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Under Telescopes....
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notFritzArgelander »
Sun May 19, 2019 1:10 am
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There are subfora for scopes by type and by brand, but there is no place to put a cross-type or cross-brand discussion. Perhaps there should be a...
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Remember my friends this is a brand new forum. You all have valid points. Most of us are used to AF but, remember how long it took to perfect that...
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Last post by Burris
Tue May 21, 2019 3:48 am
Watch the title capitalization
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smp »
Sun May 19, 2019 6:00 pm
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Sometime, when there's not much going on, please scan all the Forum titles looking at capitalization. Sometimes a Forum Title has the first word...
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Sometime, when there's not much going on, please scan all the Forum titles looking at capitalization. Sometimes a Forum Title has the first word...
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Last post by Burris
Tue May 21, 2019 3:30 am
Space Exploration News Forum?
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smp »
Mon May 20, 2019 6:50 pm
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I believe 8 of the 13 topics in the Astronomy News Forum are not really related to Astronomy, but should be in a Forum named Space Exploration News....
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Thanks a million, Gordon!
This will be much more comfortable for many of the news bits that I come up with, and the Astronomy News Forum won’t get...
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Last post by smp
Mon May 20, 2019 11:37 pm
Thread Tools Menu
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GCoyote »
Tue May 14, 2019 1:52 am
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When I try to open it, the list falls behind the avatar of the user who made the first post.
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UPDATE!!!
This has been fixed.
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Last post by Gordon
Sun May 19, 2019 11:16 pm
Refractor Type Telescopes?
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smp »
Sun May 19, 2019 5:56 pm
Should the area named Refractor Type Telescopes be named Refractor Telescopes , to match with Catadioptric Telescopes and Reflector Telescopes ?
smp
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Last post by smp
Sun May 19, 2019 5:56 pm
Notification 'pop-up' window?
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by
SpyderwerX »
Sun May 19, 2019 3:54 pm
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Is there a way to disable the function in which when you thank/thumbs up a post and that action takes you to a notification window alerting you of...
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It took a little bit of hunting for me to figure out which control it is, but YAY, I got it.
Thanks, Gordon!
smp
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Last post by smp
Sun May 19, 2019 5:46 pm
Need a better math display option.
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GCoyote »
Thu May 16, 2019 3:10 pm
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Since our hobby does frequently require some math, is there something we can do to improve the display of proper algebraic notation?
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The message editor now has image followed by latex .....
:mrgreen: :ugeek:
Such visions flash through my head .... :D :lol:
Perhaps Maths...
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Last post by Gordon
Sun May 19, 2019 4:45 pm
Forum shuffling.
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Gordon »
Fri May 17, 2019 4:43 pm
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Some forum shuffling.
As of today, I have removed the 'Groups' area. We placed the Solar 'Group' in to a new sub forum shown under General Astronomy...
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All good....
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Last post by Altocumulus
Sun May 19, 2019 7:28 am
Solar Viewing/Imaging only as a Group?
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smp »
Sun May 12, 2019 3:01 pm
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I guess I'm not a fan of having Solar Viewing/Imaging as only a Group that one must request admission into.
I've heard plenty of comments from Solar...
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Thanks Gordon - I did wonder why I'd lost my yellowish colour :D
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Last post by Altocumulus
Sun May 19, 2019 7:27 am
Astrophotography forum Locked ?
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by Don Quixote » Sat May 18, 2019 10:27 pm
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Is there a new Astrophotography forum under a different heading ?
On my screen it is a locked forum.
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I agree with the conservative approach Gordon.
If I think of something that might help I will let you know, but at this point my AP experience is...
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Last post by Don Quixote
Sat May 18, 2019 11:28 pm
Photo Gallery disabled.
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Gordon »
Sat May 18, 2019 2:28 am
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We have disabled the Gallery until we can figure out a few issues with it. I will post back here once we get it working correctly.
IN the mean time....
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Special thanks to Hartsville SkyGazer (Jeff) and KathyNS (Kathy) for helping work through the issues and finding the problem! We have a great...
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Last post by KathyNS
Sat May 18, 2019 6:07 pm
Type of scopes rather than brands under Telescopes subforum
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by
Bigzmey »
Sun May 12, 2019 4:33 am
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I would really like to see sub-forums for the telescope types rather than makes. I spent half of my time in refractor session on other forums, but I...
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Agreed.... now that those have been implemented they will still need the facility to post new threads....
Now that would be a great idea!!!! :lol:...
