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Post by Rajiv on Feb 13, 2014 9:49:34 GMT 8
I've settled on some changes to the appearance of the message board: - All "Approved Players" are now indicated as such above the Profile Avatar. I've removed all other details about the post and the user. I've set a default Avatar for all users. As with your Display Name, you can change your Avatar through your Profile page.
- On each list of threads, I've reduced the size of the folders, and "Hot threads" are no longer highlighted. The subject is bold and the spacing between subjects has been reduced.
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Post by Rajiv on Feb 17, 2014 9:45:30 GMT 8
As the Discussion threads on this board are increasingly for making announcements, I have added "Announcements" to the name of the board. I have moved the "Stand-Alone Polls" sub-board to the "General" category, where it is now a main board. This board is now entitled "Overview, Announcements & Discussion", and the description of the board is "Overview thread, plus announcements and discussion on subjects relating to this message board and our games.". I have moved all threads from the "Introductions & Requests" sub-board of the "Player Lists Updates & Playing Records" board under this category to the "Chat" board under the "General" category, and deleted the "Introductions & Requests" sub-board. I've renamed the "Chat" board as "Introductions, Requests & Chat", and the description now reads "Apart from approved players posting under "OPSAGE" above, for anyone else to introduce themselves or make a request not covered elsewhere on this board, and for general chat about everything else. Both approved players and guests can start a thread." Announcements and discussions will be dealt with generally under this thread, or under the specific subject matter thread on this board. Stand-alone polls and chat will continue to be dealt with generally under the "Reports, discussion, chat & polls" thread, which will be renamed as "Reports, polls & chat". Specific polls will be dealt with under the particular subject matter thread. Apart from OPSAGE, reports, polls and chat are the features of this message board where players can be more involved. I've amended the "Overview" post accordingly. The subject matter of the threads on this board have also been modified over time. I have brought the listing on the "Overview" thread up to date. I used to create new threads to discuss various broad issues that arose in our games. Over time, these threads were modified and merged until they were consolidated into the current 26 subject matters by March 2012. Since then, there have only been minor modifications of the scope of particular threads, such as that described above. The changes over time are captured by posts within the thread. However, given the way each thread was started and modified, the first post of each deals with some aspect of our game which may be only partially related to the current subject matter of the thread. I will therefore replace the first post of each thread with the following: |
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Post by Rajiv on Feb 22, 2014 9:15:42 GMT 8
From the Chat board: The WhatsApp has grown to be an important part of the GIFFA System. Under the "Pre-game protocol, cancellations & weather policy" section: Pre-game protocol, cancellations & weather policyImmediately after I create the team selecto/captain poll, I create a WhatsApp group chat with all the players in for the game. I inform them that the payment information and poll have been added, and provide the link. If there are any withdrawals, I add the replacement to the group chat, and inform the group of the replacement. When the poll closes, I inform the group of the outcome of the poll. If I have the time, I will inform players not on WhatsApp of the creation of the poll and the outcome of the poll by SMS. .... After the WhatsApp group chat is created, all updates should be on the group chat, especially after I add both my numbers to the group chat. I may only be available on one of the two numbers at any time, so if you message me directly on one of the numbers rather than on the group chat, I may not see it until much later. For those who are not on WhatsApp, continue to SMS me on my mobile number. .... . I am not a fan of Facebook, to put it mildly, and I have reservations about continuing to use WhatsApp, especially with the issues I have been having with using the broadcast function, but there isn't currently a viable alternative, and I doubt there will be any significant changes in WhatsApp's functionality and charges, at least for a couple of years. And, if after a couple of years, I don't like the way WhatsApp has gone, hopefully, there will be a viable alternative by that time. Viber is promising, but needs to be more widely used before I will consider switching. I am thinking of going as far as making it a requirement to have WhatsApp, as it makes the pre-game protocols much easier for me to manage. Only about 4 of our 175 odd approved players are not on WhatsApp. Rather than prevent players who don't have WhatsApp from playing, I am considering adding $1 to the price per player for those who aren't on WhatsApp. For those who don't have a smartphone or tablet, I can provide a method for installing WhatsApp on a PC, laptop or notebook by using an Android emulator such as BlueStacks. When I create the WhatsApp group chat for a game, the format is subject is "[Day of Week] @ [Area]". However, as I create a group chat for every day of the week (other than Friday), if I don't delete and exit from the group immediately after I put up the report thread, I have several group chats with similar names. I will therefore, with immediate effect, add the date to the subject, so that it reads "[Day of week][Date] @ [Area]". As the number of characters in the subject is limited, I will abbreviate the day of the week to the first three letters. |
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Post by Rajiv on Mar 1, 2014 8:45:19 GMT 8
As the board on which this thread is on is increasingly more about developments than discussion, I have re-named it from "Overview, Announcements & Discussion" to "Overview, Announcements & Developments". From the two threads relating to venues/pitches: .... 7 links have been added to the "Scheduling & numbers" section of the GIFFA System" thread, including the following 4 relating to venues:
It strikes me as unnecessary to have so many announcements and discussion threads relating to venues, so I will merge them into 2: - "Venues & team sizes" (45 posts and 1,268 page views) and "Pitches @ The Grandstand" (119 posts and 2,893 page views), to be renamed "Venues/pitches & team sizes" covering the various venues/pitches that are available nationwide, and the maximum and minimum number of players for each pitch.
