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Is there anyway to stop the news, reviews, forum, opinion, features, magazine, shop, subscribe bar thingy from being superimposed over the words I am trying to read when scrolling down? It makes me feel nauseous. I'm on firefox on windows pc.
So have they done away with the formatting and linking buttons completely? Thy still aren't there.
Also running off a single hardware server is crazy. I guess money really is tight at STW towers
You have to hope not as PCI and other financial guardians will slap you silly on summary conviction. (Summary as in it's their ball and they decide who plays and how much its going to cost if it goes wrong without reference to a court).
The rest of it is looking good though the watermark is a bit odd and the login process if you come in on a machine not logged in is a bit circuitous. I expect once the server has finished indexing it will speed up again. No Facebook banner showing on login just an orphaned underlined follow us top right.
Having unsuccessfully tried to adblock the elements appearing on the RH Side (it appears to just bump the video into the next unblocked box, which is the reply thread text box), I'd also like to request that subscribers at least should have the option to tick a box if they don't want the site pushing all this unwanted content.
I don't have a Facebook account, and if I want to look at videos or read articles, I know where to find them.
I’d also like to request that subscribers at least should have the option to tick a box if they don’t want the site pushing all this unwanted content.
I don’t have a Facebook account, and if I want to look at videos or read articles, I know where to find them.
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Too much header taking up half the page before you get to the forum proper.
Agree about all the stuff on the right.
The watermarking is distracting. I don't like it.
Seems to have speeded up nicely now 🙂
Seems to have speeded up nicely now
Does it?
Any news on the missing formatting controls?
"Yes seriously… if you know anything about UX then you know not to break strong user habits that have been long established."
OK while that's generally true, the old forum was constantly slagged off by users who didn't like the user experience. I really don't think the goal here should be to replicate that. TBH I think the current issues are <totally> in keeping with the shonky STW user experience!
Most of the "massive issues" people seem to be having are with fonts, colour choice etc, yes these are annoying and worth reporting but they're basically trivial compared with the behind-the-scenes changes which are the actual point.
dog slow on safari / chrome / firefox.
The form and function appear to have both taken a massive retrograde step. I gave up after counting 14 different font styles and weights, the white is blinding me and all the content I care about is squashed into approx 30% of the screen. And it's painfully slow.
It makes no sense. I'd understand if any of this appeared to be an upgrade but TBH I'm failing to see any improvement. I guess there's a semi-sticky menu bar?
At least the content remains. At least for now - until everyone buggers off to buy some aspirin to deal with their headache caused by the background / having to squint due to turning screen contrast down low enough to make this in any way a bearable experience.
I wasn't saying the old forum was a golden design. I'm just saying that it's elementary that existing user habits and paths are taken strongly into consideration before any new feature implementations.
In the kindest possible way - none of this should have happened and as you can see from the feedback and analytics it's going to damage the forum from usability and SEO.
Why not just get a dev and UX designer in to handle the job and have no fallout?
All that behind the scenes stuff is nonsense - if this is the roadmap they are taking then I'd be horrified to see how they improve on it as the original execution is already fubar.
Anyway that's me out
All that behind the scenes stuff is nonsense
Damn it they’ve been rumbled, yes there is nothing going on behind the scenes in order to bring a more functional forum software so that tweaks and add on can implemented easier.
Well they have certainly destroyed the forum for the dirty freeloaders like myself,the ads are now flashing away like a really badly done version of las vegas and they now also appear and block half the screen on a regular basis,the ironic thing is I do actually but the mag about every other issue which is a damn sight more that a sub on here:),the ads on here are the only thing that keeps the struggling mag afloat right?
Could you put the links back at the top of the page as well for Forum/Home/New/Reviews etc?
The side bar is just an annoyance.
Ooooh! Orangey.
Not orangey. HUUUGGGGGEEEE thread title though...
I quite liked the Green we had last week.
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Ummmmmm what is ADMAG??
Shame. I liked the orange.
