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Exclamation OK, I give up.
What has happened to the Bulletin Board? Since the CD meet every time I open the BB I get a lovely picture of Grant and Susan smiling out at me. Not the worst scene in the world by a long chalk but after scrolling down to the posts then selecting one I am sent back to the top and find Grant and Susan smiling at me again, I scroll down, read the post, select another and hi Grant and Susan. This happens every time I make a selection. How can I get just the familiar HUBB header up when I check in and move around the BB and give Grant and Susan a break. Ride safe.
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I had the same until I noticed the message above in the yellow box. It says:

"If the HUBB "looks funny" please force a refresh to get the latest code update.
(Hold down the shift OR ctrl key, and click the refresh button on your browser.)"

I think SHIFT-F5 fixed it for me. Although the "New Posts" thing is still a little wonky.
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maja, are you using that confounded thing called 'Internet Explore' produced by Microsoft by any chance?

If so, is there any reason you are not able to move to a better browser?
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maja, are you using that confounded thing called 'Internet Explore' produced by Microsoft by any chance?

If so, is there any reason you are not able to move to a better browser?
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I'm a great fan of chrome, but with Win 8 on a Tablet, Explorer 10 is far better, chrome is slower and also pinch and zoom does not work which in itself is a deal breaker

But on topic, neither Google Chrome (Win7 on a desktop) or on my Tablet Explorer 10 are showing this website as the owner wishes.
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But on topic, neither Google Chrome (Win7 on a desktop) or on my Tablet Explorer 10 are showing this website as the owner wishes
How odd, I admit that I don't use Microsoft these days, but on the Mac, which I use FireFox ver 21 it works totally fine. Also, on this laptop running Linux Ubuntu and again FireFox or Chrome it all appears in order and smooth to me.

Did your tablet come with a pre-installed version of Chrome or is that something you installed yourself?

I'm curious with what could the problem be, but can understand what a frustration it is for you.

Ooops, I just realised, we should really be discussing this in the thread already setup as walkabout reminded us.
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I had the same problem. As you say, I suspect there i something wrong in the html/php that it does not automaticaly refresh.
The ctrl/r should do it.

Have you tried installing a new browser - iron for instance, to see if that fixes it?

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I had the same problem
John, can you elaborate more. You had the same problem as who?
More importantly, what did you see on your screen?
Can you tell us what your hardware is as this I believe will say more than a specific browser with what I understand people are having problems with.

A page refresh may rectify other problems, not necessarily this this problem people are experiencing.

There need only be some work done to the page layout, not necessarily PHP, but the HTML and or CSS side of things I think.

The site is based on pre HTML 5 standards, not that that matters, but when I look at the HTML code, wow, what a load of stuff there is for the poor client to crunch on to display a page. This means netbooks and other low performance hardware may struggle with all the javascript and other files needed to load. It's good that TapaTalk is up for mobile devices.

I read somewhere where Grant mentions there is a lot just to keep Microsoft's web browser, Internet Explorer working. I can imagine that.

I'd suggest we have this thread continue in the appropriate section as this is not a 'travellers question that don't fit anywhere' topic.
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Redboots wrote:John, can you elaborate more. You had the same problem as who?


My problem manifested itself thus:
The right hand bar containing the photos of Sue & Grant, (lovely though they are), were displayed on the LEFT side of the screen and BEFORE the forum or any other diplay. You had to scroll down to see content.


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I read somewhere where Grant mentions there is a lot just to keep Microsoft's web browser, Internet Explorer working. I can imagine that.
Microsoft have been a pain for years, almost forever because they do not stick to W3C agreed standards and include lots of bespoke commands... just look a the crap code generated by... what was it? Publisher. Writing routines to detect different browser types was a pain in the 'arris
I'm an OldSchool (ex)IBM sysprog so used to write all my own html and now use Textpattern.

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Thanks for all the replies, in the words of Peter Sellers on that magnificent LP "Songs for Swinging Sellers", "I did not understand either of them". However, Firefox and my W7 powered laptop seemed to have together sorted it out. Ride safe.
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