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James Curgenven · Post by **James Curgenven** » Sun Sep 27, 2015 7:21 pm

Don't panic!

As part of the problems we've been having with the website I wanted to make sure that all the software we run is up to the latest versions to make sure security holes etc are all plugged.

This means that I have updated the forum version, and currently the style is slightly different to what we had before, don't worry, in the coming days I am going through it all and seeing if it can be put back to how we had it previously (or very close)

Thank you for your patience in this.

James

talkingcars · Post by **talkingcars** » Sun Sep 27, 2015 10:15 pm

Good luck, don't forget the new posts button.

Cheers
James

pqd44 · Post by **pqd44** » Sun Sep 27, 2015 10:58 pm

For the new posts and more click on the 'Quick links' in the top left, just under the logo, and you will then get to choose from;

Your posts
New posts
Unread posts
Unanswered post

... and more

adrianclifford · Post by **adrianclifford** » Mon Sep 28, 2015 6:45 pm

Good luck James

talkingcars · Post by **talkingcars** » Mon Sep 28, 2015 6:51 pm

pqd44 wrote:For the new posts and more click on the 'Quick links' in the top left, just under the logo,.......

Thanks for the info, would still be nice to have the button at the top of the screen.

Post by **colintf** » Mon Sep 28, 2015 7:36 pm

talkingcars wrote:
pqd44 wrote:For the new posts and more click on the 'Quick links' in the top left, just under the logo,.......
Thanks for the info, would still be nice to have the button at the top of the screen.

I am sure that James will fix that for us all in good time.

I see our Smilies are back with again now

Post by **Mykel** » Tue Sep 29, 2015 5:29 am

talkingcars wrote:
pqd44 wrote:For the new posts and more click on the 'Quick links' in the top left, just under the logo,.......
Thanks for the info, would still be nice to have the button at the top of the screen.

Tbh, after some playing with the “new” design, I quite like it! Especially as the new and unread posts are now available from everywhere through the quick links button. No need to go back to the main index page.

James Curgenven · Post by **James Curgenven** » Tue Sep 29, 2015 8:56 pm

For those who use it, Tapatalk is back online with the forum again.

Post by **Worzel** » Wed Sep 30, 2015 10:32 pm

Must say I like the new look too

MG maniac · Post by **MG maniac** » Fri Oct 02, 2015 2:41 pm

Well done James. New forum look is great. So easy to navigate, even a numpty like me can use it with ease.

Post by **colintf** » Sun Oct 04, 2015 7:57 pm

Any other iphone users finding the new look not very user friendly?

The old version was fine but this version won't show who updated the last thread and when in either the homepage view or the new posts view?

Is ok on iPad though and all other forums work normally on my iphone

cavaddict · Post by **cavaddict** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 1:27 am

Seems exactly the same and working as usual on my fully updated iPhone 5

Post by **colintf** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 6:00 am

cavaddict wrote:Seems exactly the same and working as usual on my fully updated iPhone 5

Lucky You

Post by **Mykel** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 11:34 am

Works nice on the iPad Col, on the iPhone I prefer to use tapatalk anyway.

Post by **colintf** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 12:04 pm

Mykel wrote:Works nice on the iPad Col, on the iPhone I prefer to use tapatalk anyway.

its ok on my ipdad to Mykel, but its teh IPhone that I carry around with me

If other forums were affected the same way i would think it was due to the IPhone, but they are not, so I concluded its as a result of this forum change

Steffi · Post by **Steffi** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 2:43 pm

I have the same problem as well and I haven't got an iPhone

And I don't like this taptalk advertising. Is there a possibly of getting rid of that?

Post by **Mykel** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 7:11 pm

I have now tried it on the iPhone and imho it looks quite tidy:

This is almost better than tapatalk.

But I see your point Col, even in the “unread posts” section one always only sees who started the thread and when. Maybe the info displayed in the smaller space available in the mobile layout can be changed to show the latest post, not the first? James??

Oh, and the image upload function is a LOT better now as well

Post by **colintf** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 8:43 pm

Danke Mykel

Your view shown of the unread posts is the same as I get in the New Posts and in the main general view it doesn't show who updated the latest thread in each section and when

Let's hope James can work some magic

Keith Williams · Post by **Keith Williams** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 11:30 pm

It fits my tablet much better than the old style. To get the 'full' width with all the columns showing though, I do need to turn the tablet through 90 degrees and you get the standard full page width showing OK. Might be worth a try on the iPhone.

Post by **colintf** » Tue Oct 06, 2015 4:17 pm

Keith Williams wrote:It fits my tablet much better than the old style. To get the 'full' width with all the columns showing though, I do need to turn the tablet through 90 degrees and you get the standard full page width showing OK. Might be worth a try on the iPhone.

Nice idea, but no worky

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