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IrishGal wrote:So you are saying that we have a limited amount of space on Forumotion?  Does it cost money to have members?  

There is a lot of space on forumotion and nothing to be worried about running out of space. We have limits, but are nowhere near them.

I personally am anal about wasted space that is not of any benefit. Cleaning it makes more room for other activity such as pics posts etc. Any forum should be kept clean and organzied, to run efficiently. Having that number of registered users who do not use the board may pose security problems should their computers become infected or hacked. I'd rather have that space used for posting activity rather than hundreds of users who do not use the board.

It does not cost money to operate the board. There are a number of hours involved, for admin/mod's to administor who are on a total volunteer basis. Forumotion is a free service.

For any users that use their iPad or iPhone on this forum:

If you want to watch a topic, isn't it under the number of pages of any topic?

If you want to go to your profile, isn't it right under the banner?

If not, can you let me know where those two items are on an iPad or iPhone.

Thanks

GA -- I made a suggestion previously about sending an e-mail to those members who haven't visited in "x" amount of time.  I realize this is very labor-intensive and not practical.  What about just deleting anyone who has not visited in "X" amount of time, and having that time frame determined by you and the mods.  I bet we could get rid of a lot of dead wood that way.  If they want to come back in the future, let them take the trouble to re-register.  JMHO

ETA -- After I posted this I did a search by "last visit, ascending" and was astounded to see page after page of listed members who have never posted and whose last visit was over two years ago. This is just my opinion, but I feel you could probably delete all these folks and they would never know the difference. If they have not been in here in all this time, it is highly unlikely they are coming back, and their information is taking up valuable space on this website.

GuardianAngel wrote:For any users that use their iPad or iPhone on this forum:

If you want to watch a topic, isn't it under the number of pages of any topic?

If you want to go to your profile, isn't it right under the banner?

If not, can you let me know where those two items are on an iPad or iPhone.

Thanks

ipad user here. Watch for replies is right under the page numbers.

While we are on the subject, does anyone else have a problem with hitting "watch this topic for replies" by mistake when you want to change the page, or am I just all thumbs and careless? Can there be a little more space between the page numbers and the text?

Columbia, MD wrote:GA -- I made a suggestion previously about sending an e-mail to those members who haven't visited in "x" amount of time.  I realize this is very labor-intensive and not practical.  What about just deleting anyone who has not visited in "X" amount of time, and having that time frame determined by you and the mods.  I bet we could get rid of a lot of dead wood that way.  If they want to come back in the future, let them take the trouble to re-register.  JMHO

ETA -- After I posted this I did a search by "last visit, ascending" and was astounded to see page after page of listed members who have never posted and whose last visit was over two years ago.  This is just my opinion, but I feel you could probably delete all these folks and they would never know the difference.  If they have not been in here in all this time, it is highly unlikely they are coming back, and their information is taking up valuable space on this website.

Yes, that's what I'm doing. However I am checking every page 50/page before I delete because they are mixed up in some areas with others who have logged on and I don't want to delete Love_Me. It wasn't worth the time to have notices sent which probably more than half of those emails are no longer valid.

Thanks for your input Columbia!

Iam4UGA wrote:

ipad user here.  Watch for replies is right under the page numbers.  

Thank you! I'm trying to help a user who doesn't see it on her iPad or iphone.

glazedover wrote:While we are on the subject, does anyone else have a problem with hitting "watch this topic for replies" by mistake when you want to change the page, or am I just all thumbs and careless? Can there be a little more space between the page numbers and the text?

You should see the number of pages highlight when you hover over the number?

I am checking on the spacing, IA its too close.

GuardianAngel wrote:

glazedover wrote:While we are on the subject, does anyone else have a problem with hitting "watch this topic for replies" by mistake when you want to change the page, or am I just all thumbs and careless? Can there be a little more space between the page numbers and the text?

You should see the number of pages highlight when you hover over the number?

I am checking on the spacing, IA its too close.

I can't tell you how many times I've done hit it by mistake with my iPad. Maybe it would be better if the watch this topic button was at the top and not the bottom. I doubt we have that choice though.

albean99 wrote:

GuardianAngel wrote:

glazedover wrote:While we are on the subject, does anyone else have a problem with hitting "watch this topic for replies" by mistake when you want to change the page, or am I just all thumbs and careless? Can there be a little more space between the page numbers and the text?

You should see the number of pages highlight when you hover over the number?

I am checking on the spacing, IA its too close.

I can't tell you how many times I've done hit it by mistake with my iPad. Maybe it would be better if the watch this topic button was at the top and not the bottom. I doubt we have that choice though.

Yes same with me. Would be nice if we could do that.

Great! Thanks for the input. I will advise as soon as support replies.

FYI I just moved F1-F4 Topics into the Sleuthing and Spoiler section.

Is there an option to 'jump' to a certain page in a long thread or do we have to go page by page?