[s]It’s Orangey on my iphone for links.[/s]
Not anymore.
Ummmmmm what is ADMAG??
Wordpress theme apparently...
https://themeforest.net/item/admag-responsive-blog-magazine-html-template/11147481
Edit: I liked the orange - matches my singletrack hat...
The orange was easier to read for me.
I like the new forum's built in tea timer.
Click link, and by the time it loads your tea is brewed.
*thumbs up*
[b]Drac[/b] wrote:
All that behind the scenes stuff is nonsense
Damn it they’ve been rumbled, yes there is nothing going on behind the scenes in order to bring a more functional forum software so that tweaks and add on can implemented easier.
We know that - the point being made is that the behind the scenes upgrade is being used as an excuse for poor front end design. If I understand correctly the suggestion is that because of the way they had to roll it out they either couldn't test it, or that the testing couldn't replicate what we got when it went live. Which quite clearly is nonsense.
Not quite Aracer but I see what you’re getting at.
Is it stil slow for you the Jamie? All good here,
Does seem to be quicker now.
Is it just me or has the column on the right got wider?
:thumbsup: to the new forum in a general sense, main criticism I'd have on the styling is to make the main font a bit heavier, it's too thin for reading at for long periods, it'll get tiring. There's other things, you could mention, but I'll wait a bit till you are finished updating.
A thumbsup smiley would be ace!
[b]simondbarnes[/b] wrote:
Is it just me or has the column on the right got wider?
not here 😉
checking the HTML it's still defined as 'col-md-4' which is still set as 'width: 33.33333333%;' in https://singletrackworld.com/wp-content/plugins/download-manager/assets/bootstrap/css/bootstrap.css?ver=4.9.2 - which is the same as I was seeing when it first appeared
You're not thinking the forum isn't perfect are you? 😉
We know that – the point being made is that the behind the scenes upgrade is being used as an excuse for poor front end design. If I understand correctly the suggestion is that because of the way they had to roll it out they either couldn’t test it, or that the testing couldn’t replicate what we got when it went live. Which quite clearly is nonsense.
Fight and empty hoose spring to mind! 😀
Just calling BS Joe - STW management always have the option of being straight with us, rather than continuing to be bullish about the process.
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which is the same as I was seeing when it first appeared
Maybe the forum bit has got narrower then? Seems different anyway but then I am full of strong drugs as by back is buggered.
Where have the individual forum buttons gone at the top?
You have an individual forum ?
Bit lonely in there is it ?
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Would it be possible to add strikethrough font to the forum replies buttons in addition to B, I, and <span style="text-decoration: underline;">U</span>? There was one on the old forum, and it got quite a bit of use IMO.
Edit - and underline doesn't seem to work. I tried the above and edited it again but still get that span crap. Win 10, Firefox, PC.
FFS Aracer.
It’s NOT bullshit!
how about you accept my invite and come and see for yourself?
Simon, the forum is wider by about 10%
Would it be possible to add strikethrough font to the forum replies buttons in addition to B,I, and <span style=”text-decoration: underline;”>U</span>? There was one on the old forum, and it got quite a bit of use IMO.
[s] ill try and reply to that by putting my own strikethrough tags in [/s] [ s ] and [ /s ] (no spaces in the tags)
if that works happy days, easy enough, or are you meaning you just want the one-click method?
Simon, the forum is wider by about 10%
Than it was this morning? It seemed wider then but that's probably just me 🙂
Anyway, keep up the good work and try and ignore the professional moaners!
how about you accept my invite and come and see for yourself?
Could you also film it like those Aldi adverts where Clare from Wolverhampton tweets that Aldi burgers are made from cats and subsequently gets sent to work on the farm for the day?
sadexpunk
Would it be possible to add strikethrough font to the forum replies buttons in addition to B,I, and <span style=”text-decoration: underline;”>U</span>? There was one on the old forum, and it got quite a bit of use IMO.
ill try and reply to that by putting my own strikethrough tags in[ s ] and [ /s ] (no spaces in the tags)if that works happy days, easy enough, or are you meaning you just want the one-click method?
