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Can we have the forum search back? It has been removed.


 
Posted : 18/09/2022 8:58 am
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If the cookies thing is really a strategy to make life difficult for those with ad blockers who are not subscribers then well done. I'd just be worried that they might not respond by turning of the ad blocker and suscribing.
It has taken 6 cookieoff clicks to post this, it will defo reduce my site involvment. I applaud your underhandedness, you can get rid of annoying STWers without actually having to ban them and give them a grieviance.


 
Posted : 18/09/2022 9:44 am
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If only it were that simple. 😁


 
Posted : 18/09/2022 7:29 pm
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It is fixed now.


 
Posted : 21/09/2022 7:45 am
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Oh no it isn't. Using the 'special browser' reserved for this site and local news sites only, still prompts for cookies on. every. single. page.
The usual browser popped up a noisy video ad when replying to this thread. Yay...

I don't post from the other browser as I don't know my password and cba to reset it


 
Posted : 21/09/2022 11:02 am
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Stop blocking cookies then.


 
Posted : 21/09/2022 12:29 pm
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Cookie issue seems to be gone here now. Brave browser on Android.


 
Posted : 21/09/2022 3:50 pm
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I'm probably missing something obvious, but how do you search the forum for a particular word or phrase?


 
Posted : 25/09/2022 12:29 pm
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@kennyp - open the Chat or Bike topic lists and you'll find a search box.


 
Posted : 25/09/2022 9:59 pm
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Still waiting for the search box to come back in Overview, I know and dont care that its in the individual forums its more use in overview.


 
Posted : 26/09/2022 9:07 am
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How?


 
Posted : 26/09/2022 9:27 am
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How?

I always view the forums via overview so one less scroll and one less click

I wouldn’t be surprised if some thought the search was smart enough that it only searched the forum the search box was in. That would be logical after all


 
Posted : 26/09/2022 10:39 am
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@scotroutes Found it thanks. I always have the forum opened in overview mode. Strange the search option isn't there too.


 
Posted : 26/09/2022 7:12 pm
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Seem to have the repeated/random logging out “issue” reappear in the last 24hrs or so?

Has been fine for months.


 
Posted : 28/09/2022 10:44 am
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Is tagging of people working?

I know I've been tagged a couple of times recently, but haven't had an email notification.


 
Posted : 28/09/2022 4:34 pm
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Do you have the correct notification set up in your Account settings?


 
Posted : 28/09/2022 4:42 pm
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Seems that option was switched off!

I've not touched those settings for donkeys years. 🙂


 
Posted : 28/09/2022 4:59 pm
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Anyway - another suggestion...

Dump the 'Members' forum section and change it to 'Politics'! 🙂


 
Posted : 28/09/2022 5:01 pm
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Not liking the bold titles...haven't worked out what they do, they don't seem to unfold if you've visited...suspect it is just me.


 
Posted : 10/10/2022 12:11 am
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The box that says NEW is a bit on the dark side 🙂


 
Posted : 10/10/2022 12:23 am
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From my thread when I couldn't find this one:

Thanks for the “back to top” and blue oval menu at the bottom of the page by the way. Could they go above the comment box for us lurkers? Easily missed on mobile if you’re now used to having to scroll back to the top of the thread to get back to the forum overview.

The bold type for thread titles to indicate it is a link to the thread works, but feels a bit harsh/shouty. Couldn’t it just be underlined like the other links? And the double arrows still don’t shout “goto last post” to me...


 
Posted : 10/10/2022 8:50 am
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Link to the end of a thread!
Last poster on a thread showing on the overview!
Who thought of these genius new ideas??
(Despite sarcasm, they are welcome amendments 😀 )


 
Posted : 10/10/2022 12:31 pm
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Can we unbold everything? look at the pic up there, its horrible.

I'm still getting that terrible back button too. https://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/forum-back-button/

Also every STW embedded link is now "please accept cookies".


