Bowsite changes
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Cool, thanks for the hard work Pat.
I thought I was in the twilight zone! Nice. Lol
ya...and I "Restored" my computer thinking there is/was a problem .....I should have known better........ lol ..... change is never anything I'm fond of.
Pat, Will there be a way to notice if you have messages or do you have to click on that just to see if you have any??
The links under the "FORUM" tab are working for me....EXCEPT the "State/Regional Forum" link....getting an error message on that one.
I am sure it will be a great upgrade. Thanks!
One question......will there be a notification that lets us know we have a PM?
Me too pav. Get 500 external link error whatever that is??
How does a person add a thread to my favorites?
Looks great, I do miss the thread titles not changing color once viewed though.
Looks nice and clean to me! Great new features
State/Regional Forum link is now working....that was fast!
Thanks!
It would be nice to have a quick way to get to my state forum like on the old version.
I like the additions! Thanks Pat, it's a great site and now even better IMO. A couple questions: I don't see an "Edit" button on the mobile version to change text. I also don't see the ability to delete or rotate pics on either? Are those being added back in with upcoming changes?
It would also be nice to be able to tell what posts have not had new comments since we last visited it.
Thanks. I was wondering about the new format and what happened to the PM's.
+1 tackelbox, I would like to see the thread change color or some kind of identification that I opened it already unless a new post was made to it.
Like everything, changes are good for the most part, you just need to get used to it. I'll get used to it...eventually LOL
I don't see any menu for pm's or "my bowsite". No link to community forum? For long threads, the lack of links at the top is unfortunate. I see the reverse order link, but that is not really preferable to a list to jump to any point desired.
S7 android 6
I don't see any menu for pm's or "my bowsite". No link to community forum? For long threads, the lack of links at the top is unfortunate. I see the reverse order link, but that is not really preferable to a list to jump to any point desired.
Galaxy S7 android 6.0.1
I don't see any menu for pm's or "my bowsite". No link to community forum? For long threads, the lack of links at the top is unfortunate. I see the reverse order link, but that is not really preferable to a list to jump to any point desired.
Galaxy S7 android 6.0.1 chrome
Just sent you a bug report. I get a 500 server error when submitting a post. This is in chrome on a pc. Sent it to
[email protected].
No dates & times listed on the posts.
Samsung Galaxy Note4
Samsung Galaxy Note4
Landscape mode is funky..
Pat, about half of the photos don't show up on the existing threads?
Other than that and re learning how to navigate it looks good so far.
Well Done Pat, Very nice features !
wow, crisp new UI, love it!
I personally liked the tabs for the individual species. It looks like now elk, deer, moose, caribou, etc. are all lumped together under "Big Game". It makes it difficult to find info on just moose or just elk, for instance. Any chance that can be changed?
NEED someway to tell when a thread has been added to after we have viewed it, and that we have viewed it.
Like that we can add additional photos.
Are updates coming to the Leatherwall too?
LOL. I had to ask. I am liking the new format.... Although when I try and pull it up on my phone I get a message saying 404-File or directory not found. Please contact the website administrator.
I have the Samsung Note 4
I like it...thanks Pat...
I like it so far! Nice not having to pinch and resize on your screen. Like Sito, hopefully the edit text and image rotation and delete will still be an option?
Photo test...
You might want to mention that old bookmarks to the forums page will no longer work. I assumed all morning that the site was down, because clicking the old URL showed a "500 error". Finally found the new URL to the site after visiting mobile bowsite and seeing this thread.
Sucks to be honest with you. Guess it will just take some time to get used to again.
It's sort of like going to the grocery store. Just when you figure out where everything is, they reset the whole dang store!!
I'm wondering about archived posts and PM's (?). This site (could) also be used for so much more, but I've noticed some (older?) posts get deleted and our PM's do as well. Any way around that...?
"Charina, you are on the old mobile site still." The link at the bottom of pages is still active to old view.
