Where is Thanks/Mark Thread Solved?

[dragos240]

Hello i've just noticed that my thanks and thanked are gone, i thanked people 15 times and people thanked me 6 times if i remember correctly.

[fjf]

Just posted this to see mine...Damned! they are gone too!.

[Namtabmai]

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1039481

[fjf]

http://elrinconcito.net/botones/Emoticons/98.gif

[Kaneda187]

wher'd all my thanks go and wheres the option for thanking the great people that help you!?

[overdrank]

wher'd all my thanks go and wheres the option for thanking the great people that help you!?

As posted above. Threads merged :)

[Kaneda187]

well that explains it!!:D

[kjb34]

I went to thank somebody for a suggestion they made to help me out and lo and behold it's gone? Is it coming back. I also noticed that the number times folks have been thanked has disappeared too. I thought that was a neat feature. Oh well what can you do?

[Joeb454]

The Thanks plugin and marking threads as solved have been temporarily disabled while ubuntu-geek and the guys over at Canonical work through the database issues we've been having.

It's not yet known for certain if and when these 2 features will be returning :)


Also - moved to Forum Feedback & Help :)

[Sprut1]

The whole "thank-you-engine" have been gone for some days, maybe they are doing maintanence? :)

[kellemes]

There are about a gazillion posts about this.. You could have searched first.

[kjb34]

There are about a gazillion posts about this.. You could have searched first.

Actually I did but nothing showed up.

[cmay]

hi.
i cant find the thanks button anywhere any more. is it gone or is it a problem with my browsers that can not display it for some reason. i tried to use more than one browser on different OS but i cant locat it anymore.
thanks for the time.

[taurus]

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1039481

[ozguitarplayer]

more of a forum problem than a ubuntu issue but how do I mark a thread as being resolved.
I've looked yet cannot find where it is.....also I've no longer got the gold thanks that were at the bottom right of each post....

[MaxIBoy]

"Thread tools." Right above the topmost post.

[ozguitarplayer]

thanks but I looked there and the options are...

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I wonder if it has something to do with the gold thankyou icons that are now missing at the bottom of each post

[howefield]

Hasn't this feature been temporarily removed following the issues the forum had last week ? Seem to remember reading it.

[overdrank]

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1039481
:)

[ozguitarplayer]

thanks everyone, this is a great forum, very supportive:guitar:

[cmay]

thanks. good to know about this. remind me to push the thank you button when it comes back:)

[Partyboi2]

The whole "thank-you-engine" have been gone for some days, maybe they are doing maintanence? :)
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1039481

[cmay]

sorry io have to ask. when is the forums back to normal again. i can not see that well since my eyes got operated so i mispell to much which i used to be able to quick edit before. and there was a prewiew feature also. i am also very happy to recieve help and i use the thanks button alot. this way i can go back to the helpful post others have posted for me rather than using the search feature which i can have problems with since it asks some questions and there is other things i can not see that well.
i hope the forums as i know it will be back soon. i am not complainting but i miss the "old" forums as i remember it to be :)

[forestpiskie]

You can get the preview by either using New Reply or Quick Reply and then Go Advanced.


I don't know whether the thanks or the thread solved tools will return - but I guess that if they can they will.


When the new hardware arrives and gets installed then I expect they'll be able to look at it.

You might find it easier to use a search engine I use http://www.googlubuntu.com/ and http://www.uboontu.com/ myself mostly, both of them have ff plugins.

[Joeb454]

Due to these threads being repeatedly posted in Forum Feedback & Help, all open topics have been merged into this single (mega) thread :)

[44tr]

I used to mark posts as "SOLVED" with thread tools, but that seems no longer an option. Is there something wrong, or did the forum just quit marking altogether because of poor participation?

[iaculallad]

I used to mark posts as "SOLVED" with thread tools, but that seems no longer an option. Is there something wrong, or did the forum just quit marking altogether because of poor participation?

No, the forum did not quit marking altogether because of poor participation. In fact, forum members had done a great deal of participation in answering questions/queries thrown by other members. Hopefully, the web administrator will bring it back soon as this will lessen the time on searching for possible solutions as (answered) old threads will be read as "SOLVED".

[cmay]

Due to these threads being repeatedly posted in Forum Feedback & Help, all open topics have been merged into this single (mega) thread :)
great idea. :)

[floatingpoint]

That's it really. I can't mark some of my threads as solved.

Any possible reason why?

[cariboo907]

This is the wrong place for this, but Thanks and Solved have been disbled due to problems with the database.

[Joe computer]

If you click on "Thread Tools" while you are looking at a thread started by you, and then click on "Mark as Solved," that doesn't work?

