Prompted by a member's suggestion, there's now an option for making contributions in support of this site . With the new contribute to HB option, you'll automatically be assigned as a seller in the Buy/Sell forum AND your profile will include a nice Supporter banner beneath your...
I participate on a programming site called Stack Overflow. They are a dedicated Q&A forum and are hyper-focused on neatly delineating the topic; their FAQ How do I ask a good question? offers very good advice for anyone seeking answers, notably this excerpt:
We greatly appreciate those vendors who share their knowledge with the site's membership. However, for someone who sells coffee or coffee-related equipment, there may be a fine line between sharing one's enthusiasm and (unintentionally) soliciting the site's visitors for...
Regrettably spammers are motivated to join sites that allow liberal rules on forum signatures. To reduce this incentive, effective immediately, the board will enforce new signature restrictions for members until they have established a history with the site.
This post elaborates on the Guidelines for productive online discussion recommendation Avoid cross-posting . Cross-posts are not strictly forbidden, however they should be used sparingly. For example, if a topic posted on another site is given time to develop and yet goes...
Note: You may want to resize your image before uploading. Most computers come with image editors (e.g., Preview on Mac, Photos on Windows), or you can choose from one of many free image editors such as Google Photos or image convert , shrink...
TL;DR - if your uploaded photos aren't oriented correctly when displayed on HB, try uploading them without rescaling . The HB server will automatically rescale and re-orient the image.
Background: Some members have noticed uploaded images are not correctly oriented, i.e., a...
It's hard to believe, but yes, yesterday marked the 14th year since the forums officially began. :shock:
It wasn't until 2011 that the Guidelines for productive online discussion were codified and 2013 when the Vendor participation in the forums guidelines were posted. There's...
Most photos are ruined because they're under unnatural light. There are plenty of online tools for correcting images, but in this example, I used the Preview app that comes with MacOS. Below is a before/after photo borrowed from the forums:
This board provides a simple personal messaging (PM) system for contacting other members. When you're logged in, an Inbox link is shown in the navigation bar where you can check for PMs. Some members have been confused because messages sent to others remain in the Outbox. This...
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Note: To discourage spammers, this board requires an e-mail activation. Several recent registrants mistyped their e-mails and therefore didn't received the activation link. Please enter your e-mail carefully....
As noted in the site's Guidelines for productive online discussion , long-time members are more likely to offer thoughtful responses to newcomers if some initial research is done beforehand. The tips below can help your searches be more fruitful:
It's time for the site's annual disaster recovery test ; that's where I rebuild the site from scratch based on backups and confirm the procedure works as expected. The only upgrade will be in boring techie stuff like the database version and whatnot -- nothing operationally as...
The positive, helpful contributions of John (JRising) and Craig (baldheadracing) to the forum have not gone unnoticed! They have agreed to join Team HB, representing the Canadian contingency of moderators. I'm thrilled to make it official. Welcome gentlemen, eh? :D
So I posted this to the Lelit Facebook forum and had it removed. I was told in the message that I would be told why. The only thing I can think of is that it could be perceived I was pushing a product which I am not, I am pushing an idea instead. So below is a copy and paste of...
There are some threads and posts that are so exceptional, I've got nothing to say and would like to indicate appreciation. Ryan Lee just completed restoring a Faema Marte. That deserves an Applause emoticon. I don't want to clutter the thread with adding a post to indicate that....
For over 10 years, members have discussed What to do about newbie noise , complained Noise is making useful data hard(er) to find , and lamented Why do the same questions have to be answered every 60-90 days? While not a complete solution, inspired by ira's offline suggestion to...
I noticed Tom Poland has had a grinder review thread shut down. I just wanted to speak up on behalf of Tom. I notice Lewis did some research, though not enough, Tom is all over the internet both in a business sense and for his coffee obsession. I can totally see why a conclusion...
I noticed that pages were taking a long time to load tonight on H-B, but once DNS was resolved it was fine. Then I noticed that it affected other sites.
I checked my DNS servers on my router and I'm using CloudFlare's server as primary (1.1.1.1) which is billed as the fastest...
Ira is among the earliest HB members, joining in 2007. He's been a regular contributor, giving great advice on repairs; his calm demeanor is also much appreciated! It may not be well known, but he's a moderator from way back in the BIX* bulletin board days. It's with great...
When I open up the notifications on dark mode, it is very hard for me to tell which notifications haven't been read yet. In light mode I can see the color difference pretty easily though. Maybe it's just my color perception though.
Some members have reported sluggish response times and Cloudflare 525 errors. It may be a temporary problem on their end, but as a precaution, I've enabled an attack mode option that will present visitors with a browser check warning before returning the requested page. You...
I've been unable to find any button or link to show only the threads to which I've previously contributed, or otherwise selected to watch. Does this forum have such a function?
I'm getting this error when I try to upload some images. The file appears to upload but then the progress bar freezes at the end of the upload, and then I get this:
There doesn't seem to be any pattern ... Android, PC, or Mac; Firefox, Chrome, and Safari - all give the same...
So I now have completed purchasing my espresso bar. And thankfully I made a great cup with this combination on my first try on the Lelit Bianca. I have not tried the robot yet. What a great forum.
Having ordered a Key grinder on IGG, I have been following the HB Weber threads for quite some time now. The moderators closed the thread twice after the Sprometheus's video and customer complaints. Even though I am not directly involved in the drama, I got a bit frustrated with...