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I want the little clicky button! 🙂
Edit - still had to go back and clean up that span crap formatting. Why is pasting a quote so effing difficult now???
the forum is wider by about 10%
Not on on my iPad it isn't. It takes up exactly two thirds of the width of the screen with the final third being the facebook force-feeding buffet. Same as the was last night
*quickly turns iPad back to portrait to drastically improve the viewing experience
Who's this jumped up fruitcake? When 'Mark - Administrator/Owner' comes along, he'll be in trouble.
*quickly turns iPad back to portrait to drastically improve the viewing experience
Losing the menu links at the top in the process? Or is that just Android tablets?
Click link, and by the time it loads your tea is brewed
Just seeing if I can now quote.
And edit.
And add a picture.
Losing the menu links at the top in the process?
Yep. That's an added bonus. The way they float over other text and clash gives me the heebie jeebies.
They are still available by tapping the hamburger menu which is fine with me.
If the landscape version looked like the portrait version I'd be very happy. All the same stuff is there, just in a better place.
Would it be possible to add strikethrough font to the forum replies buttons
If you're on a desktop, there's a keyboard shortcut for it: Shift-Alt-D.
New colour scheme is very washed out on my MBP, the old scheme was much easier to read.
Still no posting options for me,wider font required here too if possible!
Still slow for me - page load time of 3-4 seconds.
edit: 9 seconds for that post.
Nice update. Seems to be working fine for me on IOS, Windows 7 and Windows 10 when using Chrome.
But, I still can’t view topics started in the Classifieds section. Am I missing something?
Looks really good on the phone, much easier on the eye.
Thanks guys, great work
But, I still can’t view topics started in the Classifieds section. Am I missing something?
How do you mean? Symptoms?
Drop down "Forum" options on menu bar would be good.
The colour choice is poor imho. Not very clear.
Its slow.
Search function is poor.
The freshness priority in Classifieds is annoying.
I love STW, but this new layout / design has put me off quite a bit.
Search function is poor.
To be fair, that is intentional. To help ease the transition to the new forum, some of the older features are being grandfathered in to help the old timers adjust.
When I hit the back button from within a thread the forum page is refreshed so the topics change order. That's new behaviour isn't it?
What joy! There's a new glitchy bumpy thingy!
When a thread gets to a new page, clicking on the 'Freshness' link takes you to the penultimate page.
Almost like the good old days of glitchybumporama!
Love the new look of forum since the latest chance.
Looked awful on my work laptop this morning but looks mega on my phone tonight. Hopefully it's going to be the same when I get to work tomorrow!!
When looking at the foum whilst logged out there is a premier partners box/ad above the follow us box on the right hand side which changes partner each refresh. This isn't clickable, would be better if it were. Also the box is not present when logged in.
Where's the search function gone? Can't see it for looking?
cheers
minor point but...
the pop-up banner thingy with "singletrack" and the menu burger icon makes me mad* (on phone or pc) in the same way that those slidey overlaid photos on "curated" web-pages do
I'd much rather something like a permanent couple of small icons at one side of the screen, say the burger and a "home" icon
(oh, and hovering over the freshness column used to say who'd replied and I liked it)
*not quite enough to kill, but then it's early doors; give me a week
So just checked in for my stw catch-up. Browser shows ‘Gofar Enterprises Ltd’. Thought something was redirecting my browser (Safari on IPhone SE), so closed and tried Chrome. Same thing. So the site hasn’t been hacked? Still showing Gofar Enterprises Ltd.
Shame the ‘Add New’ link at the top of the forums have gone.
Total pages (or views?) are shown for some threads, which numbers billions. Does anyone care? Can’t we just have number of pages with the first page and then the last five pages?
Adverts take up a lot of iPhone screen space. A banner style would be better.
