Members Helping Members

Originally Posted by Nomad

i dont think this is right. in your Settings under Edit Options there's a place for you to check some boxes about accepting messaging. you can choose to do things like accept Visitor Messages from your friends and contacts ONLY if that's what you want, so if you dont check that box you can get Visitor Messages from anyone. AND you can also turn your Visitor Messages off completely. people can only leave you User Messages or Private Messages after that. (i think there's also a User Option to only get PMs from Admins. might be wrong.)

I too thought that this was the case.

[Electrocell]

Visitor MessagingThis forum features a visitor messaging system that allows members to send messages to one another publicly.

If you do not want to receive visitor messages, you may disable the visitor messaging system.
Enable Visitor Messaging

You may limit the usage of your visitor messages to just moderators and your contacts.
Limit usage of Visitor Messages to Contacts and Moderators

So it's about the users personal settings? Check!

[Electrocell]

Originally Posted by Daktari

So it's about the users personal settings? Check!

yep lol............

[Hominid]

I know it's been a recurring issue for some, but I haven't seen any recent topics, so I'm starting this one -
I've tried Chrome (my default browser) and Explorer - both have the same result, a generic "error" page with a list of possibilities for the error (maintenance, server issue, etc). Both browsers are up to date and pop ups not blocked for this site.

Any ideas?

[Linus]

Originally Posted by Hominid

I know it's been a recurring issue for some, but I haven't seen any recent topics, so I'm starting this one -
I've tried Chrome (my default browser) and Explorer - both have the same result, a generic "error" page with a list of possibilities for the error (maintenance, server issue, etc). Both browsers are up to date and pop ups not blocked for this site.

Any ideas?

Where are you trying to access chat from: front page or from within the forum area (not front page)?

[Hominid]

Originally Posted by Linus

Where are you trying to access chat from: front page or from within the forum area (not front page)?

Within the forum area, mostly. Let me try from the front page.

[Samurai Wanderer]

Originally Posted by Electrocell

Visitor MessagingThis forum features a visitor messaging system that allows members to send messages to one another publicly.

If you do not want to receive visitor messages, you may disable the visitor messaging system.
Enable Visitor Messaging

You may limit the usage of your visitor messages to just moderators and your contacts.
Limit usage of Visitor Messages to Contacts and Moderators

I see, thank you.
This is about User Notes from the vBulletin document:

This feature is intended to allow staff members to discuss members and keep the information organized rather then having a variety of threads in a staff forum.

Maybe I shouldn't have replied that way, oops.

Thank you for this thread! It lets me ask stoopid newbie questions when I'm not sure who to bug.

[Electrocell]

Originally Posted by Samurai Wanderer

I see, thank you.
This is about User Notes from the vBulletin document:

This feature is intended to allow staff members to discuss members and keep the information organized rather then having a variety of threads in a staff forum.

Maybe I shouldn't have replied that way, oops.

Thank you for this thread! It lets me ask stoopid newbie questions when I'm not sure who to bug.

think they put this thread up so we didn't have to continually bug Linus or Medusa and the rest of the tech geniuses all the time. Anything major they are the ones to ask ,if your fellow members can't explain it here.

[Linus]

Originally Posted by Samurai Wanderer

I see, thank you.
This is about User Notes from the vBulletin document:

This feature is intended to allow staff members to discuss members and keep the information organized rather then having a variety of threads in a staff forum.

Maybe I shouldn't have replied that way, oops.

Thank you for this thread! It lets me ask stoopid newbie questions when I'm not sure who to bug.

Where'd you find that? (link?)

[Samurai Wanderer]

Originally Posted by Linus

Where'd you find that? (link?)

https://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/...group_usernote

[Linus]

Originally Posted by Samurai Wanderer

https://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/...group_usernote

That's for version 5 (we're not there yet). And it's a user group setting in 5. In earlier versions it was something that users can use to leave notes for each other.

[Samurai Wanderer]

Ah, all right. I was curious about the difference between Visitor messages, User notes, and Private messages. I didn't know what was the proper way to reply to a Visitor message when I couldn't post a Visitor message at the person's profile. /n00b