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Hmm... it appears you can no longer quote a post, copy the entire content, and post it into a different thread. This is gonna be a bit of a problem, given the Giro is coming up, and people will be wanting to post @Eshnar's brilliant stage write-ups into seperate threads for each stage.

I suppose the reason is that now when you click "Reply" (or "Quote") it goes directly into the "Quoted format", rather than just have the [ Quote] text [/ Quote] tags.
 
Hmm... it appears you can no longer quote a post, copy the entire content, and post it into a different thread. This is gonna be a bit of a problem, given the Giro is coming up, and people will be wanting to post @Eshnar's brilliant stage write-ups into seperate threads for each stage.

I suppose the reason is that now when you click "Reply" (or "Quote") it goes directly into the "Quoted format", rather than just have the [ Quote] text [/ Quote] tags.

Maybe you can try to click the BB code button to get the tags

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Maybe you can try to click the BB code button to get the tags

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You don't even have to do that, you can just highlight the quote as you usually would and then copy it.

Maybe you can try to click the BB code button to get the tags

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Maybe you can try to click the BB code button to get the tags

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Maybe you can try to click the BB code button to get the tags

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Maybe you can try to click the BB code button to get the tags

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Been more off than on here, recently.
Cannot right read it through the info, so is a part of the transition than users' histical posts are just gone?

When I click my profile -> Your Content, I end up in a blanc page with info-link to this thread above.

I was looking for own posting here during TdF2022 stage threads, where I uploaded personal pics from live stage attendance, pics of which I unfortunately seem to have lost. And now they seems lost here, too...maybe?

Edit: Now edit own post seems filled with flaws too!
2 mins ago I edited this post, but edited text was pure gone after update (and now again, or rather text update from 2 edits ago!). Seems half-baked.

Just with an update that I realized historic threads in fact are still present
At least back to last big forum transformation in 2009 (where I lost my previous profile).
So I'll try the long beaten path now to find my own specific thread from some 10 months ago (6th edit now, my first not coming right through - seems some severe database confusion right now - but my mind catches this was the case too, back in 2009.
 
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Been more off than on here, recently.
Cannot right read it throug the info, so is a part of the transition than users' histical posts are just gone?

When I click my profile -> Your Content, I end up in a blanc page with info-link to this thread above.

I was looking for own posting here during TdF2022 stage threads, where I uploaded personal pics from live stage attendance, pics of which I unfortunately seems to have lost. And now they seems lost here, too...maybe?

Edit: Now edit own post seems filled with flaws too. 2 mins ago I edited this post, but edited text was pure gone after update (and now again!
Just with an update that I realized historic threads in fact still are present, at least back to last big forum transformation in 2009 where I lost my previous profile. So I'll try the long beaten path now to find my own specific thread from some 10 months ago (6th edit, my first not coming right through - seems some database confusion right now - but remember that was the case too back in 2009, hope it will be fixed soon)
Now I do not dare to do more editing, evidently major issues in database in this relation right now, so instead more addressing by an answer.

Forum search tool seems buggy too.
I positively know I did more postings during below time slot.
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Edit (do I dare this time?):
So pic was just for demonstration purposes, do no difference setting 'right' year as end-date (and in fact it should have included my now two postings hereafter the transformation, but still no result).
And using 'Search threads' and right forum, sub, forum and every possible params, still result is empty.

But anyhow I found the right thread as ofJuly 2022
How? By googling!
(and found my pics)

And then post finding, back here tried just a simple 'slim' search (using search box above) with exact thread name - still no search result.

Hope all these annoying issues will be fixed very soon.
 
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Yea, search functionality is way off. I use it a lot for things like the Race Design Thread in research and checking what others have done for inspiration or to avoid copycatting, or for locating particular posts or threads that I recall, which is naturally not really achievable at present.
 

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Hope all these annoying issues will be fixed very soon.

I'm not sure what issues you're seeing when editing posts. We have updated multiple forums in the exact same way and no one has reported such things. Given the nature of the issue, if you can screen record what is happening and link me to the video that may help further troubleshoot it because 1). I can't replicate it 2). Describing the issue is not enough information.

