Website redesign – 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.

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 ridiculous, 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 don’t 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

I’m not sure how much more transparent they can be.

I think we are talking at cross purposes. My initial response to dazh was about telling him that although stw isn’t google or Microsoft, it is still a business and it should be resourced commensurate with its commercial ambition – which I believe it is. and as such it’s OK to report defects even if the devs aren’t around to respond immediately.

I have also had a dodgy ad redirect “Google store you’ve won blah blah”. Android 6.

I got this site suddenly switching to something that looked a bit like play store telling me I had won something. It also mentioned I was a BT customer which might just be a guess but could it also mean the site is hacked?

I’m quite impressed – can’t say I’ve ever usedd the forums on iPhone previously due to the text size.

The box I’m typing this in now is about 10-15% wider than my phone can display though.

Ok, after a couple of days using the forum on my aged pad, and my phone, there are really only two issues that I have problems with.
Both involve the double-tap zoom function; firstly, when I have the main list page open, I used to be able to double-tap to zoom the thread title out to make text easier to read, that’s no longer possible, so I’m now forced to wear reading glasses to enable me to find out what each thread is about.
The same applies to the reply text box, which I cannot now zoom out to fit the width of the page to enable me to read the text I’m typing in, even on my iPad, which is an annoyance.
It’s not just double-tap, the two-finger pinch function doesn’t work, either.
This is on the pad, which is restricted to iOS 9, on the phone, which is running the latest version of iOS 10 those functions appear to be working.
I’m not about to buy a new iPad to enable me to use the forum property, I’m waiting on a new range in March.

Keep getting this pop up when I vist stw

http://google.com-uk-igg2.holiday-promotional-campaign.top/s1-v754-uk-L/index.html?isp=Tiscali%20UK%20Limited&model=Galaxy%20S7&voluumdata=BASE64dmlkLi4wMDAwMDAwMS01N2E4LTQ2OTEtODAwMC0wMDAwMDAwMDAwMDBfX3ZwaWQuLmFlNjBhODAwLWNiNDktMTFlNi04MmM2LWNiNzI3MWIwZDE2Y19fY2FpZC4uZDgyNTQyM2UtNjBlNC00MzNkLWFhMGMtMDE0NjkyYmFjNTgyX19ydC4uRF9fbGlkLi5jNzgxZWViZS1mNDBjLTQyNzItYTU2ZC00Y2QzZjk4NDE1MDNfX29pZDEuLjlkZDczOWYwLTY5M2EtNDQ2ZC1hMjRmLTc2YTM1NWJhZmFhMl9fdmFyMS4uMTMwMjEyMDU1X192YXIyLi5zaW5nbGV0cmFja3dvcmxkXC5cY29tX19yZC4uc2luZ2xldHJhY2t3b3JsZFwuXGNvbV9fYWlkLi5fX2FiLi5fX3NpZC4u&siteid=130212055&sitedomain=singletrackworld.com&clickid=wCBK1RO9EBMH5H32HDNFTS78#b

This unkillable Google survey is now becoming beyond a joke

Agreed

Have you reported it to mods/tech?
(though one would assume they are monitoring this thread)

I thought this thread WAS the development monitor
Chrome, latest update, and Android 6, latest update and PHONE, bv6000, latest firmware, BTW

iPad Mini. I have to tap everything twice to get it to work. Navigation buttons, send post button, text styling buttons. Aaarghhhhhh!

I’ve won a NY lotto and my tablet is infected pages are getting a pain.

I never thought i’d say this….but I’m beginning to drift from this site 🙁

No real problems for me (ipad / iphone) am able to get quote test same size by adding two <carriage returns> After opening [ quote ] and an extra one after [ /quote ] to get the first line of test after a decent size.

[ quote ]

Blah blah [ / quote ]

More stuff

Have you reported it to mods/tech?

I’ve no idea whether anyone’s around over Chrimble, but I’ve fired off an email.

I’m guessing that the annoying pop-ups are nothing to do with the redesign in any case.

They annoying virus/you’ve won a prize pop ups never happened before the update tho. And they don’t happen when browsing elsewhere

I’m guessing that the annoying pop-ups are nothing to do with the redesign in any case.

Depends on what other changes were made under the hood when the new and improved mobile wrapper was pasted on.

Again, and I know I don’t pay anything towards the site apart from ad revenue so should shut the hell up, but it seems an odd decision to unleash this project just before knocking off for Chrimbo.

What firestarter said, no pop ups or aggressive ads before the update, only happens on this site

They don’t happen to me here.

They don’t happen to me here.

Because you have chosen to support the site via a Premier subscription. This appears to be affecting those who are doing so via viewing adverts.

Actually they were here before the redesign…I’d emailed and posted a few times about this. Seems far more common now. Think it was a rogue banner then…

My wife would like to thank the developers for giving her husband back.

I’m not a frequent poster in comparison to some but I do like to check on the progress of threads I have previously posted on. The lack of ‘forum activity’ link on the mobile versions has made this too tricky to bother so my visitations have significantly reduced.

She says if I’m an idiot and there is another way to do this now I have not spotted not to tell me as I’ll get back to my bad ways.

So when I browse to http://www.singletrackworld.com I just see the stories tiles. Pre-design weren’t there links to the forums and loads of other stuff from the home page? I know there are forums, so click on the drop down menu in the top left. But would new visitors know how to find the forums?. (Old tech: iPad 2, Safari, iOS 9.3.5).

But would new visitors know how to find the forums?.

welcome to the new version of the web, shiny responsive and beautiful but almost always not what you want (not a complaint against this site. Just responsive sites in general)

Can’t wait until we get over this whole sliding this and ajax that and get back to focusing on content

Grump over