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Last post by Gordon
Sat May 18, 2019 4:52 pm
Deep Space discussion forum - please rename
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kt4hx »
Sat May 18, 2019 12:21 pm
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I presume this is intended as a discussion area for Deep-Sky Objects, and I really do recommend it be renamed accordingly. Deep Space is a bit...
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:) Thank you Kathy.
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Last post by kt4hx
Sat May 18, 2019 1:53 pm
Notifications
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GCoyote »
Fri May 17, 2019 1:55 pm
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And unlike the old software, notifications here actually work!
Thanks!
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Not only do they work but you can customize them too! :D
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Last post by KingClinton
Fri May 17, 2019 5:06 pm
Mark all read?
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UlteriorModem »
Thu May 16, 2019 6:23 pm
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Quick question, I probably missed it, but when looking at the 'new threads' page which lists nearly every post made so far on these forums. Is there...
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Tom - if you select Unread posts from that 'three bar button', there is a 'mark all read' button above the list of topics. It appears near the right...
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Last post by bobharmony
Thu May 16, 2019 7:03 pm
Post thanking.
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Altocumulus »
Sat May 11, 2019 8:33 am
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It may be just me, but the post disappearing off out of sight to refresh a thanks is slightly annoying. But I guess it'll grow on me, slowly.....
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It's obviously one of those system quirks that helps this Forum stand out above the others ...... :D
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Last post by Altocumulus
Thu May 16, 2019 6:46 am
Astrophotography structure?
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smp »
Tue May 14, 2019 2:30 pm
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I just noticed that the latest structure changes in the Astrophotography Section has left it as:
Astrophotography < Astrophotography < sub-forums...
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Fixed.
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Last post by Gordon
Wed May 15, 2019 11:54 pm
Commenting on albums
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Ozypic »
Wed May 15, 2019 7:26 am
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Can you comment on an entire album rather than have to comment on each picture ? Not commenting on them all seems a bit slack
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I don't think there's a lot difference between the styles on this one. It appears that posting is only allowed on each individual image.
Cheers,
JT
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Last post by JayTee
Wed May 15, 2019 8:03 am
Avatar dissapears
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Ozypic »
Tue May 14, 2019 10:41 pm
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Is it just me . But when I pic any colour but black I no longer have an avatar on the top of the page ?
Phill
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I think Ozypic means TSS logo on top. With some styles it is not visible and replaced by generic title. Acid and Green do it now. Elegance used to do...
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Last post by Gordon
Wed May 15, 2019 1:48 am
I need your help!!!
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Gordon »
Fri May 03, 2019 4:09 pm
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I need help! :geek:
We currently have two test forums. Neither is complete but there is enough there to see what we like and don’t like. You can...
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Is there an option for multi-quotes?
Not really. The only way I know of is to do a single quote and reply to each message. You could get creative...
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Last post by Altocumulus
Tue May 14, 2019 6:24 am
Google [Bot] ?
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smp »
Mon May 13, 2019 4:29 pm
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Does anyone know why Google shows up as a registered user down the bottom of the site index page?
Just curious...
smp
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They can be seen over on the other site as well if you know where to look. Constant crawling of bots over there.
Of course, those are the good bots....
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Last post by bladekeeper
Tue May 14, 2019 3:09 am
Font Size Work Around
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JayTee »
Tue May 14, 2019 1:09 am
For me, the normal font size is too small for comfortable viewing with my aging eyes and the large font size looks like I'm YELLING! So, starting...
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Last post by JayTee
Tue May 14, 2019 1:09 am
Need Stickies!!
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by
seigell »
Mon May 13, 2019 9:18 pm
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One thing that this Forum, still in it's early days, really Needs are a good set of Stickies - at least for Beginner and various How-To oriented...
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I have already started this process.
To all others considering this: If YOU wrote it YOU get to choose WHERE it is displayed. So feel free to copy...
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Last post by JayTee
Tue May 14, 2019 12:18 am
Image disappeared
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by
OzEclipse »
Mon May 13, 2019 12:10 pm
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In the ASTRONOMY REPORTS section I posted a report entitled back in business with two photo's, one of the Virgo Cluster and one star trail. The star...
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And today, I can see both images visible on both browser platforms.
Clearly just a temporary issue.
Joe
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Last post by OzEclipse
Mon May 13, 2019 11:50 pm
How to see the original Registration Rules?
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smp »
Mon May 13, 2019 4:21 pm
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Clicking on the Rules button in the upper right of a page brings up:
In addition to the registration rules please note: ...
I've poked around a...
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The 'easy' way is to log out of the forum, then click on the 'register' button. The first thing you will see is the registration rules. Once you have...
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Last post by Gordon
Mon May 13, 2019 4:44 pm
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