New Website Feedback

[likwidtek]

There's a simplemachines forum tweak that will autoembed nearly all video sites, you just paste the link to the video.  We used it on our other forums.  We just switched to Vanillla forums though so I can't tell you which it was.  Let me google though.

Regardless, there is one.  It works on everything youtube, live leak, vimeo, all sorts of sites.

[likwidtek]

I believe this is the one we used.  http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=2681

[NoCry]

So. We know that my tech knowledge is on a par with Broin's. But - in perusing the old website on my iPad I noticed that photo's (especially those weird ones with people nodding etc that Ana likes to post) kind of scaled to fit on my screen - now - when I look at the forum - if someone posts a photo the photo is huge!!! And I only see half of it. Is it me, or, erm, something else?

[likwidtek]

Could we add tapatalk support for mobile use?

[Manic Velocity]

So. We know that my tech knowledge is on a par with Broin's. But - in perusing the old website on my iPad I noticed that photo's (especially those weird ones with people nodding etc that Ana likes to post) kind of scaled to fit on my screen - now - when I look at the forum - if someone posts a photo the photo is huge!!! And I only see half of it. Is it me, or, erm, something else?

Noticed this as well.  The whole site in general doesn't really scale well on mobile.  Things like images, embeded videos, and signatures don't seem to scale with the width of their respective div containers. 

I know what needs to be done to fix it, but I no longer have access to edit the theme.

Could we add tapatalk support for mobile use? :D

That would work also.  :)

[Lithium]

Tbone and I have been monitoring the feedback here. Him and I will be meeting this evening to discuss and address issues as needed. Thanks for your patience and feedback!

[Lithium]

I believe this is the one we used.  http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=2681

Aeva is a bit better and doesn't have a copyright. I'm using the lite-version. We might upgrade to the full version to support file uploads but I had some issues with it on the dev server.

So. We know that my tech knowledge is on a par with Broin's. But - in perusing the old website on my iPad I noticed that photo's (especially those weird ones with people nodding etc that Ana likes to post) kind of scaled to fit on my screen - now - when I look at the forum - if someone posts a photo the photo is huge!!! And I only see half of it. Is it me, or, erm, something else?

Images are constrained to 800px max so they don't break the layout. They should be in an 'iframe' type window so you should be able to scroll them left to right. We can disable it at any time but for the sake of saving the layout I personally like the feature.

P.S. Avatars are auto-resized to 100x100 if oversized as well.

[Lithium]

Could we add tapatalk support for mobile use?

I have installed Tapatalk support. You can search for 'The Furious Angels'. Very cool app!

Let me know if you have any issues with it.

[Manic Velocity]

Images are constrained to 800px max so they don't break the layout. They should be in an 'iframe' type window so you should be able to scroll them left to right. We can disable it at any time but for the sake of saving the layout I personally like the feature.

There's a CSS trick that can take this a step further.  Images will automatically scale in accordance with the screen size, but not go above the 800px imposed maximum.  It can be applied to embeded video as well, I believe.

[likwidtek]

Could we add tapatalk support for mobile use?

I have installed Tapatalk support. You can search for 'The Furious Angels'. Very cool app!

Let me know if you have any issues with it.

woo

[likwidtek]

One other suggestion, could we get the FA logo as the favicon?  This will make it easier to spot in tabs and bookmarks.

[Tbone]

One other suggestion, could we get the FA logo as the favicon?  This will make it easier to spot in tabs and bookmarks.

It is for me. Not for you?

[likwidtek]

No, using chrome.  Lemme try a fresh broswer.  Tried IE. 

Nope in neither.

[Lithium]

Might be cached from the old site being forwarded. I'll make sure it gets added back.

[likwidtek]

Might be cached from the old site being forwarded. I'll make sure it gets added back.

It's fixed!