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Re: NEW SITE V.5 - FAQ & Official Bug Thread - READ THIS! #31
Skye Skye Nott Vancouver, BC, Canada 1964 Vespa VNB 125 1966 MG MGB "The Bomber RIP" 1983 Suzuki MC GS750E "Kate" 1986 Merkur XR4Ti "The Rally Car" 1990 Volkswagen Corrado G60	Posted: May 18, 2010 05:55PM Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 2,759 Admin

In reply to a post by pooch2 My whine is using firefox.
When I visit, I go thru all messages and open what I want to read in separate new tabs.
Every tab heading starts with the same words
MG Experience Forums: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Before,I could see each topic in tab headers, now all the same, can't see what is what.
Can you delete the MG Experience Forums: lead in on new tabs.

Sorry, I can't do that. Many search engines use the words in the title as the most important terms when indexing pages for sites, so I need that text there.

If you switch to Safari web browser, it automatically removes duplicate leading text from multiple tabs, just as you describe.

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Re: NEW SITE V.5 - FAQ & Official Bug Thread - READ THIS! #32
mg6t8b Cris D Tracy CA, USA 1968 MG MGB	Posted: May 18, 2010 07:03PM Registered: 6 years ago Posts: 690

Don't know if it is a bug or not. When hovering over the thread title, all it says is new post. In a previously read post, it says nothing. In the past, I could see the first few lines of the post and remind me more of the content of the thread

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Re: NEW SITE V.5 - FAQ & Official Bug Thread - READ THIS! #33
Skye Skye Nott Vancouver, BC, Canada 1964 Vespa VNB 125 1966 MG MGB "The Bomber RIP" 1983 Suzuki MC GS750E "Kate" 1986 Merkur XR4Ti "The Rally Car" 1990 Volkswagen Corrado G60	Posted: May 18, 2010 07:09PM Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 2,759 Admin

In reply to a post by mg6t8b Don't know if it is a bug or not. When hovering over the thread title, all it says is new post. In a previously read post, it says nothing. In the past, I could see the first few lines of the post and remind me more of the content of the thread

Your "post previews" got turned off. Please see the first post in this thread for instructions on re-enabling.

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Re: NEW SITE V.5 - FAQ & Official Bug Thread - READ THIS! #34
jdeluke137 John English Jefferson, Georgia, USA 1976 MG MGB	Posted: May 18, 2010 09:05PM Registered: 7 years ago Posts: 2,645

Skye, I'm using Firefox 3.6.3. I'm having the same problem Greg is having - the smiley face images don't appear when I click "Insert smiley", just a list of text - and they don't seem to be pulling up the correct smiley when I click on the list.

Thanks again, though - I really love the new format!

John English
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HIF44 carb on late manifold, Schlemmerized 45D w/Pertronix, Limey's relay kit, solid state voltage stabilizer.

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Re: NEW SITE V.5 - FAQ & Official Bug Thread - READ THIS! #35
RSS R SS Virginia, USA 1969 MG MGB GT 1971 MG MGB GT 1973 MG MGB 1985 AC Catalina 25/TR/SK 2003 Mazda Protege 5 → more	Posted: May 18, 2010 10:23PM Registered: 6 years ago Posts: 8,791

Looks really good, Skye.

I'm with Pooch about using Firefox tabs, but that's the only thing I could find to whinge about.

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Re: NEW SITE V.5 - FAQ & Official Bug Thread - READ THIS! #36
mac townsend Fairfield, CA, USA	Posted: May 18, 2010 11:05PM Registered: 7 years ago Posts: 18,071

provide a "print" option in the library that will won't print the web page (lots of extra junk) but will properly print the article and embedded images.

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Re: NEW SITE V.5 - FAQ & Official Bug Thread - READ THIS! #37
DavidMGA1600 David Lake Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia 1935 CycleKart Great Britain 1960 MG MGA "Dads Car"	Posted: May 19, 2010 02:17AM Registered: 5 years ago Posts: 2,364

Ok, I dont mind the new layout except for the blue heading.

BUT

Why are the forum lists not Alphabetical. grinning smiley

Surely MGA must come before MGB ?? or at least Sprigets

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Re: NEW SITE V.5 - FAQ & Official Bug Thread - READ THIS! #38
Skye Skye Nott Vancouver, BC, Canada 1964 Vespa VNB 125 1966 MG MGB "The Bomber RIP" 1983 Suzuki MC GS750E "Kate" 1986 Merkur XR4Ti "The Rally Car" 1990 Volkswagen Corrado G60	Posted: May 19, 2010 04:00AM Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 2,759 Admin

In reply to a post by mac townsend provide a "print" option in the library that will won't print the web page (lots of extra junk) but will properly print the article and embedded images.

