Hi Dave - can't get access to PM's
® Jim-S (in the United Kingdom) 25 Dec 2003 at 23:57 GMT

The icon at the bottom is not visible. Is anyone else experiencing this? Is someone else seeing my PM's !

Re: Hi Dave - can't get access to PM's
® The Audience (in the United Kingdom) 26 Dec 2003 at 00:35 GMT

Seeing your PM's! I rather wish I hadn't, given your lewd suggestions to Her Grace. I'm sure the lady has never entertained the thought of what you suggested, and has probably never even heard of an Ann Summers party.

Re: Hi Dave - can't get access to PM's
® TisFrank (in the United Kingdom) 26 Dec 2003 at 00:52 GMT

Jim can you not go to mail from the menu on your left?

under Message Forums

Re: Hi Dave - can't get access to PM's
® Jim-S (in the United Kingdom) 26 Dec 2003 at 01:30 GMT

I did and after having done that, and amused the audiance , the icon at the bottom re-appeared!

So used to using the icon at the bottom you see

Re: Hi Dave - can't get access to PM's
® The Audience (in the United Kingdom) 26 Dec 2003 at 01:36 GMT

See, we're useful after all.

Re: Hi Dave - can't get access to PM's
® tonyinbkk (in Thailand) 26 Dec 2003 at 10:07 GMT

Jim-S, found the same problem myself but figured it out. Now Dave's made the screen wider with all those extra flags, there are a few base-line icons that have fallen off the edge, so to speak.

If, BEFORE you log in, you go to the "spread bar" (or whatever it's called, right at the bottom of the guyslink screen, and move the whole screen far left, then you'll see all the missing icons and they'll stay there. AFTER you've logged in, the spread bar sadly disappears, so you need to do this move before you log in.

Re: Hi Dave - can't get access to PM's
® tonyinbkk (in Thailand) 26 Dec 2003 at 10:11 GMT

I mean, you move the bar far right, then the screen goes the other direction. D'oh!

Re: Hi Dave - can't get access to PM's
® TisFrank (in the United Kingdom) 26 Dec 2003 at 12:28 GMT

Yes dave your new flags are FAR too big

can you make them smaller or better still have an image

map of the world to click on like my guest book page

http://pub3.bravenet.com/guestmap/show.php?usernum=174540102&lightmap=0&icons=0&&entrylist=0&zoom=0&welcome=1

Re: Hi Dave - can't get access to PM's
® Dave(Guyslink) 26 Dec 2003 at 14:55 GMT

Jim: By "icon at the bottom", do you mean the green envelope that changes to flashing yellow when you have an unread mailbox message? If so, this can sometimes disappear for about 10 mins if our server software reloads itself (e.g. after a fault). If it remains absent for over 10 mins, it may be because the status bar at the bottom of the screen is failing to refresh itself - and a "right click" (over the status bar) and "refresh" (from the dropdown menu) will usually resolve that.

Tony: In the BR, at the bottom right of the screen, you should be seeing the same number of flags that were always there - i.e. 5 of them - Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the US and the World. I only changed the flags on the contact boards - and the login screen, so I guess that you and Frank must be referring to the login screen? I will take a look at that and see if I can improve things a little.

Re: Hi Dave - can't get access to PIMs
® TisFrank (in the United Kingdom) 26 Dec 2003 at 15:03 GMT

Hi Dave yes I do mean the login screen!

Your flags are getting out of hand dear!

A nice map of the world reduced down would be nicer

and you could put links anywhere from it just like

bravenet do

http://pub3.bravenet.com/guestmap/show.php?usernum=174540102&lightmap=0&icons=0&&entrylist=0&zoom=0&welcome=1

Oh and Happy New Year!

Re: Hi Dave - can't get access to PIMs
® Dave(Guyslink) 26 Dec 2003 at 16:28 GMT

Thanks Frank. I quite like the map idea, but there are a couple of problems. Firstly there's an issue with precision - as we cover all countries of the world, the smaller ones would be difficult to select accurately. Someone might, for example, try to click on Gibraltar and inadvertantly find themselves in Spain. Secondly, a National Geographic survey last year indicated that a significant percentage of people have no clue about where their country is, on a world map. I'm sure the same people don't know what their flag looks like either - but with the flags I think they're more likely to admit defeat and resort to using the dropdown box of countries, rather than just clicking in the wrong place.

Anyway, I'll give some more thought to this issue. In the meantime, I've now updated the screen so that the flags go over multiple lines - which should resolve the original problem.

Re: Hi Dave - can't get access to PIMs
® TisFrank (in the United Kingdom) 26 Dec 2003 at 16:57 GMT

Looks much better now Dave instead of flags you could have text like,

albania
canada
bahamas
butchland
bavaria
etc

it would take up too much space so the java

drop down box is your answer.

Re: Hi Dave - can't get access to PIMs
® Jim-S (in the United Kingdom) 26 Dec 2003 at 16:58 GMT

Hi Dave

It was indeed the green envelope that I was referring to and the other icons along with it. I ended up with only 3 icons as opposed to the usual 6. However, it did come back so alls well that ends well.

Re: Hi Dave - can't get access to PIMs
® TisFrank (in the United Kingdom) 26 Dec 2003 at 17:06 GMT

Happy Holiday Jim-S