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  • ShiroKuroS Online
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    ShiroKuro
    wrote on last edited by
    #21

    Yes, definitely reduce the minimum number to 1 if possible.

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    • wtgW Offline
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      wtg
      wrote on last edited by
      #22

      Ax is in the process of deleting all the spam/advertising users.

      We will at least require an email confirm upon registering, or admin approval. I vote for admin approval.

      When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

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        wtg
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        #23

        This site is not perfect and is a work in progress. I hope we can tailor it to meet people's needs as folks try it out and get a feel for what they like and what they don't.

        When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

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        • wtgW wtg

          @AdagioM

          Apparently SK and I use our iPads in landscape mode, and you prefer portrait!

          When the iPad is in portrait mode, the notification and chat icons get rolled into Minnie Mouse ears. Tap your avatar and it expands them as shown in your second pic.

          In landscape mode, they are visible all the time.

          AdagioMA Online
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          AdagioM
          wrote on last edited by AdagioM
          #24

          @wtg I use my iPad in landscape mode! The picture I sent before is just a square because I use Layout for Instagram to make collages.

          I’m using one of the skins, but I don’t think that’s the issue. (Superhero, it has a lot of dark space which makes reading easier.)

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          • ShiroKuroS ShiroKuro

            Yes, definitely reduce the minimum number to 1 if possible.

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            AdagioM
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            • ShiroKuroS ShiroKuro

              Yes, definitely reduce the minimum number to 1 if possible.

              AdagioMA Online
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              AdagioM
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              #26

              @ShiroKuro I’ve run into the “too short post” twice already; I guess I like short answers!

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              • ShiroKuroS Online
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                ShiroKuro
                wrote on last edited by
                #27

                Me too. ("me too" is too short btw 😄

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                • wtgW wtg

                  Minimum post length. @Jack-Frost discovered that the minimum number of characters for a post is 8 when he tried to post "IPA" as his response in the favorite summer beverage thread. Should we make that shorter, like maybe a single character or two. so people could respond "no" to something without having to pad the post?

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                  Axtremus
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                  #28

                  @wtg said in Forum questions and suggestions directed to Admin:

                  Minimum post length. @Jack-Frost discovered that the minimum number of characters for a post is 8 ...

                  Reduced "minimum title length" and "minimum post length" to 1 by popular request.

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                  • ShiroKuroS Online
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                    ShiroKuro
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #29

                    Thanks Ax!

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                    • wtgW Offline
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                      wrote on last edited by wtg
                      #30

                      So as folks test the waters here we will begin to develop a list of likes/dislikes. It's very rich functionally, but I'm still at that initial stage of getting to feel like it's a comfortable fit.

                      I'm seeing some things that I'd like to get your input on as you use the software. Because we have control of the software, we can make global changes to the overall style/format so that it works well for as many people as possible. And each user can select a skin. The good news is that we have a lot of choices. The bad news is that we have a lot of choices.

                      So far my take is that the style, the overall look of the forum, is OK but I think there are better ones. The one TNCR uses, for instance.. I think they started with the one we are using here but subsequently switched to this:

                      https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/category/2/general-discussion

                      Thoughts on the overall layout? Font sizes? Let's just start with those.

                      Ax increased the font size. Need to go bigger? Keep as is?

                      When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

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                      • ShiroKuroS Online
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                        ShiroKuro
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                        #31

                        For now I think the font size is good.

                        I don't necessarily like the look of TNCR any better than this site's current look.... I like it how it is right now actually. Maybe others can chime in?

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                          wtg
                          wrote on last edited by wtg
                          #32

                          Yup. Like all things community, the forum appearance is a compromise! But at least one under our control.

                          eta: And we need the over 60 crowd to comment.

                          When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

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                            Axtremus
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                            #33

                            FYI, right now WTF-Beta uses the "Persona" theme, TNCR uses the "Harmony" theme.
                            Each individual user gets to choose which "skin" to use -- "skin" large deals with colors.
                            "Theme" is set for the entire forum -- "theme" deals with layouts.

                            Changing "skin" can be easily done anytime by an individual user.
                            Changing "theme" needs an admin to select the intended "theme" and then restart the forum software for the new theme to take effect.

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                            • ShiroKuroS Online
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                              ShiroKuro
                              wrote on last edited by
                              #34

                              Improbably should play with the skins a bit …

                              If just makes me think of “it takes the lotion from the basket…”

                              😜

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                                wtg
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #35

                                I've gone thru almost all of them. I'll like a particular one for a while but then find some screen where the contrast or colors don't work for me. And it's so bad that I can't understand how whoever designed it did it that say. Sort of like black text on a black background problem. Or text that washes out.

                                I'm back to the default skin, which is no skin.

                                When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

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                                  Nina
                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #36

                                  I'm on my android phone and the interface is good, but I wouldn't mind a larger font.

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                                    wtg
                                    wrote on last edited by
                                    #37

                                    I know, old person gripe...

                                    The emojis are kind of small. I wonder if there's another set that has bigger emojis.

                                    Anyone else having trouble seeing them?

                                    When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

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                                    • AdagioMA Online
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                                      AdagioM
                                      wrote on last edited by
                                      #38

                                      I like the dark backgrounds like Superhero and Darkly. But quoted text on gray can be hard in the sunshine.

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                                        wtg
                                        wrote on last edited by
                                        #39

                                        I'm trying Vapor right now. I'm almost exclusively on a laptop or iPad.

                                        When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

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                                          wtg
                                          wrote on last edited by wtg
                                          #40

                                          Well that was short-lived. I've moved on to Sandstone...

                                          When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

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