How do I post a picture?

use www.imageshack.us and save the link.

Take a look at the picture, u copy the link of the first site after the picture

http://img366.imageshack.us/img366/2494/dfdf8jo.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Then when u copy the link, u paste it on the thread. Everytime you want to add another picture, u do the same technique and u press enter between the first and the second site

http://img460.imageshack.us/img460/585/dfdf4dq.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

another good photo host is www.photobucket.com

yeah it is but u have to sign up hehe, whatever pleases u

Nadini.. there are missing threads.. I was looking for AUB thread but did not find it.. currently there are < 100 threads in Lebanon page whereas it shows 170 as total for Lebanon on ME page.

I found the problem, go down and u will see this

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/1430/cvcv7lh.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

You need to set it to Beggining, there ya go tnxs for pointing it out, more clean up
for me hehe :)

Nadini has asked me to take her role until she comes back, what do you guys think?

agreed ... when is she supposed to b back in canada for school? and how does she plan on getting there?

where did she go

^^ She is seeking refuge in Damour, she got caught when Israel bombed the bridges and the Intl. Airport. It is very dangerous for her, and the rest of the Lebanese currently in Lebanon, to travel. She said she will give me her password since she trusts me, and that she will explain upon arrival as soon as possible.

agreed ... when is she supposed to b back in canada for school? and how does she plan on getting there?

She still has plenty of time, she starts september 8 I believe

I didnt know that. I sincerely hope she returns to Canada safely. Please keep us updated.

As for you taking her password, that is not allowed. Mods are assigned by Jan and no one else. As for the time being, rest of the ME mods can handle the forum in her absence.

^^ very well, she will be back shortly I hope. I am also worried about the Canadian that visited Lebanon for a marriage, any news about him?

has Canada even released how many Canadian Citizens are in leb? the Pentagon has, and its at 25,000 people .. so I imagine the Canadian number is probably bigger

I feel very sorry for her having to go through all of this. I wish her the best in getting back to Canada, she's been through so much already, she dosen't need to suffer anymore. Godspeed Nadini!

Nadini has asked me to take her role until she comes back, what do you guys think?

no problem.. wishing for her and everyone back home safety and peace.

I hope that she will be fine. Our prayers are with you and all of Lebanon. :grouphug:

i dont know who she is as i dont visit this part of the forum but i'm truly sorry for what she has to go through. good luck though.

my love to nadini... :)

xx

God with u Nadini and with all Lebanese.

you can also use www.tinypic.com

I would prefer to make restitution of (constitutional) monarchy for our Phoenician Queen ;)

When it comes to using Arabic on Lebanese forum, I'm not against it as far as there are separate threads for it. Maybe there are issues not dealing with skascrapers and some Lebanese prefer to use Arabic. If it's just internal Lebanese tittle-tattle, I don't need to participate in it (there are sometimes Hebrew threads on Israeli forum; almost 100% of threads on Polish and some other fora are in local languages, but most of these fora are quite big ones, so I don't think the situation is comparable). But yes, sometimes I'm gettin suspicious (maybe they are knocking me there in Hebrew/Arabic :sly: :lol: ).
I hope mixing English and French withing threads is acceptable. I can understand most of French, but I can write only in (my very own dialect of) English.

Nadini XOXO. I love u. Stay safe. BTW--Nadini you are one of the best looking people I've seen on this world. Seriously. God bless you! I am so sorry u have to go through this. Stay safe.

Or.... URL

To find URL, right click on the pick. Click on properties and copy the link. Then put it in between URL. No spaces. and IMG has to be in all caps.

For example: google.com/gif.happyhorse.

Hopefully his will help. :)

has Canada even released how many Canadian Citizens are in leb? the Pentagon has, and its at 25,000 people .. so I imagine the Canadian number is probably bigger
50,000 canadians in lebanon.

Hey guys, I've asked Jan to add a couple of new subforum in order to improve the organization of our Forum.

Thanks Nadini! you are awesome these new additions help out a lot!

yes,Nadini,Gr8 job.well done.

i appreciate the effort nadini, but i don't like the idea of the new subforums.

the site is already too slow, and it makes it a bit annoying to have to open all the subforums so we can check out 1 or 2 threads in each.
i think it's more comfortable to have as little subforums as possible.

^^ I see your point but its nice to have similar threads grouped together rather than having them all mixed up which confuses people and makes the forum look chaotic and unorganized. I especially like the Cedar News forum because what was happening before was that our cafe (which was supposed to be a fun place for random off-topic discussion) became a sad place all about news as a result of recent events in Lebanon.

Don't worry you will get use to it and eventually see why it is much better this way.

