TrailManor Owner's Forum  

Go Back   TrailManor Owner's Forum > TrailManor Owners Community > Forum Admin | Account Help | Suggestion Box
Register FAQ Members List Calendar Mark Forums Read

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 06-06-2022, 01:10 PM   #1
Janet H
Site Team
 
Janet H's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2021
Location: PNW
Posts: 24
Default Right sidebar coming soon

In the next few days you'll see a layout change to the forum home page - a new right side bar with a recent posts feed.
__________________
.
Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy, and taste good with ketchup.
.
Janet H is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-06-2022, 04:28 PM   #2
Shane826
TrailManor Master
 
Shane826's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Rochester, NY
Posts: 1,818
Default

NICE. My only ask is to keep the site mobile friendly. It’s pretty rare that I get to sit down and crack open a laptop computer…
__________________
2007/21 TM 3326 (Pride of the Fleet)
2000 2720SL (Rebuild Project)
2002 2619 (Parts TM)
SMARTER THAN GOOGLE!
Shane826 is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 06-08-2022, 07:36 PM   #3
Kidkraz
Site Sponsor
 
Kidkraz's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2013
Posts: 1,037
Default

Not a fan of the side bar. I use a mini iPad normally to read the forum site, so things are already small. To adapt, cause I'm older. I up the web page to 115%. In doing that, the page is easier for me to read, but the side bar is now only half visible, which doesn't make it as usable as it was intended. I know I can click the up arrow at the top rt to hide it somewhat, but seeing half a bar is an unneeded distraction. I checked the site on my cell and with that at a higher setting, 150% the side bar is basically gone, so its a none issue on my phone. Is it possible to enable folks to hide the side bar, without causing too much work or reprogramming. I hate causing work if its just a me thing.
__________________
2013 2619
80 watt solar panel/swing hitch/low profile A/C.
Enduro 4445 caravan mover
2016 Dodge Ram 1500 V8 Hemi
Installed powered folding tow mirrors

Stopped playing with airplanes, now I just enjoy watching them fly by.
Kidkraz is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 06-09-2022, 09:41 AM   #4
Ramblin' Rec
Member
 
Join Date: May 2021
Posts: 25
Default

Also not a fan, and also on a tablet. I just click on "New Posts" when I want to see the latest posts. Which is most of the time. So for me, it's redundant and in the way.
__________________
2020 2720 QS
2005 Toyota 4Runner Sport V8
Ramblin' Rec is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-10-2022, 09:08 AM   #5
rickst29
yes, they hunt lions.
 
rickst29's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Reno, NV
Posts: 1,318
Default It needs some kind of "close" or shrink" control.

I am not personally affected, because I only view the TMO forum on a 4K Television "monitor". But this issue occurs in many applications, such as word processors, which often contain right-side "panels" of substantial width. In the case of Word Processors (such as LibreOffice), the contents of these right-side "panels" often provide for additional format controls. But they consume A LOT of horizontal space, and the vertical bar which separates the right panel from the man content is almost universally provided with a tool to show/hide the right panel content.

In TMO forum, the badly designed-panel provides a vertical shrink tool, but the "emptied" panel still wastes the entire panel area with full-width "panel menu bar" with only one menu item on the left, the vertical show/hid control on the right of the menu bar.

ONE 'FIXED' Design (more complex, not recommended):

If the only menu item will always be "Recent Threads", then it's left side label ">>" should be converted into a control. Clicking the control (or swiping it to the right, for the cases of the User viewing and controlling from a touchscreen) WILL shrink the menu bar to be only a small control on the right side, viewed as "<<".

When the right panel's title bar has been shrunk to that small round/square icon, the main "left panel" content width should expand to fill nearly all of the current right panel's width - leaving only a narrow column, containing the control re-enable the "Recent Threads" Panel.

