Discussion Group to be down today 330pm-530pm EST.

[Ran Morrissett]

There is never a good time to take down the Discussion Group of the world’s most important web site. However, that is what we are doing for two hours starting in ~ fifteen minutes.

In short, we are upgrading the forum software to a new version with added functionality. Specifically, near term, the new platform:

1. Is much more mobile and tablet friendly as the need for scrolling is minimized.
2. Has a calendar feature for events.
3. Has a tagging feature to allow readers to view information by category (that gets back to my year opening post and the desire to better organize past posts).
4. Enjoys a Buddies/Ignore List - According to Monica at ConnectNC (GCA’s hosting site), ‘Inevitably, there will be times when members get along great and times when personalities clash. SMF provides a way to handle both instances. The buddy list allows members to keep track of users they enjoy talking to, while the ignore list hides users they do not want to see.  Setup in your personal profile:

•   Edit Buddies - Members may add or delete other members from their buddy list.
•   Edit Ignore List - Members may add or delete other members from their ignore list. “

I have seen it in action and am impressed. This function should help well-meaning people get along without the personal acrimony that mars the proceedings from time to time.

Stay tuned - fingers are crossed for a smooth transfer!

[Matt Frey, PGA]

At first glance, this is awesome. Much improved UI on mobile...a must! Nice work. I look forward to continue fiddling with the updated site.

[John McCarthy]

Looks great...but the colors remind me too much of the Crimson Tide.

Perhaps Links Club green?

[MCirba]

Looking good Ran, thanks!

Can we get stats on the most ignored members? 

Just joshing. 

[Phil McDade]

Looks great...but the colors remind me too much of the Crimson Tide.

Perhaps Links Club green?

Looks like Wisconsin Badger red to me!

[Peter Pallotta]

Ran - thank you. We (or at least *I*) don't thank you enough for what you make available here.

On the buddies/ignore list, I'm reminded of Cardinal Richelieu, who being urged on his deathbed by his confessor to "forgive his enemies", replied with *either*

"I do not have to forgive my enemies, I have had them all shot"

or

"I have no enemies".

Peter

[John McCarthy]

Ran - thank you. We (or at least *I*) don't thank you enough for what you make available here.

On the buddies/ignore list, I'm reminded of Cardinal Richelieu, who being urged on his deathbed by his confessor to "forgive his enemies", replied with *either*

"I do not have to forgive my enemies, I have had them all shot"

or

"I have no enemies".

Peter

Ever hear of Irish Alzheimers?  It is when you forget everything except the grudges. 

Leon Durham, I am looking at you.

[Jeff Bergeron]

Love it!

[Phil McDade]

Anyone else having difficult accessing it on I-Pad/tablets?

[Joe Bausch]

Anyone else having difficult accessing it on I-Pad/tablets?

Keep hitting the discussion group icon amd eventually all will be fine on your iPad.  I'm guessing some cache needs to be cleared.

[Phil McDade]

Thanks Joe -- now working based on your advice!

[Ronald Montesano]

I cannot imagine blocking anyone. To do so would be to limit my world to the panacea that appeases me. Suffering is inevitable and curative, even if it means Mucci's truncated titles. I hope that the blocking feature goes the way of the dodo.

[John Kavanaugh]

I cannot imagine blocking anyone. To do so would be to limit my world to the panacea that appeases me. Suffering is inevitable and curative, even if it means Mucci's truncated titles. I hope that the blocking feature goes the way of the dodo.

Speaking of you, how do you block someone? I so hope I don't have to spell your name.

[Ronald Montesano]

EDIT: Clearly I can now reply, so that element has burped out the bad. Still have no grey menu bar at top.

Ran, I am using Google Chrome (Version 43.0.2357.81 m) on a PC running Windows 7. If you check the image below, you will see that the entire gray window bar at the top is obscured by the red window bar. Without the grey window bar, navigation is made difficult.



When I tried to post this to your thread (http://www.golfclubatlas.com/forum/index.php/topic,61219.0.html) I received the following error, again and again:

[RJ_Daley]

I think you have to hit 'control minus' key until you get a smaller zoom resolution than you may be used to.   I know I have to go smaller print in order to see that grey bar.   ... must be designed for younger eyes and all these phone smart phone apps 

But, good news or bad (if you are Dan Kelly)  We still have the emoticons!!!!   

[Bryan Izatt]

Ronald,

I'm running Chrome (Version 43.0.2357.124 m) on Windows 7 and it works fine without the red bar obscuring the gray bar.  You could try updating your version of Chrome.  The red bar will obscure the gray bar if you make your window too narrow (maybe less than 1000 pixels wide?)


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I haven't tried posting anything yet, but I notice from other posts that quoted material is no longer italicized and has a larger size (larger size is good for ease of reading).  However responses outside of the quoted material are now defaulting to a smaller size than before and smaller than the quote.  It'd be better if both the quote and response were the same size and it'd be nice to still have the quote italicized to make it more distinguishable from the response.  I wonder if there's a way for us to establish our own default fonts and sizes? 

Good news is that Mucci green responses are not nearly as annoying when he's using quoted material.   

[Brett_Morrissy]

I am use both Chrome and Safari on a large iMac.
- Chrome, is fine, as long as expand the window size as Bryan notes.
- Safari on the other hand, is not, the only way to show the gray navigation at top of page is zoom in so much that all I can see on my screen right now is this Quick Reply section - no posts. So, it is like there is one design spec for Apple, (looks great on my iPhone), it is not displaying properly on the desktop. Not the end of the world, it is a great improvement, thanks Ran.   

[BCrosby]

Two concerns:

The bright red banner at the top is too big; it goes too far down, limiting views of the page. Please shrink it.

Maybe tone down the color? Something in the green/brown line as seen on a properly maintained green?

Perhaps I missed it, but where is the search function? Has it been upgraded?

Thanks for all your work on this.

Bob

 

[Josh Tarble]

Ran,

It looks fantastic and the interface seems even better.  Thanks for providing this forum for all of us yahoos.

[Jim_Kennedy]

The page is very stark on a PC -  lost it's 'warmth'. 

[BCrosby]

For some reason the page looks very different on my PC laptop than on my PC desk unit at my office.

The former has problems noted above. The latter is fine.

Bob

[Michael Graham]

After a rather heavy weekend in Budapest I am now phoneless so haven't looked at the page on my mobile. I agree with others that on my work pc the page is rather clinical looking.

Michael

[Jud_T]

Big uptick in mobile viewing and interface.  As this is the way the world is going, this is a nice step in the right direction.  Thanks!  Now how do I block JC Jones again? 

[Bill_McBride]

Not sure why but it's fine on my iPhone but terrible on my iPad!  Can't navigate back to the home screen of the DG. 

[JC Jones]

I think the most surprising thing out of the change to the forum has been learning how many people still use PCs.