Sneak peek at the new site...
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Will it put its lotion on the skin??
I don't like the skin. It seems....sterile. Not really sure how else to describe it, but I get a very "hospital" vibe. Will the new site give me MERS?
Got it. Will look into it.
Rep is there (as in, it's a function of the site) but I think we will be resetting rep counts.
Floating AIDS bar will probably be replaced with a static SARS bar. Reasonable tradeoff?
If the biggest complaint is that the skin is a little sterile, I guess I'll take it.
In any event, the skin doesn't have to stay static forever. I agree that it's a little bland. If you have specific suggestions, let's hear 'em, otherwise it's just an item that will probably be a WIP.
Yep, favicon hasn't been implemented yet.
Any way to make the width adjustable for those of us who have moved into the 21st century and gone with this newfangled thing called "widescreen monitors"?
It's called "don't maximize your browser window and drag to resize yourself" eh?
Layout feels visually untethered. I'd like more delineation between posts (a la dark time/date/post # bar on this layout).
I also want the top nav bar to go away once I scroll down, analogous to how iOS apps work.
Follow Us icons and panel at bottom are too big.
Why is there a separate Home/contact us/help bar below posts, when there's space for those things in the bottom nav bar?
Forum statistics belong on forum page, not on thread view page.
Where's the equivalent of User CP? Profile isn't it...
I also want the top nav bar to go away once I scroll down, analogous to how iOS apps work.
Follow Us icons and panel at bottom are too big.
Why is there a separate Home/contact us/help bar below posts, when there's space for those things in the bottom nav bar?
Forum statistics belong on forum page, not on thread view page.
Where's the equivalent of User CP? Profile isn't it...
NOoooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!
SARS is so 2010. How about hiney flu?
Fixed bar is fine. I actually like it because it shows the latest BIKE articles, which contain some good stuff....but it f.kkn sucks with firefox (the entire thing flashes as you scroll) and seems to jam up my iPad. I used chrome at work so it wasn't so AIDSy, but at home I can't stand it, and I prefer firefox because googLOL creeps me out.
Yeah, sorry, this reminds me of how awful some websites look after seeing other websites like G+ that utilize an entire widescreen monitor. Having everything squeezed into the middle 1/3 of my screen and then huge gray bars on either side is pretty bad (and yes, very similar to how Facebook is).It's called "don't maximize your browser window and drag to resize yourself" eh?
Don't worry we'll still have respect for you when your rep hammer is pitiful..........
Seven years of college down the drain.
Nope. Sorry. We're serving ad templates across multiple sites and they need guaranteed site widths.
Good feedback, thanks. Forum stats are only a placeholder to make the sidebar widget appear - they won't remain. If you click your username, there's a drop down of a bunch of stuff you can edit - hitting any one of them will bring you to a page with a list of items to edit on the left.
I dislike where the date and time of the post is located. Like Toshi, I would like a better delineation between posts. Most of the other looks, I will get used to.
Needs moar glitter.
I hear ya' on the post delineation... I don't care much about the posting date but it's as good a way as any to create delineation.
Not sure how much we'll fix now and how much we'll launch with and update later - most of the non-functional stuff may get dropped into a to-do bucket, but we'll see.
I will create a special skin with glitter.
Not sure how much we'll fix now and how much we'll launch with and update later - most of the non-functional stuff may get dropped into a to-do bucket, but we'll see.
I will create a special skin with glitter.
i planned on retiring when i get to 24.....
no workee
Well, the ad widths could be the same, but right now there's huge open real estate on either side of the site. There's no way to make your page width be dependent on what resolution you're running?
I'm not talking about banner sizes - those are easy. It's the actual templates (overlays, sidebar ads, site takeovers, etc.) that are a problem. And like I said, there are multiple sites from Grind Media that all use the same ad templates and we need consistency. So to make a change to one site, we'd have to change all of them, setting up multiple templates to span multiple sizes, on multiple sites. It's just not in the cards right now.
Time limit between posts?
I still get a permissions error when I try to do anything in the new site. Looks good when I'm logged out though.
I am trying to figure out if this is a question, as indicated by the punctuation, or a statement as indicated by the words.
BadDNA - the mod privileges didn't migrate right, I'll need to tweak your account.
I moved you to the regular user group. Try it now.
can i be a mod?
It's a statement - it happens, tried to reply to two topics within some relatively short interval, and got a popup.
It's a question - is this by design? Is the time constant appropriate?
Mostly this. I don't know why all web content has to look like the mobile version of everything these days. I got's me a big ole screen. I ain't skeerd to use it.
Can you elaborate, woo?
I understand Toshi's point and we'll do something to address that, but your other comment doesn't seem to relate... are you talking about the fixed width of the site? Or something else?
I understand Toshi's point and we'll do something to address that, but your other comment doesn't seem to relate... are you talking about the fixed width of the site? Or something else?
Yes, it's by design. This site also has a limitation. It might not be set appropriately - I'll look at the settings. I've set up and torn down that beta site so much that I'm not sure 100% of the options are set right now.
Is the only way to post a picture via a URL link? I tried to "upload file" and got an error.
The following error occurred
There was a problem uploading your file.
Looks pretty slick otherwise. Also, the "warn" function is working.
It looks like "Likes" have replaced rep?
The following error occurred
There was a problem uploading your file.
Looks pretty slick otherwise. Also, the "warn" function is working.
It looks like "Likes" have replaced rep?
No, reputation will/is still part of the site, I was just doing some experimenting with the plugin so I have it turned off for the moment.
I'll look into the file uploading. Not sure what's going on with that.
I'll look into the file uploading. Not sure what's going on with that.
Alrighty! I was also looking at the members list, specifically the "Staff members" section. Looks like that list could use a little paring down.
Yeah, get rid of IAB!
Seriously. Don't you have to ACTUALLY ride bikes to be part of this forum
Seriously. Don't you have to ACTUALLY ride bikes to be part of this forum
Partially that, but the current version does that too with me ad blockin.
What I mean by mobile versions is that things are just getting way over simplified with missing features.
Look at the difference in available navigation options at the top of the current site vs the beta.
It just seems like in an effort to 'clean up' everything so that it works on phones, functionality is being cut.
Well, you're not logged in.
If you're logged in, it looks like this:
Which, from what I can tell, doesn't lack any functionality compared to the existing one. You have direct access to private messages, notifications and settings, only they have icons instead of more cluttered words. New Posts and Forum Actions are there - actually, forum actions now has more, direct controls instead of a drop down. The only other things that are missing are FAQ / Calendar / Community which nobody uses anyway and don't need top level links. Classifieds is missing but only because they're not implemented in the test environment yet.
I think you actually have more direct links / control on the new site. The icons look cleaner so it may somewhat appear the opposite...
I'm not arguing with you, just trying to discover what's missing so I can add it.