Grumpyman Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 Am I the only one who prefers the the old website or is it me ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keithl Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 Not 100% certain on the layout but at least we can copy and paste photos on here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulletguy Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 I think it's a vast improvement over the old forum. My only criticism is the short amount of time allowed for editing and limited avatar display eg is Keithl's part of a UFO or a boot lid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peedee Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 Its much better, not that I used the old one much. I like that you can see a precis of the thread by hovering over the subject, that is how it should be. I could be encouraged to use it much more with the new format. peedee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geeco Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 I am happy with the new software. I particularly like the ease of adding images. The old software in that area was painful. Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witzend Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 18 hours ago, Grumpyman said: Am I the only one who prefers the the old website or is it me ? Funny I was thinking the same Last Nite still undecided Still we got this now for better or worse just have to get used to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 The new forum seems OK. The biggest plus for me is being able to 'hover' over a thread and read the beginning of post, alhhough it seems a bit slow compared to other forums that use this, it means in future not necessarily having to open a thread where people put 'help needed' and no clue as to why. Not yet tried to attach a pic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Uzzell Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 22 hours ago, Bulletguy said: I think it's a vast improvement over the old forum. My only criticism is the short amount of time allowed for editing and limited avatar display eg is Keithl's part of a UFO or a boot lid? One reason why an avatar may look odd is because the original image is wider than it is tall (or taller than it is wide) whereas the area that the avatar must occupy is square. So the forum’s software attempts to convert a rectangle into a square. If the image chosen as an avatar is not square, the result can be distortion and/or unwanted cropping and I’m doubtful that there is any simple way to overcome this. The solution is to submit as an avatar an image that is near-as-dammit square to begin with. This may involve file manipulation that I have little trouble with using an Apple desktop computer, but doing the same on a phone could be much more challenging. The size of the file that is to be chosen for an avatar also needs to be no larger than 0.49MB (490 kilobytes). Exactly the same avatar distortion problem presented itself when the Practical Caravan forums were switched to a cousin of the Invision Community platform now used here. In that case the forum Administrator offered to manipulate user avatar files to 'square' them, but I don't know if any Practical Caravan forum user took up the offer. The rectangular wide-than-tall image below of the next Chancellor of the Exchequer was 'squared' to allow it to be used as my (temporary) avatar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick the wanderer Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 Hi, well I'm new to this forum so it's all good to me.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebishbus Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 How do you edit or remove a post ? Brian B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witzend Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 6 minutes ago, thebishbus said: How do you edit or remove a post Looking at a earlier post by bulletguy it appears You have to do it soon after posting ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keithl Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 27 minutes ago, thebishbus said: How do you edit or remove a post ? Brian B. If you are outside the edit window, which is possibly 30 minutes, then add another post with the correction and I will edit and delete posts as requested. Keith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinM50 Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 Have had dreadful problems adding or replying to posts, log in procedure was a bit tortuous, but seem to be OK now😑 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebishbus Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 Thanks Witzend & Keith. But twice after posting I have wanted to edit the post within a few minutes but nothing says edit. Brian B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keithl Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 Click the three dots at top right of your post then edit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebishbus Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 Keith , if I click on the three dots, only once has it showed edit, every other time I have tried it just shows report and share . Brian B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebishbus Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 Just another thought. Why are we not seeing members vans with their Avatar. ? Brian B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keithl Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 24 minutes ago, thebishbus said: Just another thought. Why are we not seeing members vans with their Avatar. ? Brian B. Possibly because we haven't found a way to! The best we have managed is to add a signature as below... And this is how to add a signature... "In your account go to account settings, there should now be an option at the bottom of the menu on the left, that says "Signatures"." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Uzzell Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 The forum Administrator should be able to adjust the duration of the edit time-window fairly easily.The method was discussed in this Invision Community thread. https://invisioncommunity.com/forums/topic/462134-changing-the-time-limit-of-editing-a-post-by-a-member/ On the previous forum, the technique for displaying details of a member's motorhome was not a design feature but an ugly 'fudge' that I suggested years ago. As Keith says, there's currently no realistic alternative with the latest forum except to use the Signature option. The snag with this approach is that forum-members can choose whether or not to view signatures and, if they choose not to view signatures (which I think may be the default) they won't see the motorhome details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keithl Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 1 hour ago, Derek Uzzell said: The forum Administrator should be able to adjust the duration of the edit time-window fairly easily. But unfortunately I am only a Moderator and not an Administrator so cannot access that setting 😞 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve928 Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 It seems that the default setting for signature visibility is 'on' because I'm seeing signatures and haven't changed any settings. While people continue to use their signature just to display motorhome/van type, location etc. that's useful but at the first sign of someone using the field to repeatedly display a funny (we'll be the judge of that..) quip or life advice (you know the sort of thing..) I'll be switching them off as usual, so another method of displaying the useful information would be good if it could be so arranged at some point. Surely the new software has that capability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Uzzell Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 As the old forum lacked a dedicated capability to allow a user to provide details of their motorhome, it's disappointing that this feature is still missing. Exploiting the 'signature' feature was an obvious approach with the old forum, but the downside was exactly as mentioned above. This Invision Community webpage may be of interest https://invisioncommunity.com/4guides/welcome/about-invision-community-r7/ The attachment below shows an avatar from an 'international' Hyundai car forum based on the Xenforo platform. However, despite each of the sub-forums including an admin thread encouraging members to provide in their account details of their vehicle, it's commonplace for this information to be omitted. The current O&AL forum appears to have a batch of members with Administrator and/or Moderator privileges, but I've no idea how many of the Administrators could twiddle the software to produce something akin to the 'look' of the avatar.Hyundai forum . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyishuk Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 Tried editing a posting immediately after posting and was cut short in its prime ! Lost contact after 10 mins. If you really want to dissatisfied with a new web design, try the CMHC site ! Looks good 😉. Just fails to work. rgds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keithl Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 1 minute ago, tonyishuk said: Tried editing a posting immediately after posting and was cut short in its prime ! Lost contact after 10 mins. I'll ask the admin to confirm what the current time limit is and if less than 30 minutes ask if it can be increased. Keith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keithl Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 14 hours ago, Keithl said: I'll ask the admin to confirm what the current time limit is and if less than 30 minutes ask if it can be increased. Keith. Just heard back from Rachel and the time limit was set to 5 minutes so she has increased it to 30 minutes. Please could someone post here then try and edit near to the 30 minutes to test. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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