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Iâm having a wander around and finding out where everything is 
@Baz posted:@@Lori one problem Iâm having ...posting from an iPad ....is that the box that says report , reply etc is almost of my screen ...I can only see the first couple of letters ...so I nearly just reported Moonie
I'll go get my ipad and have a look at that.
@Baz posted:@@Lori one problem Iâm having ...posting from an iPad ....is that the box that says report , reply etc is almost of my screen ...I can only see the first couple of letters ...so I nearly just reported Moonie
Iâve got the same problem. Just remember to click on the â and not the !
I think it's super Lori, clean and sharp...but 
Is there any way to make the last reply clearer, I can just see a grey shaded area
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:I think it's super Lori, clean and sharp...but
Yes , I get the same Dame ....
@Baz posted:Yes , I get the same Dame ....
I worked out the blue dots on my own too Baz...we've cracked this
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:
I worked out the blue dots on my own too Baz...we've cracked this
Yeah , weâve got it ....3 months in lockdown and we can do anything ðĪĢðĪĢðĪĢâĪïļâĪïļâĪïļâĪïļâĪïļ
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:
I worked out the blue dots on my own too Baz...we've cracked this
@Baz posted:Yeah , weâve got it ....3 months in lockdown and we can do anything ðĪĢðĪĢðĪĢâĪïļâĪïļâĪïļâĪïļâĪïļ
Weâve got little else to do
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:I think it's super Lori, clean and sharp...but
I'm working on this, Dame.
@Lori posted:I'm working on this, Dame.
Thanks, Lori
I don't like change 
Oh crikey!....going to have to find out what's whatðąð
@Baz posted:@@Lori one problem Iâm having ...posting from an iPad ....is that the box that says report , reply etc is almost of my screen ...I can only see the first couple of letters ...so I nearly just reported Moonie
Using your post as a guinea pig Baz....almost reported you, but found the right rep.ð
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:this is true
Speak for yourselfð
You guys are great software testers!
@Lori posted:You guys are great software testers!
I did some freelance work years ago for a company which was developing software for use by solicitors as a software tester. Initially for 2 weeks but the quantity of bugs I found resulted in doing work for them on and off for some 3 years
@El Loro posted:I did some freelance work years ago for a company which was developing software for use by solicitors as a software tester. Initially for 2 weeks but the quantity of bugs I found resulted in doing work for them on and off for some 3 years
The man who had created that company left and set up another company. He asked me to do the accounts and tax for that company so I took that on as one of my clients. Still a client 23 years later.
@Lori posted:what page are you on when you don't see "last reply"? And are you looking at the card view or the list view?
That's the list view. We can't toggle to the card view as that just goes to the list of forums as I mentioned. The colour of the font for last reply is faint so although I can see it others can't.
At present it's RGB 223,223,223 RGB 128,128,128 would be a more visible grey.
@Baz posted:Whatâs the card view please Lori ?
The topics are shown on cards. It's not working at present here. If you want to see what it would look like, have a look at:
https://hey.crowdstack.com/topics?listType=cards
If a topic had a title image (as per my topic on that) you would see that image on the card so it can look better than just the text. Problem with the card view mode is that the last reply link doesn't go anywhere - you can only go to the first post and then go to the last page.
I think I've got the "last reply" a little bit darker--what do you think, @Dame_Ann_Average @El Loro and @machel
Lori, no change to me either.
Any of the last reply shown on the forum topic list such as:
https://www.gagajoyjoy.com/top...-brother-uk&nc=1
@El Loro posted:Lori, as I mentioned above, the reason why it' so faint is that it's RGB (223,223,223). As the background is RGB (252,252,242) it doesn't really show. That's why I suggested changing the last reply text to RGB (128,128,128) when it would be readable.
I'm well aware that it's too faint, and WHY. I'm trying to figure out how to fix it, and I apparently fixed the wrong page.
Can't see the "Last reply" bit under the main title
It's very faint .... bit like me at the moment with all the changes
And where the 'last read' thingy ... that was really useful
Yours, disgruntled .... Jesmond (rather posh)
@Lori posted:I think I've got the "last reply" a little bit darker--what do you think, @Dame_Ann_Average @El Loro and @machel
Looks the same to me Lori, sorry 
@Lori posted:I'm well aware that it's too faint, and WHY. I'm trying to figure out how to fix it, and I apparently fixed the wrong page.
it's 2020, it's getting to us all 
OK, how about NOW?
@Saint posted:Can't see the "Last reply" bit under the main title
It's very faint .... bit like me at the moment with all the changes
And where the 'last read' thingy ... that was really useful
Yours, disgruntled .... Jesmond (rather posh)
I'm really sorry, but it appears that the Last Read thingy has fled the scene.
@Baz posted:Yayyyyy thatâs better Lori ....thank you
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:
fantastic, thanks Lori
HALLELUJAH!!!!
Many thanks Lori -the forum has been much better for me tonight and think its a massive improvement -thank you for all your work
@Rocking Ros Rose posted:Many thanks Lori -the forum has been much better for me tonight and think its a massive improvement -thank you for all your work
Glad to hear that, Ros!
