moosetracker

First time I saw it, I checked to see that I was logged in.  I was.

 

I'll try to get a picture.

 Yeah probably just a gut reaction on your part.. But, if you stop to think about it, you would have to be logged in, because they wont let you edit any posts except for your own.. Definitely as a visitor you could not even post, let alone run around and change everybody else's posts..

TAHAWK - I'm more concerned with your statement "but you are told you are not authorized to edit",  When I have used the edit button, it would let me edit, so that seems a specific difference to you.. Not sure if it is associated with the browser you use or computer, seems like it is a permissions issue which doesn't sound browser / computer related.. But, I could be wrong.

No. As per Forum backend settings, we've DISABLED the Posting as pure HTML feature, its neither enabled for Member nor for Moderator group. Reason because, allowing a member to post pure/raw HTML is a dangerous thing which can be used to inject a malicious code. Although the Forum software tries to filter some of the harmful HTML content, yet it is NOT foolproof and this tag CAN be used to steal session cookies, redirect members and destroy the topic view layout, etc.

 

So, yes, it's a disabled feature for now. However, members can use the RTE (Rich Text Editor), that allows them to do anything except posting raw/pure HTML content. Take some time to understand the RTE features. I'm sure you would like it.

 

Sorry, maybe I said it wrong.. I think of the ability to use bold, Italics, fonts, bullets etc.. as HTML markup.. So that is why I said he was now HTML enriched.. He got his tool bar with all those functions on it. Any way Stosh I'm glad your thing-a-ma-jiggy is working and allowing you to now do What-cha-ma-call-its..

didn't I see a button by each thread yesterday that would jump you to the last unread post? or maybe it was the last post?  I'm not seeing it now.....

For me near the title of each thread I have a page count, with that I can go to the last page.

(Ohhhh... pictures ... Kool  ) What can I say, I'm easily amused..

Anyway.. These two pictures show the pages (if the thread has pages).. Click a page number and you seem to always go to the top post of that page..

Once or twice I have hit the actual title of the thread and it took me to the first post that was written since the last time I entered the thread.. But not always, and I have yet to figure out when it does that and when it does not.

I only looked at the first one, but it looks a lot better. My son was cub master for a while, and the Pack meeting plans were worthless to us accept to get the theme..  A lot was not there, and what was there was very unimaginative and boring.

What is the timeout on the edit?.. I am looking at my post above and I'm embarrassed over my  using the word through rather then threw.. The edit feature was there right after I posted, it even has a little message I had edited it.. But now I have no option to edit..  I guess time is up to correct, I am left to play the fool

With the G2SS the confusion comes in on the migration of old G2SS to the new G2SS..

Way back (age of the dinosaur).. No, maybe 5 - 6 years back, the G2SS had in the preface that requirements and mandates were either in bold or italics (forget which) while other items recommended but not strict rules were in normal type.. "Nifty Neat" I guess it lead to a common practice of just reading and following that which was in bold or italics and ignoring the rest..

So G2SS was changed.. No more breakdown between normal text & bold/italics.. The preface read something to what NJScouter stated

In this case we have a book that says you "must" or "must not" (or "shall" or "shall not") do certain things, and then on the other hand it says that you "should" or "should not" do certain things.  That is what I would focus on, not the semantics of whether the title of the book is "Guide" or "Policies" or "Rules."  Some of the sections contain the word "Policy" in the heading.  I regard those as "policies", regardless of the title of the book.

 

I remember this forum having a thread on it, and lots of us bummed because it was not so clear cut.. But I guess BSA wanted us to read all, and not just that which was in bold/italics..

Today I looked at the preface in the online PDF version to G2SS.. This sort of paragraph is no longer there.. I don't know if it means everything now is a hard n' fast rule or what.. Perhaps Richard B. will swoop down and enlighten us on the subject.

Ok, thanks Mozart. I bookmarked imgur.com.. It was between the need to find someplace to post my pictures if I could not simply browse and attach them to the post, or someone explaining how to attach the pictures directly and not having to deal with the url piece..