I'm still finding the lack of index at the top of a long thread as a backwards step. Lot of swiping to get to the bottom of some threads. Date and time of posts is important info as well.
Pat, it is a Note 4 and current android version. Maybe has something to do with my Web page options/settings?
Okay, I do see that the "image tools" are there. Nice!
Now, editing a post?
Pat, I'm trying to view the new updates on my Samsung Note 7 but my device seems to be getting kind of hot?
Seriously, when I click to view my archived PM's I get the screen of death.
...and now it works...so never mind, but about my note 7?
I'm getting this error when trying to post on the WI. forum.
Yea, the scrolling to the end of an 80 post thread is going to suck.
It will take some getting used to, but I like it. I'm gonna do a test and see if I can do multiple photos from my phone
so i woke up and found my puppy crapped everyhwere, my kid was grouchy and sick, im getting sick, wifes grumpy then i see this,, i liked it the way it was ,, simple,,,
maybe someone can help this computer/iphone caveman out.... so on my computer and iphone how do i change the server/address so i dont get an error when i click on the link?.
Young stud
Young stud
I couldn't disagree more with Dave. . .
Those things make Bowsite what it is. I hate other forums having to see entire posts quoted 40 times through a 10 page thread. Annoying.
Or seeing the same posters huge signature block 1700 times . . .
I can't edit from phone to add pics
Chris, I had the same issue. I just googled the site and clicked to it through google and then re-saved the new address to my favorites.
Pat, unfortunately I deleted my old favorites address so I can't provide it to you for research.
Some definite improvements. Is there an option to start at the end of a thread rather than the beginning every time? I'd much rather go up then down through what I've already read . Especially on long threads. And for sure a way of checking for new posts on a thread. Best site going for bow hunters, regardless .
WI page doesn't seem to work.
Where'd the search button go...?
Registration wants a pin #. What is that?
Never mind, I guess I'm still registered. I doesn't show up on the forums. Thanks
Pat,
Forum looks clean. But it also looks very "sparse" . Seems that there is a lot of vacant white space. If the material was more dense, it would be easier to page through threads. Now, you just get one small bite per page and have to page through a lot of empty white space.
I really like the idea of adding multiple pictures and captions.
vpa test caption
vpa test caption
Still need a better way to get from main forum page to my home state page abd back.
nice!!!
Would like to have seen an add for pages. Loading can be a nightmare from time to time, but maybe this will be faster..
Thanks Pat
Ben
This is funny! I work in public safety (technology). The only time folks complain more about the current status,,,,,, is when they are bitching about change!
skookumjt,
when you scroll to the bottom of the "big game forum", just below the "next 100 topics" link, should be your home state forum.
Looks harsh, sterile, & unfriendly! Hard to look at! Not a fan of this at all!
CAN WE EDIT?
And I can only see the top edge of CHOOSE STATE in the red box.
CAN WE EDIT?
And I can only see the top edge of CHOOSE STATE and BOWSITE SPONSOR in the red box.
I'm actually not that old and have good eyes, but agree that a darker font would be nice. Other than that no complaints....yet. :)
Thanks Pat, looks great and appreciate your hard work.
my mobil scree... samsung s5
Pat, When I'm on Bowsite, if I drink my beer too quickly, I get a headache. If I don't drink it quick enough, it gets too warm. How can you change this? :-)
Seriously, I like the new look! Keep up the good work, on the greatest bowhunting site around!
Test photo
Test photo
I like it have not found everything yet. But I will. Thanks. Pat.
Wheres the community forum? I need my fix! :)
I like it Pat!
Liking it Pat - thanks for the hard work keeping the site going so well over the years.
Will there be a way to get to the bottom of a thread easier? Edit: I see the list on my laptop before the comments. Not on my phone.
Thanks!
I have no "Edit" options for posts on my phone(Droid) but I do on my laptop. Have gone directly to Bowsite.com .
Don't even ask, I won't be there!
Don't even ask, I won't be there!
Thank goodness you didn't add that "Quote" option!