WOW!
Nadini...I really think Lebanese forumers are SOOOO lucky to have you as a mod.
You are truely amazing.

he actually wants to help the forum and its forumers...

this is what a true mod is, listen to the needs and wants of his/her forumers and act accordingly..

keep up the good ork:)

hehe tnxs guys
(Mants, i'm a female hehe)

:tyty: :cheer: Yeah Kristelle!
[Gioяgos] and Mants are asking in an indirect way to come as a mod to the Greek forum http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n292/giorgakis_2006/grinning-smiley-044.gif

:D
Its the truth!
Please Please Please be our Mod!! :lol:

To fix/change your Avitar:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/profile.php?do=editavatar

http://myweb.usf.edu/~delazhar/hiccup

posts and replies are showing up under two forums ... but if u click on the subforum itself, the post/reply is no where to be found. just me?:dunno:

^^ These are new sub-sub-forums (if that makes sense)...so for instance a new post in the Cedar News will also appear as a new post for the Cedar Cafe because the News is part of the Cafe. If you go to the cafe u will see that at the top there is a section for the News and you will have to click to go there... sorry this is so confusing...

well,u've to notice that the photo forum has a subforum which is called"lebanese cities and villages".and the cedar cafe forum has a cedar news subforum.
I don't have this problem.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh, ok got it! thanks beirut and hassoun, I wouldn't have figured that out at all on my own!

^^ Its okay its not your fault, its not that clear that they are sub-sub forums rather than sub-forums.

^^ lol SSC is the only place I've seen it done.... makes things neater imo and I'm supposed to be the tech support guy around here lol ;)

btw, why is my post count jumping around like crazy? My post count atm is the type of aircraft I fly ;) (I'm PREsuming that threads are being moved around etc..)

I have not gotten used to this system yet but maybe soon.

Question: What happen to the "Destruction in Lebanon" thread?

and to the Pierre El Khoury thread?

^^

The Destruction in Lebanon thread has been moved to the Picture forum:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=374229


The Pierre El Khoury thread can be found in the Architecture sub-forum.

A new sub forum has been added (Architecture, Infrastructure, and Urban Issues) because I think it would be a useful addition to this fast-growing forum. Please use the forum for any discussion relating to these topics and hopefully we can benefit greatly from it. That means anything about Lebanese architecture, the current need to rebuild the country's infrastructure, and any other urban-related issues that don't really fit anywhere else.

Enjoy!

Nice to see another forum! Very nice to see you have such a strong voice in SSC Nadini :)

^^?? whats that, lol thats Beirut! if you mistaken him to me

read the first post and thought you got it... oh well..... thank you Beirut! and Nadini with the assist :) (I'm assuming)

Gr8 job guys,it's so helpful :)

Hola guys
Ok well something went wrong on ssc and all comments and threads are mixed up. It is not only in the Lebanon forum, but also elsewhere as well. We need to fix them up and we need to be patient. So if you post things and you see them all over the place, dont worry. As for me and Beirut!.... WAKE UP... lol we need to fix the project sub-forum :bash: everything is mixed and is sticky. I will keep you guys updated.

Good luck :)
Bsor3a wleeeeee :P :D kiddin'

Who WLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA, 3ala' Bfarjeeeek

lol :D foote name halla2 w bas tfee2e fix the problem :D isn't too late now??

it is december 9th already...yuuhuu, christmas is almost coming

lol us_lukman Ur the first one that posted on this thread and i started it, how interesting
Hassoun, scott w wla lezem khales el projet

Hola guys
Ok well something went wrong on ssc and all comments and threads are mixed up. It is not only in the Lebanon forum, but also elsewhere as well. We need to fix them up and we need to be patient. So if you post things and you see them all over the place, dont worry. As for me and Beirut!.... WAKE UP... lol we need to fix the project sub-forum :bash: everything is mixed and is sticky. I will keep you guys updated.

lol, there's something in ur voice that implies ur stressed. :D


edit: And look at that, im above u!! :P

WOW december 9th :lol: .... FINALS ARE OVER!! WOOOOOOHOOOOOO!!!
lol even this thread is mixed around:nuts: hehehe :ohno:

lol @ lebgurl, if this keeps going on, things will be confusing!!! and I just WISH it was december 9 so all these projects and midterms go away!
@ gilgamesh, lol yes you are

This may be the new design of SSC forum. Better mixed up outlook.

This is WEIRD :D i love it when it's weird ;) :D

@ lebgurl - me too! No one's even mentioned midterms at my school so I'm kind of terrified and dreading finals!!

@ Nadini - Not only will midterms and projects be G-O-N-E, but no more application papers, no more studying for exams, no more reading 8-10 pages a night (even weekends) to study for a quiz on a chapter you haven't even read yet!!! And oh yeah, if it's Dec 9th, I'm a fully licensed pilot :D

@ Hassoun - Pretty funny eh? :)

hey grzes du kannst ja auch deutsch sprechen, cool. Nun sind wir in diesem forum zu dritt. super. :)

ssc mixed baby. Nice devleptment. Coooooooooool Nice game. reply and search.

This is really funny, from now until Dec. 9th your CP (Nadini and Hassoun) will say your last activity was on Dec. 9.

