Forum Update - We're back! Ask your questions here.

Janet H

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In the past day, we've been working to update the forum to a new software platform and we've been offline. Welcome back! The new forum software is called Xenforo and there are some new features and functions.

LOGIN CHANGE:
Your account can be accessed by logging in with your e-mail address plus the password for your account. If you used to log in with the hidden username, that no longer works. If you are having trouble with this and can't get through the password reset process, you can click the contact link at the bottom of the page to reach out for help.

If you've set up a new account because you couldn't access your old one let us know. We can consolidate these and get you logged back into your old account.

There are many new features and I encourage you to wander around, test things out and then visit your profile and do some updating. Please keep in mind that changes and adjustments are still being made and so views will become more refined over the next few days.

Update your profile:
  • Consider uploading a new avatar (little pic next to your posts). The new site accommodates larger images and old avatars are looking a little tired. Avatars will automatically resize - choose a good one!
  • Update your signature if needed
  • Add a profile banner - larger image that displays on your profile page

Mobile viewing
The site runs well on small screens. Try it out on the road, and use your regular login - no app required. Set a bookmark for the site on mobile for fast access and look for push notifications (coming soon) to stay up to date.

Thread marking:
The forum remembers what you have already read and will display new unread threads as bolded or when you click into an ongoing thread, takes you to unread content BUT: You may need to Mark a forum "read" for this to work correctly moving forward. The conversion could not "remember" what you have already seen and so initially all threads may appear as unread. To do this, open a forum and look for the link at the top of the list of threads to "Mark Read". Alternatively, use the 'Mark Forums Read' link at the top of the page to mark all.

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There are many things still being tweaked and fiddled with and you will continue to see some changes but we wanted to get back online as soon as possible - thanks in advance for your patience.

Still under construction:
New Forum 101 Thread (how to navigate the board and configure accounts)
More items as they are discovered


Post up if you have questions - we're all learning :)
 
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It's been a long two days......I didn't realize how much I missed this place when it was gone/turned off for updating.
I figured you would have used the time to clean your rig and restock. :cool:
 
I figured you would have used the time to clean your rig and restock. :cool:
I've been busy mowing my neighbor's large yard, he's in the military and deployed, so I'm taking care of things for him. Plus, helping out with a planned motorcycle rally that I'm one of the group leads for.....making routes in Basecamp to share, etc, etc. Being retired is hard work! :oops:

The new forum software looks great, y'all did good! (y)
 
Where would you like 'glitches' reported - here? If so, I found one that is odd. I was replying to a post and wanted to change my wording. Could not select a word with the mouse in order to change it. I could put the cursor at the end and backspace but not select it. This also affects cut/paste and copy - mouse won't work. But I do like the format:)

EDIT: Once the post was live, I could select words or sentences with mouse. In edit mode, same issue - can't.

Also, can't put cursor behind the emoji to delete it. Can move it with mouse, but can't delete it.
 
Where would you like 'glitches' reported - here? If so, I found one that is odd. I was replying to a post and wanted to change my wording. Could not select a word with the mouse in order to change it. I could put the cursor at the end and backspace but not select it. This also affects cut/paste and copy - mouse won't work. But I do like the format:)

EDIT: Once the post was live, I could select words or sentences with mouse. In edit mode, same issue - can't.

Also, can't put cursor behind the emoji to delete it. Can move it with mouse, but can't delete it.First,
Yes. This is the place to report issues with the new forum.

That's some pretty odd behavior. So maybe we try a few things... btw - this isn't the first forum RV Life is using this software on. So.... gotta wonder....

What OS system (OSX, Windows 10? 11?)
What browser?
Any change you cleaned out your cache and tried again?
Which thread? post? (I'll also look into your posting to see if I can find it).

And finally : @JanetH so she sees this....

Thanks for the info.
 
Win 10 and Firefox 115.14.1ESR and it's happening in this post.

This paragraph edited in Chromium Edge. Can't see any smiley's but am editing the same post I started in FF.
 
