Sorry, my error. I meant board. It's been a long day! Tim Singleton Volunteer Coordinator Adams Co. INGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~inadams/ -----Original Message----- From: boards-admins-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:boards-admins-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Kathie Harrison Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 16:56 To: boards-admins@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BAd] Board Info Wiped Out! But it is NOT a list, it is a board and there is a difference. Staff already knows about the admin info pages, so we all need to be a bit more patient til these are restored. On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 3:20 PM, Tim Singleton <tsingleton000@gmail.com> wrote: > > In my case, the Board Info link now says it's the Adams list, not the > Adams County, Indiana list, which could be confusing to some. I'm unable to change it until the system is fixed. > > > Tim Singleton > Volunteer Coordinator Adams Co. INGenWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~inadams/ -- -- Take care, ~Kathie Harrison Ancestral Whispers http://whispers.ancestralwhispers.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BOARDS-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

In my case, the Board Info link now says it's the Adams list, not the Adams County, Indiana list, which could be confusing to some. I'm unable to change it until the system is fixed. Tim Singleton Volunteer Coordinator Adams Co. INGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~inadams/ -----Original Message----- From: boards-admins-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:boards-admins-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of JYoung6180@aol.com Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 12:15 To: boards-admins@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BAd] Board Info Wiped Out! Patrice- Yes--this is a known issue. I posted here (or on the Boards-Admins board--forget which) about it a few days ago. The HelpDesk replied to me stating that the developers are working on that "feature" (board info) and to just wait to see if the customized pages come back. Joan In a message dated 7/31/2009 12:09:16 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, genealogy@cfl.rr.com writes: Have any of you that customized your boards ever received comments or confirmation that the users actually look at the Board info? I'm just curious. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BOARDS-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Well that's ok Tim, I just have seen some others who frequently think their lists are boards and vice-versa. Must be some new admins. Plus I think the heat is getting to us all, [grin] Chalk it up to the summer grumpies for me. On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 4:06 PM, Tim Singleton<tsingleton000@gmail.com> wrote: > Sorry, my error. I meant board. It's been a long day! > > > Tim Singleton > Volunteer Coordinator Adams Co. INGenWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~inadams/ -- -- Take care, ~Kathie Harrison Ancestral Whispers http://whispers.ancestralwhispers.com/

But it is NOT a list, it is a board and there is a difference. Staff already knows about the admin info pages, so we all need to be a bit more patient til these are restored. On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 3:20 PM, Tim Singleton <tsingleton000@gmail.com> wrote: > > In my case, the Board Info link now says it's the Adams list, not the Adams County, Indiana list, which could > be confusing to some. I'm unable to change it until the system is fixed. > > > Tim Singleton > Volunteer Coordinator Adams Co. INGenWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~inadams/ -- -- Take care, ~Kathie Harrison Ancestral Whispers http://whispers.ancestralwhispers.com/

genealogy@cfl.rr.com wrote: >Have any of you that customized your boards ever received comments or >confirmation that the users actually look at the Board info? I'm just curious. > > Occasionally. More often I'll point board users to the board info page to see useful links posted there. Whether they go to board info or not is unknown. >If they don't fix it, will it really be that great a loss? I rarely >saw a Board with anything under info except the address -- and I do >look. If most Boards ONLY have the address, pretty soon the users >may stop looking for anything else. > > Sort of like the welcome message for mailing lists. Mine are all customized, but rarely have I seen other customized welcome messages. >I customized all but two of my Boards and it was obvious that the >info was rarely read. I did keep a backup of the html though. I'm >just debating with myself it's worth reloading if they can't restore it. > It seems that board users rarely read Community Guidelines, Board Help, or Board FAQ either, but at least they're there for the reading. I'll be restoring board info since it will only take a few seconds, but it would be nice to know that someone is reading the info. :-) Lynne

Patrice- Yes--this is a known issue. I posted here (or on the Boards-Admins board--forget which) about it a few days ago. The HelpDesk replied to me stating that the developers are working on that "feature" (board info) and to just wait to see if the customized pages come back. Joan In a message dated 7/31/2009 12:09:16 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, genealogy@cfl.rr.com writes: Have any of you that customized your boards ever received comments or confirmation that the users actually look at the Board info? I'm just curious.