COOOOOOOOOOOOOL :D

hey grzes du kannst ja auch deutsch sprechen, cool. Nun sind wir in diesem forum zu dritt. super. :)

hehe danke! wo sind sie aus? :)

http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/6527/3wp5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

What happend - where is the bottom for the older threads. - I have that problem nearly in all the sections.

Libano,on the display options,,FROM ....Choose ' the beginning'instead of last month :)

mmm ok thanks but what could i do when i wont to open the middle section?

I DONNU :S sorry

thanks . problem fixed. :)

http://myweb.usf.edu/~delazhar/hiccup

posts and replies are showing up under two forums ... but if u click on the subforum itself, the post/reply is no where to be found. just me?:dunno:

Such a bimbo! :ohno: jk

PhotoBucket's great, it does all the coding for you and stuff, it's worth signing up:cheers:

i allways use Photo Bucket... Imageshake is hard to use

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Dear SSC Forumers,


As you may or may not have noticed, I am and will be "cleaning house" at the Projects sub-forum for the next few weeks, making threads more organized and presentable. This will require me to delete almost all off-topic (OT) and unnecessary posts within each thread, resulting in threads that are more focused and easy to follow for new visitors as well as the guests of the general public.

I urge all forumers to respect the new policy by refraining from making any OT or personal conversational posts, and try and make your postings of more substance and relevant to the topic at hand.

Please remember, our goal at this sub-forum is to provide a professional atmosphere to discuss, analyze, and update the progress of construction projects in Lebanon.

I hope you all help us continue to achieve this goal.


Thank you,

Beiruti

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^^ nope, working fine with me, sometimes during the days it takes FOREVER to upload and you just have to wait 15-30 min if not more.

#+++++++++++++++++++++

^^ don't seem to sure lol, if this help, I just uploaded a couple of pictures right now and it was fine.

+########################

** A few new rules : please make the Lebanese Cities and villages and the Projects thread a PURE picture thread ONLY.
Whenever someone posts a picture, please do not say great pic, thank you.. wonderful...etc... We already know
it's a great picture, that's why it is in the threads. However, if you have questions,
feel free to ask them. Also when you get a picture from any website or
any picture that is not one of yours, cite the owner of the photo by using ''courtesy of ...''.
SSSankkk you all and keep up the great work!
Remember I love you all but we are just trying to keep this professional, organized and clean for our
foreigners and hey, who knows, maybe our future investors :)

Please state and explain why, if anyone, doesn't feel comfortable with this rule

:(:(

then how will people know that we APPRECIATE the fact that they posted the pics?!

;)

they already know that we APPRECIATE every single picture they take/post in these thread. Maybe you can thank them when you ask them questions and/or when commenting about a specific detail of that tower/picture (ie. thank you for the picture Nouggy, the Marina Towers looks fabulous, but I dont think the Four Season Hotel will look great beside it)

This rule is convenient for many reasons Mahdi:
1) Not all of us have dsl/rogers high speed internet or whatever it is your country has. When lets say I post a picture of the Marina Tower, I leave and 10 minutes later I come back on again and see you have made a comment about it, and I opened the thread and all I see is: Thank you great picture. If I had dial up, you know how long it would take me to open the page, excited that someone posted a new picture, and when opened all I see is ''Thank you, Great Picture''??
2) It would be easier and quicker for us moderators to go on ssc every once in a while and do a quick check that everything is going fine in the threads and our sections.

I just want to remind everyone that signatures are to be no more than 3 lines and text should be no bigger than 3 font.

If you have not noticed already, I have been editing user signatures on my own that have not been the appropriate size. Please follow the guidelines and help us out!

Thanks

There are missed posts,i've just posted in 4 posts in the projects forum,and they r gone :S

it happend to me also ^^ I herd there unprofessional

There are missed posts,i've just posted in 4 posts in the projects forum,and they r gone :S


There are a lot more than four missing. If you havent noticed already, over 300 posts have been deleted in total from various project threads - in line with the new policy. As I stated weeks ago, I am in the process of "cleaning house" by deleting all OT and unsubstantial posts in each thread.



A reminder of Rule #8:

PLEASE keep the Projects threads focused and on topic. Please strictly post ONLY about the project the thread is about and ONLY post if you have something substantial to add to the thread. This means you can only post picture updates or regular updates, renderings, news articles about the project, etc. You can also ask questions and provide relevant information. DO NOT simply reply with one-line replies reflecting your personal views and again, there is no need for posting just for the sake of thanking those who post updates.

Another new sub-section has been added to our expanding forum!

This new section, "Development & Economic News" should serve as a place to discuss all issues related to development and the economy, construction projects, etc... the PROJECTS section shall remain ONLY for threads about specific individual projects.


Enjoy!

To All Members and Guests

Please note that during the last two days, the forum is being 'attacked' by a newcomer who constantly is getting banned and registering with a new username. He is a troll.