Win 10 and Firefox 115.14.1ESR and it's happening in this post. I can delete the smiley's if I click on them and hit the delete button. By the way - this is the original post I started above which is still in FF.
:) :) :)
 
And another. Not sure what preview mode is supposed to do, but it disables all editing while keeping the same post window open. Took me a little bit to figure out I had to hit the preview button to turn it off so I could edit. Funny thing is I could highlight a sentence with my mouse in preview mode but couldn't do anything with it.
 
Yes. This is the place to report issues with the new forum.

That's some pretty odd behavior. So maybe we try a few things... btw - this isn't the first forum RV Life is using this software on. So.... gotta wonder....

What OS system (OSX, Windows 10? 11?)
What browser?
Any change you cleaned out your cache and tried again?
Which thread? post? (I'll also look into your posting to see if I can find it).

And finally : @JanetH so she sees this....

Thanks for the info.
Is the alliance with RV Life new? If so, that explains why I am getting a ton of RV Life emails to sign up for Pro, etc. when I use a different email for RVTW and RV Life. Maybe that's why I'm getting duplicate requests to review campgrounds from last years trip that I already reviewed and some campgrounds I intended to stay at but had to cut due to the issues at Glacier.
 
Go up to the email icon and select show all - mine are all there.
Hoover over the member's ICON on the left for the member you want to "PM" and select "Conversation" from the window that opens.

For me it seems like a pretty nice way of doing things as it reads more like a conversation, you can add others, and it is easy to read.

I'll send you one....
OK, here's another one. Once I start a reply with a quote, I can't cancel the reply.
yup.... I just reported that to Janet.... same issue here....
 
And another. Not sure what preview mode is supposed to do, but it disables all editing while keeping the same post window open. Took me a little bit to figure out I had to hit the preview button to turn it off so I could edit. Funny thing is I could highlight a sentence with my mouse in preview mode but couldn't do anything with it.
Even in the old forum using preview you could only see what your post would look like when selecting 'preview'. You still had to go the (I'll call it the) edit area to change anything in the post you were working on. So I'm not sure anything changed except that you have to turn off 'preview' to back into edit mode.
 
Even in the old forum using preview you could only see what your post would look like when selecting 'preview'. You still had to go the (I'll call it the) edit area to change anything in the post you were working on. So I'm not sure anything changed except that you have to turn off 'preview' to back into edit mode.
I used to be able to see the preview and directly below that the post that I could edit. I'm not getting an edit area in preview mode here - that usedto be below the preview soit was easy to modify before posting. New preview only shows same post with all edit features turned off.

So if above doesn't look correct, I tried to select a portion of a sentence to delete it and all it did was move it to where my cursor ended on the left side.
 
@Janet, was there always an affiliation between this forum and RV Life? I have an RV Life account for Trip Wizard but it's associated with a different email address. I was wondering why I was getting spammed on the email address I use here which has never been associated with RV Life. Note, I am not a Pro member with my RVTW subscription so I'm now curious since it says I am here.
 
Where are the private messages?
Private messages are now called "Conversations". If you look at the top of a page and see the envelope next to your profile pic, click the envelope and you can start a conversation (PM) with one or more folks. It does the same thing, it's just called something different now. Hope that helps.
 
@Janet, was there always an affiliation between this forum and RV Life? I have an RV Life account for Trip Wizard but it's associated with a different email address. I was wondering why I was getting spammed on the email address I use here which has never been associated with RV Life. Note, I am not a Pro member with my RVTW subscription so I'm now curious since it says I am here.
Robin, John..... I'll take a shot at this until Janet gets some time to chime in - lots of activity going on with the new changes......

Yes, MGRV has always been under the RV Life 'umbrella" (a lot of RV Life forums are along with RV Trip Wizard and RV Life Campground Reviews, which use to be just "Campground Reviews). So you can use the same email address and password for all their sites. Just not sure about having to have an RV Life Pro subscription to do that.

If you want to change your address used here to match your RV Trip Wizard address let us know. We'll have to get the Help Desk or Janet involved for sure.
 
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