The stuff you need to know first

Renewing this site

Admin — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 17:57:28 GMT

Hi folks! I hadn't forgotten! I know the site needs to be renewed in February and I'm in the process of doing so. Just as soon as I can remember my login details!

Please remember the site never actually disappears, you will ALWAYS find it up and running here: clooneysopenhouse.forumotion.com

(That's the free hosted version; I have to pay to use a shorter URL for the site, which is what I'm renewing now)

Adding GIFs and emojis

Admin — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 08:55:58 GMT

You didn't ask for it [or if you did, I didn't hear about it] but you've got it anyway: more emojis AND now the ability to add GIFs to your posts. When making a post, take a look at the editing ribbon and you'll see two buttons for adding emojis (one is the selection we've always had on this site, and the other is a standard selection of emojis). You'll also see a button with 'GIF' on it, which - unsurprisingly - will insert a GIF into your post.

Renewing Clooneys Open House website

Admin — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 17:53:25 GMT

Sorry everyone - my old laptop finally died and I had no idea how to get back into this site. I'm working on getting the usual address renewed again. Bear with!

Katie

Birthday

Irina — Fri, 06 May 2022 16:31:23 GMT

Dear George!!!!
Happy birthday to you! From all my heart. I wish you to have a good health, to be happy, to have good friends next to you and that all your dreams to become true!!!!
Also open doors and new projects!!!
Irina from Russia

Possible change to this website's address

Admin — Sun, 23 Jan 2022 20:13:11 GMT

hi everyone Just to let you know that I'm in the process of renewing this site again. Just in case it doesn't go smoothly, remember that this site ALWAYS exists at this web address: http://clooneysopenhouse.forumotion.com thanks Katie

A little housekeeping

Admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2021 21:38:45 GMT

Hi folks, I've updated the site a little. I've retired two sub-forums that no one seemed to be using (Clooney-Qs and Games). If anyone has a hankering for either to be brought back to life, just let me know and I can do so. I've also tweaked the mobile version so that you should now be able to see 'latest topics', 'most active topics', 'most viewed topics' and 'new topics' at the bottom of the home page. Hope that helps make navigating on mobile and tablet a bit easier and means everyone's ...

Congratulations to us! We're 10 years old today!!!!

Admin — Sun, 13 Dec 2020 03:57:13 GMT

Time to pop open the champagne - or tequila if you prefer - and raise a glass or two, or heck, the whole bottle, to us George Clooney fans! This site is 10 years old today. And what a blast it's been!

Want to share some of your favourite memories of the decade? Go on . . .

Trying out something new on the home page

Admin — Sat, 17 Oct 2020 17:45:35 GMT

Hi all Not sure how many of you visit the home page (as opposed to going directly to the forum page) but if you do, I'm going to try to do a weekly summary of all the things we've been talking about in the forum that week. Would like to know your thoughts on it. My thinking goes like this: I usually only put what I consider 'proper news' stories on the home page; sightings of George and so on. The idea being that a casual George fan would then see all the stuff he's been up to on the home ...

Clooney's Open House 10th Anniversary in December!

Admin — Wed, 07 Oct 2020 16:47:13 GMT

Just a heads-up that we'll be celebrating 10 years of being online on 5th December 2020!! Can't quite believe it's flown by so quickly. I know we still have four months to go, but as time runs on so quickly, any thoughts on how we could celebrate?

Moving to secure internet address

Admin — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 11:00:20 GMT

Hi folks We'll be moving this forum over to a secure internet address (the one that begins with https://). There's nothing you need to do, and I believe your bookmarked pages will update. In case for any reason it doesn't work out well, you can always find me on facebook and twitter: https://twitter.com/ClooneysOpenHse https://www.facebook.com/clooneysopenhouse/ And of course this site should be: https://www.clooneysopenhouse.com

Technical questions

Admin — Tue, 05 Mar 2019 11:03:05 GMT

We're just figuring this out, too. If you have any problems, or questions about how to do something, post it here and let's see if we can work our a solution.

