[Closed] Website redesign - Update

I can only see half the page here on android. Requesting desktop view does nothing, is there a way of skiping between forums without going back to the main forum overview everyone?

Requesting the desk top site does nothing on my iPhone

Same here. I might just stick the laptop in my pocket.

Requesting the desk top site does nothing on my iPhone

Same here. I might just stick the laptop in my pocket.

Assuming you have the latest (biggest) Iphone 6 or 7, then you will have a laptop in your pocket!

is there a way of skiping between forums without going back to the main forum overview everyone?

On Android chrome I keep getting that dodgy Google you have won a prize page coming up

There's no TOPIC AUTHOR or FRESHNESS column in Mobile view.

Lack of topic author in mobile view is a biggish deal for me. Most use of this site for me is now mobile and there are some members I'd really not rather see the posts of.
Not sure how significant it is, but initial gut feeling is that it could be quite - how about some A/B testing?

It has other repercussions too.

Classifieds pages; I'd rather see AUTHOR as I avoid the regular traders.

Shortened thread title and no AUTHOR means too much opportunity for threads with the same title.

The suggestion on the (now closed) thread for two-line thread titles would fix these.

Weird left scrolling on iPad/chrome, I can pull the page a cm ish off the left of the screen. Happens a lot when scrolling down.

Sorry to say this guys, I really am, but your web guys have made a right arse of this update!

Pistonheads is more antiquated than this place yet on mobile they have an arrow that takes you to the last "new post" since your last visit regardless of the number of pages.
If they can manage it....

My biggest complaint is that the smell of petroleum prevails throughout.

Happy Xmas STW codemonkys 🙂

I now need an additional step - a drop down menu - to sign in.
If the title is long or there are too many pages of replies, I have to go into the thread to link to the latest page.
It helps to know when the last reply was - saves having to check. It also helps to know the author - saves, well, you know...
Without my content blocker (iPhone and iPad, which is where I mostly view STW) there are too many column dissections and forum content is drowned in ads. This makes me not want to look around, rather than go 'P'.
I'm not sure the designers have quite grasped the 'less is more' concept. You can't just take everything away; you have to get rid of the irrelevant, minimise the less relevant, and clarify the most relevant.

Lack of topic author in mobile view is a biggish deal for me.

+10

Sorry the below sounds critical but I am just trying to help... Happy Christmas to all

You missed launching a website a few days before Christmas, then heading off on your holibobs.

they have an arrow that takes you to the last "new post" since your last visit

I would have this as the default behaviour upon clicking into a thread.

Nope - there's a "latest reply" now but that's the last post not the last one since you last visited if you get what I mean.
So you either go right through the bloody thing or have to scroll backwards to where you were last time instead of going straight there.

firestarter - Member
On Android chrome I keep getting that dodgy Google you have won a prize page coming up

Just happened to me too, it was like being back in 1999 with all the pop ups and unders, all impossible to close down

Nope - there's a "latest reply" now but that's the last post not the last one since you last visited if you get what I mean.

Android tablet Firefox. No pinch and zoom my finger hits 4 topics at a time resulting in nothing.

Complete mess here on android. Almost unusable. If it ain't broke and all that... 😉

A bit more detail might help get it resolved

A bit more detail might help get it resolved

Devs gone home for Christmas. Ain't nothing getting resolved, Onion.

OK.

A bit more detail might help get it resolved - eventually 🙂

Complete mess here on android. Almost unusable. If it ain't broke and all that..

[quote=mikejd ]CRC adverts appear every few posts and flash repeatedly. Almost impossible to read and totally annoying.Why haven't you switched ads off?

Looks great on my mobile. I logged in to my desktop and posted earlier and my next visitor my mobile was showing a desktop version with very small text (like older version of forum/site). Next visit on mobile and it was back to the excellent mobile version.

I do like the new mobile version of the forum, far easier to read and use, but then I doubt I'm a regular enough user (daily, not by the minute), so I don't avoid authors or require a link to my last read location...

Me likey.

Can we have a 'skip to bottom' button as well please 😆

Seems to be working fine on default "internet" (not chrome but the basic browser) on an old Samsung tablet running Android 4.2.2

Especially now have enabled zoom as per instructions earlier in thread.

Keep getting dodgy virus pop ups. Not great!

I just got a dodgy pop up thingy too

After issues with Safari on iPad, I then switched to Opera. Worked fine. Still works fine after the forum update.

I'm getting the dodgy virus popup also. I think that's it I'm out for a while the whole thing is user unfriendly shambles.

Not getting any dodgy ads but for some reason 80% of them appear to be aimed at Americans.

Not that you will be checking today (at least you shouldn't be!) but it looks like new sticky threads are borked. The new Christmas sticky is mingling in with the other threads instead of being at the top.

scotroutes- how do you switch ads off? Can't see anywhere in settings.

[quote=mikejd ]scotroutes- how do you switch ads off? Can't see anywhere in settings.

http://singletrackworld.com/premier/account/

There's a button under Ad Management.

This place is ridiculous. Everyone whines like spoilt children for years asking for a redesign, then when it happens they whine like spoilt children about a few bugs. How many times have apple or microsoft released dodgy upgrades? They have armies of programmers and project managers, STW is a few guys and girls in an office in Todmorden, and you lot are giving them hassle on xmas day. 🙄

How was I hassling? I was posting a bug report on the bug report thread!

Sorry, when I said, 'everyone' I meant everyone as in most people on here, not you, who I hadn't spotted. 🙂

They have armies of programmers and project managers, STW is a few guys and girls in an office in Todmorden

Despite the illusion of commmnity, STW is a thriving commercial operation. These upgrades are about increasing or maintaining income.

You say that like it's a bad thing?

This place is ridiculous. Everyone whines like spoilt children for years asking for a redesign, then when it happens they whine like spoilt children about a few bugs. How many times have apple or microsoft released dodgy upgrades? They have armies of programmers and project managers, STW is a few guys and girls in an office in Todmorden, and you lot are giving them hassle on xmas day.

Your reply is [s]ridiculous[/s], disproportionate.

No one is whining at STW on Xmas day. Check the time stamps.

The only site that gives me dodgy pop-up 'you've won' spam ads that take over my browser (Android 6.0 on a Moto 2), worse than hooky foreign streaming sites.

Good luck to anyone doing the festive 500, I'm out of here.

You say that like it's a bad thing?

Not at all - the more explicit and transparent these things are the better.

I thought Mark had already said the changes were necessary as Google demote sites which [b]don't[/b] automatically switch to a mobile site. I'm not sure how much more transparent they can be.

Just Had an automatic redirect to http://gslbeacon.lijit.com/beacon?viewId=a_202037_a757b4c5d4ec41e08c2b7f85b24469a3&rand=161&informer=11038520&type=fpads&loc=http%3A%2F%2Fsingletrackworld.com%2Fforum%2F&rr=http%3A%2F%2Fsingletrackworld.com%2Fforum%2Fforum%2Fbike-chat&v=1.2