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FredFredrickson

Artist, designer, & developer
GMC Elder
It might be nice to change the top margin of the signature div from 5px to 20px. That last line of a post can become hard to spot/read when it's right next to a signature that also has text in it, despite the dotted line separator.

I'm going to make a list here to push my bottom text line down, just to show an example:
  • GameMaker
  • GML
  • The green cog icon (shudder)
  • The red ball with hammer icon
  • lengthdir_x()
  • Cats
So now the bottom line of my post nudges up against the signature line, and in my opinion, becomes kind of hard to see/read. Maybe it's just me though!

Edit: And now the edit div is pushing the signature down. Gah, I've been foiled!
 
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jackhigh24

Guest
ye that was the only main problem i had was the re-captcha2 asking me to click on all street signs which were all numbers but the problem was all the other pictures were numbers to so failed that for a few goes then it offered me all the trees but all the other images not to click on were what i think were bushes or ruff looking grass making it impossible to tell the tress from the others stuff, i finlay got in when it offered me all the construction vehicles and the other images were just cars a lorries so was able to tell what was what, really i would and do still use the re-captcha 1 as that works best.
 

cdgamedev

Member
On my iPhone 5s, using all browsers (tested safari and chrome) when I type into the reply box like I am now, it sends me to the bottom of the page and I can no longer see what I am typing. It's not a major thing for me but a little annoying when I make mistakes when typing. Just thought I'd let you know :)
 

Nocturne

Friendly Tyrant
Forum Staff
Admin
Could we get a different-colored "Solved" prefix that's also on top of the list (so that it's easier to find solved topics when browsing Q&A, and easier to find the 'solved' prefix when marking your topic)?
Okay, I'll see what I can do to make that easier to spot

It might be nice to change the top margin of the signature div from 5px to 20px. That last line of a post can become hard to spot/read when it's right next to a signature that also has text in it, despite the dotted line separator.
Done. I went with 15px in the end, as (to me) 20 was just slightly too much...

On my iPhone 5s, using all browsers (tested safari and chrome) when I type into the reply box like I am now, it sends me to the bottom of the page and I can no longer see what I am typing. It's not a major thing for me but a little annoying when I make mistakes when typing. Just thought I'd let you know :)
That is a forum software issue and not something I can fix. You can contact Xenforo about it and let them know though...
 
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icuurd12b42

Guest
Hey @Nocturne, I accidently linked a gml function to the online help replying in a post... I dont know how I did it!!? I just copied the function name from the online help in the post and the forum created a link to it... How can I re-create this feat!??
 

Nocturne

Friendly Tyrant
Forum Staff
Admin
Hey @Nocturne, I accidently linked a gml function to the online help replying in a post... I dont know how I did it!!? I just copied the function name from the online help in the post and the forum created a link to it... How can I re-create this feat!??
Sacrifice a goat?????? Seriously, I have no idea... I'll check the post you made and see what I can find. :)
 

Nocturne

Friendly Tyrant
Forum Staff
Admin
One thing I have noticed. It doesn't seem that you can use the in-built quote system when editing a reply.

Can't see how to change titles and prefixes either.

I could be just doing it wrong though. The new forum has a slight learning curve. :)
You're right, you can't add quotes using the built in system when editing... never noticed that before. Not something I can fix, though, sorry... Also, you can change titles from the "Edit Title/Thread Tools" menu at the top right. Click that, then click "Edit"...
 

Nocturne

Friendly Tyrant
Forum Staff
Admin
No, there is no challenges section. If you have a competition, then you may post it in the Community Chat section, but we will only maintain topics that are proper competitions with their own website, prizes, etc... and not just "Lets try and make XXXX type of game", etc... Keep in mind that we have trimmed the forum down a LOT and would like to keep it as lean as possible. There's nothing to stop you posting gaming challenges in Off Topic... :)
 

FrostyCat

Redemption Seeker
This is not so much an issue with the new forum, but an issue with the link on the old forum pointing to the new forum. Its wording and position seems to imply that you should click on the ad to get here. Is this the kind of message you want to send?