IMO that's one of the most annoying features of store-bought forums.
x2 Stick
Have to disagree with Dave. Bowsite was the first forum I've been a part of and i can't figure out the other ones. Mainly because when I first look at them there just waaaaaay too much going on and I'm just like: "meh, not worth my time figuring it out."
It's actually very easy to quote someone by copying their text, pasting their text, and putting quotation marks on either side. Posting multiple pics per post is going to be awesome. Those stories I would pay money to read are going to be even better. I can't believe it.
Overall I like the changes.
Are PMs working? I tried to send one and got an error message.
Oh, and to get to the bottom of a thread quickly the capability still exists to click on the name at the top before even getting into the posts themselves. Same as it always was. You can see the date on the right, so you know if you checked on the thread yesterday, don't click on the name of a post prior to yesterday.
On my POS IPad I only have 1 forum under the Forum button- the Big Game. No traditional LW, no community forum.
Adam... this is the top of Pats thread. Wonder if I need to log out and log back in?
I don't see a way to mark a thread as a Favorite Thread anymore?
If we have to scroll all the way to the bottom to bet to the state forum link, don't show 100 posts per page.
Pat...nice and a pretty decent roll out.
Do miss the list of who has posted as that allowed one to pick up easy where one left off on long threads.
Like the new additions.
Oh,did notice on CF some tablet formatting issues on a couple of threads, but that may be due to HTML in the post.
Ok I Have access to CF and LW on my IPhone 5s. Still not on my IPad.....
I looked at my messages yet the red number remains
now the red numbers disappeared
Landscape
Landscape
Portrait
Portrait
On my Note 4 in PORTRAIT mode the date and edit options are missing, but on LANDSCAPE mode they are there.
Go back to the old way. I like seeing if the threads were updated and the dates so I don't have to open threads that were not posted on again.
Utah Landscape
Utah Landscape
Changes are very welcome and way over due.
Would be nice to be able to reverse order and gonsteigjt to bottom or straight to response like before. Seems like lots of scrolling and no info about list of posters and dates. Overall a great upgrade though
I agree with Bou'. Reverse order is needed. The state mobile looks nothing like the main forum mobile on my phone??
Remember, I'm old and crotchety, but I like it already. I had to learn all this crap after I was 60 years old, so this " ain't no hill for a stepper" as my daddy used to say. Thanks Pat !
Pat, I'm starting to get used to it just wondering if your going to put the dates back up so we know where we left off?
Looks good pat. Thank god there is no quote function!
The "score polls" don't seem to load quite right yet. Galaxy s4
Test to see if I can find the edit button. OK if I turn my phone sideways the edit button is there?
Some minor items when viewing on my laptop Looks like some spacing issues
Elk killin' spot...
Elk killin' spot...
Thanks Pat. I love the new look. Seems simple to navigate; looking forward to figuring it out.
Pat,
My initial visit with the updated website was positive. I appreciate you efforts to continue to make Bowsite.com better.
Like any new computer program change- tweaks will have to be made. Hang tough !!
Looks good so far! Going to love the multiple photos! Thanks
Glassing for goats
Glassing for goats
Just testing a picture post
"Just shot the iPad!"
The WI forum mobile site is brutal, might smash my S6 Galaxy.
Outstanding...well done. Thank you.
I like the update. Much easier to read on my older iPhone, don't have to zoom the screen in constantly.
Happy to hear dates on the posts will be coming, that was going to be one of my two suggestions. The 2nd (as others have said) would be nice to see a color change to indicate a new post has been added to a thread since last viewing it.
Such irony..... Technology blazes along in such a short time and make incredible sites that are visual marvels with all the bells and whistles possible...... and now because of stupid smart phones we have to dumb em all back because the little weenie things can't handle a full feature app..... =D So far so good. I'm sure I won't hardly notice it in another 2 or 3 years.......