I have SnagIt which does my screen capture, but have also used getting a printscreen and pasting it into Microsoft Paint for computers that have no screen capture tool or image software beyond what MS Windows provides them with. I have also uploaded many a picture to different forums.. It was just the URL piece that through me..

thanks Mozartbrau for doing the pictures I could not (now how did you do that?)..  

Stosh I am happy you are now HTML enriched..

If you are not seeing the HTML markup at all, rather then seeing them but them being disabled.. I really think it is finding the arrow on the right had side to click on.. I wish I could figure out how to attach a picture to show you.. I am going to try to talk you through this, I am trying to be a specific as possible so I apologize if I come off in anyway as insulting.

HTML Markup code is not seen at all:

1) put your curser into the message box as if you are going to post a message.

2) At the top there is al light blue top margin that says "Reply to this topic"..

3) Below that is your icon and to the right is a darker blue border box.. look at the top margin of the dark blue border box.. Follow it to the very top right corner..  There should be a tiny arrow surrounded by a tiny square..

4) Click on the arrow. It should display the HTML markup.

If the HTML Markup code is visible but disabled:

1) put your curser into the message box as if you are going to post a message.

2) At the top there is al light blue top margin that says "Reply to this topic"..

3) Below that is your icon and to the right is a darker blue border box with your HTML code disabled.

4) the very top left icon (looks like a small square inside a larger square, to the left of it is an icon that looks like an eraser.

5) Click on the icon that is the small square inside a larger square..  This should enable all the other HTML markup choices..

6) This icon toggles the enable/disable feature on and off, I find I click it by mistake all the time, for some reason.

I hope this helps.. Wish I could do pictures as pictures are worth a thousand words.

I hovered over your name "Berlander" and a popup screen gave me a choice of "content" on the left hand side. I clicked on that.. The only two threads it shows you participating in is this one and one titled "Kandersteg International Scout Center / BSA Camp Alpine"  from April 2014 which was a thread you had started, but nothing in it was about fundraising.. So I am not sure it moved over with the forum.. Was their a cut off date on what would be transferred over???... Perhaps your thread was a little older then you thought and if there was a cut-off date, it did not make it..?

Sorry I couldn't be of any more help.

Ahhhh HA.. I found out how to fix the issue if you see the HTML markup features, but they are all disabled.. I came back to all features disabled again, but I found the very top left hand button (to the left of the eraser icon that is labeled "Remove")  is NOT disabled, and hitting that will enable and disable the HTML features.

Here is another question.. I was going to attach a picture of the toggle of showing or collapsing the HTML features to hopefully help those who do not see the feature at all.. When I click on the Image selection I get "URL".. Which I have no idea what to do with, I think that means I have to have some other personal website to upload the picture to and then point to it or something.. Well I don't have that.. Usually I get a browse where I browse to my image and attach it.. So I went to help to see if it had any help on the issue.. Didn't see it in it's list of help items, but found something when I did a search on picture.. It says I should have the normal browse option I am use to.. But, if we have a URL thingy to save the web site from getting large so be it.. Just how do you work it, if you don't have a personal website?

Oh... Now playing with the black arrow on the right I see that the arrow makes the features totally disappear (collapse), then hit again and they reappear.. So earlier when the features were disabled, I could see the features but all grayed out, and click them they did nothing, at that time I clicked the arrow on the right and it did nothing, so it too must have been disabled..  Now with things enabled, the right arrow makes the features show or not show at all..

So I guess people should state if not having the features mean they do not see them, or they see them, but they are disabled.. If you don't see the features at all, then try the black arrow to the right.

I am on a PC.. That is where it wasn't working earlier, and I did try the black arrow on the right as that seemed the only thing enabled, but it did nothing.. Now, on my PC, I do have the HTML extras..  

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Do not know what kicked in..

Is there a reason why when creating a post, all the HTML features are dis-abled? (font, Size, bullets, Bold, Italics, emotions etc).. I looked in setting but saw nothing that indicated I had chosen plain text over HTML or something.

I am interested and thinking about coming back.. In fact the past month I was a "lurker" checking in and thinking about posting to a few threads..

My family is still in scouting and I do a training or two, but I moved to working a night shift and it kind of put a cramp on me being involved in scouting as I can't make the meetings.. So although I keep my membership active and my YPT up-to-date, I am sort-of retired.. Still very opinionated though.