- "Pitches @ Balestier Road" (68 posts and 3,722 page views) and "Sports Planet @ East Coast" (92 posts and 2,227 page views), to be renamed "Our regular venues & pitches" to cover all other issues relating to the venues/pitches we regularly play at (Premier Pitch @ Balestier Road, Premier Pitch @ The Grandstand, The Cage @ Kallang and Sports Planet @ East Coast), including the condition of the pitch, the state of the netting/fencing/padding surrounding the pitch, how weather conditions affect the game (including weather the pitch is covered or not), making bookings, getting there and parking and facilities at the venue or in the vicinity, including shower facilities and food and drink.
Although the three threads relating to specific locations cover both areas, the "Pitches @ The Grandstand" tends to deal more with availability and team sizes, while the other two tend to deal more with other issues, so it makes sense to merge them in this way. In any event, the first post of each thread is being changed to read as follows: As the post views of the thread that is moved is lost, in each case, I will move the thread with fewer page views. .... Both thread mergers are done. .... And from the "Safety, health & sustainability" thread: Further, as I am not assisting or monitoring the Sunday women's game at The Grandstand anymore, and an all-comers' game has yet to get off the ground, it makes sense to merge the "Women's & all-comers' game" thread with the "OPSAGE" thread. However, as the "Women's & all-comers' game" thread has more page views (51 posts 819 page views) compared to the "OPSAGE" thread (25 posts, 588 page views), it makes more sense to merge the "OPSAGE thread" with this, "Women's & all-comers' game" thread (51 posts, 819 page views), and re-named it "OPSAGE, women's & all-comers' games". This reduces the total number of announcements & developments threads from 26 to 22. As I expect an increasing number of users to access the website from mobile devices (smartphones and tablets), I have reduced the number of threads per board from 30 to 25, and the number of posts per thread from 30 to 20, so that scrolling to the bottom of a page is faster. With the number of pages in a thread more prominently displayed near the top of each page under ProBoards v5, it is easier to find the last post with multiple pages. As ProBoards use the term "board" to refer to each section under a category, and on which threads are listed, and forum to refer to the whole message board, I will switch to the same usage, so from now on, I will refer to the entire message board as "the forum". The announcements and developments thread "The message board & modes of communication" has been re-named "The forum & modes of communication". I have re-named the "System, Playing Rules & Schedule" thread as " Schedule (including System & Playing Rules)". Users look for the schedule board first, so I've put that first, and coloured it green, but the system and playing rules are more important, so I've highlighted it in red. I have changed the settings for the "Post-Game Reports & Comments" board so that threads remain listed by the date they were created rather than the date of the last post. This should make the report thread for any particular game easier to find. If it works out okay, I will change the settings for the schedule thread in the same way, and for the same reason. |
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Post by Rajiv on Mar 6, 2014 22:05:35 GMT 8
I have revised the first post on the "Overview" thread on this, the "Overview, Announcements & Developments" board as follows: This forum is a platform for organizing regular indoor football games and related activities. GIFFA stands for "Generic Indoor Football For Adults". As "giffa.proboards.com" was taken, I am using "giffas.proboards.com. The addition "s" reflects that the platform is currently only available in Singapore. If anyone would like to use the same platform for any other activity or in any other city, please let me know. This forum was created in November 2009. Previously, games were organised on the FIOFAFI blog (now replaced by the FIFFA blog), which was first set up on January 2008. The system, rules, schedule and reports for regular men's games are under the "GIFFA-Defined Men's Games" category. There is a basic standard for our regular men's games. You have to be currently approved to put your name or your guests down for a GIFFA-defined game. There is more information on obtaining approval on the "Information on Player Lists" thread on the "Playing Lists Updates & Playing Records" board under this "Administration" category. Other registered users can post on all other boards on this forum. To register, please go to: Before I accept a new registration, I require the