A BETTER "FIXED" UI Design (simple, solves all issues expressed by other persons):

Simply convert the current panel menu's "double-Up" control to be an "X" control, closing the panel and allowing the main content panel to be expanded to the full width of the parent element. (The sidebar would completely vanish.). In order to allow a user to re-enable display of the "Recent Threads" sidebar panel, it can just be added as another menu item within the "Quick Links" menu.

A DIFFERENT AND NEW COMPLAINT:
The fact that the panel contains only 12 thread items, AND is not scrollable, is a separate "problem". The list of Threads should be made scrollable for a much larger number of entries, and it should probably be more tall (maybe 60-80% of the height of the parent element, if fixed... and maybe further enhanced by adding a size control for the panel, in it's bottom right corner.)

These two changes only involved relatively simple HTML/CSS/JS, and I feel that the panel should be enhanced in this way as well.
__________________
TM='06 2619 w/5K axle, 15" Maxxis "E" tires. Plumbing protector. 630 watts solar. 450AH LiFePO4 batteries, 3500 watt inverter. CR-1110 E-F/S fridge (compressor).
TV = 2007 4runner sport, with a 36 volt "power boost".
rickst29 is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 06-14-2022, 11:05 AM   #6
Janet H
Site Team
 
Janet H's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2021
Location: PNW
Posts: 24
Default

Today there is an option available for a mobile view. (no right side bar and simpler navigation)

You'll need to login to the full site and then scroll down to the lower left corner and select the mobile view. If decide you don't want to use the mobile view - scroll the bottom of the page (center) to select "return to full site"

Click image for larger version

Name:	Mobileskin.jpg
Views:	67
Size:	132.0 KB
ID:	21065


The mobile skin looks like this and most Menu items are under the "hamburger menu" in the top right.

Click image for larger version

Name:	Mobileskin_1.jpg
Views:	71
Size:	110.7 KB
ID:	21066
__________________
.
Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy, and taste good with ketchup.
.
Janet H is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-14-2022, 11:19 AM   #7
rickst29
yes, they hunt lions.
 
rickst29's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Reno, NV
Posts: 1,318
Default 'Moble View' unfortunately removes other information as well.

In particular, the "Last Post" column within the main panel.
__________________
TM='06 2619 w/5K axle, 15" Maxxis "E" tires. Plumbing protector. 630 watts solar. 450AH LiFePO4 batteries, 3500 watt inverter. CR-1110 E-F/S fridge (compressor).
TV = 2007 4runner sport, with a 36 volt "power boost".
rickst29 is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 06-14-2022, 11:27 AM   #8
Janet H
Site Team
 
Janet H's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2021
Location: PNW
Posts: 24
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by rickst29 View Post
In particular, the "Last Post" column within the main panel.
The mobile view is limited but it's also very fast. In the coming months we'll be moving to new software (Xenforo) and that should alleviate many of these issues. In the meantime we're making do with aging software
__________________
.
Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy, and taste good with ketchup.
.
Janet H is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-14-2022, 11:54 AM   #9
Kidkraz
Site Sponsor
 
Kidkraz's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2013
Posts: 1,037
Default

Janet, that's what I do with my aging body....
Couldn't help myself.
__________________
2013 2619
80 watt solar panel/swing hitch/low profile A/C.
Enduro 4445 caravan mover
2016 Dodge Ram 1500 V8 Hemi
Installed powered folding tow mirrors

Stopped playing with airplanes, now I just enjoy watching them fly by.
Kidkraz is online now   Reply With Quote
Reply


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Cabinets coming loose from the wall JoeShaunn Interior 16 04-29-2021 11:53 AM
water not coming out of all faucets campquilter Plumbing 4 05-18-2020 08:58 AM
velcro coming off Itaricans Interior 17 09-15-2017 09:41 PM
How to fix bathroom wall coming apart. Ruby Ray Interior 3 07-18-2008 10:51 PM
TM coming to AZ General TrailManor Topics 4 07-08-2003 09:39 AM


All times are GMT -6. The time now is 05:55 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
Copyright 2022 Trailmanor Owners Page.