Was I the only one not being able to reach the site?

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In summary, over the weekend, the Physics Forums website experienced technical difficulties due to a primary hard drive failure. This resulted in the site being down for approximately 30 hours. The issue has now been resolved and the site is back up and running. There may still be some minor issues that need to be addressed, but the team is working on optimizing configurations and troubleshooting any remaining problems. Users may also experience some issues with LaTeX libraries and PMs being included in the "your content" list. It is recommended to clear cache and cookies if these problems persist. Overall, the team worked tirelessly to restore the site and apologizes for any inconvenience caused.
  • #71
Now the Blue does _not_ persist across Edits. That was one of the anomalies earlier, and the Use BB Codes button now does actually show the Codes.
It's always possible it's the nut behind the wheel. I _may_ have remembered the earlier button functions incorrectly.

While we're on the subject, how about the Bold extending to appended text. And, is it appropriate to keep the shortcuts in the Blue banner at the top of the Edit box after invoking Use BB Codes? It would be convenient.
 
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  • #72
Tom.G said:
Edit: bold (this string inserted by Editing. It should not be bold.)

Edit: bold (this string inserted by Editing. It should not be bold.)

Remove the bold tags...

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Edit: bold (this string inserted by Editing. It should not be bold.)

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  • #73
Greg Bernhardt said:
The remove formatting button is nice for bulk content with many different formats. You can remove it all in one go.
Similar issue: is there a general 'Undo' button? or at least for typing? Wouldn't that be nice? (e.g. for unexpected errors that get saved fast ...)
 
  • #74
OCR said:
Why not... ?

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Because it is incompatible with a whole bunch of stuff that I regularly use. In fact, due to the error messages I was getting from the recent PF outage, I just upgraded from FF ver.18. That took a day and a half getting most of the capability back. There are still some functions unavailable though.
  • Around ver.48, they are no longer compatible with my OS
  • Starting with ver.52, the interface to plug-ins and add-ons has changed so none of the older ones work at all.
  • Additionally, starting with ver.53(?) Firefox will allow only "Signed" (pre-approved by Mozilla) stuff.
 

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  • #75
Tom.G said:
It's always possible it's the nut behind the wheel.

PEBKAC ?

Lol...
 
  • #76
OCR said:
PEBKAC ?

Lol...
After many decades, my immune system still hasn't figured that one out!
 
  • #77
Tom.G said:
Because it is incompatible with a whole bunch of stuff that I regularly use.

Aah, now I understand. . :ok:
 
  • #78
OCR said:
Edit: bold (this string inserted by Editing. It should not be bold.)

Remove the bold tags...

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Edit: bold (this string inserted by Editing. It should not be bold.)
Yes, that is what happens. The first word in the line (bold) was originally a standalone with the "[b]...[/b]" attributes surrounding it. Upon Editing, the parenthetical phrase ended up being inserted before the closing [/b] attribute. To avoid this you must use the Use BB Code button to be able to append the plain text (when it operates correctly.)
 

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  • #79
Stavros Kiri said:
Similar issue: is there a general 'Undo' button? or at least for typing? Wouldn't that be nice? (e.g. for unexpected errors that get saved fast ...)
Your browser has one: Ctrl+Z
Not sure how that works together with WYSIWYG editors. I never use them because they always have some bugs like these reported here and typing codes is usually faster than clicking around.
 
  • #80
mfb said:
Your browser has one: Ctrl+Z
Not sure how that works together with WYSIWYG editors. I never use them because they always have some bugs like these reported here and typing codes is usually faster than clicking around.
Thanks @mfb
 
  • #81
Tom.G said:
Because it is incompatible with a whole bunch of stuff that I regularly use. ... I just upgraded from FF ver.18.
I hear ya. No more upgrades for me above this version:
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  • #82
dlgoff said:
No more upgrades for me above this version:
Lol, today... . :-p

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What's new
 

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Is this a long 20 minutes or a short 20 minutes? :)
 
  • #85
Vanadium 50 said:
Is this a long 20 minutes or a short 20 minutes? :)
I would assume a proper 20 minutes ...
 
  • #86
Vanadium 50 said:
Is this a long 20 minutes or a short 20 minutes? :)
As I understand it are computers involved, so ...
 
  • #87
OCR said:
Lol, today... . :-p
Even better:
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  • #88
Lol...
StevieTNZ said:
Even better:
OCR said:
Lol, today yesterday... . :-p
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What's new:ok:... .
 

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  • #89
Vanadium 50 said:
Is this a long 20 minutes or a short 20 minutes? :)
Stavros Kiri said:
I would assume a proper 20 minutes ...
fresh_42 said:
As I understand it are computers involved, so ...

2.226113798937 x 1046 Planks* Planck times... . :rolleyes:

Lol, just funning you, Val28 ... . :biggrin:
Val28 said:
Set*Planks constant to zero and same for QM.
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  • #90
A)
Vanadium 50 said:
Is this a long 20 minutes or a short 20 minutes? :)
Stavros Kiri said:
I would assume a proper 20 minutes ...
fresh_42 said:
As I understand it are computers involved, so ...
OCR said:
2.226113798937 x 1046 Planks* Planck times... . :rolleyes:

Lol, just funning you, Val28 ... . :biggrin:
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... Assign physicists to talk about common sense ... (Lol)

B) Is the forum slower at times* (than used to be) or just my idea?
(E.g. @Greg Bernhardt ...)
Edit: *[e.g. today for the last couple of hours since this edit ... (Greg ... are you behind this? :smile:)]
 
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Stavros Kiri said:
B) Is the forum slower at times* (than used to be) or just my idea?
(E.g. @Greg Bernhardt ...)
Edit: *[e.g. today for the last couple of hours since this edit ... (Greg ... are you behind this? :smile:)]
Back superfast again now! ...
(Was I right though?)
 
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  • #92
Suddenly got kicked off today, but logging back in was no problem
 
  • #93
Stable for a week or more - or maybe just for me
 
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  • #94
StevieTNZ said:
Even better:

Ha... !

Way, way, past that now... . :travel: > c !
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(Tomorrow) really is (yesterday), (Now)... Q is kinda interesting, also !

Lol...

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  • #95
Looks like some people are stuck trying to "Keep up with the Joneses."
 
  • #96
Still is Quantum where I am. but who knows what tomorrow will bring.
 
  • #97
Tom.G said:
Looks like some people are stuck trying to "Keep up with the Joneses."
rootone said:
Still is Quantum where I am.
Looks like another failed attempt at humor, using Paint... . :oldgrumpy:Carry on...
 
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  • #98
OCR said:
Looks like another failed attempt...
Yup, that was the issue... . :oldmad:

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Now, carry on...

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