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New Topics/Category Organisation Update 20:45 - Post 100

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    #32
    hullaballoo
    Administrators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,710 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭hullaballoo


    There's a log out link on the bottom of every page on the site.


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    #33
    Delirium
    Moderators Posts: 51,713 ✭✭✭✭Delirium


    Del.Monte wrote: »
    No drop down menu - I can't sign out - am I trapped here forever? :eek:

    at the bottom of the page there should be a log out option ;)

    If you can read this, you're too close!



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    #34
    kerry4sam
    Registered Users Posts: 15,127 ✭✭✭✭kerry4sam


    No drop-down for me either, but if you click on the arrow alongside your name, you'll find all your followed threads with recent postings :)

    Great work to all involved in this though!


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    #35
    To Elland Back
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,923 ✭✭✭To Elland Back


    Is there anything to be said for another mass?................. given the day that's in it


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    #36
    looksee
    Registered Users Posts: 28,070 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    I have cleared cache but still cant get the little my forums menu. I also had to follow the most convoluted route to get into Sys as the Boards.ie tab doesn't do anything.


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    #37
    Tokyo
    Politics Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,655 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tokyo


    looksee wrote: »
    I have cleared cache but still cant get the little my forums menu. I also had to follow the most convoluted route to get into Sys as the Boards.ie tab doesn't do anything.

    The javascript that powers that menu has been disabled temporarily, while the changeover is taking place.


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    #38
    The Hill Billy
    Registered Users Posts: 22,748 ✭✭✭✭The Hill Billy


    To Elland Back wrote: »
    Is there anything to be said for another mass?................. given the day that's in it

    Post of the day! :)


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    #39
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    I've gotten so used to using 'My Forums', it's very noticeable not to have the function of it now.


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    #40
    Boards.ie: Niamh
    Boards.ie Employee Posts: 12,597 ✭✭✭✭✭Boards.ie: Niamh
    Boards.ie Community Manager


    looksee wrote: »
    I have cleared cache but still cant get the little my forums menu. I also had to follow the most convoluted route to get into Sys as the Boards.ie tab doesn't do anything.
    If you start typing the name of any category or forum in the search box, it will provide the link for you.
    Myrddin wrote: »
    I've gotten so used to using 'My Forums', it's very noticeable not to have the function of it now.

    You'll appreciate it all the more when it's back! :D

    How can I? User's guide to some features on the new site



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    #41
    _Kaiser_
    Registered Users Posts: 28,679 ✭✭✭✭_Kaiser_


    Any ETA as to when normal service will be resumed?


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    #42
    Lovely Bloke
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,748 ✭✭✭✭Lovely Bloke


    _Kaiser_ wrote: »
    Any ETA as to when normal service will be resumed?

    never, it's been turned off so it can be changed, so it won't going back to the way it was.


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    #43
    Dades
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,558 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dades


    Except for the "My Forums" and profile dropdowns, which will.


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    #44
    Spear
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 25,074 CMod ✭✭✭✭Spear


    Although it'll take some getting used after all these years, it does make everything visible at a glance on the old (superior) skin's index page.


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    #45
    adox
    Registered Users Posts: 19,017 ✭✭✭✭adox


    So I have all the "ask" forums at the top of the page now with the feedback etc next and then every other category all scrunched up in one small box? I presume this isn't the future?


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    #46
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    Seems to be working away now. I have to say, I like it :) It's very neat & functional. Great work by all involved


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    #47
    _Kaiser_
    Registered Users Posts: 28,679 ✭✭✭✭_Kaiser_


    Baldy Conscience wrote: »
    never, it's been turned off so it can be changed, so it won't going back to the way it was.
    Dades wrote: »
    Except for the "My Forums" and profile dropdowns, which will.

    Yes I know :) I meant when the drop-downs would be working gain.. which they now seem to be.

    On first impression, again I have to ask.. why? We now have a massive waste of horizontal space at the top and everything lumped into a single list with far too many sub-headings/folders.

    I know the whole thing about moving away from vBulletin and I don't claim to be able to speak to whether that's good or not, but I don't see why the UI has to constantly suffer every time these changes happen.

    Is this all to make it more "mobile friendly"? If so, what about those of us who primarily still browse on a laptop/desktop or does that not matter anymore?


    EDIT: On that single Topics list.... is it not possible to expand that down and across the full width of the screen when you hover on it rather than a single list vertically? (like has actually been done with the Talk To/Boards.ie list) Would that not make better use of the screen real estate?


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    #48
    Spear
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 25,074 CMod ✭✭✭✭Spear


    Is the huge lump of adverts.ie redirects really warranted?


