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  • #152
    jimmynokia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,467 ✭✭✭jimmynokia


    Ross wrote: »
    Not unless you've specifically clicked the "view on full site" link at the bottom previously.

    If you visit touch.boards.ie again in your phone's browser it should reset your cookie and then you should be redirected correctly on subsequent visits from email notifications.


    On a mobile phone?


  • #153
    Ross
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,150 ✭✭✭Ross


    Yes.


  • #154
    thefaizan
    Registered Users Posts: 3 ✭thefaizan


    Nice so far. Won't let me thanks though.


  • #155
    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47,336 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    They might have been mentioned already, but 2 things that would be great:
    - A "mark forum as read" button
    - Links to stand out more by being bold or underlined. At the moment they just blend in to the rest of the text.


  • #156
    NTC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 894 ✭✭✭NTC


    Looks good. Well done.


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  • #157
    Trevor451
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,463 ✭✭✭Trevor451


    works well now on IE9 on windows phone 7 :)


  • #158
    hardCopy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,969 ✭✭✭hardCopy


    Would be nice to be able to vote in polls using the touch interface


  • #159
    Machinehead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 732 ✭✭✭Machinehead


    Ross wrote: »
    Yep, subscribers can turn off ads!
    Where are the settings to turn off the adds?


  • #160
    TouchingVirus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,584 ✭✭✭TouchingVirus


    Machinehead wrote: »
    Where are the settings to turn off the adds?

    You are not a subscriber, you can't turn off the advertisements. To sign up to be a subscriber you can see this page. Not really anything to do with boards.ie Touch :)


  • #161
    evolutionqy7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,277 ✭✭✭evolutionqy7


    Machinehead wrote: »
    Where are the settings to turn off the adds?

    Get a WP7 :) Ads dont come up on IE9 in most cases :)


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  • #162
    GhostInTheRuins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,966 ✭✭✭GhostInTheRuins


    If you're in a forum within a forum it would be handy to be able to go up to the parent forum, but I can't see any way to do that. Say for example you're in the Elections forum, and want to go up one to the politics forum, there's no way to do it.


  • #163
    Boards.ie: Neil
    Closed Accounts Posts: 503 ✭✭✭Boards.ie: Neil


    GhostInTheRuins wrote: »
    If you're in a forum within a forum it would be handy to be able to go up to the parent forum, but I can't see any way to do that. Say for example you're in the Elections forum, and want to go up one to the politics forum, there's no way to do it.
    Our hands are a little tied with this one as we run the risk of cluttering up the screen, the only real viable place for this link to live would be under the Forum title, which is quite small enough area as it is. Increasing this section of the touch site would mean there'd be less more important data (post data) above the fold (viewable portion of screen) of the phone.


  • #164
    Eoin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,257 ✭✭✭✭Eoin


    A thread options dropdown / pop-out menu could be cool, given that most touch screen devices can support all that client side scripting goodness.


  • #165
    Bluefoam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,747 ✭✭✭Bluefoam


    There is still a problem with the links from email notifications, they bring you to the first post instead of the last. Most of the time I don't follow them as it takes you to the first post, you need to wait for the page to fully load, or else it brings you back to the first post again, then you need to scroll down, choose the last page (hoping) that's where you previously left off, wait for the page to fully load etc...

    It's just too much effort and spoils the site for me.


  • #166
    hardCopy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,969 ✭✭✭hardCopy


    Boards.ie: Neil wrote: »
    GhostInTheRuins wrote: »
    If you're in a forum within a forum it would be handy to be able to go up to the parent forum, but I can't see any way to do that. Say for example you're in the Elections forum, and want to go up one to the politics forum, there's no way to do it.
    Our hands are a little tied with this one as we run the risk of cluttering up the screen, the only real viable place for this link to live would be under the Forum title, which is quite small enough area as it is. Increasing this section of the touch site would mean there'd be less more important data (post data) above the fold (viewable portion of screen) of the phone.

    Maybe just an "up one level" button, like you have in windows explorer?


  • #167
    GhostInTheRuins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,966 ✭✭✭GhostInTheRuins


    hardCopy wrote: »
    Maybe just an "up one level" button, like you have in windows explorer?

    It can't be that hard to do, surely. (Not that I know!)