registrants year of birth, mobile number and nationality. Upon approving the registration of a user, I will set his or her Display Name to a proper name, either the one he or she registered with or the name by which he or she was introduced. The Avatar is set to default. Registered users can change their Display Name and Avatar through their Profile page. Please do not change your Display Name more than once within any 6 month period. Posts can be edited but not deleted. If a user wishes to request the deletion of a particular post, go to "Post Options" (the gear cog at the top right hand corner of each post), select "Report Post" and enter "Request deletion", or just message me. Current player lists are monitored under the "Player Lists Updates & Playing Records" board. At the end of each month, there is a listing of players by the number of games played in the preceding 6 months. This, the "Overview, Announcements & Developments" board under the "Administration category, covers announcements and developments relating to a full range of topics and issues concerning our games and activities, and this forum. The 22 announcement and developments threads are listed in Annex 1 below. The "Payment Information" board under the "Administration" category deals with payment and credit balances, primarily for the GIFFA-defined games. The number of GIFFA-defined games each month since January 2011 is set out in Annex 2 below. Any registered user can propose or organize other projects, sport, activities, games or events under the "OPSAGE" board under the "General" category. There is also an "Introductions, Requests & Chat" board under the "General" category. New players and guests can introduce themselves or make other requests on the board. The "Stand-Alone Polls" board under the "General" category is for polls on matters relating to our games. If you access this website from a mobile device, you may be asked if you want to download the ProBoards App. You need to pay for the full version. If you select "Cancel", you can access the website on your mobile device's browser instead. If you have problems posting, logging in or registering, please go to "The message board & modes of communication" thread on this board, or the Support Board on the ProBoards Forum to find relevant information on the site being down (if any), or go to the "GIFFA" page on the FIFFA blog. If all else fails, you can post details of the problems you are facing on the blog. It is intended to give an overview of the entire forum. The number of discussion threads reached about 50 at one stage. Through mergers, it has now been reduced to 22. For a long time ( from March 2012 until recently), it was 26. On 26 November 2011 I listed the threads by broad areas in three sticky posts on this board, which, before being reduced to 22: These three posts were moved to the "Overview" thread in December 2013. The division of subjects into 3 broad areas was not very useful. Relevant announcements and developments threads are now listed at the bottom of each section of the "GIFFA System" thread. I have therefore replaced the three posts on the "Overview" thread with one post listing all 22 announcements and developments threads in alphabetical order, as follows: Annex 1 The 22 announcements and developments threads are as follows (listed alphabetically): - Days, times & locations
- Equipment
- Filling places & choices
- GIFFA-defined & other men's games
- GIFFA system & playing rules
- GIFFA values, principles & standards
- Individual skills, attributes & positions
- Keeping score & the competitive edge
- Latecoming, late withdrawals & no shows
- OPSAGE, women's & all-comers games
- Our regular venues & pitches
- Payments, credits, penalties & usage
- Player lists & playing records
- Public holidays etcetera
- Reports, polls & chat
- Safety, health & sustainability
- Team selectors/captains & line ups
- The forum & modes of communication
- The social aspect & fun
- Team organization, formations & tactics
- Venues/pitches & team sizes
- Weekly schedule & number of games
I may put the links back in later. And from earlier in this thread: .... ..., given the way each thread was started and modified, the first post of each deals with some aspect of our game which may be only partially related to the current subject matter of the thread. I will therefore replace the first post of each thread with the following: I've updated 17 of the 22 announcements and developments threads. I've added "As at 17 February 2014" before "the first post of this thread was". 5 left to go. The most material changes to the "Overview" post relate to the following, from the "Player lists & playing records" thread: .... ..., I previously did not accept new registrants unless they also qualify as "Approved Players". Although the aim was to allow only approved players to put names down for our regular GIFFA-defined games, it also meant that new registrants could only post elsewhere on the forum as guests, which is not convenient. I have now discovered that using "groups" allows me more flexibility. I have created the following groups: - Approved Player
