Hi, just some info & feedback:

The old site needed username + password to log in, the new site needs email address + password (not a problem, just something to be aware of as I needed to change my saved login details).

I couldn't log in with my existing password so requested a password reset. The reset password email went to my spam folder (as mentioned upthread). On my laptop (Ubunto + Brave browser) I couldn't reply as I got "This site is insecure - click here to return to your emails". My mobile phone was happy to reset my password.

Hope it all goes smoothly and any reported niggles are easily fixed 🤞

Edited March 27Mar 27 by Scorpio
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45 minutes ago, Scorpio said:

Info / feedback:

The old site needed username + password to log in, the new site needs email address + password (not a problem, just something to be aware of as I needed to change my saved login details.

I couldn't log in with my existing password so requested a password reset. The reset password email went to my spam folder (as mentioned upthread). On my laptop (Ubunto + Brave browser) I couldn't reply as I got "This site is insecure - click here to return to your emails". My mobile phone was happy to reset my password.

I had the exact same experience - currently not enjoying the new forum layout one little bit. I found the previous inteface very easy to use and look at. I appreciate that sometimes change is necessary but from the user perspective, this new layout leaves me absolutely cold. However, dear administrators, I really do appreciate your efforts. Cheers, Bikes4two

I prefer the usual username and password login. I only received a password reset email after my second request (I guess the forum software was busy doing something else then forgot), and the link it contained was blocked by Gmail, so I had to click a Gmail button to unblock the link. I could have forwarded the email to a less picky email provider, in order to access the pedelecs button link.

1 hour ago, Bikes4two said:

I had the exact same experience - currently not enjoying the new forum layout one little bit. I found the previous inteface very easy to use and look at. I appreciate that sometimes change is necessary but from the user perspective, this new layout leaves me absolutely cold. However, dear administrators, I really do appreciate your efforts. Cheers, Bikes4two

The forum software isn't free, I think it's here to stay until licensing comes up for renewal, unless @rsscott demands a refund. Personally, I would have transferred the old forum to this more reliable hosting instead. I would have considered using this new hosting myself, if their offerings weren't so stingy with storage. Some of the hosts this host bought were so stingy with CPU they didn't work - before one of those godawful hosts was bought by this new host, I got refunded for an entire year's hosting services, after threatening legal action. I'd have preferred the damned hosting I bought functioned as advertised. After screwing over his customers for years by providing crap services, the previous owner of the useless host bought a Ferrari with his "Winnings", sickening. Last I looked a couple of years ago, the ratings for this new host were pretty good. Personally, I'd deffo sue the previous host this forum was on, get refunded at the very least because it was awful and likely cost the forum custom. Nimbus hosting wasn't nimble. I hate those dudes.

Edited March 27Mar 27 by guerney

7 hours ago, Pedelecs Admin said:

Unfortunately Invision removed this in a previous version.

Oh no, I liked the #n

5 hours ago, sjpt said:

#n was always a little unreliable, as they changed if posts were removed.

The software could have left the other #n and associated HTML anchors untouched.

Edited March 27Mar 27 by guerney

9 hours ago, Scorpio said:

Hi, just some info & feedback:

The old site needed username + password to log in, the new site needs email address + password (not a problem, just something to be aware of as I needed to change my saved login details).

I couldn't log in with my existing password so requested a password reset. The reset password email went to my spam folder (as mentioned upthread). On my laptop (Ubunto + Brave browser) I couldn't reply as I got "This site is insecure - click here to return to your emails". My mobile phone was happy to reset my password.

Hope it all goes smoothly and any reported niggles are easily fixed 🤞

Yes, Invision decided to drop usernames in version 5 which is the one we are using.

I'll look into the email side of things, there are still some changes to be made on that side of things.

8 hours ago, Bikes4two said:

I had the exact same experience - currently not enjoying the new forum layout one little bit. I found the previous inteface very easy to use and look at. I appreciate that sometimes change is necessary but from the user perspective, this new layout leaves me absolutely cold. However, dear administrators, I really do appreciate your efforts. Cheers, Bikes4two

It's OK, we've done a few updates over the years somtimes to fanfare, sometimes not! This is still a work in progress though as with the previous site there was a lot of customisation and at the moment it's pretty much the standard install. Looking ahead we just want something that is easy to maintain and not get charged $200/hr for changes!

7 hours ago, guerney said:

Oh no, I liked the #n

The software could have left the other #n and associated HTML anchors untouched.

It looks the the post number is still in the share link. What did you use the number for?

I am not able to login using my original details, forgot password is not working, no email, re-registration says I failed security check.

Help!!!!!

38 minutes ago, Pedelecs Admin said:

It looks the the post number is still in the share link.

On the old forum, we could share links to individual posts within a thread, rather than link the start of a thread only. I had bookmarked a lot of informative posts on the old forum. Might not be able to find them now.

38 minutes ago, Pedelecs Admin said:

What did you use the number for?

Saved us having to count posts, to point out which specific post we were referring to. The most frequent use were things like "Your question was answered in post #n", "I refer the honourable gentleman to the comments I made eariler in post #n", What's up with your eyeballs, didn't you see post #n?", ""Why ask a forum when you can't be bothered to read useful posts like post #n?", "Follow the instructions in post #n or your bike will explode", etc.

