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    #122
    CuLT
    Subscribers Posts: 9,716 ✭✭✭CuLT


    I've implemented some suggestions, thanks for those. The smaller number of posts per page thing is the next thing I'll look at, just have to figure out where I need to wedge the relevant variable in.


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    #123
    barnicles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,910 ✭✭✭barnicles


    Thanks CuLT for a great service!


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    #124
    matrim
    Registered Users Posts: 7,515 ✭✭✭matrim


    Another suggestion for this

    When there is an embedded youtube video in a thread, instead of trying to embed it in the mobile page (where most phones can't play it) would it be possible to change it to a link to m.youtube.com\video

    Also is there any way to look at spoiler tags for the mobile version? if not a possibility would be to have a link on the page, something like "show spoilers" that would allow you to reload the page with spoilers visible


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    #125
    Sam Vimes
    Registered Users Posts: 21,611 ✭✭✭✭Sam Vimes


    matrim wrote: »
    Also is there any way to look at spoiler tags for the mobile version? if not a possibility would be to have a link on the page, something like "show spoilers" that would allow you to reload the page with spoilers visible

    what i do is quote the person as if i'm going to reply to their post and then i can read the spoiler part in the text box


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    #126
    Creamy Goodness
    Registered Users Posts: 26,556 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    links on m.boards.ie are now linking to www.boards.ie

    pages taking ages to load on a non-3g connection.


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    #127
    CuLT
    Subscribers Posts: 9,716 ✭✭✭CuLT


    Whoops, fixed, we removed some fluff from the pages today, they're actually about 15kb or so smaller than they have been.

    Unless you mean the regular boards.ie site is taking ages to load on 3g, which, of course, it would :)


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    #128
    Creamy Goodness
    Registered Users Posts: 26,556 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    yup that's what i meant :D

    cheers for the quick fix, pages are definitely faster now on m.boards


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    #129
    Sam Vimes
    Registered Users Posts: 21,611 ✭✭✭✭Sam Vimes


    apologies if this has been asked before. on the mobile version, the reply box is wider than the screen and it's quite difficult to work with for various reasons, for example if i'm copying and pasting the page doesn't scroll so i have to basically guess when to stop moving the cursor to get the text i want.

    would it be possible to make the text box the same width as the rest of the text on the page?


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    #130
    CuLT
    Subscribers Posts: 9,716 ✭✭✭CuLT


    Sam Vimes wrote: »
    apologies if this has been asked before. on the mobile version, the reply box is wider than the screen and it's quite difficult to work with for various reasons, for example if i'm copying and pasting the page doesn't scroll so i have to basically guess when to stop moving the cursor to get the text i want.

    would it be possible to make the text box the same width as the rest of the text on the page?
    The style is a bit weird, I've reduced the dimensions there, any better?


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    #131
    Sam Vimes
    Registered Users Posts: 21,611 ✭✭✭✭Sam Vimes


    CuLT wrote: »
    The style is a bit weird, I've reduced the dimensions there, any better?

    no, it's the same i'm afraid. just to be sure we're talking about the same thing, this is the text box that appears at the bottom of each thread and the one when you click reply on a post. i took a look at the code and it looks to me like it's this part causing the problem:

    <textarea wrap="virtual" name="message" rows="10" cols="30" style="height:100px;width:90%" tabindex="1">

    the problem being that the actual page is wide but the phone formats the text so that it wraps around at the edge of the screen. if you take out the width:90% part it should be ok

    edit: or maybe set it to width:240 to match the most common screen resolution


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    #132
    eVeNtInE
    Registered Users Posts: 7,020 ✭✭✭eVeNtInE


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    #133
    Sully
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 24,056 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sully


    Will this work if you point your phone to boards.ie, or do you have to go to m.boards.ie ?


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    #134
    Sam Vimes
    Registered Users Posts: 21,611 ✭✭✭✭Sam Vimes


    afaik it depends on your browser. the website detects that you're on a phone and so gives you the mobile version. but i think opera mini was excluded from the browsers that are forced to the mobile version


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    #135
    Sully
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 24,056 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sully


    Sam Vimes wrote: »
    afaik it depends on your browser. the website detects that you're on a phone and so gives you the mobile version. but i think opera mini was excluded from the browsers that are forced to the mobile version

    Anybody know how this is done? Id be interested in this.