- Inactive Player
- Unavailable Player
- Female Player
The "Inactive Player" group replaces the "Disabled List". Only approved players have permission to post on the schedule threads for our regular GIFFA-defined games. .... From now on, I will accept all registrations, subject to having or being provided with the registrant's year of birth, mobile number and nationality. Those who register but do not fall within any of the above groups will be designated as "Registered User" for now. .... I added the registration webpage, and in larger font as I am often asked where to go to register. On a final note, I have added a news feed at the top of the Home page: |
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Post by Rajiv on Mar 22, 2014 23:38:40 GMT 8
I had serious problems with WhatsApp between 8 and 12 March 2014 ( details on the Chat board. I finally resolved it by getting a new number for WhatsApp on my PC. I continue to have two numbers with WhatsApp, my mobile number, and the new one for WhatsApp on my PC (which replaces my home office number). Also from the Chat board: .... .... I need a service that allows me to message player's mobile phones directly without a user name or the cost of SMSes. I only know of WhatsApp and Viber. .... Other service providers like Skype require separate registration and a separate list of user names. I also like to have the platform on both my mobile and PC, my mobile, so that I have it with me when I am out, and my PC, as I can type faster and also manage the football while at work. I previously considered the benefits of more social, regular, group chats on the "OPSAGE, women's & all-comers games" thread, and created a thread for that on the "OPSAGE" board. From the thread on the "OPSAGE" board: .... From the Chat board: .... ..., I tried using Viber. I sent out the following message to those who showed up as having Viber installed: Even amongst those who had Viber installed, a large proportion hadn't updated it. Viber doesn't have broadcasts the way WhatsApp does, but it's group chat appears more flexible. .... .... .... Viber may not be widespread enough for important things like asking around to fill places or for each game's post-poll group chat, but I may use it for more social group chats, like the one considered in this thread. And if by doing so, more players install Viber, at some stage, I may replace WhatsApp with Viber as my primary SMS alternative and mobile group chat platform. In the meantime, I have changed the name of this thread from "Weekend WhatsApp Group Chat" to "Group Chat". Viber may also address the other problem I have with WhatsApp: I've noticed that WhatsApp broadcasts don't get through to everyone on the list. In fact, maybe less than 50% of those on the list. And it's difficult to check who has received the broadcast message and who hasn't it. Generally, when a message goes from your device, there is one tick against the message. When it is received on the recipient's device, there is two ticks against the message. Useful. The new format of the broadcast list doesn't show the ticks in the list itself, so you have to go into each name to see whether the message has one tick or two ticks. When I am sending out broadcasts to more than 100 contacts, it is too time consuming. .... I will have to test Viber out some more first. It may take me a while. With all this going on, I missed that on 8 March 2014, at 12.17 am, we also had the most users online at one time - 58. I only noticed it a couple of days later. The statistic appears on the Home page, which I have captured in the following image: As stated earlier on this thread: On the main page, a figure is provided for "Most users online". .... I take this to mean the most number of users accessing the message board at the same time. .... Currently, it is 57, set on 18 November 2012, at 12.08 am. As at 19 July 2010: On 24 October 2011: .... For a long time, it was 37, achieved at 1.25 am on 10 November 2010. .... Yesterday, almost a year on, at 9.05 pm, that number was exceeded - it hit 39. .... .... On 13 December 2011: .... It hit 48 yesterday at 6.47 pm. .... Earlier this month, I noticed the figure had reached 55 in late October (27 October 2012 if I am not mistaken). I had missed it when it first occurred. Before I got round to recording it on this thread, the figure was surpassed, as set out above. Once it is surpassed, I have no record of the earlier figure, except