Gregg Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 (edited) Iʻll try and put all the comments on the new look here on this thread/post. Here is the list of things to work on:1. Under the old format when you visited say the workbench section. The threads you had not looked at were highlighted by bold type,and the ones you had looked at were in a thinner /smaller type. This to made it easier to know which threads I had looked at. Another example is the double spacing here. I did not set that up, and am having a bit of trouble finding a fix to go back to single spacing 2. Wish I could preview my remarks with the button we used to have. But I'll just reread them several times. 3 friends list will reappear 4. I don't see the button for the members directory. Am I just not finding it, or isn't it here (tom geiger) Any more, let me know.Itʻs a work in progress, I know. Edited July 20, 2015 by Gregg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 The one other thing I liked was being able to lock your own threads. To be able to delete a thread of your own would be good too. Thanks for the forum Gregg, good work. I am getting used to it visually. My eyes just aren't what they once were. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cato Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 Iʻll try and put all the comments on the new look here on this thread/post.Here is the list of things to work on:2. Wish I could preview my remarks with the button we used to have. But I'll just reread them several times. I appreciate that you organized a place to review legitimate requests.I wrote the above. The real reason is to correctly organize all the content. My WIP is 37+ pages and (so far) 550 photos. Creating text, uploading 4 to 8 pics and links needs previewing because some of the pics and links don't load in correct order in relation to their captions. Throw in typos and poor structure and it's a lot of dancing around with just an edit button. I like to get things right before presenting them. In addition, I'm actually building the model which is not exactly a Snap-tite.The other request I mentioned was getting order numbers back on posts in a thread. That makes it easy to refer someone else to a specific spot.I understand that the whole site is now a WIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 (edited) Gregg, Thanks for all your work! I don't see the button for the members directory. Am I just not finding it, or isn't it here?A thought- Last time I went through the members directory, there were more inactive old members, than current, making it impossible to browse. I noticed that a lot of these were people who signed up ages ago, like 2007 and visited the site a few times, last time within a short period after signing up. Some of them have great user names, that people could use today. Would this be an opportunity to clean this up and delete ancient, never used IDs? And maybe set up rules to delete IDs that haven't accessed the board in 5 (or another span) years? I see guys who do come back to the board that have forgotten their ID, password etc and just set up new accounts. Edited July 19, 2015 by Tom Geiger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aurfalien Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 Aight Big K, go catch some waves!And may Aloha be with you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Cranky Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 I like the new slim look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyjim Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 I like the new look but still am NOT getting email notifications of items I've posted on.Notifications arrived just before you took the site down for maintenance and they haven't been back. I really miss them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petetrucker07 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 So far, I'm liking the new format. I'm getting everything figured out that I need to get figured out. The only problem I can't seem to square away, and it's probably my device, is when I quote and reply, the typing is delayed or does some wacky stuff. It will delete a letter or space on its own. Spell check doesn't work. But that's only when I'm quoting. Just a normal reply, everything works just fine. Like I said, best I can I figure it's my Android phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAT-T Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 EVERYTHING SEEMED TO BE WORKING GREAT UNTIL THE SHUTDOWN FOR MAINTENANCE, NOW I ONLY GET NOTIFICATIONS ON NEW THREADS, NOT THE ONES I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING FROM BEFORE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelby 427 1965 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 I love it, great work Greg! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjordan2 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 (edited) The new format seems not to support my old Safari 4.1.3 browser on my desktop iMac, which I can't afford to upgrade and can't use other browsers. Now I can't use it to post anything on the forum, and that's where all my files are, and where I use Photobucket. As in this post, I can use my iPad to post text, but not images. Is there a chance of making the site support Safari 4.1.3 again? Edited July 19, 2015 by sjordan2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Lectro Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 (edited) Gregg,I haven't commented on the new look, because I figured I would get used to it after spending a little time with it, which is exactly what is happening. Some things are very different, but they haven't caused any big problems for me yet.Thanks for maintaining this forum, and for putting up with everything you have to put up with during the changeover. Edited July 19, 2015 by Danny Lectro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobthehobbyguy Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 The new format seems not to support my old Safari 4.1.3 browser on my desktop iMac, which I can't afford to upgrade and can't use other browsers. Now I can't use it to post anything on the forum, and that's where all my files are, and where I use Photobucket. My guess wouAs in this post, I can use my iPad to post text, but not images. Is there a chance of making the site support Safari 4.1.3 again?My guess would be no becuase the current version is 7. Part of the upgrade was for security and the older browsers are not as secure becuase it is doubtful that apple is still is supporting that version.Also that decision is being made by the software provider not Gregg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjordan2 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 My hope was that my request would be passed along to the software providers. Things were working just fine until the change, and I have few if any problems elsewhere on the Web. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 I as well would like to turn off email notices for Pm's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 This is not so bad. It's just new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjordan2 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 (edited) I also miss the ability to "Go to first unread post." Edited July 19, 2015 by sjordan2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
detailstymied Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 i don't need to know who's in the chat room Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadrunner Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 Is there a way to turn off a specific signature permanently? At present, I seem to have to turn off that specific signature in every thread in which that member has posted.Thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hpiguy Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 (edited) New look doesn't bug me. Whatever the owner chooses to do that works for them is fine with me. Edited July 22, 2015 by hpiguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooOld Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 I got used to the new layout pretty quickly and I like it ! I'm running Windows 8.1 and it works great with IE 11 , Chrome , and Firefox . Nice work ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordairgtar Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 I hate change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike 51 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 Works just fine for me..Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 I also miss the ability to "Go to first unread post."Skip- Look at the list of threads. They should have a dark blue star or dot in front of them. The star is a thread you have posted in, the dot means you haven't. Clicking on either will take you to the first unread post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobthehobbyguy Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 In the old forum the locked topic had red padl8ck so it wss different from the other threads it wouldBe nice to have that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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