Sure, I'll add that to the v5.1 todo list.

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Re: NEW SITE V.5 - FAQ & Official Bug Thread - READ THIS! #39
Strobe Craig Heath Hertfordshire, United Kingdom 1972 MG MGB GT "Rupert"	Posted: May 19, 2010 05:35AM Registered: 3 years ago Posts: 81

In reply to a post by Skye ...
Many search engines use the words in the title as the most important terms when indexing pages for sites, so I need that text there...

Couldn't you put it after the thread title?

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Re: NEW SITE V.5 - FAQ & Official Bug Thread - READ THIS! #40
DavidMGA1600 David Lake Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia 1935 CycleKart Great Britain 1960 MG MGA "Dads Car"	Posted: May 19, 2010 05:59AM Registered: 5 years ago Posts: 2,364

Skye,

Now the menu is listed down the side is it possible to have the Offtopic General and Political forums divided into two buttons.
I never enter the political forum but still have to click twice to get to the general forum.

Also is it possible (or desirable) to have the forum list names change colour if there are new posts in them.

Thanks for the upgrade.

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Re: NEW SITE V.5 - FAQ & Official Bug Thread - READ THIS! #41
mtd Michael Dunmire Harrisburg, PA, USA 1970 MG MGB MkIII "Red" 1974 MG MGB MkIII "Blue" 2009 BMW 328i Sedan	Posted: May 19, 2010 09:30AM Registered: 3 years ago Posts: 46

Hi,
Only saw the old version of the site for a couple of weeks, but the new looks is much better. Great job!

I found a bug on the My Home Page page. Calendar event links are not using a full URL.

Here's an example: http://www./calendar.php#594

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Re: NEW SITE V.5 - FAQ & Official Bug Thread - READ THIS! #42
Ken Plumstead Smithers, B.C., Canada 1965 MG MGB	Posted: May 19, 2010 10:53AM Registered: 5 years ago Posts: 357

The update is great except for the bar on the left. When I'm accessing the site on my iPod I have to re-size every page to eliminate the bar to make the page more legible.

Ken

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Re: NEW SITE V.5 - FAQ & Official Bug Thread - READ THIS! #43
Jack Long Forest Hill, Maryland, USA 1974 MG MGB "Lucy"	Posted: May 19, 2010 12:49PM Registered: 7 years ago Posts: 3,899

How do I go about changing my Profile picture?

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Re: NEW SITE V.5 - FAQ & Official Bug Thread - READ THIS! #44
Rod H. Amity, Oregon, USA 1964 MG MGB 1968 MG MGB GT	Posted: May 19, 2010 02:10PM Registered: 9 years ago Posts: 14,987

The only problem I have to so far is that I don't find a "back to forum" button, like there used to be.

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Re: NEW SITE V.5 - FAQ & Official Bug Thread - READ THIS! #45
V8MGBV8 Carl Floyd Kinggsport, TN, USA	Posted: May 19, 2010 03:44PM Registered: 8 years ago Posts: 2,464

Is this supposed be a change as in improvement or just a change 'cause it's time for a change? Personally, I find it busier instead of an improvement.

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Re: NEW SITE V.5 - FAQ & Official Bug Thread - READ THIS! #46
Skye Skye Nott Vancouver, BC, Canada 1964 Vespa VNB 125 1966 MG MGB "The Bomber RIP" 1983 Suzuki MC GS750E "Kate" 1986 Merkur XR4Ti "The Rally Car" 1990 Volkswagen Corrado G60	Posted: May 19, 2010 07:05PM Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 2,759 Admin

In reply to a post by mtd Hi,
Only saw the old version of the site for a couple of weeks, but the new looks is much better. Great job!

I found a bug on the My Home Page page. Calendar event links are not using a full URL.

Here's an example: http://www./calendar.php#594

Thanks, fixed.

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Re: NEW SITE V.5 - FAQ & Official Bug Thread - READ THIS! #47
blackmgb Fred McConnell Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, USA 1992 Mazda Miata NA "MAC"	Posted: May 19, 2010 08:54PM Registered: 6 years ago Posts: 5,193

Well, I'm getting a Motorola Droid and losing the Blackberry. Maybe that will improve my ability to surf the site during meetings, travel, etc. smiling smiley

We'll see. I would love to see a mobile version, though I admit, I have no idea what that means. Just some code and a button right? spinning smiley sticking its tongue out

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Re: NEW SITE V.5 - FAQ & Official Bug Thread - READ THIS! #48
lasmokey Lou Angelone Thorold, Ontario, Canada	Posted: May 19, 2010 08:59PM Registered: 5 years ago Posts: 15

