New Forum Layout - Feedback

[Timmah]

Overall the improvements have been great with the site growing on me more and more everyday. I think my one last small gripe is the bolded/unbolded function for new posts within a thread. I note that feature has been added, however (and correct me if I am wrong) it doesn't quite work the same as previously.

Prior to the upgrade, if for example you logged in and browsed the NRL section and there were 10 bolded threads but you only looked at 3 of them for whatever reason, logged out and when you next logged in none of them had any further responses, all 10 of them would be unbolded. Now, under the same circumstances, the 3 you browsed would be unbolded but the other 7 would still be bolded showing 'new responses'. It is just a bit annoying as there are multiple threads that aren't of interest to people and it is more difficult to immediately recognise what is new since you have last logged in.

I hope I have been able to convey what I am trying to say clearly.

Depending what Coby does, there is a temporary solution for this, but it involves an extra step. When you're logging off/leaving the forum - within the forum you want to be cleared you can hover Forums in the top left and choose "Mark Forums Read". Within a section it'll give you the option of all or just the one you're in.

Pain in the arse, but a workaround for the time being.

 

[nick87]

What Tim said.

We are currently discussing a new layout.

• Leaving it as is.
• Moving game day to NRL forum and yes a lot of threads will be pushed over to the next page.
• Having a new NRL LIve forum

Any constructive feedback is appreciated.

Option 2 sounds absolutely horrible to me, it's good having the main board clear of match day threads
Either of the other options sound fine to me

 

[Valheru]

Depending what Coby does, there is a temporary solution for this, but it involves an extra step. When you're logging off/leaving the forum - within the forum you want to be cleared you can hover Forums in the top left and choose "Mark Forums Read". Within a section it'll give you the option of all or just the one you're in.

Pain in the arse, but a workaround for the time being.

Oh ok awesome, thanks for that.

 

[siv]

Miss the last thread updated on the front page - that I could click into

 

[TooheysNew]

Miss the last thread updated on the front page - that I could click into

It's still there.

 

[Evil_Mush]

Doing a search by mobile is a bit tricky - in standard portrait/vertical view, only a small segment of the search bar appears, and clicking into it the search popup is basically off screen.

Can rotate to landscape but then most of the screen is taken up by phone keyboard & web address bar with about a centimetre of vertical space to scroll the screen to view other search options. Not a biggie as I can still use it (and rarely use the search function anyway), but being able to see search popup in portrait would be nice.


Otherwise the general layout on mobile looks fine to me (after the initial OMGWHITESPACE look which was a bit weird!)

 

[TooheysNew]

Doing a search by mobile is a bit tricky - in standard portrait/vertical view, only a small segment of the search bar appears, and clicking into it the search popup is basically off screen.

Can rotate to landscape but then most of the screen is taken up by phone keyboard & web address bar with about a centimetre of vertical space to scroll the screen to view other search options. Not a biggie as I can still use it (and rarely use the search function anyway), but being able to see search popup in portrait would be nice.


Otherwise the general layout on mobile looks fine to me (after the initial OMGWHITESPACE look which was a bit weird!)

Will have a look at this one for the next release mate. Cheers for the report.

 

[mongoose]

Well it's fixed all the script errors I was getting, the new layout will take some getting used to i guess

 

[some11]

Got confused by the background for a second, thought LU was celebrating the Raiders victory.

 

[Timmah]

Feature update time...

• Pretty colours - Each club forum now has it's own dedicated backdrop, so for those who frequent both club and other forums, it'll be easier to remember where you are. We've gone with green and gold - the official NRL colours for the NRL boards, let us know what you think.
  
  
• Avatars - you can change yours now by heading to http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/account/personal-details - there is the option of uploading your own, or choosing from our gallery which features all 16 NRL clubs, all 12 Super League clubs, NSW, QLD, all International sides as at the most recent RLWC, and a couple of NSWRL teams. Happy to take further requests on those too (within reason)!
  
  
• Emoji/smileys - hitting the smiley face button in the text editor will open some of the basic emoji, but if you're on mobile or have a version of windows or an emoji keyboard on Mac, you should be able to enter most emoji and they will appear here. We have the basics down for those who like to keep it simple.
  
  
• Login via Facebook / Twitter - the ability to login using your social media accounts is now an option. To associate your forum login with your Facebook or Twitter account, head to http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/account/external-accounts. Once one or both of these accounts are connected to your forum login, you'll be able to log in using the "Sign in with Twitter" or "Sign in with Facebook" buttons rather than needing to log in each time (that is, if you don't "Stay logged in" already!)
  
  
• Twitter & Youtube embedding - you should be able to embed tweets and Youtube videos simply by pasting their URL into the message and they will automatically create in the post once submitted.

As always the above are open to feedback! Keep it coming, it's what's shaped the improvements so far and will continue to do so.

 

[Nightward]

One of the things I miss from the old layout is the drop-down menu at the bottom of the page which let you select which forum or sub-forum you wanted to navigate to. Granted I'm not going to drop dead of exhaustion by having to visit an extra page to move from one forum to another but that was a useful feature.

 

[Timmah]

Still there - at the top and bottom of every page - it's the little locator symbol and the words "Jump to forum"

 

[Nightward]

Ah, OK. The pop-out arrow thingy. I thought that was just part of the site's new graphical overhaul rather than being a functional feature. For me there's nothing to indicate what it does unless you mouse over it, which I hadn't until now- maybe a text box next to it saying "Quick Navigation?"

 

[Timmah]

I believe that's the plan. I thought it had been implemented everywhere, obviously not quite yet. Definitely among the improvements coming.

 

[muzby]

I miss that button the old layout had where you'd press it and someone would bring you a beer

 

[Timmah]

Sorry, SCG Trust said we couldn't have beer wenches anymore

 

[nick87]

Got confused by the background for a second, thought LU was celebrating the Raiders victory.

And so they should

 

[kdalymc]

Be cool if we could stay logged in on the mobile. Not having to log in every time I shut my phone would save me minutes

 

[TooheysNew]

Be cool if we could stay logged in on the mobile. Not having to log in every time I shut my phone would save me minutes

Are you clicking remember me?

 

[Different kind of Rabbit]

Wait... Where have the rumored and confirmed signings threads gone?