Questions, feedback and problems

[Adrian]

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One important thing I noted missing from the video is there was no chatroom link on the new site.

Correct that is important. The site (for better or worse) is very much modeled on social media sites. And as I wrote:

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Integrated chat as part of the main website

There is no link because…..it is part of the same web site.

(Hint: look at the bottom right corner of the site when logged in)

[JeniSkunk]

Amanda, logging in to the new site caught me out, as I was accustomed to logging in with my registration email address, rather than my user name.

I see where the chat overlay is now.

With the ‘New Posts Since Last Visit’ filter in the Forums, where is the ‘Mark Posts As Read’ button?

I’ll give the new site a go on my Android tablet, later, see how it fares on mobile devices.

Jenifur Charne

[JeniSkunk]

Just noticed the new ‘Gender’ field in the profiles on the new site.

Is it possible to add the members map over to the new site?

The new site looks great, and I’m looking forwards to seeing it go live.

Jenifur Charne

[Adrian]

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Is it possible to add the members map over to the new site?

There are a few commercially available geocoders…but they all work off a profile street address. I don’t want/need to collect that sort of data about members.

Then I’m not aware of any that would take a postcode like 433X and decide it is in Australia – or alternatively choose not to plot it.

As I’m not into totally custom software anymore I think the simple answer is no!

[JeniSkunk]

Turned up a minor bug in the new chat overlay.
It doesn’t like the IRC style actions.

In the old chatrooms, if I typed
/me does something

what would show up in the chatroom is
* JeniSkunk does something…

In the new chat overlay, what shows up in the chat is
/me does something

Jenifur Charne

[Adrian]

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It doesn’t like the IRC style actions.

Correct – the engine in the chat is not the old IRC type – but the newer facebook type. Nowadays there are far more people who know how to chat on facebook than on IRC. But I agree not typing “/me is listening” will be missed.

[June]

Hi Amanda,

Just checking the new site and I had a look at the gallery on my profile. It comes up with just photos from one album and some of the previously approved pictures are awaiting approval. If I go to my profile>albums all the albums show.

Is that confusing? Maybe I am not explaining myself properly.

June

[Adrian]

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Is that confusing?

Yes it is.
I’ve renamed the pictures on the profile as “Latest Pictures”. It isn’t the full list of albums. As you find you get there by the View Albums menu entry.

At the moment all the pictures have the date they were imported – so “Latest Pictures” is somewhat random.

[JeniSkunk]

A minor bug has turned up in the profiles on the new site.
Apostrophes are showing up as the web code for the apostrophe character.

remove spaces
& # 3 9 ;

This error does not seem to be showing up in the blogs on the new site.
This error is not showing up in the profiles on the current site.

edit: the forum is force converting the web code into the actual character, and refuses to display the web code.

Jenifur Charne

[Adrian]

Can you give me a link to an offending profile please.

[JeniSkunk]

Certainly, Amanda
Two that I saw this error on:

Fiona from Victoria
http://forum.tgr.net.au/cms/allmembers/userprofile/fiona

My own profile
http://forum.tgr.net.au/cms/myprofile/userprofile/JeniSkunk

Jenifur Charne

[Adrian]

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Certainly, Amanda
Two that I saw this error on:

Fiona from Victoria
http://forum.tgr.net.au/cms/allmembers/userprofile/fiona

My own profile
http://forum.tgr.net.au/cms/myprofile/userprofile/JeniSkunk

Jenifur Charne

Should be fixed the next time I refresh the new site from the old one.
Thanks
A

[Adrian]

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There are a few commercially available geocoders…but they all work off a profile street address. I don’t want/need to collect that sort of data about members.

Then I’m not aware of any that would take a postcode like 433X and decide it is in Australia – or alternatively choose not to plot it.

As I’m not into totally custom software anymore I think the simple answer is no!

Well I rose to the challenge. I found a free geocoder that written to plot the location of articles of articles on a web site….and I ‘bent’ it to display member locations instead.

The map appears at the bottom of the members view when you are logged in. To get a position recorded on the map at the moment you have to edit your profile. I’ll have a think to see if I can do a bulk geocoding when I port the web site.. but I doubt it is easy.

For the location sensitive I have randomised the plotting of post codes a bit – just as on the current web site. This also has the advantage that two people in the same post code are not plotted on top of each other!

[Adrian]

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Well I rose to the challenge

And again!!!
I’ve added the geolocation to to website porting scripts. So now everyone starts off with a location based on their state and postcode.
If the new web site draws a map of the Simpson Desert with you living 120k’s from the nearest track then don’t blame Google. Have a look to see what postcode and state you actually have on your profile.

[JeniSkunk]

The apostrophe code bug is still present in profiles.
Still present in mine, Fiona from Victoria, and very likely others.

Some more I’ve found with the bug, just by randomly looking at Member Profiles on the new site:

Alyss_Hart
http://forum.tgr.net.au/cms/myprofile/userprofile/12401

Mariegoodcd
http://forum.tgr.net.au/cms/myprofile/userprofile/mariegoodcd

Melissa_Mills
http://forum.tgr.net.au/cms/myprofile/userprofile/13362

Sinndy
http://forum.tgr.net.au/cms/myprofile/userprofile/Sinndy

Alana/Alan
http://forum.tgr.net.au/cms/myprofile/userprofile/13517

Beth
http://forum.tgr.net.au/cms/myprofile/userprofile/Beth

Chelsea
http://forum.tgr.net.au/cms/myprofile/userprofile/Chelsea

Jenifur Charne