Has anybody noticed we now have a new heading for "Rating" on each thread?
How/where do you rate a thread? I'd like to give the Pick This Place thread a higher rating than 2 stars which is currently showing.
Woolly said
04:08 PM May 12, 2014
Click on the stars in the top right hand side below the 'Start a new topic' & 'Reply' buttons. If you want it to be 2 stars click on the 2nd star across & so on.
rockylizard said
04:13 PM May 12, 2014
Gday...
Never noticed this before ... so, how does one "rate" a thread?
... and I agree - Pick this Place should be more than two stars
Cheers - John
rockylizard said
04:15 PM May 12, 2014
Woolly wrote:
Click on the stars in the top right hand side below the 'Start a new topic' & 'Reply' buttons. If you want it to be 2 stars click on the 2nd star across & so on.
Gday...
There's nuffin under those buttons on my 'view'
Cheers - John
Gerty Dancer said
04:17 PM May 12, 2014
Ah yes, found it. thank you Woolly. Its on the right of the top line with the thread title.
EDIT.. Help, we need more raters! The machine seems to Average the number of stars people rate it, its still only 2.5! .
-- Edited by Gerty Dancer on Monday 12th of May 2014 04:21:54 PM
Woolly said
04:20 PM May 12, 2014
Yep, that's it
& now it's up to 3
-- Edited by Woolly on Monday 12th of May 2014 04:21:55 PM
-- Edited by Woolly on Monday 12th of May 2014 04:22:54 PM
grill n chill said
04:45 PM May 12, 2014
When using the ipad an I the only one with fat fingers? The tiny little stars are differcult to select correctly,just as changing from page to page is. Don't mean to complain it's just an ipad thing.
Kendo said
05:27 PM May 12, 2014
Hahaha,
I have a Toolmaking/engineering background. I must admit I had a completely different idea of what the topic was before I read the first comment *Giggle*, *Blush* :)
Legendts said
06:34 PM May 12, 2014
grill n chill wrote:
When using the ipad an I the only one with fat fingers? The tiny little stars are differcult to select correctly,just as changing from page to page is. Don't mean to complain it's just an ipad thing.
Have you tried the two finger zoom? I use it often to get the little things bigger.....I am talking iPad folks. Getting in first before someone else does
rockylizard said
07:42 PM May 12, 2014
rockylizard wrote:
Woolly wrote:
Click on the stars in the top right hand side below the 'Start a new topic' & 'Reply' buttons. If you want it to be 2 stars click on the 2nd star across & so on.
Gday...
There's nuffin under those buttons on my 'view'
Cheers - John
Gday...
I repeat as above .... anyone care to try and explain why ??
cheers - John
Cupie said
07:55 PM May 12, 2014
rockylizard wrote:
rockylizard wrote:
Woolly wrote:
Click on the stars in the top right hand side below the 'Start a new topic' & 'Reply' buttons. If you want it to be 2 stars click on the 2nd star across & so on.
Gday...
There's nuffin under those buttons on my 'view'
Cheers - John
Gday...
I repeat as above .... anyone care to try and explain why ??
cheers - John
Same for me ... I see the extra column in the 'general forum main page .... but no stars, none within the actual thread either.
dorian said
07:55 PM May 12, 2014
These are the rating stars that you should be seeing:
I am currently using Google Chrome Had trouble with what I assume to be the Flash Player with Mozilla a few months ago, so I changed to Chrome.
-- Edited by Cupie on Monday 12th of May 2014 08:14:37 PM
dorian said
08:17 PM May 12, 2014
If you right-click the SWF file and choose "Save", then this should allow you to save the file to your hard drive, irrespective of whether your browser can play it. If you can't save the file, then this would suggest that something is blocking the sparkimg.com domain.
Gerty Dancer said
08:25 PM May 12, 2014
rockylizard wrote:
rockylizard wrote:
Woolly wrote:
Click on the stars in the top right hand side below the 'Start a new topic' & 'Reply' buttons. If you want it to be 2 stars click on the 2nd star across & so on.
Gday...
There's nuffin under those buttons on my 'view'
Cheers - John
Gday...
I repeat as above .... anyone care to try and explain why ??
cheers - John
I'm sorry for your Nuffin RL. The stars are only visible after you open a thread,,, does that help?
Gerty Dancer said
08:44 PM May 12, 2014
OK, next question. I tried clicking on stars for another thread, the machine said "Thanks for rating this topic" but the star rating doesn't show. ??
rockylizard said
08:50 PM May 12, 2014
Gerty Dancer wrote:
OK, next question. I tried clicking on stars for another thread, the machine said "Thanks for rating this topic" but the star rating doesn't show. ??
Gday...
I have now noticed that the 'stars' appear sometimes ... on the thread before I open it .. and also sometimes after I open it.
Like you said - a couple of times when they have been there and I click on a 'star', it has said "Thanks for rating this topic" .. but other times nothing happens ... and the ratings don't seem to "update" either.
OH well, it will all work out in the end I guess .. I'll just sit and patiently watch with interest
cheers - John
dorian said
08:50 PM May 12, 2014
Can you provide a link to the topic?