BE CAREFUL He is using the same usernames our members have with a slight difference in the spelling or punctuation. Moreover, he is posting uncivilised remarks and statements nearly in every thread in the forum.

Hopefully we solve this problem soon.

With the help of other SSC moderators and administrators we have been able to ban this user multiple times and delete/prune all of his posts and threads. It seems now the situation is under control and sorry for any inconvenience.

This guy really was annoying, but thank you mods for taking care of this, Good to see good people at the helm of this forum.

The admin team can ban this individual's IP address and email account(s)... vBulletin is defiantly sophisticated enough to handle that... I mean the forum I co-admin can do it and their software is not as sophisticated as this one... As this individual has become a giant pain in the ass for the ME section there should be an IP block put on him...

Also I would like to apologise if it seems that I inflamed this individual, I assure you my comments directed at him had honest intentions and not to add fodder for him to use.

apparently we all inflammed him .. we were tryin to b nice to him and somewhere along the line we all became the enemies

I just wanna thank Mods for Banning that annoying spammer.

Im gonna ask you guys if you see any suspicious comments or threats towards Beirut!, Myself or anyone in this forum elsewhere then the Lebanese forum to quickly send a PM to ALL three of us (Nadini, Naregkar AND Beirut!). Thank you my little cookie monsters and this will be dealt soon enough.

what a nuisance...

EMAIL the SSC-Lebanon Moderators!


We have decided to set up a new email account to provide a way for non-SSC members (guests) to contact the moderators of this forum with any inquiries. Also, if you are a member that is encountering difficulty with the site and have no other way of reaching us, now you can send us an email.


SSCLebanon@gmail.com


For the rest of you (members), please continue to use the PM (Private Message) method of contacting us.

Just an FYI, for many reasons we have decided to remove the Cedar News sub-section of the Cedar Cafe sub-forum. Many of the threads that were in that section have either been merged with others, moved to other sub-forums, or deleted.

For those of you that have been wondering, since most of the moved threads have been moved to the Cafe, many of our post-counts have dropped (since posts in the Cafe dont contribute to post count while they did - for some reason - in the News section).

If you have any question/comments please post them here.

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE "GO CREATE THREAD"???

^^

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=463493


Make sure you all adjust your settings so you can view ALL threads "from the beginning" and not just the most recently updated ones.

Does anyone know what happened to the Search functionality? I can go there whenever I do a search on anything, I don't come up with any results. I have tried searching the post headers, the entire post, the entire forum, lower case to upper case but nothing.
Any ideas or suggestions as to why this is?

Thanks,

^^ Unfortunately, SSC had disabled the feature for the whole forum because it really slows down the site.

^^ Unfortunately, SSC had disabled the feature for the whole forum because it really slows down the site.

Ah that's too bad...Thanx for the reply!

Where would pictures of beiteddine go?

^^would go to Beitiddine Thread in Lebanese cities and Villages Section

^^ lol that makes sense .. thanks didnt see the thread

what's a "sticky"?

^^ a sticky is when you make a thread stay at the top of forum

what's a "sticky"?


For a thread to be made a sticky it usually needs to be an important thread with a "timeless" general topic so it can always be viewed/found even if it hasnt been active.

The threads in the Lebanese Cities and Villages forum are all sticky threads so that all are always visable (depending on one's personal settings only recent threads are visable normally).

^^Thx Beirut! and Aliya

We used to have a thread about the events going on in Beirut and the country,what happened to that thread??

^^ I dont recall a specific thread, but if you have a major event you want to post about that doesnt fit anywhere else, just create a new thread for it in the Cafe.

How do i post a youtube video?

you post the part of the url following v= inside of

[youtube] [/youtube_] (without the last underscore)

How do a thread become sticky? Is there a way i can do it?

^^ No, only moderators can make a thread sticky.

The threads in the Lebanese Cities and Villages forum are all sticky threads so that all are always visable

I made a new thread in the Lebanese Cities and Villages forum and it's not sticky yet :)

^^ I just did it for you

^^Thanks! btw, what happened to the Beirut thread? Did you put all the three parts together?

^^ yes it was all merged after the forum changed the rule of the 500 limit posts per thread. Before we weren't able to post more than 500 post, now they changed it.

How come we don't have a thread about Jeita?? It's a major touristic attraction!

^^ we do I made one , wayyy back

How come we don't have a thread about Jeita?? It's a major touristic attraction!

I guess you can say there's not a lot of pictures since when can't take a camera in the grottos, that's why its not listed in the Lebanese Villages section

^^ i just found it , its in the picture section

There is a problem, the time showing when we post is wrong, furthermore, it showing recent posts before the previously posted ones! :nuts:

+ it keeps on logging me off :mad:

^^ Same here:ohno:

Same Problem :S

SSC is having some problems, i though i was going crazy or something. phew!
im not the only one :D

everything is up and running guys

why was my post deleted about that shams building ? I can if its Ugly

^^ I wasnt the one who deleted it, but its pretty understandable why it was...

