End date comper and the new forum !!!! 21 February at 3:26PM in Compers Chat Corner 17 replies 995 views

dave1961

Hi as someone who comps by end date, I am really hating this new forum, and in particular the lack of notification on search results as to whether I have entered a particular competition or not, like we used to have on the old forum. Everything is taking twice as long, as I have to open each comp discussion to see if I have already enter that comp or not, arrrrggghhh!!!!

Rant over !!

c5ryl

I completely feel your pain. Even doing the search function using different dates brings up the comp numerous times plus doesn’t show if I’ve entered

Misslayed

It's on 'The List', but it's a long list. 

From MSETine's post in Site Feedback 'New Forum Snagging'

"We’re aware that the Compers in particular are missing some of the bespoke functionality that we had on the previous Forum. We’re prioritising this along with some new functionality for you"

"Next up, we’ll be sorting:

• Returning ability to skip competitions from List view (we'll also make it possible to mark them as entered here too).
• Investigating sorting, filtering and expiring options for Competitions Board.
• Date stamps on Mobile view.
• Functionality of cog etc on Mobile.
• Post numbering to enable easy linking to individual post. 

 
In the slightly longer term, here are a few more things already on our radar:

• Layout of Profile page for posts/threads made.
• Badges.
• Post counts display.
• Bookmarking/subscribing when posting.
• Daily digest mails.
• Make it more obvious when post is thanked/Comp-limented."

Mariobug25

How long is this taking? It’s been a couple weeks now I think and I haven’t noticed any differences. 

abigailflo

Is it just me or is there no where near as many comps as there used to be.  Going to start using other sites until this is all fixed 

grinnerlynn

2 weeks and nothing done, list of to do's i doubt will ever get done

GHolmesAdmin

If someone had set out to destroy this forum they couldn't have done better than this. 

Chyna-s

abigailflo said:

Is it just me or is there no where near as many comps as there used to be.  Going to start using other sites until this is all fixed 

Bye bye.

Scorpioangel

Misslayed said:

It's on 'The List', but it's a long list. 

From MSETine's post in Site Feedback 'New Forum Snagging'

"We’re aware that the Compers in particular are missing some of the bespoke functionality that we had on the previous Forum. We’re prioritising this along with some new functionality for you"

And therein lies the problem. All these things should have been done before deployment of the new forum. 
This is so like the debacle at my old employer. They contracted a database developer to provide a replacement for the old database which was reaching end of life. I advsed against using them as I did not believe they could do the job.
I provided a specification and the project was supposed to take 8 - 10 months. Two years later when it had to be deplyed it was still only about 66% finished and they had admitted to not being able to do some of the things in the spec. 
The developers of the forum should have been checking what features are most used before even starting the revamp but in my experience of database developers, they all think they know better than the end user.
Don't hold your breath for the improvements.

Yvette394

I am trying to filter by date I title but most for today dates seem to be in game over?? Where are all the open comps?? Confused and frustrated 🙁🙁

mjm3346

Yvette394 said:

I am trying to filter by date I title but most for today dates seem to be in game over?? Where are all the open comps?? Confused and frustrated 🙁🙁

You are advised not to enter on the closing date - competitions may finish anytime during the day and competitions may (very rarely) be moved to game over up to a couple of days early. (set out in the guide)

"WARNING: If you are entering comps on the day or even the day before they end you run the risk that perhaps the comp has closed a little early & your entry won't be counted. Another thing to bear in mind is that the Board Guides volunteer hours of their time to keep these boards clear & running smoothly so sometimes comps which are ending today or perhaps tomorrow (in rare cases) may be moved to Game Over a little early - this is a task which has to fit around their real lives & also when they have some spare 'online' time.
SUGGESTION: If you really want to only enter comps right when they are ending then I strongly suggest you get a couple of days ahead of yourself to avoid the above. "

(Also check the search is only for this year and not previous Febs)