tapatalk login?

[sadchild]

Forum URL: asimplecomplex.proboards.com

I still have the old Proboards app and it works slick, but new members can't download it. Apparently they have to use Tapatalk. So to be the pioneer of this new app, I downloaded it on my phone. It asks me to log in, but won't accept my username and password (which ARE working on my forum, of course). It tells me 'account doesn't exist'. My only other option is "Get Started" but I have no way of finding my forum there becuase it only asks "What's interest you?" (which makes no sense if you actually read that, by the way). My account is also active on the Pulse Music board (pulsemusic.proboards.com) and I was able to find that one through "Get Started", but then it says "Almost there! Create an account". I already have an account, but it can't log into it on this app. So now I'm stuck.

[Brian]

Hi, sadchild.

Are you attempting to type those credentials into the login section that shows when you first install the app? If so your login will fail because it's looking for your Tapatalk login, not your ProBoards login. In order for Tapatalk to remember the forums you're a part of you'll need a Tapatalk account to log into the app with.

Once you're logged into the app you should be able to search for your forum within the app and then log into that using your ProBoards credentials.

[Scott]

sadchild,
Have you also tried just viewing the forum directly via your mobile devices web browser?

[sadchild]

Brian, thank you for the help so far. I created a Tapatalk account, then logged into the app. Now I'm asked to "search Tapatalk". When I search for "a simple complex" (looking for my forum), it doesn't come up in the results. I've poked around the app and can't figure out how to get my board loading in Tapatalk.

Scott, yes. It's difficult and timely. The Proboards app is slick. A million times easier.

[Brian]

You'll need to submit your forum to the ProBoards directory before it shows in Tapatalk since your forum is over a decade old. You can do so in Settings > Forum Settings > Directory in your admin area.

[sadchild]

Ok, I just submitted the forum. Now I search 'a simple complex', should I find it under 'groups', 'discussions' or 'people'? Because it's not showing up under any of them for me.

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[Scott]

Jul 28, 2017 3:47:37 GMT -8 sadchild said:

Ok, I just submitted the forum. Now I search 'a simple complex', should I find it under 'groups', 'discussions' or 'people'? Because it's not showing up under any of them for me.

Even though you submitted the forum to the directory, the submission still needs to be approved, which I just did.  Please note that even though I have approved the submission, it can take up to 24 hours for Tapatalk to sync with our service and your forum show up.

[sadchild]

Hi. Yesterday, after a decade of working fine, my board suddenly started looking like the attachment. Is this related to being approved in the directory?

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[Scott]

Jul 29, 2017 7:50:42 GMT -8 sadchild said:

Hi. Yesterday, after a decade of working fine, my board suddenly started looking like the attachment. Is this related to being approved in the directory?

No, directory approval would not, nor could not do this.  Let me see if I can figure out what's up. . . . brb

[Scott]

sadchild,
What you're seeing are broken links from Photobucket. If you go to Admin > Themes > Theme Manager, click on your "Film" theme and then the Images tab, scroll to the bottom where the custom theme images are, there you'll see the ones that need updating/replacing.

Read this post that explains more: Photobucket-Please Read. While you're getting a different image than what is in this post, I suspect the cause is the same.

[sadchild]

Scott, thank you. I logged in as admin. Went to the film theme. Deleted all images that had the 'photobucket image not found/cat photo'. When I went back to my board, it hadn't changed.

So I hit "Reset this section to the default images" on the Custom Images section. It is now empty. When I went back to my board, it hadn't changed.

So for a test, I uploaded a 'forum logo'. When I went back to my board, it added that logo. Then I hit "Reset this section to the default images" in the 'forum logo' section. When I went back to my board, the logo was gone. So that works.

I attached a screenshot showing that where all of the 'photobucket image not found/cat photo' images used to be is now empty.

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[Scott]

sadchild, Ulises and I found the 3 areas in the Visual Editor that still contained photobucket links and removed the links.

Hopefully you're good to go now.

[sadchild]

Thank you very much. We are almost there. Only 2 things left. When I mouse-over a thread on the main screen, I still see the cat (see attachment).

Also, when inside a thread, I still see the cat (see 2nd attachment).

I did poke around trying to fix it myself but couldn't find it, sorry.

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[Ulises]

sadchild Removed those as well. Looks good now!

[sadchild]

I now have the tapatalk app working for our forum. Thank you all for your help.

I still find the Proboards app easier, mainly because I can configure it to jump to the most recent post every time I click on a thread (settings -> topic & post -> loading behavior = Jump To Newest Post). I can't find that option on tapatalk. Is it in there and I just can't find it?