Cheat's Big Suggestion Thread

A mere post cannot contain what I have to say, so I am making a thread instead to talk about improving the site (mostly on mobile).

Important Suggestions

• Conserve space on mobile by replacing the logo with the Sep7agon symbol, like we had before.
  Isara: Done by 2.2.0a update.
  
• Move search bar and options to dropdown on mobile, and make it take up the whole screen for easy use and visibility.
  Isara: Search button will be moved in menu drop down, and the PM message will stay there. Possible release will be with version 2.2.0b.
• Elevate the nav bar's z-index so that the "who liked this post" shade doesn't cover it, preventing escaping from the window on mobile.
  Isara: Cheat did this himself, but the truth is that z-index will not work on some cases and browsers, but it's better than nothing.
• Redesign the notification button and placement (see details below)

Regarding Notifications

The current setup doesn't work on mobile very well. Small screen sizes and the tiny button makes it odd to use, so here's what I suggest:

Move notifications to its own icon, like it was on the old site design, and place it before the PM icon. This prevents accidental presses of the avatar dropdown and makes it simpler to keep track of new quotes and alerts.

Personal Preference Suggestions

• Move the "new topic" button row back to the right. It's weird being where it is; I can't believe I didn't catch this until now.
• Add a [close window] button under the like window so that people on mobile don't rage.
• On desktop, position the search bar more to the left and double its width.

I'm sure more will follow when I think of them...

You think you're so high and mighty with your own thread.

"Make next Anarchy into a Nuketown 2025 theme."

-Everybody

"Make next Anarchy into a Nuketown 2025 theme."

-Everybody

> Implying we're bringing back Anarchy

"Make next Anarchy into a Nuketown 2025 theme."

-Everybody

Not have anarchy is a better idea.

"Make next Anarchy into a Nuketown 2025 theme."

-Everybody

> Implying we're bringing back Anarchy

THANK MEIN FUHRER!

I thought we were gonna get a revamped index page and profile pages?

Also, a suggestion. There should be links at the bottom to get back to the board/index. So in other words the...
Sep7agon > Forum List > Septagon > Report Sep7agon V2 Bugs or Issues here
...should be at the bottom of the page too.

I thought we were gonna get a revamped index page and profile pages?

Also, a suggestion. There should be links at the bottom to get back to the board/index. So in other words the...
Sep7agon > Forum List > Septagon > Report Sep7agon V2 Bugs or Issues here
...should be at the bottom of the page too.

I already commented on this in the other thread, but I do plan on changing the front page around to my liking. This will probably involve scrapping the forum list and moving it to its own page (like bungie has, when you click "forums").

So hey Cheat, about that bookmark feature...

Crossed out things that are done, or that are about to be done. I'll tackle on the rest of what people submit here later this week.

So as I posted in Dustin's thread about the whole bookmarking, I did a mock-up of what it could look like.
How about doing this for pinned topics and allowing us to save threads?

So as I posted in Dustin's thread about the whole bookmarking, I did a mock-up of what it could look like.
How about doing this for pinned topics and allowing us to save threads?

Spoiler

Uh, no offense, but...eww.

Pinned threads will likely go on the right, but inside the container. Bookmarked threads (if I ever get it working) will stay within your profile. They're easier to manage there and it keeps the rest of the forum look nice and neat.

So as I posted in Dustin's thread about the whole bookmarking, I did a mock-up of what it could look like.
How about doing this for pinned topics and allowing us to save threads?

Spoiler

Uh, no offense, but...eww.

Pinned threads will likely go on the right, but inside the container. Bookmarked threads (if I ever get it working) will stay within your profile. They're easier to manage there and it keeps the rest of the forum look nice and neat.

I did it in like 5 seconds dude, no offence taken... I just thought all that empty space needed filling, and it kept everything seperate so you could tell what's what.

How about a "My Profile" banner for the profiles, instead of the Index banner?

I made a very quick image of a rough idea for a decent mobile layout for the index.

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I always liked bungie's mobile app, hence the similar design, even if their main site sucks.

Instead of "Bookmarks" win the dropdown when I hover over my avatar in the top right, how about a "Buddy" link?

Instead of "Bookmarks" win the dropdown when I hover over my avatar in the top right, how about a "Buddy" link?

Why would you need a link to the buddy list? Bookmarks would be way more useful.

Spoiler

if only they actually worked...

Instead of "Bookmarks" win the dropdown when I hover over my avatar in the top right, how about a "Buddy" link?

Why would you need a link to the buddy list? Bookmarks would be way more useful.

Spoiler

if only they actually worked...

When there's a load of people online, buddies don't stand out enough for me easily see who on my buddy list is online.
When we had the "Who's Online" function it was simple, but now it isn't.
The bookmarks don't do anything anyway, that's why I suggested replacing the link, adding another works too.

Instead of "Bookmarks" win the dropdown when I hover over my avatar in the top right, how about a "Buddy" link?

