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- Amskeptic
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Who here is also disrupted by having to find the username of the person posting over on the right side of the screen?
Is there a reason for putting people's username/avatars over on the right side of the screen?
Will the Republic still be standing in the morning?
Colin
Is there a reason for putting people's username/avatars over on the right side of the screen?
Will the Republic still be standing in the morning?
Colin
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
- Westy78
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Me. It's opposite of every forum I've been on and it seems distracting to me for some reason. I think it's that whole reading left to right thing.Amskeptic wrote: ↑Tue Nov 06, 2018 6:13 pmWho here is also disrupted by having to find the username of the person posting over on the right side of the screen?
Is there a reason for putting people's username/avatars over on the right side of the screen?
Will the Republic still be standing in the morning?
Colin
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Westy78 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 06, 2018 9:25 pmMe. It's opposite of every forum I've been on and it seems distracting to me for some reason. I think it's that whole reading left to right thing.Amskeptic wrote: ↑Tue Nov 06, 2018 6:13 pmWho here is also disrupted by having to find the username of the person posting over on the right side of the screen?
Is there a reason for putting people's username/avatars over on the right side of the screen?
Will the Republic still be standing in the morning?
Colin
Yes.
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
- zabo
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well i switched it-
I actually disagree and think its easier to read the forum with all tht info on the right.....once you get used to it.
You get to avoid all tht noise
I actually disagree and think its easier to read the forum with all tht info on the right.....once you get used to it.
You get to avoid all tht noise
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- SlowLane
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In an ideal world this kind of thing would fall under the aegis of "user preferences" and would be something the user could select for him/herself from a configuration widget or somesuch.zabo, in reply wrote:I actually disagree and think its easier to read the forum with all tht info on the rightAmskeptic petulantly wrote:Who here is also disrupted by having to find the username of the person posting over on the right side of the screen?
However, I'm sure there are good technical reasons for not opening that Pandora's box. Giving the users a morsel of control over the presentation layer is somewhat akin to putting out a small plate of food for feral cats.
Props to you for taking on and keeping up with this thankless task, zabo. My own brief foray into UI design back in the days of Windows 3.1 warned me off that path for good. You just can't keep everybody happy, and I wasn't about to spend my career making endless ephemeral tweaks trying to keep up with the latest fashion in look and feel. I have a lot of respect/sympathy for someone who decides to put up with that headache.
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- tommu
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I would like the info in the middle please.
I do like the new forum look.
I do like the new forum look.
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thanks guys. and tommu if you can help with the https tht would be great
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This might be an appropriate place to impart a tip to those who are annoyed by websites which squish all the content into the center of the monitor screen, leaving large blank spaces to either side:
if you use a browser such as Firefox which gives the user the ability to apply their own custom CSS rules to webpages, you can fix such brokenness. Specifically, in your Firefox user profile, in the "chrome" folder, in
the "userContent.css" file [folder/file to be created if necessary], just type in the following line (without the quotes!):
"@-moz-document domain("itinerant-air-cooled.com") {.wrap {max-width: none !important; }}"
This same line (with substitution of the appropriate domain name), seems to also work on a great many phpBB forum websites. With this, and setting page zoom to 90%, the IAC forum looks much nicer. IMO, of course.
if you use a browser such as Firefox which gives the user the ability to apply their own custom CSS rules to webpages, you can fix such brokenness. Specifically, in your Firefox user profile, in the "chrome" folder, in
the "userContent.css" file [folder/file to be created if necessary], just type in the following line (without the quotes!):
"@-moz-document domain("itinerant-air-cooled.com") {.wrap {max-width: none !important; }}"
This same line (with substitution of the appropriate domain name), seems to also work on a great many phpBB forum websites. With this, and setting page zoom to 90%, the IAC forum looks much nicer. IMO, of course.
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I need to take a class.
Colin
Colin
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
- Amskeptic
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It only took me three days of staring at a GRAPHICAL DEMONSTRATION provided by zabo to duh figure out how to duh change the banner duh with just one move . . . one copy/paste operation.
Doy vey,
Colin
(thanks, zabo, really, it couldn't be any easier)
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
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...and I am digging the new bannner!
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FI ...not leaky, and not so noisy...and she runs awesome!
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- tommu
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Oh - I missed this. Happy to help if I can.
I'd probably do something with the .htaccess config:
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RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
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Oh ABSOLUTELY, I was going to say that very thing . . . then even better:tommu wrote: ↑Mon Dec 17, 2018 1:57 pm
I'd probably do something with the .htaccess config:
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RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
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RebuildEngine On
RewriteAirCond %{HTH} !=IDKwhtIMd01ng?
RewriteRule F^(.*)THI$ https://wht%BS{IIRC_OMGitsFML}%{REQUEST_painkiller} [LMAO,RUdone?]
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
- tommu
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Such facetiousness is the face of internet security Colin. Shocking.
- zabo
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Hey Tommu - i changed the .htaccess file- I think everything is looks ok.tommu wrote: ↑Mon Dec 17, 2018 1:57 pmOh - I missed this. Happy to help if I can.
I'd probably do something with the .htaccess config:Code: Select all
RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
Yall holler if you see any problems
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