Yea, search functionality is way off. I use it a lot for things like the Race Design Thread in research and checking what others have done for inspiration or to avoid copycatting, or for locating particular posts or threads that I recall, which is naturally not really achievable at present.

Search issues should be much improved now that the database has been updated. Profiles should also be now filled out better with historical posts, none of the posts are "gone" it just takes a bit for them all to catch up, especially here where images are a lot and threads are fairly large.
 
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I'm not sure what issues you're seeing when editing posts. We have updated multiple forums in the exact same way and no one has reported such things. Given the nature of the issue, if you can screen record what is happening and link me to the video that may help further troubleshoot it because 1). I can't replicate it 2). Describing the issue is not enough information.

Thanks for response. Seems I cannot reproduce by now.
Maybe it's cache browser related when going on/off and yet writing further on before update edit, as was the case. Sure, should've taken screens!
To go into a bit further details, it seemed totally random what was saved. Something from two updates earlier combined with earlier deleted sentences.
But promise to return here if observed again!
Search issues should be much improved now that the database has been updated. Profiles should also be now filled out better with historical posts, none of the posts are "gone" it just takes a bit for them all to catch up, especially here where images are a lot and threads are fairly large.
Works now, just tested by looking for my july 2022 post that way now (instead of googling as the other day) and this with very rapid response indeed, though post only with pics (ok I think I downscaled pics from my smartphone before uploading on CN Forum).
So just excellent, thanks! :)
 
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I'll take a look but part of the goal was to reduce add-ons that were dragging the site down and causing issues. That add-on sounds just as unreliable as the other from the reviews.

Hey, I just noticed; you figured it out! :D
Which is awesome, because it means the Tro-Bro Léon thread gets a cute piglet, which is far better than my silly viking.
 
Pfff, says the one who always tries to put anyone down...
So what? I don't see how that's relevant to the point I made. I don't mind posting remarks that are net harmful; my purpose here is not to optimise overall welfare. But I think it's relevant for those who tinker with the forum software how some of the options are used.

Because I do hope that you at least tried to stick to the subject at hand and to make a point about the post, not the poster.
 
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Works now, just tested by looking for my july 2022 post that way now (instead of googling as the other day) and this with very rapid response indeed, though post only with pics (ok I think I downscaled pics from my smartphone before uploading on CN Forum).
So just excellent, thanks! :)
Given that all images are surrounded by the [ img ] tags, you can just search for "img". https://forum.cyclingnews.com/search/246019/?q=img&c[users]=Zoetemelk-fan&o=relevance
 
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Hm the thumbnail selection worked for a while, now it seems to be missing again.

EDIT:
Never mind. I think it's just in a different place now. Before it was down below where you set tags, now the button is available after creating a post in the top right "..." button.
It still does it automatically with the first image in the OP. And you can remove the image again with an edit without changing the thumbnail.

I used the logo for this edition:
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EDIT2: @CParsons, as you can see the image doesn't show here.
 
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@CParsons, I have some trouble with posting images. When I copy the image link in @Eshnar's preview, the thread won't go through. And when I copy the image to a different host like Imgur or Imgbox, it won't display on the page.

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EDIT: Hmm, now it shows! Apparently I needed to reload the page a few times. Is it because of the size of the image?
 
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Every day when I log in I get a message at the bottom of the screen 'Cyclingnews Forum would like your permission to enable push notifications.' I always respond NO and it gives me another comment that I should take advantage of the feature. It also gives me the option to Never Get This Message Again, that I always click. Yet the next day when I log in I have to repeat the entire process :confused:
put this in the wrong thread. Maybe it can be fixed?
 
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Every day when I log in I get a message at the bottom of the screen 'Cyclingnews Forum would like your permission to enable push notifications.' I always respond NO and it gives me another comment that I should take advantage of the feature. It also gives me the option to Never Get This Message Again, that I always click. Yet the next day when I log in I have to repeat the entire process :confused:
put this in the wrong thread. Maybe it can be fixed?
If you have to log in every time I'm assuming you are refusing/blocking cookies?