Posted on 13/12/2016 16:12
The new discussion website is absolute rubbish. It's so user unfriendly, god knows how to navigate it. I certainly will not try looking at it again. If the idea was to prevent members easy access to express their views you have in my opinion certainly succeeded. Bring back the old easy accessible site!!!
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Posted on 13/12/2016 17:18
Looks like Chas & Caths stories are there but the header photos are not. It is good that they post photos in with the text as they seem to be there on the ones I have viewed.
Good:
The first comment in a thread remains at the top of subsequent pages. Once you get used to that it is good to see what started the topic but many, like me initially, will think it is the previous comment at first.
Regards, Roy
Posted on 13/12/2016 17:34
Poor:
Stories section. Before if you wanted to find a particular story from an author if you clicked on that author it brought up a list of all their stories by page number. So you could select a page and thus a time of posting to find the one you want. Now it is much harder to navigate. It takes you to the authors profile and you have to select the latest stories and keep working backwards a few at a time. A very long process if they have posted more than a few stories.
Regards, Roy
Posted on 13/12/2016 17:10 by KennineI am finding the new forum a bit slow and intermittently hanging for a couple of seconds every so often. Looks like a bit of work still needs to be done tuning the system.
All other websites are working perfectly.
Cheers....................K
Posted on 13/12/2016 19:11
The site seems about as stable as a milk jelly on a hot day. Best thing that the CC could do is shut down until half sorted.
As for reporting what is wrong with the site I presumed that the CC would have done some 'in-house' beta testing??
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Posted on 13/12/2016 19:37
Seems ok, once I figured that you need to hold iPad in landscape to see it all. Don't like that, because it needs much bigger hand movements to type.
Not tried to post pictures yet (haven't got any on the iPad) but if it's easier, then that must be a good thing.
Spellchecker is good, but had that before anyway when using the iPad and it seems to work just as before - not automatic, I have to click on a 'suspect' word to highlight the mistake.
Overall, like most web site updates, it's probably just different ratgervthan better or worse. Still, it keeps the IT people in a job, I suppose.....
Posted on 13/12/2016 19:56
Just had a look at some of the threads on the CL section. The original post has the date and time as normal but then every post that has been copied across is dated and timed almost immediately after the original. It's as if everything has been condensed.
Not had a chance to look at other sections but a bit weird.
Posted on 13/12/2016 17:07 by royandsharontJust found out that the stories section has not migrated well as it appears none of the photos I have uploaded to my stories are visible on the new forum. There are photos there but they are not mine! The text is there though so that at least is something. This is a real sad loss if the Club cannot fix it. Regards, Roy
PS, The Meeks who have written 285 stories have non of them listed under them as authors. Since they were very much supported by the Club in their ventures I find this very strange.
Posted on 14/12/2016 00:30
Roy
I have just posted a new story and the loading of the five photos allowed worked seamlessly. However when I tried to insert an additional picture in the body of the text it would not allow that. It seems the maximum of five rule applies to stories as well which is a little disappointing as a longer story looks better if it has a few more pictures to break up the text.
I did read in the magazine that the Meeks have ended their collaboration with the Club so whether that is anything to do with their stories or whether its just a case of the stories migration being work in progress I don't know.
David
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