I advise you to review the Lebanon Forum Rules (particularly rule #8).

Can I open a poll "WITH or AGAINST the destruction of St. Georges hotel?" ?

^^ I dont see the point, since demolition of the hotel is not even a possibility in reality.

It would be wise to start a poll that is relevant, about a real current issue, not about something hypothetical and especially not about a touchy subject that could only lead to debate.

If you want to discuss demolition, you can do that in the regular thread and ask what people think.

^^OK

i know a lot of people whose properties have been destroyed by solidere without their consent and without even compensation...it's quite sad

^^ Let's please keep this thread specifically about the forum itself and not about specific topics. There is a thread about Solidere already if you want to discuss this issue there.

Thanks

Personally, I think we have a lot of sticky threads in the Cedar Café section.

^^ two are HOPEFULLY temporary only.... if I remember correctly, the youtube thread was once a sticky and that was a good decision imo to let it come and go with demand.

Personally, I think we have a lot of sticky threads in the Cedar Café section.

I agree, but there are just so many threads that deserve the "sticky" status.

I am really disappointed, my comments are being deleted with no reason...

^^ In which threads?

^^In the Beirut Corniche to get a facelift thread.
All I wrote is 'Amazing' after Nadini's post dated Nov 11. it got erased twice then I typed '...' and it is still there.

Thank you Nadini, at least you can give me an explanation!
One more action against my posts and I am out of this forum. I will also delete all the 500 pictures I posted so far...

^^ go read rule 8 of the forum then come argue. And your pictures are saved no matter what you do with them, so don't even bother.

Rule # 8 applies to Lebanese cities & villages & Projects threads only. I don't see it applied anywhere else. And by the way, my pictures are save on ImageShak, I can delete them anytime.
Thank you for you kindness...

^^ Please, we dont want any forumer to be upset to the point of quitting the forum and taking such drastic measures. There is no need for that. The bottom line is that the moderators reserve the right to delete any post/thread they want. And the forumers should trust that their mods are doing the right thing for the embetterment of the forum.

Although rule #8 is specified for certain sub-forums, if a moderator feels this rule should be applied to certain threads, he/she's decision should be respected.

Please dont take it personal, Nadini was only doing what she felt she needed to and believe me you are not the only one who has had similar posts deleted.

^^I read your post Beiruti Thank you for the clarification.

^^ Just know that we all appreciate all the time and effort you put into this forum. I will be the first to admit that the rules we put in place havent been followed 100% as they should be, but we are trying. Most, rather almost all, forums on SSC dont even post forum rules like Nadini and I took the time to do. Most mods take all sorts of action without any explanation.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=16414556&postcount=30

S.O.S.

^^ done, you can't do that in the advance options? Everyone should have that

well, for some reason i finally decided to organize last summer's photos. i want to upload a few. 176 of them. :) whats the best way to do it? i tried using photobucket but they wont let me use the "bulk uploader" (i think coz i'm using a :puke:mac) which means i'm gonna have to upload 20 at a time, which means i cant just put them all on, leave, and come back like an hour later. and i cant be arsed sitting in front of the computer uploading photos. what else can i use? tinypics? image shack? my internet speed is 500somthing kbits.(512 i think)

^^The best way is to use photobucket. Even if you have to upload 20 photos a time, it's not a problem. My internet speed is 256kbits and it took me less than 10 minutes to upload 13 photos using photobucket. But it also depends on the size of your photos.

^^ I agree, it is the easiest to use in my opinion..

Cant wait to see the pics!

lol...suspense...
ok i'll start doin it the hard torturous way then...:(

my comments are being deleted with no reason...

Mine too...

Just an F.Y.I., as you all can see I have changed my user name from Beirut! to Beiruti - this is in order to prevent confusion between my name and the actual city.

...

sorry but isnt the banner not supposed to have writing on it ?

^^ That is true, and Jan is highly opposed to this.

But nevertheless, some banners slip through with writing...

i thougt so
i mean "visit indonisia 2008" come on

^^We should make a "Visit Lebanon 2008" :lol:

Mods, can I know why Hassoun's comment and mine have been deleted from the "Douma" thread?!?!?!

^^ "8. Please keep the Lebanese Cities and Villages threads PURE picture-threads ONLY" that's the "rool" but i thing discussions and news about the 'village' is a good thing ......:donnu:

but i think discussions and news about the 'village' is a good thing ......:donnu:

Yes, it's a very good idea and we encourage discussions of substance and relevance. Many people are interested in the cities, towns, and villages of Lebanon, and so asking questions and providing interesting information is great.

However, we discourage and will delete simple comments that contribute nothing and only state the obvious (ex. "wow, nice pic!" "I love the scenery!" etc). Remember, these are PHOTO threads.