Admin — Mon, 26 Mar 2018 13:27:24 GMT

Hi folks

Katie here again. Not sure how many of you received a newsletter from Clooney's Open House? That's an auto-generated feature thingy. Took me quite by surprise!

If you don't like it, you can opt out by editing your profile. If loads of you really hate it, I think I can shut it down completely.

Let me know.

Clooney's Open House on mobile

Admin — Fri, 23 Feb 2018 06:20:06 GMT

Hi everyone According to the people who make the forum, they've created an app that'll make reading your favourite Clooney fan site (ahem) on mobile devices a lot better. I haven't tried it myself so no idea if it works or not. This is what they've got to say about it: Topic'it : the mobile application of our forum is now available on the AppleStore and the Google PlayStore Topic'it, is the newest mobile application from Forumotion that allows you to follow, register, log in, consult ...

Video and pictures to post from iPhone- help pls

What Would He Say — Thu, 04 Jan 2018 23:36:05 GMT

YHello! my darling girls... and a belated Happy Christmas to one and all...

As a belated present to you I have a video and pictures on my iPhone.... but not a clue how to post from my slow slow old old iphone....

Help please....

Clooney-liciousness and ranking

Admin — Sun, 09 Jul 2017 15:39:08 GMT

Ooh, I've been playing again! If I've done it properly, you'll now see a ranking next to your name. This ranking (eg: 'clooney virgin') relates to the number of posts you've made in the forum. From 0 to 10 posts, you're a 'shy poster'. From 10 to 49 posts, you're a 'clooney virgin' and so on. About your Clooney-liciousness, this is based on the number of votes you get as follows: If someone likes your post, they can click on the green 'thumbs up' sign next to your post ...

Should Clooney's Open House close?

Katiedot — Sun, 09 Jul 2017 09:23:20 GMT

Hello Clooney fans everywhere I have a question to ask you: do you want this site to close down? The reason I'm asking is because being the admin of this site while holding down a full time job is more than I can easily manage on my own. I took almost a year off this site and while I still care a lot about George, I'm not sure I can manage this until either he or I call it quits on this whole being alive business. What keeps this site so good is when there's lots of people commenting ...

How to Start New Topics

LornaDoone — Fri, 07 Jul 2017 09:24:38 GMT

Hi all, We all appreciate when COH posters find articles and share them here. However, as mods we'd appreciate if you follow some guidelines. 1. The title of the topic should be a title not full sentences from an article. The title should describe the subject of the post. For example: "George Clooney Interview in Forbes Magazine Feb 23, 2014" This describes what you're posting and the date help us to find the specific article later on. We often have folks asking about an article ...

To the poster trying to re-register

Katiedot — Mon, 05 Jun 2017 15:46:07 GMT

HI there! I received this message but can't reply to it, so I hope you see this post: would like to register once again having had computer problems and my previous email address no longer in use. It also said that my email address was already registered. I can't remember what my password was previously either. I'd be grateful if you could help me. First step: if your new email address is already registered, as it seems to be, then just click on the 'forgot password' link and follow the ...

A few updates to the site

Katiedot — Fri, 28 Apr 2017 11:50:44 GMT

As you may have noticed (or perhaps not!), I've created a sub-forum section in the 'family and friends' forum for the twins, so that we've got somewhere to write about them (or ignore them if we feel that way inclined). I've also moved Amal's sub-forum to the 'family and friends' part of the forum as I feel she's now a little more than just a passing fancy! For the first time ever, I think the 'friends and family' part of the forum will be the more active part and the girlfriends section ...

Blog Picture

melbert — Sun, 29 Jan 2017 05:02:08 GMT

Hey Mods,

Could we have a different picture put up on the Blog Page?

I'm getting sick of always seeing RandE front and center every time I visit.

A SINGLE picture of George with some nice scenery would be nice. Even if it's old, it'd be better than what's there. JMHAO

Thank you!

Hello Check In

sisieq — Sun, 16 Oct 2016 17:45:00 GMT

I'm not shy in starting new topics. So, starting one for new registers to drop in and say HI.

