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Posted

Content will be from last night right before I fucking canceled everyone's PayPal subscriptions lol. 

You can log in and post, but it wont be on the live site ever, mostly log in to check on things like DMs and other stuff like that and how they feel. 

Please check it out, see what you think about the navigation and the general look/feel and provide feedback here on changes you want/need. 

http://www.test.surlyhorns.com/board

I want to go live with this going into the new year. 

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35 minutes ago, CycleTex87 said:

Really like the ribbon at the top & bottom with all the subforums listed.  I don’t see a summary listing in the new format, but maybe I’m wrong. 

I'll add that back. Mainly talking about other functionality. 

Posted
Just now, BurntOrange&White said:

Not a fan of the giant image things

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Trying to solve that. Log in and look it'll look like that. 

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Not a fan of the giant image sections heading the forums - what's the functional / navigation purpose?  Seems like it's just going to make me scroll more and will suck on mobile.

caveat - I'm an old and generally a 2% when it comes to such things.

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Posted
1 minute ago, immamac said:

Click on sports or entertainment or other etc. It'll fluid for each of those. 

Ok, so no general fluid of the whole board (or just the boards I want to see)? I’m one of the weird ones that doesn’t view by board, i spent a decade browsing by new activity, so I like to have all the topics in front of me and jump around.

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Posted (edited)
6 minutes ago, immamac said:

Trying to solve that. Log in and look it'll look like that. 

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don’t like the previews as it makes swiping on mobile take longer to see topics. 
 

I do like how the account page is more condensed and you can see everything easier instead of having to look at multiple place. IMG_7574.thumb.png.4ca2cdefa82bbf7ef511f8431622b099.png
 

 

any topic with a sub forum has giant imagine as well at the top

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Posted
4 minutes ago, immamac said:

@UnivTex34 Click on sports or entertainment or other etc. It'll fluid for each of those. 

Ok, i see what you mean now. I could be trained that way, but i still might bitch.

 

Next question. Is there an option for a less expanded view in the list of threads/activity? I know on the current site I can see the expanded or just the thread title with very little info. 

Posted
5 minutes ago, UnivTex34 said:

Ok, so no general fluid of the whole board (or just the boards I want to see)? I’m one of the weird ones that doesn’t view by board, i spent a decade browsing by new activity, so I like to have all the topics in front of me and jump around.

I can make a combo view for the whole site under a new "section" that includes all. 

1 minute ago, UnivTex34 said:

Ok, i see what you mean now. I could be trained that way, but i still might bitch.

 

Next question. Is there an option for a less expanded view in the list of threads/activity? I know on the current site I can see the expanded or just the thread title with very little info. 

Is that what you see after logged in? When you log in it should look like this. Light and dark. 

 

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Posted
18 minutes ago, immamac said:

I can make a combo view for the whole site under a new "section" that includes all. 

Is that what you see after logged in? When you log in it should look like this. Light and dark. 

 

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Yes, here is what I see after login:

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Posted
1 minute ago, UnivTex34 said:

Yes, here is what I see after login:

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Even now? Should be fixed. I just changed a bunch of stuff. 

11 minutes ago, Horn_Spanker said:

I've been logged in for so many years, I don't remember what email I used?  How about user name and password instead?

I'll email you / send you a DM. 

Posted

Still getting the giant images. Not sure if you've addressed that or not. 

I use the ribbon  at the top/ bottom all the time. 

Really like the condensed view we have now. Just thread title with no description. So much scrolling on mobile. 

This to me 

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Is just so much easier to process information than this:

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Posted

Loads on my phone 100% better than current version. Current makes me slowly wait as each post loads. It doesn’t jump to the last point you were reading (I assume that’ll be added in?). Overall I like it as long as it’s still easy to get to the last place I was reading.

Posted

Why the update?  I’m not a techie by any means but what are the advantages of the new format?  Faster, smoother (what she said), more efficient?  Use big important words so I’ll be impressed, and see the need for change rather than just bitching about change. 

Posted
7 hours ago, UnivTex34 said:

Ok, so no general fluid of the whole board (or just the boards I want to see)? I’m one of the weird ones that doesn’t view by board, i spent a decade browsing by new activity, so I like to have all the topics in front of me and jump around.

Same. It’s the primary way I use the site

Posted
8 hours ago, immamac said:

Even now? Should be fixed. I just changed a bunch of stuff. 

I'll email you / send you a DM. 

Could you do the same for me?

Thanks.

Posted (edited)

All other themes are showing massive images and previews. IPS default is the only one that doesn’t. Switching over to that mode the site looks good so far  I’ll post on it today and see if anything comes up  

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Posted
15 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

All other themes are showing massive images and previews. IPS default is the only one that doesn’t. Switching over to that mode the site looks good so far  I’ll post on it today and see if anything comes up  

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Yes, this did it.

Posted
3 hours ago, CycleTex87 said:

Why the update?  I’m not a techie by any means but what are the advantages of the new format?  Faster, smoother (what she said), more efficient?  Use big important words so I’ll be impressed, and see the need for change rather than just bitching about change. 

The version we are on is no longer receiving updates and the architecture is dogshit and causes a lot of performance issues with the modern internet. As seen with the crashing and all the stupid embedded shit. 

3 hours ago, Dbeasy said:

Same. It’s the primary way I use the site

I will fix this. I figured out a way to enable certain groups to grant them access to change the way the board renders for them. One option is complete fluid which is the same experience as the old site fluid, with a better nav selection.

1 hour ago, BurntOrange&White said:

All other themes are showing massive images and previews. IPS default is the only one that doesn’t. Switching over to that mode the site looks good so far  I’ll post on it today and see if anything comes up  

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Yeah I need to delete the other themes I only changed the ips-default one. I'll try one of the custom themes from the theme provider we used, but default is really pretty solid already. 

