Thank you for your report!
We have received your report and it is currently under investigation by a forum moderator.
It must be me; surely it can’t be this bad
Welcome to the forum.
Here you can discuss all things art with like-minded artists, join regular painting challenges, ask questions, buy and sell art materials and much more.
Make sure you sign in or register to join the discussions.
Hang on Studio Wall
This is a Studio member-only feature!
Join our Studio membership and save your favourite Painters Online content, from gallery artwork to step-by-step guides, to your own online mood boards. Create your go-to place for inspiration and learning. Plus, members can also enjoy a range of exciting features including monthly art videos and a digital magazine library.
If you are already a Studio member, simply login to your account.
Not a Studio member? Why not try our free 30-day trial - no commitment, no credit card required
Message
Posted
I wanted to retrieve a quote I made in the forum some months ago—the reasons are involved and not relevant here.
The ‘my comments‘ shows only comments from the gallery. No good. I searched my name and was astonished when every other John who has ever contributed to the site ever (it seems) came up. But not me. I tried every variation I could think of—with cap initials, without, full name in lowercase and with caps and on and on. Still no joy.
I used advanced search to limit it to the forum. Same result. I entered the full title of a drawing I know I put into one of the monthly challenges (I can’t remember which month) again each individual word in the title and every result containing those individual words but not those words together. I suppose it’s possible that what I was looking for might have been on page 4567, but being a little pushed for time I didn’t look that far.
I can’t recall ever having had to deal with a more frustrating search facility.
Posted
Me again. Having just posted the above, I noticed that it appeared under the name I have used in the gallery rather than my actual name (it didn’t before the big relaunch but no matter). So I searched under John Humber, limiting the search to the forum. The first result? John Green. It seems that the search facility is dyslexic. A new one on me.
Posted
John there was a time when you could delete a post in the forum, but to remove your quote the only way now, it seems, is to edit and remove the words you want, if you want to remove all of the post, edit it out and just place a dot to replace your quote and save changes.
I've done one from a year ago. It all depends if you can remember which thread you posted it in.
Edited
by C J
Posted
John there was a time when you could delete a post in the forum, but to remove your quote the only way now, it seems, is to edit and remove the words you want, if you want to remove all of the post, edit it out and just place a dot to replace your quote and save changes. I've done one from a year ago. It all depends if you can remember which thread you posted it in.