<![CDATA[thePlenty.net Forums - Archives]]> https://theplenty.net/forums/ Thu, 11 Jun 2026 21:44:48 +0000 MyBB <![CDATA[BB codes & post interface]]> https://theplenty.net/forums/thread-516.html Wed, 12 Dec 2012 22:19:49 +0000 'thul]]> https://theplenty.net/forums/thread-516.html
Text size / font doesn't work right.
Some codes, when the button for them is clicked, give [undefined] tags rather than the proper tag.

Codes like spoiler still work if manually typed in, but text size does not seem to cooperate.


'thul are fairly certain that this issue sits far deeper than your permissions go, Farseer.
Its at least at the admin control panel level, but quite probably even further up in the system.

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Text size / font doesn't work right.
Some codes, when the button for them is clicked, give [undefined] tags rather than the proper tag.

Codes like spoiler still work if manually typed in, but text size does not seem to cooperate.


'thul are fairly certain that this issue sits far deeper than your permissions go, Farseer.
Its at least at the admin control panel level, but quite probably even further up in the system.

]]> <![CDATA[strange bug]]> https://theplenty.net/forums/thread-477.html Sat, 11 Aug 2012 09:47:12 +0000 'thul]]> https://theplenty.net/forums/thread-477.html
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SQL Error:
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Query:
SHOW COLUMNS FROM mybb_users LIKE 'unreadpms'
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]]> <![CDATA[Strange Pop-Up]]> https://theplenty.net/forums/thread-471.html Tue, 26 Jun 2012 07:15:17 +0000 Farseer]]> https://theplenty.net/forums/thread-471.html )]]> )]]> <![CDATA[Those doubled posts and such...]]> https://theplenty.net/forums/thread-420.html Sun, 19 Feb 2012 20:35:39 +0000 'thul]]> https://theplenty.net/forums/thread-420.html
When a post appears twice, split by a single line
Code:
[hr]
it is because it has been submitted twice. So in other words it isn't so much a bug as it is a feature acting in an unexpected fashion.

this post, linked below here, as you may see is split by a horizontal line.
http://forums.theplenty.net/showthread.p...3#pid10103
Its post time is 08:58. That much is true. For the part above the horizontal line.
The part below it, was submitted at around 09:25.

The forum, seeing a double-post from a single user within a certain timeframe, did not like that, so it merged the two posts, dividing them internally by using a horizontal line. A most ingenious solution.

Thus the problem that some have faced with duplicated posts, *looks at gielske* is caused by the forum thinking post has been submitted twice and merging those two submissions into one post.
The question to ask is why it interprets your posts as submitted twice. Might you be impatient and click several times to submit? Might your internet be funny, causing forum to think you did that? Might the egg your favorite female dragon laid hatch into two Others instead of one serpent?]]>
When a post appears twice, split by a single line
Code:
[hr]
it is because it has been submitted twice. So in other words it isn't so much a bug as it is a feature acting in an unexpected fashion.

this post, linked below here, as you may see is split by a horizontal line.
http://forums.theplenty.net/showthread.p...3#pid10103
Its post time is 08:58. That much is true. For the part above the horizontal line.
The part below it, was submitted at around 09:25.

The forum, seeing a double-post from a single user within a certain timeframe, did not like that, so it merged the two posts, dividing them internally by using a horizontal line. A most ingenious solution.

Thus the problem that some have faced with duplicated posts, *looks at gielske* is caused by the forum thinking post has been submitted twice and merging those two submissions into one post.
The question to ask is why it interprets your posts as submitted twice. Might you be impatient and click several times to submit? Might your internet be funny, causing forum to think you did that? Might the egg your favorite female dragon laid hatch into two Others instead of one serpent?]]> <![CDATA[Old info on homepage]]> https://theplenty.net/forums/thread-415.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:24:08 +0000 Gielske]]> https://theplenty.net/forums/thread-415.html
Latest titles:
An anthology of Megan Lindholm & Robin Hobb stories:
UK title The Inheritance, available March 31st 2011
US title The Inheritance and Other Stories, available May 3rd 2011


Upcoming titles
City of Dragons (Rain Wild Chronicles 3) February 2012 in the US, April 2012 in the UK

