I am prepared to send you a money-order if you need it.

The site is frustratingly slow, and getting a post up is no longer a foregone. One has to wait to see what the system decides.

That's very kind Ginx. I think we'll scope things out properly and then work out what we will try to raise money for. That way we'll all know what we are shooting for. We could discuss costs and campaigns on here as well.

Err - could I ask question? I may be doing something wrong but I lost the whole discussion on the Swine Flu.

Also I find about 6 windows will be open by the time I have looked around and left the odd post.

What am I doing wrong?

Yes, I get that build up of posts/threads. I don't know why. I bring them up as a menu, click on them individually to see if they are threads I've moved on from; and if they are;-close them. I don't know any other way of dealing with it.

Don't know about the swine flu thread..

Jewely,

The OLO index pages revert automatically after a period of inactivity on your computer to display only five topics per classification, and in order of opening posting date.

The column headings are actually clickable buttons. So if you want the index page to display in order of recency of posts, just click 'last post'. At the moment that will bring back your missing 'Swine flu' topic within the default five topic display.

In any display order you can choose to display more topics. Just click the drop-down menu button and select the number you wish to have displayed, then click the 'Display' button over on the right-hand side to activate your selection.

Be aware that your choices will also carry over to the Articles index, so if you have chosen to display topics 'one year back' in the General Discussion index, the Articles index will take a longer time to load than for the default 'one month' setting. If this is a problem to you, change back to the default setting before leaving the General Discussion index.

You will note that later today the topic below this one in the Technical Support category will disappear from the default display, as it will then be over one month old. You can get it back by simply selecting 'one quarter back' in the display options at the top of the index page, should you wish.

One of the little irritations of OLO is that your display preferences are not 'sticky'. I think OLO are working on that in a contemplated site rebuild.

Thank you Ginx.

Forrest I cut and pasted your reply in to Word, I'm going to have to stare at it for a bit. Thank you for the help.

Are posts in the help threads also added in to the number of posts you are allowed?

Is there a theory behind why posts are limited and words are limited?