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HOW TO ACCESS THE ELECTRICIANS ARMS The Electricians Arms is the access-only area for professionals working in the industry. No public can see...
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How to add a directory listing to the forum
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Suspected Broken PEN conductor on TNC-S system
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Jan 12, 2022
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Downtime this morning
Had some downtime this morning. The whole forum would have been inaccessible. We have some issues regarding member permissions, a bit of a...
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Just checking that you can all login okay since we've switched Ad Network provider. If you can't login, you should be able to reply to this...
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Colour scheme
What happened? I just checked ef this morning and the colour scheme has changed to all very sickly - lots of orange over blue etc. Appears to...
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Mar 24, 2021
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GIFs Now Active!!
GIFs are now active on the forum
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Dec 9, 2020
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Dec 10, 2020
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**** MARVO IS BACK AS A MODERATOR!!!! *****
Massive thanks to @GMES for keeping mentioning the guy. Massive thanks to @Marvo for putting up with my paranoia Massive thanks to the members...
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Oct 3, 2020
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Quoted posts
Is it only me that can't see who is being quoted in posts, I'm getting the body text but the header does not have the name of the member being quoted
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Oct 13, 2020
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Pop-up thing keeps popping up?! - Why didn't you bloody tell me about it?!?!
So I got told on the plumbers forum that there was an issue with some pop up popping up and making people consent to stuff. Now the pop-up, is...
Dan
Sep 18, 2020
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Sep 20, 2020
Dan
is FIX Radio running ok?
a) option for it disappeared from Popular Forums Title bar end .. b) or have my settings got tweaked ! and excluded it !
static zap
Sep 1, 2020
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Sep 17, 2020
static zap
Sponsors Advertisements when browsing via Mobile? - Please help me
Okay so around 67% of "hits" (not logged-in-users) on this website are on a mobile device. The sidebar has been there since 2006, for desktop...
Dan
Aug 24, 2020
mobile
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Aug 24, 2020
DPG
I've been messing with the forums again
I've been messing with the forums again. So some things might look different here and there. Mainly, the forum homepage layout has had the...
Dan
Aug 19, 2020
again
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Aug 20, 2020
Pete999
Forum now has over 1.5 Million Posts
Not sure if this has been announced already, but if it hasn't, here it is. THE FORUM NOW HAS MORE THAN 1.5 MILLION POSTS!!!! Threads 126,514...
Lou
Aug 19, 2020
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Aug 19, 2020
GMES
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Jun 7, 2019
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Edtwozeronine
Record numbers online!
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Dec 10, 2019
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Forum Themes: Christmas (Green and Red), 'Frozen' (Blues), Nighttime Reading, and Standard - All changed
(TLDR Version Available - Bottom of the first post) :D Hi people. :) As some of you know I've been playing around with some forum themes /...
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Nov 3, 2019
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Nov 29, 2019
egg67
Follow people; and now you can have alerts when they post new content (videos, threads, replies, etc)
https://www.electriciansforums.net/account/following Checkout this area, this is the people you follow. If you'd like to, you can change alert...
Dan
Oct 10, 2019
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Nov 16, 2019
Dan
FIXRADIO Forum Player - Now working a different way! :D
Okay, so I tested a way to play FIXRADIO when you wanted to play it, but it took over the world and started to breed and everything! - So I've...
Dan
Sep 28, 2019
different
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Nov 8, 2019
MFS Electrical
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Aug 6, 2019
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Suggest a forum category - The 4th Forum Thread Posted Ever, from 2007
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Jul 1, 2007
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Old Reactions Imported
I've managed to pull in the old reactions and post ratings. So your figures should be bang on now. So this new winner reaction that esteemed...
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Oct 24, 2019
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Oct 24, 2019
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Anyone going to UK Construction Week from 8th to 10th October 2019
We are going to be popping down on the 9th to meet with @FIXRADIO before their awards later in the evening. (Have you nominated anyone? If not you...
Lou
Sep 25, 2019
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Oct 22, 2019
Dan
New Sidebar Blocks - Help you get around the forum quicker
I'm still working on making the User Interface helpful for newbies and regulars. Each will see different content. I'll customise this more so that...
Dan
Oct 20, 2019
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Oct 20, 2019
Dan
How to quick-quote a certain part of a post!
I didn't want to baffle you guys with tools the forum has. So I've never posted about this. I know some people already use it, it's a common...
Dan
Oct 13, 2019
certain
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Oct 13, 2019
static zap
New Navigation Menu - Can you test it out please??
The forum still isn't quite there yet. One part that needed addressing was the menu. Now you'll see how big the forum actually is when you're...
Dan
Oct 13, 2019
new
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test
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Oct 13, 2019
Dan
Google Ads have New Settings / Subscribed members new tools
Okay, so this is part of a wider efforts to balance the books for the forums. We're trialing it out. But it comes with some good benefits as well...
Dan
Oct 8, 2019
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Oct 8, 2019
Dan
Esteemed Tag now only available to Electricians Arms members
https://www.electriciansforums.net/threads/forum-tags-were-done-now-i-promise.179061/ I said I was done here. Seems I wasn't. I'm not sure of...
Dan
Oct 4, 2019
available
electricians
members
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Oct 4, 2019
Dan
Ads have gone nuts again - my bad
I'm trying to show ads on a usergroup basis. So unregistered see most, registered less, arms even less, staff nearly none, subscribed none at all...
Dan
Sep 8, 2019
2
again
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992
Oct 3, 2019
Dan
Forum Tags - We're done now I promise
Thanks for your patience with all of this. I jest about them being just tags on a website about electricals. But I know a lot of people have...
Dan
Sep 27, 2019
change
we're
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873
Sep 30, 2019
Dan
Electricians Workwear - Polo Shirts, Trousers, Zipped Hoodies, Hoodies, Etc
We're getting some forum shirts done, Polo Shirts, found a good quality one that's longer than normal. Don't like the ones that ride up when...
Dan
Sep 28, 2019
electricians
hoodies
shirts
trousers
workwear
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Sep 28, 2019
Dan
Horizontal Posts / Messages
I thought 'hmmmm they're all used to the forum now what can I do to get them lost on here again' so completely changed the message layout. :D :D...
Dan
Sep 25, 2019
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Sep 25, 2019
westward10
Just another reminder - Seem to do a lot of these
I clocked a member today replying to one thread with 'just get a sparky in it'll take 10 minutes', and then in another literally said 'get your...
Dan
Sep 23, 2019
another
these
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Sep 23, 2019
Dan
Get Your Directory Listing Optimised by Dan via Forum Subscription Service (Examples Inside)
Hi peeps, I've been working on listings on TilersForums.com for a month or so now and we have a lot of listings, and a lot of them are ranking...
Dan
Sep 23, 2019
directory
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inside
service
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Sep 23, 2019
Dan
This is the 116,000th Thread :)
Thought I'd get this in there.
Dan
Sep 22, 2019
thread
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573
Sep 22, 2019
Dan
120 members deleted their accounts on there since we had the option
120 accounts deleted since having the option. That's not bad. No bans I don't think. Once was extended for life. Can't say who. And 8000 I...
Dan
Sep 21, 2019
2
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members
option
since
their
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21
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Sep 21, 2019
Dan
Why we don't allow logging in with connected accounts (Facebook, Gmail, Yahoo, etc)
Some years ago when Facebook launched they were not so bad. As time went on, they joined the older crew (Yahoo and Google - And MSN, now Bing or...
Dan
Sep 15, 2019
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allow
connected
don't
facebook
gmail
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