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Bob_Huntley

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IM Profiles
« on: February 13, 2008, 01:08:09 PM »
In the past when wanting send a private  e-mail or call a fellow GCA'er, I would click on the name and get the information.

I did the same and the following came up. What gives?




"An Error Has Occurred!
Many apologies, but you can't view just any profile. 

Back"
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Bill_McBride

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Re: IM Profiles
« Reply #1 on: February 13, 2008, 01:11:55 PM »
Bob, every post now has a green icon in the lower left under the poster's name.  You click on that and up comes the IM blank message screen.  It's a lot quicker than going through the earlier routine.

Mine would no doubt be faster if I cleared out some old messages.
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Norbert P

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Re: IM Profiles
« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2008, 01:29:15 PM »
Thanks Bill, that helps.  It would be nice if the message that Bob copy and pasted would say what you just said. 
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rjsimper

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Re: IM Profiles
« Reply #3 on: February 13, 2008, 01:37:50 PM »
If you can't view "just any profile" then whose can you view? 
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Kalen Braley

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Re: IM Profiles
« Reply #4 on: February 13, 2008, 01:42:59 PM »
Apparently the only profile you can view is your own.  I suspect that Ran and Co are working to get this resolved.  It does make sending IM's more difficult.
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Joe Hancock

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Re: IM Profiles
« Reply #5 on: February 13, 2008, 01:50:49 PM »
The ability to send IM's has been made easier by the addition of the button shaped like a scroll on the left side of each post. It even changes color(green) when the poster is online.

I can send out twice as many IM's seeking access in the same amount of time, compared to the old software. How efficient is that?

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Garland Bayley

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Re: IM Profiles
« Reply #6 on: February 13, 2008, 02:00:57 PM »
Quote from: Kalen Braley on February 13, 2008, 01:42:59 PM
Apparently the only profile you can view is your own.  I suspect that Ran and Co are working to get this resolved.  It does make sending IM's more difficult.

Or they are working to allow us to make buddy lists. ;)
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JohnV

Re: IM Profiles
« Reply #7 on: February 13, 2008, 04:03:13 PM »
Joe,

Glad that works for you, but if I have to search for a topic where a person posted rather than just looking up their profile I'll never get on the courses I drool over. ;)
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Joe Hancock

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Re: IM Profiles
« Reply #8 on: February 13, 2008, 04:25:38 PM »
Quote from: John Vander Borght on February 13, 2008, 04:03:13 PM
Joe,

Glad that works for you, but if I have to search for a topic where a person posted rather than just looking up their profile I'll never get on the courses I drool over. ;)

Maybe some day we can share access tips and tricks...... :P

Joe
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Bob_Huntley

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Re: IM Profiles
« Reply #9 on: February 14, 2008, 12:09:09 PM »
I have just received this IM.

Fortunately... 


...you are still easy to find on the first page.  Otherwise I would have had to begin digging to find you and send this message:


Has the Moderator indicated whether we will soon be able to view other's profiles?

Bob
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MargaretC

Re: IM Profiles
« Reply #10 on: February 14, 2008, 09:57:27 PM »

One of the reasons I occasionally access other profiles is to read previous posts.  Reading one writer's posts provides continuity that is missed when re-reading a particular thread because of the number of other writers.

I hope that functionality returns.
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Jerry Kluger

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Re: IM Profiles
« Reply #11 on: February 15, 2008, 08:55:48 AM »
Margaret: A word of advice - don't try to review TEP's posts - he has a team of writers working for him and you will die trying to keep up.
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MargaretC

Re: IM Profiles
« Reply #12 on: February 15, 2008, 08:48:49 PM »
Quote from: Jerry Kluger on February 15, 2008, 08:55:48 AM
Margaret: A word of advice - don't try to review TEP's posts - he has a team of writers working for him and you will die trying to keep up.


Busted!  :-[   Geez!  Am I that transparent?  :o  I'm glad that you have "confirmed" my suspicion that he has a ...team of writers working for him...  Who could imagine that one person could be so prolific?   ;)
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Art Roselle

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Re: IM Profiles
« Reply #13 on: March 03, 2008, 09:55:10 PM »
Did anyone ever figure out how to view member profiles again?  I still get the error message.
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Kalen Braley

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Re: IM Profiles
« Reply #14 on: March 04, 2008, 11:53:29 AM »
It still doesn't work last time I checked.

Additionally you can't upload pics to the site anymore...it appears the upload folder is full.   :-[
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John Kavanaugh

Re: IM Profiles
« Reply #15 on: March 04, 2008, 12:01:31 PM »
I know that at one point a leading architect came out against people being able to read his past posts.  I do miss the feature because I go all over the country meeting people from this site and like to read up before I decide.  I do not think I would have gone on my recent Bandon trip with a couple of posters if I was not able to go back and read what they had said about a course my brother designed.  note:  What they said was fair and honest.