More importantly, for those of you who care so much about "Post Count" and even celebrate reaching a high number of posts, I just have this to say: quality NOT quantity.

^^Okay, but this is also a FORUM, and usually FORUM=DISCUSSION. enno, when you take all of this time to find the town, the pics, the info, edit the pics, resize them, upload them, post them...come on ya3né, this isn't a website...bass ma3lè, let's respect the rules...

^^ Exactly. It is a forum, not a chat room.

HELppppppppppppp
i keep getting notification emails and i can see anything here.........

wait........... those emails r way old .........................???

^^ yes houssam I got some from Skyscraper as well requesting a few changes 2-3 weeks ago and I've just received them, just disregard it if everything is working fine now

^^ yes it's fine now thanx ...but i got like a 150 old emails really

in the Cities/Towns/Village sub forum ... is it nessary that all Villages become a sticky?
why not just make the main cities a Sticky

^^ because if we dont make it a sticky thread it will become old and will not appear anymore, this way the threads will always be there no matter how long we havent posted in them

...

^^ yes..

...

...

^^ The problems with the forum today have been experienced by all of us but thankfully should be fixed by now. There was a major server problem but it has now been repaired.

guys...WHAT'S GOING ON?!?!?! Am I the only one to have this??? Nothing is moving...I can't see the threads where there's smthg new...I can't see who's online...HELP!!!!All our base belonged to you!!! :lol:

What's the difference between SkyscraperCity and SkyscraperPage??

^^ In a nutshell...they are similar in theme but just owned and operated by different people. One of the main differences, although not intended, is that SSP is considered to be more focused on the U.S. and North America, whereas SSC is more international. Also, although SSP was created before SSC, SSC has vastly more forumers and more activity. SkyscraperLife (SSL) is the newest and they actually have a Lebanon sub-forum. However, SSL is not very active and Lebanese forumers tend to use it as a back-up in case SSC goes off-line. I encourage everyone to visit those sites occasionally just to keep the Lebanon threads bumped up.

^^Thanks a lot!!!

Mods, please change this thread (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=513517)'s title to UNDER C.

^^ All set!

Can mods see invisible forumers? :P

^^ yes

I am suggessting opening a sub-forum for what new businesses are open in Lebanon. Anything from clothing stores, Clubs, Restaurants, Cafe's. BCD has been a host for many international stores and still new places are opening. I have seen similar things done for cities. This is not very easy because many of the members including myself live abroad.

This is just a suggesstion and I would like to know your opion about it. Anyone for it.

^^Good Idea but it doesn't deserve a sub-forum,maybe u meant a THREAD???

^^ A sticky thread would be just fine... an entire sub-forum is certainly not necessary nor is it appropriate for a forum that is focused on construction, projects, and photos.

Why is the Lebanese Cities and Village a sub-categorie of the PhotoForum and not a subforum for its own?

^^ Because it is also for picture threads, therefore a sub-section among photo threads.

I'm re-uploading my photos with photobucket. Last time I uploaded with it, some of you were unable to see them, so I anyone has a problem with viewing them just tell me.

In my opinion, Photobucket is much faster and easier to use.

Everyone just please be patient if you are experiencing any technical difficulties today...the forum is now running on 3 servers in order to make the forum faster (so that is why there has been downtime while they were working on this). They are in the process of cleaning up the glitches here and there (such as disappearing posts, unable to edit posts, sent PMs that never get sent, etc.).

What's wrong with some of the threads? Can't reads the last post :S

^^ Yeah, but you can see the author of the last post and when you are trying to post again, your last post miraculously is visible on the history stack :nuts:
Now the problems seems to be fixed, as I can see lastly posted ones, but my post on the LGBT thread is still invisible to me (I wonder if anyone else can read it or see it on the history stack) :crazy2:

^^I can't see it too,also Beiruti's last post in the projects thread :S

OK, I reposted them, but I guess they will be properly displayed in some time, as they are well visible in the history stack, so it'll need only minor database/scripts trigging.

im receiving notification emails but nothing appears highlighted here :(

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it's mad not slow :nuts:

im receiving notification emails but nothing appears highlighted here :(It's what Beiruti has said few posts ago. "A little pain to feel better in the future" ;)

hey guys,
How and who can we ask to have a picture from Beirut in the top Banner of skyscrapercity on the top of the page,
like today Istanbul...

(forgive me if this is a stupid question or if it already has been asked a zillion times :) )

^^ No its not a stupid question at all...but it is interesting that you ask when we are currently in the midst of selecting one for Lebanon that will be up on May 14th to commemorate the 2nd anniversary of this sub-forum. These are called banners and we have a whole thread where people submit Lebanon banners for consideration. Usually we have about 2-3 days a year where Lebanon is featured (and we always have one for Nov 22 Independence Day).

thank you!

SSC has been experiencing technical difficulties yet again today and so some post might not be showing up, etc... just be patient and hopefully it should be fixed soon!

