Forum Changes

[DudleyGray]

I know it's taken forever, but the navigation menu works now.

I just randomly discovered this (announcement got lost in the shuffle), very much appreciated.

[Arkady]

Have to echo that the forum has lost quite a bit of character from the light styling.

You know, you really just need a competent coder off Fiverr or Upwork who knows HTML5, CSS, and perhaps a little PHP -- although this seems like a CSS issue. There is no real domain expertise for vBulletin; it's just an out-of-the-box message board solution.

If there is anyone selling themselves as an expert in vBulletin they're probably stuck in a time warp from 2006 -- this should be an afternoon of work for most frontend devs.

[Alan]

What this website desperately needs is mobile optimization. More and more people browse the web on their mobile phones/tablets unlike desktop. Tapatalk integration would be helpful too.

@mentions would be a neat and useful feature. This way, you would not have to quote somebody's lengthy post or large photo to reply. Instead, you would just @mention and still let the person be notified of the reply.

[TheInformalGenius]

What this website desperately needs is mobile optimization. More and more people browse the web on their mobile phones/tablets unlike desktop. Tapatalk integration would be helpful too.

@mentions would be a neat and useful feature. This way, you would not have to quote somebody's lengthy post or large photo to reply. Instead, you would just @mention and still let the person be notified of the reply.

We all have many personal optimization’s we would like to see happen at SZ. Keep in mind those optimization’s would cost time and money. I️ think SZ is run by only a handful of people, little advertising, and free to use. With that said, the site doesn’t seem to be in place to make a profit but a place for likeminded people to discuss what we love. Let’s be thankful for that.

[Alan]

We all have many personal optimization’s we would like to see happen at SZ. Keep in mind those optimization’s would cost time and money. I️ think SZ is run by only a handful of people, little advertising, and free to use. With that said, the site doesn’t seem to be in place to make a profit but a place for likeminded people to discuss what we love. Let’s be thankful for that.

Isn't this thread meant for users to suggest forum changes and improvements? I apologize if I misunderstood its purpose.

With that said, user-friendly UX and UI are some of the many factors that can retain a healthy user base and attract new ones, while mobile optimization and compliance with new web standards keep you in good terms with big watchdogs like Google.

For example, imagine an ugly, poorly optimized website that's riddled with bugs, but that has a trove of valuable and rare content, do you think a new user will stick around? Doubtful.

You shouldn't be just "thankful", you should also care a little by constantly suggesting how to improve. Otherwise being just "thankful" is akin to being indifferent. By the way, making improvements has absolutely nothing to do with making a profit in this case.

See, I was never notified of your reply to me. This is one of the things that could be improved/fixed with zero dollars just by tweaking vBulletin settings.

[Arkady]

We all have many personal optimization’s we would like to see happen at SZ. Keep in mind those optimization’s would cost time and money. I️ think SZ is run by only a handful of people, little advertising, and free to use. With that said, the site doesn’t seem to be in place to make a profit but a place for likeminded people to discuss what we love. Let’s be thankful for that.

It's industry standard and built into all modern systems, nothing personal or effortful about responsive design whatsoever. It could also significantly improve the SEO for the site -- and while the site is meant to be a community hub, it is also most assuredly a business.

vBulletin just doesn't accommodate it by default. You'd want something like Flarum or Simple Forum. Alternatively, you could switch to a responsive VBulletin template like Quarto: https://themeforest.net/category/for...lue=responsive

[unwashed]

Is it possible to have a nightmode or darkmode as a separate function. Basically an inversion of this colorscheme?

[Faust]

What this website desperately needs is mobile optimization. More and more people browse the web on their mobile phones/tablets unlike desktop. Tapatalk integration would be helpful too.

@mentions would be a neat and useful feature. This way, you would not have to quote somebody's lengthy post or large photo to reply. Instead, you would just @mention and still let the person be notified of the reply.

I've suggasted implementing tapatalk a while ago, and members seemed to be roughly evenly split between advocating and not.

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