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    #49
    Mars Bar
    Registered Users Posts: 31,817 ✭✭✭✭Mars Bar


    Can you make the drop down the same width as the heading above it?!

    11143233_10155411932105307_7877114832133906565_n.jpg?oh=74a67357fc4b21d9b90f8b0d99dbfd5c&oe=55973EDE&__gda__=1436159259_c2e515e7bda863bfae98f9a588a20e8a


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    #50
    My name is URL
    Registered Users Posts: 25,060 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    It'll take some getting used to but it's definitely an improvement


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    #51
    Tokyo
    Politics Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,655 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tokyo


    Mars Bar wrote: »
    Can you make the drop down the same width as the heading above it?!

    11143233_10155411932105307_7877114832133906565_n.jpg?oh=74a67357fc4b21d9b90f8b0d99dbfd5c&oe=55973EDE&__gda__=1436159259_c2e515e7bda863bfae98f9a588a20e8a


    The heading scales based on page width - the dropdown doesn't.


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    #52
    Peregrine
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 26,399 Mod ✭✭✭✭Peregrine


    Adverts category goes out of the page.

    346120.png


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    #53
    Taltos
    Registered Users Posts: 20,830 ✭✭✭✭Taltos


    Can the team please have a look at Politics - cheers.
    ref
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057317106&page=35


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    #54
    Dav
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,840 ✭✭✭Dav


    Right, so here's the latest:

    The forums have all been moved as you can see.

    The menu has a bug, Chris is working on that right now. It's supposed to be rolling itself back up when you expand into a different category or sub-category. I don't have an ETA on that just at this moment, but I'll ask him to post here to let you know how he's getting on.

    Couple of points:
    Is this menu permanent? No. It's temporary. The reason we've rolled it out is because 1) we didn't want to delay the new categories any longer and 2) the responsive re-design work that's underway will also be including a new menu.

    Why couldn't we just copy all this over from our test environment in 10 minutes instead of faffing about with it all day? Well, we thought we could until we started poking at it this morning and VBulletin started threatening meltdown. So I had to spend the day re-doing all my work :(

    WHY DO YOU MAKE THESE STUPID CHANGES THAT I HATE? Not everyone hates it and we did try to involve everyone in this process. :)


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    #55
    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers Posts: 47,279 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    There needs to be a clearer distinction between categories, and even forums within categories when you click into one on the dropdown list. If I click into Arts, for example, it gives me the list of all the forums under Arts, and then continues the high-level list with Business & Finance. However there's nothing to distinguish the last forum in Arts (Theatre & Performing Arts) from the Business & Finance heading. I'd also like to see the box go horizontally when you click on a heading to make more use of the screen space available, rather than just going vertically.


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    #56
    Slydice
    Registered Users Posts: 10,501 ✭✭✭✭Slydice


    I....


    I...


    *sigh*

    (*pushes feelings of inadequacy down*) :)

    I cannot find After Hours in the menu.


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    #57
    Slydice
    Registered Users Posts: 10,501 ✭✭✭✭Slydice


    Oh no, found it.

    Should kept going down the menu.


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    #58
    Tokyo
    Politics Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,655 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tokyo


    Slydice wrote: »
    I....


    I...


    *sigh*

    (*pushes feelings of inadequacy down*) :)

    I cannot find After Hours in the menu.

    Social & Fun > After Hours


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    #59
    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers Posts: 47,279 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    Slydice wrote: »
    I....


    I...


    *sigh*

    (*pushes feelings of inadequacy down*) :)

    I cannot find After Hours in the menu.

    It's under Social & Fun :)


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    #60
    hullaballoo
    Administrators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,710 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭hullaballoo


    _Kaiser_ wrote: »
    On that single Topics list.... is it not possible to expand that down and across the full width of the screen when you hover on it rather than a single list vertically? (like has actually been done with the Talk To/Boards.ie list) Would that not make better use of the screen real estate?

    This is about the only issue I'd have with it. It's one of those things where having the vertical scroll bar within the menu frame often means I end up at the very bottom of the page and have completely lost the menu altogether.

    I presume that plans are afoot to have the "Topics" menu expand out the way the old larger category menus did to avail of screen width as well.

    As a full site user on mobile, there may be other issues, though I understand I'm in a minority on that front!


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    #61
    Boards.ie: Chris
    Closed Accounts Posts: 80 ✭✭Boards.ie: Chris


    The code exists for pretty much all the points raised so far. I'm having trouble getting the app as a whole to register with it though.


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