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Posted by: Mark

Forum menu now has links direct to Bike and Chat forums at the top of the page

 

Looking good!


 
Posted : 06/02/2025 4:39 pm
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How do you navigate to the last read post in a thread? it takes me back to the start every time?


 
Posted : 06/02/2025 4:42 pm
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Is it possible to add a link to Overview in the drop down at the bottom of the page? (it is greyed out) 


 
Posted : 06/02/2025 4:44 pm
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Threads seem to keep opening on the first page for me even though I have manually gone to the last page & added a comment.

Would be nice to have the option of opening them on the first or last page.


 
Posted : 06/02/2025 4:46 pm
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sorry, dont know where you mean. 

Open the thread first to page 1. Near the top of the page there's a Bike Forum ID. It's right under that. 

So 2 clicks rather than one, but better than your current method. 


 
Posted : 06/02/2025 4:46 pm
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We are looking at the behaviour of clicking on a topic that is labelled 'New' now


 
Posted : 06/02/2025 4:48 pm
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If you click this icon at the top of a thread it takes you to the last post without using the drop-down option. 

Can this icon be added to the end of thread title (or somewhere) on the Overview page?

 

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Posted : 06/02/2025 4:50 pm
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How do I get rid of the annoying ⚙️ 


 
Posted : 06/02/2025 4:54 pm
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How do I get rid of the annoying cogs 

 


 
Posted : 06/02/2025 4:56 pm
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At the bottom of the list of threads there's this list of Icons, however I don't actually see any of them against the threads themselves

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No icons

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Posted : 06/02/2025 4:58 pm
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Posted by: verses

At the bottom of the list of threads there's this list of Icons, however I don't actually see any of them against the threads themselves

 

Just noticed that too - don't show on desktop, but do show on my phone.


 
Posted : 06/02/2025 4:59 pm
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Posted by: tthew

Open the thread first to page 1. Near the top of the page there's a Bike Forum ID. It's right under that. 

So 2 clicks rather than one, but better than your current method. 

Posted by: the-muffin-man

If you click this icon at the top of a thread it takes you to the last post without using the drop-down option.

ahhhhh thank you.  (not sure how this is going to come out, using 2 quotes)


 
Posted : 06/02/2025 4:59 pm
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Pinned posts have dissapeared from the top of the forum. Are they elsewhere?


 
Posted : 06/02/2025 5:03 pm
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Anyone have a random capital P on the reply text area?


 
Posted : 06/02/2025 5:04 pm
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The link I used to use for the chat forum https://singletrackworld.com/chat/ no longer works. It takes you to the page below. Maybe  needs a redirect?

Edit: tried to post a screenshot and failed, but succeeded in double posting!

 


 
Posted : 06/02/2025 5:08 pm
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The link I used to use for the chat forum https://singletrackworld.com/chat/ no longer works. It takes you to the page below. Maybe  needs a redirect?

 


 
Posted : 06/02/2025 5:10 pm
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Posted by: jimmy748

How do I get rid of the annoying cogs 

That's an Ezoic ad thing. There has to be a permanent link on every page so that you can change your consent options at any time. It was there on the old forum. The current annoyance is that the new form is slightly wider and that cog overlaps content. It's on the list.


 
Posted : 06/02/2025 5:13 pm
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Very impressed with the speed of everything coming back up. Proper good job by the dev team!


 
Posted : 06/02/2025 5:20 pm
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I notice the overview forum has gone back to /forum/ rather than /community/ in the the link. 

Doesn't make much difference to me as I always come in form the home page, but I can imagine a few folks being upset by it, after it changing to /community/ not that long ago.


 
Posted : 06/02/2025 5:21 pm
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when will the older threads (over 2 years start date) reappear?  bit by bit so keep an eye out, or all in a oner at some point?  (im missing the bassists thread 😀 )


 
Posted : 06/02/2025 5:22 pm
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I'm liking being able to paste images directly into the editor.  I'm liking that a lot.


 
Posted : 06/02/2025 5:25 pm
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Thought I'd give posting a photo a go......


 
Posted : 06/02/2025 5:26 pm
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Thought I'd give posting a photo a go...... Daisy and Rolo in Scotland.jpg 


 
Posted : 06/02/2025 5:26 pm
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Maybe I'm being dim but can't see a link to the latest post in a thread, just the start.


 
Posted : 06/02/2025 5:27 pm
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Maybe I'm being dim but can't see a link to the latest post in a thread, just the start.


 
Posted : 06/02/2025 5:28 pm
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Replies appear as children of the post they are in reply too, e.g. ThePinksters reply to sadexpunk's post. This is itself may not be a problem (keeps stuff together, wonder what happens to a reply to a reply) but it does mean the last post on the page is not the latest post. ThePinkster's reply was made 1 minute after Cougar's post but Cougar's post is the last one on the page.