    This is what the bottom of a page in a thread in the elections forum looks like at the minute:
    http://omg.wthax.org/photo1_2.jpg (I can't seem to embed images, or upload attachments this morning for some reason)

    And this is all that really needs to be done:
    http://omg.wthax.org/example_1.jpg


  • #168
    Boards.ie: Neil
    Closed Accounts Posts: 503 ✭✭✭Boards.ie: Neil


    GhostInTheRuins wrote: »
    And this is all that really needs to be done:
    http://omg.wthax.org/example_1.jpg

    This may be possible, technically it's trivial but would need to be tested quite a bit on various devices and different hands, not all of us have skinny fingers ;).


  • #169
    G_R
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 5,028 Mod ✭✭✭✭G_R


    This is more of a moderator issue, rather than a general one, so i don't know if this is he right place for it,

    but anyway, when I'm viewing my forum, i have to moderator options in view, so I've to switch to either the full site or the m.boards site.

    even if you would just add a check box to each post, then a moderator tools pop out at the bottom, that would apply to the ones you've ticked.

    Even if you could just include some simple options like delete, and forget about the merge post etc, we could delete the offending post on the go, then deal with it properly when we are on a computer.

    Thanks!


  • #170
    Boards.ie: Danny
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,609 ✭✭✭Boards.ie: Danny


    Grand_Rajnah wrote: »
    This is more of a moderator issue, rather than a general one, so i don't know if this is he right place for it,

    but anyway, when I'm viewing my forum, i have to moderator options in view, so I've to switch to either the full site or the m.boards site.

    even if you would just add a check box to each post, then a moderator tools pop out at the bottom, that would apply to the ones you've ticked.

    Even if you could just include some simple options like delete, and forget about the merge post etc, we could delete the offending post on the go, then deal with it properly when we are on a computer.

    Thanks!

    I'm afraid that there are no facilities in the tech that touch is built on for any moderator functionality, simple or otherwise. It is coming, though there's no timeline at the minute for when it'll be done, or when touch will have those features.


  • #171
    G_R
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 5,028 Mod ✭✭✭✭G_R


    Boards.ie: Danny wrote: »
    Grand_Rajnah wrote: »
    This is more of a moderator issue, rather than a general one, so i don't know if this is he right place for it,

    but anyway, when I'm viewing my forum, i have to moderator options in view, so I've to switch to either the full site or the m.boards site.

    even if you would just add a check box to each post, then a moderator tools pop out at the bottom, that would apply to the ones you've ticked.

    Even if you could just include some simple options like delete, and forget about the merge post etc, we could delete the offending post on the go, then deal with it properly when we are on a computer.

    Thanks!

    I'm afraid that there are no facilities in the tech that touch is built on for any moderator functionality, simple or otherwise. It is coming, though there's no timeline at the minute for when it'll be done, or when touch will have those features.
    That's fair enough. Thanks for the reply.


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  • #172
    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,682 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    Not sure if this was mentioned already, but the "follow" button at the bottom of threads doesn't work, only the one at the top.


  • #173
    Boards.ie: Danny
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,609 ✭✭✭Boards.ie: Danny


    Sad Professor wrote: »
    Not sure if this was mentioned already, but the "follow" button at the bottom of threads doesn't work, only the one at the top.

    I've got a fix in for this now, going live soon. Thanks :)


  • #174
    Ledger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,459 ✭✭✭Ledger


    I browsed through the thread, didn't see this except for the first page.

    The touch screen version of the site is really good but I have a little problem that puts me off using it. When I tap the 'go to first unread' icon beside the thread name it just takes me to the start of the thread.

    I know it doesn't seem like a big thing but in large threads like YLYL, it is annoying trying to find what page you're on.

    Any help would be great.


  • #175
    Boards.ie: Danny
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,609 ✭✭✭Boards.ie: Danny


    Ledger wrote: »
    I browsed through the thread, didn't see this except for the first page.

    The touch screen version of the site is really good but I have a little problem that puts me off using it. When I tap the 'go to first unread' icon beside the thread name it just takes me to the start of the thread.

    I know it doesn't seem like a big thing but in large threads like YLYL, it is annoying trying to find what page you're on.

    Any help would be great.

    What icon are you clicking?

    If you want to go to the last post in a thread then click on the text that says when the last post was:

    185933.png


  • #176
    Ledger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,459 ✭✭✭Ledger


    Boards.ie: Danny wrote: »
    What icon are you clicking?

    If you want to go to the last post in a thread then click on the text that says when the last post was:

    185933.png

    Well on my phone the control panel comes up as the desktop site version, and when I go from there it switches to the touch site. The icon I mean is the little down arrow icon at the start of the thread name. Sorry can't get a screen cap at the moment.