So it seems that you can post your 1st pic then you have to submit and then go back and edit the post before you can add the second picture, the same for the 3rd .... it would be great if you could submit all 4 pics at the same time. Maybe you could activate the words to the right of the submit boxes "edit post to add 3 more photos" so that you can do all pics and hit the submit button only once.
Ok, I don't see the Community Forum and a couple other things...
Yep--I miss the index of dates at the beginning of the thread. That allowed me go right to the stuff I had not read with one click rather than the hundred swipes I just made to get thru this one.
Looks great, no issues on the IPhone 7+
Can someone help me with picture rotation? I used the pic edit tool and it rotates in that window but when I go to the thread it's unchanged.
I'm still not seeing any list of posters and dates before the comments and also no edit tool in portrait or landscape. Any ideas of something I could change on my end, Pat? I have an iPhone 5s. Still looks like this...
How about a "PREVIEW" so we can check our post with pics ? I have seen over the years on here many guys would post a pic and not have a clue where that particular pic came from . With a PREVIEW we could make sure we are putting up the correct pic. Great site !
Great job overall Pat, hope you didn't have to kill too much vacation on this. The Leatherwall desperately needs updated.
Thanks, Pat... that would be great to have those options back on mobile. I just checked on my laptop at work and everything looks great, it has names/dates at top and edit button on individual posts. Appreciate having this site as a portal of info and good people.
Turn your phone sideways for edit function. .............
Laptop works fine, looks fine. Phone looks bad and it frustrating. Computer is better with the changes and the phone is a step back at this point.
Snap... did that yesterday, doesn't work either way.
Maybe it is just me, but the text looks a little better today than it did yesterday. Maybe it was just a big shock going directly from the old site to this. I thought it was difficult reading at first.
I may be a off a bit, but I thought on the old version, when I clicked on Forums/Big Game Forums I ended up on the page with all the species buttons and a general hunting page showing the new posts. Now, to get there, I have to click on Forums/Community Forum to see the same page, and it looks like the old version. Was I getting something different than I should have? Also, clicking on Forums/Big Game Forums, I come to what looks like the community forums page. Why would that be?
Edit: I was just looking closer at the Community Forum and see it's actually the Community Forum. What threw me off was the lack of species buttons on the new Big Game Forum, which seems odd. I'll have to go back and re-read comments to see what's said about it, but it's not very intuitive to have to go to the community forum to get to species specific posts and discussions.
Looks good, Pat.
Accessing from Chrome Browser on my Droid looks good as well.
I'm sure there will be "growing pains"...
Best of Luck, Jeff
Looks nice! Can't get the forum drop down list on the ipad yet but it the clean, simple look was a good change.
Any quick way of having more than one state as ur home state. Say ur home state outlined and 2 or 3 states in words.. I have a few states that I always check out. Ed
I was able to edit on the Droid by turning to "landscape" but should work either way really. Noticed this morning that the text doesn't "wrap" correctly in PM's, no matter the orientation...ust FYI.
Please darken text, washed out.
Nothing broken, but I miss the color change on links that I have already read.
Pat....this may be in all the previous posts - but, how do I send someone a PM..?....thanks...Dave...
I haven't read every post, but I'm unable to start a thread on Deerbuilder by clicking on forums.
I really like the changes so far, Pat. I actually have a job that I am engaged in most of the day so I have not had a chance to do all of the testing others have here. :^) Appreciate the efforts to improve!
On the response to a thread , there is a green head liner with From your name then date and Private reply , for me this entire bar is cut off , I only see the top 50% of the bar .
oh and I liked the old format , Yes I don't like changes .
I to have no search button , no biggy that was gone 2 yrs ago for me , yet at least its still on Leather wall
Agree with some of the others. The font looks gray, not black and is hard to read. Also agree there is too much white space around the font as well.
I had only been on the PC until now. Definite improvement on the phone... Express 3
dm/wolfskin.........Pat asked for opinions.....I gave him mine. I did not ask for yours nor is it needed! It's childish attitudes like yours that are making this site less & less enjoyable. I've been here since 1996 & have seen many changes here. The worst change is the degradation of civility towards each other.
