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Ali wrote:ericlnz wrote:"Submit a video selfie for facial age estimation"
What if you submit someone else's face?
The wording is misleading: it's a live look at you using either the phone or laptop camera, similar to when you set up a device for facial recognition.
I don’t feel misled by the wording, Ali! I think Eric is simply saying that it’s possible to point the camera at someone (or video footage of someone) purporting to be you. In order to perform proper verification you would have to involve a third party to confirm that the person shown in the video is the person it’s claimed to be, in much the same way as a photo submitted for a passport or a driving licence has to be countersigned to confirm that it displays a true likeness of the applicant.
ericlnz wrote:"Submit a video selfie for facial age estimation"
What if you submit someone else's face?
Quite so, Eric! Even without someone else’s cooperation you could spoof your identity with the aid of makeup or a mask.
Alan wrote:You don't need to see the WP file to answer "have you checked that the description is in both these locations" which, had I of known, would have been my answer to someone asking the question.
The whole point is that a problem often has multiple possible causes, so it’s a guessing game if you can’t see the WP file! Once we see the file, we’re in a position to point out that some information needs to be included in two places but is currently missing from one of them.
Alan wrote:As soon as I clicked the problem I think I've found it! Now updated text as required.
I’m pleased to hear that you worked out what you had to do, but what did you find? If you describe the solution here it may help other users.
Alan wrote:Unfortunately ChatGPT keeps telling me to look for things that aren't there :-)
ChatGPT isn’t a person, so it can’t run WebPlus. I fail to see how it could be equipped to provide anything more than very general answers to your real-world problems.
JAmedia wrote:I am sure the fanboys will make excuses for Canva just as MAGA still make excuses for Trump.
For your amusement, yesterday’s edition of The Borowitz Report:
Olympics Update: Trump Wins Gold in Downhill Presidency
Ali wrote:To be fair, Serif didn't make that decision. The Discord server has been set up by Canva.
You’re right, as usual! Since Serif is owned by Canva but seems to be semiautonomous, I find it hard to avoid conflating the two entities.
Ali wrote:The General Chat is not conducive to giving and receiving help, but the threaded resource and Ask the Community sections seem to work well enough. It's not the same as a forum, but my mindset is to try to make the best of what is there.
Thanks for the tip, Ali. I shall try to bear it in mind if I ever get past my aversion to the idea of using that particular platform.
JAmedia wrote:As the Editor of a non-fiction magazine we can't afford to have any suggestion of AI words or images.
As the sole editor (no initial capital required!) why do you refer to yourself as ‘we’? Just curious!
Ali wrote:I shall ignore this. Don't make anything personal, please.
JAmedia wrote:You didn't ignore it, you made a point of replying to it.
I wish I’d been on here an hour ago! It’s always fun to respond to comments like “I shall ignore this” with “Ignore what?” or some such.
Thank you, Chris. I’m always glad to see you here.
For what little it’s worth, I’ve never understood Serif’s Canva’s decision to use Discord for customer support. From what I’ve read, it’s primarily designed for gamers to chat to each other.
[Moderator note: I wish we had strikethrough as a text formatting option!]
Bad_Wolf wrote:Do I understand something wrong or is it a bug?
It looks like a bug to me, Chris, unless we’re both overlooking something.
Bad_Wolf wrote:However, in the second document when I delete all unused styles and then based cal_CalendarHeading and cal_Weekdays on the standard style Base. In Base I changed the font to poppins 12 pt.
In this document the inheritance is lost.
I have no explanation for this weird behaviour.
It sounds to me as though the inheritance is lost because you based other styles on the standard style as it existed at the time, and you then broke the connection by changing the base style (somewhat akin to using ‘Edit Detached’ on an object inherited from a Master Page in PagePlus).
Ali wrote:I think anyone troubleshooting this will need the file, not a picture.
What she said!
Thanks, Chris. Elaine Giles’ tutorials are always very watchable.
Ali wrote:The link doesn't work. Thanks for the information.
Thanks for letting me know, Ali. There’s a smiley in Patrick’s topic title, and I messed up while trying to accommodate it here.
https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index. … NewComment
Patrick Connor has posted the following announcement to the Serif Affinity Forums:
Patrick Connor wrote:
What's Happening?