  • #177
    Boards.ie: Danny
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,609 ✭✭✭Boards.ie: Danny


    If you're on a mobile device and wish to use the touch site then you should be using it from the get-go - it has both My Forums (subscribed forums) and My Threads (subscribed threads). Moving from the full site to the touch site mid-way through use based on a link you click is going to cause issues :)


  • #178
    Ledger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,459 ✭✭✭Ledger


    Boards.ie: Danny wrote: »
    If you're on a mobile device and wish to use the touch site then you should be using it from the get-go - it has both My Forums (subscribed forums) and My Threads (subscribed threads). Moving from the full site to the touch site mid-way through use based on a link you click is going to cause issues :)

    Thought it might be something to do with that. Thanks Danny.


  • #179
    Boards.ie: Danny
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,609 ✭✭✭Boards.ie: Danny


    Ledger wrote: »
    Thought it might be something to do with that. Thanks Danny.

    Yup, that's what it is. And it's not something easily fixed - we detect you're on a phone, pull out the thread ID and send you on to touch. However, there because of the way touch works there's no equivalent function to "goto=newpost" like there is in full Boards (well, at least not yet and it's not in the pipeline remotely soon).


  • #180
    Ledger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,459 ✭✭✭Ledger


    Boards.ie: Danny wrote: »
    Yup, that's what it is. And it's not something easily fixed - we detect you're on a phone, pull out the thread ID and send you on to touch. However, there because of the way touch works there's no equivalent function to "goto=newpost" like there is in full Boards (well, at least not yet and it's not in the pipeline remotely soon).

    Pity. It's such a handy feature. Ce La Vie.


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  • #181
    Boards.ie: Danny
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,609 ✭✭✭Boards.ie: Danny


    Ledger wrote: »
    Pity. It's such a handy feature. Ce La Vie.

    Yes, it is. All in good time though :)


  • #182
    Bluefoam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,747 ✭✭✭Bluefoam


    Hey Danny, Thanks for all the good work.

    The issue with following a link from an email notification is really beginning to bug me - to the extent that I rarely follow the links anymore. Then my notifications get all screwed up...
    When you follow a link from an email, it brings you to the beginning of the thread, rather than the latest current post...

    Are you any closer to resolving this?


  • #183
    Boards.ie: Danny
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,609 ✭✭✭Boards.ie: Danny


    This relies on "goto=newpost" functionality, see a few posts above your own - it's not slated for release any time soon I'm afraid.


  • #184
    Kiera
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,130 ✭✭✭✭Kiera


    I searched this thread for "pm" but couldn't find anything.

    Is it possible to leave the previous pm in your reply or would that be a lot of work for you guys? Its just I'm a little forgetful and its handy to see the whole conversation.


  • #185
    alwaysadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,554 ✭✭✭✭alwaysadub


    Just noticed I can't see polls on touch boards. I'm on a windows phone, my boyfriend is on android and it's the same on both phones.


  • #186
    Boards.ie: Danny
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,609 ✭✭✭Boards.ie: Danny


    alwaysadub wrote: »
    Just noticed I can't see polls on touch boards. I'm on a windows phone, my boyfriend is on android and it's the same on both phones.

    Touch is not platform specific, if it's not there on Android it won't be there for iPhone, Windows or with a plain old browser pointed at touch.boards.ie

    This is on our to-do list and will be rolled out in the new year, probably in stages (e.g. viewing existing polls first, then adding your vote to an existing poll, and then finally the ability to make your own poll).


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  • #187
    Defiler Of The Coffin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,117 ✭✭✭Defiler Of The Coffin


    Is it intended functionality that using the quote feature on the touch version includes recursive quotes? It doesn't happen in the full site.


  • #188
    MugMugs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,875 ✭✭✭✭MugMugs


    Did touch puke tonight? Several times it went weird and threw me back to the desktop site. Android on Gingerbread HTC desire.


  • #189
    Boards.ie: Danny
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,609 ✭✭✭Boards.ie: Danny


    Tonight, as in right now? Or earlier, as in around 6pm?


  • #190
    MugMugs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,875 ✭✭✭✭MugMugs


    Boards.ie: Danny wrote: »
    Tonight, as in right now? Or earlier, as in around 6pm?

    About three mins before I posted that. Went to thank two posts in feedback and it started doing it.


  • #191
    Boards.ie: Danny
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,609 ✭✭✭Boards.ie: Danny


    MugMugs wrote: »
    About three mins before I posted that. Went to thank two posts in feedback and it started doing it.

    Working grand on my Android (HTC Desire Z with Gingerbread ROM). You might try another browser like Opera Mini?