Here is something odd.. I just looked up while typing this and all my choices are dis-abled.. Font, size, emotions, Bold, Italics etc.. Is that something in my settings.. Like I am set to plain text somewhere rather then to HTML??? Hmmmm... I will look around at my settings, but if I don't repost with an answer to my own question, and someone else has the answer, I would appreciate it.

I have not been around much lately, but every now and then swing by to see if anything is new.. WELL THIS IS NEW... Congratulation on the move, the old forum was very buggy one of the reasons I slowly lost interest as it was hard to track active topics. Don't know how much it had improved since the last time I posted, but I guess moving to a new forum means it didn't improve much..

PS.. My time clock is right, I did go up to "my settings" and make sure it was set to Eastern time before I posted.

Just another secular/political/social organization trying to dictate the standards of someone's religious tenets. Our forefathers left Europe along with millions of other parts of the world to get away from such activity. When will the world learn, dictating religion of any faith just doesn't work.

 

BSA is a religious (A Scout is Reverent) organization. Not just one religion, but all religions. Now if you are not religious, so be it. Start an outdoor program that has only 11 Laws, but don't dictate to those who would like 12.

 

Stosh

My son went on to scouts with only AOL, age wise he was too young and grade wise too young.. He was an age where his birthday was like 2 days into the cut-off and we could put him in school, or wait a year.. We put him in school, then since he wasn't mature enough he repeated 2nd grade but stayed with his original den which put him a grade lower then his den members.. So he crossed at normal crossover ceremony, but was age/grade wise too young...

Didn't work too well for him, but that doesn't mean it will not for you.. He still had a maturity issue.. The first troop he was in had ISSUES.. So he was bullied, by adult leaders and scouts... We found a different troop for him..

Just keep tabs on him.. Don't be helicopter parents and swoop in and fix everything, but if you see a major issue where he will drop out due to him not fitting in because he was moved to young.. You can always come to this forum and have a sounding wall on ideas on how to corrected it without stepping on toes (either your sons or the troop adult leaders).

We put our Committee meeting right after the Pack meeting and bring a movie for the cubs to watch.. We still don't have more people stepping up (yet).. But, we do have about 90% stay for the meeting so we have a way to try to pry them into helping.. At least they are seeing that the Pack does not run itself.. We do have a little better then your we have 2 committed Den Leaders and 2 ACM's a Treasurer and a Cub Master (I am the Unit Commissioner, who is taking on the CC position as our CC is proving to be a paper person).. Our most gung ho volunteer was a guy who last year just came to the committee meetings but stepped up to do nothing.. This year he stepped up to be wolf den leader, and was a little iffy about it, now he jumps in to help out all over the place.. So I have hopes of cracking the other parents after a year of attending the committee meetings..

Mashmaster - made me think, we have ours in March. We are going to have a pot luck like last year.. But, I don't want the pack falling into a rut.. Chili cookoff would be a slight twist, but I don't think our East coast cubbers are big on chili.. But, maybe some other cookoff.. A Dutch Oven cookoff would be great, but Feb - March in NH is very iffy if the weather will cooperate..

Any ideas (low cost, not the OP high cost one).. To shake up the Blue and Gold and make it a little different then the same old same old??

Nice article.. But a shame Chicago is so well known for these gun shootings.. It seems like it is a scary place to walk down the street, and the park shooting seem so popular, it is the last place to go to.. It's a shame..

Wish the story was more detailed about the friend who was killed and if they caught or how the search is going for the people responsible..

I'm giving up writing comments. My last two I posted under the right section and they were thrown into the thread but under the wrong post and not where I placed the comment..

 

So In answer to Sentinel947 23.15.. ~~Did the council support it, or did they do sermons telling their followers to go out and rally and picket and protest about it as a massive group?.. One is fine, one is not, regardless of if it supports my ideas or not..

They definitely went beyond preaching about sin.. They were stating who to vote for.. You had a lot of Catholics ALOT, walking away from that sermon with smoke blowing out of their ears.. Even my brother-in-law, who is basically Republican and all for Mitt Romney replacing Obama was livid with the speech they were forced to listen to during that funeral.. It was probably close to what his beliefs were, but had absolutely no place being spoken in a church.. They were not at a political pep rally.

