Questions about Site functionality!!

[Greatis]

Ok so you encounter a problem and you have looked in the faq section but you cannot find the ans post it here and we will be happy to assist you.

[Drew]

what is the post counts that make up the level of participation??

[Cocoa]

Hey!!! How come when I am at home I see the old site and when I am at work the site has the colored CY now I have the old way? :( What's wrong?

[Chris]

Hey!!! How come when I am at home I see the old site and when I am at work the site has the colored CY now I have the old way? :( What's wrong?Try to refresh the browser by pressing F5. If that doesn't work, delete the temporary Internet files (browser cache). In IE it's Tools > Internet Options and then click Delete files. Select delete offline content and then OK.

[Arch_Angel]

Try to refresh the browser by pressing F5.Ctrl+F5 downloads all the files from the server, instead of taking it from browser cache.

[Chris]

Ctrl+F5 downloads all the files from the server, instead of taking it from browser cache.Ahhh ... an even better solution!

[Cocoa]

Thanks that worked fi true. F5 an mi cris.

[Drew]

wats up with my response?? :eusa_whis :eusa_whis

and i have another question:
when you see that the site says most users ever online, do they mean members, or members + guests??

[Bashment Girl]

This is a quicky! When I look at the members that are on-line.... what do the colours that your screen names are highlighted in mean? Mine is dark red! What's the colour code all about? Is is your RANK so to speak?

This isn't critical I realise... just curious:cool:

[Drew]

wats up with my response?? :eusa_whis :eusa_whis
patiently waiting for a response. :icon_mrgr

[Arch_Angel]

This is a quicky! When I look at the members that are on-line.... what do the colours that your screen names are highlighted in mean? Mine is dark red! What's the colour code all about? Is is your RANK so to speak?

This isn't critical I realise... just curious:cool:
Bashment Girl, yup. The different colors are depending on the rank. Regular members are dark red, Moderators are dark green and Admins are blue.


and i have another question:
when you see that the site says most users ever online, do they mean members, or members + guests??
Drew, I believe it does mean members and guests. Chris can correct me if I am wrong.


what is the post counts that make up the level of participation??Beats me! :D

[Drew]

phew, thought i was posting to a dead server or something. thanks AA

[Bashment Girl]

Bashment Girl, yup. The different colors are depending on the rank. Regular members are dark red, Moderators are dark green and Admins are blue.


Thank-you MRS! So I'm just REGULAR? Not special :icon_cry: So I don't get mine highlighted in pink? :(

[Drew]

Thank-you MRS! So I'm just REGULAR? Not special :icon_cry: So I don't get mine highlighted in pink? :(thats a good idea u kno AA, ladies get pink guys get blue, whatcha think?? :icon_idea

[Bashment Girl]

thats a good idea u kno AA, ladies get pink guys get blue, whatcha think?? :icon_idea

Yay! I vote for that! I think pink or Purple though we should be able to choose. lol.. ok that's too far isn't it?

Ok PINK will suffice :cool:

[Drew]

btw bashie did u realise u called AA mrs. ;)

[Arch_Angel]

Thank-you MRS! So I'm just REGULAR? Not special :icon_cry: So I don't get mine highlighted in pink? :(
Yup. Just a regular Yardie! lol
But at least your a Senior CaribYardie. Not just any regular Yardie. :D


btw bashie did u realise u called AA mrs.Yeah, is who she calling MRS? :eusa_thin

[Bashment Girl]

btw bashie did u realise u called AA mrs. ;)

YES! Of course... is wha? I call all females MRS, or LADY! Just like Americans say "MA"... same thing... form of respect for addressing a female.. So I don't know how you took that but yeah.. it's like saying "My Girl", "Madam"or whaeva!:cool:

Why do you ask? :eusa_eh:

[Bashment Girl]

Yup. Just a regular Yardie! lol
But at least your a Senior CaribYardie. Not just any regular Yardie. :D

For real eh? That was quick.... lol :p Now I need the admin privlages too, lol.. I'm playing don't get scared! :rolleyes:

[Drew]

AA is a guy.

[Bashment Girl]

AA is a guy.

I see! Sorry! So why did I think other wise?! It's something he posted... I apologise Arch_Angel! Hope I didn't offend you:(

[Drew]

LOL, i don't think he's offended, he's a cool guy. i think the name would've fooled u.

[Bashment Girl]

LOL, i don't think he's offended, he's a cool guy. i think the name would've fooled u.

I hope he's not!

[Bashment Girl]

LOL, i don't think he's offended, he's a cool guy. i think the name would've fooled u.