Jesus, I understand progress, and prefer it, but you guys are a bunch of suck ups. What is there to like on this new build? This release is buggy as hell!
With the old system, when I posted something I would simply hit return twice to create a paragraph with space for easier reading. When I do that with the new version, it removes the space, thus no separated paragraphs. How are you guys separating lines of text?
I'm having the same issue as Pyrannah posted, the topics being jumbled up. other than that, looks good to me. Samsung phone.
I like the changes Pat. Progress is good. All you complainers need to embrace change...
The color tones are giving me a headache. I really hope that's a temporary situation.
Paragraph test
Test again
Orion, two carriage returns, same as before. I'm using regular bowsite with an iPhone 5. No edit function on the input panel header.
Pat, is your head spinning yet? Getting better, good job.
Edit button test...
Edit: Yay it works. All is good. Go Cubs! Sorry for all the damn posts.
Wapiti paragraph test.
Wapiti - I don't see a skipped line between your two lines.
I've done two returns between each of these lines as a test as well. I had done it before in a post and the lines just compressed. XXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX
Three returns test...any paragraphs?
Well, it worked this time. There you go.
I think the only thing missing now is the highlighted thread to show you their is no new posts. Other then that it's looking great.
I do not like change however we are seldom told what has happened and why. Good Job Pat. I appreciate the explanation and I will adapt!
I'll echo spike78's comment. Once that's resolved, you'll have a winner!
Now I have the edit function.
Orion, you have 3 paragraphs in your test post.
Paragraphs
Paragraphs
Always an upgrade, gotta get away from e internet bs.
I don't like it so far hopefully this gets corrected
is that the mobile old site ?
I liked the "clear entry" button..... used it great deal actually... real easy to do after writing something I prolly shouldn't post. All I see is submit. Manually deleting..... might get lazy and not do it when I really should.....
looking better and better , now can you make the response text larger ? it seems that there is ample space between responces
the picture spikebow shows is how my phone looks if I hold it in landscape mode. in portrait mode the topic listing is in order as it should be. Samsung galaxy.
Where did the photo edit tools go? I can add photos but I can't rotate or delete them.
On my laptop, there is no scroll bar on the right. It starts there when I come into the thread and goes away and causes me to have to mouse scroll down. Not fun in these large threads.
Happy, my scroll bar appears when I move the mouse towards the side. after about 5 seconds it disappears until I move the mouse again.
looks good
would help to have thread title on the reply to thread box, on the phone its a lot of scrolling to make sure you're responding to correct thread. especially if you have several open at once
Can any one tell me how to get to a animal specific thread? like Moose or bear or hogs. Thanks
Looking good Pat, thanks for addressing the issues so quickly but ... I thought we had agreed that this update would have a way to make my deer look bigger and me look thinner?
How does one sign out of the mobile platform so I can sign in and get the updated version?
There needs to be a link back to the home page after submitting an classified ad. Currently you have to re-enter the site address in the address bar
New releases are tough on people. Traditional software had training sessions that got rid of 95% of the whiny questions/comments. People will get used to it but there will still be the 5% that will never like it.
Traditional software also has an alpha and beta test that would have weeded out the 404 and 500 showstoppers. You got some people out here that spend a lot of time on bowsite and could have smoothed things out considerably - you should utilize them.
Don't let the door hit ya Dave.
Clicking on "archived PM's" gets me a 500 error message.
EDIT: This only happened when i clicked on that in the new window that popped up when I went into my PM's. Once I closed that window and went back to my original window, clicking on the archived PM's worked.
Actually, if Dave has his undies all wadded up..... that's pretty much proof Pat's on the right track....... =D
Hey Pat! Thanks for getting the list of posts to show back up before all the post themselves. One click and Inwas right where I left off.
The one thing I would love to see, if you are taking requests, is "view active topics" button that would give an index of everything that has been posted since the last visit. Quick way to have a look and not miss a thing.