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Posted
2 minutes ago, immamac said:

The version we are on is no longer receiving updates and the architecture is dogshit and causes a lot of performance issues with the modern internet. As seen with the crashing and all the stupid embedded shit. 

I will fix this. I figured out a way to enable certain groups to grant them access to change the way the board renders for them. One option is complete fluid which is the same experience as the old site fluid, with a better nav selection.

Yeah I need to delete the other themes I only changed the ips-default one. I'll try one of the custom themes from the theme provider we used, but default is really pretty solid already. 

Please keep a no avatar theme if possible. 

Posted

I am a born reactionary so not a fan of change at all.  

That being said, it looks great and hopefully will make it easier on the back end for you.

Thanks for all the work you put into this for a mostly ungrateful nation.

Posted
4 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

Please keep a no avatar theme if possible. 

Will definitely have a no avatar option for work peeps. 

Posted

Seems completely useable in the 10 mins I spent fucking around. The only "nice to have" feature I didn't find would be keeping the post numbering feature, which can be useful for referring to other posts up thread  (e.g. see post XX) without actually quoting the post. 

Posted

I saw it last night and thought it looked like absolute dog shit. This morning it looks much better but it's not as compact and is using up more space than the current site. 

Posted

I personally don't care for the bar at the bottom of the page. I just dont use that shit that often and dont want to look at it all the time. I prefer it to be at the top of the page

6 minutes ago, HRSchenker said:

I saw it last night and thought it looked like absolute dog shit. This morning it looks much better but it's not as compact and is using up more space than the current site. 

i also agree it seems less compact and more cartoonish?  Maybe its the rounded edges of things,

Posted

Yeah, I'm going to hate it if it doesn't have a way to see activity as it's happening. I look at "All Activity" or " My Activity" and that's it. The one and only time I have to look at the full list of the forums is to find the semi hidden ones that don't typically appear in activity. 

I'll deal with it, but it's going to suck.

Posted

Maybe this was mentioned in tech terms I don't understand, but I like having direct links to all the boards at the top and bottom of the page.  When I finish reading a baseball thread for example, I like being able to click directly to another board.  I can't see how to do that easily in the new version.

Posted
24 minutes ago, Blotto said:

Seems completely useable in the 10 mins I spent fucking around. The only "nice to have" feature I didn't find would be keeping the post numbering feature, which can be useful for referring to other posts up thread  (e.g. see post XX) without actually quoting the post. 

Me too... I even tried to pay a custom dev to do it and they removed the api for this entirely. Super sucks cuz that was one quality of life thing I used ALL the time. I'll see if I can hack something together. 

1 minute ago, cactusflinthead said:

Yeah, I'm going to hate it if it doesn't have a way to see activity as it's happening. I look at "All Activity" or " My Activity" and that's it. The one and only time I have to look at the full list of the forums is to find the semi hidden ones that don't typically appear in activity. 

I'll deal with it, but it's going to suck.

It does have this. I turned off the jobs because they were canceling subscriptions. I'll find some time today to enable that experience so you can see it. 

I also found there's a way to enable fluid mode (all boards combined in a thread list) globally. I'll walk everyone through that with screenshots. 

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Posted
2 minutes ago, miguelito said:

Maybe this was mentioned in tech terms I don't understand, but I like having direct links to all the boards at the top and bottom of the page.  When I finish reading a baseball thread for example, I like being able to click directly to another board.  I can't see how to do that easily in the new version.

That was always something I did custom. I'll add that in today. 

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Posted
3 minutes ago, Rimbo said:

I use the fluid view almost exclusively. How do I get to it?

Its an option in a menu I'll enable it now for all groups. Go to the menu and edit theme and then go to forum list and choose fluid. 

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Posted
3 minutes ago, immamac said:

That was always something I did custom. I'll add that in today. 

Awesome, thanks!  You know we don't like having to click too many times.

Posted
4 minutes ago, immamac said:

Its an option in a menu I'll enable it now for all groups. Go to the menu and edit theme and then go to forum list and choose fluid. 

no edit theme option on mobile (yet?)

Posted
9 minutes ago, Rimbo said:

I use the fluid view almost exclusively. How do I get to it?

Go into your account settings. Content preferences. Turn on change layout views. Choose the layout you prefer. 

There's a feed view that's new for those who were using the feed. Right now it's borked cuz I haven't built the feed. 

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9 minutes ago, Rimbo said:

I use the fluid view almost exclusively. How do I get to it?

Go into your account settings. Content preferences. Turn on change layout views. Choose the layout you prefer. 

There's a feed view that's new for those who were using the feed. Right now it's borked cuz I haven't built the feed. 

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9 minutes ago, Rimbo said:

I use the fluid view almost exclusively. How do I get to it?

Go into your account settings. Content preferences. Turn on change layout views. Choose the layout you prefer. 

There's a feed view that's new for those who were using the feed. Right now it's borked cuz I haven't built the feed. 

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Posted
4 minutes ago, immamac said:

Haha yeah Christmas a time when I can't get bothered by actual work so I do other work. I have a problem. 

Yup. Come see me and Peggy in CR. We are all moved on to the new condo. May never go back to the states.

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when i am reading a thread i want the maximum real estate utilization side-to-side which enables faster consumption with less paging/scrolling

a thread needs to render side-to-side like this:

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on the new site 20% of the frame (on the right) is not content) and the default sizing in essence doubles the amount of paging/scrolling

if we have to have blank space (obviously for future ads) it needs to be configurable for either the left or right side

thank you sir for the work you have done to keep this community alive

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