[RD]

Since the recent make-over,

when one adds a new post one is taken back to the top of the page, not to ones newly-added post.

The previous (convoluted) way of linking to other posts in the forum will now not work.

[RD]

Problem mentioned in my previous post (#400) still not fixed : there is no way to link to a specific post in this forum.

Also the "may contain nuts" disclaimer at the bottom of the screen ...

"Information presented on this website is the opinion of the individual contributors and does not reflect the general views of the administrators, editors, moderators, sponsors, Cambridge University or the public at large."

is not fully visible , and apparently is creating an unnecessarily wide screen ... 

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[CliffordK]

I think there was a big push to get the update out a couple of months ago.  There were quite a few pre-release bugs that were fixed, but apparently the development mostly stopped once it was released.

I don't think anybody mentioned the disclaimer.  I'll add that to the list of things to look at.  Links jumping to odd places were mentioned earlier.

Overall, a lot of things were fixed.  We got the Greek back.  We got the emoticons fixed.  And, the new pages blend well with the website.

[RD]

...The previous (convoluted) way of linking to other posts in the forum will now not work.

Over six months since the above post , the problem described still not fixed
 it is not possible to link to a specific post in the forum ,  the link which should do that takes you to the top of the page that post is on , but not to the specific post.

e.g. here is a link to a post I made half-an-hour ago ,,,
http://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/index.php?topic=52894.msg445358#msg445358

If you click on it you are just taken to the top of the page it is on , whereas the post is on the bottom, (Reply#35 in that thread ).

[Khalil]

In the "about us" section, when you click on a team member their specials, written news and QotW items appear, but not items that were part of the main show.

[Ophiolite]

A convention used on many forums to make it clear to whom one is replying is to use the "at" symbol in front of their user name. However, when I attempted to do so here I discovered it was a blacklisted 'word'. Why?

I presume it is to exclude email addresses from posts, but there must be a better way to do that. No?

[Scottish Scientist]

I keep getting this message when trying to post.

The following error or errors occurred while posting this message:
Error - you have used a blacklisted term

Suddenly, apostrophes are not allowed?

Seems too silly to be a new policy so must be some kind of bug in the system I guess.

[chris]

I keep getting this message when trying to post.

The following error or errors occurred while posting this message:
Error - you have used a blacklisted term

Suddenly, apostrophes are not allowed?

Seems too silly to be a new policy so must be some kind of bug in the system I guess.

Sorry - in my efforts to block a ddos attack from Korea I accidentally included characters that double up as apostrophes!

All fixed now!

[Radium]

As RD said before, the disclaimer on the bottom of the pages isn't fully visible. It also stretches out the screen, just like RD said.

The body of the forum is wider than the header of the forum. Can you fix that too? Thank you.

[RD]

Re: The recent introduction of embedded YouTubes in posts.

Embedded YouTubes are not visible unless one signs-in to TNS :
There is just a blank white space where the embedded YouTube should be,

e.g.  http://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/index.php?topic=60728.msg [Reply #2]*

If for some reason that must be the case,  the YouTube URL should be shown instead of the blank space, otherwise readers who have not signed-in have no idea the post includes a link to a YouTube.


[ * I'd have given a link to the specific post, rather than have to give the Reply #number , but linking to a specific post has not been possible for over a year ].

[Peter Dow]

When I logged in, the forum lost all the formating it normally has - just the bare bones text is visible. The forum is almost unusable unless you know what you are doing in this sorry state.

Looks like the .css file is unreadable when logged in.

[Tinker-Bell]

Howdy All, 

With the "Modify Profile" Option in the Member's Profile 'control panel' it isn't working properly. When I make the changes I want and then click on "Save Settings" the next page says: "The website cannot display the page" and I do not believe my changes took.

That was the only problem I had setting-up my Profile.

Namaste! 

Ribbit 

[timey]

Bit bored, so I thought, in the absence of conversation, to put my bug reporting skills to use for your new website.
(I am using Iphone4s, Safari.)

1:  The 'view the most recent posts on forum' page, next to 'stats', is not registering all posts.  It has been the case since you first switched over.

2:  When pressing 'go back to previous page' function (phones operating system) the site throws back in time occasionally, where the thread one is looking at has the views and posts only up till a time, or even a date that is in the past.

3: Since you put the adds on again, I am getting 'problem with page' message that initiates an automatic reload, where the reload also seems that it can sometimes result in problem 2.

4:  When opening a 'new topic' and posting new topic, I get a white screen.  I have to 'go back', (phone function) and use 'home' function to get back to the relevant topic's board and click on thread to see the 'new topic' I have posted.

5:  When making a post on an already opened thread, if I lose phone connection, (I'm reduced to hotspotting my sons phone), when reconnected and I refresh page, it has taken me to 'start a new topic' page.  Fortunately this is just a case of pressing 'back button' (phone function), and as long as this doesn't result in problem 2, one finds that one's post is still there to be posted.

6: Very occasionally, when posting to an already existing thread, 'error' message appears and one's post doesn't post, and then the post button is disabled.
The only way out is to go 'home', back to topic board, click on thread and start again.  (Remembering to copy and paste before you do this is a good move...sigh)

7: While making 'this' post, the page has had 'problem with page' and automatically reloaded 4 times.  This problem has only started with the recent addition of the adverts.

If I notice anything else, I'll be back.

[timey]

I'm back:

Problem:

8:  When posting to a thread there is a problem with font sizing.  The site automatically resizes the font that is copy and pasted into the posting window, but sometimes it only resizes part of the post, leaving differing font sizes on the posted post.

[chris]

Thank you very much, Timey, for these helpful points and observations.

I'm working on all of these bugs. I'm aiming to have a completed, better behaved, version of the forum ready to go very soon. What I don't want to do it release it prematurely before it's working properly and then mess people about.

BW

chris

[timey]

No problem Chris.  In addition to the report:
Since you have functioned the home page button to arrive at podcast picture, the 'recent topics' page has become dis-functional.  I have noticed that it is intermittently neglecting to refresh one of my threads 'Is there a discrepancy with the equivalence principle?', New Theories, to the recent topics page when a new post is posted.

[smart]

4:  When opening a 'new topic' and posting new topic, I get a white screen.  I have to 'go back', (phone function) and use 'home' function to get back to the relevant topic's board and click on thread to see the 'new topic' I have posted.

I have noticed this problem too!

[smart]

Sometimes when I sign in, the server returns a hard "Forbidden error" (403) message...

[Colin2B]

Sometimes when I sign in, the server returns a hard "Forbidden error" (403) message...

Has that happened today?
It should have been fixed by latest upgrade, let us know if it happens again
Thanks

[Colin2B]

Chris has put huge effort into restructuring the site which should cure the problems we've been seeing.
Please let us know if you see any issues.
Big thanks to Chris