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Might be tonight if theres not many people online before i fall asleep.

This wont shouldnt take as long as the last one. 2-3 hours tops.
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Good luck Andrew. Not a job I would like to undertake.
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Good luck and many thanks.
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Thanks, im shitting myself :sick:
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Good luck Andrew. It can't go wrong again. Can it? :laughs: :laughs: :wink:
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There we go, that was prety painles :grin:
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Arhhhhhh f**k
Only just got use to the last layout
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:giggle:

Its not too different. Wont take long to figure it all out again :thumbs:
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Excellent. :thumbs:

Now sort out the search facility so it will actually find things.
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This a new problem dave ?

Ive never liked phpbb search. Searching my own posts i cant find the bring yer own tinfoil topic.
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I see the word censor is broken and ignoring user preference in the ucp.
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It's been crap for ages. I've searched boards for words I know I've posted and nothing shows up.
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Yeah thats my problem too dave. Tinfoil brings up almost feck all but i know ive said it countless times.

Ill have a ponder over it. Theres a google plugin to use it in place of the standard search but... um... its google.... and you know how i like my hats.
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Theres a google plugin to use it in place of the standard search but... um... its google.... and you know how i like my hats.
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Theres a new feature i dont think i mentioned called similar topics. Its down the bottom :smile:

but i disabled it in some categories like this one.
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Top tip for those using the mobile, go into page settings and select pc version, virtually the same setup as the last version. I prefer it because you can actually see the last time someone posted in each category
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Page settings ? wheres that then
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On my Samsung s7 it's in 'more' (top right hand corner next to Web address) then select 'request pc version'

Mine is already on pc version, hence the request mobile version option.....
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Im surprised that actually worked rosco. I didnt code it to have any sort of extended mobile/desktop detection for the browser to pick up on. Ithe forum picks up on useragents that contain strings like iphone,phone,mobile. Your browser must change its useragent :smile:

I hate the full site on ny phone. Zooming.out just makes the text tiny, links are tiny so if theres a cluster of buttons i usually hit the wrong one loads of times :) plus all that responsive design s**t doesnt work on all phones i sometimes get a blank screen after page load or theres some massive floating div hiding 95% of the page.

Phpbb by default doesnt have a mobile theme switcher it uses responsive templates but i like to code for ease of use and compatability so i made two themes and some javascript to detect and switch :grin:
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It's quite a handy feature when using your phone, can't remember the last time I was on pc, but for emails, eBay, paypal and loads of other sites the mobile page settings are restricted
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Andy

Have you checked out on I.E.11?

My index screen is rather jumbled compared to on Chrome.
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I refuse to go near explorer but it shoulda been compatible. Ill have a look through a proxy.

Any chance of a screenshot. Microshaft are a nightmare for not going with the standards and making their own s**t up.
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Fixed it, cleared cache...

If only they made finger print software compatible with my machine I would use chrome
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Yeah. Ditch Internet Exploder.
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Excellent :thumbs:

You got a fingerprint scanner for loggig.in.to stuff ? Neat. But. dons his tinfoil hat. you cant be made to reveal your password. Finger print on the other hand ( :giggle: ) you dont need to be present
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Brilliant, will take some getting used to. Great work.
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Andrew Croft wrote: Tue Mar 21 2017 15:16 -
Excellent :thumbs:

You got a fingerprint scanner for loggig.in.to stuff ? Neat. But. dons his tinfoil hat. you cant be made to reveal your password. Finger print on the other hand ( :giggle: ) you dont need to be present
No its on the other hand :laughs:
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Rosco, you sir are a star!!!!
I couldn't stand what I was seeing (I hate change)
It's almost the same again, thank you!!!!
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Im a bit confused about what devices are being used and what you lot are seeing thats causing a problem :scratch:

im guessing not many of you ever used the previous mobile theme ? Before you had to enable it in your control panel. This time ive enabled it to do it automatically.
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Duncan Holmes wrote: Tue Mar 21 2017 18:59 -
Andrew Croft wrote: Tue Mar 21 2017 15:16 -
Excellent :thumbs:

You got a fingerprint scanner for loggig.in.to stuff ? Neat. But. dons his tinfoil hat. you cant be made to reveal your password. Finger print on the other hand ( :giggle: ) you dont need to be present
No its on the other hand :laughs:
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