coderz wrote:
If so, can you provide RSS feeds or at least a master "all posts/content" feed? Would make it really easy to keep up on running news while still enabling me to go straight to the boards.
Found the rss feed:
http://www.letsrun.com/feed/Nice!
Nicely done. Long overdue upgrade. Doesn't look like anti-aliased MS Paint logo from 2003.
t94bell wrote:
Nicely done. Long overdue upgrade. Doesn't look like anti-aliased MS Paint logo from 2003.
It's not working. At least it does not appear on my monitor.
Big LIKE to the new format at first glance
I have to admit, the first time I logged on here was on my iPad and saw this thread and clicked on the changes. I did not like it---looked too boring and everything was all on one side. Then I decided to take a look on my laptop, thank goodness I was able to see the whole page and have to say it's an improvement. Looks more professional.
Nice work on the new site! Huge improvement.
Here are my critiques:
1. It's not Responsive: You're just checking whether or not I'm on a mobile device and styling appropriately. The mobile version is UGLY! There is an unnecessary right margin taking up a quarter of my screen. LetsRun DOES lend itself to a true responsive design, it's just not implemented here. Check out what happens when you resize your browser here
2. I'm not a fan of the new font. Is it just me or is it very hard to read?
3. Overall the styling is MEH. It's obvious you tried to keep it similar to the old design, but why? Each block of information needs more separation. To me, everything just blurs together. Why not make tiles likes this:
(very very very rough idea).
Overall, I like the attempt, but there's a long way to go.
Top bar navigation is broken on iPhone. Can't navigate to forums on iPhone.
What a joke. Desktop is declining, only growth is mobile and the brojos break the navigation for the most significant mobile platform.
My quick tests:
1) Looks good on a Windows 8.1 desktop running IE11.
2) On a Windows 8 phone the menu at the top is incomplete (I just see the "news" link), and the only ad that displays properly is at the top of the page (the other ads are a blank box).
Later I'll try an iPhone, iPad, and Microsoft Surface
Looking forward to your message board upgrade. Hoping I can filter out all the political and racist bs. Please do not add too much whitespace to your message board... it's a pain being on boards that only show 10 topics and are 70% white space.
Nutella1 wrote:
Top bar navigation is broken on iPhone. Can't navigate to forums on iPhone.
What a joke. Desktop is declining, only growth is mobile and the brojos break the navigation for the most significant mobile platform.
problem solved:
http://www.letsrun.com/forumThe site looks much cleaner and more professional.
I'm not sure if you guys would ever part with it but the title "World Famous Message Boards" is the biggest qualm I and most others that I know have with the site. Its incredibly obnoxious and unprofessional.
Other than that (and the childish color scheme) it looks good.
-Jeff
Nutella1 wrote:
Top bar navigation is broken on iPhone. Can't navigate to forums on iPhone.
What a joke. Desktop is declining, only growth is mobile and the brojos break the navigation for the most significant mobile platform.
Try turning your phone to landscape and then you should see the message board link.
The main menu needs to wrap or become a pull-down menu for small devices.
Page #s have to be bigger to work in my mobile browser.
I agree with ^the above poster on changing the name of the boards. Its one of the reasons I don't go on the site in public. That and the color scheme.
There is just too much text and info on the home page. It is very hard to read and navigate. You should do four or six blocks with corresponding news under each.
long time lurker, first time poster.
Good job finally upgrading the site. I always wondered why you guys refused to put any of your revenue back into the site. You still have quite a work to do, but its a step.
Some ideas:
Reddit style message boards would be huge. They have trolls as well but their voting system means you don't need to dig through the crap for the relevant info.
New color scheme for Gods sake! I want to be on the site at work but with the color scheme my boss can tell instantly that im not on a work-related site.
I'd prefer the message board to stay the same personally. It's so simple. only thing I'd like is an easier way than searching to navigate old threads.
the colors need to change as well as the embarrassing, unintentionally self-patronizing board name. good work with the updates though brojos!
Nutella1 wrote:
Top bar navigation is broken on iPhone. Can't navigate to forums on iPhone.
What a joke. Desktop is declining, only growth is mobile and the brojos break the navigation for the most significant mobile platform.
Don't blame the Brojos, I broke it.
We had some funky issues with the launch moving from our development server to the live server with the caching system we use to improve site performance. I think I've got it sorted out now.
I tested the site on:
Chrome/Safari/Firefox
Galaxy S4 Chrome/Fire Fox/native browser
iPhone 5 on Safari/Chrome
iPad safari/Chrome
And all the responsive features should be working now. You should not see any weird browser margin issues on mobile, and there should be a link to home, the forums, and a drop down menu at the top (in addition to a search engine).
If not, could you please use the feedback form here and attach a screenshot if the problem:
http://www.letsrun.com/2013/11/new-improved-letsrun-com/Thanks for the feedback.
Is it Rupp Certified?
Just tested it on my iphone.
Much improved, works great, has flow.
The ads are working for you, although most of
us could do without them. ;)
Back to reading.