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

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?

nefarius

baconbutty

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

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. 😊

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.

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 😂

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

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

nefarius

I've lost the plot. How do you upload a question on Help and Support?
I was going to ask - have email notifications stopped?

dtuxcomp

nefarius I've lost the plot. How do you upload a question on Help and Support?
I was going to ask - have email notifications stopped?

You've probably sussed it out by now, but if not, there's settings in your profile for email notifications, anything with a red "X" can be turned on, a black "X" you can't change. You get to your profile through clicking or tapping your name / avatar or the profile button in the top bar with your name on it, then go to settings

delly105

nefarius new settings you get to choose how you would like notifying

caro120

the_bookie as previously mentioned, how do you do p.m's, have they got rid of the kudos system.

I find it hard to string thoughts together not being able to see the whole block of text have just typed.. maybe will get used to it? can you still put you tube vids in or pics?
How do you start a new thread?

Expect there's been info sent out and not read it yet but those are my initial thoughts.. the green is very distracting too, don't know if they could take the hue down..got screen on lowest light setting...

nefarius

caro120

To start a thread go to "All Discussions" and click on white tick in a box. You need to select where it is going to also. ie: GD or H&S. ( tag)

the_bookie

A very good morning and
thankyou for your replies

Theres a lot of giffgaffers
struggling unfortunately

Yes and the time taken to
post & find things indeed
will put some people of &
at the moment posting is
like a school chore which
I'm sure was not what was
intended in the migration
over to the new platform .

Anyways taking a break &
hope the eds & techs can
sort all the Gremlins out &
make the new forum a lot
more easier to use for all .

dwane80

nefarius I've tried this and can't find help and support

matthewhill1996

It's fiddly but OK

the_bookie

frenchielove eileenusher
matthewhill1996

A very good morning

Unfortunately I am not finding
the new forum user friendly &
having all sorts of error codes
and the layout is not the best
on a mobile .

Noticed my PMs where put in
a merged bundle and as said
lots of my posts are missing a
lot of the content and pictures
I posted before migration .

eileenusher

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

frenchielove

eileenusher
I seem to have found my PMs but they have all migrated over, even the deleted ones? How do you delete them now? Or can’t we?

123kingarthur

eileenusher If I get into trouble please can I come to you as well xx

standardbearer

the_bookie
Terrible on my phone
Still dont understand how you post someones post in my post via the 66 icon.
when i click on it it says insert Quote and gives a cursor line in your post and no more
Below is plan "B" I copied Bookies post and pasted it in Edit.
Why 66 does not do it not a clue by me

the_bookie14 minutes ago
frenchielove eileenusher
matthewhill1996

A very good morning

Unfortunately I am not finding
the new forum user friendly &
having all sorts of error codes
and the layout is not the best
on a mobile .

Noticed my PMs where put in
a merged bundle and as said
lots of my posts are missing a
lot of the content and pictures
I posted before migration .

eileenusher

the_bookie lots of people's posts have being lost on the migration, I reckon that's why some people's pay back wasn't as much either, I know mine wasn't and I've done just as much as I have in the past. I'm using mobile and don't get error messages, if it keeps happening maybe contact an agent see if they have any ideas why.

alix81

I think it's quite common to not like change, especially when we were so used to the old forum. It will take a bit of time to get used to the new style, hopefully not too long though!

ceecee2110

standardbearer
I stopped using giffgaff on my phone now as it confuses the fudge out of me!! I have to use it on google on a computer too or it wont let me use it!

isabel1066

I've found it ok and as we are stuck with it then it might get better later on.