Report WebmasterWorld Bugs, Issues and Wish List

Let us know what WebmasterWorld needs most!

[incrediBILL]

WebmasterWorld is about to undergo a major change and while we're working on WebmasterWorld, if there are any other issues that need fixing, or wish list items, let us know!

We're talking strictly about the WebmasterWorld software of course. Anything about the operation of WebmasterWorld itself that has a bug or could use improvement, now's the time to let us know.

Not sure everything will make the cut, but if it's easy enough I'll plead a case if it makes all our lives easier.

Things like recently adding 'my threads' on the main menu was simple and saves a lot of clicks.

You members use the site a LOT and maybe see the need for simple things we're overlooking.

Here's a couple of items to start:

1. Add VIEW ALL to multi-page threads for members only.

2. Put the full editor options on Quick Reply, the buttons for quote, bold, font size, etc. so you don't have to hit preview to get those options.

Things like that.

If you got ideas on how to make the site easier to use, now is a good time to let us know.

Now everyone - REPORT!

[icedowl]

I well may have missed it, but my old eyes need a way to make the text larger without using my browser function to do so (that messes up many, many more websites).

[incrediBILL]

I well may have missed it, but my old eyes need a way to make the text larger without using my browser function to do so (that messes up many, many more websites).

No way currently except using the browser.

That's the whole point of RWD sites is they're not supposed to get messed up.

The WebmasterWorld menu has some transitional issues that need to be fixed, but other than that it pretty much handles browser resizing nicely.

[graeme_p]

Is there any way top see which threads you have participated in have had replies since you posted? Even better would be a way of seeing threads that have had new replies since you last looked at them.

[lucy24]

Even better would be a way of seeing threads that have had new replies since you last looked at them.

Pity we can't just swipe code from {insert any Forums software package here}. The system I'm more familiar with is the one that excludes your own posts, so anything involving New or Recent will by definition mean after your own last visit.

[tangor]

I well may have missed it, but my old eyes need a way to make the text larger without using my browser function to do so (that messes up many, many more websites).

Firefox remember your zoom per site and does not affect other sites. Best to do it that way than change the default font sizes and override site layouts. I think IE 11 does the same. Can't speak for Chrome, Opera, or Safari... don't use them.

In all, the RWD is working pretty good...

I did find that turning badges off really made a great difference is site/thread readability.

[tangor]

Just did an owner edit (this thread message above) and ended up in a completely different forum on refresh! Made me crazy, when looking, went back (in browser) to make sure my preview of edit was correct, sent it again, ended up in an even different forum. Eventually returned to the original thread and saw that the edit had taken place.

Win 7 64 Pro FF 36.0.1, the install of both only 9 days old.

[blend27]

Hot Threads This Week & Hot Threads This Month menus on the right pretty much point to //blah.... causing 404s :(

https: //google/3007739.htm

[ken_b]

Where did the "Flag this thread" link go?

Even full screen on a 27 inch monitor i can't find it.

Might be a good idea to have only one "bugs" thread.

[Vamm]

On android Firefox, I found no way to increase font size to readable without causing horizontal scroll. Two finger zoom gets horizontal scroll, and changing font size in browser settings has no effect.

[tangor]

Would like Recent Posts (once Active Posts) to display the number of threads I have selected in my control panel instead of the arbitrary 25...

[topr8]

not a bug as such, but just clicked the link to the first free tool in the list (located in the footer) ...

[freetools.webmasterworld.com...]

and the comments related to the tool are all spam links!

[engine]

Thanks, yes, lots of links to sort out with the server move.

Thanks for your patience, everyone.

[ken_b]

I'm not seeing pagination links at the top of the threads.

[guggi2000]

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System: The following message was spliced on to this thread from: http://www.webmasterworld.com/webmasterworld/4743236.htm [webmasterworld.com] by lawman - 10:25 am on Apr 27, 2015 (est -5)

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Maybe this has been raised earlier.

When we receive an email notification about a new post on a chosen thread the email includes a link to the thread.

Would it be possible to change the link in that email so that it points to the last page of the thread instead of the first?

I think that would increase user friendliness.

Thanks

[ken_b]

The pagination links on the FB forum index page lead to a 404

Can't figure out which "bugs" page is the right one.

[trintragula]

(possibly a bit late, but...)

It's sometimes useful to list small tables in a post. e.g.

123 456 first item
12 34 second item
12345 6789 third item

and actually have the columns line up to make them readable.

As far as I can tell there is presently no way to do this on WW: the posting editor progressively removes extra spaces during editing, so [code and [fixed can't be used, and there are no style codes for tables.

On my own forum I added a style code that will format CSV data in tabular form - much more convenient than the [table][tr][td][/td][/tr][/table] stuff that was built in - particularly since CSV can be output from spreadsheets.
Ironically I have nowhere near as much use for it there as I would here.

For extra credit, you could automatically align numbers to the right and text to the left...

[Fotiman]

The [code] tag preserves spaces.

123  456 first item
12    34  second item
12345 6789 third item

[trintragula]

The [code tag preserves spaces, but the text editor doesn't. Every time you hit the preview button (or submit) it removes some(!) of them.

[lucy24]

You can fake it out by using       nonbreaking spaces. Like   in html, they will always be preserved. But [ code] has never behaved fully like [ pre].

