Can You Change the Way the Forum Looks?

Yeah when it changed I was flipping a shit… still don’t like it but I guess you just gotta get used to it. Iono navigation seems much more tedious now

[quote]SteelyD wrote:

[quote]LowfatMatt wrote:

[quote]WestCoast7 wrote:

I appreciate your honesty, but public betas are only the tip of the testing iceberg. The one thing that seems odd is that the changes haven’t really made anything easier or more efficient, they just continue to put things in different places.

I enjoy this community and will continue to post and reply no matter what, but it seems more logical to implement changes that improve user experience, instead of ones that simply shift old features or layout into different places.
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Like I said, more changes are on the way.[/quote]

Yeah, but are there more changes on the way?[/quote]
More importantly…are there more changes on the whey?

[quote]LowfatMatt wrote:

[quote]pushmepullme wrote:
I agree that there should be a new message indicator. I will probably not think to hover over “My Account” unless I have some sort of reminder or motivation.

As usual, my main concern is whether this new layout is going to be more difficult on the iphone. I think as long as the drop downs don’t disappear while I’m trying to click on a subcategory, it will be fine, just different.[/quote]

Works perfect in Android. I believe iPhone is fine as well. Please let me know if you see issues.[/quote]

I’m on my iPhone right now. Works fine (but I’d have to click my hub box thing to see any PM’s… But I don’t ever get any of those anyway so not that it matters much to me. Ha)

[quote]gregron wrote:
I thought there was gonna be change??? OBAMAAAAAAAAA!!![/quote]

Boobs or GTFO

(Im talking to YOU, new site layout)

[quote]gregron wrote:

[quote]LowfatMatt wrote:

[quote]pushmepullme wrote:
I agree that there should be a new message indicator. I will probably not think to hover over “My Account” unless I have some sort of reminder or motivation.

As usual, my main concern is whether this new layout is going to be more difficult on the iphone. I think as long as the drop downs don’t disappear while I’m trying to click on a subcategory, it will be fine, just different.[/quote]

Works perfect in Android. I believe iPhone is fine as well. Please let me know if you see issues.[/quote]

I’m on my iPhone right now. Works fine (but I’d have to click my hub box thing to see any PM’s… But I don’t ever get any of those anyway so not that it matters much to me. Ha)[/quote]

I’ll start PM’ing you, in a style similar to Brett Favre.

[quote]LowfatMatt wrote:

[quote]WestCoast7 wrote:

I really dislike this new layout. The team here needs to learn how to A/B test, instead of just throwing changes out all at once, without utilizing test data to support a change.

I think there’s a laundry list of other things they could work on instead of constantly changing the link layout and section display.[/quote]

We’ve done public betas, etc, in the past. Had mixed results. Basically it didn’t gain us much. No matter what, we still have people that freak out with the changes. And like all of those times, these latest changes will become very familiar very fast.

It will also invariably undergo some tweaks in the coming days.

And as for that Laundry list: you have no idea. We are always working on tons of things, from bugs to features, big and small.

Probably a waste to say it, but expect big changes in 2011.[/quote]

I hope one of those changes is NO MORE GATEWAY 504 ERRORS! That is the most obnoxious thing ever. That and when the forums don’t show any new posts for hours at a time (a rare occurrence).

[quote]WestCoast7 wrote:

[quote]gregron wrote:

[quote]LowfatMatt wrote:

[quote]pushmepullme wrote:
I agree that there should be a new message indicator. I will probably not think to hover over “My Account” unless I have some sort of reminder or motivation.

As usual, my main concern is whether this new layout is going to be more difficult on the iphone. I think as long as the drop downs don’t disappear while I’m trying to click on a subcategory, it will be fine, just different.[/quote]

Works perfect in Android. I believe iPhone is fine as well. Please let me know if you see issues.[/quote]

I’m on my iPhone right now. Works fine (but I’d have to click my hub box thing to see any PM’s… But I don’t ever get any of those anyway so not that it matters much to me. Ha)[/quote]

I’ll start PM’ing you, in a style similar to Brett Favre.[/quote]

my plan is finally coming to fruition!

MUUUWAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[quote]Steel Nation wrote:

I hope one of those changes is NO MORE GATEWAY 504 ERRORS! That is the most obnoxious thing ever. That and when the forums don’t show any new posts for hours at a time (a rare occurrence).[/quote]

x2 . I’m hoping fixing that issue was a major focus when making these changes. I got one on every single post yesterday. I’ve yet to visit a forum that’s given me as many errors.

[quote]DixiesFinest wrote:

[quote]gregron wrote:
I thought there was gonna be change??? OBAMAAAAAAAAA!!![/quote]

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hahahaha dixies finest always coming through in crunch time! Randy Marsh is awesome

Yeah. Close your eyes. That activates “the T-Nation Hellen Keller theme”.

