" Once we all get used to how it looks, feels and works, it will hopefully become more comfortable..."
Reminds me of my wedding day.
Forum Upgrade
Posted by: Ryan Latham on 22 November 2015
Dear Forum Members
This is an advance notice that there will be some significant changes happening to the site architecture as our forum provider is upgrading their platform. Of course with all changes some will be welcome, others will feel less familiar and may initially feel alien to regular contributors, please rest assured we have been working hard to migrate as much consistency as possible, and think we are very close. Luckily the new structure does provide plenty of admin tools and design flexibility, so your feedback on this thread will help us to fine tune as needed post launch.
This Upgrade is scheduled to occur - December 2nd, 2015 between 11:00 AM and 9:00 PM Eastern Time (Some disruption should be expected)
So what will be different?
The most important overall change for community members is that the site is fully responsive now. That means that no matter how you access the community, you will have a great experience that automatically adjusts to the device and screen size (no app download required)… with no loss of features.
If you blog or use our clips module, you will also notice an improved interface… and for blogs especially if you use our new Title Image feature, the posts can be much more visual.
Here is a little more detail on some of the site improvements as part of the upgrade.
Responsive Design: Say goodbye to a separate "mobile site" that was missing features and looked nothing like your main site, a new responsive platform where the interface automatically adjusts to each user's device, with no loss in features.
Navigation Menu: With responsive design, the navigation has to be much more flexible, and as result site navigations menu is automatically adaptive.
Title Images: Version 2.0 enables much more visual content. Title images are now supported for blog posts, audio clips, and file clips.
Video and Audio Download Option: Hoop.la now supports downloading video and audio files (excluding clips embedded from 3rd party sources like YouTube), There is a new user permission that controls whether who can download video/audio.
Widget Enhancements: Widgets have been greatly improved. The management of widgets on a particular page is simplified and there is a brand new Manage Widgets control panel, used for managing your custom widgets and embedded widgets (widgets embedded on outside sites). You can now create an embeddable widget in your control panel without having to display it somewhere on your site, as well. The "View All" links at the bottom of widgets have also been made more accurate, to reflect the parameters of the specific widget.
Kind regards and thank you for your continued support.
Ryan Latham
Director Marketing and Communications
CharlieP posted:I kind of like this new format. Of course, many things are different...
Is there a way to filter out the whining?
Charlie
Nope !, you're still here Charlie !!
Much better and faster on my Windows Phone.
Also better on my lap top compared to my iPad earlier.
Getting used to it. A shock at first, very spaced and gloomy(grey). Now that it is being populated with posts and colours, it has grown on me. It does work and look pretty good on the MBP and ipad. Fonts take over the whole of the iphone but i do not think it was designed with it in mind. It was time for a total revamp. The old one looked rather dated. But then again so do I!
Even numbered posts are displayed full width and odd numbered posts are padded in a darker shade of grey. The latter is playing havoc with my brain because I'm interpreting them as quoted text. They should be the same width! Please remove the cell padding on odd numbered posts. Stone the crows, my post looks like quoted text. How ironic