Blood of Dragons (Rain Wild Chronicles 4) May 2013 in the US and the UK

City of Dragons is released, so shouldn't it move up???]]>
Latest titles:
An anthology of Megan Lindholm & Robin Hobb stories:
UK title The Inheritance, available March 31st 2011
US title The Inheritance and Other Stories, available May 3rd 2011


Upcoming titles
City of Dragons (Rain Wild Chronicles 3) February 2012 in the US, April 2012 in the UK

Blood of Dragons (Rain Wild Chronicles 4) May 2013 in the US and the UK

City of Dragons is released, so shouldn't it move up???]]> <![CDATA[All those zero post members]]> https://theplenty.net/forums/thread-317.html Tue, 07 Jun 2011 13:14:18 +0000 Albertosaurus Rex]]> https://theplenty.net/forums/thread-317.html <![CDATA[Big upgrade on March 8th & the aftermath conversation ;)]]> https://theplenty.net/forums/thread-263.html Sun, 06 Mar 2011 13:23:50 +0000 Mervi]]> https://theplenty.net/forums/thread-263.html convert to your local time) and I expect it will take several hours because there's lots of plugins I need to go through and update as well. The forum will be down for that time, and when it comes back, things might look a bit weird (refreshing the page usually helps to clear your browser's cache) and some features might even be missing (depending on how well the plugin updating will go).

Additionally, IF everything goes smoothly, I might also challenge the beast that is mediawiki, but I will make that announcement here separately. While the forum is up and running, this topic is where you'll find all related info & can ask for help if you have problems. I will also be updating theplentynet twitter account to announce when the downtime starts and ends.
(BTW, that's a page you might want to bookmark if you're not a twitter user and following us already - if there's ever unexpected downtime for the whole site that's where I'll be posting about it too - since I hate facebook. Dodgy)]]> convert to your local time) and I expect it will take several hours because there's lots of plugins I need to go through and update as well. The forum will be down for that time, and when it comes back, things might look a bit weird (refreshing the page usually helps to clear your browser's cache) and some features might even be missing (depending on how well the plugin updating will go).

Additionally, IF everything goes smoothly, I might also challenge the beast that is mediawiki, but I will make that announcement here separately. While the forum is up and running, this topic is where you'll find all related info & can ask for help if you have problems. I will also be updating theplentynet twitter account to announce when the downtime starts and ends.
(BTW, that's a page you might want to bookmark if you're not a twitter user and following us already - if there's ever unexpected downtime for the whole site that's where I'll be posting about it too - since I hate facebook. Dodgy)]]> <![CDATA[mervi_testing?]]> https://theplenty.net/forums/thread-240.html Fri, 14 Jan 2011 09:18:03 +0000 Albertosaurus Rex]]> https://theplenty.net/forums/thread-240.html <![CDATA[Suggestion: automatically generated threads]]> https://theplenty.net/forums/thread-193.html Thu, 19 Aug 2010 10:50:36 +0000 Albertosaurus Rex]]> https://theplenty.net/forums/thread-193.html
What do you guys (Mervi especially, of course) think? Would this be desirable on ThePlenty?

EDIT: Oh, this should have gone into that other subforum.]]>
What do you guys (Mervi especially, of course) think? Would this be desirable on ThePlenty?

EDIT: Oh, this should have gone into that other subforum.]]> <![CDATA[Advertising / affiliate programs - your opinion is wanted]]> https://theplenty.net/forums/thread-154.html Mon, 17 May 2010 19:39:28 +0000 Mervi]]> https://theplenty.net/forums/thread-154.html mentioned here, I think it might be time to just get it out of my system.

