Forum Upgrade Discussion

[SJN-Fox]

Test it live; I'd rather people bear with a few issues than have no forum at times.

But maybe that's because I've had no issues on good old IE8.

*grabs bin lid and shields self*

Nope, nor me. None with IE9 either.

 

[Cate Fox]

Am I going mad, or has everything been underlined? Was it like this before?

 

[KLFox]

I like the new look Jeff. The new mobile version is great as it really helps when browsing on the mobile.

 

[pork pie fox]

I like the new look Jeff. The new mobile version is great as it really helps when browsing on the mobile.

I agree, the mobile version is very good IMO

 

[GazLCFC]

I agree, the mobile version is very good IMO

Thirded! Even on an iPhone. Better than Safari and Tapatalk imo.

 

[pork pie fox]

Thirded! Even on an iPhone. Better than Safari and Tapatalk imo.

That's what I've been viewing it on. It's a big improvement.

 

[dpjfox]

didi to swindon thread post 10 (vertical text)

 

[Macky]

didi to swindon thread post 10 (vertical text)

Any chance of a screenshot?

 

[Jeff]

didi to swindon thread post 10 (vertical text)

The user agent of your browser says you're using the AOL browser based on Internet Explorer 7.

Internet Explorer 8 was released over two years ago. At the very least you should be using that version, if you don't want to use Chrome or Firefox or any of the other better browsers.

I turned off IE7 compatibility mode a few days ago because I think that was causing problems for people using IE9.

 

[Jeff]

Am I going mad, or has everything been underlined? Was it like this before?

Yesterday I changed it so that links in posts are underlined, because I thought they weren't standing out. But it should only be links.

Is anyone else having this problem?

 

[Cate Fox]

Yesterday I changed it so that links in posts are underlined, because I thought they weren't standing out. But it should only be links.

Is anyone else having this problem?

Its underlining thread names, forum names and poster names.

 

[Siouxsie]

I agree, the mobile version is very good IMO

:icon_cry:

 

[Jeff]

:icon_cry:

What kind of phone and browser are you using?

 

[Siouxsie]

What kind of phone and browser are you using?

Samsung Wave S8500 on Orange and embarassingly I have no idea about the browser and even less idea how I'd find out (google?)

But please don't worry about it, I can get by using the normal mode for the few times I use TB on it.

http://help.orange.co.uk/orangeuk/support/personal/477783

 

[Jeff]

Samsung Wave S8500 on Orange and embarassingly I have no idea about the browser and even less idea how I'd find out (google?)

But please don't worry about it, I can get by using the normal mode for the few times I use TB on it.

http://help.orange.co.uk/orangeuk/support/personal/477783

Opera Mini is available for your phone, it should be better than the built in browser.
http://www.opera.com/mobile/download/samsung/gt-s8500_wave/

 

[Steven]

Samsung Wave S8500 on Orange and embarassingly I have no idea about the browser and even less idea how I'd find out (google?)

For Internet browsing the Samsung Wave has the Dolfin Browser v2.0 (based on WebKit). Webkit is the browser on Android phones but maybe a combination of the Samsung OS and the changes made to the browser make it less than optimal.

 

[Jeff]

I've redone the Last.fm stats thing, clicking the Last FM link below a member's avatar will show you what they've been listening to recently and their top tracks.

If you use FM and want people to see what you're listening to, put your last.fm username in your profile, towards the bottom of this page.

 

[Jeff]

The sidebar thing was causing a few problems so I've removed it. It will still appear on the main forum page but nowhere else for the time being.

 

[Steven]

If you want to permanently disable the sidebar you can use the no sidebar style.

I am using the no sidebar style but now and for the first time there are a couple of left pointing arrows on the main page which when pressed open out the sidebar.

In previous versions of the no sidebar style, and preferable, there were no arrows and no means of getting the sidebar unless I changed the whole style. :icon_bigg

 

[Jeff]

I am using the no sidebar style but now and for the first time there are a couple of left pointing arrows on the main page which when pressed open out the sidebar.

In previous versions of the no sidebar style, and preferable, there were no arrows and no means of getting the sidebar unless I changed the whole style. :icon_bigg

This is only temporary, until I can get the sidebar thing working properly.

The sidebar only being on the main forum page is the standard behaviour for the forum software. For some reason the developers didn't think anyone would want it on more than one page so I had to install a modification to make it work on the whole site. That didn't work properly and led to lots of error messages appearing in the server's log files, and may have caused issues for people with some browsers. So I've disabled it until I find a better way of doing it.