Why would you need a link to the buddy list? Bookmarks would be way more useful.

Spoiler

if only they actually worked...

When there's a load of people online, buddies don't stand out enough for me easily see who on my buddy list is online.
When we had the "Who's Online" function it was simple, but now it isn't.
The bookmarks don't do anything anyway, that's why I suggested replacing the link, adding another works too.

I propose that we riot through the cities to get "Who's Online" back then.

Instead of "Bookmarks" win the dropdown when I hover over my avatar in the top right, how about a "Buddy" link?

Why would you need a link to the buddy list? Bookmarks would be way more useful.

Spoiler

if only they actually worked...

When there's a load of people online, buddies don't stand out enough for me easily see who on my buddy list is online.
When we had the "Who's Online" function it was simple, but now it isn't.
The bookmarks don't do anything anyway, that's why I suggested replacing the link, adding another works too.

I propose that we riot through the cities to get "Who's Online" back then.

It's absurd that a few people's complaints overrode the any chance of a vote on the matter by the other ~160 active members.

It had a lot of uses.

*cough* FORUM BANNERS *cough*

Ban the weeaboos.

Hey Cheat! I'm not sure if anyone else uses the "tapachat" app, but I've noticed spoilers don't work at all. Either they either don't hide said "spoiler" or it contains nothing and there is no spoiler button to press. Most likely the apps fault and out of your derestriction just thought I'd bring it up. Also, when a user's continuously quote one another it looks like this:



Don't know if you can do anything or if the app is just a piece of shit just wanted to let you know. :3

Hey Cheat! I'm not sure if anyone else uses the "tapachat" app, but I've noticed spoilers don't work at all. Either they either don't hide said "spoiler" or it contains nothing and there is no spoiler button to press. Most likely the apps fault and out of your derestriction just thought I'd bring it up. Also, when a user's continuously quote one another it looks like this:



Don't know if you can do anything or if the app is just a piece of shit just wanted to let you know. :3

That app is just a piece of shit. I can't really edit the layout of it, just the information it gets from the forum.

Hey Cheat! I'm not sure if anyone else uses the "tapachat" app, but I've noticed spoilers don't work at all. Either they either don't hide said "spoiler" or it contains nothing and there is no spoiler button to press. Most likely the apps fault and out of your derestriction just thought I'd bring it up. Also, when a user's continuously quote one another it looks like this:



Don't know if you can do anything or if the app is just a piece of shit just wanted to let you know. :3

That app is just a piece of shit. I can't really edit the layout of it, just the information it gets from the forum.

That's what I figured. Are there any better apps you would recommend?

Hey Cheat! I'm not sure if anyone else uses the "tapachat" app, but I've noticed spoilers don't work at all. Either they either don't hide said "spoiler" or it contains nothing and there is no spoiler button to press. Most likely the apps fault and out of your derestriction just thought I'd bring it up. Also, when a user's continuously quote one another it looks like this:



Don't know if you can do anything or if the app is just a piece of shit just wanted to let you know. :3

That app is just a piece of shit. I can't really edit the layout of it, just the information it gets from the forum.

That's what I figured. Are there any better apps you would recommend?

We don't have any other apps installed for this forum, so I can't really, no.

The mobile site isn't too terrible if you have a decent enough screen.

Hey Cheat! I'm not sure if anyone else uses the "tapachat" app, but I've noticed spoilers don't work at all. Either they either don't hide said "spoiler" or it contains nothing and there is no spoiler button to press. Most likely the apps fault and out of your derestriction just thought I'd bring it up. Also, when a user's continuously quote one another it looks like this:



Don't know if you can do anything or if the app is just a piece of shit just wanted to let you know. :3

That app is just a piece of shit. I can't really edit the layout of it, just the information it gets from the forum.

That's what I figured. Are there any better apps you would recommend?

We don't have any other apps installed for this forum, so I can't really, no.

The mobile site isn't too terrible if you have a decent enough screen.

I'll have to try it out, although I do hate iPhone's mobile web browser. Even the chrome sucks and lags out. Le sigh.

Hey Cheat! I'm not sure if anyone else uses the "tapachat" app, but I've noticed spoilers don't work at all. Either they either don't hide said "spoiler" or it contains nothing and there is no spoiler button to press. Most likely the apps fault and out of your derestriction just thought I'd bring it up. Also, when a user's continuously quote one another it looks like this:



Don't know if you can do anything or if the app is just a piece of shit just wanted to let you know. :3

That app is just a piece of shit. I can't really edit the layout of it, just the information it gets from the forum.

That's what I figured. Are there any better apps you would recommend?

We don't have any other apps installed for this forum, so I can't really, no.

The mobile site isn't too terrible if you have a decent enough screen.

I'll have to try it out, although I do hate iPhone's mobile web browser. Even the chrome sucks and lags out. Le sigh.

Try Dolphin. It's pretty decent.

Convert to another forum script. SMF is terrible.

Being able to start related threads like on b.net would be cool.