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Welcome back!
The forum is now up and running with phpBB 3.1.3 which provides better support for mobile devices and tablets.
The forum is now up and running with phpBB 3.1.3 which provides better support for mobile devices and tablets.
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Thanks as always for all oif your work.
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Wow the threads look great on my mobile phone. Thank you for this.
Now if you can just fix the home page
Now if you can just fix the home page
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Thank you. I was starting to suffering from withdrawal symptoms without my daily fix of Bogleheads .
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Thanks to all who work so hard to keep this forum running, moderated, and up to date. Can't wait to see what the update did for the mobile application!
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Thanks to LG et al. for all the work on the site!
Most of my posts assume no behavioral errors.
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Thanks for all the effort to make this place great!
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Another heartfelt thank you to the admins!
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That's pretty fast for a software upgrade. Thank you
for the effort.
for the effort.
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Anyone else get a blank inch or two on both sides (just on the BBH side, not the main page).... Also the bogleheads label on the top is no longer a hot link back to the main page.
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Thank you, LadyGeek.
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You're welcome. A big thanks also to Larry Auton (mingstar), who takes care of the server.
Regarding the home page- give me a chance to catch up and I'll put it back the way it was.
Regarding the home page- give me a chance to catch up and I'll put it back the way it was.
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Threads look exactly like they should on my smartphone. No more pinching and zooming
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Thanks, great work!
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The square logo to the left of the word "Bogleheads" works for that.rob wrote:Anyone else get a blank inch or two on both sides (just on the BBH side, not the main page).... Also the bogleheads label on the top is no longer a hot link back to the main page.
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Previously, both the logo and the text were links to the main page. Now it's only the logo. Right now it seems very burdensome to move the mouse that extra inch to the left but I expect I'll adjust to it.prudent wrote:The square logo to the left of the word "Bogleheads" works for that.rob wrote:Anyone else get a blank inch or two on both sides (just on the BBH side, not the main page).... Also the bogleheads label on the top is no longer a hot link back to the main page.
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Yes, it depends on your monitor size and resolution. It is part of the responsive design, the prosilver board style has been completely overhauled to ensure a modern experience on all of your devices.rob wrote:Anyone else get a blank inch or two on both sides (just on the BBH side, not the main page)....
The Bogleheads logo is the link, as is the new Home breadcrumb that now appears before Board index in the navigation bar.Also the bogleheads label on the top is no longer a hot link back to the main page.
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On the Bogleheads Home page (topic list) both compass and "Bogleheads" title have links to https://www.bogleheads.org/index.php. On any topic's threads, only the compass has the link. And no to wide margins.rob wrote:Anyone else get a blank inch or two on both sides (just on the BBH side, not the main page).... Also the bogleheads label on the top is no longer a hot link back to the main page.
I'm using Firefox 37.0.2.
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It's all messed up for me. I have the wide margins. More than that, where's the "View unread posts" link? I'm using Firefox 37.0.1.
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The various "View ..." links are now under Quick links, i.e. View new posts, View unread posts and View active topics. I'd suggest bookmarking your favorite/most used one and putting it in your bookmarks bar.gkaplan wrote:It's all messed up for me. I have the wide margins. More than that, where's the "View unread posts" link? I'm using Firefox 37.0.1.
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Thank you all.
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Try Forum page,upper left: Quick links>Unread posts.gkaplan wrote:. . . where's the "View unread posts" link? I'm using Firefox 37.0.1.
Wait, that's all unread posts on the Forum. "Your posts" is better.
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Lost ability to change font size
The latest upgrade seems to have removed the ability to click on an icon (a letter A with up and down arrows) to change the font size; is it somewhere I can no longer find?
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Ctrl+ and Ctrl- work fine for me.
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Use your fingers to expand the font size?
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We will be making fixes as we go. The header link is on the list. I'm afraid that using the full screen width may not be, but if possible we'll test making it flush left. I find the double margins highly annoying.
As you may have guessed, the primary reason for the upgrade is to better accommodate mobile devices, which now make up maybe 1/3 of our views and is constantly growing. It's a very big improvement for them, so we feel it's worth what we hope will be no more than a very minor loss for those using a desktop or larger laptop.
