http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Top tips for new CCE members? en Sun, 31 May 2026 12:04:30 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19910#post-316733 Wed, 30 Oct 2019 10:55:36 +0000 neddie 316733@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>(I would've posted this in the "Future of CCE" thread, but it seems to be closed)</p> <p>Sometimes people post pictures without any context. This has the effect of making CCE feel non-inclusive. Basically, it becomes like there are those "in the know" (who recognise where/who/what the pictures are) and those who are not.</p> <p>Of course, those not in the know could feel left-out, or excluded... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19910#post-316573 Mon, 28 Oct 2019 11:43:51 +0000 chdot 316573@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>”fair”</p> <p>FAIR?</p> <p>Who’s to decide??</p> <p>(P.s. Everyone I have met from CCE has great character.) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19910#post-316567 Mon, 28 Oct 2019 11:31:26 +0000 SRD 316567@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>we may have more than our fair share... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19910#post-316563 Mon, 28 Oct 2019 11:29:29 +0000 fimm 316563@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>+3 to gembo. Every forum needs its "character". </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19910#post-316465 Sat, 26 Oct 2019 09:36:07 +0000 gembo 316465@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yeah, but you are coming to the party tonight, right? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19910#post-316442 Fri, 25 Oct 2019 20:49:56 +0000 chdot 316442@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Perhaps. </p> <p>But it would take a new lifetime to check out the proportion of ‘cultural references’ and fake ones. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19910#post-316438 Fri, 25 Oct 2019 20:37:09 +0000 gembo 316438@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@chdot, you need to get out more </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19910#post-316437 Fri, 25 Oct 2019 20:34:14 +0000 chdot 316437@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“Don't worry we don't understand the majority of @Gembo's cultural references either ;-)”</p> <p>It had to be said.</p> <p>HOWEVER</p> <p>I often thing many of the ‘cultural references’ are made up.</p> <p>Or deliberately twisted semi-autobiographical references.</p> <p>BUT importantly, gembo is usually the first poster of the day so I know the forum is still alive.</p> <p>UPDATE</p> <p>Recently there are also insomniacs and/or shift workers. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19910#post-316432 Fri, 25 Oct 2019 20:13:03 +0000 Frenchy 316432@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ladies and gentlemen, exhibit A. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19910#post-316429 Fri, 25 Oct 2019 20:00:51 +0000 gembo 316429@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@hank Hieronymus, chief (that was not me the Hieronymus) I will try harder </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19910#post-316428 Fri, 25 Oct 2019 19:55:59 +0000 HankChief 316428@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Gembo Don't get me wrong I love the cultural references, I just wish I knew what they related to. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19910#post-316423 Fri, 25 Oct 2019 19:40:59 +0000 gembo 316423@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Royal We?</p> <p>Could just be you @hankchief</p> <p>But cultural is nice </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19910#post-316421 Fri, 25 Oct 2019 19:04:07 +0000 HankChief 316421@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If no one will say it then I will...</p> <p>Don't worry we don't understand the majority of @Gembo's cultural references either ;-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19910#post-316414 Fri, 25 Oct 2019 16:09:42 +0000 acsimpson 316414@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'll second CCEfeed. It makes the forum much easier to read.</p> <p>Although it does leave a tendency to read absolutely everything. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19910#post-316412 Fri, 25 Oct 2019 15:36:00 +0000 chrisfl 316412@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If you know what RSS is, then there is a feed of all posts which is a great way of following all conversations, there is a link a the top of the right sidebar. </p> <p>If you don't know what RSS is then you can use <a href="http://www.irreverence.co.uk/ccefeed/" rel="nofollow">http://www.irreverence.co.uk/ccefeed/</a> as a way of following new posts. </p> <p>Also using the site:citycyclingedinburgh.info thing - in google often works much better than the build in search. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19910#post-316410 Fri, 25 Oct 2019 15:01:29 +0000 SRD 316410@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@steveo sorry! and thank you for sharing in the first place</p> <p>How about 'you have to refresh your browser to see when people reply to your posts'? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19910#post-316408 Fri, 25 Oct 2019 14:14:06 +0000 Arellcat 316408@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There are also secret hyperlinks in the horizontal grey menu bar. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19910#post-316405 Fri, 25 Oct 2019 13:41:41 +0000 wingpig 316405@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The grey "search all forums" box in the Advanced Search is not the button to initiate the search, despite being the correct colour, but is instead a drop-down. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19910#post-316404 Fri, 25 Oct 2019 13:33:56 +0000 steveo 316404@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The downside of this being my muscle memory is I have a tendency to delete private messages. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19910#post-316403 Fri, 25 Oct 2019 13:24:34 +0000 I were right about that saddle 316403@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I still can't make myself do this. I know I should. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19910#post-316400 Fri, 25 Oct 2019 13:16:42 +0000 steveo 316400@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@SRD: Hey, thats my one useful input to this forum use one your many others :D </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19910#post-316397 Fri, 25 Oct 2019 12:53:10 +0000 toomanybikes 316397@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>:O</p> <p>Game changer </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19910#post-316391 Fri, 25 Oct 2019 11:50:01 +0000 SRD 316391@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The most useful thing anyone ever told me about this forum? </p> <p>'click on the right-hand-most column ('latest post') to see the most recent post'.</p> <p>eg where it says '3 mins' opposite the thread title.</p> <p>If you click on the subject line you may find yourself wading through years of old posts. </p>