# Problem children / punch list for fixes / TIPS AND TRICKS **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 22, 2020, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044 "2020-06-22T01:21:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/222 "2020-06-22T20:43:48Z")
> [@Si\_Amigo](#): > > Not impressed by the search feature. I’ve try finding an old thread of mine from 2013 and could not find any results no matter how I put it in. I believe it was called “Ask the guy who was stabbed in the heart”. I search under my user name (Si\_Amigo) and a combination of words in the title but no luck.  I’m assuming that the search index hasn’t completed yet. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/223 "2020-06-22T21:06:55Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > But then I noticed that (in Sam’s Simple Theme, at least) there is an icon in the upper right corner of the post that indicates which poster this post is responding to. That made it much easier to follow the conversation. And I hadn’t even bothered trying to click on that icon, which actually shows the post in question! Even better! ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/224 "2020-06-22T21:08:05Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > **Hate infinite scrolling on the new Dope? Maybe this will help:** > > Once you’re in the thread, a fast scroll bar appears to the right showing the date the thread started at the top and the time of the post recent post at the bottom. Click and slide that slider down to the bottom, and you’re at the bottom of the thread fast. > > Also once you’re subscribe to a thread, a little circle will appear with the number of new posts since the last time you read it. Click that little number, takes you to the first new post! I don’t see that and it’s one of the features I like on another board I read that is run on Discourse. I’m using the simple theme. Does it only work in certain themes? Or do I need to do something that sets it up? ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/225 "2020-06-22T21:22:51Z")
I should have specified that I am talking about the scroll bar. Too late to edit. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/226 "2020-06-22T21:25:41Z")
Here’s a great thing I just noticed: we now have a Zombie indicator: in Sam’s Simple Theme (at least), the thread list shows the date of the OP. And inside the thread, a separator between posts indicates how much time has passed between posts. I saw one that said “15 years later.” Nice! ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/227 "2020-06-22T21:28:24Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > I saw one that said “15 years later.” Nice! I saved that one! [15YearsLater\_001|690x399](https://boards.straightdope.com/uploads/short-url/x3C6UOwWpOFnIMloqnODTGrI2Mt.png) ---
**Author:** ![GESancMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gesancman/32/2923_2.png) [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/228 "2020-06-22T21:37:46Z")
I posted this in the “are you here?” thread, but it’s worth mentioning here as well. In my profile, I put “The Guaranteed Eternal Sanctuary Man” as my full name. Now, when you click my profile card or hover over my avatar, my Full Name shows up. Also, not sure if this has been addressed, but for all of you who now have underscores in your user name, it looks like your original user name ported over to Full Name(?). When I hover over your avatar, your old SMDB name shows. E.g.: on mouseover, What\_Exit appears properly as What Exit? Unless y’all have edited your profiles… ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/229 "2020-06-22T22:12:10Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > I don’t see that and it’s one of the features I like on another board I read that is run on Discourse. I’m using the simple theme. Does it only work in certain themes? Or do I need to do something that sets it up? > [@aurora\_maire](#): > > I should have specified that I am talking about the scroll bar. Too late to edit. I figured out a way to make it work. It’s weird but no problem now. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/230 "2020-06-22T22:49:28Z")
My custom title disappeared. Also, I don’t see an option for setting a new custom title. I paid good money for that! ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/232 "2020-06-22T22:55:00Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > My custom title disappeared. MIne is gone for the moment, too. I suspect that, like having ads suppressed for paid members, it’s something that will get addressed in the next few days. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/233 "2020-06-22T23:07:04Z")
I just looked at a thread that I posted to before the transition (No more Aunt Jemima). The notification was set to Normal, which means I’m only notified if someone mentions me or replies to me. Under the old system, I would be notified if anyone posted to the thread, which is more like the Tracking or Watching notification status. The result is that I’m not finding out about new posts to threads that I’m interested in. I’ve set my preferences to set the notification status to Watching when I post in a thread, but that has no effect on threads I’ve already subscribed to. I don’t have the time or patience to go through every thread I’ve ever posted to and set the notification status manually. Is there some efficient way to do this? ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/234 "2020-06-22T23:08:54Z")
> [@Balthisar](#): > > now I realize that I can no longer click the “Reply” button and have it in a new tab. That’s critical functionality for me, because I can leave what I’m replying to in a new tab while continuing to read the thread before I decide whether or not I really do want to reply. Click the reply button or quote a bit of the post, then type some text in the reply box – it doesn’t matter what, but you do need a bit of text in there, otherwise when you shrink the box it disappears altogether. Once you’ve got some text, click the little down arrow in the right corner of the box; it’ll shrink to a thin bar at the bottom of the window, and you can go back to reading the thread without its being in the way. Anything else you decide to quote later in the thread will show up in the same reply box. When you want to reply or decide not to, click what will now be an up arrow in the bar at the bottom of the window, and the box reappears. Either finish your post (if needed) and hit “reply”, or hit “cancel” right next to it. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/235 "2020-06-22T23:38:20Z")
I just made a post of a few paragraphs in MPSIMS in response to @Dinsdale1, and got the message “Body is limited to 2500 characters; you entered 2770”. Had to break it up into two posts. A reasonable post-length limit might be OK, but this is way too short. ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/236 "2020-06-22T23:46:13Z")
100,000 is an acceptable limit, IMO. But even that may sometimes be too restricting. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/237 "2020-06-23T00:01:11Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > One the thread list page, it shows the OP of each thread under each thread title, and the person who made the most recent post over toward the right, just like we’ve been accustomed to. And it shows those actual users’ names, not their avatars. Re the string of avatars: The first one is the OP, the last one is the most recent poster. Hover over the avatar to see the name. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/238 "2020-06-23T00:02:17Z")
Is there a way to mouseover to see the first few lines of a OP? StG ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/239 "2020-06-23T00:54:45Z")
Were you ever able to set a password? I haven’t been, not so far. I never got the email to set a password, not after many, many attempts. Once, I received one with a link that let me login to the board but didn’t prompt me to set a password. I think it set a cookie so I’m able to get back in but _only_ on this one computer. I’ve been emailing back and forth with TubaDiva and she’s escalated the issue to the development team. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/240 "2020-06-23T01:40:18Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Were you ever able to set a password? I haven’t been, not so far. I never got the email to set a password, not after many, many attempts. Once, I received one with a link that let me login to the board but didn’t prompt me to set a password. I think it set a cookie so I’m able to get back in but _only_ on this one computer. I’ve been emailing back and forth with TubaDiva and she’s escalated the issue to the development team What happens when you hit the “Forgot my password” link? ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/241 "2020-06-23T01:42:37Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Hover over the avatar to see the name Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/242 "2020-06-23T01:53:11Z")
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