123    words and
12     more words
1234   line up

[trintragula]

code:

1234   hello
123    there &emdash; again

pre:

1234   hello 
123    there &emdash; again 

Hmm. Well, HTML entities don't seen to be getting interpreted in preview.
Or do you mean cut and paste the actual character code from somewhere else where you can type them?

  123  456 first item  
   12   34 second item  
12345 6789 third item  

Ah! CTRL-SHIFT space in Word inserts them, then you can cut and paste them here.
Inconvenient, but at least it's possible, which is more than I could do before.
Thanks Lucy!

_{I might have to build a special-purpose offline tool to pre-process CSV files into this form for posting on WW... unless anyone knows of one}

[Fotiman]

Yeah, I agree it's always been weird that previewing or editing an existing post changes the number of spaces. That's always been a pet peeve. This is definitely a bug I'd love to see fixed!

[trintragula]

You'd still have to generate &nbsp; characters to send to the browser on display, as the browser will otherwise collapse runs of spaces itself. This is quite similar to replacing the newline characters we type with <br>, as the forum already does.
The forum software I'm using for my own site replaces alternate spaces in a run by &nbsp; which allows a very long run of spaces to wrap when needed - a subtlety I hadn't noticed until today...

[lucy24]

It may help to think of a nonbreaking space as an invisible letter. Even though it's interpreted as a space character \s in some contexts, it doesn't collapse in HTML, even when it's left as the literal character instead of converted to an entity. (Entities of any kind can't be used here, because WebmasterWorld universally converts all & to &amp; ) You can verify this easily by glancing at the code for the present page.

HTML4 had dozens of entities. HTML5 only recognizes three &gt; &lt; and &amp; i.e. the three characters that have meaning in html markup. That means they actually expect you to use      literal nonbreaking spaces in your source code, even though they're indistinguishable to the naked eye from ordinary spaces. (I had to detour to the text editor with Show Invisible Characters turned on to make sure I'm typing the right thing.)

On the mac it's option-space. I don't know anything about non-ASCII text input in Linux.

[trintragula]

I guess the change in HTML5 is a simplification due to utf8/unicode, making entities largely redundant - or at least unsustainable.

Open Office Writer shows a gr[ea]y rectangle for a non-breaking space, even when you're not in "show non-printing characters" mode.

[tangor]

If wishing for tabular data in the edit box, I'd rather see TAB honored than working with non-breaking spaces.. Everyone knows tab, not everyone knows the hex or asci or entity codes for non-breaking spaces. (Yes, I know they should, but that's not real world!)

Having said all that, I really don't see a need for tabular data on a regular basis.

[tangor]

Not a bug, not a problem, just a suggestion for the forum listings, such as recent-posts, etc... The current time/date format (example) is:

5:15 pm Apr 29, 2015

If it appeared as (on two lines):

5:15 pm
Apr 29, 2015

the column would be narrower, thus allowing more landscape for the topic or the forum title, most of which are two lines already, thus not detrimental. More fun would be:

1715 hr
20150429

The standard 24 hr clock
and Date expressed as yyyymmdd

Just a suggestion.

[tangor]

Is there a "not interested" or "don't display this forum" function? I ask only in that there are some forums which have no interest for me and if there was a way to filter those out, it would greatly enhance my enjoyment of the site. I would want that to include all forum lists so that if Red Widget (insert a forum name) is not a fave it doesn't show to me.

[trintragula]

Having said all that, I really don't see a need for tabular data on a regular basis.

I think people would find more uses if it were easy to do.
Here's one I would have liked to have been able to layout like this in January: a list showing which versions of Chrome were seeing the most use on my site at the time.

n_ips  n_requests  percent_blocked  version  ua_variants 
    1           1                0        9            1 
    1           1                0       14            1 
    2           2                0       18            1 
    1           1              100       25            1 
    6          21                9       26            1 
    5           7                0       27            3 
    2           7                0       29            2 
   14          33                3       30            4 
    2          17                0       32            2 
    2          24                0       33            2 
    1           2                0       34            1 
    1           4               25       35            1 
    8          16               31       36            7 
   15          53               30       37            9 
   11          56                0       38            9 
  234        1209                6       39           36 
    4         118                0       40            3 
    2           6                0       41            2

As it was I posted the CSV that I exported from the database query:
n_ips,n_requests,percent_blocked,version,ua_variants
1,1,0,9,1
1,1,0,14,1
2,2,0,18,1
1,1,100,25,1
6,21,9,26,1
5,7,0,27,3
2,7,0,29,2
14,33,3,30,4
2,17,0,32,2
2,24,0,33,2
1,2,0,34,1
1,4,25,35,1
8,16,31,36,7
15,53,30,37,9
11,56,0,38,9
234,1209,6,39,36
4,118,0,40,3
2,6,0,41,2
which somehow doesn't get the message over as well.

[lucy24]

Here's one I would have liked to have been able to layout like this in January: a list showing which versions of Chrome were seeing the most use on my site at the time.

Darn tootin' that would be interesting. What's with Chrome 25? And why only 9 out of all possible earlier versions?

Oh, oops, different thread.

When I need to make a whole bunch of nonbreaking spaces I globally replace " " (two spaces) with "  " (i.e. " &nbsp;"). You only need every other one to be nonbreaking; it's just like typing "a a a a a".