WOW new design

[dame]

Well I quite like the new design of the forum, seems a little bit sticky though when loading up new threads, pages etc. I'm sure it will be sorted in time.

Just wondered what everyone else thought of it?

Regards,

Damion.

 

[Magsite]

Works well for me, no slower than the old one either

Lisa

 

[EDS]

Works fine for me, it is taking a little while to get use to what read and unread threads look like but is a nice change.

 

[MarkPearson]

Looks very nice, i like it!

 

[Whistle Ink]

Looking good so far, the middle section (the main bit) is a bit narrow though!

 

[BurntNjal]

Ohhh.. I like it.... I can now middle-click in Firefox on topics to open them in new tabs without them loading in the current tab as well...

err...

Well at least I know what I mean

 

[Dawg]

It is nice and clean, but there are a few quirks: mine is the \ before an apostrophe, so it is The Dawg\'s Biscuits. No big deal; the Dawg\'s problems are not big enough for this to raise the Dawg\'s stress levels, so Dawg\'s little paw isn\'t stamped and Dawg\'s language ain\'t bluw.

 

[Shay]

Going against the grain here but never been one to follow everyone else, dont like it but guess in time I will get used to it.

 

[Niteflyer]

I prefer the old one too

 

[Whistle Ink]

I prefer the old one too

Same here, but that's probably only because we are so used to it! I don't really mind so long and the forum sort's its width out!! : P

 

[datahound]

Regarding the apostrophe problem, looks like there is a stripslashes() command missing. The line

$text = stripslashes($text);

should be added.
Where $text is the variable name of the text written to page.

 

[MyNI]

Were the member titles in the old version? e.g. datahound and myself are Entrepreneurs, the lowest level, and others appear titles include exec and director. That's all very well for those with exec and director...but it is a bit disheartening to be labelled an entrepreneur when that is not how I would describe myself. I know that I have just joined the forum a few days ago but it can be very intimidating for new members when they get the feeling that they are not fully accepted into the community until they have made a certain number of posts/ been here a certain length of time.

 

[Rob Holmes]

<< Moved to Feedback >>

Rob

 

[confused]

I dont like it at all, if I'm not logged in, it flashes on some other page, then seems to redirect me back to where I came from. After several attempts it finally logs me in, but between each topic I view I get some screen flashing on in front.
Does this mean if you are not registered you cant view posts? I think if this is the case then there wont be many newcomers.
As for the actual layout, I much preferred the old one.

CALV

 

[bwglaw]

On a more positive note I like this one despite not being able to use it in my MAC IE which is obviously due to it being outdated.

The layout is far better. I do not mind the titles at all because I don't take them seriously and it is no different with other forums out there, which are much quieter.

I also like the statistics at the bottom which shows how many active members there are, which shows it is not a quiet forum

Jonathan

 

[JustOneUK]

looks good to me.... nice one.

James

 

[JustOneUK]

ok.. who stole the smilies? :-(

 

[SuffolkDesigns]

ok.. who stole the smilies? :-(

Which ones ?

 

[Deleted member 3454]

Which ones ?

Would it be possible for those who know how to post smilies in the new forum to publish a list for the rest of us?

 

[SuffolkDesigns]

Would it be possible for those who know how to post smilies in the new forum to publish a list for the rest of us?

It would be, except there is a limit of 2 images per post.

Go to your user CP and under "edit options" change the "Message Editor Interface" to "Enhanced - WYSIWYG"

then when clicking "post reply" the smilies will appear on the right side of the reply screen

 

[MyNI]

I do not mind the titles at all because I don't take them seriously

...said the Chairman

 

[theMBA]

I like the new version - smarter, and a few clearer bits of signposting like no's of active users on the thread you're in, star-rating system for threads and so on. I, like several other members, experience slower screen loading times than in the old version, though. I've also noticed that it's no longer possible to edit a post you have previouslt made - you have to post a correction as a new post. Is this deliberate, for purposes of non-repudiation (so you can't take back what was originally written)?

