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New layout = improvement
A forum where posting is completely broken is a bit of a show stopper though.
I'm still not seeing posts and pictures on my ride thread. Others are tho and i see some posts others have made. Mine seem to appear hours later? Guessing some sort of manual reset?
Its difficult to resist doing multiple posts
It currently takes about 1minute 10 seconds to post. Your post is in the system within 10 seconds but the page takes another minute to refresh. This bug is breaking the forum cache and this is why some posts are not appearing until I manual reset the cache. All completely sub optimal but is the focus of our attention today. We’ll have it fixed soon. Once we get that bug fixed the forum should be fast and fully functional.
Ta. Its all appeared now. I guess you are not hitti g the manual refresh when i am posting as i am 12 hours out of sync 🤣
Looks like everythings heading in the right direction.
But i can't see any way to go to the forum overview from the last post in a topic and I'm not a fan of showing usernames in the "currently viewing this topic" bit.
The problem I had with posting wasn’t so much the time it took it was that it gave an error message so I submitted multiple times. I knew to expect it to take a while from reading this thread. So I hit the button then did some other stuff. But when I came back to the window it gave me an error about not being able to connect to the server. I refreshed the page and no sign of my message, so I tried again (luckily I’d copied the text before trying to submit it). Same thing. Tried one more time. Still couldn’t see my message. Eventually gave up trying to post but refreshed the page a few times. It was suggesting there was a recent message (from someone else) but I couldn’t see it. Eventually it did show and of course I’d posted three times like an idiot but it was too late to delete any of them by the time I could see them.
Keep up the good work though as does look as though it will be worth it all in the end. 😀
minor point, but we seem to have lost the "overview" of all threads, instead we have to go into one of the forums
Also
https://singletrackworld.com/forum directs the main forum menu
https://singletrackworld.com/community directs to recent posts page
minor point, but we seem to have lost the "overview" of all threads, instead we have to go into one of the forums
Click on “latest posts” below the forum list and you’ll get both forums combined and in chronological order of last post.
I’d still say it’s worth bring back the previous overview view though as the “latest post” view disregards stickied posts for instance.
it's looking much better ! Apologies if I'm being dim, I still can't see how to post pictures from 'postimages' where it was previously just a cut and paste from the 'postimages' site,. I did ask this a few pages back but can't see a response. Thanks
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minor point, but we seem to have lost the "overview" of all threads, instead we have to go into one of the forums
If you click 'Latest' you basically get the old overview...
I don't know if it's just me, but I started a thread and can't see any of the replies to it - there do seem to be some there - just the original post. I logged out, deleted the STW cookies, logged back in again and it's just the same, using an elderly MacBook and tried with both Chrome and Safari with no difference. I'm guessing it's not a general issue or other posters would have noted?
The number of posts on a thread on the overview/bike/chat page is an important current omission IMO. Gives you an idea before you open a thread if it's a lively debate or one user howling at the moon.
Other than that, quite like it so far...aside from it not actually functionally working currently (huge delay waiting for your contribution to post, big delay in posts going 'live' and being viewable, none functioning like button) - though appreciate it's a work in progress and you'll be painfully aware of these already.
I'm no designer but does there really need so much screen real estate taken up by the word 'FORUM' in the list of threads? Does anyone actually care about which forum a thread comes from? Removing this one thing would make it look much cleaner and easier on the eye.
I've got a pop-up advert playing even though I'm logged in.
The email 4 new replies was me. Hold up my hands. It used to say 'subscribe'. Can do again. here's my thoughts.
The word subscribe has two meanings on Singletrack. I was trying to remove ambiguity. You are not subscribing to singletrack magazine when you click that button. You are saying you want to receive email updates to a topic.
What do you think? am I overthinking it? is there a better phrase we can use?
Reminder. Anthony (and his broken foot) is working on the long delay after posting today.
Liking the layout as it is now, but I can't see ANY posts I make...
I want to read a thread that had 7 comments and 5 users. When I click in it I only see 3 comments. I refresh and still only see 3. I delete browser history right back to when the thread was created and still I only see 3.
Pixel 8, latest version of android, using chrome
What do you think? am I overthinking it? is there a better phrase we can use?
Follow thread? Thread updates?
There doesn't appear to be any way of seeing when the last post was made on the topics but other than that looking good.