Hey Charlie, can we give Dave my "A-hole of the year award"? I'm tired of carrying that thing around.
You'll be back in form soon, Sito, just hold on to it.
The forums drop down doesn't work on ipad yet. I assume it will work eventually. Ipad or phone is all I use, no pc here.
Not saving any PMs? I get a PM and everything is gone when I go back, error message and nothing archived? Go back in after getting out of error message and the PM I'd just gotten was gone as well.
Thanks, got em back now. All is well with the world.....
Well darn, looks like I have to go back to Shiloh to test the live hunt feature.
No, I'd like to take your word Pat, but I will accept this daunting task.
Mr. Napper, treestand for one please. Something near 2 or 4 would be nice.
Not to be picky or anything..... but just glancing at the Hawaii state info....... Hawaii abbreviation is HI.... not HA....... =D
Dumped my cookies and still have no link to LW or CF. Ill try shutting off the Ipad
Dumped my cookies and still have no link to LW or CF. Ill try shutting off the Ipad
Skippy, to answer your question concerning " big game animal specific". It seems now one has to go to Big Game conference, and click on the individuals animal icons. You may have to scroll down to find the one your want.
PAT, I hope you return to what was used in the past, a line of animal icons at the top of the page, to then choose which animal conference.
Pat...playing around with the new updates on Android phone, Nexus Tablet, notebook with Win 7 and notebook with Linux. Have checked with several browsers (Firefox, Chrome, Chromium, Opera and Vivaldi) and all work...and load quite fast.
Things look good on all of them, work for the most part (as noted in all the comments/your replies). One thing that I have found is that on the phone and tablet in portrait mode, many pages are not showing the entire post and I cannot scroll to read the entire comment.
One thing I noticed, but then realized it wasn't a problem. Clicked on "Bowsite.com Topics I contributed to (within the last year)" and wondered where all the threads I have commented on and then realized that it was thread specific. You going to do that (or include) for all the forums? Neat that you can start a post from there.
Thanks for addressing all the issues that people have found. That's a lot of work and once you get everything back to normal.
jack
Where is the search field?
Thanks Pat After a few times now on the "new" site, all is coming together for me an others. Paul
The ability to access different forums directly is gone (click on an icon). Ie: Bears, Africa, Elk, etc. No use for it, I'm gone until you can tell me how to navigate the site with the ease of last week. Email me with a solution.
Clicking on the "forum" header then scroll to the btm of the page. All the forum icons are there. They are also at the btm of any forum you are currently browsing.
Safari - pat said it is coming back. In the day or two or three - you can probably make due. Come back Monday and see it then.
Pat, Is it possible to have an alert icon pop-up on the bowsite.com headline when you receive a PM?
Having to go to my bowsite page is an extra step and one that's easy to forget.
Thanks for the updates, great so far!
Pat...was looking at different aspects of the change and found that the edit function, while it works properly, the screen shows only a tiny little box in which to edit and hard to see the entire post. In the past, I have found the edit function useful to fix page formatting to make it easier to read. This little edit box makes it nigh impossible to do so.
I checked on multiple platforms and browsers, so it is not end user problem.
Update: Maybe an Emily Littella (?sp) moment: never mind. Just noticed that one can widen the edit box with the lower left corner. Still, why such a small default?
Again...kudos on the update.
jack
What happened to the icons for the Forums? They're gone, so I can't access the sheep, deer, elk, moose forums at all.
They're coming back in a couple of days Kyle.
"PAT, I hope you return to what was used in the past, a line of animal icons at the top of the page, to then choose which animal conference"
"Paul, yes, that is on coming back. The sections are available I just need to put the navigation icons back in. Probably tomorrow or Sat latest. "
The icons are all at the bottom of the page.
So I just clicked on Ryan strikes again thread from my iPhone and the text in the post was fine but the pictures Scott posted were really big m, so big only the left half of the pic was visable. I even turned my phone and it didn't help much... What's up with that?