@Lori another bug to report. The page listing all forums: https://www.gagajoyjoy.com/ the last replies shown are showing the originator's name of the topic with the last reply on that forum rather than the name of the poster.
The forum pages themselves do show the right name.
@El Loro posted:@Lori another bug to report. The page listing all forums: https://www.gagajoyjoy.com/ the last replies shown are showing the originator's name of the topic with the last reply on that forum rather than the name of the poster.
The forum pages themselves do show the right name.
Wow, good find! I'll report it.
I may have found an unofficial work around for the loss of the first unread post. It seems that the coding behind the forum pages has retained some of the coding for that.
On the forum pages which list the topics for that forum look at any topic which you have read before but has since had new posts.
DO NOT CLICK ON LAST REPLY. Instead right click on the last reply and select Copy Link Location.
Paste that into the browser address bar.
From the right delete the text referring to last reply back to the = but not the = itself.
Then add after the = unread (so =unread)
Then press return for the browser to go ahead.
And it seems that you go to the first unread post.
No guarantee that this will always work and of course I hope that the first unread post link returns in the future.
Of course if there's only one post since you last read the topic it would just go to the last post anyway so there needs to be more than one new posting to see this.
I've heard that there will be a hotfix (today, presumably) to fix the bugs that we've reported. I've also been told that if you want the First Unread feature to return, you may want to put in a suggestion. What you might want to do is have one person put in the suggestion (e.g. @El Loro) and then anyone else that would like to do so could just go vote for that suggestion.
Note that there is no guarantee that the feature will return, but it's worth a shot!
@Lori posted:I've heard that there will be a hotfix (today, presumably) to fix the bugs that we've reported. I've also been told that if you want the First Unread feature to return, you may want to put in a suggestion. What you might want to do is have one person put in the suggestion (e.g. @El Loro) and then anyone else that would like to do so could just go vote for that suggestion.
Note that there is no guarantee that the feature will return, but it's worth a shot!
Thanks Lori ....if El puts in the suggestion I will definitely vote yes
I've now made a suggestion for you to vote on.
https://hey.crowdstack.com/sup...rst-unread-post-link
Click on the heart icon to vote and make a comment if you want to.
@El Loro posted:I've now made a suggestion for you to vote on.
https://hey.crowdstack.com/sup...rst-unread-post-link
It looks as if you need to make a reply rather than a vote.
Done El
@El Loro posted:I've now made a suggestion for you to vote on.
https://hey.crowdstack.com/sup...rst-unread-post-link
It looks as if you need to make a reply rather than a vote.
No need to make a reply, but it doesn't hurt.
I also voted!
@Baz posted:@machel Itâs just the same logins as you use for here....but you have to login again
I'm not sure that's true, Baz--maybe you used the same login information when you signed up, but they aren't connected.
@machel posted:It wonât let me in, either sign in or register ðĪŽðĪŽðĪŽðĒ
What actually happens, @machel ?
@Baz posted:Well I had to login again to Crowdshack Lori ....and I just used the email address and password I use for here
Yep, looks like you signed up in April of 2009, and I'm sure you just used the same login info when you signed up. Did you notice you are "Baz-a-Dazzle-Santa" over there?
@Baz posted:Well I had to login again to Crowdshack Lori ....and I just used the email address and password I use for here
@Lori posted:I'm not sure that's true, Baz--maybe you used the same login information when you signed up, but they aren't connected.
What actually happens, @machel ?
When I follow the link I sign in with my email and password for her but it says âerrorâ
@machel posted:When I follow the link I sign in with my email and password for her but it says âerrorâ
FWIW, you are registered on that site, but your email address is different on that site.
Also, I don't really want to ruin any surprises that might be happening within the next little while, but we don't need any more votes on that suggestion, if you know what I mean. 
@Lori posted:FWIW, you are registered on that site, but your email address is different on that site.
Also, I don't really want to ruin any surprises that might be happening within the next little while, but we don't need any more votes on that suggestion, if you know what I mean.
Yayyyyyyy....you will make one young Saint very happy 
Guess what?! MOST of the bugs you guys found have been fixed! AND First Unread is back!!
It looks different--if you click the red icon that says "New":
You'll be taken to the last post you read.
The one bug that is not yet fixed is the "All Topics" bug: if you choose "All Topics" from the dropdown on this page, it'll take you to "All Forums", not "All Topics". They'll get that one next time.
Good work, bughunters!!
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@Lori posted:Guess what?! MOST of the bugs you guys found have been fixed! AND First Unread is back!!
It looks different--if you click the red icon that says "New":
You'll be taken to the last post you read.
The one bug that is not yet fixed is the "All Topics" bug: if you choose "All Topics" from the dropdown on this page, it'll take you to "All Forums", not "All Topics". They'll get that one next time.
Good work, bughunters!!
Yayyyyy ....thanks Lori 
Although there are some nice changes and all the effort really is appreciated ...
I don't think the site is clearer or easier to use