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15 years 8 months ago #71821 by jeyjey
Replied by jeyjey on topic Re:Feedback on the new site
OK, I found the "hover-only" profile editing stuff, but boy is that counter-intuitive.

One of my other bugs (the forum stuff all got formatted below the fixed-layout stuff on the left (main menu, user menu, moon phase) now appears fixed.

Clicking the "remember me" checkbox in the login section doesn't seem to work. Even opening a new window (while currently logged in to a different one) doesn't automatically log me in.

The fixed-width and always-keep-main-menu visible make for a lot more scrolling (since all the topics end up being formatted narrower and therefore longer). I can certainly see the benefit to new users of always having the main menu up, but perhaps we could abandon the fixed-width part? (Or have the main menu be horizontal above the forum rather than vertical and using space all the way down the infinite-height toilet-paper scroll-space?)

Don't mean to be hen-pecking you guys. Just though you'd like to know the issues I had found.

Cheers,
-- Jeff.

Nikon 18x70s / UA Millennium                              Colorado:
Solarscope SF70 / TV Pronto / AP400QMD             Coronado SolarMax40 DS / Bogen 055+3130
APM MC1610 / Tak FC-125 / AP1200GTO               Tak Mewlon 250 / AP600EGTO

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15 years 8 months ago #71822 by dave_lillis
Replied by dave_lillis on topic Re:Feedback on the new site
jeyjey wrote:

OK, I found the "hover-only" profile editing stuff, but boy is that counter-intuitive.

I also have that, I presumed it was a firefox related bug or something, a real pain.

jeyjey wrote:

One of my other bugs (the forum stuff all got formatted below the fixed-layout stuff on the left (main menu, user menu, moon phase) now appears fixed.

Clicking the "remember me" checkbox in the login section doesn't seem to work. Even opening a new window (while currently logged in to a different one) doesn't automatically log me in.

The fixed-width and always-keep-main-menu visible make for a lot more scrolling (since all the topics end up being formatted narrower and therefore longer).

Cheers,
-- Jeff.

I find the same thing. for the old site I saved the latest posts as a favourite rather then having to go to the front page and work my way to it, when now I click on the favourite it doesn't see that its me, I have to go to the front page and that auto logs in and I then work my way to the latest posts.

Dave L. on facebook , See my images in flickr
Chairman. Shannonside Astronomy Club (Limerick)

Carrying around my 20" obsession is going to kill me,
but what a way to go. :)
+ 12"LX200, MK67, Meade2045, 4"refractor

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15 years 8 months ago #71823 by dave_lillis
Replied by dave_lillis on topic Re:Feedback on the new site
looks like cant get into the ifas council section either

Dave L. on facebook , See my images in flickr
Chairman. Shannonside Astronomy Club (Limerick)

Carrying around my 20" obsession is going to kill me,
but what a way to go. :)
+ 12"LX200, MK67, Meade2045, 4"refractor

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15 years 8 months ago #71824 by voyager
Replied by voyager on topic Re:Feedback on the new site
jeyjey wrote:

The fixed-width and always-keep-main-menu visible make for a lot more scrolling (since all the topics end up being formatted narrower and therefore longer). I can certainly see the benefit to new users of always having the main menu up, but perhaps we could abandon the fixed-width part? (Or have the main menu be horizontal above the forum rather than vertical and using space all the way down the infinite-height toilet-paper scroll-space?)

Don't mean to be hen-pecking you guys. Just though you'd like to know the issues I had found.

Cheers,
-- Jeff.


The site is now run on Joomla. If anyone wants to do up a new template then we'll consider installing it. Realistically though, best get used to things the way they are, I don't have the time to re-do the theme and I doubt Darragh does either.

Bugs we'll work on fixing, but we're just volunteers, we're not going to waste our time re-doing something that works.

This place is awfully low on volunteers when it comes to actually DOING things. Lots of ideas, but ask for help and you get silence.

Darragh has poured easily hundreds of hours into this. I haven't done nearly that much, but I don't have any more time to donate. Time for others to step up to the plate.

Bart.

My Home Page - www.bartbusschots.ie

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15 years 8 months ago #71825 by jeyjey
Replied by jeyjey on topic Re:Feedback on the new site
I'm still on vacation this week, but in general I've got some time. I'm not very literate with current web stuff (it's been years since I worked on web software) -- but I'm a pretty quick study.

Feel free to contact me offline at jey(at)adobe(dot)com.

Cheers,
Jeff Young
Principal Scientist
Forms Architecture Chair
Adobe Systems, Inc.

Nikon 18x70s / UA Millennium                              Colorado:
Solarscope SF70 / TV Pronto / AP400QMD             Coronado SolarMax40 DS / Bogen 055+3130
APM MC1610 / Tak FC-125 / AP1200GTO               Tak Mewlon 250 / AP600EGTO

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15 years 8 months ago #71826 by darragh
Replied by darragh on topic Re:Feedback on the new site
Hi

As Bart as said we have been working lots of hours, trying to deliver a new website with more functionality that will both assist users and also help to promote clubs and their events.

We know we have issues to fix and we are committed to fixing them, but we need to spend the time fixing the big issues not the small nit-picky stuff.

If you would like to help us, in pushing forward, please consider contributing an article for the Articles section. We really need the content and this will be of great benefit to other astronomers.
The move to this new website is both assisting current users and helping new users discover the world of astronomy and we can achieve these goals with your assistance.

Darragh

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