Edited March 27Mar 27 by guerney

In case an earlier post as Guest does get posted, I have now fixed the problem, "forgot password" (which I hadn't) email went to spam, recovered it and reset and can now login.🙄

OK glad you managed to get in!

1 hour ago, guerney said:

On the old forum, we could share links to individual posts within a thread, rather than link the start of a thread only. I had bookmarked a lot of informative posts on the old forum. Might not be able to find them now.

Saved us having to count posts, to point out which specific post we were referring to. The most frequent use were things like "Your question was answered in post #n", "I refer the honourable gentleman to the comments I made eariler in post #n", What's up with your eyeballs, didn't you see post #n?", ""Why ask a forum when you can't be bothered to read useful posts like post #n?", "Follow the instructions in post #n or your bike will explode", etc.

Does the ... dots and 'share this post' help? https://www.pedelecs.co.uk/topic/48842-2026-forum-update/page/2/#findComment-761084

4 minutes ago, Pedelecs Admin said:

Does the ... dots and 'share this post' help? https://www.pedelecs.co.uk/topic/48842-2026-forum-update/page/2/#findComment-761084

Is the share option on dot menu on posts new? The share option appears to have appeared just now, though it's hard for me to tell because this font is very light and not as easy to see and read with my damaged eyeballs as say "Arial Black" - is there a heavier variant of the same current (Nunito?) font? Yes those dots enabling the sharing of a link to a post help. Still, more convenient than linking to say "See why your bike exploded in post #n". In any case, not a dealbreaker this lack of #n on posts.

This font is stylish, but a bit on the light insubstantial "barely there" side. Reminds me of an old saying: "When in doubt, use Helvetica".

Edited March 27Mar 27 by guerney

1 hour ago, guerney said:

This font is stylish, but a bit on the light insubstantial "barely there" side. Reminds me of an old saying: "When in doubt, use Helvetica".

I suggest the Chrome extension Stylus (or other similar). You can use that to override the stylesheets for individual websites or parts of them. I think there's a Firefox version as well?

I used to use Stylebot but it stopped working for me). I find Stylus UI a bit confusing, but useful. (eg for overriding "barely there" text)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

@-moz-document url-prefix("https://www.pedelecs.co.uk/topic") {

* {font-family: serif}

* {color: black}

}

Struggling to see a way to match the old 'what's new' for an overview of all active threads. 'Unread content' is not really the same thing.

Also finding screen space not as efficiently used. Too few items on a mobile screen, again the comparator is the results of tapping 'what's new' in the old system.

Whereas before I would quickly see (sub 10 seconds) interesting stuff and places I could contribute or help, now I have to work harder than I would like to do the same.

Likely to drift away.

11 minutes ago, matthewslack said:

Struggling to see a way to match the old 'what's new' for an overview of all active threads. 'Unread content' is not really the same thing.

Also finding screen space not as efficiently used. Too few items on a mobile screen, again the comparator is the results of tapping 'what's new' in the old system.

Whereas before I would quickly see (sub 10 seconds) interesting stuff and places I could contribute or help, now I have to work harder than I would like to do the same.

Likely to drift away.

I completely agree with both Matthew's comments. The "What's New" view was my default. Unread items is not the same.

Also the amount of screen space used by each post means only 1 or 2 is visible at a time.

Is this of any use? https://www.pedelecs.co.uk/discover/?do=create

21 minutes ago, Pedelecs Admin said:

Is this of any use? https://www.pedelecs.co.uk/discover/?do=create

If a stream was already set up, activated by one tap on the home page, and brought up a list similar/identical to what's new, and had a name similar to what's new, then probably yes.

To invest my own time in working out how and then doing, no. I'm here to enjoy, learn, help others, and my aging brain no longer enjoys the admin effort of overcoming barriers to that.

A black font would aid readability.

1 hour ago, Pedelecs Admin said:

Is this of any use? https://www.pedelecs.co.uk/discover/?do=create

Hey that's pretty good - on default settings streams all new posts, without the reactions etc. that "More> All Activity" does. That stream should be made accessible via a big button or something marked "New Posts", on the homepage...

Edited March 27Mar 27 by guerney

44 minutes ago, matthewslack said:

A black font would aid readability.

Yep, the my pen is running out of ink colour is barely visible. The only acceptable "Barely there" objects in existence are bikinis.

Edited March 27Mar 27 by guerney

How do you see all the latest post. Used to click new posts. no option for that I can see?

42 minutes ago, Wayners said:

How do you see all the latest post. Used to click new posts. no option for that I can see?

I've added a 'What's New?' link on the bar along the top. You can further customise this using the 'Show Filters' button.

I'm quite happy viewing "All Activity" - it's an easy bookmark. Not perfect, but then again what is?

https://www.pedelecs.co.uk/discover/

Edited March 27Mar 27 by guerney

Looks like you might need to tighten up the spam controls.

22 minutes ago, JoeCrow said:

Looks like you might need to tighten up the spam controls.

Yes I was trying to use Invision's spammer flagging system but some are still getting through. I'll continue to tweak until no more get through.