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Reply #150July 13, 2015, 05:55:57 am

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« Reply #150 on: July 13, 2015, 05:55:57 am »
can we go back to the old yet? I love the forum, but it is almost like work for me to get through it now.

Reply #151July 13, 2015, 06:06:44 am

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« Reply #151 on: July 13, 2015, 06:06:44 am »
can we go back to the old yet? I love the forum, but it is almost like work for me to get through it now.

X2! Mobile is still broken. Am I the only one that uses mobile or has every one else just gave up?

Reply #152July 13, 2015, 07:45:49 am

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« Reply #152 on: July 13, 2015, 07:45:49 am »
almost gave up on all of it. I cannot use the tapatalk as I just get frustrated

Reply #153July 13, 2015, 07:47:41 am

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« Reply #153 on: July 13, 2015, 07:47:41 am »
also, I think I read a while back about this being the result of wanting to make the blog look like the forum or vise versa, why not change the blog? It is newer and would probably be better received that way.

Another question, why do they have to look the same? Won't that be more confusing?

Reply #154July 13, 2015, 09:09:38 am

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« Reply #154 on: July 13, 2015, 09:09:38 am »
Both the forum and blog are getting changed. the blog was just easier to the forum than the other way around. If it is just super horrible i can switch it back to the old template and change it. I'm just trying to make VWD look and be the best i can. There are just always speedbumps on the path.
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Reply #155July 14, 2015, 07:02:44 am

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« Reply #155 on: July 14, 2015, 07:02:44 am »
........I'm just trying to make VWD look and be the best i can. There are just always speedbumps on the path.

Are you even aware that after clicking on a topic, the names of the posters is nowhere to be found? Unless the poster has an avatar, or a signature and you recognize them, you don't know who they are.

Please go back to the last one ASAP and do not make anymore changes until it is fully tested OFFLINE! We don't (at least I don't) want to be a guinea pig. A few has expressed their frustrations and I am sure there are many others who are also frustrated but did not bother to post to express their frustrations.

Reply #156July 14, 2015, 02:37:35 pm

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« Reply #156 on: July 14, 2015, 02:37:35 pm »
I had no problem seeing the posters names on the thread regardless of avatar or signature. I'm using Chrome on both PC and mac.

I have switched it back to the old theme (Capt.Obvious)
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Reply #157July 15, 2015, 09:14:55 am

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« Reply #157 on: July 15, 2015, 09:14:55 am »
I had no problem seeing the posters names on the thread regardless of avatar or signature. I'm using Chrome on both PC and mac.

I have switched it back to the old theme (Capt.Obvious)

I am using the Chrome browser on the latest Toshiba Chromebook. On mobile I have a Samsung Galaxy Note 2, I was getting a single column view with nothing else, no statistics, e.g. names of posters, number of views and replies. Pics were illegible (one skinny column that is narrower than the text.

Reply #158July 15, 2015, 09:22:34 am

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« Reply #158 on: July 15, 2015, 09:22:34 am »
yea not sure what was going on with it. it worked on my end on all devices i tried it on but that doesn't mean much. I may just try to match this theme to the new blog theme and call it a day.
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Reply #159July 15, 2015, 09:44:31 am

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« Reply #159 on: July 15, 2015, 09:44:31 am »
I think you need help from someone who is knowledegeable with web/ forum design. Right now I can't get the full site, it is text only.

Reply #160July 15, 2015, 10:21:17 am

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« Reply #160 on: July 15, 2015, 10:21:17 am »
If  you are seeing a blue theme that is text only that is the mobile theme. you should be able to scroll to the bottom and choose the button that says 'full site' to go back to the normal pc based theme.
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Reply #161July 15, 2015, 10:24:51 am

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« Reply #161 on: July 15, 2015, 10:24:51 am »
For about an hour, clicking the "full site" did not return it to the full site. It is ok now, went back to the full site by itself.

Reply #162July 15, 2015, 09:07:12 pm

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« Reply #162 on: July 15, 2015, 09:07:12 pm »
It's not particularly safe to be making changes live. Lots of stuff gets cached at various places along the way. Everyone is getting random combinations of CSS and templates cached causing all kinds of problems.

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Reply #163July 19, 2015, 07:32:26 am

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« Reply #163 on: July 19, 2015, 07:32:26 am »
Am I the only one that is not able to get the full site on mobile or the only one complaining about it? It's been like that since the last change a few days ago. I was hoping it will get fixed but noooooo!

Reply #164July 19, 2015, 07:38:20 am

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« Reply #164 on: July 19, 2015, 07:38:20 am »
What's happening here? Clicked on "new posts". There was none!