**** - WELCOME TO THE NEW FORUM!!! - ****

[Dan]

WELCOME TO THE NEW UKPLUMBERSFORUMS.CO.UK
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We've got the forum running again now, as you can see, and we're rocking the new forum software. Might take a bit of getting used to, but give it time. We're not going back to the old one, so if you don't like it, short of me tweaking the odd thing, you'll have to lump it.

It comes with some pretty cool new features which I'm setting up and enabling over the next few days. So I'll announce those as and when. But I'll stick around for a bit to walk you through it as and when you get a bit stuck. Just reply to this thread and I'll head over.

 

[Toxic Ted]

Thought i was in the wrong place for a while!

 

[Rickster123]

Blimey it's bringing out all the old faces today!!

 

[Last Plumber]

Blimey it's bringing out all the old faces today!!

Is that Pob ?
Crickey, not seen him in a bit.

 

[boagie1]

not liking it
i use a mobile device and its totally not friendly.
the tapatalk interface has been ruined and now displays this forum as we see it on a Pc on a phone sized screen. (ive had to log on to a Pc to type this post)

think ill be going awol again like i did a few months ago.
what with all the double posting, slow response times and now the tapatalk lack of support i think ive had enough of trying to participate.
and also there seems to be a poor login-loop via tapatalk where you just cant get logged in.

not impressed

and Ps - boagie1 is newcastle phill - stupid thing wont log me in under correct username

 

[Dan]

not liking it
i use a mobile device and its totally not friendly.
the tapatalk interface has been ruined and now displays this forum as we see it on a Pc on a phone sized screen. (ive had to log on to a Pc to type this post)

think ill be going awol again like i did a few months ago.
what with all the double posting, slow response times and now the tapatalk lack of support i think ive had enough of trying to participate.
and also there seems to be a poor login-loop via tapatalk where you just cant get logged in.

not impressed

Don't use tapatalk. Just use your web browser. We're reverting away from tapatalk. We haven't installed it on this forum software. So it wont be displaying correctly at all. And I dare say in a day or two, wont load at all (once we shut off the old forum content from the old server).

It works and looks brilliant on mobiles or tablets using your normal web browser. I'm sure many will confirm.

And if you let me know what login error you get when trying with your normal account, I'll help. It's usually user error though not the forum, as you have confirmed yourself it is possible to login. As you've logged in using another account.

 

[rpm]

Where's my mod/admin tools?

I have minions that it is my desire to punish!

No doubt they were withdrawn and given to somebody more worthy!

 

[Dan]

No doubt they were withdrawn and given to somebody more worthy!

They're back now lol so I'd be careful.

 

[rpm]

They're back now lol so I'd be careful.

Thought we had an agreement Dan, please refund the £10 asap.

 

[townfanjon]

A bit weird , but will soon get used to it , great job Dan

 

[rpm]

Dan, I used to get emails if anyone replied to a post, is it something I should be activating here?

 

[Dan]

Dan, I used to get emails if anyone replied to a post, is it something I should be activating here?

You should have all the same settings as before. Might be worth you going through all your options here: http://www.ukplumbersforums.co.uk/account/

 

[boagie1]

Well thats me done.
On a mobile device this is a pain in the arse. Totally not a good experience.
If it isn'tuser friendly whats the point.
Every post is a struggle. Tapatalk makes it easier and i dont need to wear my glasses.

A good forum ruined imho to date.
What is the point in upsetting the balance with this stupid update ??


Count me out.

Newcastle phill - over and out.

Email me if this changes - as it is im not even bothering - its such a chew on with a phone.

One annoyed off member

 

[Dan]

Well thats me done.
On a mobile device this is a pain in the arse. Totally not a good experience.
If it isn'tuser friendly whats the point.
Every post is a struggle. Tapatalk makes it easier and i dont need to wear my glasses.

A good forum ruined imho to date.
What is the point in upsetting the balance with this stupid update ??


Count me out.

Newcastle phill - over and out.

Email me if this changes - as it is im not even bothering - its such a chew on with a phone.

One annoyed off member

Can't please 'em all.

Anybody else struggling to see or read the forum or prefer the old style?

 

[boagie1]

"Cant please em all"...

Youve messed with a winning formula.

The devil's in the detail dan -

Now the text is too small.
Too clustered.
Cant have a dark background with white text ( a must when missus trying to sleep in bed.

Anyone who uses tapatalk, which incidentaly market share js growing year on year - you are alienating with an old pc-friendly format software.


All i will say is...

Reconsider

 

[Dan]

"Cant please em all"...

Youve messed with a winning formula.

The devil's in the detail dan -

Now the text is too small.
Too clustered.
Cant have a dark background with white text ( a must when missus trying to sleep in bed.

Anyone who uses tapatalk, which incidentaly market share js growing year on year - you are alienating with an old pc-friendly format software.


All i will say is...

Reconsider

Winning formula? Who's stats are you going off mate? Did you not see all the "god it's quiet in here" posts?

Tapatalk is old news.

All devices now provide push notifications direct from web browsers, other than iOS which is the last one to roll it out.

We are using PushOver (see thread HERE) which is the way to go about it these days.

I'm not sending the data of 10's of thousands of users to Tapatalk anymore. They don't abide by the same laws or rules as us in Eu. They're Chinese. Many large forums are reverting from them, all of ours too.

What I'd suggest is:-

1. Learn how to turn down your screen brightness or go sleep when your mrs does
2. Try the lost password form for your other account now the email queue is getting lower and emails are going out (which I think is the main reason you're moaning to be honest)

And don't think that this is ill-thought out.

I've spent years practising and planning this forum transfer. Done it on 28. You're the last on here.

I'm literally not taking web design or stat-increasing-related advice from any forum members today lol

Deal with what we've got or move on and stop wasting both of our times please.