Forum Update

John_Gray

thetoothfairy wrote: »

I don't mind the fixed width, it's the same as other forums I use...but there is something not right and I think it's a combination of the text size - can I reduce it as it's huge! - and the fact that everything is so white and pale.

I appreciate the text might be good for some readers, but I'd like the option to reduce it please.

Have you tried holding down the Ctrl key and moving your mouse-wheel up or down? That will increase or reduce text size in many browsers!

Munchkim

I like the fixed width once I've opened a thread, it does look much nicer and makes the posts easier to read even on my widescreen monitor with all the wasted space either side.

BUT on the list of threads part of the forum, it squishes the titles up together too much by putting some of the longer ones over 2 lines which makes it harder to read them so easily to find ones of interest to me that I want to open and read so for that reason I'll have to go back to the stretchy version as well

fermi

wnoktnwbr wrote: »

I'll add to those to my post, forgot that Firefox required greasemonkey to be installed as it isn't by default!

Or you can also use stylish to force your own width settings.

@namespace url(http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml);

@-moz-document domain("forums.moneysavingexpert.com") {

.forum_container
{
    margin: 0 auto;
    width: [COLOR=Red]1200px[/COLOR] !important;
    min-width: 1000px;
}

}

Just change the red value to what you prefer.

thetoothfairy

John_Gray wrote: »

Have you tried holding down the Ctrl key and moving your mouse-wheel up or down? That will increase or reduce text size in many browsers!

Brilliant - thanks! I knew someone would know more about this than me!

I'm very happy with the forum now :rotfl:

meher

if you look at the options, there are so many of them available to set our screen, which is a good thing

howver if you choose stretchy screen, a scroll would appear at the bottom of the page and that just takes away some page space

kerri_dfw

I'm on the fixed width and the bits on the right aren't even sticking within the boundaries, in fact none of it seems to fit very well in firefox at all it's all misaligned and messy. I have a widescreen laptop so I can view more of the screen without wearing my index finger out from scrolling too much. A % based css instead of a fixed css would have been more appropriate. I hate to think what this site is going to look like when I plug my laptop into my 42" tv like I do when I need to use a bigger screen for work.

Glad

on most pages fixed width seems to be as it should be, but on certain pages the info boxes on the right are half in the fixed width and half out
eg on this thread (viewing 40 posts to a page) pages 1, 4 and 5 are fine but pages 2 and 3 are not

would post a screenshot but not sure how to??

eta using chrome

DCFC79

Wasnt expecting the new change, still in 2 minds if i like it or not,

meher

it isn't the gray color that is the issue, it is just the grainy matte look that just doesn't blend into the rest of the colors or background

fermi

kerri_dfw wrote: »

A % based css instead of a fixed css would have been more appropriate.

Just been playing with that, and I think something like 85-90% looks best for me.

Retains the new look somewhat, but gives back enough forum space to make it usable again and not so painful to look at.