I posted on the 11 speed XT thread thread earlier this morning but can't see my reply?
Seems others have also posted on it since (shows at the top of the thread) but I can't see those either?
Am I doing something wrong?
@singlespeedstu - I've got the same issue. This will be my last attempt at posting something until its resolved.
Still an awful lot of blank space.
Nothing really happens until halfway down my mobile screen.
Still missing navigation buttons back to Overview at the bottom of a thread.
Looks like my post didn't post which is a different problem from the one I was highlighting which was even when I know it posted (comment count) I still can't see my post...
...if this one posts
There’s a video advert appearing in the bottom corner of the screen. I’ve checked my settings and don’t think it should be there
I didn't like all the empty wall space so I put up a nice shot of the family.
Well I can't see what I just tried to post but presume others can as I just got an email notification that Daffy has mentioned me in this thread.
When I clicked that it takes me back to here but I still can't see either his or my posts. 😂
I posted on the 11 speed XT thread thread earlier this morning but can't see my reply?
Seems others have also posted on it since (shows at the top of the thread) but I can't see those either?
Am I doing something wrong?
I had that yesterday. Looked like someone had responded to a topic, click into it but there were no updates.
Like Daffy said, this is my last attempt to use the forum now until its fixed. As we all know, forums are a dying breed anyway and to have made such a monumental fk up as this is quite impressive given its been hyped up and talked about for so long. Was on the verge of subscribing too a while back but with the laughable performance pre-"upgrade" I didn't bother...
(Apols if this ends up a duplicate post)
As a paying subscriber, I don't think I should be getting the video advert that appearing bottom right of all pages?
As of today (paying subscriber), I’m now seeing advert vids in the bottom RHS of the page.
The email 4 new replies was me. Hold up my hands
Ah. I read that very literally, rather than txt spk. Was wondering why I would care about four replies specifically - I am going to get a notification once four replies are made etc.
I thought the same as convert, regarding that 'email 4 few replies' thing.
Eh, what does that mean? Why do I want to be e-mailed four new replies?
But it actually means 'subscribe to thread'? Or 'add thread to favourites'
Below the reply window (that I am currently typing in) there is a 'subscribe to this topic' tick box, which implies that terminology is still relevant. Does that do the same thing as the 'email 4 new replies' button; just when you're creating a reply? Or are they different functions?
I don't really want to be notified of new replies to a thread. I just would like some way of tagging a thread, so it goes into a list that I can refer to in the future. Like we used to have multiple times with the 'subscribe' button, although the list would randomly be lost/cleared so not really 100% convinced of it's usefulness.
Is there a way to do this?
ALSO - not related, but there are loads of new icons that are a bit of a mystery to me. I could just click on them, but who knows what merry hell that will unleash.
I assumed hovering over them might give you a text explainer, but that doesn't seem to be the case. Maybe a sticky thread with an explainer, or a key would be useful? You're gonna tell me one exists now, aren't you? And I just need to find it 😀
And on the main forum page (whether chat or bike), what do the different icons mean? There appears to be a white sheet of paper, a grey sheet of paper & a blue/green thing that looks like a candle flame. What do these all mean? I suppose it doesn't matter but it would be nice to know.
3+ hours for my post above and all other following replies to show up (in this and other threads).
Not seeing videos though, so that's a bonus! 🙂
Stickies aren't sticking for me in the Overview but do if you're in a specific forum.
I'd quite like the thread author & when it was started moved across from the right hand side & popped in next to the FORUM bit on the left (there's plenty of room). That should leave space for a post count & last post author like we used to have.
I'm no longer seeing a Like count.
there are loads of new icons that are a bit of a mystery to me
There's an icon key at the bottom of the page under Forum Information. One says "Solved" so presumably there should be an option to make a thread/question as solved. I wondered if the flame icon ought to mean that there's an argument raging.
And it's back to not showing up for me again. 😂
@stump01
Maybe a sticky thread with an explainer, or a key would be useful? You're gonna tell me one exists now, aren't you?
Scroll all the way to the bottom of the page. 😄
I wondered if the flame icon ought to mean that there's an argument raging.
No need for an icon. That's a valid assumption to make about any thread on here until proved otherwise surely? 😉
I think it means "hot topic" i.e. a thread with lots of activity on it.
Test reply from my alt account!
Edits don't seem to be showing.
Edits don't seem to be showing.