[quote]sam_sneed wrote:

[quote]Steel Nation wrote:

I hope one of those changes is NO MORE GATEWAY 504 ERRORS! That is the most obnoxious thing ever. That and when the forums don’t show any new posts for hours at a time (a rare occurrence).[/quote]

x2 . I’m hoping fixing that issue was a major focus when making these changes. I got one on every single post yesterday. I’ve yet to visit a forum that’s given me as many errors.[/quote]

In the works. In a big way.

[quote]SteelyD wrote:

[quote]LowfatMatt wrote:

[quote]WestCoast7 wrote:

I appreciate your honesty, but public betas are only the tip of the testing iceberg. The one thing that seems odd is that the changes haven’t really made anything easier or more efficient, they just continue to put things in different places.

I enjoy this community and will continue to post and reply no matter what, but it seems more logical to implement changes that improve user experience, instead of ones that simply shift old features or layout into different places.
[/quote]

Like I said, more changes are on the way.[/quote]

Yeah, but are there more changes on the way?[/quote]

Apparently not.

I miss being able to search the article archive by subject. Are there any plans to bring that back?

[quote]LowfatMatt wrote:

[quote]sam_sneed wrote:

[quote]Steel Nation wrote:

I hope one of those changes is NO MORE GATEWAY 504 ERRORS! That is the most obnoxious thing ever. That and when the forums don’t show any new posts for hours at a time (a rare occurrence).[/quote]

x2 . I’m hoping fixing that issue was a major focus when making these changes. I got one on every single post yesterday. I’ve yet to visit a forum that’s given me as many errors.[/quote]

In the works. In a big way.[/quote]

Awesome.

[quote]aeyogi wrote:
I miss being able to search the article archive by subject. Are there any plans to bring that back?[/quote]

Most likely, yes.

[quote]LowfatMatt wrote:

[quote]aeyogi wrote:
I miss being able to search the article archive by subject. Are there any plans to bring that back?[/quote]

Most likely, yes.[/quote]

Thank you.

[quote]Nikki9591 wrote:

[quote]Professor X wrote:

[quote]LowfatMatt wrote:

[quote]jehovasfitness wrote:
nm, i see it’s under the “sex and life” category now[/quote]

Exactly.

WIth this new layout, everything is accessible from any section of the site. Fewer top-level categories help to better define what the main areas of the site are.

Also the new search should make everyone’s lives a bit easier.

And it will all undergo some tuning over the next few days.[/quote]

Matt, they are right about the private messages. If we can’t see them, we can’t know we have new ones.[/quote]

I think you can hover on Your Account and it’ll show you if you have any new messages.
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This is only possible if you’re at the top of screen. So if you’re scrolling through a thread you’d presumably have to scroll to the top and wave your mouse over “Your Account”. Mods could verify if this is true.

Just don’t turn this site to have Facebook features. Linkedin is doing that and it sucks.

[quote]XanderBuilt wrote:

[quote]Nikki9591 wrote:

[quote]Professor X wrote:

[quote]LowfatMatt wrote:

[quote]jehovasfitness wrote:
nm, i see it’s under the “sex and life” category now[/quote]

Exactly.

WIth this new layout, everything is accessible from any section of the site. Fewer top-level categories help to better define what the main areas of the site are.

Also the new search should make everyone’s lives a bit easier.

And it will all undergo some tuning over the next few days.[/quote]

Matt, they are right about the private messages. If we can’t see them, we can’t know we have new ones.[/quote]

I think you can hover on Your Account and it’ll show you if you have any new messages.
[/quote]

This is only possible if you’re at the top of screen. So if you’re scrolling through a thread you’d presumably have to scroll to the top and wave your mouse over “Your Account”. Mods could verify if this is true.

Just don’t turn this site to have Facebook features. Linkedin is doing that and it sucks.[/quote]

Oh yeah, it’s a terrible inconvenience in so many ways.

I want pics of the TN guys to come to me! Not the other way around.

[quote]Nikki9591 wrote:

[quote]XanderBuilt wrote:

[quote]Nikki9591 wrote:

[quote]Professor X wrote:

[quote]LowfatMatt wrote:

[quote]jehovasfitness wrote:
nm, i see it’s under the “sex and life” category now[/quote]

Exactly.

WIth this new layout, everything is accessible from any section of the site. Fewer top-level categories help to better define what the main areas of the site are.

Also the new search should make everyone’s lives a bit easier.

And it will all undergo some tuning over the next few days.[/quote]

Matt, they are right about the private messages. If we can’t see them, we can’t know we have new ones.[/quote]

I think you can hover on Your Account and it’ll show you if you have any new messages.
[/quote]

This is only possible if you’re at the top of screen. So if you’re scrolling through a thread you’d presumably have to scroll to the top and wave your mouse over “Your Account”. Mods could verify if this is true.

Just don’t turn this site to have Facebook features. Linkedin is doing that and it sucks.[/quote]

Oh yeah, it’s a terrible inconvenience in so many ways.

I want pics of the TN guys to come to me! Not the other way around.[/quote]

We feel the same way about you :slight_smile:

We <3 Nikki.