Topic: Forum News, Announcements, Updates, Errors, etc..... (Read 1979862 times)

Mike S · « **Reply #1675 on:** February 25, 2026, 09:17:53 am »

Well said Fastfaz. My good lady, (long suffering), who has an A-level in latin translated ' utrinque paratus' as 'ready for anything'.

I completely endorse your comments about Martin, who is much valued and cherished, by all of us Mayhemers.

Cheers to all Mayhemers, and go well,

Mike

Fastfaz · « **Reply #1676 on:** February 25, 2026, 12:03:32 pm »

Hi MIke,
Spot on it's the Regimental motto of the Parachute Regiment my old outfit. Take care and stay safe everyone.
Kind Regards,
Pete.

mrlownotes · « **Reply #1677 on:** February 28, 2026, 03:37:31 pm »

Is anyone having an issue with Firefox not displaying forum pages graphically, i.e. it's all line by line.
Mine started this yesterday and I gave up after 30 mins turning to MS Edge (which I hate).
Any pointers would be appreciated.

Colin Bishop · « **Reply #1678 on:** February 28, 2026, 04:15:18 pm »

I'm using Firefox with no problems at the moment. Have you tried clearing the Firefox cache and maybe the cookies?

I don't like Edge either!

Colin

Martin (Admin) · « **Reply #1679 on:** February 28, 2026, 04:23:31 pm »

Same, no problem with Firefox...

Try clearing your cache / restart browser ...?!

dougal99 · « **Reply #1680 on:** February 28, 2026, 05:04:15 pm »

OK here as well using the latest update.

mrlownotes · « **Reply #1681 on:** February 28, 2026, 05:08:14 pm »

Thankyou Colin, Martin and Dougal99. Cleared Firefox's cache................................I'm a happy chappy again.

Mike S · « **Reply #1682 on:** February 28, 2026, 06:08:04 pm »

Hi MIke,[/size] Spot on it's the Regimental motto of the Parachute Regiment my old outfit. Take care and stay safe everyone. Kind Regards, Pete.

Hi Fastfaz,

I had the pleasure of meeting members of the Parachute Regiment at the London 2012 Olympics, (was it really almost 14 years ago!).
The security firm G4S, had, how can I put this, over-promised and under delivered, so the military were called in to provide security.
My daughter had volunteered, and was a member of 'Danny Boyles Pandemonium Drummers' for the Opening and Closure ceremonies.
The drums were a job lot of plastic buckets from B&Q, and the costumes were from Primark. During the Olympics she was a volunteer steward, and visitors always obeyed instructions because she was accompanied by a large bloke in a maroon beret.

I generally went along at close of play, as living in North London I could get HS1 direct from St. Pancras to Stratford. Then it was on to the Railway Tavern Stratford for a few scoops. They were from 3 Para, and had just got back from Afghanistan, I couldn't really comprehend how they could just go from Afghanistan to an East London Boozer, let's just say that there were some epic 'lock-ins'. After the Closing Ceremony it was an 'all-nighter'. So, I got the full Olympic experience for no money, and the years have just rolled by, great days!

Best Regards,

Mike

derekwarner · « **Reply #1683 on:** March 03, 2026, 02:18:20 am »

Martin....a minor issue not found before

Log on to "Show unread posts since last visit' as normal, can read all or just a few new posts

if you need to log out, then log back in again, and ask for 'Show unread posts since last visit'.....result = no unread posts

Prior to this, the only posts left displaying were those as unread....or you had not opened

No big deal, as they can be found in the listing of all posts

Derek

dodgy geezer · « **Reply #1684 on:** March 03, 2026, 09:18:35 am »

Quote from: derekwarner on March 03, 2026, 02:18:20 am

Martin....a minor issue not found before

Log on to "Show unread posts since last visit' as normal, can read all or just a few new posts

if you need to log out, then log back in again, and ask for 'Show unread posts since last visit'.....result = no unread posts

Prior to this, the only posts left displaying were those as unread....or you had not opened

No big deal, as they can be found in the listing of all posts

Derek

Yes - Unread Posts does not seem to work for me, either...

dougal99 · « **Reply #1685 on:** March 03, 2026, 03:34:19 pm »

Works as expected here using Firefox.