Ok I just noticed this was pics in Ryan's thread and not another thread ... So maybe it's something to do with the way it size the op posted the pics...
Maybe mentioned earlier.... a lot of the pictures are to large and off the screen. I can't sCaroll over to see them.
I tried everything to get the small menu up with the different conference buttons. it works on the Iphone 5S with the iOs 10 upgrade. What if I delete my bowsite bookmark and reload it again?À
My IPad had the 9.03 upgrade so when I move to the 10 I hope it helps.
OK, Something is really wrong with the photo features. This is the picture of my 360+ 6x6 bull I took this year - where did the inches go? Is that the "auto-photo-shop ground shrinkage" feature.
Sorry, New site looks great!
Has the site been hacked? When I go to My Bowsite it redirects me to some survey of some sort I've never heard of, hard to get out of it as well. ??????
Where is the search function that was previously on the big game forum page?
Well, crap!
Now when I hit the "Forums' link, nothing 'drops down!' NOTHING!
Yeah same here.....
This is kinda like living in a house during a major remodel......... =D
When I access the site using my Kindle Fire, I have a problem when tapping on Forums. The drop down box doesn't want to appear to access the state forums. It just refreshes the Big Game Forum.
TD,
"This is kinda like living in a house during a major remodel......... =D
Exactly. Been there. Done that!
We ripped out 80% of our carpeting and 90% of our tile three years ago to install hardwood floors and I wouldn't wish that experience on anyone.
Besides The Witch From Hell, that is.
There was about a week where I had to climb through a window to get in and out of my office, eat out, then climb through another window using a step stool to access a spare bedroom where could sleep.
Wifey was out of town during that, luckily for her.
I'm on a laptop and I know it can be a bitch to make it mobile friendly and laptop, tablet friendly all at the same time but... Why would I want to have to scroll through all the contributors to the thread first before I can see the thread itself? I kinda care less who the contributors are?
Why No species tabs at the top?
Bowsite sponsors might not be too happy that you can't read bowsite sponsors in the top right corner?
Good luck Pat, I feel for you, I changed my simple website to mobile friendly and it was/is an ongoing nightmare.
The new site was working, nice job by the way, BUT, now the drop downs for the tabs aren't showing, at least for me.
for those nit picking some minor glitches I say give it a chance guys. the issues are probably all in the cue to be fixed. some of the things being called out are no brainers so the site workers will get to it. this is a great site and people should be glad to have free access to it in any configuration. people work hard to make it available to us and should the thanked not spanked
Maybe I missed it, but where is the "search" button?
Poor timing on your part, Pat. This could have been done AFTER the rut;>}
I agree with Troy. You must not want to hunt this fall Pat!
FWIW- IM NOT BIT#%€¥ng Just trying to help Pat recognize some flaws.
Pat Ive downloaded Firefox and got the same results. Thanks
Pat...regarding browsers. As mentioned, I have used: Firefox, Chrome, Chromium (on my Linux computer), Opera, Vivaldi, and Dolphin (on my Nexus 7 tablet).
I have multiple browsers on all my devices. Laptops run Win 7, Win 10 (sucks), and Mint Linux (best). Tablet and phone both Android running Marshmallow.
No problems with laptops, but both Android devices have problems viewing in portrait mode. Landscape works fine. With portrait, if I turn device to landscape and back, the portrait is somewhat fixed, but still cannot scroll to see entire page.
Hope the above is of use. No real complaints, but one suggestion: move "My Bowsite" to top of skew. I figured out that the little edit box can be enlarged using the lower right corner. Works great, but think that it could be a little larger. Didn't figure that out on my small screened devices till I was on my laptop.
As always, thanks much for what you have provided us. Too few understand just what a great site you have provided for no cost.
Kudos
jack
Anything that I've mentioned is only from a head's up standpoint. Not nitpicking or whining.
Pat ,cannot see the dates and post # for the threads on my iphone 4. My iPad shows the dates and post# correctly.
