Getting our forum back to the old look and feel

[alberta al]

Mark,

Thanks for all your work.

Cheers,

Alan

[bamboo]

Thank You for the work you do.

bamboo....mike

[Titelines]

Thanks guys. We're gonna get back to normal, slowly but surely.

Mark

[paramount]

Thanks for all your hard work!

Bruce

[PlaneOldMike]

Thank you, thank you, thank you. Can’t say it enough to show the amount of gratitude you deserve for your time and effort!
Much appreciation!

[Kenneth]

Mark, once again, thanks for all the work, really much appreciated. I see that the old colors are back, congratulations!

One request, no urgency whatsoever, but I like the feature: if you could restore the Mouse hover over a thread title that shows part of the contents of the first post, I would be most grateful. It's currently only showing "Unread posts".

All the best,
Kenneth

[kilgore]

Who ray!

[Titelines]

Mark, once again, thanks for all the work, really much appreciated. I see that the old colors are back, congratulations!

One request, no urgency whatsoever, but I like the feature: if you could restore the Mouse hover over a thread title that shows part of the contents of the first post, I would be most grateful. It's currently only showing "Unread posts".

All the best,
Kenneth

Okay, I'll see if I can find the extension for that.

Mark

[chief1]

Wow, this is great. You're doing a wonderful job.
Warren

[snorider]

WOO HOO Well done so nice to see things getting back to "normal"
Thanks for all the hard work!

[creakycane]

Yes, thanks to all for the hard work on the new format. Looks great!

[Dirty Harry]

Thank You! Looks great!

[Titelines]

Okay, looks like I got the topic preview working again. Just hover over the link to the topic and it should show up with a brief portion of the post.

Mark

[salmonid1]

OK, I'm an admitted tech idiot but find the latest Forum format unwieldy. Can't readily pm anyone, can't contact sellers on the classified easily and cannot generally respond to ads without spending lots of time figuring things out. What was wrong with the old format? Everyone was used to it and the latest experience is not exactly faster, easier or more efficient. Salmonid1

[Titelines]

OK, I'm an admitted tech idiot but find the latest Forum format unwieldy. Can't readily pm anyone, can't contact sellers on the classified easily and cannot generally respond to ads without spending lots of time figuring things out. What was wrong with the old format? Everyone was used to it and the latest experience is not exactly faster, easier or more efficient. Salmonid1

The forum software needed to be updated due to Dreamhost updating our operating system and the software that powers the forum software. The forum software needed to be upgraded to a newer version that was compatible with the new version of php.

The older theme/style that we ran on the older forum software was not compatible with the newer version of the forum software. As I've stated in numerous other postings on the forum here, we're re-doing a lot of the old files that make up what is presented on your web browser. This takes time, and the web developer and I are doing this in both of our spare time.

The forum will be back to it's old look and feel, one we get that done. A little patience on all who use this forum would be welcome.

The only thing that doesn't work with the PM's right now is the mass deletion. Every other part of the PM software is working and pretty much identical to the way it worked before. The mass deletion problem will be fixed this weekend, as I stated in the Announcements forum when I install the patch that fixes that bug.

If you have specific problems not mentioned in the myriad other posts that you'd like to bring to my attention so they can be fixed, those are most welcome.

Mark

[Arubey]

Hi Mark,

First, thanks for all of your help with the update and keeping the forum going!

This may be pretty far down on the list, but one feature I'm missing on mobile is the "Last Post" column to the far right on the "Board Index" page. It shows up as normal on the desktop version but I don't see any option to make it visible on a mobile device, or a way to select "desktop view". If it's possible to get this feature back I'd appreciate it. Being able to see the topic of the most recent post in each subforum without actually going to that subforum was quite helpful.

I hope that's clear, if not please let me know and I'll try to clarify.

Thanks again,
Andy

[Titelines]

Hi Mark,

First, thanks for all of your help with the update and keeping the forum going!

This may be pretty far down on the list, but one feature I'm missing on mobile is the "Last Post" column to the far right on the "Board Index" page. It shows up as normal on the desktop version but I don't see any option to make it visible on a mobile device, or a way to select "desktop view". If it's possible to get this feature back I'd appreciate it. Being able to see the topic of the most recent post in each subforum without actually going to that subforum was quite helpful.

I hope that's clear, if not please let me know and I'll try to clarify.

Thanks again,
Andy

Have you tried scrolling to the right on your phone screen? Other than the Tapatalk screen, which is run by Tapatalk, I'm not aware of a separate mobile screen setup.

Mark

[Arubey]

Thanks, Mark.
I have tried scrolling right, there's nothing there.



Normally the index page is centered and fills the screen, I just wanted to show you what I see when I scroll right.

No worries, and it may very well just be me. Thanks for all the work you've been putting into this transition!

best,
Andy

[Titelines]

Thanks, Mark.
I have tried scrolling right, there's nothing there.



Normally the index page is centered and fills the screen, I just wanted to show you what I see when I scroll right.

No worries, and it may very well just be me. Thanks for all the work you've been putting into this transition!

best,
Andy

Wow. That is messed up. It's lopping off more than just the "Last Post." It's missing the number of topics column, and the number of posts column. Have you tried turning the phone sideways to see if more of the forum shows up? Do you have a different browser you can test the forum out on your phone to see if you get the same problem? That might help narrow this down a bit.

[Arubey]

Rotating the phone simply causes the single column to expand to fill the screen, but no additional content becomes visible.

I just downloaded/installed chrome and the behavior is the same.

In both browsers the number of topics is visible, but it's now the last bit of info in each subforum cell, under "Moderator".

Ugh, I feel your pain and hope I didn't add to it