Question Feedback Poll - Which forum format do you like (Old Style or New "Motoring Alliance")

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.

 

Quick update for those who prefer the "old style". If you go to the bottom left and click on either "Old Style" or "Motoring Alliance" you will see a new "theme" option called "Old Style (Color rush)"... I will rename it at some point. Check it out. Functionality should be exactly the same.. however it matches more of the colors etc of this site. Let me know if you find any issues. If none are reported, I will be turning off the "Old Style" version and this will be the default for members who prefer the older look and feel of a forum.

let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks,

Josh

 

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.

 

Thanks for the feedback, I’m continue to try and balance the updated look along with the organization. More to do there for sure. Have you tried the old style view? That will be very similar to the traditional forum view (less graphics etc).

Regarding vendors section, I’m working on bringing that back up. It will be going live along with the updated classifieds section. I was almost there, then ran into a bug that made me change directions. Hoping to have it up in next two weeks.

Again appreciate the feedback. Let me know your thoughts on the traditional style format.

 

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..