Forum Update - March

maman

joansgirl said:

TBC15 said:

Has the edit function disappeared ? I don’t seem to be able to edit my posts.

In the blue/green bit at the top of your post where the date and time are there should be a cog that you click/tap to edit. If it isn't there just after you post and you need to edit refresh the screen.

This blue /green area is very slow to appear after you post so difficult to edit immediately. 

MollyR

True - but if you click where the cog ought to be, it works.

MovingForwards

The block / ignore facility needs looking at.

I've blocked / ignored one member, yet I can still see them and their posts. 

Why can we only block upto 20 people? 

Also, any chance of getting the option of picking out own background colours and letter writing, it's getting very tedious.

Lastly, the amount of posts per page is restrictive, we must be able to adjust that.

What options do Vanilla give to actually allow the users the option of customising views to personal preference as I've never know a forum not to allow such basic changes for ease of use by a member.

(Mobile access, it's the only way I'm online)

waamo

Would it not be possible to crowdfund for professional software experts to look at the issues? Having unpaid volunteers seems to be to big a task. I would happily chip in to fix the forum. Problems have gone on for far to long and it's still unusable. The home/index page still crashes after all these weeks.

i really think professionals need to look at this.

[Deleted User]

waamo said:

Would it not be possible to crowdfund for professional software experts to look at the issues? Having unpaid volunteers seems to be to big a task. I would happily chip in to fix the forum. Problems have gone on for far to long and it's still unusable. The home/index page still crashes after all these weeks.

i really think professionals need to look at this.

 There's a huge team including software developers 🙄 I've seen the paid posts advertised in the past. 

waamo

_shel said: There's a huge team including software developers 🙄 I've seen the paid posts advertised in the past. 

Then I better not comment further as the staff may not appreciate my views.

The offer stands though. I would happily chip in to help fix it

Misslayed

waamo said:

Would it not be possible to crowdfund for professional software experts to look at the issues? Having unpaid volunteers seems to be to big a task. I would happily chip in to fix the forum. Problems have gone on for far to long and it's still unusable. The home/index page still crashes after all these weeks.

i really think professionals need to look at this.

@waamo It's the Board Guides who are volunteers 🤗

[Deleted User]

 I think it's strange we're not all experiencing the same issues. I have constant reloading, not seen anyone else mention it. Others having major problems on iPad, mine is fine?  

waamo

_shel said:

 I think it's strange we're not all experiencing the same issues. I have constant reloading, not seen anyone else mention it. Others having major problems on iPad, mine is fine?  

I get this on my iPhone. Only on the home page though. It reloads several times then crashes. The forum is bordering on unusable without an meaningful index.

Interestingly if you look at the site statistics the amount of traffic has fallen off a cliff since the changes. Take a look here https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/moneysavingexpert.com#section_traffic

molerat

waamo said:

Interestingly if you look at the site statistics the amount of traffic has fallen off a cliff since the changes. Take a look here https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/moneysavingexpert.com#section_traffic

Not really surprising.  The basic problem with the new look has been totally ignored, as it was in the previous layout - the eye strain factor.  MrsM is quite happy with the new look as on the old green forum I would spend several hours reading away,  now I pop in a couple of times a day for a few minutes as that is all my head can take.  Until the team take on that major problem messing around with the peripherals is not going to address that loss of footfall.  I use a couple of other forums that use a similar blue and white layout but have nowhere near the eye strain effect. Seems to be a "we are right, you users are wrong" attitude.