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Wednesday, July 19, 2006 by ZubaZ | Discussion: WinCustomize Site Issues
I don't want this to be a break/fix thread.
It's not sanctioned by Wincustomize nor is it on their list of things to do. But maybe we'll have some good suggestions that they will implement.
It's not sanctioned by Wincustomize nor is it on their list of things to do. But maybe we'll have some good suggestions that they will implement.
I'll start:
It would be nice if the navigation at the top of each forum was duplicated at the bottom.
It would be nice to have the current time near where the last reply time is displayed.
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dragonmage
Reply #122 Sunday, August 6, 2006 7:19 PM
Reply #122 Sunday, August 6, 2006 7:19 PM
I don't recall seeing this suggestion yet so if I'm being repetitive, sorry.
A visual indicator next to the Watchlist | My Posts links at the top of the page when there is a new reply. For watchlist it would be on the left, and my posts it would be on the right.
I don't know if this is possible but, if you are on the site when this indicator is activated that should override the email notification of the new reply.
A visual indicator next to the Watchlist | My Posts links at the top of the page when there is a new reply. For watchlist it would be on the left, and my posts it would be on the right.
I don't know if this is possible but, if you are on the site when this indicator is activated that should override the email notification of the new reply.
CerebroJD
Reply #123 Tuesday, August 8, 2006 5:49 PM
Reply #123 Tuesday, August 8, 2006 5:49 PM
The RSS feed titles are extremely long, currently, with the whole title ("Windows XP Themes, XP Skins, XP Visual Styles, Icons & Wallpapers for your ultimate desktop experience!") and then the name of the feed you're using. I find this is too long for me to easily use, and I'm wondering if this could be shortened to "WinCustomize" and then the feed name. For example... "WinCustomize - Recent Forum Posts". Make sense?
ZubaZ
Reply #124 Tuesday, August 8, 2006 6:03 PM
I reported this earlier via IRC. You steal my joy!
Reply #124 Tuesday, August 8, 2006 6:03 PM
| The RSS feed titles are extremely long, currently, with the whole title ("Windows XP Themes, XP Skins, XP Visual Styles, Icons & Wallpapers for your ultimate desktop experience!") and then the name of the feed you're using. I find this is too long for me to easily use, and I'm wondering if this could be shortened to "WinCustomize" and then the feed name. For example... "WinCustomize - Recent Forum Posts". Make sense? |
I reported this earlier via IRC. You steal my joy!
liquidguru
Reply #126 Monday, August 28, 2006 2:58 PM
Reply #126 Monday, August 28, 2006 2:58 PM
if wincustomize don't want to get rid of it, could we at least have the option to collapse the 'Channels' section?...for me it is a complete waste of screen estate..thanks 
ZubaZ
Reply #127 Monday, August 28, 2006 3:15 PM
I thought there was a switch you could use in the URL to supress the whole right column (maybe a frogboy post at stardock.com). . looking . . .
Reply #127 Monday, August 28, 2006 3:15 PM
| if wincustomize don't want to get rid of it, could we at least have the option to collapse the 'Channels' section? |
I thought there was a switch you could use in the URL to supress the whole right column (maybe a frogboy post at stardock.com). . looking . . .
CerebroJD
Reply #128 Monday, August 28, 2006 9:38 PM
Reply #128 Monday, August 28, 2006 9:38 PM
[hum.... apparently we're not supposed to know about this link. Removed.]
No WinCustomize UI... JUST the forums.
No WinCustomize UI... JUST the forums.
ZubaZ
Reply #130 Friday, September 1, 2006 1:37 PM
Reply #130 Friday, September 1, 2006 1:37 PM
If a user tries to edit one of their posts after someone else has posted they are directed to https://forums.wincustomize.com/?g=accessdenied
Why not either 1) hide the edit link or 2) show a better page explaining that you are unable to edit to maintain continuity. You could add a link there to let a mod know that something NEEDS to be editted.
