Part of your world is about to change - Imminent Forum Update - PLEASE READ

Brace Yourselves! :lol:

Morning all,

This is just to forewarn you that we're going to be rolling out a significant update to the forum later today.

Although the "behind the scenes" bits will work just as before, the user interface (the bit you see) is going to look quite different at first glance.

95% of the features you know and love (ahem) will still be found in roughly the same place; but there will be less "clutter" and the important functions will be more obvious.


Why are we changing?

Some aspects of the current design are a little clunky and cluttered and overdue for a refresh, but the main reason is the rise of the tablet (and other mobile) devices.

Over 15% of our visitors now browse on iPads. :shock: And many more use iPhones, Galaxies, etc.

The current interface is not optimal for small displays and touch-screens, so we need to make it better.


What are we changing?

Much of the visual "cruft" will be gone, and redundant links culled.

The most important links will become easier-to-tap buttons and colours will be more consistent in use, with better visual "cues" and a couple of useful new features where you need them.


So, talk amongst yourselves while we do some final testing...

I'll post some screen grabs later this morning and we hope to publish the new interface this afternoon.

It will be a "hot swap" taking only a few seconds and we won't need to take the forum down.

N.B. If you're online when we apply the update, then your screen may go briefly weird... but just refresh your browser once or twice and all should be well.

But I'll let you know when we're ready to roll...

As you were...

Sounds great boss.

Hopefully I won't have to have super dextrous fingers :-)

Awesome, always thought it could do with a revamp but i am far too polite to mention it -)

I hope it comes with a better search facility and user control panel.


Im a bit excited now.

This will be like us having a clear out or moving house while Ally and the team are all away!! lol
Lets all hide.

Snapzzz,
'Top post' was me.
Made me smile.
:D

Snapzzz wrote:

This will be like us having a clear out or moving house while Ally and the team are all away!! lol
Lets all hide.

I like it

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

As long as we get a scandinavian flag for the relevant section, then I will be happy....

bedrock barney wrote:As long as we get a scandinavian flag for the relevant section, then I will be happy....

Consistency BB, I like a man who's consistent! :wink:

we may be away but modern technology.........
:roll: