Forum Issues - Update Released

Forum Issues - Update Released

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RacingPete

Original Poster:

8,845 posts

203 months

Wednesday 5th August 2015
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Fixed issues:
  • When zooming on desktop it defaults to a mobile view - Fixed down to a certain width of 768px
  • If you change to GTI skin then you cannot switch back - Fixed, though Mobile (beta) is still not working, so not an option
  • My Stuff on GTI not showing in bold for new topics with posts - Fixed
  • Sponsored/Sticky topics not showing with different background - Fixed
  • Save My Preferences on GTI/Mobile (beta) clears Fav Forums - Fixed
  • My Stuff on iPad working (apart from tabs on portrait view) - Fixed
  • Desktop view on iPad for both landscape and portrait orientation - Fixed
  • Some tweaks to the styling of the page - Fixed
  • Performance fixes to the site - Fixed
  • Go to last read post in My Stuff - Fixed
Fixed for Release early next week:
  • Overlapping 5th post with advert on Tablet
  • Menu navigation not working on Phone on some pages
  • Can't edit favourite forums on Phone
  • My Stuff - no tabs on iPad portrait view
  • Galaxy Tab (and some others) showing the correct view on My Stuff
Not fixed Issues:
  • Mobile (beta) does not work on desktop, fonts too big on mobile
  • Some of the text formatting on GTI on mobile is a little crashed together when using special tags (e.g. bullets like in this post)
  • On iPad, advert next to fifth post overlapping with the post
  • Zoom on Tablets
  • Icon alignments on footer bar on some phones
  • Some small styling tweaks
Edited by RacingPete on Friday 14th August 14:58

hornetrider

63,161 posts

204 months

Wednesday 5th August 2015
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RacingPete said:
  • If you change to GTI skin then you cannot switch back
Still don't know why you've taken what seems such a heavy handed approach when there's just no need to force people onto an underdeveloped/experimental/flawed skin. I'll stick with BB for now (if I can) until these problems are ironed out.

maffski

1,866 posts

158 months

Wednesday 5th August 2015
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No idea why, but on a forum topic I loose custom styles for A tags, they are rendered in the default browser settings.

For all other pages (forum lists etc.) it works normally.

It was OK this morning, in fact it broke just as you posted that should all be fixed...


This is IE 11, with Big Blue skin (works OK in Chrome. Looking at the Someone messing with the fonts thread it seems I'm not alone.

Possibly related, you seem to be sending IE=EmulateIE7 on that page, but not any others.

illmonkey

18,111 posts

197 months

Wednesday 5th August 2015
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hornetrider said:
RacingPete said:
  • If you change to GTI skin then you cannot switch back
Still don't know why you've taken what seems such a heavy handed approach when there's just no need to force people onto an underdeveloped/experimental/flawed skin. I'll stick with BB for now (if I can) until these problems are ironed out.
Oh god my eyes!

Change me back, change me back!

RacingPete

Original Poster:

8,845 posts

203 months

Wednesday 5th August 2015
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illmonkey said:
Oh god my eyes!

Change me back, change me back!
Oh, and it might be useful to know what skin you were using before, forgot to mention that... Big Blue, or Classic?

marshalla

15,902 posts

200 months

Wednesday 5th August 2015
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I'd like to go back to Mobile(Beta), please.

(N.B. NOT Beta2 - it doesn't work well on my mobile device).

Du1point8

21,604 posts

191 months

Wednesday 5th August 2015
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Why can't we change back if we have a look at GTI?

I dont understand why its a one way street?

illmonkey

18,111 posts

197 months

Wednesday 5th August 2015
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RacingPete said:
illmonkey said:
Oh god my eyes!

Change me back, change me back!
Oh, and it might be useful to know what skin you were using before, forgot to mention that... Big Blue, or Classic?
Big blue, but I imagine once back I can change between the rest.

RacingPete

Original Poster:

8,845 posts

203 months

Wednesday 5th August 2015
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illmonkey said:
Big blue, but I imagine once back I can change between the rest.
You are changed

AndrewEH1

4,917 posts

152 months

Wednesday 5th August 2015
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My eyes! GTI is terrible on desktop. Change me back to the blue one!

Why are you not allowing people to switch back?

Also whats is the default for new visitors? Because if today was the first time I had ever looked at the forums I would never come back if it is set to GTI...

Edited by AndrewEH1 on Wednesday 5th August 14:56

Craikeybaby

10,369 posts

224 months

Wednesday 5th August 2015
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Thanks, using on my Mac (Safari) seems much improved, however on my iPhone my previous points still stand - in "My stuff" there is no way of seeing which threads have been updated since the previous visit (unread threads used to be in bold), nor is there a way to click through to the first unread post in the thread.

AW111

9,455 posts

132 months

Wednesday 5th August 2015
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Android default browser on tablet here.
The only issue I have is the text reflowing around side ads still doesn't work.

I don't know why the ad is blank : I am not using any blockers.


illmonkey

18,111 posts

197 months

Wednesday 5th August 2015
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RacingPete said:
illmonkey said:
Big blue, but I imagine once back I can change between the rest.
You are changed
ta

rscott

14,690 posts

190 months

Wednesday 5th August 2015
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GTI now looks far more like BigBlue than it did previously to me.

But to repeat a point made on the other thread - can we have a slightly larger font please?

AW111

9,455 posts

132 months

Wednesday 5th August 2015
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Just went to my stuff :


Vaud

50,287 posts

154 months

Wednesday 5th August 2015
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Craikeybaby said:
Thanks, using on my Mac (Safari) seems much improved, however on my iPhone my previous points still stand - in "My stuff" there is no way of seeing which threads have been updated since the previous visit (unread threads used to be in bold), nor is there a way to click through to the first unread post in the thread.
I also have the issue with unread posts no longer being in bold. A bit annoying.

AndrewEH1

4,917 posts

152 months

Wednesday 5th August 2015
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This is what GTI looks like on a desktop for me...



Edited by AndrewEH1 on Wednesday 5th August 15:09

pidsy

7,958 posts

156 months

Wednesday 5th August 2015
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Only issue I've noticed is whenever I reply Tia thread my iPhone says that PH wants to know my location.

What's that about?

Craikeybaby

10,369 posts

224 months

Wednesday 5th August 2015
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I get that only on certain threads, I was also getting it before on the mobile beta. I'm guessing it is something to do the the ads on the page.

pidsy

7,958 posts

156 months

Wednesday 5th August 2015
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Targeted advertising?

That gets on my tits.