I find the font size too small, even with the setting at the larger size. In fact there is little difference between the smaller and larger text size. Using IE8 and the zoom set at 100%, the default font looks like a size 8. My only solution is increasing the zoom to 125%, which results in a 10 font. I never had this problem until the new version. Any suggestions.
Lou

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Re: NEW SITE V.5 - FAQ & Official Bug Thread - READ THIS! #49
Skye Skye Nott Vancouver, BC, Canada 1964 Vespa VNB 125 1966 MG MGB "The Bomber RIP" 1983 Suzuki MC GS750E "Kate" 1986 Merkur XR4Ti "The Rally Car" 1990 Volkswagen Corrado G60	Posted: May 19, 2010 11:20PM Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 2,759 Admin

In reply to a post by lasmokey I find the font size too small, even with the setting at the larger size. In fact there is little difference between the smaller and larger text size. Using IE8 and the zoom set at 100%, the default font looks like a size 8. My only solution is increasing the zoom to 125%, which results in a 10 font. I never had this problem until the new version. Any suggestions.
Lou

There's something screwy with your IE8 settings.

At the largest size (using the left sidebar control) it's absolutely gigantic on IE8 on my Windows PC.

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Re: NEW SITE V.5 - FAQ & Official Bug Thread - READ THIS! #50
Skye Skye Nott Vancouver, BC, Canada 1964 Vespa VNB 125 1966 MG MGB "The Bomber RIP" 1983 Suzuki MC GS750E "Kate" 1986 Merkur XR4Ti "The Rally Car" 1990 Volkswagen Corrado G60	Posted: May 19, 2010 11:44PM Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 2,759 Admin

In reply to a post by Strobe

In reply to a post by Skye ...
Many search engines use the words in the title as the most important terms when indexing pages for sites, so I need that text there...

Couldn't you put it after the thread title?

Sure, I recoded it to reverse the title order after dinner and it's fixed now.

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Re: NEW SITE V.5 - FAQ & Official Bug Thread - READ THIS! #51
200mph Mike J Lake Norman, NC, USA 1965 Ford Ranchero 1967 Austin-Healey Sprite 1967 MG MGB 1969 Austin-Healey Sprite 1974 MG MGB → more	Posted: May 20, 2010 08:53AM Registered: 7 years ago Posts: 3,974

Skye,
Nice job with the update, I dont mind the left margin menu at all.

I have two Suggestions:

Post Preview
Many of our posters don't write very descriptive Subject lines, and the default setting requires us to open many threads that turn out to be of no interest.

It took me a couple of reads through your first post to understand that "post preview" was the name of this very helpful feature.

Suggest it would be beneficial if the default setting for turning off post-preview is set to "No".

Posted Thread
Could we please have an icon similar to the "new message" or "read" icon to designate a thread in which we have made a post? That would make scanning for threads of interest much easier.

Many Thanks!

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Re: NEW SITE V.5 - FAQ & Official Bug Thread - READ THIS! #52
BManBrian67 Brian M HB, California, USA	Posted: May 20, 2010 09:54AM Registered: 8 years ago Posts: 7,957

In reply to a post by blackmgb Thanks for continuing to invest in the forum Skye. Are you working on a mobile solution? I log in a lot via my blackberry and the new design is not allowing me to enter, because I can't see any of the links.

it works fine on my iPhone using safari.

I too dislike the sidebar, I likes being able to click on "MGB" or "Trader" etc. Both on the top and bottom rather than the left side.
Or, if it has to be kn the left, allowing the selections to "bounce" along with you as you scroll down the page would be great. My Realtor MLS software does this, so I know it's possible. It's very helpful when reading very long threads. Not having to scroll all the way or down is an advantage, assuming we have to have the left side taken up, that would be useful.

Great look!

Thanks Skye,

b

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Re: NEW SITE V.5 - FAQ & Official Bug Thread - READ THIS! #53
Strobe Craig Heath Hertfordshire, United Kingdom 1972 MG MGB GT "Rupert"	Posted: May 20, 2010 12:18PM Registered: 3 years ago Posts: 81

In reply to a post by Skye

In reply to a post by Strobe

In reply to a post by Skye ...
Many search engines use the words in the title as the most important terms when indexing pages for sites, so I need that text there...

Couldn't you put it after the thread title?

Sure, I recoded it to reverse the title order after dinner and it's fixed now.

