Major Forum Software upgrade

[Hybrid_From_Hell]

Morning all.

If you saw the forum was offline for over an hour this morning - it was due to a major software upgrade.

The main thrust of this is around a new interface, which is why it looks rather different ! and all about enhanced security.

 

Certain functionality has been removed, some replaced and some new, but, as with any major software upgrade it is possible there could be a few quirks !

If so post up here, some we might be able to sort, some possibly not !

Nige

And the LR4x4 A&M Team

[elbekko]

It looks different and I don't like it.

But good that we're keeping up with updates.

[Bowie69]

It's so white....

We have resolved this previously after an upgrade by tweaking the CSS a bit. At the moment it really burns the eyes.

Also top level nav items, font is way too small.

Header stripe behind site logo needs to be blue again, white leaves not enough contrast.

Default font seems to make things a bit unreadable, at least to me? e.g. :

Also, left/right cursor keys intermittently don't work in the editor(!), uploads, thankfully, seem fine.

[Bowie69]

If you can override the CSS with these changes, it makes the whole place a lot more palatable: 

 

.ipsNavBar_primary > ul > li > a{
  font-size: 16px;
}
.ipsNavBar_secondary > li > a{
  font-size: 15px;
}
.ipsBreadcrumb {
  font-size:13px;
  color: rgba( var(--theme-text_light), 1 );
}
.ipsBreadcrumb [data-role="breadcrumbList"] > li:not(:first-child):last-child {
    opacity: 0.7;
}
:root {
    --theme-alternate_button_font: 251, 251, 251;
    --theme-area_background_reset: 251, 251, 251;
    --theme-button_bar: 251, 251, 251;
    --theme-header: 18, 101, 161;
    --theme-header_text: 251,251, 251;
    --theme-important_button_font: 251, 251, 251;
    --theme-main_nav_font: 251, 251, 251;
    --theme-main_nav_tab: 251, 251, 251;
    --theme-normal_button_font: 251, 251, 251;
    --theme-primary_button_font: 251,251,251;
    --theme-section_title: 251, 251, 251;
    --theme-very_light_button: 251, 251, 251;
    --theme-widget_title_bar: 251, 251, 251;
    --theme-area_background_light: 242, 245, 247;
    --theme-area_background: 232, 237, 242;
}

 

[Arjan]

It is very, very pale / white.

Not to my liking - but who am I..

I understand the need for updates - and you guys work very hard to give us this forum - but why change the looks / feel...

Bon Courage !

[Peaklander]

Yes I agree, lots of white space and the text could therefore be larger. Also the mobile app still doesn't show location. Is this in one of our configuration settings because it would be nice? However I appreciate that upgrades are usually for the best. Thank you

[L19MUD]

Using an Android phone this now looks nicer although very white.

Chrome works but very white.

IE not working properly as there is no reply box under the thread

 

 

[Bowie69]

44 minutes ago, L19MUD said:

IE not working properly as there is no reply box under the thread

Call me a progressive if you want, but no-one should be using IE11 any more these days. If you have Windows 10 then use Edge, or Chrome, or Brave, or Firefox, all are a squillion times better than IE11.

Plus it is at end of life support, essentially, see here from one of the MS bods: 

 

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-it-pro-blog/the-perils-of-using-internet-explorer-as-your-default-browser/ba-p/331732

[Bowie69]

Also: 

https://death-to-ie11.com/

[L19MUD]

Tell that to the IT department of the global 9 billion dollar turnover company that I work for!!! 😀

[Chicken Drumstick]

55 minutes ago, L19MUD said:

 

IE not working properly as there is no reply box under the thread

 

 

As a professional software tester, I'd advise only using IE under duress and as the very last resort. So many better browsers.

[Bowie69]

47 minutes ago, Chicken Drumstick said:

As a professional software tester, I'd advise only using IE under duress and as the very last resort. So many better browsers.

As a professional web developer, I concur!

[Bowie69]

52 minutes ago, L19MUD said:

Tell that to the IT department of the global 9 billion dollar turnover company that I work for!!! 😀

An accounting/banking firm perchance?

[L19MUD]

5 minutes ago, Bowie69 said:

An accounting/banking firm perchance?

Close!

[Bowie69]

4 minutes ago, L19MUD said:

Close!

Insurance.....

[Bowie69]

This is what it would look like with above CSS fixes in place:

 

 

*edited to show in PNG, as JPG compression completely killed the appearance*

[Bowie69]

Also, when trying to upload 6MB PNG, it failed, despite max total size being 20MB, is there a limit for individual files as well?

[Bowie69]

The screenshot above is first-pass of course, but with a bit more tweakage other offensive things like the lurid blue buttons, tiny text and wonky margins could be addressed.

Could make the whole thing just a little more blue fairly easily too, just would need a little more testing.

 

[Simon_CSK]

Oh has the site changed then? 

Sorry I didn't notice 

[landroversforever]

4 hours ago, Bowie69 said:

It's so white....

We have resolved this previously after an upgrade by tweaking the CSS a bit. At the moment it really burns the eyes.

Also top level nav items, font is way too small.

Header stripe behind site logo needs to be blue again, white leaves not enough contrast.

Default font seems to make things a bit unreadable, at least to me? e.g. :

Also, left/right cursor keys intermittently don't work in the editor(!), uploads, thankfully, seem fine.

Where's that font coming up Bowie? I can't see any fonts that are different to before?

[Bowie69]

6 minutes ago, landroversforever said:

Where's that font coming up Bowie? I can't see any fonts that are different to before?

Clear your cache, it is everywhere, and frankly not very readable.

Sample font here: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Inter?preview.text=Almost+before+we+knew+it,+we+had+left+the+ground.+LR4x4+&preview.text_type=custom

 

 

[elbekko]

1 hour ago, Bowie69 said:

This is what it would look like with above CSS fixes in place:

 

 

*edited to show in PNG, as JPG compression completely killed the appearance*

Yeah, I popped your CSS into Stylus, and it looks much nicer now. Just the stupidly narrow new content screen left.

[Bowie69]

Yes, can't work out why there is a right hand column on some screens, and some not, and why when it is empty, is it still there?

[elbekko]

25 minutes ago, Bowie69 said:

Yes, can't work out why there is a right hand column on some screens, and some not, and why when it is empty, is it still there?

Yeah. I had a look with the dev tools and couldn't get rid of it, very strange.

Just tried again, and looks like I can get it gone with the following:

#ipsLayout_mainArea {
    display: block;
}

#ipsLayout_sidebar {
    display: none;
}

Much better now.

[Bowie69]

Lovely, thank you, I have seen some pages where the RHC has some content in it, but none of it looked particularly helpful.