as recorded in this thread. From the "GIFFA system & playing rules" thread: As posts appear strictly in chronological order, and it is not possible to re-order posts, in order to insert the new section before Appendix I, I had to move Appendix I to a new post at the bottom of "The GIFFA System" thread, so that I can insert the "Safety, duty of care & disclaimer" section into the post above, which is currently empty. Older links to Appendix I will therefore take you to the "Safety, duty of care & disclaimer" section. Oh well. From above: .... ... from earlier in this thread: .... ..., given the way each thread was started and modified, the first post of each deals with some aspect of our game which may be only partially related to the current subject matter of the thread. I will therefore replace the first post of each thread with the following: I've updated 17 of the 22 announcements and developments threads. I've added "As at 17 February 2014" before "the first post of this thread was". 5 left to go. .... Completed the balance 5. |
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Post by Rajiv on Apr 2, 2014 16:53:16 GMT 8
I am using labels now on both the schedule board and the predictions & report board. The labels are: - [Weekday/Weekend/Public Holiday]-[Evening/Night]
- [Day of the week]
- [Area/location of venue]
Weekend/Public Holiday and Saturday/Sunday are in red. The area/location of venue is colour coded. By clicking on a label, you can list threads with that label. I therefore removed the information contained in labels from the subject: From the "Weekly schedule & number of games" thread: .... So as not to duplicate information in the subject, the subject for each schedule thread will be [Date], [Session start time], [Venue]. As area/location is no longer included, to avoid confusion between the Premier Pitch at Balestier Road and the Premier Pitch at The Grandstand, I will use the following names: - Premier Pitch (Khalsa) - Premier Pitch @ Balestier Road (on the premises of Singapore Khalsa Association).
- Premier Pitch (C) (GS) - The covered pitch at the Premier Pitch @ The Grandstand
The information is in any event spelt out in the table within each schedule thread. ....
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And from the "Reports, polls & chat" thread: However, also from the "Weekly schedule & number of games" thread: .... Unfortunately, I am informed that you can't see the labels if your device's browser is on "mobile view". You need to have it on "desktop view" to see the labels. .... Which resulted in: .... Rajiv, can u kindly add (back) the day notation to the game listing as well? He didn't know to switch to desktop view, or found it too troublesome to switch. I have made a request for labels to be viewable on mobile view. It is being processed. In the meantime, I will add ([Day]) after the date in the subject for both schedule and predictions & report threads. Also, the use of a name or initials in brackets to distinguish the Premier Pitch venue at Balestier Road from that at The Grandstand is cumbersome. For consistency and simplicity, I will stick to the following for the subject of threads on both board: - Premier Pitch @ Khalsa
- Premier Pitch (C) @ G'stand
- Sports Planet @ East Coast
- The Cage @ Kallang
I have backdated this to 1 April 2014 on both boards. With the report threads now being used for predictions as well, from the "Reports, polls & chat" thread: .... Report threads will from on be referred to as "predictions & report threads", "predictions threads" or "report threads", depending on the context, and the name of the board will be changed from "Post-Game Reports & Comments" to "Pre-Game Predictions & Post-Game Reports/Comments". ... Done. And from the "Social dimension, and fun" thread: .... Although strictly speaking, the predictions and the prediction table are not part of the "GIFFA System", and more "OPSAGE", I will maintain the prediction table on the "Weekly Round Ups & Team Selector Table" board. The thread for discussing predictions and the prediction table will be this "The social dimension, and fun" thread. .... Also, from the "Keeping score & the competitive edge" thread: .... Also from above: .... .... For next season, I will include results between team captains, provided that both have at least 2 votes in the poll. I will rename the "Weekly Round Up & Team Selectors Table" board accordingly. .... For the new season (April to September 2014), I will create an "Overview" post to be stickied on the "Weekly Round Up & Table" board, .... .... I will add an appendix to the "Overview" post to keep a record of the following (starting from this month onwards): - Lowest-scoring and highest-scoring games for each venue.
- Comebacks.
- Grossly one-sided results.