Why was post#863 edited in the Chat thread?

^^ The image you posted was not showing so I tried to see if something was wrong with the url. Nothing was changed with the text of the post.

^^oh ok source wasn't working , anyway its fixed.

Their's something really wrong with this forum ... im i the only one having prob. ??

Why can't we see who's online anymore?

And what's with the "tags"?

^^ Dont worry, the "who's online" feature is only temporary turned off while they upgrade the site.

^^ And the Tags??

^^ Tags are the same as tags you seen on other websites... like for youtube videos, news articles, etc. They are keywords that relate to the topic of the thread. That way you can click on the tag and it will show you a list of all threads on SSC with the same tag. All these new features are part of the upgrade.

its annoying when someone posts an arabic artcle... with out some English sum ups

Just an FYI, I will be leaving to Lebanon today and so will be away from the forum for a few days (until I get my internet access set up in Lebanon).

Nadini will still be here to moderate but to make things easier I ask everyone to please continue to follow the forum rules and try to avoid things like posting in the wrong threads, double posts, etc.

I will check back in from Lebanon when I can...

its annoying when someone posts an arabic artcle... with out some English sum ups

jayme habibe we do talk arabic in lebanon :speech:
anyway
very nice forum

jayme habibe we do talk arabic in lebanon :speech:
anyway
very nice forum

yea, but many people, particularly immigrants, lose that. i speak arabic perfectly but find it daunting to read!

^^ forgive me, but if you're gonna complain about how you prefer english over arabic because you forgot the arabic language, at the very least use proper english ... you're an emigrant, not an immigrant! :bash:

Speaking for myself - I was born in the states and do not speak Arabic (only the important words):) I like the site because it is an English website...as such i would like if the users will help people like me by summarizing things posted in arabic...I love Lebanon and want all the information i can get on it.:)

I can speak it.. arabic not 100% i studer when I speak Arabic... My Aussie accent is heavy Ive been told
reading Arabic is a big no no. I do know the letters when I see them.

jayme habibe we do talk arabic in lebanon :speech:
anyway
very nice forum


The point is that this forum is not just for Lebanese, but all people around the world who are interested in Lebanon. That is why we have a policy that everything be in English (most understood language globally) and if an article is posted in Arabic, that at least an English summary be provided.

the who is online is back!

and it is off again..

^^ As soon as it was brought back, the forum started having major problems...so it failed the test and now the feature is gone again.

- SMS language should be forbidden in all sections except the Cedar Café.

- There should be a limit of 50 photos per page so it can be loaded faster.

^^ I agree with both rules. You can also lower the amount of posts per page in your CP settings.

I DO know the rules, but again, this is a Lebanese Forum, arabic articles shouldn't be a problem. Besides, this is the first time a moderator interfere in this issue: many arabic articles were posted before in the forum and moderators didn't say anything; and if they did, they never said "or your post will be deleted".

it got annoying when they were not translated ! I copied paste that rule when someone would not translate ! not all of us grew up in Lebanon or in the Middle East, plus this is an international forum, maybe people from other threads what to read.

I know the fourm rules Nadini =D

^^Wouldn't it have been easier if you just copy pasted the article in google translator?

It dosent translate very good, I do that sometimes the wording is crap.

^^I DO know the rules, but again, this is a Lebanese Forum, arabic articles shouldn't be a problem. Besides, this is the first time a moderator interfere in this issue: many arabic articles were posted before in the forum and moderators didn't say anything; and if they did, they never said "or your post will be deleted".

There's a first time for everything. Anyway, I mentioned this several times before in other threads. Many of our readers, especially loyal forumers (like Jayme) shouldnt have to copy&paste anything just to read what is posted. The poster himself should make that effort instead. We have Asians, Africans, Europeans, Americans, Israelis, Persians, etc. all reading our forum and we should be accepting to everyone and not make our forum exclusive.

I have brigged (temporary ban) Hawa Beirut for his sectarian and offensive remarks made in the Israeli forum and elsewhere.

There's a first time for everything. Anyway, I mentioned this several times before in other threads. Many of our readers, especially loyal forumers (like Jayme) shouldnt have to copy&paste anything just to read what is posted. The poster himself should make that effort instead. We have Asians, Africans, Europeans, Americans, Israelis, Persians, etc. all reading our forum and we should be accepting to everyone and not make our forum exclusive.

honestly how much time do you think people have to spend on a forum everyday?
when and if someone reads an article in arabic and shares it with people here, it s b/c they think the info in the article is worth sharing but they don t have an hour to translate it before posting it
if 75% of the people can read arabic, it should be up to the remaining 25% to make the effort and not the other way.
You think other countries' forums like Poland, france, germany also force the forumers to only write in english?

^^ You must provide an English translation or your post will be deleted.

