how do i bring up a keyboard on a mobile device while connected to the web server? I like the way yours looks on my ipad. On a PC I have no problems using a standard physical keyboard, but on a mobile device my synchronet is not showing a keyboard option so it is impossible to 'type' anything into the ansi window on the web page. I have a few users that asked me how to bring up a keyboard on the web browser on their mobile devices and I am in the same pickle. I like the way yours is laid out and it works well with my ipad and my amazon fire tablet. Is it a module I can download? Thank you in advance for your time. I like the electronic chicken!
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Re: quick question
By: ricky sutphin to echicken on Sat May 18 2024 03:33 pm

how do i bring up a keyboard on a mobile device while connected to the web server? I like the way yours looks on my ipad. On a PC I have no problems using a standard physical keyboard, but on a mobile device my synchronet is not showing a keyboard option so it is impossible to 'type' anything into the ansi window on the web page. I have a few users that asked me how to bring up a keyboard on the web browser on their mobile devices and I am in the same pickle. I like the way yours is laid out and it works well with my

if you're talking about his site specifically, it's menu > keyboard

he has a frame like thing there that makes you have to scroll down to use the keyboard which makes it difficult.

you can use https://my.ftelnet.ca/
to connect to any bbs you want without these restrictions.
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i like that one on ftelnet.ca a lot. how do i get my bbs to serve it up to users? is it a module i download and install in synchronet? I need something that lets web users on mobile be able to bring a keyboard like that so they and i can log into my bbs on mobile devices. thanks for replying to me by the way. have a good day!

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Re: quick question
By: Rixter to MRO on Sun May 19 2024 06:51 am

i like that one on ftelnet.ca a lot. how do i get my bbs to serve it up to users? is it a module i download and install in synchronet? I need something that lets web users on mobile be able to bring a keyboard like that so they and i can log into my bbs on mobile devices. thanks for replying to me by the way. have a good day!

fTelnet is the same web app included with Synchronet ecWeb, but you might be describing a different (newer) version. Ree/Manning is the author of fTelnet and you can often find him in the Synchronet support conferences (not this one) or the #synchronet channel at irc.synchro.net.
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Re: quick question
By: Rixter to MRO on Sun May 19 2024 06:51 am

i like that one on ftelnet.ca a lot. how do i get my bbs to serve it up to users? is it a module i download and install in synchronet? I need something that lets web users on mobile be able to bring a keyboard like that so they and i can log into my bbs on mobile devices. thanks for replying to me by the way. have a good day!

there isn't a 'module' but there's code you generate on the site that you can paste.

btw, visiting bbses on mobile devices really sucks. it's just usually
difficult to do.

They are better off using an android/ios app. there's been good android ones but
they are no longer usable because they were tied to specific bbs lists.

***make sure you quote every message you reply to.
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Re: quick question
By: Digital Man to Rixter on Sun May 19 2024 10:06 am

fTelnet is the same web app included with Synchronet ecWeb, but you might be describing a different (newer) version. Ree/Manning is the author of fTelnet and you can often find him in the Synchronet support conferences (not this one) or the #synchronet channel at irc.synchro.net.

on echicken's actual website it's hard to use the keyboard because it's boxed in and you have to scroll down.

I think that's what this guy is talking about.

https://i.imgur.com/wmnSvft.png
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Got it working. Thank you.

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Thank you

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Rob, Iooked on the Synchro Wiki yesterday to refresh my memory about what the icons below a post mean.
I remember what the ones that use the Greater than >
Or
Lesser than <
Character mean.
I just can't find my note the day You told me about all of them.
That "chain link" looking icon still confuses me as to it's purpose.
The Wiki results for icon didn't work out for me.
What does that symbol do? Thanks!
Ed
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The Capitol City Online BBS has a image similar to that on Chicken BBS.

I tapped the Menu button and an option list appeared so I tapped (IIRC) Connect and got to play with it some.

That Connect is different AND separate from Signing On to use the BBS
HTH
Ed
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Re: quick question
By: Rixter to Digital Man on Mon May 20 2024 10:09 pm

Got it working. Thank you.