Very nice katiedot. Almost reminds me of an old George message board that went down about 2 years ago, but with modern updates.

The green line or red line next to some posts

Katiedot — Sun, 31 Jul 2016 10:39:54 GMT

Because people aks what the little green lines (or red lines, or sometimes part green and part red lines) next to a post means, here's an overview: If you like a post (by clicking the little + sign next to the post) a little green line appears next to the post. If more people give + signs to the same post, the size of the line doesn't get any bigger, but if you hover your mouse over it, you can see how many votes it got. Likewise, if you disagree with a post, you can click on the - sign ...

Contacting George Clooney

Katiedot — Sat, 20 Feb 2016 16:20:27 GMT

Been getting a few emails and stuff asking to contact George. It kind of goes without saying that I'm not in contact with George Clooney, but perhaps it does need to be said! So, anyone with genius ideas for his next film; a superduper amazing project that he'd be perfect for; or simply needing money or help from George, here's how to contactGeorge Clooney: George Clooney's production management: Smoke House 4000 Warner Boulevard Building 15 Burbank, CA 91522 Phone: 818 954-4840 George ...

How to add pictures, tweets, instagram and videos to your posts

Katiedot — Mon, 01 Feb 2016 11:58:12 GMT

First off, as the owner of this forum, I'd like to thank everyone who's contributing by sharing pictures, articles and videos about George Clooney to this fan site. I couldn't do it without you. Secondly, what I'm finding is that recently people are only posting the link to an article/picture/video. While that's great, unfortunately what happens is that the majority of the people reading this site don't click on the link. I do understand that when posting from a tablet or mobile device, ...

How many post do I need to send private messages?

Henway — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 02:24:12 GMT

Maybe its here somewhere and I am missing it,but....
If someone sent me a private message and it says I do not have the required number of post to respond. How many do I need, so I can reply and not be rude?

DEALING WITH TROLLS

theminis — Thu, 16 Jul 2015 13:04:18 GMT

Hi Everyone As you can see the site had a visit from a pesky Troll fairy today - so please note the following: NOT-A-Bot has now been banned, most posts that I have found have been vaporised. I know that some of the posts can be upsetting or even downright humorous at times, but please try not to engage with them, that is exactly what the poster wants and as you can see this particular one got downright cruel and nasty. I would suggest its best to put them on the ignore list straight ...

What's with all the locked threads?

fava — Sun, 07 Dec 2014 11:18:24 GMT

I though this was a disccusion forum? The locking seems arbitrary and heavy handed to me. Those threads will die a natural death without locking.

Frozen Forum?

melbert — Sat, 15 Nov 2014 20:54:27 GMT

Is nobody posting anything or is the forum frozen? There's been no comments since 4:47 p.m. yesterday, according to my Latest Topics. Is everybody's saying that, or am I having problems?

I know George is being quiet, but somebody always has some comment on any number of threads.

Thanks.

Thread locked up

melbert — Sat, 25 Oct 2014 20:34:07 GMT

I went on to this thread

http://www.clooneysopenhouse.com/t5967-rande-explains-why-amal-is-perfect-for-george#207363

and Sevens video automatically comes on, however, it's at the bottom of the page and will not advance to "post a comment" or read any comments after hers. None of the other threads are doing that to me.

Thanks!

Technical problems today?

Katiedot — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 13:04:26 GMT

We're having some technical problems (not being able to access the site and getting 'domain expired' error message). I think there's an issue with the forum host so if this happens to you please don't panic.

If we have major issues, I'll keep you updated on our facebook page (link on the top left of every page on this site and you don't have to be a member of facebook to see our page).

Posting Articles

melbert — Fri, 19 Sep 2014 20:48:36 GMT

Why is it that when you post articles it looks so nice and tight and clean in the Preview, but when it posts in the thread, it's all over the place? I have a hard time deleting unnecessary lines and spaces, etc., and it just makes the post look sloppy. Am I doing something wrong?

