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Switch to āmobileā view!
I just found out that I can switch from desktop mode to mobile mode.
Maybe this suits you better when using a mobile phone.
Cheers Uki
Hi Uki,
Finally managed to get on the new site. I had forgotten how to get into the old email account I originally used.
Just getting used to is, but for the life of me I cannot see how to start a new topic? I guess I am missing something, how is this done? I donāt see a new topic button anywhere
Hey @Somersetlemon1 - see the red oval Moto Guzzi logo? Click on that, and it takes you to the āhomeā (or top) page. When you get there, look at the right side of the page and thereās a āNew Topicā button. Click on that and off you go - remember to pick a ācategoryā so that your post gets into the right section. Hope this helps!
Thanks. I found it in fact. I changed the background to white so everything is a lot clearer now, was very hard to see with the black background.
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How do I find my Private Messages ? We used to have a separate tab, but I canāt see it anywhere.
Click on your own icon (top right of page, on desktop) to see four options, one being an āenvelopeā for messages. HTH.
Ah ha ! Found it. Thanks. 
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Sorry but the black does not work for me.
I cannot see it working for anyone if Iām honest.
Put simply it is appalling.
Maybe there is a work around but cannot be bothered Iām afraid.
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@admins - āthe blackā is, of course, ājust a settingā, with which others have had no problem and indeed there are helpful posts about: You don't like the black background? - #3 by Webofficer
On behalf of future others, I wonder if there might not be a setting which makes the ādefaultā theme something less blac?
Hi Barry, thanks for stepping in to help, Iām still galavanting around Europe at the moment 
I like the black but maybe we can do a poll when I am back to see how the majority feels about it and take it from there.
Cheers from sunny Austria, Uki
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Good shout @Uki - Iām OK with it myself, but I did change to white and have seen plenty of others who have managed to do so, as well. Canāt please all of the people, etc. Enjoy Austria! Prost!
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Hi Barry,
Iām having more trouble than Somersetlemon1 trying to work out how to post a new topic, ā¦
Likewise after clicking on the Guzzi logo in top left ā¦ I canāt see any hint of a ānew Topicā thingy on the rhs ā¦ Iām also looking at a black background page ā¦ and have no idea how to change it to white background either ā¦! ā¦ Am I having a āsenior momentā ā¦ or just missing the obvious ??
ho hum ā¦
Any help appreciated,
Thanks.
HI @ISCO - black colours or white, the ā+ New Topicā button is in the same place as illustrated earlier, and reached the same way as described there. Canāt say any more than that, really, since that is what it is!
Donāt like the black theme? Click on your profile image at top right (your profile image is currently a Mustard-coloured circle with an āIā in it). Choose from the four icons that appear:
The one you want is the little āpersonā icon - hover your mouse over it and it will say āPreferencesā - click on that to get to the Preferences panel, then look for Interface, then Colour Scheme - and choose āWCAG Lightā then Save Changes
If youāre new to forums such as these, check out the āGuideā that @Webofficer provided a link to in the first post (top of page) in this thread.
Sorry I canāt provide a direct link for you.
edit: my instructions are as for a person using a web browser (as I am) - things may be slightly different on a phone or other device.
further edit: @WebOfficer - is it possible that ānewer membersā (less activity) do not have the āNew Topicā option by default?
Hi, how do you edit a post youāve created please? Trying to update the list of the Essex Branch meeting venueās and canāt figure out how to do it xx Thank you, love Evie
Hi @Evie - not sure which post you are referring to, but as a general rule, after a short period of time when āedits are allowedā (to make initial corrections, if necessary), forum posts then āset hardā and cannot be edited repeatedly, particularly so once other members have responded to that thread (this latter point being a key feature of most ādiscussion forumā software). This is essentially a discussion forum and the software is geared towards that usage.
If you are trying to frequently update an āevents listingā, it may be that youāll have to be creative in order to achieve that end within the limitations of this particular environment. One approach might be to post details for the upcoming meet only when they are confirmed and āset in stoneā, perhaps at the start of that month - but you might consider another method more appropriate to your own branch and member needs. Hope this helps.
Barry, I think the reason is that I have added a post to the thread here If I remove my post Evie might be able to edit her original post. But I think we have covered the venue change sufficiently in this and other threads. 
Perhaps. This is platform is, at the end of the day, a ādiscussion forumā and the software is focused to meet those needs. Sadly, this means that it may not be the ideal platform for sharing branch meet details and news, but there are other ways that those requirements might be met cheaply - for free*. Perhaps an issue to be raised at the AGM, but not one that I personally feel the need to raise: my perspective on what works and what might not will not be the same as the perceived needs from the āclub repā perspective. I might also be ignorant of āofficial clubā requirements in this respect.
*Example: if it were me, Iād perhaps be looking to create a free āweblogā site, using Wordpress or similar, which could be used to publish full listings of Branch events, share reports on past events and so on. But I freely admit that I offer that from a context of being familiar with the technology and āfinding it easyā. I recognise that others do not necessarly find it so easy, and am also aware that it might potentially move some āofficial clubā information into the public domain. Perhaps āthe clubā might be petitioned to create āsub-domainsā (of the main website) for each region, where the club reps can publish and maintain āregional infoā, but I have no idea, personally, whether that is achievable with the current set-up, or indeed desirable. Iām also aware that we currently lack a āweb officerā who presumably might champion such issues and oversee solutions.