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Aura

Guest
@lolslayer: With the introduction of topic prefixes, you (we) don't need subforums for every specific thing. As Nocture said, you can use the Community Chat forum and give the topic a Game Jam prefix, so people would know that it's a game jam/challenge.
 

lolslayer

Member
@lolslayer: With the introduction of topic prefixes, you (we) don't need subforums for every specific thing. As Nocture said, you can use the Community Chat forum and give the topic a Game Jam prefix, so people would know that it's a game jam/challenge.
Yeah, but you have to make your own website aswell :/
 
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icuurd12b42

Guest
I'm coming to the conclusion that those alerts are đź’©đź’©đź’©đź’©ting me. I'm missing half the updates made to topics I'm following. Is there not a View Topics I Contributed to.Like on the old forum? the alert list is basically a lot of work to keep track if a topic was updated with a new post.

<User Name> did blah blah blah in THE TOPIC
is pretty nice but utterly useless

can we have this search as part of the menu?
https://forum.yoyogames.com/index.php?search/2887/

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it has to be a simple addition <a href="https://forum.yoyogames.com/index.php?search/@UID/">

though I'm not sure if this search orders things by newest posts like the old forum did

Hmm looks like it does not since this topic did not bubble to the top

Hmm playing with the search, it looks like the /2887/ at the end is a search id number not a user id


ok, I got it!!!
https://forum.yoyogames.com/search/search?users=icuurd12b42&user_content=post

so the suggested menu addition for the top bar would be
<a href="https://forum.yoyogames.com/search/search?users=@USERNAME@&user_content=post">topics you follow</a>
 
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rui.rosario

Guest
Isn't that what the watched threads button do?

EDIT: You can also set to automatically watch threads you replied to on the preferences
 
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icuurd12b42

Guest
Isn't that what the watched threads button do?

EDIT: You can also set to automatically watch threads you replied to on the preferences
My issue is the alert system is đź’©đź’©đź’©đź’©e and skipping updates. not that I can or cannot watch threads

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Oh, I see the Watched threads button
 
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icuurd12b42

Guest
But the Watched thread is not right at all

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Versus the reality of what is happening on the forum.

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Like the Alerts the Watch threads is skipping a beat, not showing the most relevant/recent activities first. where as the search is in the right order
 

Nocturne

Friendly Tyrant
Forum Staff
Admin
I'm not sure I see the issue? The watched threads show you the threads you are watching in the order that they were last active, not in the order that you last posted in them...
 
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icuurd12b42

Guest
I'm not sure I see the issue? The watched threads show you the threads you are watching in the order that they were last active, not in the order that you last posted in them...
Hmm sorry but THIS is the last active thread not Welcome to the New forum. what am I missing. Is there another sort of active I dont know about? look at the times from the 2 images...
 

Nocturne

Friendly Tyrant
Forum Staff
Admin
Ummm... I don't actually have any watched threads, so I can't say... Gimme a day or two to accumulate some threads on the watched list and see what happens and I'll try to sort it out if there is an issue.
 

Nocturne

Friendly Tyrant
Forum Staff
Admin
Actually.... You haven't clicked the option to see ALL watched threads, so by default it only shows those threads you've watched that have been updated since the last time you were online (which is I think a great function).

So... Click "Show All Watched Threads"... ;)
 
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icuurd12b42

Guest
Cool. I think all the the searches are screwed up actually......
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Comparing with the last image which was showing
"I'm coming to the conclusion"
as the first result. that stayed up as the first result up to 1 minute ago. now it's showing the top 3 of my last 4 posts. the one with
"Hmm sorry but THIS is the last active thread"
Is not showing....

I think there is like an hour delay for the search part of the forum to be updated...
 
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icuurd12b42

Guest
Actually.... You haven't clicked the option to see ALL watched threads, so by default it only shows those threads you've watched that have been updated since the last time you were online (which is I think a great function).

So... Click "Show All Watched Threads"... ;)
OK, yeah cool I think I'll used that as my GMC link in my browser toolbar. Still a little backwards if you ask me
 
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Guest User

Guest
Don't know if you're really interested in trying to fix mobile problems, but when I've filled up this little reply box on mobile where it usually expands on desktop on mobile the box goes blank and I can no longer see what I'm typing (but the text is still there, if I hit post reply while it's invisible it still posts everything I typed). I can hit 'more options' to get a slightly bigger input box but same thing happens when that fills.

Kinda odd, might just be a problem with my mobile.




