Site Updates

Post by **MSG Commander** » Sat Feb 24, 2018 4:50 am

Ok, the update is done.

Most everything seems a-OK; the only problem I have is when I click the log-in dropdown at the top of the screen, the login form is supposed to have an orange background, and right now it doesn't... That might just be a server caching issue though and it might resolve itself if I can't find a quick solution.

The other thing to notice is that I've removed the "pagination" (You are viewing 7 topics, etc.) from the top of the forum pages... but, it's still at the bottom. I did this on purpose, so that anyone viewing the site on their phone can get to the actual content faster. So, I hope it works well.

I'm gonna play around a bit more but I need to get back to helping my mom pretty soon here... so if anyone notices a real problem, send me a PM or use an @mention, and I'll get the email notification right away (but I'm pretty sure that everything works...)

Next step will be to try and add a Spoiler button in the forum editor (which I can either figure out in one afternoon, or I'm completely wrong in my guess and it'll have to wait another month or more; either way we'll know in a few days).

1oldtymer · Post by **1oldtymer** » Sat Feb 24, 2018 5:03 am

[quote=27145]Ok, the update is done. Most everything seems a-OK; the only problem I have is when I click the log-in dropdown at the top of the screen, the login form is supposed to have an orange background, and right now it doesn’t… [/quote]

It is orange for me.

Post by **MSG Commander** » Sat Feb 24, 2018 5:06 am

It's probably the cache in my router, then, since I've already cleared the server cache, and my desktop. But if it works for someone else then I'm not gonna worry about it.

Thanks for verifying.

Post by **Mastertrek** » Sat Feb 24, 2018 6:02 am

@msg-commander, I see some issues :
1. Now with the new look, something weird happens on my phone. The Menu and Submenu buttons overlap (see screenshot), it's same no matter if I turn the phone to the side or not.

2. Where is the Recent topic answers now? Earlier it was a great thing to see what is going on recently. Now I will miss many new features or games or anything. EDIT: Thank you for bringing this back

3. (don't take this seriously) I like the new look of the Site, but it's not as great for me as earlier (at least on the phone). I'll probably get used to it and forget old look. xd EDIT: Ok, thanks for info

Post by **MSG Commander** » Sat Feb 24, 2018 6:05 am

Also, I hand-coded the new "Forum Statistics" at the bottom of forum pages!

As time allows, my hope is to learn how to include information down there on who's been online for the past 24 hours, newest member, etc. (I'm sure there are ways to retrieve that information; I just haven't bothered to go hunting for it yet...)

Post by **Mastertrek** » Sat Feb 24, 2018 6:09 am

Also, earlier I was instantly redirected to the last (and also most recent) page of any topic which was good for me and now I am always at the first page of any topic regardless of the fact that it might have several pages already.

EDIT: It happened a few times but now I see that now it's back to normal. So officially everything except the MENU button issues is fine.

Post by **MSG Commander** » Sat Feb 24, 2018 6:14 am

[quote=27148]@msg-commander, I see some issues : 1. Now with the new look, something weird happens on my phone. The Menu and Submenu buttons overlap (see screenshot), it’s same no matter if I turn the phone to the side or not. 2. Where is the Recent topic answers now? Earlier it was a great thing to see what is going on recently. Now I will miss many new features or games or anything. 3. (don’t take this seriously) I like the new look of the Site, but it’s not as great for me as earlier (at least on the phone). I’ll probably get used to it and forget old look. xd[/quote]

I goofed and put the wrong thing on the home page. Thanks for asking about it or I might not have noticed.

As for your screenshot - my hope is that's just a temporary caching issue. But, I am experimenting with more HTML5/CSS3 - which some browsers don't support as well. So, if it persists for a day or two I might have to change the code. Out of curiosity, do you know what browser (and especially what version) you have on your phone? That might help me determine how to resolve that issue.

P.S. Overall the site really hasn't changed much. The main thing I did was to get rid of the solid red borders when you view the site on desktop, and then tighten up some margins and improve (hopefully!) the layout of some specific pages (like Blog pages). I did also replace a few plugins with some of my own code that *I believe* does exactly the same thing - but if you notice anything else that's just "odd", please do let me know.

Post by **Mastertrek** » Sat Feb 24, 2018 6:22 am

And the Menu button when clicked opens up links that get almost invisible because they're placed on top of other things written (again see similar screenshot but while having that MENU page opened).
That gets COMPLETELY invisible at Blog page.

EDIT:I'm using Phone Browser and it might be a little problem (but I'll later log on Firefox and see if it's like that on it.)

Post by **MSG Commander** » Sat Feb 24, 2018 6:51 am

This is what's on my phone, and how it should look when it's working correctly:

I had to clear the browser history on my phone, restart the phone, and then go up the street to get away from my wi-fi, but now it finally shows up the way I intend it to.

Post by **Mastertrek** » Sat Feb 24, 2018 7:09 am

Ok, so it's my phone browser fault and I'll have to get used to it.