Got *what* working?
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Re: quick question
By: Ed Vance to Digital Man on Tue May 21 2024 08:58 am

Rob, Iooked on the Synchro Wiki yesterday to refresh my memory about what the icons below a post mean.
I remember what the ones that use the Greater than >
Or
Lesser than <
Character mean.
I just can't find my note the day You told me about all of them.
That "chain link" looking icon still confuses me as to it's purpose.
The Wiki results for icon didn't work out for me.
What does that symbol do? Thanks!

This is the wrong conference for Synchronet questions.

You're asking an ecWeb question (the author is echicken), not a Synchronet question.
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This Is Spinal Tap quote #26:
David St. Hubbins: They were still booing him when we came on stage.
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So sorry to ask a question in the wrong echo
It just proves again that I am not a Mr Know It All.

Have no idea what conference it was where You posted earlier message where to help me.
This phone doesn't allow saving msgs as a REAL computer would.
Have to scribble notes and then can't find them
Back to lurking mode
Ed
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That Connect is different AND separate from Signing On to use the BBS

You actually can sign onto the BBS that way. You would be looking at the "terminal" version that one would see if they were to telnet to the board instead of the web version that you are currently using.

I was not sure if it would work on a phone or not but it sounds like maybe
you got it to work.

Mike


* SLMR 2.1a * Mistress: halfway between a mister and a mattress.
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Have no idea what conference it was where You posted earlier message where to help me.

I think you might want to ask the question in BBS'ing Forums -> Synchronet
BBS Software Forum.


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Re: quick question
By: Ed Vance to Digital Man on Wed May 22 2024 07:47 am

So sorry to ask a question in the wrong echo
It just proves again that I am not a Mr Know It All.

Have no idea what conference it was where You posted earlier message where to help me.
This phone doesn't allow saving msgs as a REAL computer would.
Have to scribble notes and then can't find them
Back to lurking mode

You asked about the ecWeb "forum" message reading inteface which has icons. Those icons have pop-up hover help. Using a computer, you'd hover your mouse over the icons to tell you what they do. On a phone, I don't know how you get that hover help to appear.
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Synchronet "Real Fact" #43:
Synchronet added Baja/PCMS support with v2.00a (1994)
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As far as I know I haven't used (or found) a Terminal on this Android phone.
I have played with the Terminal in Ubuntu Linux some.
After sending replies I will look to see if there is a Terminal App on this phone.
But You know how confused I have been trying to use Hyperterminal on XP.
This phone will do until I can get XP talking thru this phone and get back to my 'normal' procedure of getting QWK packets w/ FTP.
You already know what is normal to me.
Ed
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Thank You.
Ed
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Re: quick question
By: Ed Vance to MRO on Tue May 21 2024 09:10 am

The Capitol City Online BBS has a image similar to that on Chicken BBS.

I tapped the Menu button and an option list appeared so I tapped (IIRC) Connect and got to play with it some.

That Connect is different AND separate from Signing On to use the BBS
HTH
Ed

okay but you should probably be posting this in synchronet discussion, and those people bashing me in synchronet discussion should be posting in dovenet general
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Re: quick question
By: MRO to Rixter on Sun May 19 2024 02:14 pm

Re: quick question
By: Rixter to MRO on Sun May 19 2024 06:51 am

i like that one on ftelnet.ca a lot. how do i get my bbs to serve it up t > > users? is it a module i download and install in synchronet? I need someth > > that lets web users on mobile be able to bring a keyboard like that so th > > and i can log into my bbs on mobile devices. thanks for replying to me by > > the way. have a good day!

there isn't a 'module' but there's code you generate on the site that you ca > paste.

btw, visiting bbses on mobile devices really sucks. it's just usually difficult to do.

They are better off using an android/ios app. there's been good android one > but
they are no longer usable because they were tied to specific bbs lists.

***make sure you quote every message you reply to.

I found the key combo and it works just fine now. Have a great day MRO!
Rixter
telnet://ricksbbs.synchro.net:23
http://ricksbbs.synchro.net:8080
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Re: quick question
By: Rixter to MRO on Wed Jan 14 2026 07:20 am

By: MRO to Rixter on Sun May 19 2024 02:14 pm
I found the key combo and it works just fine now. Have a great day
MRO! Rixter telnet://ricksbbs.synchro.net:23

thanks, i have been waiting for this reply since 2024. i was getting
worried. something tells me i'm going to have trouble seeing your posts from now on so i addressed this to 'all'.
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