.... The board has been re-named "Weekly Round Ups, Tables & Game Records". As there is now a separate "Overview" thread on that board, the "Overview" thread on this board will be re-named "Forum Overview", and this board re-named "Forum Overview, Announcements & Developments. And from the report thread for the game on Sunday (30 March 2014) at The Grandstand: Suggest giving Nick Stockings the next time - The result could have been Different Fair guess - a Liverpool fan who "contributes" freely. However, that is the last reply on the predictions & report board without being logged in. I have changed the settings so that you have to be logged in to post on that board. In fact, the settings are now such that you have to be logged in to reply on any board other than the "Introductions, Requests & Chat" board. Further you have to be in the GIFFA Player group to post on the schedule thread. Only I can create threads under the "Administration" and "GIFFA-Defined Games" category. Users who are registered and logged in can create threads on the "Stand-Alone Polls" and "OPSAGE" boards. You have to be logged in to view the contents of the "Payment Information" board. |
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Post by Rajiv on Aug 7, 2014 8:33:22 GMT 8
On Sunday and Monday, Paul T and Dan A raised with me that they get App Store "pop ups" when they access the forum on their iPhone browser. For example:  I notice it once in a while on my Android devices. The screen changes, rather than a pop up, but I can always go back to the page I was on. However, according to Paul and Dan, it occurs frequently, and only when they are on the forum. I asked about it on the Proboards support forum. I received the following responses: Hi  You should not be getting any popup ads on any device when using ProBoards. Is this definitely a popup, and not generated when, say, inadvertently clicking the ad displayed on the page? It could be generated by something saved in the browser, so they may want to try clearing the browser cache, and see if that helps, and also, if they have an alternate browser they could try. Lastly, do you know if this is through a wireless connection, or a network data connection. It has been known for ads to be generated from network connections, so if none of the above helps, have them try an alternate connection and see if the same problem remains. In addition to the above, can you let us know if this is still an issue for them as of today? Let me know if the issue continues. |
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Post by Rajiv on Nov 29, 2014 16:20:01 GMT 8
As set out above, I've had problems with WhatsApp over the course of the year. I have WhatsApp on my personal mobile phone, but I prefer to use WhatsApp installed on my PC for GIFFA, and as the same number cannot be used for two devices, I have a dedicated number for WhatsApp on my PC. From the "WhatsApp/Viber" thread on the "Introductions, Requests & Chat" board: On Wednesday (12 March 2014), I bought a prepaid card, used it on a phone without WhatsApp installed, and then verified WhatsApp on my PC with that number. WhatsApp on my PC has been working alright since then. .... WhatsApp finally got round to blocking my number again! Again, the reason given is that I'm not allowed to use one number on more than one device. I was only using it on one device.  One of the old ones is now not blocked, so I'll be using that instead. The number was a prepaid one, and expired, so I switched back to the prepaid number I bought in March 2014, but that expired in September 2014. I bought a new prepaid number in September, and must remember to extend it before it expires in March 2015. When a game is slow to fill up, I broadcast from my mobile phone, so that I see the replies sooner. However, I generally prefer to use the GIFFA admin number for GIFFA stuff, as it is on my PC, and I can provide information, including copying URLs and content from the forum, more easily with the computer keyboard. In particular, I use the GIFFA admin number for information about the forum, new players, and payment reminders to individual players. I create the WhatsApp group chat for each game from my mobile phone, as only the person creating the group chat can add, so that when remaining places fill up, or there are withdrawals, I can add the additional players or replacements sooner from my mobile phone. I also add my GIFFA admin number to the group chat so that I receive any information on both devices. Once the group chat is created, everyone in the group should message on the group chat, rather than message me at either number, especially if it is urgent, to be sure I see the message sooner rather than later. When I started using the new GIFFA admin number in September 2014, I started each group chat by informing those in the group of my two numbers. Many players have several of my old GIFFA admin numbers which were blocked by WhatsApp or have expired. Please delete those.
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Post by Rajiv on Feb 15, 2015 19:40:33 GMT 8
Further to the post above, towards the end of last month, Kelvin Au pointed out to me that WhatsApp has a "WhatsApp Web" function on its menu for Android phones that allows you to access WhatsApp on the internet at web.whatsapp.com/. As such, I don't need to use BlueStacks, or have a separate number to access WhatsApp through BlueStacks. I will therefore cease using the other number from 21 February 2015 onwards. My mobile number is the only number I will be on. |
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Post by Rajiv on Sept 21, 2017 8:52:36 GMT 8
Several regular users have had trouble logging in from their smartphones. First thing to check is your cookie permissions. From the Proboards Support Board: .... Could you ask him to check the cookie permissions in his browser, and that he doesn't have any cookies, specifically from proboards.com, blocked. Another thing you can do is clear your cache or refresh your page. If a pre-log version of a page is cached, it may show each time you go to that page (showing you not logged in), even after you have logged in. If you start to reply to a thread, but do not complete the reply in a timely manner, and in the interim, your internet connection is re-set or changed, you may get an error message stating "Invalid request token". This happens to me once in a while. You need to go back to the original thread and start the reply process afresh. If you see the following on your screen when you try to log in or go to a particular page (whether on a computer or smartphone), click cancel and block pop ups as appropriate for your device/browser.  If the problem persists, switch to desktop view and try again. |
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Post by Kelvin Tan on Nov 9, 2017 9:28:45 GMT 8
Did anyone else have an issue with the Captcha bit earlier this week?
