Admin Posted July 11, 2019 Posted July 11, 2019 Hi All Well the site rebuild is going absolutely fantastic and whilst I can't speak for everyone I am not experiencing any performance issues and I still have some ideas to increase the performance even more. The site is building and whilst all the quick things have already been added there is still a lot more to come which will be a bit slower however as sections are added we will run out of room on the Main Menu so I have come up with a proposed structure that I would like to get your comments on, it is based on overall site components of: Social - What's New, Forums, Clubs, Blogs, Events Media - Gallery, Videos, Articles, Aviation News Resources - Downloads, Maps, Links, Tutorials, Tools and Calculators Reference - Aircraft, On This Day, Famous People, plus any other reference items Commerce - Classifieds, Suppliers, Pilot Shop, Product Reviews Members - Leader board, Online Users, Staff, Site Support Other - Off Topic So the proposed Main Menu structure could be: What's New Forums Clubs Blogs Events Media - with sub sections of Gallery, Videos, Articles, Aviation News Resources - with sub sections of Downloads, Maps, Links, Tutorials, Tools and Calculators Reference - with sub sections of Aircraft, On This Day, Famous People, plus any other reference items Commerce - with sub sections of Classifieds, Suppliers, Pilot Shop, Product Reviews Members - with sub sections of Leader board, Online Users, Staff, Site Support (as it is now) Off Topic On a screen resolution of 1024 x 768 we have room for a total of 15 items on the main menu so with the above 11 that would give us some room to move for the future. Remember with this software, unlike Xenforo, we have the fantastic ability to create any new section we would want. What do you think? Is there anything else you want the site to provide you, aviation quizzes, member competitions, Chat Room etc...PLEASE TELL ME?
red750 Posted July 11, 2019 Posted July 11, 2019 The only problem I see is that on my laptop, with resolution anywhere between 60% and 140%, part of the menu is covered - see image. The menu box needs to be widened slightly. After 140% the menu disappears altogether. Screen snip at 100% resolution. 1
kgwilson Posted July 11, 2019 Posted July 11, 2019 Looks fine to me Ian. I don't have any screen issues as I use a 16:9 24" monitor 1
Hongie Posted July 12, 2019 Posted July 12, 2019 I use either a mobile (gs10) 3040x1440 or at my pc 2560x1440. What percentage of user is using 1024x768? 1
onetrack Posted July 13, 2019 Posted July 13, 2019 I can't really put my finger on it, but the Xenforo page layout was better. Maybe a wider margin, and slightly different colours, and a slightly different menu layout - but I think the Xenforo layout, fonts, and colours, were superior. 1
eightyknots Posted July 15, 2019 Posted July 15, 2019 Hi All Well the site rebuild is going absolutely fantastic and whilst I can't speak for everyone I am not experiencing any performance issues and I still have some ideas to increase the performance even more. The site is building and whilst all the quick things have already been added there is still a lot more to come which will be a bit slower however as sections are added we will run out of room on the Main Menu so I have come up with a proposed structure that I would like to get your comments on, it is based on overall site components of: Social - What's New, Forums, Clubs, Blogs, Events Media - Gallery, Videos, Articles, Aviation News Resources - Downloads, Maps, Links, Tutorials, Tools and Calculators Reference - Aircraft, On This Day, Famous People, plus any other reference items Commerce - Classifieds, Suppliers, Pilot Shop, Product Reviews Members - Leader board, Online Users, Staff, Site Support Other - Off Topic So the proposed Main Menu structure could be: What's New Forums Clubs Blogs Events Media - with sub sections of Gallery, Videos, Articles, Aviation News Resources - with sub sections of Downloads, Maps, Links, Tutorials, Tools and Calculators Reference - with sub sections of Aircraft, On This Day, Famous People, plus any other reference items Commerce - with sub sections of Classifieds, Suppliers, Pilot Shop, Product Reviews Members - with sub sections of Leader board, Online Users, Staff, Site Support (as it is now) Off Topic On a screen resolution of 1024 x 768 we have room for a total of 15 items on the main menu so with the above 11 that would give us some room to move for the future. Remember with this software, unlike Xenforo, we have the fantastic ability to create any new section we would want. What do you think? Is there anything else you want the site to provide you, aviation quizzes, member competitions, Chat Room etc...PLEASE TELL ME? The layout suggested seems pretty good to me. 1
red750 Posted July 22, 2019 Posted July 22, 2019 With the colour picker and reset icons on the left menu, items below are pushed off my screen so that Classifieds is the last one displayed. There is no scroll bar to allow me to scroll down.
Admin Posted July 22, 2019 Author Posted July 22, 2019 Yes, I am aware of that as I can't even access it all as well. I am considering alternatives at the moment. Perhaps the right hand end of the sub menu @Ahmed Zayed although it is perfect on the mobile view. Plus the z-index score of the color picker isn't high enough to cover the main menu
Ahmed Zayed Posted July 22, 2019 Posted July 22, 2019 I'm also aware of the long menu case, the solution is to implement the vertical scroller but I don't really want a page with 2 vertical horizontal scrollers... The alternative that Ian have will be better. And regarding this one, Plus the z-index score of the color picker isn't high enough to cover the main menu It should be now fixed. 1
onetrack Posted August 26, 2019 Posted August 26, 2019 Ian, something has changed overnight, whereby, when I click on "what's new", all I get is a line of classified ads. I can no longer bring up a list of "what's new" as regards forum discussions. Is there some change to the menu that I should know about, that can easily bring up additions to recent discussions?
Admin Posted August 26, 2019 Author Posted August 26, 2019 Yes, the site is currently being migrated to a new server and the Search function has to be re-indexed to find all the new posts again...should only be a little while now, in fact you are now seeing the site on a Server located in France and there is very little impact for us in Australia but a massive performance improvement to potential International users 1
red750 Posted August 27, 2019 Posted August 27, 2019 Has What's Up been taken down while you transfer it to IPS or the new server. When I click on the Off Topic link on this site I get a 404 URL not found error. P.S. Sorry, looking at a number of threads, posted on the wrong one.
Admin Posted August 27, 2019 Author Posted August 27, 2019 Yes, the Off Topic site is currently being worked on...first it had to be migrated to IPS (now done) and next is to move it to the new Australian server. Clear Prop has already been done and it is performing so FAST now it is incredible so now the work begins in making Whats Up Australia a comprehensive site on everything in Australia for all Australians to post and discuss anything
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