660675 Mon Oct 19 08:39:37 -0700 2009 8 40 Technical Help 0 5114171 So twice with this thread I found and clicked on the place I was trying to link (with both the original post here: http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/660599#5114151 and a second reply just below) and neither time did the link take. Is this a new problem? I did a fast survey of the other topics and didn't see one (at least by title) that looked like it pertained to this issue. Mon Oct 19 08:39:37 -0700 2009 108169 Servorg 1 5114207 Okay, both posts links showed up 5 minutes or so after I made and posted them. I reported one of them to have the mod's take it down. Is this a "board synchronization" issue like we used to have where posts were showing up on our own MyChow page at one time and the board we were posting to a good 20 or 30 minutes after that? Mon Oct 19 08:50:31 -0700 2009 5114171 108169 Servorg 2 5116371 This is really nasty. Linking is difficult to do as it is, That drop down is really sensitive. So I know I've been checking to see if the link is there before I hit reply. For this record I saw the link. Hit reply and the link was gone. Because linking has been so hinky, I though maybe I was mistaken, so I did the second post to provide the link again. http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/660813#5115847 The OP replied and when I went back to see what was being responded to, both links appeared. Mon Oct 19 23:15:24 -0700 2009 5114207 10264 rworange 3 5116487 Just good to know that I'm not any crazier than usual...and that this phenomena is actually occurring... ;-D> Tue Oct 20 03:37:21 -0700 2009 5116371 108169 Servorg 1 5118129 Here's a related problem. (Apologies if it's come up elsewhere - I'm losing track of where all the places bugs are being discussed.) On a thread about a restaurant in Queens called Ming Chan Dong, I tried to link a record that I know exists (http://www.chow.com/restaurants/912686/ming-chan-dong). But it doesn't show up on the drop-down list. By the time I've typed "Ming Chan," or even "Ming C," the only choice left on the list is a place in the Bronx called Chin Ming Chan (see screen shot below). Tue Oct 20 14:37:24 -0700 2009 5114171 10496 squid kun 2 5118274 It may be related to this http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/657819 Response from Chow in that link "The problem is that the link to a place options are limited to 60 miles from SF, which we now see is far too small a radius, so we will alter that so that healdsburg and other SFBay Area places beyond 60 miles can be found. " While Ming Chan Dong doesn't show up in the drop down list for the Outer Bouroughs board, it does show up on the Manhattan board. So I'm guessing a similar parameter is incorrectly set. And BTW, when is the SF radius going to get reset. To this day I can't link to restaurants that are a significant part of Wine Country. Tue Oct 20 15:37:40 -0700 2009 5118129 10264 rworange 1 5134661 Another thread in which my carefully searched out link to a place didn't show up with the post: http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/662655 ADD: The link showed up a couple of minutes later after the main post showed. Tue Oct 27 10:18:38 -0700 2009 5114171 108169 Servorg 2 5134847 I have given up linking as it seems that is going to be gone this week. http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/662410 "The most significant change is that we are introducing auto-tagging and inline linking of restaurants within threads. So, for instance, if a user mentions “French Laundry” in a post, this text will link through to the French Laundry restaurant detail page. Users will be able to use the system choices, or else add/remove choices in a new “Manage Your Links” section (which will replace the current ‘Link to a Place’ tool. ), and users will still be able to ‘Mark as Review’ posts that are essentially reviews of a particular restaurant." Tue Oct 27 11:10:04 -0700 2009 5134661 10264 rworange 3 5134974 Fair enough (and thanks for the heads up on saving some time and energy, RWO). Tue Oct 27 11:44:35 -0700 2009 5134847 108169 Servorg