Multiple Usernames/Duplicate Identities

theminis — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 06:30:24 GMT

Just a reminder that Multiple Usernames/Duplicate Identities on this site are not permitted. To deliberately create multiple usernames with the intent of masquerading as different posters is not only deceitful but unfair to the majority of posters on this site who are genuinely nice and caring, and you are taking advantage of their open hearted generosity. If you are using multiple usernames so that you can converse with yourself, suggest you try logging onto IMDB instead of COH. If ...

Private Messages on Clooney's Open House

Katiedot — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 17:17:43 GMT

As I think everyone knows, we have a private message system on this forum where posters can send each other private messages (PMs). In order to send or receive PMs, you need to have made a minimum of 15 posts in the forum first. Once you've done that, you can click on the 'mailbox' link at the top and PM anyone else on this forum. If you've received a message, it'll say 'new message!' in the menu bar at the top where it usually says 'mailbox'. Click on that to see your PMs. ---------------------------------------------------- Note: The ...

HOW TO . . . quote another poster in the forum

Katiedot — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 20:33:10 GMT

This is pretty simple. Suppose I want to quote something Sarah Ali wrote, all I have to do is: 1. Click on the 'quote' button at the top of the post I want to quote from like this: The computer will automatically open up another screen with Sarah's entire post in it between quotes like this: 2. If necessary, I will delete any bits of Sarah's post that I'm not responding to. 3. And underneath her quote I will write my reply. And I'm done!

Film Section

melbert — Sun, 01 Jun 2014 16:29:55 GMT

Would it be possible to condense the film section? RE: Hiding all the titles and placing them as sub-headings so you have to click on the main one to see all the films.

It's rather annoying to have to scroll through ALL the film threads to get to the other threads below them.

Thank you for your consideration.

Changes to this site

Katiedot — Mon, 26 May 2014 17:52:28 GMT

So, you'll have noticed that I've gone back to having a home page on this site which has all of the latest news stories on it. I've done this so that fans in a hurry can quickly scan the latest stories. As before, you can't comment on these posts because I'd like to keep the conversation in one place on the forum.

The forum is still here, completely unchanged. The only change is the home page which links to the forum.

Hope you like!

To the person having problems logging on yesterday

Katiedot — Mon, 26 May 2014 09:59:31 GMT

Your username is ginga. Try that and all should be fine.

HOW TO . . . Ignore another poster

Katiedot — Thu, 15 May 2014 21:29:03 GMT

I don't really encourage this as this should be the kind of forum where we're mature enough to deal with other people even when we don't like them or agree with what they're posting, but if there's a poster who's truly pissing you off and ruining your time here, you can try this simple thing: 1. Go to your profile (the third icon down in the title bar, underneath where it says 'a friendly place for fans . . .' etc) and select the 'friends and foes' tab. 2. Type in the username of the person ...

LOGGING IN problems

Katiedot — Thu, 01 May 2014 18:33:08 GMT

It seems that some people are having issues with logging in. To the left side of the screen is a little box where you can log in, and it also has a link that says "forgot password". You can click on that link to reset your password.

It seems to be glitsch in the system today and there's not much I can do about it at the moment.

Using the Quote Button

melbert — Sat, 29 Mar 2014 04:57:43 GMT

It may be only me, but is it necessary to hit the "quote" button if you just want to thank someone for an article or pictures? Many, many, many, MANY times posters will quote an exceptionally long post or a long string of pictures when their only response is "thank you for the article" or "great pictures", etc. Instead, maybe just post your comment as "thanks for the article Lorna", or "thanks for the pictures TheMinis", or anybody else who posts pics or articles (just picking on Lorna and ...

Clooney's Open House on facebook

Katiedot — Sat, 22 Mar 2014 03:31:35 GMT

[replying to this question from another thread here] NewFanForever wrote:Off topic but its a shame this forum couldn't be shown on facebook in this format...it would get even wider/massive coverage and advertising exposure...Win! Win! Stupid suggestion...I think there probably is enough exposure. You know that we are on facebook? It's www.facebook.com/clooneysopenhouse It's hard for me to maintain daily updates, but I am trying.

