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Pinging
Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2019 5:20 am
by Lonestar
Dear mods
Is it me getting like too old to type on a computer, or has the pinging function been disabled?
Thanks in advance helping my old fart self
Paul
Re: Pinging
Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2019 11:08 pm
by Lowgear
Hopefully I can help, but I'm not exactly sure what you're referring to.

Re: Pinging
Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2019 11:17 pm
by GoMachV
I think he means that....
@lowgear
doesnt tag you anymore
Re: Pinging
Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2019 12:08 am
by Lowgear
That's what I thought but wasn't sure as it's been gone for over a year now.
It was a nice feature but had several problems that the creator wasn't interested in fixing. Then after the next board upgrade it was no longer compatible anyway so it was dropped. I installed the 'Thanks' system in its place. Here's the post for reference:
https://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?p=491485#p491485
It was recently made compatible with the latest board version again but I see it still has some issues. I don't know if it's worth installing this time around due to the fact. Also if I have to remove it again, there will be a lot of posts with @username in them that no longer do anything.
Re: Pinging
Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2019 3:33 pm
by Lonestar
Thanks for the help guys
Somehow I hadn't noticed it had disappeared quite a while ago already
I'm a bit senile but at least I'm not totally crazy
Thanks!
Paul
Re: Pinging
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2019 7:48 am
by Lowgear
@Lonestar
Ah what the heck. I reinstalled it again as I know it was a popular feature.

I had to tweak it a bit to make it work better but nevertheless it's back. All member groups can use it besides Regular Members.
Re: Pinging
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2019 7:59 am
by Lonestar
Lowgear wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2019 7:48 am
@ Lonestar
Ah what the heck. I reinstalled it again as I know it was a popular feature.

I had to tweak it a bit to make it work better but nevertheless it's back. All member groups can use it besides Regular Members.
Haaaa cool - thanks @lowgear
edit - mmmmhhh am I missing something? No link, no special font, no contextual menu... what am I doing wrong?
Re: Pinging
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2019 8:18 am
by Lowgear
You're welcome.
You just have to make sure the username is between the mention tags like so:
When you type the @ symbol and start typing the username, select the name from the list and it automatically wraps it in the tags.