 

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Also there is a difference between the Koch brothers wanting me to vote a special way, per a commercial advertisement, and my priest telling me God wants me to vote a certain way or I will burn in hell for all eternity..

It is fine for Priest to get up and talk about things one way or another that if you follow politics you can attribute to siding with one political party views, but someone else who does not follow politics just takes it as a message on how they personally should conduct their personal life.. You are mistaken to think protestant sermons do not do this, at least the churches I attended did.. The priest would pull something out of the current news, and entwine or compare it to something in the bible to come up with some words of wisdom to go home and think about.. But, I don't remember them bring a politician by name into the sermon to condemn them or a political party into the sermon to condemn it.. Definitely never gave us a laundry list of the candidates that God wanted us to vote for..

That is the Protestant Churches I was raised in.. I don't know if during that time period the conservative protestant was as political as they are now, but now, politizing religion is (or was before your new pope) not just a flaw of Catholics.. The conservative protestants do the same thing, they were in on the Sunday protest where they were going to tell their congregation who to vote for.

God does not get involved in politics.. The priest is the biased person, and has somehow deemed that if they believe in a set politics with all their heart, then it must be God speaking through them.. But, it is just a flawed, biased human being on the pulpit telling his congregation his beliefs are Gods beliefs..

Even now Catholics are trying to politicize what the Pope says.. He is not endorsing the Republicans or the Democrats.. But, people want to see one party or another in his words, and use it as an endorsement.. There was some interview where the Pope did say it was wrong to twist his words into some sort of political agenda.. But, there are Catholics so use to the old Pope, that they just can't help themselves..

I'm giving up writing comments. My last two I posted under the right section and they were thrown into the thread but under the wrong post and not where I placed the comment..

 

So In answer to Sentinel947 23.15.. ~~Did the council support it, or did they do sermons telling their followers to go out and rally and picket and protest about it as a massive group?.. One is fine, one is not, regardless of if it supports my ideas or not..

They definitely went beyond preaching about sin.. They were stating who to vote for.. You had a lot of Catholics ALOT, walking away from that sermon with smoke blowing out of their ears.. Even my brother-in-law, who is basically Republican and all for Mitt Romney replacing Obama was livid with the speech they were forced to listen to during that funeral.. It was probably close to what his beliefs were, but had absolutely no place being spoken in a church.. They were not at a political pep rally.

 

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It is when the speech from the pulpit turns to a negative about how wrong and awful one group is to you.. The sermons meant to anger and enrage the congregation against a group of people or a political party.. The sermons that railed on about how awful Obamacare was and how it was religious persecution like the Jews suffered, Or the personal attacks to Obama likening him to Hitlar and Stallin. All the churches banning together for a day of protest about a government rule they dislike and insisting they have the freedom of speech to name exactly who their congregation should vote for..

If you use the pulpit to anger and send the congregation on a mission against a group of people, or to try to get them to vote as a unit for the specific candidates you support is just wrong. Use the pulpit in order to stage a protest against a government rule by simply organizing all the churches to make a stand of protest on a specific date, is the wrong use of the church..

using the pulpit to :

Promoting peace ... Good,

Raising awareness ... Good,

Helping others ... Good,

Inciting anger (especially against a group of people) ... Bad..

Taking a stance in Protest against the government .. Bad..

An article in the Washington Post about a local Catholic church that has kicked out its BSA pack and troop and is replacing them with a TLUSA unit. Apparently there has not been a lot of impact in the National Capital Area Council as only two other troops have made this move out of 1700+ units.

 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/no-virginia-catholic-priest-is-in-minority-in-region-in-breaking-with-boy-scouts-over-gays/2014/02/15/949229f4-95f4-11e3-8461-8a24c7bf0653_story.html?hpid=z5

"St. Raymond will instead sponsor units of a new organization  Trail Life USA. It’s just like the Boy Scouts, except that it officially embraces “a Christian worldview†and discriminates against boys who refuse to hide their homosexuality."

Not "are not homosexual", not, "refrain from homosexual behavior"... Nope, all is good.. as long as you lie about it and hide it..