The Pub Discussion Board

Eric

I can't open a story and read it on my laptop.  When I click on the title it opens to the information page and when I click on the forward arrow to go to the next or first chapter it goes directly to the end where you can leave comments on the story

Don

I used to have about a hundred lines of custom CSS to rearrange the story pages so they were actually usable on my desktop screen -- mainly breaking the story text out of its tiny short box, then dealing with the consequences of doing that.

I don't need any of that anymore. Scrolling now works properly, I have the whole of my monitor height to play with, the width is comfortable and centered, and the menus are always accessible in a better way than my hatchet job could do. You've done a fantastic job and I greatly appreciate it. Keep up the good work!

A couple things about the new page (and the announcement article)

First: If the front page has a LOT on it, the announcement seems to be centered at the "full height" of the contents... which is well below the visible portion of the screen.  When first looking at the site, I wasn't logged in and the front page was short, then I logged in and it was quite long...  So that has something to do with it, but when trying to look at the announcement once logged in, I initially thought it wasn't coming up for some reason.  Then I scrolled down to look at more of the stories just posted...  and there it was.

The other thing...  This would limit saves to JUST the device, but a thought about the text changes and such that you've offered (great idea for those of us with bad eyes, even if a browser does have a zoom feature)  If you are making a change to this without a login, why not use the browser "local storage" options?  You can save the information you need there and the user wouldn't have to change it every time time come onto the site.   Once for every device they use, but not more. 

Granted, saving them to the user on the server makes it even more versitile, but only for those that are logged in.  Local storage (only when a user is a guest) would help with re-entering it each time.

Saran wrote:

First: If the front page has a LOT on it, the announcement seems to be centered at the "full height" of the contents... which is well below the visible portion of the screen.  When first looking at the site, I wasn't logged in and the front page was short, then I logged in and it was quite long...  So that has something to do with it, but when trying to look at the announcement once logged in, I initially thought it wasn't coming up for some reason.  Then I scrolled down to look at more of the stories just posted...  and there it was.

I will look into it, but I cannot reproduce what you're seeing.  For me, the announcement box opens at the top of the page.

The other thing...  This would limit saves to JUST the device, but a thought about the text changes and such that you've offered (great idea for those of us with bad eyes, even if a browser does have a zoom feature)  If you are making a change to this without a login, why not use the browser "local storage" options?  You can save the information you need there and the user wouldn't have to change it every time time come onto the site.   Once for every device they use, but not more. 

Granted, saving them to the user on the server makes it even more versitile, but only for those that are logged in.  Local storage (only when a user is a guest) would help with re-entering it each time.

Because leaving it the way it is encourages people to register, which removes one of the barriers to them actually leaving feedback (which you can't do without being logged in.)  There are several features that are completely disabled unless you're logged in.  Saving that number is one of them.  It was intentional.

Eric Storm

When I click on a story name, instead of going to the old page where there was a navigation panel on the left, now there's a synopsis column on the left and the discussion thread on the right. Firefox 146.0.1, maximized, 1920x1080, any story I click on.

sadimlonely wrote:

Not sure if this is the right place

It's not, but I'll answer you anyway. 

Can I manually set it so that it shows "updates since (x) date"?

Unfortunately not.  That's a feature I never built into the system.  Even the "Browse Stories" feature was tacked on well after the site was built.

If/when I have a chance, I'll look at updating the Browse Stories feature to allow you to sort by specific things.

Eric Storm

Eric Storm wrote:

Hakhazar wrote:

When I click on a story name, instead of going to the old page where there was a navigation panel on the left, now there's a synopsis column on the left and the discussion thread on the right. Firefox 146.0.1, maximized, 1920x1080, any story I click on.

There should be a toolbar across the top of the screen, with controls for navigation.  Is it not there?

Eric Storm

Ah. There's a bar across the top, but it only has one recognizable icon on it, plus some sort of partial boxes. Hovering over them does give text about what they should do. The "Previous Chapter" icon is recognizably a rewind icon, but the rest are not. I can at least get to the stories now, thank you. I'd attach a screen shot, but I don't know how here.