[Sticky] The New Forum

Do you want issues highlighted here?

I notice that usernames don't necessarily match with what the old forum was displaying.  e.g. I suspect the old forum just displayed Mark for you, and mine never showed "I should know better".

yes. Please post observations/glitches here. 

thanks 

Maybe just me but im struggling with the blue? thread title on dark background on mobile. 

When disable dark mode every 2nd thread is still in dark mode

Oooh! We’re back. 😀 

Well done! Up a lot quicker than expected - I braced for a full day of downtime! 😀 

How do we quickly jump to the last post of a thread - can't see an obvious way?

Posted by: bruneep

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Maybe just me but im struggling with the blue? thread title on dark background on mobile. 

When disable dark mode every 2nd thread is still in dark mode

 

TBF Mark did say that Dark Mode was very dark, but yeah, the blue text is a bit difficult to read. Minor tweak once stuff has settled in I reckon.

Ok, so that's another glitch. My quote of bruneeps post and my subsequent response basically aren't readable for me. I'm guessing it's a Dark Mode/Light Mode thing though. 

Photos?

Edit: tried a photo upload but it didn't work. Sensible to have that disabled at first though I guess.

Nice one. Looks OK so far. Both on phone and laptop

Every other answer in a thread is dark, so grey background with blue writing

However the 'white' reply has white lettering on a white background.....

Looks nice. great work Mark & team.

Only noticed one oddity so far: when I first connected I got an authentication prompt - as if windows authentication was enabled. I clicked cancel and it went away and hasn't come back. Tested in an incognito window and it didn't appear there either.

On a personal note - I'd prefer the 'NEW' flash to only be on for new threads like before not for every time there's a new post. 

Just makes things look cluttered and I don't like clutter! 😀 

Thanks for the support there. It's a stressful process. 

Some users may have some awful issues with lightmode and dark mode. We are aware of the issue. It's related to some users having the dark mode setting switched on in their profile settings. We are going to remove that control as it's confusing to everyone and everything. Dark mode/light mode will be controlled by you in your browser settings. If anyone is experiencing that issue (light text on white background type stuff) then go tou your preferences and untick the dark mode box.

Alot of these display issues maybe because of the dark mode setting in accounts please deactivate that setting in your Singletrack account to see how it looks, we unfortunately will be removing this setting very soon due to these issues 

Posting just get to moderator approval! I'll wait to critique but could do wth a button to get back to the overview forum at the bottom of the page. Don't like how it says Adam at the moment rather than ads678, I know that'll change though.

Great work!

Contrast is a bit dodgy in places. Maybe the devs should install a Contrast Checking Extension like this one for Chrome to keep open while they're working on the colours.

All in all, liking the new look and functionality (IT AUTOMATICALLY JUMPS TO THE NEWEST UNREAD POST!!!! WOO!!!).

Would be nice to have a link to the overview page at the bottom of a thread, rather than having to scroll up or click back to get to it..

Each post (not thread) got way too much clutter at the top.

Looks like there are threads missing, eg the Donald! Trump! one.  I assume it's just a case of data being transferred to the new format?

Well this is new and different, and therefore I'm scared of it...

... otherwise great!

seems like if you quote some one using the buttons at the top of the text entry box. you cannot then comment on the quoted subject. 

Chrome on windows 11 if it matters 

The Navigation buttons at the top that go Home>Forum>Threat title etc are absolutely tiny. 

Can't read in non dark mode now 😀 

Excellent news. Great job Team Singletrack.

I assume that there's loads of tweaks already in the pipeline but here's a small suggestion: start the dark/light colour background sequence of the posts with the dark colour to help signify where the start of the thread is. It currently is the same background as the title/thread stats bit so it blends in.

I for one really appreciate all the work that is going on behind the scenes. STW is a really imoprtant resource for me and it's great to see it improving.

Looks like there are threads missing, eg the Donald! Trump! one.  I assume it's just a case of data being transferred to the new format?

I'm picturing the poor old intern frantically typing away to transfer 700 pages of that thread to the new forum.

Posted by: verses

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(IT AUTOMATICALLY JUMPS TO THE NEWEST UNREAD POST!!!! WOO!!!).

Hmmm - not doing that for me. Just taking me to the first post in a thread.

EDIT - yes it is! It's taking me to the last post of threads I've read - first post of threads I've not read! 😀 

Posted by: Anthony

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Alot of these display issues maybe because of the dark mode setting in accounts please deactivate that setting in your Singletrack account to see how it looks, we unfortunately will be removing this setting very soon due to these issues 

So no dark mode just light mode or will it be dark by default? I disabled dark mode and I couldn't read anything in light mode. 

On a Mac with Safari, it's only going across about 3/4 of the window, justified fully left, with blank space on the RHS.

There's also a strange 'P' in the bottom left corner of this text box as I type. Pressing it highlights my last para of text... 

How's the image upload for members? Here's a pic of my feet taken earlier.

Posted by: Chipps

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On a Mac with Safari, it's only going across about 3/4 of the window, justified fully left, with blank space on the RHS.

I've not activated the Forum RH column yet. That will fill the space over there that is currently empty

I'm not sure you've imported the Locked/Unlocked status of threads. Some previously locked threads seem open again.

Posted by: Mark Alker

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How's the image upload for members?

It's good!

How's the image upload for members?

Lawn could do with a mowing.

Your forum history is now a tab in your profile.

I can't post a comment in the creatine thread, so I guess the locked function is working again, but nothing to indicate it is locked.

and to agree with someone above, I don't like that every thread I haven't visited is marked as new, unless that's just because they are all newly imported and will sort itself out in time.

Jut minor grumbles though, all good otherwise.

@bruneep head to your preferences and make sure this box is not ticked. That's a temporary fix. The light/dark mode issues will go away soon.  

oh, and I am happy to be seen now as MonkeySpacePilot instead of MSP, please don't change me back.

Posted by: Mark Alker

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Your forum history is now a tab in your profile.

lovely, really missed that.  great work everyone.  

just on the " You are not allowed to attach files on this forum. It is possible that you have not reached the minimum required number of posts, or your user group does not have permission to attach files in this forum" message at the bottom of the text box.  is that true?  i could try it i spose but didnt want to clog the forum up at this early stage.

I did and that was the result, every 2nd post is light/dark.

Light i can't read anything, dark is a struggle  

The furniture has moved in my favourite forum. Just need to get my spot sorted again.

Posted by: sadexpunk

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just on the " You are not allowed to attach files on this forum. It is possible that you have not reached the minimum required number of posts, or your user group does not have permission to attach files in this forum" message at the bottom of the text box.  is that true?  i could try it i spose but didnt want to clog the forum up at this early stage.

looks like my question has answered itself.  now that ive passed moderation, i dont get that message.

Have we lost the clickable forum list bar at the bottom? 

Overview - bike - chat...etc, etc?

Dark text on a dark background and light text on a light background... Poor move.

Check some of our previous posts above re: dark mode in your user preferences

seems like if you quote some one using the buttons at the top of the text entry box. you cannot then comment on the quoted subject. 

Yea, obviously going to the text box and hitting enter first then quoting is a workaround.  But otherwise you have to quote, copy the quote, delete it. Create a space, quote it, then type your reply.

Don't like how it says Adam at the moment rather than ads678, I know that'll change though.

@mark think I’d class this as “GDPR violation” rather than “glitch”, some peoples’ full names (including surname) are showing instead of usernames. 

What is displaying is what users have entered into their profiles in the 'Nickname' box. It will display usernames shortly

I have, it's still terrible. Id post a pic but I can't.

Site also doesn't dynamically fit to my screen.