Has the 1 week downtime & move to vanilla killed this place?

fryup · 29-07-2021 09:48AM

can we at least get back the 'drop down' menu please😐️

29-07-2021 10:16AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117673135#Comment_117673135

Depends on who the poster is. If it's someone with a low post count or a relatively recent join date, then, yes, probably nobody cares. There's no shortage of new(ish) users who want to make dramatic exits, and we're all a bit weary of that.

However, if someone like Wibbs or someone we've seen post a lot to threads [with a decent reputation], then, yes, many posters would care. I can think of a dozen or more posters, I'd genuinely be sorry to see leave.

TomSweeney · 29-07-2021 10:25AM

I see the AH has it's pagination back! yay!

slowly getting better ...

TomSweeney · 29-07-2021 10:27AM

Now how about the all my posts , or find all x users posts ?

Flinty997 · 29-07-2021 10:57AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117677284#Comment_117677284

Yeah lots of heavy users all gone in the last year. No one really made any comment on it. But might because they can no longer find anything, or get notifications.

Esel · 29-07-2021 12:12PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117677343#Comment_117677343

For now, use the Comments link in your or the user's Profile.

'Posts' are currently called 'Comments'. ......

beveragelady · 29-07-2021 12:17PM

How do I stop getting notifications from this thread (I posted in it a few days ago) without also stopping notifications from all other threads in which I have posted? I have unclicked the bookmark thing, didn't work.

the_pen_turner · 29-07-2021 12:21PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117673008#Comment_117673008

More like whatkraft did to Cadbury chocolate. Completely destroyed it

kadman · 29-07-2021 12:46PM

Its a sad thing for boards and the community that this upgrade is turning so many members away, the core essence of what boards is

about seems to be dissolving, daily. I came in today for my usual modding fix on Woodcraft, where there was a great thriving bunch of posters,

who have barely posted at all over the last few weeks, I think its two a week this week. And to be honest, I find it so confusing to find it, I am asking myself,

why bother. I bother because I like the forum and those who post their regularly and infrequently, and its nice to be helpful to each other.

But quite frankly I am slowly losing the urge to keep coming back.

kadman · 29-07-2021 01:54PM

Why the hell are my posts being attributed to another mod on woodcraft forum

Screenshot 2021-07-29 at 06-49-53 Topics.png

Crazy stuff going on here...

Keyzer · 29-07-2021 02:05PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117678410#Comment_117678410

Complete sh1tshow... I don't know how anyone could look at this platform as an improvement on the previous version. Did anyone review this or look for feedback prior to migration... Its like going back in time 10 years. If the people who run this site wanted to kill it then just turn it off.

I've been here for 15 years on a daily basis but I'm struggling to stay interested in coming here. Without sounding like a total wimp, I'm actually saddened at what the site has been turned into.

Anyway, rant over, back to real world problems like choosing what cheese to put on my burger.

TomSweeney · 29-07-2021 02:53PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117677851#Comment_117677851

Don't see that anywhere

Scotty # · 29-07-2021 02:59PM

"Don't see that anywhere"

Because they're not called comments, they're called bookmarks. Click your profile pic at top right and click Bookmarks.

Girly Gal · 29-07-2021 08:53PM

I would doubt any poster thinks that boards.ie is better now than before the changeover. It just worked before, it doesn't now, it wasn't an upgrade it was a serious downgrade. It's a real shame as it was a good resource for all kind of stuff.

now online · 29-07-2021 11:26PM

Not a frequent poster by any mean but definitely checked in on some forums everyday. Weather, bargain alerts, and a few more. Tried to get the hang of the new site within a day of it going live and couldn't... still can't find most of the forums I was interested in. First time in over a week trying again. Definitely won't be checking it a often, they've ruined what used to be such an easy site to navigate and what's with the super white screen???

kyote00 · 30-07-2021 12:44AM

Still can’t find the soccer forum.

oceans of white space on right hand side

terrible formatting of page numbers and latest post

Wonder if there is some other reason for the ‘upgrade’ — like better ads or easier/better analytics.

Trigger Happy · 30-07-2021 09:49AM

If you have to release a user guide for people to use an "upgraded" discussion forum then you have kinda lost the battle.

Oranage2 · 30-07-2021 11:04AM

Is there away to see who thanks your posts, it's 99% of the reason I post in the first place

bodhrandude · 30-07-2021 09:39PM

I wish the new site could display all the names of active users on a particular forum at the bottom of the page like the old version.

HalfAndHalf · 30-07-2021 09:41PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117681961#Comment_117681961

You post for likes? That’s really sad. Sorry

Cody montana · 30-07-2021 10:30PM

Unless ye revert.

It’s over.

Wibbs · 31-07-2021 11:16AM

Well judging by what the Boards CEO said in feedback yesterday the old site cost too much to maintain and Boards couldn't afford it and if it had stayed the site would be shut down. So there's that.

Tork · 31-07-2021 11:29AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117686159#Comment_117686159

Have you got a link to that @Wibbs? I can't find it (sadly, an all too common problem here at the moment)

Captain_Crash · 31-07-2021 11:42AM

Having given some time to get used to the new site before concluding my thoughts, It struck me that there was a political appointment during the week which normally would have been several pages long within an hour or so, struggled to reach 10 posts on the day it happened.

It’s quite clear that traffic on the site is way down and seems to me to be getting less as the weeks go by, but only the site owners will know the actual traffic numbers and it’s up to them to decide how much of a reduction, if any, is acceptable.

I’ve noticed myself being online less than before and while I won’t be leaving boards, I can’t see myself going back to the use I had pre-update. The new layout looks like any other generic forum and whatever it was boards had that was different seems to be gone now. Just my 2c.

Wibbs · 31-07-2021 12:20PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117686210#Comment_117686210

This was the page of the thread. On my laptop anyway. https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058198814/welcome-to-the-new-boards-ie-platform-version-1-0/p71

ben.schlomo · 31-07-2021 12:42PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117680956#Comment_117680956

In fairness if you type soccer into the search you'd find it in five seconds. Of all the complaints about things here it's a strange one to go with.

Tork · 31-07-2021 01:13PM

Thanks for sharing the link Wibbs. That post of Odhran's really should be a sticky though, not buried randomly in the middle of one of the many threads that are going about the site. If Odhran and the other front-facing boards people were better at communicating, they wouldn't be getting the heat they are.

Bobblehats · 31-07-2021 04:40PM

What’s the story with drafts auto saving. I begin a lot of posts I forget what was saying; mid sentence and abandon ship how can I disable it

chrissb8 · 31-07-2021 05:27PM

How do you see the list of posts you have made on your profile?

31-07-2021 05:47PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117686442#Comment_117686442

You can't search for it since it's a private forum