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  • #192
    dahamsta
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,659 ✭✭✭✭dahamsta


    Can you set the TITLE tags to the thread title please? It'd make saving to social bookmarking sites a lot more intuitive/easier.


  • #193
    Boards.ie: Danny
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,609 ✭✭✭Boards.ie: Danny


    dahamsta wrote: »
    Can you set the TITLE tags to the thread title please? It'd make saving to social bookmarking sites a lot more intuitive/easier.

    Will get back to you on this later :)


  • #194
    dahamsta
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,659 ✭✭✭✭dahamsta


    Thanks Danny. I do have one other thing to point out -- because of the speed at which you get new posts here, pages 2-7 of Latest Threads can be pretty much redundant, by the time you've clicked through to the next page, you're looking at the same threads. I'm not sure how you'd improve it without something like per-user caching, but I said I'd mention it.

    Out of interest, did ye develop this from scratch or fork it from the vB mobile template, or perhaps the one from vb.org? And is the style jQuery UI Mobile?


  • #195
    Boards.ie: Neil
    Closed Accounts Posts: 503 ✭✭✭Boards.ie: Neil


    dahamsta wrote: »
    Out of interest, did ye develop this from scratch or fork it from the vB mobile template, or perhaps the one from vb.org? And is the style jQuery UI Mobile?
    the touch site of boards was developed and designed in house using our API which does the interaction with our copy of vBulletin. None of the front end has any ties to vbulletin or vb.org


  • #196
    dahamsta
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,659 ✭✭✭✭dahamsta


    Ta. Another thing: Some external links are wonkified, at least on my Android handset. Par example, clicking the first link on the 1st post here:

    http://touch.boards.ie/thread/2056101996

    ...brings me to...

    http://touch.boards.ie/thread/www.Qwertee.com

    I'm guessing it's just links posted without the protocol prefix not being updated on the fly as in vB, but I can't look at the source here.


  • #197
    Boards.ie: Danny
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,609 ✭✭✭Boards.ie: Danny


    dahamsta wrote: »
    Ta. Another thing: Some external links are wonkified, at least on my Android handset. Par example, clicking the first link on the 1st post here:

    http://touch.boards.ie/thread/2056101996

    ...brings me to...

    http://touch.boards.ie/thread/www.Qwertee.com

    I'm guessing it's just links posted without the protocol prefix not being updated on the fly as in vB, but I can't look at the source here.

    From Chrome:

    <a href="www.Qwertee.com" class="bbcode_url">www.Qwertee.com</a>

    Requires moar digging, not working in a full browser either.


  • #198
    28064212
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,822 ✭✭✭✭28064212


    Is there any way to set up a link directly to the full version of the site? E.g., have two bookmarks, one which goes to touch.boards.ie, the other goes to www.boards.ie. If you just set up the second one as boards.ie, it redirects to whichever site your last visit was to.

    Boardsie Enhancement Suite - a browser extension to make using Boards on desktop a better experience (includes full-width display, keyboard shortcuts, dark mode, and more). Now available through your browser's extension store.

    Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/addon/boardsie-enhancement-suite/

    Chrome/Edge/Opera: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/boardsie-enhancement-suit/bbgnmnfagihoohjkofdnofcfmkpdmmce



  • #199
    Boards.ie: Neil
    Closed Accounts Posts: 503 ✭✭✭Boards.ie: Neil


    alwaysadub wrote: »
    Just noticed I can't see polls on touch boards. I'm on a windows phone, my boyfriend is on android and it's the same on both phones.

    Polls are now available on http://touch.boards.ie

    have a gander at this for an example.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=76761921


  • #200
    Sully
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 24,056 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sully


    I'm only starting to use the touch version of Boards, and I really dislike the amount of adverts. The original mobile version doesn't have it as bad.

    But one thing I suggested and was implemented on the old mobile site was that the category and main forum links appear. So if I am in Waterford forum, it currently shows at the bottom and top "Waterford City". But it would be handy to have "Region > South East > Waterford City" instead.

    I kinda hate sometimes when I click a thread I may end up in the middle of it rather than the end, and I have to scroll all the way down to the numbers to go to the last page. Can the numbers go on the top or a link to go straight to the bottom?


  • #201
    xsiborg
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,635 ✭✭✭xsiborg


    Sully wrote: »
    I kinda hate sometimes when I click a thread I may end up in the middle of it rather than the end, and I have to scroll all the way down to the numbers to go to the last page. Can the numbers go on the top or a link to go straight to the bottom?

    if you click on the little arrow off to the right sully instead of clicking on the thread title, it takes you to the last post in the thread... :)


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