GrumpyGnome Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 (edited) Does everyone see I have updated some images then ? Eek, I was going to update them all....... best stop until we're all a little more familiar. GG Edited February 11, 2021 by GrumpyGnome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Fenton Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 1 minute ago, GrumpyGnome said: Does everyone see I have updated some images then ? Eek, I was going to update them all....... best stop until we're all a little more familiar. Maybe we need a 'sticky' thread to just report issues....... GG LOLOL Please carry on, its shown us how to filter that sort of stuff so its all good. DA is now flooding the feed with diary updates lol. Its a learning curve, but this platform is so much more tunable than the previous one. Really impressed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Yeah, overall, definitely better GG 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Feather Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Well done to all the forum team, I know from working in IT how problematic some of these migrations can be, so the fact you've managed to migrate the content at all is fantastic. I've been around website development for a good number of years - I actually built the site that took the first ever credit card order in this country, back in mid 90s - so I can see you've done sterling work. Well done. Now the niggles... I find the default text and text colour extremely difficult to read in the computer display - there is simply not enough contrast. Grey text on white is very difficult for me and probably a lot of others and and typing this I can feel it really straining my eyes. I can see from the code it's just a variable so should be easy enough to change - preferably if at all possible, to allow us to choose our own accessibility options. It's much better on mobile. There is generally too much white space. A lot of web designers make this mistake - it looks light and airy, but it means users of the site end up having to do a LOT more scrolling as there is not much information on the page. I have a reasonably large screen, but I can only see two posts plus what I'm writing now. Keep up the good work. The font colour is what's really breaking this for me at the moment. thanks Simon Feather Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel R Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 (edited) I'm making a new stream for latest posts. when I bring up the "save as" box, and start typing, the box disappears. I have to bring up the box again to actually type. second problem with making a new stream, the new stream instantly forgets my 'condensed/expanded' choice. A similar thing happens for other dropdown menus, when choosing an item, the menu disappears without registering my choice. windows 10 / chrome Edited February 11, 2021 by Nigel R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuban8 Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 (edited) I've set up a bookmark to 'All Activity' and set view to condensed mode. Convenient to just pop in and out to see what's happening and to decide whether to chip in or not. Still all rather too big and a bit 'in your face' even on a 15" laptop screen. Agree with Simon Feather, all rather too open and leads to scrolling about too much. Edited February 11, 2021 by Cuban8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dickw Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 2 hours ago, Cuban8 said: I've set up a bookmark to 'All Activity' and set view to condensed mode. Convenient to just pop in and out to see what's happening and to decide whether to chip in or not. Still all rather too big and a bit 'in your face' even on a 15" laptop screen. Agree with Simon Feather, all rather too open and leads to scrolling about too much. I am using a 13" laptop with Firefox and have set the "Zoom Level" in Firefox to 67% for this site. That reduces the "in your face" tendencies to an acceptable level for me. Dick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuban8 Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 10 minutes ago, Dickw said: I am using a 13" laptop with Firefox and have set the "Zoom Level" in Firefox to 67% for this site. That reduces the "in your face" tendencies to an acceptable level for me. Dick Yes, that does help.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Carr Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Its took a day of faffing but im starting to get the feel of this site. Well done to all involved? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken anderson. Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 14 minutes ago, Craig Carr said: Its took a day of faffing but im starting to get the feel of this site. Well done to all involved? thats not what you said last night... ken anderson...ne..1......many heads of craig carr dept. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymaz Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Oooo, this is different! I will be child’s play in next to no time ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Feather Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 5 hours ago, Dickw said: I am using a 13" laptop with Firefox and have set the "Zoom Level" in Firefox to 67% for this site. That reduces the "in your face" tendencies to an acceptable level for me. Dick Hi Dick - unfortunately I can't read the text if I do that (on a biggish screen); the light grey on white does rather make my eyes hurt straining to see it, and reducing the font size by zooming out makes it considerably worse! Site admins - is there anything we can do about the colour of the text? I'm really straining to read it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Miller Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 I have to say that I have lost interest completely. I may be old and non internet savvy but I can't find my way round this and I can't be bothered If anyone has a question about any of my build threads send me a PM. That way I will get an email about it. If you don't I won't know about it. Your problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Hargreaves - Moderator Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 52 minutes ago, Simon Feather said: Site admins - is there anything we can do about the colour of the text? I'm really straining to read it. It's a fair point Simon & we have asked the question....as you can imagine there is a lot to get through but the developers are working through the list.