Site update - Thank you Shaun

[nappadang]

It's Certainly a lot slicker than other forums I belong to. A nice user friendly layout too.

 

[Jezston]

The new website update looks really good on my mobile phone (Samsung galaxy s4).
pages fit the screen without any adjustment, and fast to open all the pages.

Came here to say the same - on chrome on my HTC one s cyclechat would just appear as on desktop, which was good as I would maintain full functionality as so often you lose with mobile versions of websites, but bad as it was a bit of a pain to navigate.

Now I have what appears to be full functionality but displayed in a much more usable way. Top stuff!

Am reminded a bit of the old old forum, where turning it into mobile mode would apply it to whatever way I accessed the site which was very annoying, and I've never understood the appeal of tapatalk, so this is effectively perfect.

 

[Jezston]

Just out of interest, what is the software used to run this forum? Is it something third party that anyone can get hold of, or something proprietary you've made?

 

[Shaun]

Just out of interest, what is the software used to run this forum? Is it something third party that anyone can get hold of, or something proprietary you've made?

Hint: Name and link at the bottom left of the page ...

I've made some custom tweaks for CycleChat and we have a number of add-ons to make life easier for members and moderators alike, but in the main I try to keep things simple as it makes it easier when we need to upgrade.

 

[Smotyn]

Well I just want to say thank you this is now much more user friendly on my mobile and I can at long last use smilies woohoo

 

[Shaun]

Looks to me as if the 'show online status' feature has conked out.
Just tried resetting mine and the little stripe across my avatar is still not there.

That feature has now been removed.

Using IE8 on XP. Whenever I enter a thread, or go to another page in a multi-page thread, I get taken to the Post Reply field at the foot of the page, rather than to to top of the page where I want to start / continue reading. Any ideas?

This is a known issue with IE8 and has been fixed for the next update, which (hopefully) will be released either this Tuesday or next Tuesday; so shouldn't be a problem for much longer.

As a temporary measure, try using CC in IE compatibility mode.

Everything is far too small now when viewed on Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9
Any way to adjust font sizes in settings?

Try disabling the "Open in overview" option - Open Browser > Menu button > Settings (at bottom of list - have to scroll to it) > Accessibility

Also have you tried double-tapping the post text (it should auto-zoom to just that text and increase the font).

Alternatively try a different browser such as Dolphin or Opera.

@Shaun Just out of interest, can I ask if you've seen a drop off in traffic to the other forums since they've gone behind the clickfinity banner from here? The pets one in particular seems to have withered to almost nothing.

Yes - partly because the quick-links have been removed and party because I've had a lot on at home/work and haven't had time to put content into the forums.

I removed the links because I knew the long line of them would not work with the responsive layout. Now the site has been upgraded we can tweak the menu to suit and reduce it/remove it for medium to narrow views.

It's on the to-do list.

Mostly looking good, but "Ignore new posts" isn't the most obvious place to go looking for the "ignore these forums" selection! The upgrade lost the settings, so I had to go and recreate them.

Yeah, I think I messed this one up when I upgraded it. I'll post a "How to ..." in a little while so people can put their exclusions back in.

Have I lost the facility to not see smiles and avatars?

Yes. This was the NSFW add-on which is no longer supported (and was removed on 9th Aug).

 

[Sara_H]

Wow, just had a look at the site on my iPhone - very much improved, I'm impressed!

 

[ayceejay]

I only go to one other forum and compared to this one it is like the difference between - oh I dunno - 1980's bikes and up to date ones.
I have never felt the need for an ignore button here because the mods seem to take out trolls fairly quickly, on that other forum there is a SOB (Scroll On By) function that people use voluntarily when someone drops in just to stir the pot.
Thanks Shaun.

 

[Tyke]

Thanks for fixing tapatalk the new site works great on HTC one but I still like tapatalk for a quick read on my work break it's better when pushed for time but I still prefer the new site when at home.

 

[Shaun]

Any ideas what I need to do?

Are you using the 'Darker' style? If so, I haven't updated it yet - it's on the to-do list.

If not, try clearing your browser cache and closing (not minimising) your browser.

 

[hopless500]

I just discovered the joys of automatic draft-saving when I returned from a browser crash, to find my half-written post waiting for me!

I don't like way that the smilies list pops up under my touchscreen keyboards on phone and Tab.

I love the dissapearance of the constant resizing that was necessary before the changes.

I was reading the bottom post of a long page when an alert popped up. When I dismissed that, the page scrolled back to the top without any input from me, which meant I had to scroll back down again. That is not good.

That's the sort of stuff I'm getting. The smilies get in the way too.

 

[Basil.B]

Where has the Log out button gone?

 

[phil_hg_uk]

Where has the Log out button gone?

CycleChat you cant checkout & you can never leave

 

[ColinJ]

Where has the Log out button gone?

It is bottom right on the menu which drops down when you click on your forum name on the menu bar.

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

While composing a message I find that if I highlight a word I want to move and drag it to where I want it to be it gets dumped at the end of the message instead.

I presume it's not supposed to do this?