OT: New Board -- How Do I...?

[Bubba Thudd]

I figured we could use a thread to help each other learn to navigate through this new board design.

I'll start:
How do I see who is having a birthday today?

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[S E P H]

I would like to file a complaint (Suggestions) and I hope Fugu see's it...

1. There needs to be a red border outline to separate everyone's posts.

2. Quote sections in the post MUST be shaded darker than original post.

3. Get rid of a lot of the white side bar to the right. Add that feature we had in the last HFB with new thread section.

 

[Bubba Thudd]

I think Buffaloed does more with the mechanics of the board than Fugu.

I could be wrong, though -- I mean, there's a first time for everything.

 

[S E P H]

I think Buffaloed does more with the mechanics of the board than Fugu.

I could be wrong, though -- I mean, there's a first time for everything.

How do you ignore threads then? I want to clean up my HFB with threads I never go to.

 

[Lonewolfe2015]

I completely appreciate how difficult it is to change something on an entrenched user base, it sucks. But having administrated forums before I feel like there's clear misses. Maybe they chalked it up to a future release.

Ignoring software (ugh), there's some changes needed.

• Buttons are too small for bigger screens or for mobile.
• Mobile theme and light/dark themes for both mobile and desktop.
• Distinguishing one post from another is difficult, especially with how signatures and posts seem to just stack together.
• Avatars should be emphasized more, crank it up to 125x125 or 150x150.
• Team Banners, let's see people represent which team is their favorite so we don't have to guess anymore.
• Mobile advertisements are intrusive.
• Mobile sub-forums cannot be selected.
• 21st century emoticons... it's time.
• Remove social media junk, don't need facebook or twitter buttons on thread posts, no one used it years ago or today.

Solid job on the migration all things considered, besides missing a latest dataset pull. Relatively good feature set, at least it isn't vbulletin or some such nonsense. But honestly, could have gone with IPB or with SMF if cost was the issue.

 

[StayAtHomeAv]

How do you ignore threads then? I want to clean up my HFB with threads I never go to.

This is something I really liked.

 

[Vaslof]

Wait, are videos really auto-playing? That's ridiculous.

 

[Foppberg]

I completely appreciate how difficult it is to change something on an entrenched user base, it sucks. But having administrated forums before I feel like there's clear misses. Maybe they chalked it up to a future release.

Ignoring software (ugh), there's some changes needed.

• Buttons are too small for bigger screens or for mobile.
• Mobile theme and light/dark themes for both mobile and desktop.
• Distinguishing one post from another is difficult, especially with how signatures and posts seem to just stack together.
• Avatars should be emphasized more, crank it up to 125x125 or 150x150.
• Team Banners, let's see people represent which team is their favorite so we don't have to guess anymore.
• Mobile advertisements are intrusive.
• Mobile sub-forums cannot be selected.
• 21st century emoticons... it's time.
• Remove social media junk, don't need facebook or twitter buttons on thread posts, no one used it years ago or today.

Solid job on the migration all things considered, besides missing a latest dataset pull. Relatively good feature set, at least it isn't vbulletin or some such nonsense. But honestly, could have gone with IPB or with SMF if cost was the issue.

Agree with everything except for the bolded. It's all we have left!

It is growing on me though, just going to take some time to get used to. Definitely smoother.

A few other problems:

- When you click the alerts tab on mobile, you can't close it without clicking else where, and half the time I end up clicking on a new link trying to close it. It should be click to view it, and then click it again to close it.

- Ability to block/mute threads.

- Personally I loved the old HF mobile version, it was pretty bare bones but it's all you needed and was very easy to navigate.

- On mobile it doesn't say who last posted.

- Autoplay. Stop it.

I'm assuming a lot of the issues people are talking about now are going to be addressed in the future though.

 

[CobraAcesS]

I completely appreciate how difficult it is to change something on an entrenched user base, it sucks. But having administrated forums before I feel like there's clear misses. Maybe they chalked it up to a future release.

Ignoring software (ugh), there's some changes needed.

• Buttons are too small for bigger screens or for mobile.
• Mobile theme and light/dark themes for both mobile and desktop.
• Distinguishing one post from another is difficult, especially with how signatures and posts seem to just stack together.
• Avatars should be emphasized more, crank it up to 125x125 or 150x150.
• Team Banners, let's see people represent which team is their favorite so we don't have to guess anymore.
• Mobile advertisements are intrusive.
• Mobile sub-forums cannot be selected.
• 21st century emoticons... it's time.
• Remove social media junk, don't need facebook or twitter buttons on thread posts, no one used it years ago or today.

Solid job on the migration all things considered, besides missing a latest dataset pull. Relatively good feature set, at least it isn't vbulletin or some such nonsense. But honestly, could have gone with IPB or with SMF if cost was the issue.

I have experience with SMF, and boy would that of been nice.

Here is a how too.. WHY is the video in the trade thread autoplaying and how do we stop that?

 

[TheForsbergShow]

I would like to file a complaint (Suggestions) and I hope Fugu see's it...

3. Get rid of a lot of the white side bar to the right. Add that feature we had in the last HFB with new thread section.

Sorry don't know how to work this thing yet but this is Courtesy of Avs44 from last night-

If you don't like the big blank white space on the right, go to the front page of the board (just click the HFboards logo at the top), and on the top right side of the page - next to the current drop down menu selector - will be a button you can click that will get rid of that space.

 

[landy92mack29]

No clue how you find old threads you made. Also can't find certain thread through the search option anymore

 

[Bubba Thudd]

Sorry don't know how to work this thing yet but this is Courtesy of Avs44 from last night-

If you don't like the big blank white space on the right, go to the front page of the board (just click the HFboards logo at the top), and on the top right side of the page - next to the current drop down menu selector - will be a button you can click that will get rid of that space.

I don't mind having the list on the right side of the home page. But the blank space when you navigate to a different page is senseless.

 

[UncleRisto]

Wait, are videos really auto-playing? That's ridiculous.

Just NHL.com videos apparently, which are autoplay on there too. All I did was post the link and the board did that itself.

 

[Pokecheque]

Whew, this new look is gonna take some getting used to.

 

[Lonewolfe2015]

Agree with everything except for the bolded. It's all we have left!

21st century emotes man, they don't have to replace the old ones.

 

[UncleRisto]

 

[Foppberg]

 

[Balthazar]

I agree that we absolutely need the ignore thread feature. When I click on this board for example, I want to see AVS stuff and I don't want to swim through football threads, OT threads, Fantasy threads and all that stuff.

 

[Taak19]

Hated it at first when I logged on but I think I am starting to like it. I don't know man...

 

[member 116861]

We can put our occupation in our profile now? That is kind of weird plus no one going to believe me when I say pro wrestler.

 

[JWK]

How do you know change the thread title if you're the thread OP?

 

[UncleRisto]

How do you know change the thread title if you're the thread OP?

It says Thread Tools at the top of the thread.

 

[member 116861]

It says Thread Tools at the top of the thread.

Why doesn't it say that you're from Finland in your profile?

 

[UncleRisto]

Why doesn't it say that you're from Finland in your profile?

Country doesn't show but location does. I put it on there for you.

 

[member 116861]

Thank you