We're back

dodo mommy · 15-07-2021 5:43am #1

Well, what do ye think of the new site 👍👎

valtra2 · 15-07-2021 7:19am

👎

15-07-2021 7:33am

👎️

15-07-2021 7:34am

Ha already brand new site and it double posted........

emaherx · 15-07-2021 7:41am

Desktops site is OK, but still a bit lost in the Mobile version. Seems to be plenty of bugs with order of posts like random old threads at the top with new ones. But I'll reserve judgement for a few days.

15-07-2021 7:42am

I don't see why there was a need to bring 20 years of boards posts to the new platform because there are a lot of posts on boards and threads that should simply disappear.

Unfortunately I bet the same mods will no doubt will be ready to pounce on anyone that isn't in their little cliques banning and handing out infractions and deleting posts that they deem should be deleted because they might be a mod of a specific thread with a completely biased view and will ridicule anyone who goes against their opinions or agendas creating a completely unfair and one sided discussion and this is the absolute worst thing about boards.

Not all mods are bad of course.

finbarrk · 15-07-2021 7:54am

It's not working as it used to. I don't like it.

emaherx · 15-07-2021 7:54am

I don't think 20 years of posts should just disappear, plenty of them became irrelevant with time but information shared in a lot of other posts is still useful and searchable, it would be an impossible job to separate them though. Possibly a separate archived site could have been created but I'm sure that would have its own issues between maintaining security on old software and licensing.

_Brian · 15-07-2021 8:49am

This will take some getting used to.

I would love to see stats on engagement over next while, I’d say it will take time to build back momentum on the site.

epfff · 15-07-2021 9:31am

Difficult to use on mobile 👎

whelan2 · 15-07-2021 9:46am

I suppose it will just take a while to get used to

JeffKenna · 15-07-2021 9:48am

Booooooo

_Brian · 15-07-2021 9:53am

I’m seeing ads 😟

I was using the oldest platform and never saw ads. It all seems a bit sluggish too.

vincenzolorenzo · 15-07-2021 9:53am

How do I see my followed threads? used to be a link on top right, seems to be gone?

cap.in.hand. · 15-07-2021 9:58am

I've been promoted to 1B on boards... whatever that means?....the boards.ie looks very bland now.

cap.in.hand. · 15-07-2021 9:58am

grange mac · 15-07-2021 10:15am

Maybe I'm showing my age but this new site on mobile is worse than trying to figure out what the buttons on my new 20yo tractor are for 🚜🚜🙈🙈

Base price · 15-07-2021 10:18am

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117612497#Comment_117612497

They are annoying and slow down the internet speed especially for the likes of us rural dwellers with crap internet connection.

The Rabbi · 15-07-2021 11:41am

Do I have to scroll all the way back to the top of this page to get back to F&F?

Longford Leader · 15-07-2021 12:07pm

Does a thread title stay highlighted/bold when all the posts have been read?

I can't see the difference between read and unread treads.

Flinty997 · 15-07-2021 12:30pm

Searching old posts had been broken for a decade. So you can't find anything in these 20yrs of posts so it's entirely pointless in saving them.

davidk1394 · 15-07-2021 12:56pm

It looks difficult to use on mobile compared to the old site.

davidk1394 · 15-07-2021 12:56pm

orm0nd · 15-07-2021 1:47pm

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117612497#Comment_117612497

I using ad blocker but it's very slow. A good few of us from here are on other sites already and we're thinking of giving this a miss for now anyhow. Desktop version is better I think , but most farmers post on the mobile touch version.

emaherx · 15-07-2021 2:59pm

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117613794#Comment_117613794

Through boards it was poor alright, but they were searchable from the usual search engines, so not completely pointless. If the new sites search functions are any better then its all the more reason to migrate the old stuff.

kerryjack · 15-07-2021 3:08pm

There is a pretty girl that keeps smiling at me is that new

Floody Boreland · 15-07-2021 5:38pm

awful, looking for a new site

bogman_bass · 15-07-2021 6:01pm

They sorted the photo posting which was the biggest problems with the site. Other than that it’s much the same

randy hickey · 15-07-2021 6:07pm

Just checkin' if it's true about the photo posting...

Lime Tree Farm · 15-07-2021 7:26pm

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117613398#Comment_117613398

Login.

Click on your Avatar (top right of screen). Click on the star symbol, it will throw up the discussion threads. Click further down to expand.

Probably will get more user friendly as we fumble our way around.

Anyone else have tips for us.

Lime Tree Farm · 15-07-2021 7:30pm

Should have said that when I located the F&F forum, I placed a shortcut to it on the desktop.

Just noticed that you can't edit your posts once you have hit submit.