[Joe computer]

Woah, really cariboo, I did not know that!

[bgerlich]

Yep, apparently recent database overload problems have forced the powers-that-be to disable those features.

[floatingpoint]

Well, there we go. Take note, people! [SOLVED]

[dmizer]

Merged :)

[CoCoKnots]

I'm not certain what happened. After a couple of threads I've posted on the form were complete, I tried to mark them as [SOLVED] & was unable to find that as an option in the forum tools tab. Any ideas ?... I'm sorry for any confusion this may have caused. Thanks.

[Thelasko]

http://moxiefoxtrot.com/2009/01/14/recent-ubuntuforums-downtime/Until things stable out we have disabled a couple of popular features on the forums namely the “Thank you” and the “Solved Post” features.

[forestpiskie]

It's gone for the time being as have thanks.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1044714

[overdrank]

Threads merged :)

[dragos240]

Erm why is it that 2 mods have posted merged, what is merged?

[Joeb454]

We've merged threads into your original thread, as we didn't want what must be over 10 threads in Forum Feedback & Help on the same subject :)

[Will4]

bud,

i can't find the SOLVED option to let every one see when i finally was helped and solved a problem. how do i find it at thread tools.?

any help?

i want to let others know about my SOLVED problems. ;)i'm a good ubuntuser!!

[snova]

They've been temporarily disabled:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1039481

[garrydog]

Hi
Can someone tell me ,how do I mark a thread as solved .
Thanks.

[Michael.Godawski]

hi,

the function is currently unavailable because of maintenance work on the forums.

Usually it is in the Thread Tools.

[starcannon]

While the Thread Tools solution is broken, you can still manually mark your thread solved by clicking "edit" on the first post of your thread, then "Advanced Edit" in the editor gui, then add the word "SOLVED" to the thread title, then click Save.

GL and have fun.

[UnknownFear]

Ah, I was wondering why I couldn't find it. Thanks for the heads up about the maintenence on the forums.

[matt-lisa]

G'day all, and Happy Australia Day!!! Just wondering if anyone can tell me how to thank someone for help and mark a post as solved.

ubuntu-geek has a post about this feature being temporarily unavailable, but I was aondering how it used to be done for future reference and also for when it comes back on line.

And remember, this is Australia day....I'm getting off the computer today and exersising my democratic right to burn sausages on the barby, drink a few beers, and "give dead arms". (Yes the ad was a bit yobbo-ish but just so true!)

Matt

[snova]

Thanks: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=702596
Solved: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=4527051&postcount=6

[InspiredIndividual]

While the Thread Tools solution is broken, you can still manually mark your thread solved by clicking "edit" on the first post of your thread, then "Advanced Edit" in the editor gui, then add the word "SOLVED" to the thread title, then click Save.


That doesn't seem to work for me... I found the solution to a problem I posted in a thread a couple of days ago. I tried both adding "[SOLVED]" in front of the thread title and "SOLVED" after the thread title. The title does change in the thread itself, but not in for instance search results.

[sancho panza]

Is this feature not working anymore? I cannot find it on my profile under stats tab!

[dmizer]

Is this feature not working anymore? I cannot find it on my profile under stats tab!

Moved your post here, because this is where all the conversation about the thanks and solved features is taking place. Here's the answer to your question: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1039481

The whole thanks engine is currently disabled. This includes the search function.

Thank you :)

[dragos240]

Moved your post here, because this is where all the conversation about the thanks and solved features is taking place. Here's the answer to your question: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1039481

The whole thanks engine is currently disabled. This includes the search function.

Thank you :)

Hmm i wonder when we will get it back, i has been a while since it was disabled, i do hope that they at least fix it sometime in 2009.

[antony_css]

It seems that this function is turned off... I can't find this option under "thread tools"...

[towy71]

You can edit your first post thread title ;-)

[marshall.robert]

*delete*

[karlmp]

you can no longer mark threads as [SOLVED]. Read more here...http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=6548974&postcount=1

[dragos240]

you can no longer mark threads as [SOLVED]. Read more here...http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=6548974&postcount=1


No longer isn't quite correct. They will be re-enabling it, so it's more "You can't mark threads as solved right now." "No longer" implies that it will never be re-enabled.

[Troll_the_Great]

Hy guys!

Why can I mark a thread as "solved" like before? And what happened to the "thank you" sign?

[jespdj]

See this: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1044714

[binbash]

I guess thank you removed because of Mysql load.To get the db lighter.But i don't know the Solved one.It should be under Thread Tools, if it is not there the team also removed that feature :)

[Troll_the_Great]

OK, I got it.Guess I have to thank in "the old fashion way" now so a big THANK YOU to all!