 
Posted : 10/10/2022 2:28 pm
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And teh search function - I just tried to find this thread but searcing for "new website look" and was pulling up myu closed thread, asking where this thread is, and a load of threads from the last "upgrade" in 2017.

Someway down teh page, was a single result to the opening post on this thread. If you search for an exact term, surely the results should rank in order of accuracy?


 
Posted : 10/10/2022 3:53 pm
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Link to the end of a thread!

These seem to come and go randomly on my browser (Firefox). One day I see the double arrows going to the last page and the next they have all vanished? Not seeing any today.....


 
Posted : 10/10/2022 4:14 pm
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I also don't like the bold.


 
Posted : 10/10/2022 4:15 pm
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These seem to come and go randomly on my browser (Firefox). One day I see the double arrows going to the last page and the next they have all vanished? Not seeing any today…..

OK answered this one, they seem to require a 3rd party script to work from fontawesome.com - which is blocked by default in my browser...


 
Posted : 10/10/2022 4:17 pm
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Link to the end of a thread!

These seem to come and go randomly on my browser

This is the link to the end of a thread
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on my Win10/Chrome anyway


 
Posted : 10/10/2022 4:23 pm
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The Search! It’s soooo bad!

Why not just use a google site search plug-in instead? The search has never worked properly.


 
Posted : 10/10/2022 5:04 pm
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The search has never worked properly.

Many years ago my first login on STW got a lifetime ban for saying that. Things are so much more liberal now!

I even got a long email from the original dev ranting about it or me, can't recall - but he took it very badly.


 
Posted : 10/10/2022 5:06 pm
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Aaand... There's no.direct link from the home page to the forum or classifieds. They're in the hamburger menu, and right at the bottom (off the screen). Surely some direct links to the most popular bits of the site would be a good idea, from a user experience perspective?

EDIT: that's on chrome/android btw.

I'm thinking a couple of blue ovals like the forum Navigation bar, one for Forum, one Classifieds, next to "headlines"


 
Posted : 10/10/2022 9:03 pm
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+1 on not liking thread titles in bold, I find it harder to read than the regular font weight.


 
Posted : 10/10/2022 9:06 pm
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Works for me, liking the bold font, it improves legibility against the coloured background. Nothing I’d change, really.


 
Posted : 10/10/2022 9:25 pm
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Ooh! Having rediscovered an old thread of mine in the members forum, could we please have a "copy post" button on each post, so the whole post (user name and all) can be pasted into a reply (sometimes pages later). There was the "link" button that did this for while, but then it just copied the hyperlink instead. The actual text with formatting would be more useful I think?


 
Posted : 10/10/2022 10:03 pm
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I believe that’s coming in an update soon.


 
Posted : 10/10/2022 11:06 pm
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Fab, thanks Mark.

Also, while the "back to top" button is much appreciated, I did prefer the "hovering" one that was on the site but removed a couple of updates ago. It meant that you could skip from the middle of a long thread back up. For instance if you've started scrolling but then realised it's a massive thread!


 
Posted : 11/10/2022 8:48 am
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Sorry, I've jsut pinged requests for the "copy post" and "forum link on fron page mobile view" in via the survey at the start of this thread. Forgettign that I had already asked for them here! Sorry for doubling up, oversight on my part!

Ta
Keith


 
Posted : 20/10/2022 1:00 pm
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No problem 🙂


 
Posted : 20/10/2022 1:18 pm
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I'm not sure whether this is a new website issue or what but I can't post a new thread. I get "ERROR: are you sure you wanted to do that?”. I've cleared my cache to no avail.


 
Posted : 05/11/2022 6:47 pm
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Is this only in Chrome? Try another browser.

I had this too and was using Edge for a while. It works OK now though and I can't recall what/if I did to sort it. I think I might have uninstalled Chrome completely and then re-installed from scratch.


 
Posted : 05/11/2022 7:12 pm
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