Struggling With New Forum

the_bookie · 2019-08-27T20:39:58+00:00

Evening all Got to be honest and say I'm struggling with new forum . Cannot find a lot of things & will pop in later .

Struggling With New Forum

hayman3663

the_bookie true like old better

guy_ow

the_bookie Sorry to hear that,

We have got a few handy walkthroughs for mobile and desktop which run through the basics of the community on flarum, please do check them out, and if there is anything else puzzling let us know:

https://community.giffgaff.com/d/23766912-flarum-quot-the-basics-quot-desktop-version
https://community.giffgaff.com/d/23766907-flarum-quot-the-basics-quot-mobile-version

Cheers
Guy

darrenperfett

guy_ow, I haven't been on the forum for a couple of weeks, so come back to find the platform has changed over, like most people, you get used to things, but I will hopefully get used to the newer platform at some point.

brightstar55

guy_ow Thank you for this. I was wondering if there was a post like this around.

tonicurtis1967

Its gunna take some gettin used to

123kingarthur

tonicurtis1967 I am still trying too get use to it but I am making loads of mistakes

mag4g

tonicurtis1967 I have only just seen this I really don't like it either to the point I won't be coming on anymore.

davidvarley

It will take a bit of getting used to as we are so used to the old forum format of the old website.

bigdaddy0714

I’m just gonna keep at it until I so stressed that I throw my iPad 😁

guy_ow

bigdaddy0714 Ohhh no don't do that...find a pillow to throw instead lol. Or throw the iPad at a pillow if you really need to throw it 😂

eileenusher

bigdaddy0714 I'm finding it easier now, even helped a few people. Lol.

eileenusher

Finding it hard to find things, hoping it'll be easier once I get use to it

nefarius

You can only identify the author of a thread by the avatar or am I missing something guy_ow

the_bookie

caro120 and all

Good morning

Hopefully with a few tweaks to
the problems on the new site
things will get a lot better for
us all .

A couple of my threads I have
noticed have data and photos
missing too after the migration

django21

@the_bookie
Give it time and you might get use to it

baconbutty

Yes that needs sorting out nefarius

nefarius

baconbutty

Indeed. Quite a few threads I don't want to read what has even been put to print. 👍

baconbutty

Apart from that I like it might need to change my avatar though.

orlf

baconbutty

I definitely like that I can filter out certain long running topics in which I have no interest from appearing in the home page.

richmondmike

Everything is different, this is going to take some learning!

davidvarley

Yes it's way different from old site but loads faster on my phone than old site which is good.

jsmith2009

Not sure if I like it. Hopefully it will get better

jfh

the_bookie

me too, it’s not straightforward or intuitive is it?

tricia3006

the_bookie
im not good with change at the best of times so I’m finding this all a bit baffling. Little and often dipping in and out will hopefully help us to get the hang of it. 😊

davidvarley

Once you get used to it and bugs and glitches are mostly fixed will be better.
I have had the odd problem tonight myself with new forum encountered a glitch were I typed a answer in reply and it went to another forum part that did not reply to lol 😂

johnrooney80

@guy_ow

No topics showing?

the_bookie

Think it is more than that as old
site was easier to navigate and
see everything your doing & if
your like me you like to see big
Fuller pages with more posts .

Yes and losing content & pics
too from posts is concerning
as a couple of threads I done
have been left missing replys
content and pics which I will
need to tidy up and edit when
I get time .

Also sorry to say glitches and
error messages like oops .........
Something went wrong please
reload the page and try again
& site being unstable are what
I am experiencing .

Taking an age to post so will
pop in later thanks folks