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Would it be possible to install an EDIT function so when somebody makes a mistake like typing Mobilve they can go back and edit it?

Thanks in advance for your reply to this pressing inquiry.

another satisfied client wrote:

Would it be possible to install an EDIT function so when somebody makes a mistake like typing Mobilve they can go back and edit it?

Thanks in advance for your reply to this pressing inquiry.

We're likely going to upgrade the entire message board software so it's not in the cards to add editing to the current setup.

The goal for this was just to get something mobile friendly fairly quickly and I think we accomplished that.

I dont like forums with message editing because most people are not going to go back and reread old posts. I dont think people typically even read more than the first couple of posts and the most recent page anyway.

On mobile. The search tab and other tabs won't stay open for me to type in a search request or select an option.

just one thing wrote:

On mobile. The search tab and other tabs won't stay open for me to type in a search request or select an option.

I confirmed on a Windows 8 phone that search does not stay open after selecting it.

This is what the message board looks like for me when my browser window (Chrome running on Windows 7) isn't maximized:

http://i.imgur.com/7gRTfGR.png

I get that you need ads to make money, but it's ridiculous when the ad embedded in the first post splits up the first sentence of that post. There are a bunch of options, but the one I'd go with is: get rid of one of the internal links (NYC photos or Best Pictures of '13) and replace it with the ad that had previously been smack dab in the middle of the content, i.e. MB posts. So the posts would be uninterrupted (still a banner at the very top of the page and a banner at the very bottom of the page) and down the right side of the screen it'd go ad, link to LRC content, ad. You'll still have the same number of ads, and if you want to continue to link to the other stuff on the site, you can rotate what that middle one shows. Like if I open 5 tabs with a different thread in each, one would have a link to NYC photos, one would have a link to Best of 2013 photos, another would link to The Week That Was, another to a LRC exclusive interview, and another to an essay written by Employee #1. I don't need to see a link to your NYC photos at the top of every single thread I open any more than I needed to watch that autoplaying Mary Cain video forty times a day (I'm on LRC way too much) for a month.

In general, though, I do like this latest MB update.

just one thing wrote:

On mobile. The search tab and other tabs won't stay open for me to type in a search request or select an option.

Yep, I'm having the same problem.

I enjoyed just have "Main Message Board" as an option on the menu.

The "Sub-Forum" option adds another click and will be problematic on my cell.

Perhaps you could have a "Sub-Forum" option to the right on "Main Message Board"..?

I see "Main Forum" to the left. I didn't realize you could fix stuff that quickly.

krispy kremlin wrote:

I see "Main Forum" to the left. I didn't realize you could fix stuff that quickly.

That's been there the whole time. But i'll take credit for working fast :)

I'll look into some of these other issues. I also have the split text issue on narrow browsers (eg ipad in portrait mode) so I think I can hack a fix for that.

I'll also look into the drop down thing. It works fine on my iPhone/narrow browser/etc. You said Windows phone. What browser is running on that? A mobile IE one? I'll see if I can virtualize it.

Mostly going to keep these changes to minor cosmetic issues. Weldon noted that entirely new forum software will happen at least by the next midterm elections so it's not worth putting too much development work into a forum script that was literally written 15 years ago.

Yeah, it's mobile IE.

Just have another little problem. When I qouted your post, It filled up my message box and I couldn't scroll down to write my reply under it.

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I get that you need ads to make money, but it's ridiculous when the ad embedded in the first post splits up the first sentence of that post..

This shouldn't happen anymore.

After posting, the page refreshes with just the LRC banner and stuff at the top of the page and without the list of thread titles. I have to select 'Main Forum' to get that list back.

I'm using an iPad.

Just some guy here wrote:

After posting, the page refreshes with just the LRC banner and stuff at the top of the page and without the list of thread titles. I have to select 'Main Forum' to get that list back.

I'm using an iPad.

I tried to replicate this using both Chrome and Safari on an iPad and both times I was taken back to the main forum.

It uses Javascript to redirect. I added a quick link for when javascript fails.

just one thing wrote:

Yeah, it's mobile IE.

Trying to find a way to emulate the mobile IE browser but not having any luck.

Just have another little problem. When I qouted your post, It filled up my message box and I couldn't scroll down to write my reply under it.

Again, on your phone?

deron paul wrote:

just one thing wrote:

On mobile. The search tab and other tabs won't stay open for me to type in a search request or select an option.

Yep, I'm having the same problem.

Give it a shot now. I turned off hovering for phones (where you cant really hover) so you have to click, and it should stay open until you click away. Any luck?

erik wrote:

deron paul wrote:

Yep, I'm having the same problem.

Give it a shot now. I turned off hovering for phones (where you cant really hover) so you have to click, and it should stay open until you click away. Any luck?

The drop tabs are working perfectly now. Thanks!

On the reply thing. Yeah, it's on my phone. If the text of the quoted post is bigger than the text box. I can't scroll down to the bottom of the quoted text to reply.

just one thing wrote:

erik wrote:

Give it a shot now. I turned off hovering for phones (where you cant really hover) so you have to click, and it should stay open until you click away. Any luck?

The drop tabs are working perfectly now. Thanks!

On the reply thing. Yeah, it's on my phone. If the text of the quoted post is bigger than the text box. I can't scroll down to the bottom of the quoted text to reply.

OK, I recoded the quote feature to automatically scroll to the bottom of the textbox when used. This should help. Works for me on my iPhone, give it a shot.

I am seeing a lot of "Undefined Offset" errors. Not sure what that means, but they are popping up on like every 3rd thread.

Just an FYI...