin and @Tricia in case it's a virus or we've been hacked or hijacked or something. I'm not a techie, as you can tell.

 

[bears10]

Hi Bears10. That should not be happening at all. Could you please send me a screenshot of the page you get when you click your Alerts? Is anyone else having trouble with Alerts?

Sure, see attached, I just got these two back to back while trying to view your post from my alerts.

 

[bears10]

What do you mean by erratic? Have you adjusted your alert settings? There are a couple different places to change the alerts you see. The first is to hover over Alert and then when the drop down box comes up select "Alert Preferences". But it seems like the alert settings for watched forums are not under this option. When you first select "Watch Forum" it will give some different options for alerts. You can choose to get alerts for new threads or for new messages, but for some reason you cannot choose to get alerts for BOTH new threads and new messages from a watched forum. The only way I have found to change the alert settings for the watched forums is by selecting "Unwatch Forum", then choosing to watch it again and choose different options. HTH.

For me, I only get alerts sometimes. Say for instance I’ll get an alert that someone replied to this thread or quoted my post. But later on when someone replies or quotes my post, I won’t receive an alert. Then I will the next few times, so on so forth. It has nothing to do with my preferences.

 

[Wire154a]

Needs fixing in thread titles:

Ca - Marlene Santellan, 34, Dec'd, Wrapped In Tarp W/"coffin" In Parking Lot, San Bernardino, Jun'18.

Example above -- the automatically lower-cased a after the capital letter (Ca) and the automatic lower-casing of words in quotes ("coffin").

 

[Spellbound]

screenshot - I've called it chinese but I'm not sure what language it is

Sure, see attached, I just got these two back to back while trying to view your post from my alerts.

I've alerted both of these posts to make sure Tricia sees them

 

[Harmony 2]

I've alerted both of these posts to make sure Tricia sees them

It is just spam and it has all been taken care of. It doesn't have anything to do with the new software.

 

[Gardener1850]

For me, I only get alerts sometimes. Say for instance I’ll get an alert that someone replied to this thread or quoted my post. But later on when someone replies or quotes my post, I won’t receive an alert. Then I will the next few times, so on so forth. It has nothing to do with my preferences.

Oh, weird. I don't get any alerts for replies to a thread unless someone quotes me or adds a file to the thread (I selected those options). So I guess I have not noticed it for that reason. I unchecked getting alerts for all replies to my watched threads since I follow so many threads I would never be able to get through all the "XXXX replied" alerts. I go to my watched thread list to see which threads have new replies.

 

[GarAndTeed]

I asked about this in Forum Finesse, and also pm'd Tricia & another mod; I've been a member here since 2005 (I posted a lot during the Laci Peterson case). Anyway, when I try to revisit older threads, I get a message that I'm not allowed to access them. I've never been banned, or even timed out. Can anyone help?
Thanks!

 

[DakotaMayi]

I asked about this in Forum Finesse, and also pm'd Tricia & another mod; I've been a member here since 2005 (I posted a lot during the Laci Peterson case). Anyway, when I try to revisit older threads, I get a message that I'm not allowed to access them. I've never been banned, or even timed out. Can anyone help?
Thanks!

Which threads are you referring to @GarAndTeed? We can see what everyone else sees.

 

[GarAndTeed]

Which threads are you referring to @GarAndTeed? We can see what everyone else sees.

Hi @AnaPisces !
The last one I tried was Leanne Beardon's. I can't remember all the others, because I got so frustrated I quit trying. Thanks for asking!

 

[Jax49]

Hi @AnaPisces !
The last one I tried was Leanne Beardon's. I can't remember all the others, because I got so frustrated I quit trying. Thanks for asking!

That's really weird. Even while signed out I can access her thread.

 

[DakotaMayi]

Hi @AnaPisces !
The last one I tried was Leanne Beardon's. I can't remember all the others, because I got so frustrated I quit trying. Thanks for asking!

As @Jax49 said, I too can view Leanne's thread. How odd. This is a question for @WS Admin or @Tricia I think. Sorry I was no help!

 

[GarAndTeed]

Thanks for responding, @Jax49 and @AnaPisces ! I appreciate it!

 

[Gooddeeds]

Oh, weird. I don't get any alerts for replies to a thread unless someone quotes me or adds a file to the thread (I selected those options). So I guess I have not noticed it for that reason. I unchecked getting alerts for all replies to my watched threads since I follow so many threads I would never be able to get through all the "XXXX replied" alerts. I go to my watched thread list to see which threads have new replies.

For me, I only get alerts sometimes. Say for instance I’ll get an alert that someone replied to this thread or quoted my post. But later on when someone replies or quotes my post, I won’t receive an alert. Then I will the next few times, so on so forth. It has nothing to do with my preferences.

Same here.

And today my alerts said 56 which as per my selected preferences could never be. Additionally, when I opened it I got ‘you have no alerts’. Neither were correct, as I had less than 5.

 

[Gooddeeds]

Hmmm, I was doing my Likes and got an error message that I have No permission to perform/view the page. BUT ONLY on the ones that are describing China and Korea. This is weird. Can someone try to Like Shiressleuth and Tortoise post starting at 124 and let me know?

 

[Jax49]

Hmmm, I was doing my Likes and got an error message that I have No permission to perform/view the page. BUT ONLY on the ones that are describing China and Korea. This is weird. Can someone try to Like Shiressleuth and Tortoise post starting at 124 and let me know?

I don't see a post by Shire but I was able to "like" Tortoise's post 124.

 

[Gardener1850]

Same here.

And today my alerts said 56 which as per my selected preferences could never be. Additionally, when I opened it I got ‘you have no alerts’. Neither were correct, as I had less than 5.

That is odd. I've never seen a message saying "you have no alerts". I can view all my past alerts. I wonder if it had to do with the China spam? The mods deleted all of that so if you got an alert about it maybe the alert gets deleted too? (I'm just guessing, I have no idea!)