Question Feedback Most liked posts in thread: Poll - Which forum format do you like (Old Style or New "Motoring Alliance")

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Good feedback - we can play with that.. And I can adjust each pages layout to a certain extent without going custom. The table of contents is a little more challenging... I’ll have to think about that. If you like and have time, we can get online at the same time and try different settings to see what you have in mind.. then once the changes are made we can ask the group their thoughts.. You open to that?

 

Agree and understood.. working on a few things there. Was thinking about color by numbers.. ie generation numbers and have them more muted. Good feedback.. thanks!

 

Agreed - working on that. I have almost all of the library moved over now. There are a few articles I'm still having some challenges with and I need to move over the HPDE ones (but the pictures are missing... so working on that). Do you typically hit the site from a mobile device or your PC. If you hit it from your PC, it's a little easier to navigate. On the right hand side there is a "Categories" block that will take you to whatever section your looking for. For example, if the landing page for technical articles is: https://www.motoringalliance.com/articles/category/maintenance-and-technical-info.5/

If you want a "generation" specific section you can click on 1st Generation MINI (40 articles there) and it will take you to this page: https://www.motoringalliance.com/articles/category/1st-generation-mini.6/

Now that the articles are moved over, I will be working on making navigation better. Ultimately, I want it to be so simple I don't need to explain it... and for it to work on both PC/Mobile seamlessly. Keep the feedback coming... and THANKS for the great articles you have produced.

 

Still looking into this. Essentially those "tags" are called Prefix. They show up inline with the title by default. I'm looking to either move their location or just use Tags. I found a site that primarily uses tags.. and it's really nice. That said, the site has a few moderators/members that help as its really important to keep them standard. With prefix I can manage that a little easier and prefix provide some native filtering. It appears he customized his site to use the tags for filtering... but he did it really well.. still researching.

 

Poll is now:
7 - for the "old style"
11 - for the "new style"
I'm also researching to see if there is a good way to blend the styles somewhat.. I found a site I really like the layout of. Still researching how/what they did. Has a good modern feel, is clean you can find information really quickly. Will keep ya'll updated.

 

Good deal - what I find is on mobile some things work really well, but some do not.. for example on mobile when the screen get small (i.e. phone) the side bar (right side) drops to below the main content. This is a challenge for Articles, Garage, etc.. as it means the navigation drops to the bottom. You have to scroll to the bottom to move around easily. Working on that. You won't see the difference since you are on PC, but phone and in some cases tablet users will.

 

Of the whopping 18 replies.. its
7 - for the old style forum (see note above regarding the updates to "old style"
11 - for the new style.

 

Oh sorry, in the bottom left of the screen there is a "style" chooser. You could choose between this style (Motoring Alliance) or default style. Initially, I only planned on having one style. However some people like the older forum style better. So I updated it with the MA colors and created (Old Style color rush)... Now called (Motoring Alliance Old Style). To see the different styles, use the Style Selector at the bottom. It looks like this:


Here are images: Motoring Alliance


Here are images of the "new" old style - Motoring Alliance Old Style


Let me know if you have any questions... and thoughts.

Thanks,

Josh

 

Note - I did "turn off" old style. So now it's just Motoring Alliance and Motoring Alliance Old Style. Let me know if anyone has any issues/questions/concerns... or loves it.

Thanks,

Josh

 

Good deal - thanks for the feedback. Let me know if you see any issues.

 

Good deal - glad we brought back the old school.. Frankly I like some components of the old and some of the new. Still working to figure out the best of both.. either way, I will continue to provide the options.

 

Good deal - I actually sometimes flip back and forth depending on what I’m doing.

 

Redbeard - thanks for the feedback, I'll have to look into that. There should be a "Whats New" navigation link on every page. That will take you directly to all the new content. On PC's it would be in the top menu bar. On Mobile or smaller screens there should be 3 little lines next to the MA Logo. If you tap that, it should show a complete menu that includes "Whats New". A few quick questions:
1) What size/type of mobile device are you using?
2) Are you seeing the three little lines? If not, I can take some screen shots to make sure we are both seeing/not seeing the same thing.
3) Are you using the "Motoring Alliance" theme or the "Motoring Alliance Old Style" theme.. (If you don't know how to change, I can explain)

In theory one of the nice things about the new platform is its built with mobil in mind. Its whats called a "responsive" design. So the page layout adjust based on the size of the screen. Let me know, as I want to make it easy for everyone to pop to new post/articles/garage etc..