It has been a while since I posted here, but I think it might be therapy for the stress of yesterday afternoon. Anyone who logged on last night will wonder what I am talking about as all was back to normal. But yesterday afternoon was full or error messages and timeouts. Very frustrating for you and us! [:'(]
I'm still to get the official verdict on what caused the problems (although it was something to do with the server) but I have to say the IS team did a great job in getting things moving again. If you were one of the people who did struggle to log in then sorry for the inconvenience. But I'm celebrating the fact that we managed to swing into action so quickly. Let's hope we can resolve any future problems in the same way.
Who has suddenly got the edit function that didn't have it before? Hands up, anyone who doesn't! 
The clever people have being doing their stuff and have written a new bit of code which we hoped would solve the edit button (or lack of) and avator (lack of) issues.
What I now need you to tell me is - has it worked?