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Contents 1 another ? about consumer forum 2 Consumer forum 3 Thanks 4 User Names Changed 5 Sorting search results 6 Thanks for the template instructions 7 HI, those copyright violation threads 8 done 9 Consumer Chat Q 10 suggestion 11 user name 12 Image on my profile page 13 Pubs 14 Is the TA clock off by 5 hours? 15 Changed user name

another ? about consumer forum

I understand that anyone viewing ALL discussions will see them. Is the intention then that anyone just viewing TAX or ACCOUNTING will not see them, and will only see them if viewing ALL: i.e. there will be no direct link to that forum? I suppose once someone views a Consumer Discussion question the category should let them know that it is a consumer question. Kevinh5

Consumer forum

We don't want to solicit consumer questions, and we don't need to make it easy for non-pros to get through the 'system', but how will Tax Pros know they are answering a consumer question if they aren't looking in a special forum? And if a non-pro doesn't bookmark his page, how will he find his discussion 3 days later? You know how some of us hate repeat questions. Kevinh5

Thanks

Tim,

Thanks for your hard work. We appreciate it.

These changes you made are very helpful. Thanks again.

TomTaocpa 20:26, 3 December 2008 (CST)

User Names Changed

In addition to Donniecastleman -> Donnie C, which we changed together, I have now made the following changes requested by users:

• Dhenrycpa -> Dhcpa
• BradAyres -> BradA
• Cbscbs@bellatlantic.net -> CBS
• Fredcampo -> FSC

Trillium 21:53, 3 December 2008 (CST)

Sorting search results

Hey Tim, since I know you're reading...and this has probably been asked before, but is there a way to sort the search results so that they're sorted by most recent POSTS and not by the thread date? And of course, if the most recent could be at the top instead of the bottom...but don't know what limits you have because of Wiki. Thanks, Jeff

Thanks for the template instructions

yes, Trillium and I have spent more time than we thought to do some preliminaries, but I can see that it is alredy improving people's attitudes. Kevinh5

HI, those copyright violation threads

were all part of the issue I had with Lance Wallach. I thought they were more spam than anything, but they had all been posted as appearing in various accounting trade journals. Kevinh5

done

..."guidelines" is much better. Thanks! Trillium

And thanks for the template suggestion, too (and the link clean-up). Are the internal links more efficient from a processing standpoint, or just part of a philosophy of keeping things (like code) clean? ...Trillium

Consumer Chat Q

Interesting - I'd thought you'd used that "start a new chat discussion" wording on purpose, to provide a subtle reinforcement that the consumer forum wasn't a source of free tax advice for consumers, but rather a place where their questions go when they're not appropriate elsewhere - after which "chats" about the questions might take place! I guess I read a lot into one extraneous word, didn't I? ...Trillium

The mouse-over balloons on the topics column of the main list page isn't very useful because the width of that column adjusts to fit all of that field's content. If the width were restricted the balloons would be useful and there would be more room for another column such as the forum in which a discussion was posted. The same could be done for the Creator and Last Poster columns. What do you think? -- Larry Hess, CPA | Albuquerque, NM

suggestion

Thanks for providing us an opporteunity to talk with other professionals. IS there anyway to include a spreadsheet in the field? It would make explaining some of the fact patterns much easier.

user name

I just registered and accidentally used a capital letter in my user name. My current user name is "Sasolin". I would like it changed to "sasolin". Thanks.

Image on my profile page

When I try to insert an image on my profile page I get this message:

Error creating thumbnail: sh: /usr/local/bin/convert: No such file or directory

But I am able to put the same image on my MY TALK page. Do you know why? -- Larry Hess, CPA | Albuquerque, NM

Pubs

As you probably figured out, I started at the bottom of the list and I'm working up. The ones that I didn't edit along the way were checked; they have appropriate (current) overviews and links. So - if you have somebody else work on this, too, maybe have them start from the top and work down. I'm just doing it on and off - when my workload is light and my mood is right. They'll probably beat me to the middle.

FYI, there have been a few so far that are no longer active pubs (discontinued/replaced). You indicated that it's important to maintain the pages since they are linked from the various intuit software programs, so I've simply noted that they're outdated, and provided links to the current info (if any).

Trillium

Is the TA clock off by 5 hours?

Take a look at the discussion Discussion:PAPERLESS_-_Does_the_IRS_require_taxpreparer_to_print_out_tax_return_copy_for_Taxpayer?. -- Larry Hess, CPA | Albuquerque, NM

hi i also used my email as my username- since so many other sites require it- I would like to change my user name from jgmcpa@pacbell.net to: JGMathis Ability to delete an account would be nice thanks Jim Mathis Jgmcpa@pacbell.net 00:03, 8 January 2009 (CST)

Changed user name

Hi, Tim - I took care of the request just above this post - changed user name to JGMathis. Trillium

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