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Post by Gene Hunt on Nov 14, 2016 17:02:07 GMT
4:3tv will be offline for a short time this evening (from approx 7pm) while I make some essential changes to the system. These will include changes to the structure of the boards to make the main page easier to navigate. We will also be losing the "quick reply" feature. This may be a temporary change but it is something that will eventually be permanently removed when we roll out the next major system upgrade to V6.
Hopefully, I'll have us back online in a couple of hours.
Gene.
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Post by Del Boy on Nov 14, 2016 18:19:57 GMT
Nice one Gene.
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Post by The Saint on Nov 14, 2016 18:48:09 GMT
OK, Gene, thanks for all your work  The Saint |
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Post by Gene Hunt on Nov 14, 2016 21:04:11 GMT
OK Folks, all done. Thankfully, no data was lost or misplaced in the process! The changes may not be immediately apparent so I'll explain. Firstly, the main front page of the forum is where most of the work has been done. Previously, there were around 15+ category boards listed on the front page. This was starting to look a little cluttered with the continual expansion of the forum. What I've done here is to reconstruct the board mapping to make it much more concise. You'll now see there are just 8 Category boards (9 if you are a Verified Member). These are now categorised to make navigation much easier. For instance, click on the "TV & Film Discussion" board, and it will reveal 4 new sub boards - one for 60's, one for 70's etc. Similar changes also to other boards on the forum results in a much cleaner look which is easier to navigate for everyone. The next change I've made is with the way we post a reply in a thread. Previously, at the foot of each thread, you would have a "quick reply" box in which you could quickly type a response and post it. With this method, you did not have any access to the various formatting functions such as text type, image embedding and smileys. Having chatted with a few members recently, I found that a lot of you didn't use the quick reply function, instead opting to click on the "REPLY" button to get to the full editing box. One member was in fact unaware there was a full reply editor even on this forum! With this in mind, I have coded out the "quick reply" function so that in order for you to post a response, you will have to click on the "REPLY" button to open up the box to type that response.. In actual fact, when we roll out the next major upgrade to the Proboards platform (V6) the quick reply function will no longer be available anyway, so this way, we get a little more time to get used to it. A few other cosmetic and functional changes were made, but apart from that, we are good to go! Any problems, let us know and we'll look into it Gene Hunt. |
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Post by Del Boy on Nov 14, 2016 21:54:29 GMT
Agreed it is a lot cleaner on the home page It really tidies it up nicely after several growth spurts since its inception. |
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Post by Sam Tyler on Nov 14, 2016 22:43:48 GMT
Great update Gene, thanks for putting this into place
The front page looks neater now and should help with making navigation through the boards easier.
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Post by Batgirl on Nov 15, 2016 12:14:47 GMT
..................Firstly, the main front page of the forum is where most of the work has been done. Previously, there were around 15+ category boards listed on the front page. This was starting to look a little cluttered with the continual expansion of the forum. What I've done here is to reconstruct the board mapping to make it much more concise. You'll now see there are just 8 Category boards (9 if you are a Verified Member). These are now categorised to make navigation much easier. ............ It looks heaps better now.  Really good change. I like the Copper bronze (Cortina colour) on the Life on Mars/Ashes to Ashes thread. Gosh who would have thought Gene Hunt would be so IT savvy.    |
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Post by Gene Hunt on Nov 15, 2016 15:08:55 GMT
..................Firstly, the main front page of the forum is where most of the work has been done. Previously, there were around 15+ category boards listed on the front page. This was starting to look a little cluttered with the continual expansion of the forum. What I've done here is to reconstruct the board mapping to make it much more concise. You'll now see there are just 8 Category boards (9 if you are a Verified Member). These are now categorised to make navigation much easier. ............ It looks heaps better now. Really good change. I like the Copper bronze (Cortina colour) on the Life on Mars/Ashes to Ashes thread. Gosh who would have thought Gene Hunt would be so IT savvy. I was wondering how long and who would spot the Cortina colour scheme Batgirl. Top marks  Gene. |
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Post by Charles Bronson on Nov 15, 2016 17:25:54 GMT
The new Layout is definately better. Well done Gene I hope didn't up too much of your evening. Charles. |
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Post by Vienna on Nov 15, 2016 18:29:07 GMT
Gene, I noticed the forum was offline when I tried to login yesterday evening. It now does look tidier than before I have to say. Thanks for your efforts Vi |
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Really good change. 
