Sarahbuxso Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 How the heck do I post in this new forum? I want to post in the mainland for sale section but I can't, there's no button!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Deakins Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 Maybe you need to have been registered in the forum for a certain length of time. The button is there for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoiraKathleen Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 It's there for me too, and I just registered this morning. Sarah, did you try going through the "Create" button at the very top of the screen, right hand side? When you click it, click 'Topic' (the only choice) and then it displays a drop-down with all the forum sections/sub-sections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarahbuxso Posted April 7, 2017 Author Share Posted April 7, 2017 Registered a certain amount of time? I am over 4 years in SL! LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigmoe Whitfield Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 26 minutes ago, Sarahbuxso Resident said: Registered a certain amount of time? I am over 4 years in SL! LOL in sl yes. depending on HOW the forum is setup to work, it's possible you need a required amount of posts before certain things unlock. it's not made by LL this forum. it might be set with standards, because this was getting hit by zero day spam bots after it was put online. so I think there is the answer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innula Zenovka Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 34 minutes ago, Sarahbuxso Resident said: Registered a certain amount of time? I am over 4 years in SL! LOL It's not question of how old your SL account is. The forum software knows only when you signed up with the forum. That's why your profile says that you joined 8 hours ago, rather than 4 years, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perrie Juran Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 4 hours ago, Innula Zenovka said: It's not question of how old your SL account is. The forum software knows only when you signed up with the forum. That's why your profile says that you joined 8 hours ago, rather than 4 years, @Innula Zenovka I wonder if this is being done for SPAM control? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamela Galli Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 28 minutes ago, Perrie Juran said: @Innula Zenovka I wonder if this is being done for SPAM control? I guess if they can't figure out how to use captcha, they decided to at least delay the spam a little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoiraKathleen Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 If it had to do with forum age and delaying spam, why would they allow posting in some forums but not others? That's what I find strange... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Deakins Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 (edited) 9 hours ago, Sarahbuxso Resident said: Registered a certain amount of time? I am over 4 years in SL! LOL But not in the forum. There's a difference - or there always was a difference. However, as Moira pointed out, it's unlikely that my suggestion was the reason. Please let us know if the button appears for you. Edited April 8, 2017 by Phil Deakins addition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Deakins Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 (edited) @Perrie Juran I DO like your above use of the orange name - 'notifying' Innula to come to the thread when she wasn't already in it, and may never have seen your post to her. Brilliant thinking, young Martian! I am in awe! Edited April 8, 2017 by Phil Deakins 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarahbuxso Posted April 8, 2017 Author Share Posted April 8, 2017 (edited) I have posting on this forum for years!!! This NEW forum sucks, right now i'm angry cuz I need to post a region for rent in the mainland area and I can't! I am a paying customer of SL.. the least they could do is make this available to me. Edited April 8, 2017 by Sarahbuxso Resident Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleMe Jewell Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 35 minutes ago, Sarahbuxso Resident said: I have posting on this forum for years!!! This NEW forum sucks, right now i'm angry cuz I need to post a region for rent in the mainland area and I can't! I am a paying customer of SL.. the least they could do is make this available to me. @Sarahbuxso Resident - Have you tried the workaround suggested in the other thread you created (which I think someone actually suggested earlier in this thread)? If so, and if you've been on the forums for years, then your previous existence should have carried over. I'd suggest contacting LL, as there is little we residents can do other than offer various suggestions and information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarahbuxso Posted April 8, 2017 Author Share Posted April 8, 2017 Ok it works now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamela Galli Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 1 hour ago, Sarahbuxso Resident said: I have posting on this forum for years!!! This NEW forum sucks, right now i'm angry cuz I need to post a region for rent in the mainland area and I can't! I am a paying customer of SL.. the least they could do is make this available to me. Your profile says you have been posting since yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Deakins Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 (edited) I'm sure she meant this and previous incarntions of the forum. @Sarahbuxso LittleMe posted a very good suggestion. Even though you have now the button, I recommend doing what she said, if you really have been posting in this forum and its previous incarnations for years. Edited April 8, 2017 by Phil Deakins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamela Galli Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 Ok, Phil, but her profile says she joined yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Deakins Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 I know, Pamela. I'm just assuming that that's what she meant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whirly Fizzle Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 @Sarahbuxso Resident I think your account may have been broken in the forum merge. There is a @Sarahbuxso Resident AND a @Sarahbuxso account on the forum - which should not be possible. Does this account show all your old posts ? https://community.secondlife.com/profile/1207994-sarahbuxso/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whirly Fizzle Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 Ok I can reproduce this and we have a bug. A single name account, UsernameA will have all their old forum stuff (posts, rank etc) correct if they login to the forum using UsernameA If however, they login to the forum using UsernameA Resident, a new forum account is created for UsernameA Resident. I reproduced this using one of my single name alts - who confusingly has the single name WhirlyFizzle Then I logged into the forum using the name WhirlyFizzle Resident and a new account was created for me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whirly Fizzle Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 @Sarahbuxso Resident If you login to the forum using the same Sarahbuxso instead of Sarahbuxso Resident you should have access to all your old content & rank. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whirly Fizzle Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 I filed a bug report here BUG-48143 - If a single name account, UsernameA logs into the forum using the name "UsernameA Resident", a new forum account is created under "UsernameA Resident" rather then logging them into UsernameA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamela Galli Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 So glad we have smart people in this forum. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madelaine McMasters Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 15 minutes ago, Pamela Galli said: So glad we have smart people in this forum. And fiercely determined. With each passing day, Whirly's bloodshot eyes become more and more comforting, don't they? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoiraKathleen Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 7 hours ago, Whirly Fizzle said: I filed a bug report here BUG-48143 - If a single name account, UsernameA logs into the forum using the name "UsernameA Resident", a new forum account is created under "UsernameA Resident" rather then logging them into UsernameA This issue happened to me also, it appears. When I signed in for the first time in this new version of the forum - and I don't think I had typed Resident - a new account was created. I was confused because I thought I had had an account (but hadn't used it for quite awhile). I just did the member search that you had displayed above, and now see my old moirakathleen account (without the Resident part of the name), which was created in June of 2014. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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