I also had a guy challenge me recently who liked to use a ton of exclamation marks in every post.  I would have liked to have found out if he was out of high school (I doubt it) before I responded.
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Will MacEwen

Re: IM Profiles
« Reply #16 on: March 04, 2008, 12:05:09 PM »
I like the profiles to see where people are from.

If someone is looking for advice on courses in a certain area, I think it makes a difference if they are coming from 300 or 3000 miles.
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Jason Connor

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Re: IM Profiles
« Reply #17 on: March 04, 2008, 12:08:14 PM »
If you want to IM someone not from a post, here's a trick.  Go to google and type for example to IM me:

"Jason Connor" site:golfclubatlas.com


This will bring up one or more of my posts.  Click a link to a thread (not for example the Contributions page which comes up first when I googled my own name), then you can click the green icon below my name (or whoever you want to IM).

This should work for anyone who has posted.

It also works to search prior posts but isn't all inclusive.




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Matthew Hunt

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Re: IM Profiles
« Reply #18 on: March 04, 2008, 12:11:15 PM »
Quote from: John Kavanaugh on March 04, 2008, 12:01:31 PM
I know that at one point a leading architect came out against people being able to read his past posts.  I do miss the feature because I go all over the country meeting people from this site and like to read up before I decide.  I do not think I would have gone on my recent Bandon trip with a couple of posters if I was not able to go back and read what they had said about a course my brother designed.  note:  What they said was fair and honest.

I also had a guy challenge me recently who liked to use a ton of exclamation marks in every post.  I would have liked to have found out if he was out of high school (I doubt it) before I responded.

Was that me John????????
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John Kavanaugh

Re: IM Profiles
« Reply #19 on: March 04, 2008, 12:14:29 PM »
No Matthew...But you even asking explains why it is important to know who the minors are.
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Matthew Hunt

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Re: IM Profiles
« Reply #20 on: March 04, 2008, 12:40:35 PM »
Quote from: John Kavanaugh on March 04, 2008, 12:14:29 PM
No Matthew...But you even asking explains why it is important to know who the minors are.

Why?
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John Kavanaugh

Re: IM Profiles
« Reply #21 on: March 04, 2008, 12:44:54 PM »
Quote from: Matthew Hunt on March 04, 2008, 12:40:35 PM
Quote from: John Kavanaugh on March 04, 2008, 12:14:29 PM
No Matthew...But you even asking explains why it is important to know who the minors are.

Why?

Because I do not need a paper trail of inviting 14 year old boys to my house.
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George Pazin

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Re: IM Profiles
« Reply #22 on: March 04, 2008, 01:01:31 PM »
Quote from: John Kavanaugh on March 04, 2008, 12:44:54 PM
Quote from: Matthew Hunt on March 04, 2008, 12:40:35 PM
Quote from: John Kavanaugh on March 04, 2008, 12:14:29 PM
No Matthew...But you even asking explains why it is important to know who the minors are.

Why?

Because I do not need a paper trail of inviting 14 year old boys to my house.

In Matthew's case the paper trail would probably help to exonerate you. :)

I do like to view profiles because I like to see where folks are - which reminds me to bump the who are you guys and where are you guys threads....
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Matthew Hunt

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Re: IM Profiles
« Reply #23 on: March 04, 2008, 01:16:44 PM »
Quote from: John Kavanaugh on March 04, 2008, 12:44:54 PM
Quote from: Matthew Hunt on March 04, 2008, 12:40:35 PM
Quote from: John Kavanaugh on March 04, 2008, 12:14:29 PM
No Matthew...But you even asking explains why it is important to know who the minors are.

Why?

Because I do not need a paper trail of inviting 14 year old boys to my house.

16 in couple of days. I can't honestly think of a better age to be, I bet in your heart you wish you were my age again ;)

John, I would love to come to your house (to rip you out at poker!) LOL OJ OJ LMFAO GYT( Just checking if you know what these mean!)

Oh, and back to the curse of my age, physics coursework 25% of a two year course in a couple of hours.....easy as....

G2G
« Last Edit: March 04, 2008, 01:27:33 PM by Matthew Hunt »
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Paul Sinclair

Re: IM Profiles
« Reply #24 on: March 05, 2008, 04:22:53 PM »
Here's what I have been using to search for posts by author in lieu of the old method where you could view someone's profile and pull up his/her posts from there. This isn't as good as the old method but it's about as close as I've found via the search engine.

1. Go to "Search"

2. Click on "Advanced Search"

3. In "Search For" box, type in "a e" (leave quotes out)

4. In "by user" box, type in user whose posts you want to find

5. Under "Options", choose "Show results as messages"

6. For "Search Order," choose whatever order you wish to see the posts in.

When you get the search results, all the a's and e's in the posts are highlighted in yellow which is distracting but at least you can sorta kinda get the same function as when you could search an author's post from the profile area.
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