Just bugs / missing functionality reports - no griping

Spear · 15-10-2021 12:24pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118022992#Comment_118022992

So with Adblock turned off they do show. It's the entire title, and the buttons to the right of it that aren't being rendered.

Checking the dev console shows that only a single item on the page is being blocked by Adblock, and it's the object being loaded from securepubads.doubleclick.net.

iLikeWaffles · 15-10-2021 2:10pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118022466#Comment_118022466

"postcount" was renamed to "post-count" it looks like. I use your code, copied over to a custom script and have the boards one hidden. Renaming the style to post-count fixed the visibility.

Muahahaha · 15-10-2021 2:30pm

Is the new side bar labelled 'Categories' here to stay? It is making the space for posts narrower on desktop and therefore they take up much more space on the page and you have to scroll a lot more. Would it not have been better to have it as a drop down menu from 'Categories' on the bar at the top of the page?

Irish Steve · 15-10-2021 11:55pm

Windows 10 Home, Firefox 93 on desktop, there's an issue with menus now on dropdowns, if there are multiple sub forums, it's not possible to scroll down the list of sub forums beyond the bottom of the screen to get to the forum that's wanted.

The intention was to get to the weather forum, but it's not showing on the screen, and won't scroll to it. Now managed to get a jpg, so hopefully, you can see the issue above,

drop_downs.pdf

antodeco · 16-10-2021 12:25pm

Advertisements appearing again for subscribers (well for me anyway!)

Gloomtastic! · 16-10-2021 2:29pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118027900#Comment_118027900

And Mods 😔

Spear · 16-10-2021 5:50pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118028547#Comment_118028547

Niamh commented elsewhere that the ads can be turned off on a user group level, but that it hasn't been done yet.

Irish Steve · 17-10-2021 12:00am

Just posted a message in the Bank of Ireland forum, and for reasons that remain unclear, there are 2 problems with that area.

The first is that it's impossible to go back into the message and edit it, and the second is that the latest upgrade of the software is mangling the formatting of the message, so if I put things like a paragraph break into the message, when it gets posted, all that formatting is being stripped out, which makes the message VERY hard to read, and impossibly long, as it ends up as one long paragraph.

Some of these issues are becoming VERY frustrating, and making it almost impossible to use the site in a meaningful way.

Edited to add that the same issue is NOT happening in this forum, the message I posted here can be changed, and updated, and didn't lose the formatting. Even more strange!

Second update, I've just put a second post into the new thread over on bank of Ireland, and I can edit post 2, and it didn't mangle the formatting, but I still can't go back in and correct the mess it made of post 1, there's no edit option available there to allow me to sort out the mess.

Spear · 17-10-2021 2:10am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118030995#Comment_118030995

Are you using an ad blocker? Turn if off and then check the edit button.

Slideways · 17-10-2021 6:20am

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Tabs cut off on the home page, cant scroll up to see the title on them. On macbook and Chrome

Dero · 18-10-2021 9:49am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118024062#Comment_118024062

Is there any update on this? It's really annoying and I can't see any way to hide/disable it.

Irish Steve · 18-10-2021 11:03am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118031194#Comment_118031194

Looks like that is a factor, I've not changed any settings, but I do have adblocker running on desktop, so will investigate further.

18-10-2021 11:20am

@Boards.ie: Niamh Regarding subscriptions, is there a page anywhere containing info? Can't find anything

Hotblack Desiato · 18-10-2021 3:47pm

The main benefit of the boards enhancement suite now is getting rid of the unbelieveable amount of wasted space on the page...

Boards.ie: Niamh · 18-10-2021 4:07pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118029536#Comment_118029536

Unfortunately it was not that simple as I have flipped the switch for Admin and Mods but they are still seeing ads so more investigation needed.

Boards.ie: Niamh · 18-10-2021 5:55pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118035410#Comment_118035410

There is no updated information for subscribing at the moment, the old page with details is here: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2056950118/subscribing-to-boards-ie#latest

chewed · 19-10-2021 9:45am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118031258#Comment_118031258

This is happening on my Brave browser as well.

iLikeWaffles · 19-10-2021 10:51am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118040431#Comment_118040431

happens on every one.

Boards.ie: Niamh · 19-10-2021 12:12pm

It's more than likely happening because you are using an adblocker. If you disable it for Boards, things should work as expected.

iLikeWaffles · 19-10-2021 12:39pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118041251#Comment_118041251

It's likely happening because boards is now using ads that compromise the style when removed by an ad-blocker. Users use ad-blockers, forcing them to turn them off because of compromised code is going to force them to turn off boards. It was never an issue so why is it suddenly an issue after a change to how the page is styled. The ad was most likely sitting on top of an invisible space or margin and can be removed by an ad-blocker so it only removes the ad. Now it is likely that the ad is the margin so when removed it pushes the page up to compensate for that missing space in that stack.

Shakyfan · 19-10-2021 6:50pm

Not sure if this is possible (I haven't found a way to do it) but previously on the list of discussions there was an icon beside each one which you could click and it would take you straight to the first new post since you last read it. Now you have to click on the last page number or one before it (estimating from how many new posts it says there have been). For example last night the last post in a topic I was reading was on page 209. Today I go in and there have been 2 new posts and we're up to page 210. I click on page 210 to find there's only 1 post there meaning I have to flip back to page 209 and scroll right through it. Of course had I clicked on page 209 at the start I could have scrolled right down to discover that there were no further new posts there and that both were on page 210.

ohnonotgmail · 19-10-2021 7:03pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118043978#Comment_118043978

does clicking on a thread not bring you the first unread post? when you click on a link does it have #latest at the end?

HeidiHeidi · 19-10-2021 7:06pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118043978#Comment_118043978

Clicking on the thread title (or the little down arrow on desktop) should lead you to the first unread post - but it's a bit of a lottery where you wind up in the thread. Plus, whatever post you happen to land on, you'll be missing the header and the first line or two.

But it's a known issue (I've certainly posted about it a number of times), and I believe is being worked on.

mossie · 19-10-2021 7:18pm

In "Bookmarks" if I click on the thread title it takes me to the first unread post. In "My Forums" it takes me to the top of the page which contains the first unread post,

Slideways · 20-10-2021 2:55am

I’ve certainly raised this before. In bookmarks on the mobile app, clicking the title sometimes brings me to first unread post and sometimes to the page that contains the first unread post. It’s a pain in the arse