No, probably very few posters actually read the board info. But it's very frustrating to go to the trouble of doing it, and then it all gets wiped out with no warning, no explanation, no apology, no nothing. I have back-ups, too, but I probably won't bother to re-load them. Nan On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 2:46 AM, <genealogy@cfl.rr.com> wrote: > Folks, > > Have any of you that customized your boards ever received comments or > confirmation that the users actually look at the Board info? I'm just > curious. > > If they don't fix it, will it really be that great a loss? I rarely > saw a Board with anything under info except the address -- and I do > look. If most Boards ONLY have the address, pretty soon the users > may stop looking for anything else. > > I customized all but two of my Boards and it was obvious that the > info was rarely read. I did keep a backup of the html though. I'm > just debating with myself it's worth reloading if they can't restore it. > > Rel@ively, > Patrice > > At 7/26/2009 03:00 AM, you wrote: > >From: JYoung6180@aol.com > > > >I asked the HelpDesk and David replied last week saying they are working > on > > that part of the boards and to check back later to see if the cusomized > >board information pages come back. > > > >Joan > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BOARDS-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Folks, Have any of you that customized your boards ever received comments or confirmation that the users actually look at the Board info? I'm just curious. If they don't fix it, will it really be that great a loss? I rarely saw a Board with anything under info except the address -- and I do look. If most Boards ONLY have the address, pretty soon the users may stop looking for anything else. I customized all but two of my Boards and it was obvious that the info was rarely read. I did keep a backup of the html though. I'm just debating with myself it's worth reloading if they can't restore it. Rel@ively, Patrice At 7/26/2009 03:00 AM, you wrote: >From: JYoung6180@aol.com > >I asked the HelpDesk and David replied last week saying they are working on > that part of the boards and to check back later to see if the cusomized >board information pages come back. > >Joan

Marilyn- I asked the HelpDesk and David replied last week saying they are working on that part of the boards and to check back later to see if the cusomized board information pages come back. Joan In a message dated 7/25/2009 12:11:07 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, Kaesemein@aol.com writes: Does anyone know why our customized Board Information link has been wiped out? Many of us spent a lot of time making our page informational and attractive and it's really upsetting to see that everything is gone except our Board Admin. email address. Marilyn

Does anyone know why our customized Board Information link has been wiped out? Many of us spent a lot of time making our page informational and attractive and it's really upsetting to see that everything is gone except our Board Admin. email address. Marilyn

I reported it yesterday before I saw all this traffic on the subject coming in. All customisation gone too! Fiona

Hmmm...I haven't had any trouble with the edit feature -- only board info. So your problem sounds like a different issue but most likely one related to the current "tinkering" with the boards by the developers. Joan In a message dated 7/18/2009 11:43:25 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, rwlistsboards@comcast.net writes: Yep. Reported the issue two days ago to staff, when I couldn't access the edit window on a board I just adopted. I can't access the edit window on ANY of my boards. -Marie

Yvonne- True -- but there would be a happy medium in squished vs. over-justified. <g> The HelpDesk replied to me that they were working on the board info feature and that is why our custom pages are temporarily not there. I was told to keep an eye on the situation and it probably would be restored soon. Joan In a message dated 7/18/2009 11:20:17 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, ybowers@gmail.com writes: Yesterday I was pleased to find my board pages centered once again (what Joan probably refers to as "squished"). After the last update, the page was over-justified left - there was no left margin and the words were almost off the page (Firefox 3.0.11 on Mac 10.5.7). I reported it to the HelpDesk, was told they didn't know what the problem was and I have lived with it since. But now after reading Jim's message and checking for myself I find that although the page looks better, all my custom info is gone and I also can't open the editor. I hope all that hard work customizing the board info isn't gone for good. That would be a serious drag and I'm not sure I'm into recreating it all again. Thanks for reporting it to the HelpDesk, Joan. Yvonne

