Forum Bug Reports and Feature Requests - XenForo 2.2

[Myrthos]

Issues​

• Switching the style on the user profile page doesn't stick
  • ➜ Use the moon/sun icon at the top right
  • ➜ On the main site, click on "dark" or "light" in the menu
• Typography concerns (font size on desktop, line length, line height etc.)
• The light style feels a bit too bright.
• Main site ↔ forum looks to different; font size too big for some users
  • short-term: add a style with old/smaller font size
  • mid-term: some responsive tweaks on the front page?
  • long-term: redesign front page
• Style choice on forum and main site are independent from each other
  • find a way to use dark/light from the selected forum style

Done​

• Newsbits aren't created automatically anymore
• Headers in some menus (...) are white on a light background and not readable
• Custom smilies we had in vBulletin are missing
• Tapatalk isn't working
• Add correct link for adding a thread in Games Comments
• The logo at the top doesn't link back to the main sit
• The sun icon for switching to the light style looks more like a cogwheel
  • Fontawesome 5 issue. Version 6 has better options. Maybe there's an alternative in FA5? --> used a different version of the sun, seems a bit clearer
• Ratio of pictures are incorrect when scaled down
• Red new notification icon covers the bell icon - move to top right corner
• Highlight colors not working for moderation actions; too dark in dark style
• Sub-forums as list instead of popup menu?
  • Better option: prefixes / tags

 

[Redglyph]

I haven't looked much into it, but it seems users cannot switch the forums to Dark mode from the Preferences.

- I'm clicking on my avatar, then on Preferences
=> I see that Style is by default "Lapis Light"
- I click on Style, select "Lapis Dark", and click on Save at the bottom
=> I see a banner "Your changes have been saved" for a couple of seconds, then the style switches to dark, and quickly back to light. The "Lapis Light" is back on the Style selection.

EDIT:

• If I change other options on the same page, they are properly changed.
• If I simply click on the night/day icon at the top right, the dark / light mode is properly changed. If after changing to dark mode with that icon, I get back to the Preferences, I see the style has correctly changed to "Lapis Dark". But if I try to change it again from the Preferences, it behaves as before (it switches to light, then back to dark).

=> For now, change the dark/light mode with that top right icon.

Note that the root page (https://www.rpgwatch.com/) has its own button to switch between dark & light, it seems independent from the forum settings.

 

[Myrthos]

Click on the moon shape next to Search. In the dark skin it will be a sun shape.
Or
Click at the bottom of the page to the left on Lapis Light to change the skin.
The information is saved in a cookie.

 

[Taluntain]

On the dark skin it looks like a typical "settings" cog, it never occurred to me that that is a sun. So it would be good to make that sun look a bit more "typical" so it's more recognizable, once @Arhu has the time.

 

[JDR13]

Did we lose the custom smilies in the move?

 

[Drithius]

Firstly, a big thanks to all involved in what must have surely been a chaotic and daunting task!

I was wondering if it's possible to decrease the font / text window scaling. Basically to make it look more like the old RPGWatch and less smartphonefingerpainty.

 

[Taluntain]

You can change the text size (zoom) with Ctrl + mousewheel up/down. Firefox also has a separate setting under View/Zoom to adjust text size only.

 

[Pladio]

Hi, is there a way to make TapATalk work again ?
It stopped working.

 

[Redglyph]

You can change the text size (zoom) with Ctrl + mousewheel up/down. Firefox also has a separate setting under View/Zoom to adjust text size only.

That's the overall browser zoom, not really advised if you want to see the other websites normally
Or at least it's like that with Chrome (though it seems to remember the settings per website?)

 

[Deleted member 18181]

So, new forum, can anything be done now about width, i mean it would be good for the page to fit all the screen not just half

 

[Redglyph]

I must say, I wouldn't be against a density a little closer to the old website either.
The zoom does that partly, but it reduces the width at the same time so it doesn't seem to be the best option.
I don't know if that's the font, or its size, or the line spacing, it's probably a mix of all that. On the other hand, it's easier to read.

 

[Taluntain]

That's the overall browser zoom, not really advised if you want to see the other websites normally
Or at least it's like that with Chrome (though it seems to remember the settings per website?)

All modern browsers remember the setting per website, so that is not an issue.

 

[Taluntain]

The styles are not finished yet; @Arhu will continue to work on improvements once he finds the time. Most of what's being discussed here is on the to-do, no worries.

 

[Redglyph]

All modern browsers remember the setting per website

I noticed that, it's been a long time since I last played with the zoom. But as I said above, it reduces the whole page so it looks a little weird in such a small column.

 

[Taluntain]

Will be fixed.

 

[HiddenX]

Newsbits don't create forum threads automatically yet - I'll stop posting new newsbits for now.

 

[Arhu]

With the move to XenForo it makes sense to use a new thread, so here it is. Post about any bugs and cosmetic stuff you stumble upon.

 

[Drithius]

This might already be on the drawing board, but could you add the home link back to the topleft RPGWatch/Watchtower logo?

 

[Taluntain]

Yes, this has been requested like 10x already. @Arhu

 

[Arhu]

Yes, this has been requested like 10x already. @Arhu

And I put it at the top of my list, too.

Unfortunately though I seem to have lost access to most of the forum admin areas during the move, including the ones I need for templates and style options. So if you or @Myrthos could have a look?

Also, I'm on vacation tomorrow so most things will probably have to wait.