Why not either 1) hide the edit link or 2) show a better page explaining that you are unable to edit to maintain continuity. You could add a link there to let a mod know that something NEEDS to be editted.
Bichur
Reply #131 Saturday, September 2, 2006 10:45 AM
Reply #131 Saturday, September 2, 2006 10:45 AM
| Why not either 1) hide the edit link or 2) show a better page explaining that you are unable to edit to maintain continuity. You could add a link there to let a mod know that something NEEDS to be editted. |
Bebi Bulma
Reply #132 Wednesday, September 6, 2006 3:22 AM
Reply #132 Wednesday, September 6, 2006 3:22 AM
Lots of new goodies since I've posted, good good. Still any chance for the timestamp being fixed so it's understandable per time zone and hour display settings (12hr vs 24hr)? *wink wink nod nod*
*ducks out*
*ducks out*
andrew_
Reply #133 Wednesday, September 6, 2006 12:31 PM
Reply #133 Wednesday, September 6, 2006 12:31 PM
Not at present, sorry. All times are EST. If you need to know what the present EST time is then look no futher than the bottom of any forum page.
Bebi Bulma
Reply #136 Saturday, September 30, 2006 2:31 AM
That makes me a very sad bunny. 
*is math-timezone-conversion-challenged*
Anyway....suggestion from kona's suggestions thread: Add the actual reply to the new reply notification email. Can be cumbersome opening up Firefox (or whatever browser one chooses to use) and loading the site to read the new reply. Would be very convenient to just read the new reply in the email itself along with the link to the post.
Reply #136 Saturday, September 30, 2006 2:31 AM
| Not at present, sorry. All times are EST. If you need to know what the present EST time is then look no futher than the bottom of any forum page. |
*is math-timezone-conversion-challenged*
Anyway....suggestion from kona's suggestions thread: Add the actual reply to the new reply notification email. Can be cumbersome opening up Firefox (or whatever browser one chooses to use) and loading the site to read the new reply. Would be very convenient to just read the new reply in the email itself along with the link to the post.
andrew_
Reply #137 Tuesday, October 3, 2006 11:44 AM
Reply #137 Tuesday, October 3, 2006 11:44 AM
Well reading the reply in an email could have two negative consequences...
1. The reply has the potential to be enormous. This takes more bandwidth to send, a longer download for the user's email client, the possibility for an enormous amount of text in the email.
2. One less page-view. Page-views are very important to a website in order to track the popularity and userbase of a website. We want to encourage page views, not provide a mechanism to prevent them.
Fuzzy Logic
Reply #138 Tuesday, October 3, 2006 12:37 PM
Reply #138 Tuesday, October 3, 2006 12:37 PM
I don't know if this is a bug, but sometimes the 'View all recent posts' is reduced to ten entries on the first page, with the second page as normal. The posts inbetween disappear into nowhere. Closing the browser usually clears this however...
ZubaZ
Reply #139 Tuesday, October 3, 2006 12:49 PM
Seen it to. Using FF and IE.
URL: https://forums.wincustomize.com/?g=recent and https://forums.stardock.com/?g=recent and galciv2
Reply #139 Tuesday, October 3, 2006 12:49 PM
| I don't know if this is a bug, but sometimes the 'View all recent posts' is reduced to ten entries on the first page, with the second page as normal. The posts inbetween disappear into nowhere. Closing the browser usually clears this however... |
Seen it to. Using FF and IE.
URL: https://forums.wincustomize.com/?g=recent and https://forums.stardock.com/?g=recent and galciv2
andrew_
Reply #140 Tuesday, October 3, 2006 3:39 PM
Reply #140 Tuesday, October 3, 2006 3:39 PM
It's a caching issue, sometimes a db issue. In either case, good to know it's not throwing an error, but rather displays *some* data.
(and you replied with this in the Suggestions post. Please use the Forum Bug Thread post instead )
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Reply #121 Sunday, August 6, 2006 6:15 PM