What Changed?

[Duluth]

There was a large update to the forum software. Part of that was a new layout. I do not have control of where buttons have moved to etc

I have added TSF styles over the top and a dark mode

(FYI if you are interested here's what nodebb looks like without our customisations nodebb forum)

The moving around of the some of the buttons can be annoying at first. It doesn't take long to get used to.

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Some things that have changed

• Draft posts can be saved and completed later. You can have a list of posts ready to go
• On larger screens there a new scroll to post widget on the right hand side of threads
• Search is better, has more options
• UI is a lot better on the user page, chat etc

[Nepia]

Eek, I can't handle change. :grinning_squinting_face:

[Duluth]

The forum is up, but changes are still in progress

[Duluth]

@Nepia said in TSF Maintenance at midday:

Eek, I can't handle change. :grinning_squinting_face:

You sound like Stargazer He didn't like change either

Give it time

I'll start another thread about what changed, why etc

[Duluth]

I think there may be an issue with some people logging in

[Nepia]

@Duluth said in TSF Maintenance at midday:

@Nepia said in TSF Maintenance at midday:

Eek, I can't handle change. :grinning_squinting_face:

You sound like Stargazer He didn't like change either

Give it time

I'll start another thread about what changed, why etc

Well I wasn't being serious, although I don't like change - but not enough to post on the Grumpy Old Man thread about it. I did like the previous incarnation of the forum though.

Is this time of the year a normal forum update time as Planet Rugby has just updated to a slightly new interface too.

As ever thanks for you work at keeping the trains running.

[Duluth]

Remember to refresh. You may need to do a hard refresh (or clear your browser cahce)

Did anyone else have trouble logging in? It took me a couple of goes because of a session mismatch

[Kirwan]

I had saved the bookmark to my homepage in iOS, had to delete that and create a new one. Working now.

[Kirwan]

Oh how I missed quick reply

[Duluth]

@Kirwan said in TSF Maintenance at midday:

I had saved the bookmark to my homepage in iOS, had to delete that and create a new one. Working now.

Was there anything else you had to do to get past the 'forbidden' message?

[Kirwan]

@Duluth nope. Just opened safari and opened it fresh. Just logged out and tested again, all good now

[Kirwan]

Much better on mobile

[Bovidae]

Without the toolbar is there an easy way to get back to Sports Talk from within a thread? The options seem to be scrolling to the first post in that thread to access the Sports Talk icon or using the Forum link on the Homepage.

[Duluth]

@Bovidae said in TSF Maintenance at midday:

Without the toolbar is there an easy way to get back to Sports Talk from within a thread? The options seem to be scrolling to the first post in that thread to access the Sports Talk icon or using the Forum link on the Homepage.

One of the things I don't have control over unfortunately

I would prefer a link to the threads forum, and the thread name, be visible inside the thread

Now you would need to do two clicks categories > sport. That's better than scrolling up particularly on a long thread

When I have time I'll see if there's a way of forcing something better

[Stargazer]

@Duluth said in TSF Maintenance at midday:

@Nepia said in TSF Maintenance at midday:

Eek, I can't handle change. :grinning_squinting_face:

You sound like Stargazer He didn't like change either

Give it time

I'll start another thread about what changed, why etc

Huh? I only said that moving the icons from the toolbar at the top to the left/right was counter-intuitive and that I preferred them at the top. I also said I would get used to it. I never said I didn't like the change (or change in general).

[Kirwan]

@Stargazer Duluth has a droll sense of humour, he’s probably just joking. Probably.

[Kirwan]

Muscle memory is killing me, but I’ll get it. With so many users on mobile, some of the changes are particularly useful there.

The scroll bar on desktop is also excellent

[booboo]

FYI

Just noticed the navigation arrows (not sure proper name) at the bottom are covered.

See bottom of screenshot.

Edit: i.e., can't get to second page

[canefan]

I'm unsure if, when clicking on an unread thread, there is no option to look at the latest post? Or is the solitary button I can see meant to take you there?

[Duluth]

@Stargazer Light hearted comment was not 100% accurate. Apologies.