(P.S.I cannot see what I'm typing down here, I'm on mobile and I've filled the input box)
 

NeoShade

Member
I haven't read through all of the suggestions and/or issues in here yet, because there's a lot of them, so I apologize if this has been said already.

I'm having a little bit of difficulty seeing the difference between threads titles that I've read and those that I haven't. I know that one is bold and the other isn't but that difference is a little hard to see sometimes. I wonder if it's possible that an option or a theme or something might be added that changes the colour of read thread titles to a darker green or a grey or something? Just a suggestion.
 
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NPT

Guest
This skin is not very colourblind friendly.

Green on Grey is not a good combination for those who are Red/Green colourblind.

Fortunately there is sufficient contrast in most of the green text so it can be differentiated from the background, however there are some combinations that aren't readable or barely noticeable.

Here are some examples of barely readable / visible combinations on the new forums with this skin.
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The above prompt that occurs when new posts are posted while editing.



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The prompt to expand a quote fully.


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The Red Squiggle Chrome places under missspelled words.

There are likely more.
 

Nocturne

Friendly Tyrant
Forum Staff
Admin
The above prompt that occurs when new posts are posted while editing.
Yeah, I'm aware of that one but it's actually proving tricky to remove that damn gradient! I'll get it though, you mark my words!

The prompt to expand a quote fully.
Oh, good catch! I'll sort that one too...

However the red squiggle for google spell checking I can't do anything about as I'm pretty sure it's not a forum styling issue at all and comes down to how google do things... Unless you are suggesting that we re-do the entire style???? I hope not because I've sunk many many hours into getting this place looking right!
 

Nocturne

Friendly Tyrant
Forum Staff
Admin
Okay, with a little help (thanks @Alice ;) ) I've managed to change both the gradient and the prompt for quotes to something that I HOPE is better... Let me know. :)
 
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jackhigh24

Guest
i keep getting a strange flickering to a black blank screen randomly when scrolling up or down, and also randomly on when you hover over something like a title or member name when i say that bit is random once im in a thread that is doing it it will do it every time on a hover over something turning screen black and even moving or resetting the position of the page, so a F5 press to force reload fixes it most of the time sometimes have to do it twice but can quickly come back on next thread or next page.
 

Alice

Darts addict
Forum Staff
Moderator
@jackhigh24: are you sure it's GMC and not the browser? I randomly have similar effects on my, and it happens not only on GMC, but on pretty much any other website as well. Still can't tell what it's caused by...
 
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jackhigh24

Guest
it could be but iv only seen it on this new forum, not seen it anywhere else so i thinking it the gmc, could be wrong though, will keep an eye on it and if it shows on another site il come back and edit my post.
 

Nocturne

Friendly Tyrant
Forum Staff
Admin
If you have any browser add-ons like Adblock or Ghostery, etc... try disabling them one at a time and see if it's one of them causing an issue?
 
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jackhigh24

Guest
i dont have any of them or anything else, the only things iv got is the high contrast plug for google chrome as i cant read or use the forum without it, but if i turn it off or uninstall it its still the same. i will keep an eye and if i see it happen on another site then we know its not gmc.
 
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F_Clowder

Guest
i keep getting a strange flickering to a black blank screen randomly when scrolling up or down, and also randomly on when you hover over something like a title or member name when i say that bit is random once im in a thread that is doing it it will do it every time on a hover over something turning screen black and even moving or resetting the position of the page, so a F5 press to force reload fixes it most of the time sometimes have to do it twice but can quickly come back on next thread or next page.
Hey, I get the same issue! Glad to hear I'm not the only one. And yes, it's only in the new forum.

If you have any browser add-ons like Adblock or Ghostery, etc... try disabling them one at a time and see if it's one of them causing an issue?
I'm running latest Chrome without add-ons.
 
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jackhigh24

Guest
thought i was going crazy glad you got the same thing happening, well not glad but you know what i mean, at least its worth looking into more now.
 

Lukasmah

Member
The post character limit is pretty short. Too short, in my opinion.

Can it be removed or considerably increased or something?
 

Lukan

Gay Wizard Freak
This is not so much an issue with the new forum, but an issue with the link on the old forum pointing to the new forum. Its wording and position seems to imply that you should click on the ad to get here. Is this the kind of message you want to send?

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Uhhhh, why is there ads?
I never used to, and still don't have ads on the old gmc... Has that always been there?
 
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