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:
Ira is among the earliest HB members, joining in 2007. He's been a regular contributor, giving great advice on repairs; his calm demeanor is also much appreciated! It may not be well known, but he's a moderator from way back in the BIX* bulletin board days. It's with great...
When I open up the notifications on dark mode, it is very hard for me to tell which notifications haven't been read yet. In light mode I can see the color difference pretty easily though. Maybe it's just my color perception though.
I noticed that pages were taking a long time to load tonight on H-B, but once DNS was resolved it was fine. Then I noticed that it affected other sites.
I checked my DNS servers on my router and I'm using CloudFlare's server as primary (1.1.1.1) which is billed as the fastest...
Some members have reported sluggish response times and Cloudflare 525 errors. It may be a temporary problem on their end, but as a precaution, I've enabled an attack mode option that will present visitors with a browser check warning before returning the requested page. You...
I've been unable to find any button or link to show only the threads to which I've previously contributed, or otherwise selected to watch. Does this forum have such a function?
I'm getting this error when I try to upload some images. The file appears to upload but then the progress bar freezes at the end of the upload, and then I get this:
There doesn't seem to be any pattern ... Android, PC, or Mac; Firefox, Chrome, and Safari - all give the same...
So I now have completed purchasing my espresso bar. And thankfully I made a great cup with this combination on my first try on the Lelit Bianca. I have not tried the robot yet. What a great forum.
Having ordered a Key grinder on IGG, I have been following the HB Weber threads for quite some time now. The moderators closed the thread twice after the Sprometheus's video and customer complaints. Even though I am not directly involved in the drama, I got a bit frustrated with...
I've noticed a big reduction in a lot of forum activity over the years, in HB and others, and started wondering if Facebook, IG, Discord has killed the forum.
I'm not sure if others feel the same, but was wondering if there was some publicly available data for how many users...
Well, I was sitting here surfing the forums and had an epiphany: this is the best forum I have been on. Then I said to myself, What makes it that way? :
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Minimal side banter: We talk about espresso or espresso accessories 99% of the time. The other 1%...
I use the Feedly RSS news reader to keep up with new posts on HB. I used to be able to click on a post in the RSS reader and it would take me to the correct post on HB. For the past few days, that no longer works, and I get an error message from HB like this:
