forum upgrade

[Andrew]

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.

[monkeydiver]

Good luck Andrew. Not a job I would like to undertake.

[Steve Burke]

Good luck and many thanks.

[Andrew]

Thanks, im shitting myself

[Barryfisher]

Good luck Andrew. It can't go wrong again. Can it?

[Andrew]

There we go, that was prety painles

[Carlperkins]

Arhhhhhh f**k
Only just got use to the last layout

[Andrew]

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

[davelumb]

Excellent.

Now sort out the search facility so it will actually find things.

[Andrew]

This a new problem dave ?

Ive never liked phpbb search. Searching my own posts i cant find the bring yer own tinfoil topic.

[Andrew]

I see the word censor is broken and ignoring user preference in the ucp.

[davelumb]

It's been crap for ages. I've searched boards for words I know I've posted and nothing shows up.

[Andrew]

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.

[davelumb]

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.

[Andrew]

Theres a new feature i dont think i mentioned called similar topics. Its down the bottom

but i disabled it in some categories like this one.

[rosco]

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

[Nige Johns]

Page settings ? wheres that then

[rosco]

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.....

[Andrew]

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

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

[rosco]

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

[Duncan Holmes]

Andy

Have you checked out on I.E.11?

My index screen is rather jumbled compared to on Chrome.

[Andrew]

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.

[Duncan Holmes]

Fixed it, cleared cache...

If only they made finger print software compatible with my machine I would use chrome

[davelumb]

Yeah. Ditch Internet Exploder.

[Andrew]

Excellent

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 ( ) you dont need to be present

[monkeydiver]

Brilliant, will take some getting used to. Great work.

[Duncan Holmes]

Excellent

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 ( ) you dont need to be present

No its on the other hand

[Rik W]

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!!!!

[Andrew]

Im a bit confused about what devices are being used and what you lot are seeing thats causing a problem

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.

[Andrew]

Excellent

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 ( ) you dont need to be present

No its on the other hand