I wonder why you are the only moderator in SSC who introduced such law. Please check all other threads with different languages, specially European & Latin

I wonder why you are the only moderator in SSC who introduced such law. Please check all other threads with different languages, specially European & Latin

our mod is american-lebanese,maybe he doesn't know arabic :bash:

What does Moderator means?
what's his job?
how is he assigned?

lol at " Law" its a rule. I think its better to have english everyone can be a part of the discussions. This rule has never been an issue, it was put in when the Lebanese forum was born way back in 06 everyone agreed with them.


Rabih, a mod who is someone that looks after the fourm he/she is in charge of i.e Beiruti and Nadini. they make sure everything is good and orgainised no one is trolling around and other stuff....

they were they voted to be mods by us when when the Lebanese fourm was created.

^^we should make a new elections since many of the forumers here r fresh,they didn't participate in the previous elections
When does their term ends anyway? :D

How are we supposed to have a democratic system and vote for a moderator without knowing his/her religion? :gaah:

**Dark Lebanese Humor :righton:

What does Moderator means?
what's his job?
how is he assigned?

Here is one example of something we do as moderators: I just moved your post along with several others out of the Lebanese Politics thread and into this thread, since the topic has nothing to do with politics but is rather about the forum. We do this frequently, usually without many of you even noticing, in order to keep the forum organized by keeping each thread on-topic.

It is our job to ensure that everything is going according to the rules and we are constantly cleaning up threads by editing/deleting/merging/copying/etc posts. Also, when a forumer breaks the rules in a severe way, i.e. harassment of other forumers or "trolling", we take serious action by issuing infractions and/or banning. There are also many other responsibilities...

Nadini and I were both nominated and received the top 2 number of votes for the position. The results were then sent to the Administrators in order to make us mods. Ultimately it is the Administrators' decision and we cannot just have an "election" and grant someone a mod. The only thing we can do is vote in a poll and show the results to the Admins as a recommendation for who we would like to be a mod.

honestly how much time do you think people have to spend on a forum everyday?
when and if someone reads an article in arabic and shares it with people here, it s b/c they think the info in the article is worth sharing but they don t have an hour to translate it before posting it
if 75% of the people can read arabic, it should be up to the remaining 25% to make the effort and not the other way.
You think other countries' forums like Poland, france, germany also force the forumers to only write in english?

It is all about making our forum the most accessible country forum on SSC. When you take the time to post something dont you want the most possibe number of people reading it? Or just the few that read Arabic?
I would love to visit the Latin forums or the Polish forums, but I dont understand the language and therefore am unable to. In contrast, we have Latin and Polish forumers who visit the Lebanon forum and participate in discussions. If we only (or mostly) used Arabic, we would be limiting our audience.
But more importantly, some of our very own Lebanese forumers are unable to read Arabic, or cannot easily read Arabic, and this makes their experience difficult. We arent asking that you provide a perfect word-for-word translation, but just a simple summary so everyone can be able to follow along.

^^we should make a new elections since many of the forumers here r fresh,they didn't participate in the previous elections
When does their term ends anyway? :D

I predicted you will make say something like that. The term never ends
what for have a change , who else will be a better mod ?
you..... ?

Thanks Beiruti for the info..
And may I say the term "Moderator" sounds very cool
I wish it was used in politics, so instead of having i.e. Minister of Interior and Prime Minister we'll have Interior Moderator and Prime Moderator :D

LMAO @ prime moderator!!!! Good one Rabih Alt!
As for the moderators we have, I think they are doing a great job keeping this place tidy and under control!
As for the arabic translation, We need it not only for foreigners, but for the fact that 20 million Lebanese live outside Lebanon and most of them don't know a word of written arabic!!! We are NOT like any other forum from any other country because no country Except maybe for Israel have that high of a ratio of descendents that live in other countries! So for all those people who want a forum in arabic and don't want to translate, go start your own! We will visit and write only in arabic so no one else would understand except for us! Heik bi sir fineh 2oul addeh bheb kam chakhess mawjoudin baynetna bala ma bahdil haleh w jensiteh (sarcasm)... :colgate::colgate::colgate:

20 Million ... !!!!!! I thiink your going a bit over bord there. Its between 12- 15 Million expats outside of Lebanon.

of Lebanese descent... more than 20 actually, there are between 5 and 9 million in Brazil alone! around 1 million in north america without Mexico which has in the million and more also! So we should be around the 20 millions... Let's start a project! count all the Lebanese in the world! Wonder how much money it would cost to do such a thing.... hum... :lol:

By the way Beiruti, If you can move and organize posts then you must have alot more buttons than we do...
Can you just add a "Browse" "Upload" option? so that we don't need to upload images on other websites then paste them here

(disregard if this sounds dumb :))

The term never ends
what for have a change , who else will be a better mod ?
you..... ?
i thought u had a little taste of democracy melbourian :D
me no i'm not a candidate cuz i don't have the time nor the will actually
but i'm sure we have a lot of fair candidates :cheers: