FORUM CLOSURE TONIGHT (Fri 21 March)

[antongould]

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Many thanks to you and your team ff for all the hard work you put into this wonderful forum.

Seconded....

[jean]

I've noticed that recently (since the closure?) if I look at 'What's new?' on my phone, I no longer get page numbers of threads as I do on the computer.

This means that unless the last poster has a very short name, I have no way of going to the last post on the thread.

Is there a way round this?

[french frank]

I've noticed that recently (since the closure?) if I look at 'What's new?' on my phone, I no longer get page numbers of threads as I do on the computer.

This means that unless the last poster has a very short name, I have no way of going to the last post on the thread.

Is there a way round this?

A question for Andrew when he reappears! I don't think we've bothered a lot about being smartphone-friendly ... (?)

[Andrew Slater]

A question for Andrew when he reappears! I don't think we've bothered a lot about being smartphone-friendly ... (?)

I've been here all the time - just a bit quiet!

I'm not aware that any of the changes should have affected smartphone displays. As I haven't a smartphone, I can't check this, unfortunately. I'll investigate as far as I can tomorrow. There might have to be a bit of trial and error

[Bryn]

I've been here all the time - just a bit quiet!

I'm not aware that any of the changes should have affected smartphone displays. As I haven't a smartphone, I can't check this, unfortunately. I'll investigate as far as I can tomorrow. There might have to be a bit of trial and error

I tend to use a Sony Xperia Z when away from hame. I find that being able to post a message on this forum is very much hit and miss. All too often the "Post Quick Reply" button merely flashes but the message is not posted. This evening I just got error reports stating that Chrome (the Android version of which I use on the Xperia) could not connect with FoR3.

[jean]

And - even stranger - when I do manage to get to the last post on the thread, the previous posts are arranged in a curious sort of tree diagram.

[Petrushka]

No problems viewing the Forum on my own Sony Xperia but tend to avoid posting on it as it is very fiddly and, as Bryn says, hit and miss.

[french frank]

And - even stranger - when I do manage to get to the last post on the thread, the previous posts are arranged in a curious sort of tree diagram.

What phone are you using?

[jean]

It's a BlackBerry.

[french frank]

Thanks. I'm not sure what software the various phones use. Maybe some compatibility problem. Not sure whether we can manually set the view so that we get that kind of display.

[jean]

I'm not sure I can write this without revealing myself to be hopelessly addicted to messageboards, but the new version of ProBoards has a specially adapted version for mobile phones that works even on mine.

[french frank]

I'm wondering if something has changed your view to 'Threaded' instead of Oldest/Newest first? I tried to switch to that and got the dreaded Mac "spinning wheel of death" so I'm not quite sure what it looks like. I have it on Oldest first.

Ooops, no, I've changed it to threaded. I'd better switch it back again.

[Andrew Slater]

I've had a look in the Admin Control Panel, and there don't appear to be any relevant settings. I notice that VBulletin offer a package to make the forum mobile-friendly, but it costs!

I'll try to dig a bit deeper later this evening.

[Andrew Slater]

I've found a default mobile style, which I've just enabled.

Presumably now, somewhere on the 'General Settings' menu shown on a smartphone (obtained via the 'Forum Actions' tab at the top of the screen, just below the banner) there will be a style selector. If so, try 'Default Mobile Style', and see what happens: at the moment the graphics are in standard VB blue. This can be changed later.