From Thursday 12th February 2026 these Affinity forums will have a new look due to them being updated to the latest version 5.0.15
Why are you still updating these Closed Affinity Forums?
We wish to keep these forums visible to browse for as long as is practical, but they need to be secure. The underlying software and OS on the servers that these forums run on are no longer supported and need updating to later more secure versions. The forum software needs updating at the same time, as the current ver 4.x will not run once the server software is updated. So although these forums are still closed they will get a new look on 12th February 2026. At the same time we will be increasing the forum security and closing the ability for users to sign-in and modify their accounts.
[Faulty link removed]
APoster wrote:Reply : Each image name in the Index folder is bracketed with forward & back arrows (angle brackets). I could laboriously add that formating to each of the 191 filenames. But my keyboard doesn't have a Left "angle bracket" key. Here's a "right arrow (bracket) : >
Example image name : <img src="images/120px-Greek_letter_uppercase_Phi.svg.png" alt="120px-Greek_letter_uppercase_Phi" />
Do you see why I want to add the list of images automatically instead of individually and manually?
Thank you for the further explanation. The angle brackets are not directional arrows, which is why your reference to a ‘back arrow’ key confused me. It’s simply a left bracket (or, more generally, a ‘less than’ sign) which is usually found immediately to the left of the right bracket or ‘greater than’ sign on the keyboard.
If your hosting package includes support for a server-side scripting language such as PHP, iterating through the filenames to create the desired list automatically should be fairly straightforward.
There’s a comprehensive list of APub 2 (macOS) download links here:
https://store.serif.com/update/macos/publisher/2
Expand the ‘Previous versions’ section to look for the link that you need.
APoster wrote:Alfred wrote:Your ‘Contents of Index’ screenshot shows the text contained in the file ‘index.html’. It would be easier to work with the text rather than a screenshot of it, but I see that there’s a reference to ‘/public_html/gnomon’ near the end. Although the ‘BlueHost File Manager’ screenshot purports to show the contents of the ‘public_html’ folder, there’s no ‘gnomon’ subfolder listed there. That subfolder has been mentioned previously, but I still don’t know where it is.
I could copy & paste 191 filenames from BlueHost FileManager, but they wouldn't be in the prescribed format, which begins with a back arrow. My keyboard doesn't have a back arrow key, and the shortcuts I found on the net don't work.
I could edit the Index in BlueHost FileManager or in WinSCP. But I don't know how to do the formatting, such as the back arrow.
You only need to type (or copy and paste) the relevant filenames, as far as I can see. Why do you need back arrows unless you want to show us the structure of the folder instead of simply describing it?
APoster wrote:I don't know how to show you the Index Text except as a screenshot.
Highlight the text, copy it to the Windows clipboard, and then paste it into a forum post. Use the ‘quote’ button or the ‘code’ button (on the toolbar above the message composition area) to distinguish the selected text from the rest of your posted message.
APoster wrote:Here's a screenshot of the Images section of the Index_HTML. The full URL address for the Index is near the bottom.
The BlueHost tech added the three images shown, but left the rest up to me :
Gnomon subfolder is near the bottom of the list under Public_HTML
Partial list of Images
I don’t know what ‘<enformat@…> refers to, and I don’t see the full URL for ‘index.html’ anywhere.
Thanks, Gordon. Safe journey!
Spiderwebb wrote:Thanks for having me.
Thanks for joining us here, Phillip! I hope you have your DPX8 installation sorted out now.
Your ‘Contents of Index’ screenshot shows the text contained in the file ‘index.html’. It would be easier to work with the text rather than a screenshot of it, but I see that there’s a reference to ‘/public_html/gnomon’ near the end. Although the ‘BlueHost File Manager’ screenshot purports to show the contents of the ‘public_html’ folder, there’s no ‘gnomon’ subfolder listed there. That subfolder has been mentioned previously, but I still don’t know where it is.
The comment in the Images section reads:
<!— Replace filenames with your actual image filenames —>
but you’ve left placeholders for two nonexistent files (instead of removing them since you only have one image to list in that section).
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