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...
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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...
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...
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:
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...
The email notification that I get when someone replies to a topic is quite long, including the a link to the topic, the post, how to unsubscribe, etc., but doesn't actually contain any content from the new post. This was typical of most forum email notifications many years ago,...
Hey, I'm currently looking for a new espresso grinder and am orienting myself on this forum, and some others.
What strikes me is that recently single dosing grinders have become very popular to discuss. However, sd grinders are also typically something that your fond of, or...
Hi all. Is there a way to get more than 10 topics per page? I'd love to take advantage of the full power of a 1080p screen. 25 would be ideal. More posts per page would also be great, too. Either those options are extremely well camouflaged in a way that other forums are not, or...
Hello, would someone pls direct me to the appropriate forum for my question if this is the wrong place? I wish to better understand this site's private messaging board. In this instance, I have noted that when I visit my messages, I see that my Outbox is in red, and (2) shows to...
