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Mobile Site - beta testing
Hi all,
Well it's the moment I bet many of you thought would never happen - there is now a smartphone/mobile version of the DISCO3/4 forum.
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You can switch to it from the black bar at the top of the page which appears when you are viewing on a mobile, or directly here
It is still early days, and I had wanted to get it finished before releasing to you, however I now think it's better to get people to try it and give feedback about what is good, bad, ugly or otherwise.
The basic forum functionality is there, however the following are currently missing:
Polls/sign ups
Image upload
PMs - pages are place but not currently mobile friendly - fixed 17/10/2014
Map
Calendar (largely unused anway)
Profile edit
Advanced searching
Memberlist
Gallery
Wiki
Shop
Some or none of these may never make the mobile site, it depends how necessary they are when on a small screen
So, if you have a smartphone, please, please try the mobile site and reply with feedback here. There will be plenty wrong, so please don't hesitate to report an issue, bug or improvement - I will read all reports and attempt to implement everything wherever possible.
If you need to switch back to the normal site, it is available from the menu icon (top left), then "Desktop Site".
A link to reply to this thread is also available in the menu as "Send Feedback".06 D3 SE / 15 LR D90 XS SW / 88 LR 90 Td5 / 68 BMW 2000 ti
Any issues with the site let me know!
Last edited by Martin on 17th Oct 2014 8:46 am. Edited 2 times in total
On an iphone 5 (mine at least) no black bar appears at the top.
So the link for the mobile site appears right at the very bottom left of the screen (as pic). Problem here is that when you touch that part of the screen the "back" button pops up from the browser - so it's quite difficult to click.
Looks good though!
Cheers
10th Sep 2014 11:59 am
Martin Site Admin and Owner
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OK well the link shouldn't be down there, but I'm not lucky enough to have an iPhone 5 to test
The phone browser emulation I'm using seems to show it OK. I have however reloaded the site CSS - can you check now please?06 D3 SE / 15 LR D90 XS SW / 88 LR 90 Td5 / 68 BMW 2000 ti
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10th Sep 2014 12:04 pm
Martin Site Admin and Owner
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A1GSS wrote:
1. Text on stickies overlaps post count on screen, I'll attach a screenshot.
2. Once loaded the ?mobi=1 flag is sticky on the desktop site. You have to send ?mobi=0 to undo it
Thanks, I need to make the long thread titles fade under the post counts.
It sounds like the ?mobi= is working OK - you use =1 it once to enter the mobile site (from my link in 1st post) then to exit mobile mode then use =0 OR the "Desktop Site" link from the mobile site menu.
Is that how it's working or not?06 D3 SE / 15 LR D90 XS SW / 88 LR 90 Td5 / 68 BMW 2000 ti
Any issues with the site let me know!
10th Sep 2014 12:06 pm
AndrewS Tarquin of the Desert
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A1GSS wrote:
Hi Martin
Great news, thanks - here's two bugs to get you started.
1. Text on stickies overlaps post count on screen, I'll attach a screenshot.
2. Once loaded the ?mobi=1 flag is sticky on the desktop site. You have to send ?mobi=0 to undo it
My windows phone also does this In the Beginning there was nothing, which exploded.
It sounds like the ?mobi= is working OK - you use =1 it once to enter the mobile site (from my link in 1st post) then to exit mobile mode then use =0 OR the "Desktop Site" link from the mobile site menu.
Is that how it's working or not?
Yes that works fine, I'd not spotted the 'desktop site' link in the pulldown. I did it manually by guessswork... ____
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10th Sep 2014 12:40 pm
Martin Site Admin and Owner
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Re: Mobile Site - beta testing
Martin wrote:
If you need to switch back to the normal site, it is available from the menu icon (top left), then "Desktop Site".
RTFP
The overlapping text issue is now sorted all being well - a report from Windows Phone would be handy 06 D3 SE / 15 LR D90 XS SW / 88 LR 90 Td5 / 68 BMW 2000 ti
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beanie wrote:
How do you create a new topic on the mobile site, I cant seem to see an option in the listing or on the page?
Now fixed (code typo), you will get a blue button at the bottom when viewing a forum.06 D3 SE / 15 LR D90 XS SW / 88 LR 90 Td5 / 68 BMW 2000 ti
Any issues with the site let me know!
10th Sep 2014 12:50 pm
Bev
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Looks ok on a Nokia 930. Can I take pictures and add to a post? Never cracked this on previous windows phones.
10th Sep 2014 12:57 pm
Martin Site Admin and Owner
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Photos is something that is coming. One issue I have is that I don't have the stack of mobiles required to develop for each platform and the variations involved. 06 D3 SE / 15 LR D90 XS SW / 88 LR 90 Td5 / 68 BMW 2000 ti
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10th Sep 2014 12:59 pm
Bev
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Regarding the stack of mobiles I might be able to fix that for you. Defender 90 CSW MY06
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10th Sep 2014 1:01 pm
Martin Site Admin and Owner
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