As you may have guessed, the primary reason for the upgrade is to better accommodate mobile devices, which now make up maybe 1/3 of our views and is constantly growing. It's a very big improvement for them, so we feel it's worth what we hope will be no more than a very minor loss for those using a desktop or larger laptop.
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Interesting. I can now hold my Chromebook at arms length and read posts. It solved the gap issue as well. Thank you.stlutz wrote:Ctrl+ and Ctrl- work fine for me.
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Peculiar_Investor has offered to provide a quick guide to the new forum software (thanks!).
Please see his thread here: What's new and changed in phpBB 3.1, feel free to ask questions.
Please see his thread here: What's new and changed in phpBB 3.1, feel free to ask questions.
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I can't post a poll. Can someone tell me where to find this feature?
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Posted yesterday, Polls Disabledam wrote:I can't post a poll. Can someone tell me where to find this feature?
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The upgrade looks great! Thank you.LadyGeek wrote:Welcome back!
The forum is now up and running with phpBB 3.1.3 which provides better support for mobile devices and tablets.
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Forum Functionality From the Index Page
I've always entered the forum from the Forum Index page and browsed from 'View unread posts.' With the update today 'view unread posts' and other features previously on the index page are missing. Please don't tell me that after almost seven years here I have to change the way I access the forum.
SB...
SB...
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Click on the Quick links and you will find what you are looking for.
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Quick links on the left.
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Thank you, old guys, new things, negative correlation!HueyLD wrote:Click on the Quick links and you will find what you are looking for.
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Might I suggest you bookmark View unread posts and place it in your bookmarks bar. Saves navigating through the Quick links dropdown menu.
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Done, thanks!Peculiar_Investor wrote:Might I suggest you bookmark View unread posts and place it in your bookmarks bar. Saves navigating through the Quick links dropdown menu.
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Now that I've found the link, it's no problem.Peculiar_Investor wrote:Might I suggest you bookmark View unread posts and place it in your bookmarks bar. Saves navigating through the Quick links dropdown menu.
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Wow so much easier to read on my iPhone!
Thank you LadyGeek and all the other moderators and site administrators.
Thank you LadyGeek and all the other moderators and site administrators.
Another issue with the new format
I usually have several tabs open, and switch back and forth between them. Up to this point if I was in the Bogleheads Forum, no matter where, the tab read "Bogleheads.org." Now it shows the subject line of the topic, which my 78 year old brain finds confusing. As a browser of Bogleheads who is also listening for activity on the webcams I follow, or who often gets sidetracked following links or looking something up, I may have been "away" from the Forum topic I was reading for some time, and the tab label may not be easily recognized. Is there any way to go back to having the browser tab read "Bogleheads" instead of, e.g., "Another issue with th"?
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Awesome - thanks!!
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I don't understand the issue. The favicon identifies the site; to have the description also do that would be somewhat redundant, no? With lots of tabs open, how much of the description are you seeing anyway? I have only 23 tabs open currently (per browser window) and am only seeing icons, unless I change focus to each favicon. Maybe you have a gigantic screen size. Are you actually changing focus to each favicon and reading the descriptions? That would be a lot of work.
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Just think how much I'll save on reading glasses when using my iPad.
I get the FI part but not the RE part of FIRE.
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The font is much too large. Shrinking it doesn't work.HueyLD wrote:Use your fingers to expand the font size?
I get the FI part but not the RE part of FIRE.
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I'm merging and locking miscellaneous threads on the new forum software in an attempt to keep things in one place so nothing gets overlooked.
Please direct bug reports and usability issues to Forum software upgrade bug reports and change requests. Questions on how to use or find features should go to What's new and changed in phpBB 3.1. If you aren't sure which thread to use, make your best guess and we'll sort it out if necessary.
Please direct bug reports and usability issues to Forum software upgrade bug reports and change requests. Questions on how to use or find features should go to What's new and changed in phpBB 3.1. If you aren't sure which thread to use, make your best guess and we'll sort it out if necessary.