Today AgingCare has released a new version of the Caregiver Forum. In addition to stylistic changes to make the forum match the rest of the site, there are two new features we are excited to share with you!
1) New Menu: You will now be able to navigate through questions and discussions by topic via the menu along the left-hand side of the Forum’s home page (https://agingcare.com/caregiver-forum).
2) Edit Tool: Most importantly, we have released a new tool that will allow you to edit your newly posted questions, discussions and answers. Upon submitting a new piece of content, you will have 30 minutes to proofread what you have written and make edits to all fields in your post. After this 30-minute period, the editing ability will expire in order to minimize confusion for other users who are trying to search the forum and share information.
We hope you are pleased with these updates and additions. The forum may now look different, but it functions largely in the same way. If you find any glitches or experience significant challenges while using the site, please feel free to report your findings on this discussion.
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Testing.
Numbers better now.
And the old way, when you clicked a link in your News Feed it did not take you to page 1 of a discussion, it took you to somewhere that was at least close to where the current posts were. AC is working on it. It will come back.
The font works ok for me, But what the AC objective is, I think, is to make the thread you are reading not adjustable to zoom. That way the advertising is always showing on the thread and we are more likely to read it. I would like to downsize the font, especially when on my tablet, but....
Too bad we can't change the font to our favorite font. I notice with the font that is being used, numbers show up weird looking, like the numerical 1 shows up like half of it is missing.
To many posting on AC, this forum is a lifeline to information needed now, before learning the new formats and technologies. Some are like me, and cannot learn technology , have to be brought along, step-by-step. If it weren't for helps, my husband helping, and Glad teaching me to change my avatar, I could no longer use the forum-and also, it would not be as fun!!! Many people have asked me, lol, how to change their Avatar to a cat! Brave souls! Then, you and others helped them out.
Without all of us, the forum would not be complete, imo.
Thanks for understanding, Cwillie!
Thanks AC!
We have just released a fix to the forum. Answers and comments are back to being sorted the “old” way—from oldest to newest. Hopefully this will help you follow these threads more easily.
In regards to other suggestions and difficulties that have been shared on this and other posts, please be patient. We are working to address these issues and release additional fixes as quickly as we can.
As always, we appreciate your feedback and willingness to help one another!
-AgingCareEditor
It may have had to do with the change back today, latest post is now the last page of a book, as it should be. Proof, they are working on the site issues.
Whatever happened last night or yesterday is in the past, imo, in this case.
Or, if the default feature is set to the most popular answers, lol lol lol, any new, recent posts would not ever be seen at all! (Because, how can they be 'popular' if never seen, and no one ever clicked 'like this'.) If that is what is happening?
Isn't that Newton's law, or something? Every action has an opposite reaction?
Sorry, can no longer look these things up, but that was in my head, Newton's law.
Feel free to correct me.
Cwillie,
You are already ok. Taking on so much responsibility for reporting website changes will add a whole lot of stress to you. Take some time off, think of something else for 12-24 hours, then come back after caring for self-and your Mom. I am sure AC and everyone else on here appreciates your efforts.
Deep breath, take a break. Me and my cat are still here, a bit confused too, but more patient now. My mood could change, however, any minute, with the full moon or another website glitch......
The posts are back, reading like a book now, I like this better!
So relieved!
This is an example:
What should I expect for monthly rent with independent living?
Well, the rent SIX YEARS AGO would have been a whole lot less than now, in 2017.
The answer I gave was put back up by this morning. It was taken down yesterday.
Maybe someone without a sense of humor reported the post? Then, AC, with a sense of humor, put it back up?
If given a key to freeze a new thread as spam, or temporarily suspend a problem post, these volunteer moderators could ease the paid moderator's job.
Assistant Volunteer Moderators maybe. I could give you names, but I think the AC staff will know.
I agree about the "most helpful answers" default display being confusing.
I still have a problem with the News Feed page, Aging Care page and others being a smaller font than the question or discussion threads. It means I have to change page magnification when I move from threads to these other pages.
The comment box not placed logically near the most recent comments on top of the thread.
Threads that display "most helpful answers" by default, which also causes the top answer/expert answer to be displayed as the most recent answer.
Does this happen both when you start a thread and when you are responding to one?
I'm pretty sure I've seen posts from you recently. This is very strange!
Rainmom, Thanks for the sports term.
Three strikes and I am out.
I use my phone almost exclusively. In the past I've noticed the phone options vs my laptop have varied quite a bit - for instance, viewing messages on the phone use to take a lot of steps or switching to desktop - I am happy that that is no longer the case. I hadn't noticed the recent vs popular option until you mentioned it - so thanks - it is better - but still a pain to scroll backwards - sigh - I suspose the old say "anything worth having, is worth working for" is gonna have to apply here, for me.
Some people are having trouble because their operating system is old and outdated. (windows xp?)
Another thing that might be happening is the thread you have been trying to follow is in "most helpful answers" mode, you can see an option to switch to "see all answers" right below the question/comment.
The navigation change is neutral in my mind. Not something I would have asked for, but nothing that bothers me.