Like others have said, colours are washed out. Needs more contrast between text and background. Quoted text is quite difficult to read.
doordonot - Gofar is nothing new; Singletrack is Gofar Enterprises Ltd. That's what shows up on the credit card statement. Its also at the bottom of their web pages. No hack or anything...
Gofar = "Go for a ride" and I think it pre-dates Singletrack
I can’t get the report button to work...
Still no search function, still no thread title when looking for threads you have contributed to.
Still no list of these are the things we know are wrong
So still we keep repeating ourselves
Newfangled layout and colours and stuff for me, but still no buttons for links or images or stuff and still no change in profile forum menus, just stuff I've written or the whole forum in favourites - used to just be Tractor Trumps.
Nice to have the progress updates, but looks like there is still a bit to do from where I'm sat.
I have an admiration for the way that adblock doesn't fully block ads anymore - fight the good fight etc 🙂
Looks good, I like it. Shame the trolls haven't left, keep it buggy for a few more weeks and they might leave 🙂
Adblock doesn't block things that aren't adverts. Funny, that.
Where’s the search function gone? Can’t see it for looking?
The search caused problems so has been temporarily removed. It'll be back.
I can’t get the report button to work…
In what way? What happens when you try?
Also, CFH, give it a rest please, you've made your point.
Report doesn't work for me, either. Literally nothing happens other than a little dotted line appears running around the word "Report.". Win 10, Firefox, PC
[b]roverpig[/b] wrote:
Gofar = “Go for a ride” and I think it pre-dates Singletrack
It does indeed - there was a website which even had a forum 😉 The mag came out of that original website, with the new website following shortly after
https://web.archive.org/web/20010214053604/http://www.gofar-mtb.com:80/News/260.html (founding subscriber here) It's amazing to see how far we've come.
[b]CaptainFlashheart[/b] wrote:
What joy! There’s a new glitchy bumpy thingy!
It's been a thing on this thread since the update - though AFAIK only on this thread, which appears to have had some glitches (though the glitchy bump is better than it was). As things to be bothered about that one doesn't even appear on my radar.
Adblock doesn’t block things that aren’t adverts. Funny, that.
Shirty much! Looked like ads to me, and I wasn't actually complaining 🙂
[b]Mark[/b] wrote:
FFS Aracer.
It’s NOT bullshit!
how about you accept my invite and come and see for yourself?
As I mentioned above, it's a bit far for me, otherwise I'd happily take you up - that and I have my own DB driven website software release going on I can't really get away from (which keeps getting pushed back because the front end doesn't meet spec on the test server).
You could just provide a rational explanation of why it wasn't possible to test the front end functionality properly before releasing it - front end functionality which really has nothing to do with your back end migration (if it is that closely linked, you have far more problems than just a few forum glitches). If the answer is that you wanted to get the back end migration done now rather than wait to make the front end work, then that would at least be an honest answer which would make sense to the software devs on here.
For those wondering about the “Gofar Enterprises Ltd”, it’s because STW is (finally!) using HTTPS. So browsers like Safari will display the name of the certificate owner rather than the domain name. And Gofar is the registered company behind Singletrack.
It’s been a thing on this thread since the update
This seems to be a recurring bug dating back years. It keeps getting fixed, then something comes along that breaks it again.
Shirty much!
I'm not being shirty, honest. I'm more that capable of being so (and usually apologise for it afterwards), but not just now. Irreverent and sarcastic perhaps, but that's just me I'm afraid. Sorry if it came across badly.
Literally nothing happens other than a little dotted line appears running around the word “Report.”
Hum. Odd. Are you one of those who doesn't see the button bar also?
Anyway, workaround, email moderator@ if you need to report something.
Literally nothing happens other than a little dotted line appears running around the word “Report.”
Hum. Odd. Are you one of those who doesn’t see the button bar also?
No, AFAIK button bar has always been there for me.
Edit - used it for the quotes above.
Oh no, wait, I see the issue. As you were.