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:
Although Mary (mpdeem) hasn't been a member that long, several moderators could not help but notice that her tasting notes were consistently excellent, and that she samples and writes about many coffees. Recognizing that we could use more of the taste above all representation on...
Why won't the system let me use my browser now? It has a bot wall which is cool but doesn't allow me in on the duck browser. I don't like the google so I use duck.
So at the end of last summer, my Profitec Pro 700 suffered a critical failure ( seized pump ), and I embarked on my first major repairs, which later involved finding and replacing a faulty check valve and trying to fix safety thermostats .
Trying to post a sale and I've uploaded plenty of pics to the forum in past but I cannot get it to work now...
When i click add images and then select one I get
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It was not possible to determine the dimensions of the image. Please verify that the URL you entered is...
While I was adding code for the some profile display option , I tweaked the Joined attribute to be a little easier to read. I also figured it would help a reader judge someone's experience level. :lol: It now shows in days/months/years since you've joined and I realized there's...
I was running a validation on PageSpeed Insights and noticed it flagged HB for having fonts that are too small. Yeah, probably true, so I've boosted the default font from a tiny 10 pixels to a luxurious 12 pixels.
I mention it here because it may cause formatting problems....
I have spent that hour trying to find your New Member Introduction area of your for group. I thought it would be good for me to read about the what new members think they need from the current members.
Over time I've accumulated a lot of bookmarked threads, so many that I can spend significant time paging through them to find a topic I'm looking for. I have a suggestion to add the ability to search under Manage Bookmarks so I can more quickly locate a thread of interest....
