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Martin
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Mobile site - beta testing
Hi all,

Well it's the moment I bet many of you thought would never happen - there is now a smartphone/mobile version of the forum


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You can switch to it from the black bar at the top of the page which appears when you are viewing on a mobile, or click here

It is still early days, and I had wanted to get it finished before releasing to you, however I now think it's better to get people to try it and give feedback about what is good, bad, ugly or otherwise.

The basic forum functionality is there, however the following are currently missing:

  • Polls/sign ups
  • Image upload
  • PMs - pages are place but not currently mobile friendly - fixed 17/10/2014
  • Map
  • Calendar (largely unused anway)
  • Profile edit
  • Advanced searching
  • Memberlist
  • Gallery
  • Wiki
  • Shop


Some or none of these may never make the mobile site, it depends how necessary they are when on a small screen Smile

So, if you have a smartphone, please, please try the mobile site and reply with feedback here. There will be plenty wrong, so please don't hesitate to report an issue, bug or improvement - I will read all reports and attempt to implement everything wherever possible.

If you need to switch back to the normal site, it is available from the menu icon (top left), then "Desktop Site".

A link to reply to this thread is also available in the menu as "Send Feedback".  1988 90 Td5 NAS soft top
2015 D90 XS SW

Last edited by Martin on 17th Oct 2014 8:47am. Edited 1 time in total
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gilarion



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Working fine, although the menu button when pressed shows the topics superimposed over the forum thread list so a bit hard to make out what the menu list is. Top effort though Martin.
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Martin
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What phone is that on? It should look like this:


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gilarion



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Samsung Galaxy S5. Android 4.4.2 OS

The site loads fine but when I tap the menu button the menu displays over the left hand column of topics and is not greyed out as in the picture. All the links work fine though.
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OK, I don't currently have an Android device to test with.  1988 90 Td5 NAS soft top
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gilarion



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Looks like this



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iPhone 6...
Certainly seems to work flawlessly so far on my iPhone 6... Bow down

I will check it out a bit more scientifically after the day job... Whistle

Although I am not convinced it is better than using the full site on current mobile tech tbh... Mr. Green

Thanks a lot for providing us the opportunity to test it out and provide development feedback though Martin... Thumbs Up  Rog... Mr. Green
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Hello Martin

Looks good, and also appears to work really well too Thumbs Up
(Samsung Galaxy S3 and S4)

I also get the thread being viewed as a 'ghosted page' under the 'main topics menu' drop down when used,
but don't mind it, as it's so faint, and reminds you where your were if you want to return to it by touching
the 'menu' button again.

Great not to have to zoom in and out all the time when mobile...
the snap to 'large' image (fitting the screen) feature is also good.

Will give this a proper 'road test' later, but thanks... SKIP
https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic83242.html
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Hi Martin

I don't get what gilarion sees, I see this...


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My Galaxy S3 runs Android 4.3
My Galaxy S4 runs Android 4.4.2 SKIP
https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic83242.html
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That's what you should see, although the blue buttons at the button should be completely covered - I will have to tweak.  1988 90 Td5 NAS soft top
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Just tried opening the menu on a thread page rather than the topics page and and the menu displays as your photo, it appears that the menu on my phone only displays as per my photo on the topic page if that is any help.
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Re: Mobile site - beta testing
Martin wrote:
It is still early days, and I had wanted to get it finished before releasing to you, however I now think it's better to get people to try it and give feedback about what is good, bad, ugly or otherwise.

So, if you have a smartphone, please, please try the mobile site and reply with feedback here. There will be plenty wrong, so please don't hesitate to report an issue, bug or improvement - I will read all reports and attempt to implement everything wherever possible.

A link to reply to this thread is also available in the menu as "Send Feedback".

Hi Martin - I have noticed that selecting a thread to view takes one to the OP each time... Whistle

Unless I am missing it completely, I cannot see an option for going directly to the last post, or even switching to the last and intervening pages... Big Cry

Which is rather a nuisance especially for long/er threads... Shocked  Rog... Mr. Green
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There are page navigation buttons and drop-downs if you scroll to the bottom. Orange next/previous buttons, and click the "Page x of n" drop-down to pick any page.

Jumping to the last post, or last unread post, is something I need to work out how to find room for in the space available.

Martin  1988 90 Td5 NAS soft top
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Understand that Martin, but it can still be rather long-winded... Twisted Evil

Take the 'Hello' thread where there are 152 pages as an example... Shocked

Surely it would be better to make the landing page be the last, which is where most of us, I assume, want to be when checking in on threads we are watching... Thumbs Up

I know it is probably a bit early to start pointing out such nice to have additions, especially when you are really looking for buglets and problems... Bow down  Rog... Mr. Green
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working great on my iPhone.

Maybe my preference - but a couple of points up on the font size or bolder or just a bit more contrast somehow ? Would make the text easier for me to read.

Delighted though.
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