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Ronald Montesano

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Whoa...That's A New Discussion Board Look...Thanks, Ran
« on: March 24, 2016, 02:56:26 PM »
I really hope this upgrade gets it done. You and the site deserve it.

EDIT 1:  By the way, amigos, the message goes at the top and the thread title goes above "Standard" next to the first :

EDIT 2:  I can't figure out how to get back to the rest of the site from the DB, however. Is there a button?
« Last Edit: March 24, 2016, 03:03:00 PM by Ronald Montesano »
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Steve Lang

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Re: Whoa...That's A New Discussion Board Look...Thanks, Ran
« Reply #1 on: March 24, 2016, 03:32:39 PM »
who is adam uttley?  is that a phone number to aussie land?  top right of GCA level
« Last Edit: March 24, 2016, 03:42:58 PM by Steve Lang »
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David Wuthrich

Re: Whoa...That's A New Discussion Board Look...Thanks, Ran
« Reply #2 on: March 24, 2016, 03:50:38 PM »
Very nice!  Like the new look!

John Kavanaugh

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Re: Whoa...That's A New Discussion Board Look...Thanks, Ran
« Reply #3 on: March 24, 2016, 03:51:07 PM »
The ignore button is obviously not working.

Jeff Evagues

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Re: Whoa...That's A New Discussion Board Look...Thanks, Ran
« Reply #4 on: March 24, 2016, 04:05:08 PM »
The "Mark Read" button is missing.
Be the ball

Ran Morrissett

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Re: Whoa...That's A New Discussion Board Look...Thanks, Ran
« Reply #5 on: March 24, 2016, 04:06:14 PM »
Sorry for all the back and forth - we are experimenting with some things.

Frank M

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Re: Whoa...That's A New Discussion Board Look...Thanks, Ran
« Reply #6 on: March 24, 2016, 04:59:38 PM »
I must be missing something because I'm not seeing any changes  ???

I don't really pay attention to the smaller details though.

Ronald Montesano

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Re: Whoa...That's A New Discussion Board Look...Thanks, Ran
« Reply #7 on: March 24, 2016, 05:00:44 PM »
It changed back already. It was real and it was spectacular...then it was gone.
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~Elmira Country Club
~Soaring Eagles
~Bonavista
~Indian Hills
~Maybe some more!!

Kalen Braley

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Re: Whoa...That's A New Discussion Board Look...Thanks, Ran
« Reply #8 on: March 24, 2016, 05:05:22 PM »
Ronald,

I prefer the current look much better.  The other one reminded me of a gajillion car and tech forums I've been too.

BHoover

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Re: Whoa...That's A New Discussion Board Look...Thanks, Ran
« Reply #9 on: March 24, 2016, 05:08:44 PM »
I prefer this current format, for whatever it's worth.

jeffwarne

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Re: Whoa...That's A New Discussion Board Look...Thanks, Ran
« Reply #10 on: March 24, 2016, 05:09:31 PM »
I prefer this current format, for whatever it's worth.

+1
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Jon Wiggett

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Ulrich Mayring

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Re: Whoa...That's A New Discussion Board Look...Thanks, Ran
« Reply #12 on: March 24, 2016, 06:06:56 PM »
It must be hard to create something readable with limited buttons, icons and other distractions. Not sure why, but it must be hard, because hardly anybody's done it.

Ulrich
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Brian_Ewen

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Re: Whoa...That's A New Discussion Board Look...Thanks, Ran
« Reply #13 on: March 24, 2016, 09:18:31 PM »
I welcome anything over the present layout ..... my eyes just refuse to read it   :(

John Connolly

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Re: Whoa...That's A New Discussion Board Look...Thanks, Ran
« Reply #14 on: March 24, 2016, 09:42:06 PM »
Was it easier to put up photos on the "world's shortest" temporary version? If so, I would encourage its use because the current format's biggest deficiency, the non-intuitive and cumbersome image insert function, limits the site, IMHO. Where else does one have to jump through so many elevated hoops to paste a pic?


It really should strive to be "copy - paste" or have an "insert photo" link like pretty much everywhere else. If that became possible, I suspect participants would be more likely to post pics to use for discussion purposes. And I don't mean, "look at this pretty hole" pics but photos highlighting interesting design concepts, diagrams, etc.
"And yet - and yet, this New Road will some day be the Old Road, too."

                                                      Neil Munroe (1863-1930)

Garland Bayley

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Re: Whoa...That's A New Discussion Board Look...Thanks, Ran
« Reply #15 on: March 24, 2016, 10:46:28 PM »
Ronald,

I prefer the current look much better.  The other one reminded me of a gajillion car and tech forums I've been too.


+1

"I enjoy a course where the challenges are contained WITHIN it, and recovery is part of the game  not a course where the challenge is to stay ON it." Jeff Warne

RJ_Daley

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Re: Whoa...That's A New Discussion Board Look...Thanks, Ran
« Reply #16 on: March 24, 2016, 11:30:43 PM »
I agree with John Connolly about the ease of posting photos direct from your device rather than the hoop of jumping to a host site and transferring a code, perhaps like Facebook does it.  Otherwise, I never had any problem with the current site organization and design scheme. 
No actual golf rounds were ruined or delayed, nor golf rules broken, in the taking of any photographs that may be displayed by the above forum user.

Ronald Montesano

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Re: Whoa...That's A New Discussion Board Look...Thanks, Ran
« Reply #17 on: March 25, 2016, 05:11:19 AM »
The whole photo/image conundrum comes down to storage versus remote access. To store all of those images would cost Ran a costly amount of server space; the current system (my logical suspicion, not proven) has the server call for the image when it needs it, but not store it on the GCA server space. Text is light, images and video are heavy.
Coming in 2024
~Elmira Country Club
~Soaring Eagles
~Bonavista
~Indian Hills
~Maybe some more!!

Eric Smith

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Re: Whoa...That's A New Discussion Board Look...Thanks, Ran
« Reply #18 on: March 25, 2016, 09:16:13 AM »
This page is still easier than ever to navigate! :-*

http://golfclubatlas.com/contributions/

Kalen Braley

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Re: Whoa...That's A New Discussion Board Look...Thanks, Ran
« Reply #19 on: March 25, 2016, 11:38:22 AM »
The whole photo/image conundrum comes down to storage versus remote access. To store all of those images would cost Ran a costly amount of server space; the current system (my logical suspicion, not proven) has the server call for the image when it needs it, but not store it on the GCA server space. Text is light, images and video are heavy.

Ronald,

Its not even as bad as that.  When you launch your browser, and navigate to this page, all the GCA server is doing is sending the raw source code for the page to your local browser to interpret and render.  Sure there are graphics and banners that come from the GCA server, but they are very small in size typically.  Other than that its just raw text (likely compressed) which costs almost nothing in storage and bandwidth.

For videos or pictures that people post, (linked to other sites like photobucket), it is your local machine/browser going and grabbing it, the GCA server does nothing here.

So the main cost of this site is the hosting services, URL, Domain name, etc....not the actual grabbing of the information.

Bob Montle

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"If you're the swearing type, golf will give you plenty to swear about.  If you're the type to get down on yourself, you'll have ample opportunities to get depressed.  If you like to stop and smell the roses, here's your chance.  Golf never judges; it just brings out who you are."