The forum software has been upgraded to the latest phpbb, this has allowed us to use a new mobile optimised theme, so you'll find browsing on your phones will default to the new mobile view.
Also we've moved to using the html5 version of youtube, so you should be able to see embedded youtubes on your mobile now.
There will be minor differences due to minor changes in phpbb but if anyone notices something odd/broken please post it here and I'll check it out asap.
Eventually we plan to drop tapatalk support, so please embrace the new mobile view, it's faster and more secure.
Was working fine for me before on Opera (Not sure if if is Opera Mini or Opera Mobile for Android but it looked like Desktop but with word wrapping, posts and images fitted etc while using 'Off Road' mode) but now it looks all barebones and in order to view it like how it looks on the desktop I have to turn off 'Off Road' mode which means no data saved on compressed images. I was saving a couple of gb of mobile data a month the old way.
I bet "The Boss" is an Xbot! Pre order cancelled.
selfish wrote:Being a massive fanboy and trying to hide it is Lestat's worst bottleneck.
Is there an option to choose which version of the site a user would prefer? I have my browser set to request desktop version but it still loads the mobile version
GreyWizzard wrote:Is there an option to choose which version of the site a user would prefer? I have my browser set to request desktop version but it still loads the mobile version
Your browser must be still sending a browser string with "mobile" somewhere. You're doing this from a mobile browser in the first place I assume? The only way to toggle desktop view if you have a mobile browser is from the link on the footer, but I believe the code only keeps that for the current browsing session. This is the issue with auto detecting when browsing from different browsers/devices.
T0mby I tested the mobile site on opera with and without offroad mode, seems to work in offroad mode except for the rounding around buttons and elements, the popup elements force a page reload which is common for opera mini/offroad pages. Might need to clear your cache if it's coming up messed up.
I decided on a lighter theme for the mobile site because I feel it's easier to read in outdoors and a lot of mobile styling/design is moving towards white backgrounds, the elements are modern/metro which again is becoming prevalent in all mobile OS's. now. With the way autodetect works you won't be able to pick and chose nor am I going to support another mobile theme. Phpbb is a pain when updating because all mods/changes need to applied to all themes and a lot of it is done by hand because upgrade scripts won't attempt to update non standard themes.
Is there no responsive option using a grid system instead of relying on old fashioned table layouts and switched out mobile specific css? Forum software seems very old fashioned.
In topic it looks fine. I think its just the forum views with the orange topic headings which looks a bit jarring against the blue/grey for everything else.
Twit wrote:Is there no responsive option using a grid system instead of relying on old fashioned table layouts and switched out mobile specific css? Forum software seems very old fashioned.
Well we've reached the end of the line with 3.0 phpbb, 3.1 and onwards use an event/modular component model for mods/extensions, which means upgrading is a lot easier but it's still very new and there are hardly any mods/themes for it but we'll upgrade to it when it hits some maturity.
Mavy I'm finding the orange helps me spot new posts and topics a lot easier, also it kinda goes with our sunset cowboy logo. It's only used for highlighting new posts. If you can come up with a shade you feel is easier on the eyes, post a screen grab here and I'll try and update the css for it.
*edit Mavy I found a orange tone that's not so neon, I think it looks better, check it out.
I think the different orange looks better too. At least its not sticking out at me like it was before (you didn't actually change it did you! ).
Only other thing might be the blue bubbles around the page numbers and other text under each topic heading. Looks a bit busy as you're scrolling. I see them first rather than the title of the topic. Maybe a light blue or orange or maybe a shade of grey for them instead?
lestat wrote:
I decided on a lighter theme for the mobile site because I feel it's easier to read in outdoors
Who the hell browses GR outdoors?
All good lestat, my earlier post was talking about the old way, not this new mobile version. People hate change.
This isn't bad, only real gripe now with this new mobile version is you can't see who posted last, worse when you open the page and find out it's GH that posted last.
*edit*
Off Road mode works with full site now, weird.
selfish wrote:Being a massive fanboy and trying to hide it is Lestat's worst bottleneck.
I'm not the biggest fan of Tapatalk but I hope support isn't dropped anytime soon. I find the forum easier to read and quicker to load on Tapatalk than the mobile site :/
Mavy wrote:I think the different orange looks better too. At least its not sticking out at me like it was before (you didn't actually change it did you! ).
Only other thing might be the blue bubbles around the page numbers and other text under each topic heading. Looks a bit busy as you're scrolling. I see them first rather than the title of the topic. Maybe a light blue or orange or maybe a shade of grey for them instead?
Agreed those page/order count bubbles were too busy, toned them down now.
Rorschach wrote:I'm not the biggest fan of Tapatalk but I hope support isn't dropped anytime soon. I find the forum easier to read and quicker to load on Tapatalk than the mobile site :/
I get stats for how many people use tapatalk a month, so if people stop using it, I'll stop supporting it.
I don't mind giving people choice, my only concern with tapatalk is board security.
Personally I find I'm using my browser a lot more than running tapatalk, so the idea is the mobile site is meant to be faster. Also the mobile site has access to board settings/admin etc that tapatalk doesn't expose well.
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