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    #136
    Random
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,082 ✭✭✭✭Random


    Sully wrote: »
    Anybody know how this is done? Id be interested in this.
    Here's one example. http://www.andymoore.info/php-to-detect-mobile-phones/


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    #137
    Sully
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 24,056 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sully


    Reply box (both main and quick reply) in the Nokia 5700 is to small. Once you exceed the space, you cant see what you are typing as no scroll bar appears.

    Also, im not redirected when I go to boards.ie to the mobile site.

    :)


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    #138
    Davy
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 19,340 CMod ✭✭✭✭Davy


    Sam Vimes wrote: »
    afaik it depends on your browser. the website detects that you're on a phone and so gives you the mobile version. but i think opera mini was excluded from the browsers that are forced to the mobile version

    The standard browser on my n95 doesn't re-direct me


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    #139
    CuLT
    Subscribers Posts: 9,716 ✭✭✭CuLT


    I turned it off months ago, was inconveniencing more people than it was conveniencing.


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    #140
    witnessmenow
    Registered Users Posts: 7,006 ✭✭✭witnessmenow


    I know its a fairly bitty complaint, but is there any chance of a comma between thread page numbers? Its fine for low numbers but when you get up to the 100 of pages mark the just form a big number. When you scroll over them they are threated as individual links, just thought it would look a bit better

    Edit: actually it does it regardless of how many pages

    I'm on a n95 using opera mini btw


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    #141
    Sam Vimes
    Registered Users Posts: 21,611 ✭✭✭✭Sam Vimes


    one small suggestion. i got around my previous problem of the reply box being too long by forcing the page to fit to the screen but now it's too small :D

    when replying to a post in Opera mobile (not opera mini) it looks like this:
    attachment.php?attachmentid=65640&stc=1&d=1225277099

    which is hard to work with. If you change the number of colums in the reply textarea from 15 to 40 it looks like this:
    attachment.php?attachmentid=65641&stc=1&d=1225277116
    much better i'm sure you'll agree :)


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    #142
    Brian
    Registered Users Posts: 5,699 ✭✭✭Brian


    This may have been raised before, but for whatever reason when I sign into boards from a new computer it always changes my theme to the New Mobile one apart from when I'm on the homepage.


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    #143
    CuLT
    Subscribers Posts: 9,716 ✭✭✭CuLT


    Baza210 wrote: »
    This may have been raised before, but for whatever reason when I sign into boards from a new computer it always changes my theme to the New Mobile one apart from when I'm on the homepage.
    You have (had) it set as your default skin. I've reset it to default.


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    #144
    Brian
    Registered Users Posts: 5,699 ✭✭✭Brian


    Thank you your majesty. I figured it was something like that but couldn't find it in my CP..


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    #145
    MunsterCycling
    Registered Users Posts: 4,864 ✭✭✭MunsterCycling


    Any idea why the Nokia text box error is happening? (Lack of scroll bars when text exceeds the size of box) Happens on N95 8GB using standard browser.


    MC


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    #146
    NakedDex
    Registered Users Posts: 5,984 ✭✭✭NakedDex


    Would a Thanks button be possible to install beside the Reply and Report options. Typing out a quick reply can be a pain on a mobile keyboard so having the Thanks button extended to mobile would be a handy feature. I rarely use the Thanks button when I'm on my desktop but this is one application I'd use it.


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    #147
    Brian
    Registered Users Posts: 5,699 ✭✭✭Brian


    The link to an unread message in PM inbox is the same typeface as a read one. Would it be possible to have it bolded?


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    #148
    seanybiker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,898 ✭✭✭✭seanybiker


    its good but can only write certain amount before i cant see what im writing anymore lol. Still good though


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    #149
    IRLConor
    Subscribers Posts: 4,075 ✭✭✭IRLConor


    One small bug I've noticed: the smilies all show up as :-) (colon, minus, close paren) rather than their BBCode versions.


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    #150
    Sully
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 24,056 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sully


    MunsterCycling wrote: »
    Any idea why the Nokia text box error is happening? (Lack of scroll bars when text exceeds the size of box) Happens on N95 8GB using standard browser.


    MC

    Change your view rateto 75% and it should be okay.


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    #151
    Sam Vimes
    Registered Users Posts: 21,611 ✭✭✭✭Sam Vimes


    i'm using opera mobile and it seems to be forced to use the mobile skin. The homepage shows up normal but all other pages are mobile. Is it possible to stop that, so i have to explicitly go to m.boards.ie to get the mobile skin? Opera mini does it but not opera mobile

    And i'm wondering why sigs don't show up on the mobile skin. Is it a technical issue or was it a conscious choice?


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