Welcome and what do you think so far?

[Chilli Red]

PaulS has been working tirelessly to get us up and running and we very much appreciate it, thanks Paul we know it’s been challenging.

hopefully you will all find you way round, but if you have any questions post here and we will help out. Remember it’s new for us all though so you may not get an instant answer 

********THINGS TO LOOK INTO AND SORT ********

JFK NOTED - One thing I have noticed is that on both my mobile and laptop the first page (Unread) seems to take a long time (several seconds!) to load. Much slower than other sites in my Favourites or Shortcuts... APPEARS SORTED BY JFW

 

MILANORED NOTED - Has anyone else noticed that the advertisement banner at the top is not seen on there phone it is way over to the right taking the selection icon with it.phone is 4a in portrait mode 

 

JFK NOTED - So here's a new little problem... When browsing to main site on my Android phone the resulting display has overlapping text. See here: FRONT PAGE MIXED AND BLENDING WORDS - SEE IMAGE BELOW

 

 

if we keep the questions together it may help others

[A Pair Of Flabby Wings]

I'm waiting for a guided tour of the new bits - if there are any surprises - but otherwise I think it looks really good.  Much less dusty than the old one, which I suppose was the point.

The round avatars could prove interesting too.  If anyone had a good Rays or LMGT4 picture handy - or handy for a picture - that could look good.

[LESmo]

There are a lot of features which make the site easier to use - Youtube videos that do not need the address changing from https to http as an example and the way it handles graphics.  Even the emoji have a fresh new look.  Its a real leap.  But the big thing for me is the site is hpps now - which adds a level of re-assurance to the data.    Really good.

[vjordon]

On 10/31/2020 at 10:42 PM, A Pair Of Flabby Wings said:

I'm waiting for a guided tour of the new bits - if there are any surprises - but otherwise I think it looks really good.  Much less dusty than the old one, which I suppose was the point.

The round avatars could prove interesting too.  If anyone had a good Rays or LMGT4 picture handy - or handy for a picture - that could look good.

There is a  wheel picture on my album, not a brilliant one … but it is there !

 

Vicky x

[JohnFK]

I haven't had a chance to go very far yet but congrats to PaulS for getting us to here.

One thing I have noticed is that on both my mobile and laptop the first page (Unread) seems to take a long time (several seconds!) to load. Much slower than other sites in my Favourites or Shortcuts...

[Neutreus]

2 hours ago, JohnFK said:

I haven't had a chance to go very far yet but congrats to PaulS for getting us to here.

One thing I have noticed is that on both my mobile and laptop the first page (Unread) seems to take a long time (several seconds!) to load. Much slower than other sites in my Favourites or Shortcuts...

Ditto John. And that's from my work laptop and home (different IP's/connection speeds etc)

[A Pair Of Flabby Wings]

3 hours ago, JohnFK said:

I haven't had a chance to go very far yet but congrats to PaulS for getting us to here.

One thing I have noticed is that on both my mobile and laptop the first page (Unread) seems to take a long time (several seconds!) to load. Much slower than other sites in my Favourites or Shortcuts...

 

1 hour ago, Neutreus said:

Ditto John. And that's from my work laptop and home (different IP's/connection speeds etc)

Surprisingly, that's not something I've really noticed. Phone/tablet/laptop all seem to bring the first page up in good time for me.

One thing I have noticed and that I do like - other than the round avatars (if I haven't mentioned them before) - is the darker text on the sections of the forum where I/you have unread content. It was probably there before - I have seen it elsewhere - but with the paler background it seems more noticeable now.

[Jeff-W]

I’m getting the first page almost immediately on PC, iPad and IPhone. I too am finding the clarity of presentation a great improvement.

[John_K]

Congrats every one involved, a very fresh look/feel

I'll begin to explore now...

[milanored]

Has anyone else noticed that the advertisement banner at the top is not seen on there phone it is way over to the right taking the selection icon with it.phone is 4a in portrait mode 

 

[JohnFK]

Jeff & Michael, what page do you go to on first opening the site? My link goes straight to the "unread" page and I wonder if its the associated search that holds up the response...

[Jeff-W]

John, I have my link set to forums.nissansportz.com which takes me to the home page. However, if I just use the club name I go straight to the landing page (no delay) and then selecting the forum again goes to the home page (no delay).

[JohnFK]

Thats interesting Jeff and may help Paul looking in to this. I use: https://forums.nissansportz.com/discover/unread/ as my first move. Once you are in, how long does it take you to get to the Unread page?

[milanored]

1 hour ago, JohnFK said:

Thats interesting Jeff and may help Paul looking in to this. I use: https://forums.nissansportz.com/discover/unread/ as my first move. Once you are in, how long does it take you to get to the Unread page?

John try this 

https://forums.nissansportz.com/discover/

It works for me 🙂

 

 

[1FHL]

On 11/3/2020 at 10:42 AM, JohnFK said:

One thing I have noticed is that on both my mobile and laptop the first page (Unread) seems to take a long time (several seconds!) to load. Much slower than other sites in my Favourites or Shortcuts...

Perhaps because so far you don't have this site cached... 

[Jeff-W]

3 hours ago, JohnFK said:

Thats interesting Jeff and may help Paul looking in to this. I use: https://forums.nissansportz.com/discover/unread/ as my first move. Once you are in, how long does it take you to get to the Unread page?

About 6 seconds, having started from this thread.

[A Pair Of Flabby Wings]

14 hours ago, Jeff-W said:

John, I have my link set to forums.nissansportz.com which takes me to the home page. However, if I just use the club name I go straight to the landing page (no delay) and then selecting the forum again goes to the home page (no delay).

I tend to do the same, and similarly with no delay.

The discover or discover/unread routes were almost as quick too - I'd need Fergie-time to stretch it even to six seconds.

[JohnFK]

I'm convinced that it is the search for the Unread that causes the delay. I'll change my shortcuts and do some checks.... The cache(ing) doesn't apply as by its nature Unread is always different and has to be constructed...

[JohnFK]

So here's a new little problem... When browsing to main site on my Android phone the resulting display has overlapping text. See here:

 

[milanored]

John basically the landing page is a mess I have mentioned this on committee and it is in hand at some stage when someone with the skills can take it on I understand

 

[JohnFK]

Ok. As long as someone knows. Is there a list being kept somewhere? I have some suggestions for topic groups tidying 😄

[milanored]

There is no list as far as I am aware just it is noted that it needs doing.

[Chilli Red]

I will try and extract a list and put in the first post.  Then we can tick them off as they are sorted 

 

thanks

[Chilli Red]

List added to first post.

[blobbish]

On 11/6/2020 at 5:13 PM, JohnFK said:

Ok. As long as someone knows. Is there a list being kept somewhere? I have some suggestions for topic groups tidying 😄

Also, only the forum element has been updated. The website is as it was, never touched since 1999 (or earlier)