Martin (Admin) · « **Reply #1686 on:** March 03, 2026, 09:50:48 pm »

Quote from: derekwarner on March 03, 2026, 02:18:20 am

Martin....a minor issue not found before
Log on to "Show unread posts since last visit' as normal, can read all or just a few new posts
if you need to log out, then log back in again, and ask for 'Show unread posts since last visit'.....result = no unread posts
Prior to this, the only posts left displaying were those as unread....or you had not opened
No big deal, as they can be found in the listing of all posts

Derek

Hey captain Derek !

What browser are you using?

M

derekwarner · « **Reply #1687 on:** March 04, 2026, 09:57:20 am »

MS Outlook on Google Chrome Martin..........

This lost unopened postings to the best of my memory via twice daily log-ins, only occurred during/after the last system outage

Maybe we could ask dodgy geezer the same question?

Derek

Martin (Admin) · « **Reply #1688 on:** March 04, 2026, 11:45:07 am »

Steps to Clear Cache in Chrome
Desktop (Windows/Mac/Linux):
Click the three dots in the top right.
Select Delete browsing data (or More tools > Clear browsing data).
Select a time range (e.g., "All time").
Check Cached images and files (you can uncheck browsing history and cookies if you only want to clear the cache).
Click Delete data.

dodgy geezer · « **Reply #1689 on:** March 04, 2026, 12:00:51 pm »

Quote from: derekwarner on March 04, 2026, 09:57:20 am

MS Outlook on Google Chrome Martin..........
This lost unopened postings to the best of my memory via twice daily log-ins, only occurred during/after the last system outage

Maybe we could ask dodgy geezer the same question?

Derek

Dodgy uses Opera....

Martin (Admin) · « **Reply #1690 on:** March 05, 2026, 10:03:20 am »

To clear your cache in Opera, press Ctrl+Shift+Del (Windows) or Cmd+Shift+Del (Mac) to open the "Clear browsing data" menu.

Select "All time" as the time range, check "Cached images and files," and click "Clear data".

Martin (Admin) · « **Reply #1691 on:** March 26, 2026, 09:03:34 pm »

Bit of an outage earlier... back now.
Host investigating hack attempt.....

Martin (Admin) · « **Reply #1692 on:** March 27, 2026, 06:46:33 am »

... Well it turns out to be Google causing the issue!

There is so much data within Model Boat Mayhem, that Google spends hours & hours, every day, trawling the site and trying to catalogue / indexing it all !

Working on fix.

Martin (Admin) · « **Reply #1693 on:** October 23, 2026, 01:20:30 am »

PHP world meltdown - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9j34zgmkxx1o

Yes Mayhem Forum is fully PHP coded, but it looks like we dodged the bullet this time!

From our Hosts:

mrlownotes · « **Reply #1694 on:** October 23, 2026, 02:46:47 pm »

Thank you Martin for the PHP security confirmation.

Very pleased to see that our host is 'on the ball'.

Rowland-P · « **Reply #1695 on:** October 23, 2026, 03:11:45 pm »

Quote from: mrlownotes on October 23, 2026, 02:46:47 pm

Thank you Martin for the PHP security confirmation. Very pleased to see that our host is 'on the ball'.

They are not that on the ball, this forum appears to be running on SMF 2.0.19 The 2.1.x series of the forum software was released in Feb 2022 and the current stable release is 2.1.8 and they are well into creating version 3.So no, in my opinion, if they were 'on the ball',, this forum would be running a current version of the forum software. Who knows what other nasties are lurking in the SMF software that is currently running and what problems have been fixed in later versions ?

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