Would it be possible when you put the mouse/cursor over the topic thread it displays the the person posting and the statement they made. I have seen this on some other sites and is very helpful.
It wont let me choose file and take photo from my iphone. Camera screen stays black.
HAVE WE DETERMINED IF THERE IS A SEARCH FUNCTION ON THIS SITE OR NOT?
Personally, I tend to do all my browsing in portrait mode. I've noticed a number of features are only available in landscape mode, such as the response count, the date on posts, and some pictures only load in landscape mode. To me that's annoying -- I don't like having to constantly alter my phone orientation to figure out if I'm missing something.
So if I hold the phone in different directions will the SEARCH BUTTON become accessible?
So I can post photos here but I am getting errors when I try on the state forums??
Can't find leatherwall or state forums. Go to leatherwall through Internet, no pics?
Phone vertical
Phone vertical
Features doesn't display fully on iPhone SE.
Phone held horizontal
Phone held horizontal
Also noticed I can't edit my post from a phone :)
Also get 500 Internal server error message when clicking on "button" filter to see one type of thread. Like elk, whitetail, equipment etc when using safari from iPhone
Same problem as Apaul in regards to not always being able to see the full screen. iPhone 5s
Can any one tell me where leatherwall is?
I've refrained from posting on this until it was flying. But I don't like it. I have an LG droid and can't see any thread post counts even in landscape, hate having to do a drop-down and go to another link just to see if I have any PMs. That's just for starters. Used to be my favorite website and I visited numerous times a day. Now I just drop by now and then. Definitely not user-friendly anymore. Bummed.
Tried a few times to post a new topic. Not sure if it's from the changes, but I keep getting this error.
Guys give it a chance. There has to be upside and reasons for the changes even if they are not immediately evident.
My Firebox browser now works fine with dropdowns to the other forums, But safari still doesnt have the dropdowns. Thanks Pat!
My Firebox browser now works fine with dropdowns to the other forums, But safari still doesnt have the dropdowns. Thanks Pat!
Iphone5, think it's the regular rather than the S model.
Pat--Is there any way to get some kind of PM notification back? I really missed getting the email notification, but it was easy enough to see the blue letter notification on the side. Now there is nothing and you have to make a conscious effort to open "my Bowsite". Am I missing something? It's not a lot of work or difficult, just a waste of time to always have to check to find nothing there. I'm sure many have NO idea where to look for pm.
Hmmm. My drop downs on the header button "Forums", "Features" etc don't work today. Had been fine.
Safari 9.1.3 from a Mac pro desk top
I can't start a new topic. I have IE11 and also tried Chrome. I'm currently logged in and after I click submit new topic after selecting the category and entering a title, I receive and error page indicating, VARIABLE BSUSERNAME IS UNDEFINED.
I've been gone a while, so haven't been on. Unlike most of you, I DON'T check on mobile devices. When I'm on vacation, I'm on vacation, especially from "modern" communication devices, unless it's something I need that's important. Staring at an iPhone all day is NOT one of those things.
Anyway. The main thing I want back is a change of color after I read a thread. It looks like that has ALMOST been fixed. There seems to be a slight dimming of the color, but it's so subtle as to be pretty useless. Give us something we can see at a glance.
Ok its been a few months , every ones name is cut in half in the from section , Icant find the Add to Favorites button and the fast scroll bar that's normally on the right is still missing , I am on my la top , which is only two yrs old . can someone pm me with the info , I would come back here for the answers but I cant add it to my favorites . Thanks Randy
There is a green plus-sign next to the thread title on this page to "Add to Favorites". Old favorites seem to be gone though... (Favorites found under "My Bowsite")
Scrolling is probably a web browser problem.
it's all working perfect for me here. hard to believe what hardships we had to endure for decades after enjoying all these improvements of late. well done.
found the plus + , tricky , now how do I read who post , I can only see top half of everyones name ? am I the only one with this affliction ?