Jim Jackson wrote: > Is anyone else unable to open their message board info edit pages? Yep. Reported the issue two days ago to staff, when I couldn't access the edit window on a board I just adopted. I can't access the edit window on ANY of my boards. -Marie

It appears that all of the board information pages have been changed. All of the ones of mine that I've checked are now all the same, plain with just the "Welcome to" line and the Admin. contact info..... None of the pages that I had done with HTML are left. Kay Cutshall ----- Original Message ----- From: <boards-admins-request@rootsweb.com> To: <boards-admins@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 3:00 AM Subject: BOARDS-ADMINS Digest, Vol 4, Issue 99 > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Unable to open Information Editor (Jim Jackson) > 2. Re: Unable to open Information Editor (JYoung6180@aol.com) >

Yesterday I was pleased to find my board pages centered once again (what Joan probably refers to as "squished"). After the last update, the page was over-justified left - there was no left margin and the words were almost off the page (Firefox 3.0.11 on Mac 10.5.7). I reported it to the HelpDesk, was told they didn't know what the problem was and I have lived with it since. But now after reading Jim's message and checking for myself I find that although the page looks better, all my custom info is gone and I also can't open the editor. I hope all that hard work customizing the board info isn't gone for good. That would be a serious drag and I'm not sure I'm into recreating it all again. Thanks for reporting it to the HelpDesk, Joan. Yvonne On Jul 18, 2009, at 12:00 AM, boards-admins-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:51:31 EDT > From: JYoung6180@aol.com > Subject: Re: [BAd] Unable to open Information Editor > To: boards-admins@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <be4.5addd2bb.3791f803@aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > Jim- > > I haven't tried to do it but I did notice that my boards that had > customized messages have reverted to the standard/generic message. > Plus I have one > board that I used to co-admin (back in the days when admins could > share > admin duties) with another admin who is now deceased. Our customized > board info > page listed the two of us among other things. Now that the board has > reverted to the generic default board info page the other admin's > now defunct > email address is listed as the ONLY admin (although I still can > access the > admin functions and process them). > > So something has gotten screwed up with this "feature." Also--the > RootsWeb > interface has now reverted to the squished in format that doesn't > fill the > page. > > I've reported the board info issue to the HelpDesk. > > Joan > > > In a message dated 7/17/2009 11:47:54 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > popsjackson@charter.net writes: > > Is anyone else unable to open their message board info edit pages? > When I > click on the Edit button I am returned to the board itself. I have > made > numerous changes to my IE settings, suspecting a problem there, but > to no > avail. > >

Jim- I haven't tried to do it but I did notice that my boards that had customized messages have reverted to the standard/generic message. Plus I have one board that I used to co-admin (back in the days when admins could share admin duties) with another admin who is now deceased. Our customized board info page listed the two of us among other things. Now that the board has reverted to the generic default board info page the other admin's now defunct email address is listed as the ONLY admin (although I still can access the admin functions and process them). So something has gotten screwed up with this "feature." Also--the RootsWeb interface has now reverted to the squished in format that doesn't fill the page. I've reported the board info issue to the HelpDesk. Joan In a message dated 7/17/2009 11:47:54 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, popsjackson@charter.net writes: Is anyone else unable to open their message board info edit pages? When I click on the Edit button I am returned to the board itself. I have made numerous changes to my IE settings, suspecting a problem there, but to no avail.

Is anyone else unable to open their message board info edit pages? When I click on the Edit button I am returned to the board itself. I have made numerous changes to my IE settings, suspecting a problem there, but to no avail. Thanks, Jim

Thanks everyone for your insight and opinions. You all make very valid points. Maybe I'll let staff make the decision. Lou

Another option would be to use 'report abuse' and ask the staff to review the post. If it's gone then you have an answer, and if the objection is gone but the post remains; you still have an answer. On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 2:51 PM, donkelly<ocollaugh@comcast.net> wrote: > The library part is genealogy related. > > Politics and taxes are not. > > Those could be deleated, but I bow to greater experience. >