Edit: It appears that the problematic threads are random. Is it possible that the page is being rendered from the copy in cache? If so, does the page display correctly after it is refreshed? FWIW, my browser (Opera) uses the F5 key for refresh.
Edit #2: When I visit a new thread, all 5 stars are dim. If I rate the thread, then I get a "Thank you" message but no stars. I refresh the page and I can then see all 5 stars. In the present case 3 stars are lit while the 4th is partially lit. The rating is 3.53.
-- Edited by dorian on Monday 12th of May 2014 09:24:25 PM
Cupie said
07:56 AM May 13, 2014
I give up.
No stars for me ... but I don't care. Of no particular interest to me.
I'll just sit on the sidelines until the program is fixed.
hako said
08:02 AM May 13, 2014
I know I'm dumb, but why the need to rate a thread?.....I read those which have headings that sound interesting.
Good Luck.
Denis
Happywanderer said
08:28 AM May 13, 2014
I'm sure those stars have been there for a long time. I always wondered what they were and what do you do with them.
I see no reason to rate a topic, like Denis.
Posting on a topic seems much more appropriate to me.
dorian said
09:49 AM May 13, 2014
Cupie wrote:
I give up.
No stars for me ... but I don't care. Of no particular interest to me.
Well, then that confirms that there is some kind of content blocker in place. Sorry, but I don't know where to go from here other than to try searching the Internet.
Has anybody noticed we now have a new heading for "Rating" on each thread?
How/where do you rate a thread? I'd like to give the Pick This Place thread a higher rating than 2 stars which is currently showing.
Gday...
Never noticed this before ... so, how does one "rate" a thread?
... and I agree - Pick this Place should be more than two stars
Cheers - John
Gday...
There's nuffin under those buttons on my 'view'
Cheers - John
Ah yes, found it. thank you Woolly. Its on the right of the top line with the thread title.
EDIT.. Help, we need more raters! The machine seems to Average the number of stars people rate it, its still only 2.5!
.
-- Edited by Gerty Dancer on Monday 12th of May 2014 04:21:54 PM
Yep, that's it
& now it's up to 3
-- Edited by Woolly on Monday 12th of May 2014 04:21:55 PM
-- Edited by Woolly on Monday 12th of May 2014 04:22:54 PM
When using the ipad an I the only one with fat fingers? The tiny little stars are differcult to select correctly,just as changing from page to page is. Don't mean to complain it's just an ipad thing.
I have a Toolmaking/engineering background. I must admit I had a completely different idea of what the topic was before I read the first comment *Giggle*, *Blush* :)
Have you tried the two finger zoom? I use it often to get the little things bigger.....I am talking iPad folks
. Getting in first before someone else does
Gday...
I repeat as above .... anyone care to try and explain why ??
cheers - John
Same for me ... I see the extra column in the 'general forum main page .... but no stars, none within the actual thread either.
www.sparkimg.com/forum/small_star_off.png
www.sparkimg.com/forum/small_star.png
Those links don't work for me either
Can you see this image?
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/09/Sparky_the_Fire_Dog.png
Alternatively, could something be blocking the sparkimg.com domain?
Can you download the following file?
www.sparkimg.com/blog/pub/layout.swf
I am currently using Google Chrome Had trouble with what I assume to be the Flash Player with Mozilla a few months ago, so I changed to Chrome.
-- Edited by Cupie on Monday 12th of May 2014 08:14:37 PM
I'm sorry for your Nuffin RL.
The stars are only visible after you open a thread,,, does that help? 
Gday...
I have now noticed that the 'stars' appear sometimes ... on the thread before I open it .. and also sometimes after I open it.
Like you said - a couple of times when they have been there and I click on a 'star', it has said "Thanks for rating this topic" .. but other times nothing happens
... and the ratings don't seem to "update" either.
OH well, it will all work out in the end I guess .. I'll just sit and patiently watch with interest
cheers - John
Can you provide a link to the topic?
Edit: It appears that the problematic threads are random. Is it possible that the page is being rendered from the copy in cache? If so, does the page display correctly after it is refreshed? FWIW, my browser (Opera) uses the F5 key for refresh.
Edit #2: When I visit a new thread, all 5 stars are dim. If I rate the thread, then I get a "Thank you" message but no stars. I refresh the page and I can then see all 5 stars. In the present case 3 stars are lit while the 4th is partially lit. The rating is 3.53.
-- Edited by dorian on Monday 12th of May 2014 09:24:25 PM
I give up.
No stars for me ... but I don't care. Of no particular interest to me.
I'll just sit on the sidelines until the program is fixed.
Good Luck.
Denis
I see no reason to rate a topic, like Denis.
Posting on a topic seems much more appropriate to me.
Can you see the emoticons, eg ...
http://www.sparkimg.com/emoticons/cry.gif
http://www.sparkimg.com/emoticons/smile.gif
I agree with Denis and HappyWanderer the number of replies for some is a good enough rating and others seeking help or advice wouldn't warrant rating.
Friar
No for both .... G
Well, then that confirms that there is some kind of content blocker in place. Sorry, but I don't know where to go from here other than to try searching the Internet.
http://www.google.com.au/search?q=chrome+%22ad+blocker%22
FWIW, Adblock and Adblock Plus appear to be very popular Chrome extensions, so maybe one of these is interfering with your forum experience.