No no no, I mixed him up with Angelskiss... oh boy :rolleyes: ... now I see what the problem was. Ok apologies have been delivered though.

[Drew]

lol, thats exactly wat i was thinking wen i typed that.

[Bashment Girl]

lol, thats exactly wat i was thinking wen i typed that.

What is it? Great minds think alike? Or fools think alike? Which do you prefer this evening? lol... anyway.. yes that was what it was. :rolleyes: :cool:

[Drew]

not sure wat kinda mind i hav. so i guess its a fool fool one. :eusa_eh:

[Chris]

what is the post counts that make up the level of participation??Sorry for the lateness....
User Title : Minimum Posts
Fresher : 0
Junior CaribYardie : 50
CaribYardie : 100
Senior CaribYardie : 200
Resident CaribYardie : 400
Long-time CaribYardie : 800

It has been suggested that these were too low and so they may change ;)


thats a good idea u kno AA, ladies get pink guys get blue, whatcha think?? :icon_ideaThis will be impossible to implement since we don't know the gender of each member.

update: made some changes to the user titles and minimum posts

[Drew]

no problemo, you know the saying.

i agree yes, they are pretty low.

[Bashment Girl]

This will be impossible to implement since we don't know the gender of each member.


When we register you have to pick a gender.. male or female.. right? I think I did have to do that.

[Drew]

i was wondering but couldn't remember if i did.

[Chris]

When we register you have to pick a gender.. male or female.. right? I think I did have to do that.Are you sure? As far as I know, no gender is required to register.

[Bashment Girl]

Are you sure? As far as I know, no gender is required to register.

I think so you know. Try registering under a new alias and see but I think I selected a gender! :cool:

[Cocoa]

Wrong site BG....I don't think so.

[Bashment Girl]

Wrong site BG....I don't think so.

:eusa_eh:

I am not thinking of the wrong site... I just thought that I had to choose a gender. I looked and you don't have to initially but I thought it was in my profile somewhere. :eusa_thin

It isn't though... interesting :cool:

[Arch_Angel]

*Arch_Angel sounds the Yardie alarm*
Somebody get the Yardie doctor quick. BG is having hallucinations. In the mean time, give her some space people. Give her room to breath. Get back, get back, get back! No crowding!

*Arch_Angel gets a glass of water for BG.*
How you feeling BG? Doctor soon come.

[Drew]

lmao, bashie i told u AA was a cool guy. :D

[Greatis]

hmmm Arch a girl LMAO LMAO :icon_lol: :icon_lol:

[Cocoa]

Originally posted by Chris:
User Title : Minimum Posts
Fresher : 0
Junior CaribYardie : 50
CaribYardie : 100
Senior CaribYardie : 200
Resident CaribYardie : 400
Long-time CaribYardie : 800

This is my suggestion for the UPgrading scheme....

Fresher 0-50 posts
Junior Caribyardie 51-150
Caribyardie 151-300
Senior Caribyardie 301-450
Resident Caribyardie 500-800
Citizen Caribyardie (lol) 801-1000
Official Caribyardie 1000 and above

This is just JCB's input still. :eusa_whis

[Chris]

I like the two last names/ranks (citizen and official Caribyardie) ... sounds better than the present highest category (long-time). I think I'll use them along with some of the post count suggestions, with a few modifications. Thanks.

[Drew]

i think it should be steeper. cocoa and i are already at the 800 mark.

[AngelsKiss]

If you are a Citizen CaribYardie...doesn't that make you Official?:)

Hey I want VIP Status :icon_mrgr

[Chris]

i think it should be steeper. cocoa and i are already at the 800 mark.ok, I'm still open to suggestions. What would you suggest the post ranking look like?

If you are a Citizen CaribYardie...doesn't that make you Official?:)Amm ... errr ... :eusa_thin You could say that, but what name would you suggest instead of "official", except VIP, since all persons here are important ;)

[AngelsKiss]

ok, I'm still open to suggestions. What would you suggest the post ranking look like?
Amm ... errr ... :eusa_thin You could say that, but what name would you suggest instead of "official", except VIP, since all persons here are important ;)


Errr...I wanted to be the VIP? It wasn't for everyone :icon_mrgr

OK seriously though, after you become a citizen of a country, unless you become a politician or a diplomat, what else is there?:)

[Cocoa]

After you citizenship you become a DIPLOMAT. That's another word I have.

[Chris]

"CaribYard Diplomat" ... hmmm ... :eusa_thin

[Drew]

Fresher 0-49 posts
Junior Caribyardie 50-199
Caribyardie 200-499
Senior Caribyardie 500-999
Resident Caribyardie 1000-1999
Official Caribyardie 2000 and above

the names don't really matter to me, so i just quoted cocoa's and modified it.
as you can see i'm pretty strict on this.
i don't think you need more than 6 levels at this point. maybe when the site has grown a bit more.

