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  • Kestryll
    Head Janitor
    • Oct 2005
    • 21584

    Top Three Issues to be Addressed

    I know since the move things have been both better and worse in various ways.
    I'm seeing several different topics and issues but chasing them all simultaneously creates a mess and stuff gets missed.
    I want to find the top three issues, focus on those and then revisit the next three.

    I will be posting a different thread elsewhere to get your thoughts on the move to the cloud server, it's better but I'm not sure I'm sold on it.

    Post what you consider the top three issues we are dealing with right now, things like search issues, images, etc. and I'll average out the top three.

    Thanks!
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  • #2
    saudadeii
    Veteran Member
    • Dec 2012
    • 3437

    #1 Search

    #2 significant lag going to Message Center/Notifications (sometimes other places too but Message center issue is constant)

    #3 Search
    My Marketplace Feedback: https://www.calguns.net/forum/market...k#post54003245

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    • #3
      Kyle1886
      Veteran Member
      • Dec 2009
      • 3866

      1: Search
      2: As mentioned in the other thread; although I don't own a cell phone I would think those that do, may think loss of the TapTalk thing is important.
      3: My Photos. I didn't have many but I guess they did not make the transition. Maybe I just don't know where the folder is for pic is a possibility. It's not in the "profile" area. No biggie.

      Kyle
      Last edited by Kyle1886; 06-08-2024, 3:06 PM.
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      • #4
        mdr110
        Member
        • Aug 2022
        • 147

        Make using cell phone more friendly.

        Make more top threads in a page like before. Instead 50 new pages to 20 pages.

        Would be nice if new threads are bolded like before.
        Feedback/iTrader: https://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/...8#post28174608

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        • #5
          Garv
          RSG Minion, Senior
          CGN Contributor - Lifetime
          • Apr 2014
          • 9027

          More cell phone friendly.

          More threads per page.

          New Posts (or Topics) button.
          Originally posted by Kestryll:
          It never fails to amuse me how people get outraged but fail to tell the whole story in their rants....

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          • #6
            SkyHawk
            I need a LIFE!!
            • Sep 2012
            • 23518

            Local Search - the entire site needs to be reindexed from the beginning of time

            Google Search - almost everything is missing from Google now - hardly any image results etc. I am sure a large percentage of new users found Calguns when searching Google for something, and it was also useful for existing members to get around search limitations with the forum software when doing advanced searches.

            User avatars - I know this is not top of the list but the forum looks sort of broken since most avatars are jacked up now. Some are tiny, some are spilling outside their box. Is there no way to allow the old sizes of avatars? Also when avatars are cropped and miniaturized by the forum in various places it gets even weirder. The CP says the avatar should be 300 x 100 but most of the time they are displayed as squares, sometimes ovals, and other times tiny rectangles. I have no idea what these forum programmers were thinking. I also have no idea now how to make an avatar that would be optimized for all of these various displays of the avatar.
            Click here for my iTrader Feedback thread: https://www.calguns.net/forum/market...r-feedback-100

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            • #7
              Spanky8601
              Senior Member
              • Apr 2010
              • 2274

              1 Search

              2 More topics per page
              May I always be the type of person my dog thinks I am

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              • #8
                mygeaux
                CGN/CGSSA Contributor - Lifetime
                CGN Contributor - Lifetime
                • Mar 2016
                • 112

                Originally posted by SkyHawk
                Local Search - the entire site needs to be reindexed from the beginning of time

                Google Search - almost everything is missing from Google now - hardly any image results etc. I am sure a large percentage of new users found Calguns when searching Google for something, and it was also useful for existing members to get around search limitations with the forum software when doing advanced searches.
                Agree with these two, and with adding buttons for "New Posts" and "Today's Posts" like on the old platform.

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                • #9
                  command_liner
                  Senior Member
                  • May 2009
                  • 1177

                  For those of us on the edge of the internet, the size of the HTML stream matters quite a bit.

                  1) Use proper compression of ALL data elements, and get rid of non-performant add-ons. I do not need custom fonts that
                  occasionally take 100 seconds to load. Use the commonly available tools to see what behaves slowly or is not compressed,
                  and fix those things. Check that box in the CloudFlare configuration that enables zstd compression, and set the compression
                  attributes to (non-default) maximum compression. Force all images and video clips to be recoded with webp.

                  2) Very low information density of the page. Get twice as much text on the page. Make the stupidly long list of things of the left
                  side of each posting into a clickable button with the moniker "Details". I do not want to know about Facebook, or X, or your join
                  date, or your contributor status. Your post count is about as interesting as your toenail cutting habits. Hide all this crap.

                  3) Better search might be useful.
                  What about the 19th? Can the Commerce Clause be used to make it illegal for voting women to buy shoes from another state?

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                  • #10
                    sonofeugene
                    Veteran Member
                    • Oct 2013
                    • 4430

                    We need a button for all new posts since the last time we visited CalGuns. It allows quick and easy access to things we are most interested in. Is was, perhaps, the most used button before the software switch.

                    Please??!
                    Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless when facing them. - Rabindranath Tagore

                    A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it. - Rabindranath Tagore

                    Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see. - Arthur Schopenhaur

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                    • #11
                      BillSmith
                      Senior Member
                      • Nov 2017
                      • 546

                      1) New posts button (Is function of New Topic button similar?)
                      2) More posts per page
                      3) Bacon
                      Sometimes a gun is just a gun.

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                      • #12
                        Preston-CLB
                        Veteran Member
                        • Apr 2018
                        • 3849

                        command_liner, you seem to be pretty savvy with this stuff. How about asking Kes if he needs any help?
                        -P
                        ? "If you want nice fresh oats, you have to pay a fair price. If you are satisfied with oats that have already been through the horse, well, that comes a little cheaper."

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                        • #13
                          Kestryll
                          Head Janitor
                          • Oct 2005
                          • 21584

                          I contacted vB about the search and rebuilding the index, this was their reply:
                          Rebuilding the search index is an intensive process, especially in the AdminCP. Due to this and the fact that some people rebuild the search index without reason, it is only available via support request in Cloud. This allows us to send the request to a task processor and offload it from web-based processes. I've scheduled this task for your site.
                          I'm not happy about having to ask them to do it but I get why it's it's up like that.
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                          • #14
                            SkyHawk
                            I need a LIFE!!
                            • Sep 2012
                            • 23518

                            Originally posted by Kestryll
                            I contacted vB about the search and rebuilding the index, this was their reply:


                            I'm not happy about having to ask them to do it but I get why it's it's up like that.
                            Yes I completely understand it. It might take days, maybe longer. I can see why they don't want anyone just firing this off willy-nilly. It is awesome that they are going to schedule it!!
                            Click here for my iTrader Feedback thread: https://www.calguns.net/forum/market...r-feedback-100

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                            • #15
                              BakoJ
                              top poster @ utahguns.net
                              CGN Contributor - Lifetime
                              • Dec 2012
                              • 2293

                              Tapatalk support.
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                              Join the discussion at www.utahguns.net

                              Originally posted by HP911
                              sweet jesus, the subject matter experts are 97!
                              Isaiah 41:10
                              So do not fear, for I am with you;
                              do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
                              I will strengthen you and help you;
                              I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

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