Will take care of it. Thanks,

Thanks!

All set. It was a bit tricky going through the list and deleting the right groups and being careful not to delete ones we wanted to keep. Hopefully, it looks okay now. Let me know.

Thanks! I'll begin purging.

Another item: Sol, have you had a chance to look at the functioning of spellchecking on various important TNBW text fields? I no longer recall which ones had/didn't have spellchecking, but there definitely was more of it before the crash. I especially find myself looking up plenty of words when posting to the forum.

EDIT: Found the problem. My browser (Chrome) is able to spellcheck words in at least some TNBW text fields (e.g., forum posts) but the feature was off. Not sure how that happened. But that seems to be the fix.

EDIT 2: Did a little more testing. Chrome's spellchecking seems to work on ALL major TNBW text fields except the closing comment to an inline review and the closing comment when responding to that review.

The site never had spell-check. I think it was all your browser. Nothing should have changed on the site pre and post crash to have changed the way the fields interact with the spell check. Maybe something changes on the browser side? I'll do a quick search and see if there is something we need to add.

Sol, when I get emails sent to me by TNBW, and I click on the link within (e.g., to go to a new message from another member), my security software (Bitdefender) intercepts my attempt to do so, and kicks up an error message like the following (edited for brevity):

https://email2.booksie.com/ls/click?upn=u6w90slL...etc.
Your connection to this web page is not safe due to an unmatching security certificate.
This means that the certificate was issued for a different web address than the one it is being used for, and you run the risk of exposing your data by accessing this page.

I can force my way past it, although I never do so at any other site. I'd prefer not to have to do it here either since there's always a chance the site's been hacked.

I'll check this out. Might be something with our email configurations.

Most of the moderator requests have been done. I sent Dirk an email with two questions.

Thanks, I deleted Razz. Held off on Raymond.

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As for myself, I find my billing isn't what it was when I renewed. Now it reads Oct-2023 to May-2024. I paid for a full year, not 7 months.

It's because I gave an extra six month. Your account billing actually doesn't start. until May. Ignore what's on TNBW right now. It was the only way we could easily provide the extra months. The same should be true with Dagny. It should correct at some point in the future. If the account doesn't adjust, let me know and I'll find a solution.

Let me know when you are ready and I will do the purge. Thanks for organizing!

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(3 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)

smile

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(58 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)

Sol, CE Jones reported to me that she can’t get her account restored. Can you please look into that for her?

I was away for a couple of days. Can you have her email me at snasisi@thenextbigwriter and I'll take care of it for her.

Thanks!

Thanks - gone.

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(4 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)

They're gone.

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I appreciate it Kdot. I emailed four days ago, with the receipt from my membership, no response yet.

Hi Apricotsink, so sorry about the delay. I'm going to fix your account now and provide a little extra for the lack of a quick response.

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(58 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)

Hi Sol,

I only got a week when I rejoined the site. Isn't it supposed to be six months? Plus I'll need at least 300 points to republish the chapters I've lost and can't upload anymore.

Thanks,
Tweetybird

Hi TweetyBird, you should be all set. Let me know if you need anything else.

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(58 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)

Hi Writing_Cheri,

Are you able to login now? I gave your account the free 6 months. I also gave you some credits to repost. If you need more, let me know.

Sol

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Yes, I'm listening. Great idea! I'm going to spin up a contest after Thanksgiving. I like the picture idea.

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(58 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)

Sol, I haven't heard anything since my post about my account a few days ago and since you have responded to others since that time, I thought I should make another attempt to correct my account. As stated earlier, I was able to enter the sight through an old email address, but it doesn't show my account paid up since June and therefore I'm stuck as a basic member rather than a Premium member. I can't find anywhere in billing or anywhere else to change my email to the correct address. Please let me know how to remedy this situation. Thanks. Take care. Vern

Hi Vern,

I sent you a private message. Let me know and I'll take care of it.

Sol

BTW, I'm still experiencing error messages in the forum. Very annoying. I thought they were fixed but I guess not. I'm going to have that taken care of also.

I discovered an interesting bug related to inline reviews. I received an inline review from someone with no inline comments (he already reviewed the chapter before the crash), but with a closing comment. I received the site's email informing me of the new review, but the only way to access it is by clicking the link in the email. The review does not show up in the Inline Reviews tab, nor at the bottom of the chapter where other reviews are listed, and there's no indication on the home page that I have a new review. Once I delete the email, I won't be able to access it anymore. The site should probably cough up a warning message that there are no inline comments, and it definitely should be visible like any other review.

Interesting. It's a big of an edge case but it does warrant some type of message. We'll take a look. Thanks for passing it along.

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I see what you mean. We'll get that fixed.

Sol, when you have a moment, can you please make this thread and the minor enhancements thread sticky?

Done. Thanks.

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Sol, I noticed this morning under my billing profile that I have an account balance of -2024. Is that an error, or just some quirk of how the billing profile is displayed onscreen?

It's probably a quirk with how I had to adjust the accounts for the free six months. I'll look into it but you won't have to pay for some time smile.

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I'm going through and updating accounts, adding points, etc. If I missed your request, let me know.

Thanks,
Sol