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Post by Rajiv on Jun 2, 2019 21:15:30 GMT 8
I am away from 3 to 17 June 2019. I will put up schedule threads and create the WhatsApp group chats up to 3 days earlier than usual to same myself time, while selector polls, payment status and report threads may be delayed.
Also, from now until I return, when I create the WhatsApp group chat, I will add the selectors/captains from the previous week as admins.
Further, during this time, if a game does not look like filling up, I am more likely to cancel the game rather than asking around as I usually do.
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Post by Rajiv on Sept 16, 2019 16:24:18 GMT 8
From the "GIFFA system & playing rules" thread: .... As most of our regular venues now require 48 hours' prior notice of cancellation, I will create the WhatsApp group chat between 60 and 48 hours before the game. Currently, I am creating the WhatsApp group chat 30 to 24 hours before the game. I will add the selector/captain poll 36 to 24 hours before the game. Currently, I am doing so 24 to 12 hours before. The poll will close 6 hours before the game. Currently, it closes 5 hours before. .... From the "Routine & other football games" thread, following the recent re-casting of "challenge matches": .... I have created an "OPSAGE" category, and created a "Challenge Matches" board under it. To use the slot for a challenge match, the organiser must create a thread on the board stating at least the date, time and venue. He can state how the two teams are to be formed now, later or not at all. He can lock the thread or allow others to post on the thread. All I require is that before or after the game, he states who the two captains are, and the result. The information should be on the thread at least 3 days after the game, if not earlier. .... I have renamed the previous "OPSAGE" thread as "Other OPSAGE" and moved it to the new category. .... .... There are older "challenge matches" on the "Other OPSAGE" board. I will move them to the "Challenge Matches" board in due course. For threads on the "Stand-Alone Polls" board, sometimes, I remove or replace the the poll when the poll is no longer relevant, archiving the closed poll as an image in the thread itself. I will move threads with closed polls to the "Introductions, Requests & Chat" board, and rename "Stand-Alone Polls" as "Current Polls". Going forward, I will also split the "Introductions, Requests & Chat" board into two, one "Discussion & posts relating to GIFFA" and the other "Other chat". The threads on the "Stand-Alone Polls" board are as follows:  None of them are still relevant so any polls that are still open will be closed, and the threads moved to the new "Discussion & posts relating to GIFFA" board. The WhatsApp group chats are used to remind players of the game, update player lists, inform players of the selector/captain poll (including the result of the poll) and for other discussions relating to the game. Since 5 Sep 2019, I have been creating the group chat a day earlier (60 to 48 hours before the game). With several changes to the system, from the "GIFFA system & playing rules" thread: .... I will be revising the following to reflect the changes:
The above pages as at 1 July 2019 will be archived.
I will give myself until the end of the year to update the forum. About 3 years ago, Proboards tied up with Tapatalk to make Proboards forums available on Tapatalk. I know some players use Tapatalk, as they have asked me about it, and I think you can see when they post via Tapatalk. It is just a way of accessing the forum through an smart phone app, rather than through a web browser. The appearance is then app based. For example:  |  | | Boards | Schedule board |
The posts within a thread appear in reverse order, which some players might prefer. Or you can continue to access the forum through the web browser on your PC, laptop, tablet or smartphone. Last year, I started developing a new platform (website and app) to perform all the routine tasks I have relating to this forum. To make it more widely usable, I have in mind that it would be available to anyone organising small-scale events, especially regular events, like our games, where people actually turn up in person and participate. I have put the development on hold until next year to give myself time to reverse the decline in our numbers, and to update details of the system through this forum. |
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