 

[theMBA]

Oh, and I meant to mention, the default is now not to be notified by e-mail of any new posts on a thread you have just posted to, which is different to the old versin (I think) - I was wondering why the e-mail stream of notifications had dried up.

 

[Ozzy]

LoL @ MyNI !

As for not being able to edit your post, it seems to give you 2 minutes to edit your post to fix mistakes and then after that only a moderator can make amendments. This is an editable function which can be changed.

At the end of the day, we are not going back to the old system as this is more stable and has more functionality. I am more than happen to listen to feedback, hence the bug list and feedback forum, and tweak all the settings to find the perfect balance betwene functionality and reducing spam.

 

[BlackBerryUK]

i really think the old design was softer to the eye and unique. while with these colours, they are widely used in the web..so it feels like any other forum... my vote goes for the older version *sorry*

 

[Ozzy]

Unfortunately, with any change you will never be able to please everyone. :frown:

I do like the stats at the bottom myself though. I never realised these forums were as busy as this, and more people seem to be posting on these new forums than before!

 

[Ravenfire]

I personally much prefer this layout, easier to use and has more features, add to which vBulletin is much better software. Are you intending to add on any of the hacks at any point?

 

[dagr]

I'll give it a few more days, but at the moment I'm still leaning towards the previous design. It was simpler and seemed to have more space for the posts. The current design looks a little "cluttered" and "crammed". Then again, I'm not into all the technical features a forum package has to offer.

In the end it's not a matter of life and death, and as Ozzy says, you can't please everyone.

David.

 

[SuffolkDesigns]

and seemed to have more space for the posts.

On the old version the left side column was narrower (the same width as the banners), now it is about 30% wider so less room for the actual forum.

 

[cjd]

I think it's fine, but I also thought the old one was too

Can I put in a plea for a 'view you posts' function. It's the most useful of all the functions on bulletin boards because it means you can go first to all the threads that you have posted in and see if there has been a post requiring a response.

The old board didn't have it either.

(Or have I not found it yet?)

 

[bwglaw]

...said the Chairman

Well I think I have EARNED that title by supporting this forum to provide many with free legal advice, which you probably could not get so easily elsewhere.

Keep posting myNI and you will be promoted accordingly

Jonathan

 

[Ozzy]

That facility is available in the UserCP, under subscribed threads. I have seen it but not used it myself yet.

 

[SuffolkDesigns]

That facility is available in the UserCP, under subscribed threads. I have seen it but not used it myself yet.

Errrr, what facility is ? :biggrin:

 

[cjd]

That facility is available in the UserCP, under subscribed threads. I have seen it but not used it myself yet.

Tried it and it works so i've bookmarked the page - thanks.

Now, when I use the bookmark it goes directly to the threads I am contributing to.

However, it didn't carry over the threads I was participating in on the old board (no big deal) but it didn't show any of the threads as having a new post since my last visit - which they did. That's more of a problem as it reduces the feature's usefulness. Maybe just a glitch.

 

[Ravenfire]

Now, when I use the bookmark it goes directly to the threads I am contributing to. QUOTE]

If its doing that it because thats the page you must have bookmarked it on. If you go to the main page of the forum and bookmark that it will take you there everytime, tbh thats the way it works on any forum.

HTH

Toni

 

[profitxchange]

sorry but I can't see the design the speed is hopelessly slow - it takes minutes to download a page.

Please fix

 

[Ravenfire]

Are you sure its not something on your computer? I am finding it very fast and had no problems.

 

[Whistle Ink]

It was slow before but it certainly has speeded up quite a bit now!

 

[cjd]

Now, when I use the bookmark it goes directly to the threads I am contributing to. QUOTE]

If its doing that it because thats the page you must have bookmarked it on. If you go to the main page of the forum and bookmark that it will take you there everytime, tbh thats the way it works on any forum.

HTH

Toni

I'm not complaining; it's doing that because that's what I want it to do!

If you bookmark it that way you go directly to the threads you've been posting on - jolly useful. Pity the new post marker is still broken tho'

 

[Ravenfire]

Sorry! Thought you meant you had trouble getting it to go to the page you wanted.