Hi Marty,

I tried to sign in with my (very) old cs number id and old password and it didn't work. I ended up using my (heaven help us) aol screen name just to be able to get in other than as a guest.

What did I do wrong and what do I do to sign in as a cs member?

By the way, once we all get used to "this", it's going to be fine . .different, but fine

Thanks . .Peggy

Bill,

Many thanks. I seem to have gotten here. :-) Like most things computerese... it takes some trying. I think there's much too much garbage on each page.. the eyes get weary. I'm sure we'll all get used to the new look.

June

>>It's only when I try to post that the forum recognises me.<<

It appears to be an 'opening day' glitch, and one which we expect to be worked out pretty quickly.

But we all know who you are anyway :-)

Marty Bush
http://www.CaribOchoRios.com

Carolyn,

Yes, I can see how one's eyes get used to focusing on the middle of the page. The right handside is something to explore... finding a dentist? :-)

June

Marty,

| Well, it’s been many years since we’ve seen changes in
| the forums on CompuServe. And this one is a major change!

Yes, it's absolutely HORRIBLE! Much worse than I could even imagine. (more about that later)

- Where have all the sections gone? There were 22, now there are only 13.
- Why haven't discussions about the new forum software not been brought over? Feels like censorship. I had several replies ready and couldn't post them - now I came here to at least post what I'd written before disappearing completely from this forum, and the discussions are gone. Guess I'll start a new (non-threaded!) thread to put them in and leave you all to sort out where it should have gone...

| Also, please take a minute to vote in our "Today’s Poll".
| We truly want your impressions on what you like the most
| in the new forum.

I did. The problem is, there's actually *nothing* I like. Three messages on a page? That's not good, that's crippled. I can't set it any higher either - 15 would at least have been reasonably efficient,now it's not just endless scrolling up and down, but also endless new page loads - they're generating slow and they're rendering slow (partly because there's too much non-content, and partly because the code isn't valid and the browser will constantly have to guess - that takes time).

So: I propose the next poll: what do you like LEAST about the new forum? After all, CompuServe can't *really* think everyone will be happy, now can they? ??? Oh. OK, they can.

One friendly accessibility request: PLEASE do *not* use a serif font for your messages. Leave it at the default (which is at least a sensible non-serif): the default font size is already WAY too small, and it's not defined as a relative size either, which means that some browsers cannot even scale it. A serif font at that small size is practically unreadable, and for people with not perfect eyesight impossible to read. (Yes, I have my browser set at the *normal* font size - because I test web pages; readng your message literally hurts my eyes - and will cause problems for many others.)

--
Marjolein Katsma

Thanks, Connie,

I bookmarked My Stuff and it worked fine.

Regards,

Bill

>> You were talking about this yesterday and I was too dense to understand it.

Well, the Diabetes folks had a head start, of course, since they went "live" yesterday afternoon and were amongst the first to discover the navigation problem for old members who weren't using a CIS client software (CIS client software automatically authenticates).

>> Actually, bookmarking My Stuff as a general bookmark for Compuserve Forums is something everyone should do - even after the authentication bug gets fixed. Some have made it their homepage.

I can't personally agree with that, Dave... While there are a lot of ads on the Forum Home/Start Page (what are they actually calling it these days? FSP? FHP?), there is also a lot of valuable current forum info there that is provided by you sysops (links, hot topics, recent discussions, etc).

In my particular case, I'm one of those who zaps all cookies, history, etc when I close an online session, so I need to authenticate each time that I logon.

So that I don't have to arrive as "Guest" each time and then go thru the rigamaro of forcing an authentication from there (and especially since I'm on dialup), I force the issue with another URL:

http://login.compuserve.com/login/loginSNS.asp?OrigURL=http://community.compuserve.com/diabetes

This URL forces the authentication page (login page) where I plug in my UID/password and then get taken straight to the Diabetes Forum FSP. The above URL works for Classic ID accounts but may be broken by AOL/Netscape screennames. I also have a _MUCH_ longer URL that forcse a different logon page that will work for both Classic UIDs and AOL screennames, but it's not really practical tp post (it's that long). I can providde a TinyURL of the really long URL, but most folks don't trust TinyURLs (including me)... connie

P.S... the above URL to force authentication right out of the gate is a pure hack and is _NOT_ anything official. It's just a temporary workaround until the forumware gets fixed by CIS... connie

 >>  - how do you change the High Message number, or am I jumping ahead ?

Click MESSAGES, then select SHOW DISCUSSIONS.  You can make a choice of a time frame of messages to be displayed.

Scott 

Thats a good approach, Les.  <g>

The rough spots will be smoothed over soon!  -Scott

Edit: Fixed embarrassing spelling error - Carolyn