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymaz Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 How can I put my photos into an album please? I there a how to guide somewhere? cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EarlyBird Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 (edited) Click on + Create. Edited February 11, 2021 by EarlyBird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piers Bowlan Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 16 minutes ago, Peter Miller said: I have to say that I have lost interest completely. I may be old and non internet savvy but I can't find my way round this and I can't be bothered If anyone has a question about any of my build threads send me a PM. That way I will get an email about it. If you don't I won't know about it. Your problem Peter, MattyB posted instructions on how to create a latest posts link:-'https://www.modelflying.co.uk/forums/index.php?/topic/47127-quick-guide-creating-an-equivalent-to-the-latest-posts-view-in-the-new-forum/, similar to what we had on the old site. Once created, if you click on My Activity Streams and then 'latest posts' which you create if you follow Matty's instructions, I think you will find the Forum much easier to use, or at least I did. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EarlyBird Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Peter, Got to here Click on Following Select email and update 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Wood Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Managed to log in today with no problem (using chromebook & chrome browser). Just need to get the "Latest Post" bit sorted and away we go. Thanks for all the hard work that's gone into producing this. It will take some getting used to for old blokes like me but I will persevere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john stones 1 - Moderator Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 2 minutes ago, Bill Wood said: Managed to log in today with no problem (using chromebook & chrome browser). Just need to get the "Latest Post" bit sorted and away we go. Thanks for all the hard work that's gone into producing this. It will take some getting used to for old blokes like me but I will persevere. Old bloke here as well Bill, keep plodding on it gets easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Christy Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 (edited) Well, someone has been working hard! I can now select different pages in a given thread! Well done to the techies! ? I still think there should be a "latest posts" menu on the FRONT page, though! Not everyone who comes to this site is a member, or even an ingrained modeller! The old website, with its "latest posts" menu, offered casual visitors a flavour of the kind of support they could expect if they joined, and certainly made it easier for regulars to quickly keep track of current discussions! Please re-instate ASAP! Aside from anything else, its good marketing! Oh, and one minor beef, can we PLEASE make the spellchecker here use BRITISH English, and not the American flavo(u)r! ? -- Pete Edited February 11, 2021 by Peter Christy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dickw Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 2 hours ago, Simon Feather said: Hi Dick - unfortunately I can't read the text if I do that (on a biggish screen); the light grey on white does rather make my eyes hurt straining to see it, and reducing the font size by zooming out makes it considerably worse! Site admins - is there anything we can do about the colour of the text? I'm really straining to read it. Sorry to hear that Simon, but that was just an example of my attempt to make the appearance to my liking. I have just checked with a ruler and the font at 67% zooom level on my 13" screen is 1.5mm high, but I still find it readable once I have my reading glasses on. ? Perhaps playing around with the zoom level and other screen settings like brightness might help pending anything the techies can do. Dick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Wood Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 "Latest Post" now appears at top and bottom of screen which I can click on. Not sure if I made it myself or it's official. Clicked on 'My Activity Stream' at top then 'custom activity' set label as "Latest Post" then used the filters to show last 7 days then set to 'condensed' view. Seems to work for me as an interim measure. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EarlyBird Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 10 hours ago, Peter Miller said: I have to say that I have lost interest completely. I may be old and non internet savvy but I can't find my way round this and I can't be bothered If anyone has a question about any of my build threads send me a PM. That way I will get an email about it. If you don't I won't know about it. Your problem True it will be my problem but also my loss not to have your help. ? I think that the old way was to use bookmark icon at the bottom. Now we have Follow button at the top to send email notification, give it a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 After a couple of days of use this is soooooo much better than the clunky old site. I see a lot of complaints about white space, but viewing on an MS Surface I find that gives the forum a lovely airy feel, clean and easy on the eye. The functionality to display exactly what one wants to see in terms of the content is impressive and just takes a bit of experimentation. Thanks to the excellent work of the mods and a bit of experimentation the rather confusing and overwhelming volume of new stuff being added and organised in real time was tamed. This is a real advance in browsing and it really demonstrates how busy and useful the forum is. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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