Ikesaccordions
Active member
When looking for the most recent questions/comments at the beginning of threads, I see what must be discussions that have been going on for a while. Maybe there are not all that many new posts?
"New" Posts
- Thread starter Ikesaccordions
- Start date
I think this may be partly the fault of the prominently displayed "Featured Post": I tend to be drawn to reply to them without always figuring out that they've been months dormant. That brings old discussions back into play that then mask newer discussions. In particular because previous participants in those old discussions get "Alerts" for new posts in the old discussions, but don't get alerts for fresh posts until they join in.
I’m confused. I haven’t been on this forum too long but I see new posts every day, usually every time I check. For example, right now if I touch “Forums” near the upper left it first shows me the “Featured Post” with all the sub forum names below. Then when I touch “New Posts” in the menu bar immediately below the “Forums” button it then brings up the titles of a bunch of new posts, the earliest posted about 5am and the latest reported as posted 1 minute ago. (There is a section section below, separated by the line “Threads below have not been updated since your last visit”.)
However, once I click on a new post it is removed from the upper section (as this thread was when I first viewed it) since the software now apparently assumes I’ve read it and it’s no longer “new”. I don’t see it in the lower section either. If I want to access it again, I have to find it.
Clicking on the “Show only Unread” button cancels the new posts mode and shows all the recent posts. They are in two sections, separated by the line “Threads below have not been updated since your last visit”. This is where I found this thread after I clicked on it to read it the first time.
Do you see the same thing? I’m reading these on an iPad running the Safari browser but I see essentially the same thing on a laptop running Win10.
All this was a little confusing to me at first since other forums I frequent are organized differently.
JKJ
Ventura
Been here for ages!
that's how i leave my page also, show unread and old posts,
and i just refresh the page whenever i open this window,
and i open the most active threads in other tabs sometimes and leave them up
for the week too
i am looking and logged in via laptop here in the living room
my other window left up for quick refresh is
LoL
and i just refresh the page whenever i open this window,
and i open the most active threads in other tabs sometimes and leave them up
for the week too
i am looking and logged in via laptop here in the living room
my other window left up for quick refresh is
Musical Instruments "accordion" near College Park, MD 20740 - craigslist
Musical Instruments "accordion" near College Park, MD 20740 - craigslist
washingtondc.craigslist.org
LoL
Ventura
Been here for ages!
say Ike, once you get all settled if you poke around in your huge stash
and find a couple pre-war Settimo's that might be fixable,
let Rosie know about them
thanks
and find a couple pre-war Settimo's that might be fixable,
let Rosie know about them
thanks
Perhaps keep the feature and put it on a user-selectable button or a menu selection?
As a newbee I rather like the to see the random threads - I often am introduced to things this way that I may otherwise never see and learn about. In fact, bringing up a new random post with repeated clicks could be interesting. There is so much to learn…
JKJ
Ikesaccordions
Active member
Does she plan to fix pre-war Settimios? I had or have at least one I thought about making a video or article about fixing up. Another I worked on had the chord plungers on the bottoms of the pistons coming un-soldered. That characteristic is a bit off-putting.
Ikesaccordions
Active member
What I was looking for was not necessarily whole threads with recent replies, But the beginning of fresh initial posts, with or without replies in order of the most recent.
Some forum software provides for what you want with user-specified settings such as most recent first, linear vs threaded order, etc. I don’t see user settings here that would help but maybe I’ve missed something.
Only the one, I'd like to get an accordion the same as the one my grandfather played in the 1940s:
My grandad's accordion
Part of the reason I spurned melodion in favour of piano accordion is that my grandfather played it - through the 1940s and 50s he played in a dance band. His is the instrument on the right. I'm not sure what happened to it. It looks like it had white "black" keys? Anyway, here is a photo from...
www.accordionists.info
I think I've found one, but it has two prices - as is, and fixed up with warranty.
I like the "New Posts" feature which I use all the time -- I don't want to miss a thing. I've been on the Forum for a while and what I have noticed is the "exponential growth" of new members and many "New Posts". If I don't check the Forum for one day, I will get at least one page of "New Posts" I haven't read. It wasn't like that a few months back. That's a good sign -- Knobby is doing a good job. Navigating this Forum is much better than other forums I use. This Accordion Forum is what I use to call a "Best Kept Secret" -- but I don't think it's a secret anymore.
I have tried the "Featured Post" but don't use it at all now.
I have tried the "Featured Post" but don't use it at all now.
I only joined in August or September, but it does seem much busier in just a few weeks.
Ikesaccordions
Active member
"fixed up with warranty" is not a good sign. I've seen too many "fixed up" that were not restored correctly, and made more work necessary than if the job were done right in the first place, indeed reeds damaged, etc. There are no people I know of today, including myself who undertake proper restorations. I might do some more in the future, but I've more than I can undertake in my lifetime, in actuarily what I've left now.
Somebody able to do it would likely not need to advertise a "warranty". I consider it a " red flag" even though I don't know the individual proposing to do the "fixing up".
Probable shop time to do the restoration is 40 to 60 hours or more.
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