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  • in reply to: Recurring Donations #87114
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      Yes, that’s due to a change from an ancient Papypal button to the current Paypal generated html code with a new button. To make sure of no unexpected issues, the new code hasn’t been updated everywhere yet.

      in reply to: Craig release date 30th November – be there if you can #81715
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        Live stream

        in reply to: RSS feed does not validate #70074
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          Should be fixed now.

          in reply to: Newsfeed subscription doesn't seem to be working #37279
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            It is an RSS format feed so your browser will have to understand that or you may need an add-on. What browser/platform are you using? If Chrome the most popular RSS feed reader addon is https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/feedly/hipbfijinpcgfogaopmgehiegacbhmob?hl=en

            Otherwise google “yourbrowsername RSS”

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            in reply to: Alisher Usmanov #35794
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              Link fixed for you.

              in reply to: Mistake on thumbnail #35519
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                Thanks. Hadn’t figured out where you were seeing this but now discovered the misspelling specifically in the Facebook settings. Fixed now.

                • This reply was modified 7 years, 8 months ago by Darth.
                in reply to: Closing threads – time limits #35189
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                  Re-opened for comments now.

                  in reply to: Ooh la la Free Speech? #34849
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                    Craig asked for them to be removed from the sidebar as nobody was using them and he felt that the same old topics just cluttered the site. Very shortly after you decided to use it!

                    There are multiple mods and different mods will make different judgements. The same mod can make different calls at different times and not all comments are even read by all mods – some might be read by no mods at all until attentions is drawn. I can guarantee you the poster you mentioned has previously contacted Craig to complain about their posts being deleted when ones attacking them stayed. It’s a bit swings and roundabouts but individual posters don’t see the whole picture. If we had a table of top-10 most moderated users you would probably be surprised.

                    In any case the comment you pointed out has now gone.

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                      Well that’s a WordPress standard theme feature but it shouldn’t be going off mistakenly. Can you post the text of the comment you were trying to make here next time it happens. Add some introductory test before pasting in case you get duplicate comment here (although that shouldn’t happen…) and we’ll look into it.

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                      in reply to: Spam filter #34099
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                        Spam filter is the WordPress supported Akismet and we have no control over it. Occasionally it seems to pick on a real person for a time but if we keep unspamming it eventually gets the message.

                        Sorry for inconvenience and hopefully it clears soon.

                        in reply to: Italics etc on here #33618
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                          Sorry, we don’t have any pm facilities on the blog – users don’t register. However if both parties agree then moderators can pass on email addressees.

                          in reply to: Italics etc on here #33607
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                            Yes it should be the same as before. If you notice the basic codes are shown when posting in the forum here but not when commenting on posts. It is supposed to be displayed on posts and I’m not sure why it isn’t.

                            Remove space after “<" below.
                            < strong>bold< /strong>

                            < em>italics< /em>

                            bold
                            italics

                            < b>< /b>
                            < i >< /i>

                            Should also work. A complete list of the standard WordPress allowed html at https://en.support.wordpress.com/code/

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                            in reply to: Unsupported Protocol? #33595
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                              Can you try Firefox? Can’t really advise anyone to still be running XP but if you are I presume you know what you are doing.

                              in reply to: Feedback on new blog layout. #33593
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                                A restriction in Cloudflare CDN. Which browser? Firefox on XP should be okay. Probably Chrome.

                                in reply to: (Is this really ) How Capitalism is Killing Itself? #33589
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                                  For info the Youtube video URL has to be on a line of its own to auto-embed. Your’s just had it auto-wrapped so I’ve edited in a new line.

                                  in reply to: Unsupported Protocol? #33566
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                                    Cloudflare CDN has been turned off for now. However if we need the extra capacity it will be turned on again as needed and your problem will re-occur. But at least you will know what to do if it happens again. Sorry for any inconvenience in any case.

                                    in reply to: Unsupported Protocol? #33564
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                                      Windows XP it seems is the problem. Opera on versions of Windows later than XP is fine I gather from various forum posts.

                                      in reply to: Unsupported Protocol? #33560
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                                        Since Monday morning the blog has been front-ended by Cloudflare Content Distribution Network to keep the site online under sky-high traffic rates. A quick web search shows some others have experienced problems with Opera and Cloudflare https sites. I have Opera mini on my phone and it connects fine though. Desktop Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Explorer and Edge also all connect fine for me. Cloudflare say the issue is with Opera not them. Sorry that doesn’t really help you though. What operating system are you using? I’ll see if I can track down more specific information.

                                        We should also be able to turn off Cloudflare soon but traffic is still at high levels.

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                                        in reply to: Feedback on new blog layout. #33505
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                                          Allowed html is supposed to be displayed on main post comments. Haven’t figured out yet why it is not displaying but once I do it will be back.

                                          Prior to new theme 70% of blog views were from desktop (Windows, Mac, Linux) and 30% phones or tablets. Since changeover this has become 60% desktop, 40% phone/tablet. The big change was in phone readership which increased from 13% to almost 23%. The top 3 visitor days in March all occurred post switchover and we have not lost any readers. Some regular visitors have switched to mainly reading on phone but also the number of visitors on phones has increased coming in from both google and social media now that the site is no longer classed as small-screen unfriendly.

                                          in reply to: Feedback on new blog layout. #33503
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                                            Comment bubble reduced in size for now. That mostly seems to solve the overlap problem although there is still slight overlap with some longer titles.

                                            in reply to: Feedback on new blog layout. #33502
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                                              We’re aware of the comment bubble and the title clashing especially on smaller devices. It should get fixed at some point.

                                              The DNS is with the domain registrar. We did use the service provider DNS previously but switched to overcome a stale nameserver supplying outdated info. Never been a good reason to switch back.

                                              in reply to: Feedback on new blog layout. #33501
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                                                All the feedback was put to Craig and, with the exception of some minor matters, he is perfectly happy with it as it is now. If you wish to persuade him to change his mind then please use the contact form.

                                                in reply to: New theme planned for the blog and possible use of CDN #33415
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                                                  Closing topic and reopening new one as paging settings are not being respected by bbpress for threaded forum posts. The page just gets longer for ever.

                                                  in reply to: New theme planned for the blog and possible use of CDN #33408
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                                                    It is supposed to be displayed. Don’t know why it is not being shown but will look into it. Hadn’t actually noticed until you mentioned it.

                                                    in reply to: RSS feed or link broken? #33404
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                                                      Could you try again now please.

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