Seems you can. With the settings symbol, to the right of user name.

degetme · 15-07-2021 8:15pm

Very cumbersome looking

dodo mommy · 15-07-2021 8:49pm

Well fcuk it I can't make head nor tail of it😠

wrangler · 15-07-2021 8:55pm

You can't seem to go back and edit a message either, I'm not bright enough to get it right the first time usually

emaherx · 15-07-2021 9:25pm

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117616944#Comment_117616944

You can, press the 2 dots at top of post.

Edit: or cog on mobile version.

Bass Reeves · 15-07-2021 10:34pm

Have not tried it on the laptop/ desktop yet but mobile version is cumbersome. Tabs for new posts on a thread as opposed to a highlighted thread title.

Cannot seem to set up a followed threads stream. There seems to be more scrolling to get to the end of a page of posts.

If you look at a replied post you cannot automatically see all of the post replied to.........and they seemed unable to get rid of wrangler 🤣🤣🤣

Albert Johnson · 15-07-2021 11:20pm

I'm a creature of habit and change isn't something I relish or look forward to in most cases. Unsurprisingly I'm not enamored with the new site and it will take some getting used to. I haven't compiled a complete list of my dislikes yet but it's looking lengthy. Overall I'm not impressed 👎

Reggie. · 15-07-2021 11:30pm

Not liking the new site. Doesn't have the same flow to it. Will be hard to see the conversations in the posts I reckon. Very hard to use on the mobile. Can't see myself using it much to be honest. Not a good change

DBK1 · 15-07-2021 11:50pm

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117617729#Comment_117617729

I think it horrendous what they done to it! If you had asked somebody to make a complete mess of what was a fairly simple site then I don’t think anyone would have achieved as much as this upgrade has. It’s like something a student would have put together for a transition year project.

Boards is the only online profile I have but I think I will be looking elsewhere for something simpler now. I was having a look around today and I see another forum you’re on Reggie that looks a better option now.

Reggie. · 16-07-2021 12:02am

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117617806#Comment_117617806

Yeah I'm using it more

patsy_mccabe · 16-07-2021 12:27am

I'm hungry.

charlesanto · 16-07-2021 12:47am

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117612499#Comment_117612499

This ....

charlesanto · 16-07-2021 12:49am

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117616008#Comment_117616008

Machinery looks better

Sacrolyte · 16-07-2021 1:13am

That looks so sexy. I’d so ride that all day. Girl looks nice too.

_Brian · 16-07-2021 8:32am

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117617806#Comment_117617806

I think you nailed it.

The previous site was simple, no frills and you could easily see what was going on. In my mind all it needed was an easy facility to upload photos.

it’s hard to see the flow of where conversation is happening with this interface.

Im also disappointed that the site and all our data has been migrated to Canada rather than finding an Irish option

I says · 16-07-2021 9:17am

Im out. I’ll be on Twitter following farming stuff there, they have made a dogs dinner of this. Not worth the hassle.

greysides · 16-07-2021 9:22am

I agree with comments.............. however, it's early days. I'd say the pressure to get 'something' up and running was enormous, given the delays. I think a lot of the missing functionality will return over time. Comments everywhere are similar.

The old site was run on vBulletin software. It was nearly the default across the web with several forums I was on using it. It made acclimatising to a new forum very easy. However, Boards is a giant compared to the normal forum and recent outages have shown up its deficiencies. Boards had put a layer of its own customised software on top of vBulletin to make it even more complex.

I'm not impressed with the capabilities of Vanilla. I'd say 'management' aren't either! They will be underpinning this new forum...

But, time will tell and there are changes in functionality coming to get things back closer to normal... perhaps, better in some cases. The weather is good, there's other things to be doing in these long evenings without worrying about Boards. It's too hot not to be cool....... 😄

(Desktop site seems a lot more manageable, if only I could get it, as before, on my mobile..)

K.G. · 16-07-2021 9:48am

I ve always equated boards with pub talk and this is just the local getting done up.it ll feel all different for a while but we ll be back to talking the same old s##t in no time.the break from it did no harm either

funkey_monkey · 16-07-2021 9:49am

After getting used to the Farming Forum there is too much white space - I think due to the depth of the profile info on left. Hoping more of the old features come online as things progress.

It's been a bit of a disaster of an update. I think the delays haven't helped people in accepting these updates.

emaherx · 16-07-2021 10:38am

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117618310#Comment_117618310

Has the site and all of our data migrated to Canada though? Is it hosted by Vanilla now? Or are they just the software vender?

Just because the migration was handled by a Canadian vendor doesn't mean the site has actually moved hosting (it may or may not have)

Is there currently an Irish option for forum software capable of running forums of this scale?

emaherx · 16-07-2021 10:42am

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117618488#Comment_117618488

You can get the desktop site on your mobile if you instruct your browser to load desktop version of site.

On chrome browser (Android version anyway), it's the three dots at top of browser and then a check box.