Lovely, thank you! thumbs up smiley

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Re: NEW SITE V.5 - FAQ & Official Bug Thread - READ THIS! #54
Sprite Lou Lou A. Oregon, USA 1970 MG MGB GT "Higgins" 1973 MG MGB GT "Eliza" 1976 MG MGB "Daphne"	Posted: May 20, 2010 11:42PM Registered: 4 years ago Posts: 6,226

is it me (no, I'm NOT using IE6, I'm using IE8) or is there a problem with the "insert smileys" icon? no thumbnail images like before, just x's

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Re: NEW SITE V.5 - FAQ & Official Bug Thread - READ THIS! #55
jdeluke137 John English Jefferson, Georgia, USA 1976 MG MGB	Posted: May 20, 2010 11:59PM Registered: 7 years ago Posts: 2,645

In reply to a post by Sprite Lou is it me (no, I'm NOT using IE6, I'm using IE8) or is there a problem with the "insert smileys" icon? no thumbnail images like before, just x's

Lou, I'm having similar problems in IE8 and Firefox. According to Skye, it has something to do with Java. He says his is working on both browsers. But I installed the latest Javascript version for Firefox this evening, and "insert smileys" still isn't working correctly.

John English
1976 MGB
HIF44 carb on late manifold, Schlemmerized 45D w/Pertronix, Limey's relay kit, solid state voltage stabilizer.

Luke 1:37

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Re: NEW SITE V.5 - FAQ & Official Bug Thread - READ THIS! #56
jaydloon Lynn Barney Des Moines, Iowa, USA 1964 MG MGB	Posted: May 21, 2010 11:54AM Registered: 7 years ago Posts: 507

Great look!! Problem with private messages cutting off right side and not giving a scrolll bar to slide over the view. Maybe my problem but I don't think so. Thanks

Lynn
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Re: NEW SITE V.5 - FAQ & Official Bug Thread - READ THIS! #57
Skye Skye Nott Vancouver, BC, Canada 1964 Vespa VNB 125 1966 MG MGB "The Bomber RIP" 1983 Suzuki MC GS750E "Kate" 1986 Merkur XR4Ti "The Rally Car" 1990 Volkswagen Corrado G60	Posted: May 21, 2010 12:28PM Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 2,759 Admin

In reply to a post by jdeluke137

In reply to a post by Sprite Lou is it me (no, I'm NOT using IE6, I'm using IE8) or is there a problem with the "insert smileys" icon? no thumbnail images like before, just x's

Lou, I'm having similar problems in IE8 and Firefox. According to Skye, it has something to do with Java. He says his is working on both browsers. But I installed the latest Javascript version for Firefox this evening, and "insert smileys" still isn't working correctly.

I found the problem, should be fixed now.

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Re: NEW SITE V.5 - FAQ & Official Bug Thread - READ THIS! #58
jdeluke137 John English Jefferson, Georgia, USA 1976 MG MGB	Posted: May 21, 2010 03:15PM Registered: 7 years ago Posts: 2,645

In reply to a post by Skye

In reply to a post by jdeluke137

In reply to a post by Sprite Lou is it me (no, I'm NOT using IE6, I'm using IE8) or is there a problem with the "insert smileys" icon? no thumbnail images like before, just x's

Lou, I'm having similar problems in IE8 and Firefox. According to Skye, it has something to do with Java. He says his is working on both browsers. But I installed the latest Javascript version for Firefox this evening, and "insert smileys" still isn't working correctly.

I found the problem, should be fixed now.

It's working in IE8, but it is not working in Firefox. I checked - Javascript is enabled in my Firefox, and I have the latest versions loaded.

EDIT!! Thanks Skye! Not sure what you did, but its working in Firefox now!!!! smiling bouncing smiley

EDIT AGAIN...WELL.... kind of. The icons pop up, but when you insert them into a post, they don't appear as you would think they would. This should be "bouncing smiley" - but its not - smiling bouncing smiley

John English
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HIF44 carb on late manifold, Schlemmerized 45D w/Pertronix, Limey's relay kit, solid state voltage stabilizer.

Luke 1:37

Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 05/21/2010 09:38PM by jdeluke137.

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Re: NEW SITE V.5 - FAQ & Official Bug Thread - READ THIS! #59
Rod H. Amity, Oregon, USA 1964 MG MGB 1968 MG MGB GT	Posted: May 21, 2010 09:02PM Registered: 9 years ago Posts: 14,987

In reply to a post by jaydloon Great look!! Problem with private messages cutting off right side and not giving a scrolll bar to slide over the view. Maybe my problem but I don't think so. Thanks

I had this same problem earlier today using my Juno browser, which I thought was IE8..but maybe it's not. As soon as I went directly into IE8 the problem was solved.

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Re: NEW SITE V.5 - FAQ & Official Bug Thread - READ THIS! #60
rrmgb robert schau Reston, VA., USA 1973 MG MGB 1973 MG MGB	Posted: May 23, 2010 08:52AM Registered: 6 years ago Posts: 8,971

Skye,
Just this morning, May 23, I came accross a large photo in a post and was not able to "slide to the right" to view the entire photo.
There is no slide bar at the bottom to do this. Only a top to bottom slide.
Is this "my computer" problem or other......? Windows XP here.
Rob

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