HOW TO . . . de-activate your account (permanently)

Katiedot — Thu, 13 Mar 2014 07:06:56 GMT

Firstly, there's no real need to de-activate your account. If you're tired of George (gasp, no!) or just don't want to spend the time here then all you need do is not visit any more. No action required by you. If for whatever reason you absolutely have to close your account on the forum then just let me know what your compelling reason is (by PM or by using the 'contact' button at the bottom of every page) and I can do it for you next time I'm online. Just remember the following: 1. ...

Introducing our new moderators

Katiedot — Sat, 22 Feb 2014 05:39:46 GMT

Hi everyone I'm very proud to introduce our moderators for this forum: Watching, LornaDoone and TheMinis. These three lovely ladies will be on hand to help out when I'm not around and generally keep an eye on things when they have a moment. Much of the time they'll be helping bring off-topic conversations gently back into line and re-uniting duplicate threads and separating two different conversations on the same thread and stuff. I hope you'll give them a warm welcome in their dual ...

Downloading & Saving Videos

Mazy — Fri, 22 Nov 2013 16:40:26 GMT

Does anyone know how to download and save videos to your own computer? Any help appreciated.

When & how we are logged on

What Would He Say — Mon, 04 Nov 2013 01:01:16 GMT

I have 3 devices iphone, ipad, and laptop. not counting computers at work .... since ios7 ...i have found ipad does not automatically log off when closed .... has this always been the case ... on my phone with ios7 ALL PROGRAMMES STAY ON..until you double click and they are flicked up to end.... and if you are logged on to one device, why not all ??? It's murphy's law that when you really, really, want to say something you are on the tube/bus reading your phone (ugh) and NOT logged on... ...

HOW TO . . . change your username

Katiedot — Wed, 04 Sep 2013 04:24:51 GMT

It's never a good idea to use your email address as your username. If you'd like to change your username, click on the 'profile' button in the title bar above. This will open a new screen for you. On the first tab (called 'information') the very first line is your username. Delete what's in that line and replace with whatever username you want. Then scroll to the bottom and click 'save'. REMEMBER your new username. You'll need this to log in again next time!

Site update - adding the blog (again)

Katiedot — Sat, 03 Aug 2013 21:09:12 GMT

Hi everyone Just to let you all know that I'll be adding the blog back to this site again soon. As before, it'll link you to the latest Clooney stories on this forum and will give not-so-regular visitors a quick update about what's going on in his life. Although it'll be the home page (the first page you come to when you open this site), the forum will still be up and running without any changes, just click on the link to the 'forum' at the top of the page. Hope you like!

HOW TO put your comments outside of someone's else's comment that you've quoted

LornaDoone — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 05:10:35 GMT

To reply to someone using the Quote function 1. At their post click on the Quote icon to the upper right of their post. 2. Once you are in preview mode and can see their quote click on the last icon that looks like a sheet of white paper with writing on it. This is a toggle to let you see the editor's marks. 3. Once you click on that icon you should be able to see the beginning and end quote marks. They look like this: Beginning quote [ quote ] End quote mark [ /quote ] 4. ...

How to post videos in this forum

Katiedot — Sun, 23 Jun 2013 07:49:08 GMT

Posting pictures in this forum takes a few steps, but posting videos is easy peasy! In case anyone was wondering how to post videos here, it couldn't be any easier. Here's how: 1. Most videos have a little button next to them that says something like 'share'. Click on this button. 2. You will then usually get a choice of options, including one that says 'embed'. Click on the 'embed' button 3. The embed button will give you a long string of what looks like complete nonsense. Using ...

I accidentally deleted my emails

Katiedot — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 01:09:31 GMT

Oh me. I had an idiot moment this morning and accidentally deleted all my emails. There was someone who wanted me to post on their friend's facebook page for their birthday. Please can you re-send the email? Really sorry for the inconvenience.