 
Posted : 06/02/2025 5:29 pm
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OK, not sure why that appeared as a reply to sadexpunk. Probably seat/keyboard interface issue....


 
Posted : 06/02/2025 5:31 pm
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Liking post not working for me. 

Mark all as read not working for me.

Chrome Version 132.0.6834 on W11

 


 
Posted : 06/02/2025 5:31 pm
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Posted by: the-muffin-man

Another observation (sorry!)... 😬

The opening post of a thread seems to be at the top of every one of the following pages.

Can that be turned off? Some threads are so long and so old the opening post of many long threads no longer has any relevance! 🙂

Yeah, I'm not keen in this - is particularly bad when the OP has loads of images in (eg. hot hatches thread) or the first post is a massive wall of text (eg. that "I should have never gone canal boating" one).

 


 
Posted : 06/02/2025 5:32 pm
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Liking post not working for me. 

Mark all as read not working for me.

Chrome Version 132.0.6834 on W11

 


 
Posted : 06/02/2025 5:32 pm
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Posted by: ThePinkster

Thought I'd give posting a photo a go......

test

 


 
Posted : 06/02/2025 5:32 pm
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That explains why it was down earlier. The blue is awful on the black background, and the layout looks a mess in my opinion.

Changing to a white background makes it even worse! Christ on a bike it's bad.


 
Posted : 06/02/2025 5:33 pm
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Posted by: ThePinkster

OK, not sure why that appeared as a reply to sadexpunk. Probably seat/keyboard interface issue....

The quote button bottom right appears to do a reply.

 


 
Posted : 06/02/2025 5:35 pm
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I've got the first post of every thread appearing at the top of every page. 

Is that a bug or a feature?


 
Posted : 06/02/2025 5:40 pm
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Maybe I'm being dim but can't see a link to the latest post in a thread, just the start.

There is a link at the top of each thread where it says 'Last post by...' click on the button I've circled in this screenshot and it will take you to the last post

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Posted : 06/02/2025 5:44 pm
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Posted by: ThePinkster

Maybe I'm being dim but can't see a link to the latest post in a thread, just the start.

There is a link at the top of each thread where it says 'Last post by...' click on the button I've circled in this screenshot and it will take you to the last post

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But you have to open the first page of the thread to see that. It would be better if there was a link to the last post of each thread on the list of threads.

 


 
Posted : 06/02/2025 5:56 pm
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Posted by: ThePinkster

Maybe I'm being dim but can't see a link to the latest post in a thread, just the start.

There is a link at the top of each thread where it says 'Last post by...' click on the button I've circled in this screenshot and it will take you to the last post

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But you have to open the first page of the thread to see that. It would be better if there was a link to the last post of each thread on the list of threads.

 


 
Posted : 06/02/2025 5:57 pm
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Posted by: sharkattack

I've got the first post of every thread appearing at the top of every page. 

Is that a bug or a feature?

Feature I think.

 


 
Posted : 06/02/2025 5:57 pm
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Posted by: blokeuptheroad

But you have to open the first page of the thread to see that. It would be better if there was a link to the last post of each thread on the list of threads.

 

Agreed, but I think it's probably a low priority issue for now

 


 
Posted : 06/02/2025 6:00 pm
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How many posts are required in order for me to be able to post photos?


 
Posted : 06/02/2025 6:15 pm
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or just make going to the last post be the default, I think once a thread has a couple of pages most people want the last post not the first.


 
Posted : 06/02/2025 6:39 pm
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Honest, and professional (as in I do this for a living) feedback…

Way too much white space. I look above this message box, in Safari on an 11in iPad Pro in landscape orientation and I see seven lines of content across two posts. Go look at PistonHeads or even Reddit for much more efficient use of space but still very easy to read.

The site still doesn’t scale properly to the viewport on an iPad. 100% results in an annoying little amount wider so if you’re not careful scrolling it jumps sideways, and 85% is too small to read, although fits perfectly. 

Pagination controls are poor. You should always be able to select first page, last page, previous and next, and only then add the ability to jump to any page by entering the page number. 

You don’t need the first post appearing on every page. It’s just guff to scroll past before getting to the content you actually want to read, and extra bandwidth consumed downloading it. Given the desperate need for page loading time optimisation need by STW overall, this should definitely go. 

Edit: it also took nearly 50 seconds to post the first version of this comment. 


 
Posted : 06/02/2025 6:47 pm
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Slow as molasses / 503s when logged in again.  Have you re-enabled whatever it was in the right-hand sidebar that broke it last time?


 
Posted : 06/02/2025 7:35 pm
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Had a good initial experience, with a few things that need tweaking then it went into super slow mode and a flurry of 502 error messages. 


 
Posted : 06/02/2025 7:37 pm
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Had a good initial experience, with a few things that need tweaking then it went into super slow mode and a flurry of 502 error messages. 


 
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