Some of you might know that I'm participating in the Amazon affiliate program, and that if you purchase books through the links I post in the news/main page or the store, a tiny bit of that revenue goes towards gift certificates -> I get a free book now and then from Amazon. Sometimes people ask how they can help with this site, and I always say that participation (here in the forum, writing in the wiki, letting me know about newsworthy Hobb stuff etc) is the best way to help - and then there's those affiliate links, which have sort of worked as a collective "thank you" in my opinion - besides, for the handful of books I've received, I've tried to choose as many related books as possible, so that I've been able to use them to fill in more details to the wiki etc. So it has been a gift that pays back to those who gave it. Wink

Anyway, with a lot of people boycotting Amazon for various reasons (and understandably so), I've been thinking about switching over to/adding the Book Depository affiliate program. They don't give out gift certificates (at least not at this point), instead they pay you a certain percentage of the price of the books bought through your links. I hate to say it, but at this point (being unemployed etc) this might even be a better option for me, because I could use that money directly to pay for the hosting of this site and domain name. I've already made an account for the site at tBD, but since they only allow you to use text links at this point, I can't really build a store or use widgets like with Amazon, so very few people even notice those links when I post them (in the news so far). Basically, at this point if you want to buy something through the Book Depository and make sure I get some pennies out of it and you can't find a link to that book anywhere on this site, you can visit them through http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/?a_aid=theplentynet and then browse & purchase normally. Not very practical, right?
And this brings me to my point (yes, I have one!)

How would you all feel if I started to embed affiliate links to the wiki pages about the books? They would be clearly marked as affiliate campaign links, and tastefully done. Probably a couple of lines under it's own heading between "editions" and "translations" for example (the links usually refer to English language books so I think that might be the most relevant place).
Or how about a banner or a text link somewhere here in the forums? Would that be absolutely horrible and make you run away screaming?

I don't want to turn this site into one of those monsterous places that have blinking banners in every corner. I'm especially hesitant to add ads on the forum and the wiki without hearing everyone's opinion first because they feel more like property of this little community than the rest of the site.
So, I want to hear what you think! Also, if you have any other, better ideas about how to include affiliate links (esp. through the Book Depository), don't hesitate to let me know.


Undecided


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Okay. I decided to put up a "fundraising ticker" here to show you where the BookDepository.co.uk commission are re: next year's hosting costs. Smiling ("Year" here means from September to September, btw, so most of 2010 is already covered.)

/dead link

_______________________
March 2014 update

A lot has changed, we've tried out several different affiliate programs, some unsuccessfully and of course book depository is owned by amazon these days. *sigh*
Anyway, here are the current affiliate links you can use to browse and buy books. As before, amazons purchases count towards gift certificates, book depository towards a paypal payment.

* <a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/search?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&index=books&keywords=robin%20hobb&linkCode=ur2&tag=theplentynet-21">amazon.co.uk</a><img src="http://ir-uk.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=theplentynet-21&l=ur2&o=2" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />

* <a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&index=books&keywords=robin%20hobb&linkCode=ur2&tag=theplentynet-20">amazon.com</a><img src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=theplentynet-20&l=ur2&o=1" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />

* thebookdepository.com http://www.bookdepository.com/?a_aid=ustheplentynet]]> mentioned here, I think it might be time to just get it out of my system.

Some of you might know that I'm participating in the Amazon affiliate program, and that if you purchase books through the links I post in the news/main page or the store, a tiny bit of that revenue goes towards gift certificates -> I get a free book now and then from Amazon. Sometimes people ask how they can help with this site, and I always say that participation (here in the forum, writing in the wiki, letting me know about newsworthy Hobb stuff etc) is the best way to help - and then there's those affiliate links, which have sort of worked as a collective "thank you" in my opinion - besides, for the handful of books I've received, I've tried to choose as many related books as possible, so that I've been able to use them to fill in more details to the wiki etc. So it has been a gift that pays back to those who gave it. Wink

Anyway, with a lot of people boycotting Amazon for various reasons (and understandably so), I've been thinking about switching over to/adding the Book Depository affiliate program. They don't give out gift certificates (at least not at this point), instead they pay you a certain percentage of the price of the books bought through your links. I hate to say it, but at this point (being unemployed etc) this might even be a better option for me, because I could use that money directly to pay for the hosting of this site and domain name. I've already made an account for the site at tBD, but since they only allow you to use text links at this point, I can't really build a store or use widgets like with Amazon, so very few people even notice those links when I post them (in the news so far). Basically, at this point if you want to buy something through the Book Depository and make sure I get some pennies out of it and you can't find a link to that book anywhere on this site, you can visit them through http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/?a_aid=theplentynet and then browse & purchase normally. Not very practical, right?
And this brings me to my point (yes, I have one!)