[AngelsKiss]

I don't like the term Fresher, I think it should be changed to Visitor.


Ok here is my list:

Tourist 0-100 posts
Visitor- 100 - 250
Immigrant Caribyardie - 250 - 500
Resident Caribyardie 500 - 1000
Citizen Caribyardie 1000 - 2000
Caribyardie Diplomat 2000^

:icon_mrgr

[Drew]

but visitor suggests that ur a guest. and u don't have to be registered to be a visitor/guest.

[AngelsKiss]

but visitor suggests that ur a guest. and u don't have to be registered to be a visitor/guest.

A Visitor is more regular than Guest I would think:)

[Drew]

A Visitor is more regular than Guest I would think:)point taken. i honestly don't like the term fresher or visitor. :eusa_snoo

is there a specific brands of naming you would like to use chris?? it seems to be citizenship, but i'm just checking if thats the general idea behind the names. :eusa_thin

[Chris]

Hmmm ... quite a few things to ponder on ...

[Cocoa]

Sorry for grammer purposes why don't we flip the titles. "Caribyardie Resident, CY Citizen and Cy Diplomat" Sounds a little better.

[Cocoa]

I have a problem. And have been having that problem the whole weekend.

I CANNOT access CY using Mozilla-firefox :eusa_snoo, I have to use IE; don't even want to use IE either. :eusa_snoo

What do I need to do?

[ramesh]

I have a problem. And have been having that problem the whole weekend.

I CANNOT access CY using Mozilla-firefox :eusa_snoo, I have to use IE; don't even want to use IE either. :eusa_snoo

What do I need to do? Try deleting the cache.

TOOLS >> OPTIONS >> PRIVACY
Click CLEAR across from the word CACHE.
Close the browser and try again.

Hope that helps.

[Cocoa]

Worked perfectly Ramesh. :D Thank you...

And for information purposes, what is a cache?

[Arch_Angel]

Each browser has a folder on your computer that it uses to store copies of the web pages you visit. This is called the browser cache. So the next time you go to a website that you visited recently, it loads the pages from the cache, instead of downloading it again. This allows the page to download quicker.

When you want to get the latest version of the web page instead of using the copy, you press Ctrl+F5. The browser downloads the latest version of the file from the site and stores it again in the cache.

[Cocoa]

Ok, thanks for that info Arch. However, I still have to use IE to visit the Yard. :(

[Chris]

Are you using the lates version of firefox?

[Arch_Angel]

Ok, thanks for that info Arch. However, I still have to use IE to visit the Yard. :(
But...but...you told me and ramesh that it works ok. What happened between then and now? :eusa_doh:

Chris, she is saying that when she visits www.caribyard.com she only see the text "CaribYard.com - Caribbean Online Community" and nothing else. She doesn't get redirected to www.caribyard.com/forums/ .

Ramesh and I suggested she clear her cache and try going to www.caribyard.com/forums/ instead, which seemed to work, but now she is saying it doesn't.

[Cocoa]

ok...clearing the cache works. However, everyday I have to clear the cache (I hate saying that word), just to come on with firefox.

And I really don't like using Internet Explorer. :eusa_snoo

[Arch_Angel]

So it only works when you clear your cache. Sounds very strange.

Try this, type about:config in your address bar. A list of options appear. Scroll down to browser.cache.check_doc_frequency. Double click it. Change the value to 0 and press ok.

Then try and see if that works for you each time you visit CY.

[Pondadat]

Wow Im on Google! Chris I was looking for Guyana and I seen the link for caribyard to my post of Trinidad superstitions. Amazing..Kudos to me and caribyard. (lol)

[Chris]

Yup, Google indexes everything :)

[Drew]

i see some people have been busy.

[little warchief]

hey i can't take my post them being organized by last post how do i sort this posting format to display in an ascending order !

[Chris]

hey i can't take my post them being organized by last post how do i sort this posting format to display in an ascending order !the setting is made in your user control panel (cp) under thread display options. See the FAQ here .. http://www.caribyard.com/forums/faq.php?faq=vb_board_usage#faq_vb_threadedmode

[Arch_Angel]

That's how I have my posts organized. The newest post first on the first page.
There's just minor descrepencies with it though. When you click the "Last>>" link on the forum page, it should take you to the last page in the thread, but instead it takes you to the newest post in the thread.

Hopefully they will fix this in the next release. Or soon.