Site News New Area: LinkHub Now Available

[Ian]

The other fix has been done. @bormio , @DoubleDeluxe , and @h0c2000 let me know how it's rendering now for you guys.

 

[DoubleDeluxe]

Just made a change - is it loading correctly?

Looks good now, thanks!

 

[bormio]

The other fix has been done. @bormio , @DoubleDeluxe , and @h0c2000 let me know how it's rendering now for you guys.

Working great

 

[Ian]

Working great

Good deal. I have an iPhone 11, and it also seems OK on mine, so hopefully we're good. Appreciate you and everyone else helping me troubleshoot things.

 

[Pape]

so it recognizes all the posts & links that were made on the old Links page..

I like that, but it leaves the old stuff buried deep...

Got to say the interface is absolutely fantastic... easy to use...

well done @Ian

 

[Pape]

oh & linkhub > linkspace

 

[Ian]

so it recognizes all the posts & links that were made on the old Links page..

I like that, but it leaves the old stuff buried deep...

Got to say the interface is absolutely fantastic... easy to use...

well done @Ian

Thanks. And I'll get into highlighting popular category pages and things like that and organizing them a little better. The initial goal was just trying to update it and get everything working correctly, but I feel like after a few months of effort, it definitely came out better than I thought.

 

[Ian]

Had a glitch, and I'm hoping the earlier change didn't get reverted. So let me know if it's still good for you guys ( @bormio , @DoubleDeluxe , and @h0c2000 )

 

[DoubleDeluxe]

Had a glitch, and I'm hoping the earlier change didn't get reverted. So let me know if it's still good for you guys ( @bormio , @DoubleDeluxe , and @h0c2000 )

Still good for me.

 

[mike_usagisan]

Mine is looking weird on my phone, where the column is just a few pixels wide:

 

[Ian]

Looks like the icons are crowded. I’ll fix that. Noticed I have a few things that need to be tweaked, so I’ll work on that in the morning.

 

[Ian]

Mine is looking weird on my phone, where the column is just a few pixels wide:

Looking at it again, it’s weird that it’s pushed those over - What kind of phone/browser is it?

 

[mike_usagisan]

Looking at it again, it’s weird that it’s pushed those over - What kind of phone/browser is it?

iPhone with Firefox.

 

[h0c2000]

Had a glitch, and I'm hoping the earlier change didn't get reverted. So let me know if it's still good for you guys ( @bormio , @DoubleDeluxe , and @h0c2000 )

This is what my screen looks like at 1521 pixels wide, full screen chrome windows:


The right sidebar was there previously and does not appear until pixel width is >1800. This negatively changes the experience as I need to turn my neck or body from viewing the content in the center of the screen to the right of the screen. Typing this replay and focusing on the very right of my screen on the line wraps and then needing to turn my neck to refocus on the left half of the screen is distracting.

Also, the button font pixel size is too small in the left sidebar. I'd recommend making it a minimum of 13, like the menu-content is.

I'd prefer a way to hide the left sidebar, or have it default to collapsed.

 

[ausbacker]

Looks great @Ian but for those of us who prefer only having the forum on screen, is there an option to hide or switch the hub off?

 

[Ian]

Mine is looking weird on my phone, where the column is just a few pixels wide:

I downloaded Firefox and figured it out. You must have eyes like mine, and you've got the zoom turned on, which caused the icons to move, wrap, and break the layout. I've partially fixed it, but I'll have to rework the other blocks to accommodate for that. I think you might have that issue in here as well with those icons, so I'll also work on that.

 

[Ian]

This is what my screen looks like at 1521 pixels wide, full screen chrome windows:


The right sidebar was there previously and does not appear until pixel width is >1800. This negatively changes the experience as I need to turn my neck or body from viewing the content in the center of the screen to the right of the screen. Typing this replay and focusing on the very right of my screen on the line wraps and then needing to turn my neck to refocus on the left half of the screen is distracting.

Also, the button font pixel size is too small in the left sidebar. I'd recommend making it a minimum of 13, like the menu-content is.

I'd prefer a way to hide the left sidebar, or have it default to collapsed.

Both sidebars were there in the previous iteration, which squished the center block for people using Chromebooks. To try and improve things, I slid the right sidebar down below to widen the viewport for the forum block itself, but the left margin didn't change - I just made the left sidebar larger.

However, I'll continue looking at some options there. So if you and @ausbacker don't mind, hang with me a bit.

 

[h0c2000]

Both sidebars were there in the previous iteration, which squished the center block for people using Chromebooks. To try and improve things, I slid the right sidebar down below to widen the viewport for the forum block itself, but the left margin didn't change - I just made the left sidebar larger.

However, I'll continue looking at some options there. So if you and @ausbacker don't mind, hang with me a bit.

Which is funny, because on my chromebook, both sidebars are at the bottom away from my gaze. The middle block container is just the posts. That's a much better experience for me. 1366 max pixels wide is bliss. None of clutter.

 

[Ian]

Made a modification that should hopefully make things a little cleaner. Went to a dynamic left navbar and moved the block down to the bottom. Hopefully this improves things for everyone.

 

[Ian]

Edit: Tweaked this as the Muted/Blocked button wasn't working. All set now.