Forum upgrade
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John Sims said:
I agree John, and a lot depends upon the device being used to view the page. Everything looks good to me on both my laptop [Firefox] and iPad2.
Nothing's ever perfect but well done to everyone who's been involved in the update and many thanks for all your efforts.
Jeff
38F3E1
PCGB Member
Something I do feel strongly about though is showing people's date of birth when you click on their avatar and it takes you to their details. Some people show na, some show month and day and some show full date of birth including year. I thought it was just my profile it affected but I have found others by clicking on random users on the forum.
This is not acceptable in my opinion and I have emailed support.
This is not acceptable in my opinion and I have emailed support.
I agree with Ian - can we make DoB and Gender non-compulsory in our profile info? And can we please have the ability to email via the forum like we used to?
TTM
Well-known member
I am now logged from the home PC for the first time and it looks wayyy better than on Android, where it's still close to useless.
I agree with Ian about the space taken below avatars. Look at all the space that could be saved by removing the area that I circled in red on this screenshot.
Doubling the size of characters in posts would probably have a filling effect instead of making all the rest smaller?
I agree with Ian about the space taken below avatars. Look at all the space that could be saved by removing the area that I circled in red on this screenshot.
Doubling the size of characters in posts would probably have a filling effect instead of making all the rest smaller?
I agree that should not be there. At least we should make it optional.Ian_McLeod said:
Richard_Hamilton said:
I understand that unfortunately the ability to email via the forum was removed by the authors some versions ago. I don't know why.
We have upgraded from a version that was many years and versions out of date. Some features have changed, some are better (such as the search options) and some have gone (such as email). You should still get a notification by email when a Private Message is sent to you.
PSH
PCGB Member
I just noted something of interest which perhaps needs looking at...as mentioned before there's an issue with the system allowing 3 character ID's...it seems that I have mine as it was already there, if I try to change any details in that section and then save it won't let met due to this. Now having read the recent comments about DOB i thought i best check if mine is there as I don't like that info being out there, not that i'm ashamed of my age but for the simple fact that such info is a god send for any crooks around. So i take a look and luckily there's no DOB or gender details, clicked edit as I was thinking of adding profession but can't as the system won't let you save without DOB and gender, I suspect that there may be further issues like this in the other sections too...needs a little tweaking i think guys...
regards
Pete
regards
Pete
38F3E1
PCGB Member
The problem with the DoB issue particularly is the data protection act and it is something people get very uptight about if it is publicly visible. It is not a field I activily added to show on the forum. It looks like it was taken from the 'My Details' section of my profile settings which I assume is linked to the membership database. I seem to have no control over whether it appears on the forum or not and I cannot remove it only change it to another date. I have currently changed it to 1/1/1915 to protect myself but the club probably now think they have a 100 year old member - do you give special awards for this? I'll take a mobility scooter with full 918 body kit if you do.
I can see full DoB for lots of people including other ROs and RSs, administrators and quite a few members so I don't think there is a specific pattern. It seems random as to who shows n/a, just month and year or full DoB. I am guessing this may be due to inconsistences on the membership database from old.
The website is a brilliant mechanism for keeping our details up to date, such a step forward. But some attention should be given as to how much of that information is publicly visible as a result. We want members to feel comfortable sharing details with us. As an example being an RS, I want members to feel happy to share car details with us including VIN numbers as it helps us maintain knowledge of these cars but they will only do it if they feel that we are treating the information in a secure manner.
Ian.
I can see full DoB for lots of people including other ROs and RSs, administrators and quite a few members so I don't think there is a specific pattern. It seems random as to who shows n/a, just month and year or full DoB. I am guessing this may be due to inconsistences on the membership database from old.
The website is a brilliant mechanism for keeping our details up to date, such a step forward. But some attention should be given as to how much of that information is publicly visible as a result. We want members to feel comfortable sharing details with us. As an example being an RS, I want members to feel happy to share car details with us including VIN numbers as it helps us maintain knowledge of these cars but they will only do it if they feel that we are treating the information in a secure manner.
Ian.
pauljmcnulty
New member
Mark_Bennett said:
We've had a long term issue with the PM system in that people's inboxes get filled up.
Is there any reason not to raise the limit from 20 to, say, 50? The messages are very small so it won't have a significant impact on storage but would help users who get a lot of messages, or lazy people like me who forget to delete them.
Fred Hindle
New member
Not a major problem but the font is inserting an incorrect character
Cheer
Cheer
Which one???Fred Hindle said:
pauljmcnulty said:
I've upped it to 50 - let's see how that goes?
Motorhead said:
Well, we could use the shiny new feature that allows us to merge threads - but that would mean moving this one out of the 944 area to the "Help with the forum" area (where it really ought to be...)
The thing is, do I risk incurring the wrath of 944 owners [
], or shall we allow a 944 Admin or Mod to do it? []
Mark_Bennett said:Motorhead said:
Well, we could use the shiny new feature that allows us to merge threads - but that would mean moving this one out of the 944 area to the "Help with the forum" area (where it really ought to be...)
The thing is, do I risk incurring the wrath of 944 owners [
I think best leave it where it is as, otherwise, someone will only start another one. Some don't venture out of the comfort of their own area of the forum
pauljmcnulty
New member
Thanks Mark.
John Sims said:Mark_Bennett said:Motorhead said:
Well, we could use the shiny new feature that allows us to merge threads - but that would mean moving this one out of the 944 area to the "Help with the forum" area (where it really ought to be...)
The thing is, do I risk incurring the wrath of 944 owners [
I think best leave it where it is as, otherwise, someone will only start another one. Some don't venture out of the comfort of their own area of the forum
Mark/John,
I take your points chaps. However there are basically two identical - and very active - threads....both on the 944 forum.!
Jeff
Motorhead said:
I've merged the 2 threads in the 944 forum. (Well, I had to try it didn't I? [
])To be honest, this functionality should be really useful to the Moderators as we go forward - we always had loads of duplicate threads and merging them was not possible in the past. It'll mean a much cleaner forum with (hopefully) easier to find info.
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Puts tin hat on, awaits the wrath of someone who wants separate threads and is really offended at the temerity of someone merging them...
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