How would you all feel if I started to embed affiliate links to the wiki pages about the books? They would be clearly marked as affiliate campaign links, and tastefully done. Probably a couple of lines under it's own heading between "editions" and "translations" for example (the links usually refer to English language books so I think that might be the most relevant place).
Or how about a banner or a text link somewhere here in the forums? Would that be absolutely horrible and make you run away screaming?

I don't want to turn this site into one of those monsterous places that have blinking banners in every corner. I'm especially hesitant to add ads on the forum and the wiki without hearing everyone's opinion first because they feel more like property of this little community than the rest of the site.
So, I want to hear what you think! Also, if you have any other, better ideas about how to include affiliate links (esp. through the Book Depository), don't hesitate to let me know.


Undecided


-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Okay. I decided to put up a "fundraising ticker" here to show you where the BookDepository.co.uk commission are re: next year's hosting costs. Smiling ("Year" here means from September to September, btw, so most of 2010 is already covered.)

/dead link

_______________________
March 2014 update

A lot has changed, we've tried out several different affiliate programs, some unsuccessfully and of course book depository is owned by amazon these days. *sigh*
Anyway, here are the current affiliate links you can use to browse and buy books. As before, amazons purchases count towards gift certificates, book depository towards a paypal payment.

* <a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/search?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&index=books&keywords=robin%20hobb&linkCode=ur2&tag=theplentynet-21">amazon.co.uk</a><img src="http://ir-uk.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=theplentynet-21&l=ur2&o=2" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />

* <a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&index=books&keywords=robin%20hobb&linkCode=ur2&tag=theplentynet-20">amazon.com</a><img src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=theplentynet-20&l=ur2&o=1" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />

* thebookdepository.com http://www.bookdepository.com/?a_aid=ustheplentynet]]> <![CDATA[Images are not showing]]> https://theplenty.net/forums/thread-147.html Mon, 03 May 2010 08:45:15 +0000 Albertosaurus Rex]]> https://theplenty.net/forums/thread-147.html <![CDATA[A few words about spam]]> https://theplenty.net/forums/thread-82.html Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:55:18 +0000 Mervi]]> https://theplenty.net/forums/thread-82.html ).
Anyway, I'm posting this to say that please let me know:
- if I have accidentally deleted you/your posts although you're not a spam bot
- if you come across any other suspicious messages that I might have missed

I'll upgrade our forum script tonight and hope it solves the problem for now. Rant]]> ).
Anyway, I'm posting this to say that please let me know:
- if I have accidentally deleted you/your posts although you're not a spam bot
- if you come across any other suspicious messages that I might have missed

I'll upgrade our forum script tonight and hope it solves the problem for now. Rant]]> <![CDATA[To-do list, feel free to add to it]]> https://theplenty.net/forums/thread-29.html Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:03:47 +0000 Mervi]]> https://theplenty.net/forums/thread-29.html
- add the recent changes rss in the wiki to the main page
- fix the broken image links in the wiki database
- Internet Explored does funny things to the layout background in the main site
- Firefox seems to render the top border too thick
- some book source links in the wiki do not work, find out what's going on
- the wiki links here in the forum have started to redirect to the main page
- some details in "post a new message" cascade weirdly (is this a Safari problem only?)]]>
- add the recent changes rss in the wiki to the main page
- fix the broken image links in the wiki database
- Internet Explored does funny things to the layout background in the main site
- Firefox seems to render the top border too thick
- some book source links in the wiki do not work, find out what's going on
- the wiki links here in the forum have started to redirect to the main page
- some details in "post a new message" cascade weirdly (is this a Safari problem only?)]]> <![CDATA[thePlenty.net has moved! (was: PlentyWiki is down)]]> https://theplenty.net/forums/thread-16.html Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:07:47 +0000 Mervi]]> https://theplenty.net/forums/thread-16.html
Sorry for any inconvenience!]]>
Sorry for any inconvenience!]]> <![CDATA[Liveships in PlentyWiki]]> https://theplenty.net/forums/thread-15.html Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:01:03 +0000 Sini]]> https://theplenty.net/forums/thread-15.html ]]> ]]>