Remember, this WAS a place for sign professionals and the sudden increase in hobbyists, flashing lights and crazy changes....... well, that's not always making something greater. However, as always, we will pick oursleves up and get back in the trenches and WE will make it great again, not some wallpaper or silly notion that words will fix something. It actually takes hard work. One of the things I like best about eon is..... he is a Trump supporter, so I think he will try to build things and mend things, but we don't need schmoozing to do it.
Gino - Naturally we all have a part to play. My part is to put a more modern design online and make sure the gears are oiled, meaning all functionality issues are fixed, navigation is made easy & the browsing experience is slick. Hopefully I've done that. I will continue with the functionality aspects, as well as tweaking some of the design. Of course - the part members play is to continue posting, offering advise when asked for and in general enjoying the various back-and-forths with your creative colleagues. Despite some of the more negative feedback, this is still happening.
You'll see no schmoozing for me. I don't do small talk well at all
Jwalk - I think I'll install a create thread button that will show on all pages. It's *perhaps* on the todo list. I'll discuss it with
Eon Media
In the meantime - simply browse the forum in which you want to post and simply click the "Post New Thread" button:
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I think everyone was just used to the new thread button on the home page on the old site. Now that I know how to do it, it makes perfect sense.
Slowly but surely getting used to the new look and feel. Can't quite figure out how to get the list of new threads to come up like they used to without jumping through hoops but it's likely user error.
Thanks for your hard work and patience with all of us nay-sayers.
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RJPW - Glad you're getting used to the new format. I think in time you'll come to agree that the functionality of Signs101 on the Xenforo platform is quite more intuitive than it was on vBulletin. And no. Not at all. I don't mind the feedback. It's your community and all members' opinions matter and will be thoughtfully considered. As for the New Threads link... As has been said - There is the "New Posts" link on all forum pages. You'll see it in the "Forum" dropdown and/or sub-menu in the main navigation bar. On mobile - you'll find it by opening the off-canvas menu, which is also on all forum pages.
I have an observation. At the top of this page there are the blocks of how many pages in the post. After scrolling to the bottom of the page and I want to go to the next page or go back to another I have to scroll all the way back up to the top to get the page feature again. Is it possible to put that feature at the bottom also.
Johnny Best - The thread page navigation IS at the top and bottom of all thread pages. Furthermore, when a thread spans hundreds of pages - you can easily browse to the exact page you need. See the screencaps below:
I believe it's quite intuitive and provides an easy-to-navigate experience.
I hope you agree.
Is there a way to shrink down the spacing between posts? Perhaps a user preference that we can adjust? Everything is so spaced out, and just not an easy read. Also I don't see where you can see if and who is viewing the thread you are on. There used to be a box at the bottom that listed usernames and also amount of guests reading a thread.
All-SignZ - I designed it that way purposely as to not have the posts kinda smooshed together. I'll make a code change when I get back to my desk. I'll post when the change has been made and see if it makes a positive difference for you guys.
As for the who's reading a thread functionality - it simply does not exist in the out-of-box featureset of Xenforo. I'll look into seeing if it's an option we can add. If it is - we'll be happy to add the functionality to the new XF install.
My login issue was user error
but something you may want to look at. The login/register button on top looks like it is one button to push, so I didn't pay attention to which side I clicked it on. I was accidentally clicking on the register side of the button. You may want to separate that or make a link to the login form on the registration page (and vice versa).
Bigdawg ... Actually - that particular button is kinda broken. It's a known issue that I'll be fixing a bit later this afternoon/evening. There are not supposed to be two separate links. In fact - I didn't even realize there were two separate links within the single button until reading your post. Once the button is clicked - it should actually open up a login overlay, with the option of registering a new account. It will be fixed. Thanks for your post!
J.