[dodle]

Where did the "Thank" button to give thanks to useful posters go?

[I-75]

Where did the "Thank" button to give thanks to useful posters go?

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1043078

[dodle]

Great, now my post looks stupid 'cuz it got moved.

[dragos240]

Great, now my post looks stupid 'cuz it got moved.

Oh tough it up, it will be back soon, and besides it's a small difference, just becuase it says thanks in the corner means that your godly? I think not, it will be back in a few months time anyway.

[Partyboi2]

Oh tough it up, it will be back soon, and besides it's a small difference, just becuase it says thanks in the corner means that your godly? I think not, it will be back in a few months time anyway.
I could be wrong but I thought dodle meant that his thread/post had been merged with this one so it makes it look funny with dodle asking the same question after it has been answered.
Like I said I could be wrong :)

[dragos240]

I could be wrong but I thought dodle meant that his thread/post had been merged with this one so it makes it look funny with dodle asking the same question after it has been answered.
Like I said I could be wrong :)
Oh :redface:. Tehe, Err,.. sorry!

[DarinB]

i can't find the solved button to close a thread... i thought it was under thread tools?????

[overdrank]

i can't find the solved button to close a thread... i thought it was under thread tools?????

Threads merged :)

[bilijoe]

This thread has been going for two weeks, and still no resolution? Wazzup wi dat?:confused: "Thanks" are nice, and should work, but marking threads as "SOLVED" seems like kind of an important function to be dead for so long. Seems like a good idea to have this feature working so people don't waste their time responding to issues that have already been solved. Am I wrong?](*,)

[overdrank]

I am sure they are working as hard as they can on getting the forum backup to speed. :D

[dragos240]

I am sure they are working as hard as they can on getting the forum backup to speed. :D

Who's they? You and the ubuntuforums staff?

[overdrank]

Who's they? You and the ubuntuforums staff?
Mainly ubuntu-geek but they do mention others that have helped
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1039481

[eotakos]

i read the sticky about this issue, and it says "...soon as we understand these features were popular" which sounds pretty fair to me.

shouldn't there be a poll so that we know how useful this was to the forum?

i personally think that it's nice to have a little reward for a useful answer. For others it may be a motive to asnwer others and not just post questions...

i see the poll as the best choice for now

[listerdl]

Hi, sorry - v easy question...how do i mark my posts as answered/solved?

Thanks..!:-?

[binbash]

It is under thread tools

[howefield]

You don't,... at least for now

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1044714

[ikisham]

It used to be under 'thread tools', but now this feature is disabled, I think.

[Stoodle]

Thread Tools and then choose mark as Solved!

[snova]

shouldn't there be a poll so that we know how useful this was to the forum?

I hardly think it necessary- just look at the length of this thread!

And, in the eighteen hours or so since I've been away from the forums, two more threads have cropped up in here on the same subject.

I've been continually surprised by just how much it has been missed...

[jenkinbr]

How about looking at the number of threads that were created wondering where the features went? There has been at least a dozen threads started, most were merged here, but there are others floting around.

[listerdl]

thats strange...when i go to thread tools, i dont see any solved...?

[Crafty Kisses]

These features are currently disabled due to server issues from my understanding. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1044714.

[CerealCypher]

How do you mark a thread solved? I don't see the option anymore under tools.

[taurus]

This question has been asked many times now.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1044714

[CerealCypher]

I see. I guess I'll just say... "Thanks!"

[philidox]

I'm so ashamed to ask the question seeing that I have done it before but for the life of me I cannot figure out how do do it. I got two threads that got solved and I don't know how to mark them as such. Help me out please

[sox fan Matt]

As I understand it, this feature was removed for the time being due to imcompabatilities in forum software..maybe an adminstrator can chime in further but thats my understanding

[taurus]

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1044714

[drs305]

If you really want to, you can edit your post, then hit the "Edit" button again, and add 'Solved' to the end of the title.

[jenkinbr]

If you really want to, you can edit your post, then hit the "Edit" button again, and add 'Solved' to the end of the title.
The only problem with this is that it will not show up on the forum display page, for some reason. (unless something's changed within the last 2 months.

[drs305]

The only problem with this is that it will not show up on the forum display page, for some reason. (unless something's changed within the last 2 months.

I'll admit it is not a total solution. It doesn't show on the main page but does display as soon as the thread is opened.

The other thing that works (marginally) is to edit the first post and enter "Solved: " as the first word. Again it doesn't show in the Forum titles but if you are reading the preview 'balloon' it is displayed and will tell the reader that the question/problem no longer needs a response.