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Re: Forum refresh
Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2018 6:13 pm
by Amskeptic
Who here is also disrupted by having to find the username of the person posting over on the right side of the screen?
Is there a reason for putting people's username/avatars over on the right side of the screen?
Will the Republic still be standing in the morning?
Colin
Re: Forum refresh
Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2018 9:25 pm
by Westy78
Amskeptic wrote: ↑Tue Nov 06, 2018 6:13 pm
Who here is also disrupted by having to find the username of the person posting over on the right side of the screen?
Is there a reason for putting people's username/avatars over on the right side of the screen?
Will the Republic still be standing in the morning?
Colin
Me. It's opposite of every forum I've been on and it seems distracting to me for some reason. I think it's that whole reading left to right thing.
Re: Forum refresh
Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2018 1:22 pm
by Amskeptic
Westy78 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 06, 2018 9:25 pm
Amskeptic wrote: ↑Tue Nov 06, 2018 6:13 pm
Who here is also disrupted by having to find the username of the person posting over on the right side of the screen?
Is there a reason for putting people's username/avatars over on the right side of the screen?
Will the Republic still be standing in the morning?
Colin
Me. It's opposite of every forum I've been on and it seems distracting to me for some reason. I think it's that whole
reading left to right thing.
Yes.
Re: Forum refresh
Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2018 4:02 pm
by zabo
well i switched it-
I actually disagree and think its easier to read the forum with all tht info on the right.....once you get used to it.
You get to avoid all tht noise
Re: Forum refresh
Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2018 9:52 am
by SlowLane
zabo, in reply wrote:Amskeptic petulantly wrote:Who here is also disrupted by having to find the username of the person posting over on the right side of the screen?
I actually disagree and think its easier to read the forum with all tht info on the right
In an ideal world this kind of thing would fall under the aegis of "user preferences" and would be something the user could select for him/herself from a configuration widget or somesuch.
However, I'm sure there are good technical reasons for not opening that Pandora's box. Giving the users a morsel of control over the presentation layer is somewhat akin to putting out a small plate of food for feral cats.
Props to you for taking on and keeping up with this thankless task, zabo. My own brief foray into UI design back in the days of Windows 3.1 warned me off that path for good. You just can't keep everybody happy, and I wasn't about to spend my career making endless ephemeral tweaks trying to keep up with the latest fashion in look and feel. I have a lot of respect/sympathy for someone who decides to put up with that headache.
Cheers
Re: Forum refresh
Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2018 4:44 pm
by tommu
I would like the info in the middle please.
I do like the new forum look.
Re: Forum refresh
Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2018 6:27 am
by zabo
thanks guys. and tommu if you can help with the https tht would be great
Re: Forum refresh
Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2018 8:46 pm
by kreemoweet
This might be an appropriate place to impart a tip to those who are annoyed by websites which squish all the content into the center of the monitor screen, leaving large blank spaces to either side:
if you use a browser such as Firefox which gives the user the ability to apply their own custom CSS rules to webpages, you can fix such brokenness. Specifically, in your Firefox user profile, in the "chrome" folder, in
the "userContent.css" file [folder/file to be created if necessary], just type in the following line (without the quotes!):
"@-moz-document domain("itinerant-air-cooled.com") {.wrap {max-width: none !important; }}"
This same line (with substitution of the appropriate domain name), seems to also work on a great many phpBB forum websites. With this, and setting page zoom to 90%, the IAC forum looks much nicer. IMO, of course.
Re: Forum refresh
Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2018 9:26 pm
by Amskeptic
I need to take a class.
Colin
Re: Forum refresh
Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2018 8:56 am
by Amskeptic
Amskeptic wrote: ↑Tue Nov 13, 2018 9:26 pm
I need to take a class.
Colin
It only took me
three days of staring at a GRAPHICAL DEMONSTRATION provided by zabo to duh figure out how to duh change the banner duh with just one move . . . one copy/paste operation.
Doy vey,
Colin
(thanks, zabo, really, it couldn't be any easier)
Re: Forum refresh
Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2018 4:29 pm
by TrollFromDownBelow
...and I am digging the new bannner!
Re: Forum refresh
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2018 1:57 pm
by tommu
zabo wrote: ↑Fri Nov 09, 2018 6:27 am
thanks guys. and tommu if you can help with the https tht would be great
Oh - I missed this. Happy to help if I can.
I'd probably do something with the .htaccess config:
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RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
Re: Forum refresh
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2018 7:11 pm
by Amskeptic
tommu wrote: ↑Mon Dec 17, 2018 1:57 pm
zabo wrote: ↑Fri Nov 09, 2018 6:27 am
thanks guys. and tommu if you can help with the https tht would be great
I'd probably do something with the .htaccess config:
Code: Select all
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
Oh ABSOLUTELY, I was going to say that very thing . . . then even better:
[
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RebuildEngine On
RewriteAirCond %{HTH} !=IDKwhtIMd01ng?
RewriteRule F^(.*)THI$ https://wht%BS{IIRC_OMGitsFML}%{REQUEST_painkiller} [LMAO,RUdone?]
]
Re: Forum refresh
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2018 8:13 pm
by tommu
Such facetiousness is the face of internet security Colin. Shocking.
Re: Forum refresh
Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2018 9:17 am
by zabo
tommu wrote: ↑Mon Dec 17, 2018 1:57 pm
Oh - I missed this. Happy to help if I can.
I'd probably do something with the .htaccess config:
Code: Select all
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
Hey Tommu - i changed the .htaccess file- I think everything is looks ok.
Yall holler if you see any problems