Forum 1.3.1

Bram Hengeveld · Jan 13, 2013

We have update our media gallery a minute ago.

You can now "follow" your favorite uploaders by clicking the "watch media" button.

Frederic Schornstein · Jul 20, 2014

Rupe Wilson said:
2 clicks of the mouse before, and 2 clicks now
or 1 click to the main club races,

Yes, but these clicks are hard to find for the normal user and on the mobile version it is not as easy.

Rupe Wilson · Jul 20, 2014

which bit is hard to find please,

Frederic Schornstein · Jul 20, 2014

Rupe Wilson said:
which bit is hard to find please,

On the mobile version you cant go directy into the racing clubs and if you wouldn't have mentioned it, I would have never realised the "Online Racing" on the top. It may not me more clicks but for the most I guess less intuitive.

Rupe Wilson · Jul 20, 2014

From what we understand from the searches that guys use,

Most use a search engine and search for a specific item,
there answer will give them a link to a page which they click and use,

The headers we use are based on relevant searches.
you can see this by looking at the bottom of say google for the little section on
Searches related to search a item.

Very few guys first visit to RD is through the front door as such.
it only after they have the info they were looking for do they then have a look around, some never even go beyond there said game of choice even marking that section of the forum as there home page.

Whilst i agree its a problem getting guy to view the whole site in all honesty it just does not happen.

I don't use a mobile device so i don't know how it works or operates and cant give any feedback on that subject.
All i can do is give feedback when asked about a PC.
and for me the pc look is the best it been.
yes there are other ways of doing things some of which i also like, but looking at the bigger picture for the pc user i cant complain of the look and style we have now with ease of access to all sections,

Ho3n3r · Jul 21, 2014

Rupe Wilson said:
From what we understand from the searches that guys use,

Most use a search engine and search for a specific item,
there answer will give them a link to a page which they click and use,

The headers we use are based on relevant searches.
you can see this by looking at the bottom of say google for the little section on
Searches related to search a item.

Very few guys first visit to RD is through the front door as such.
it only after they have the info they were looking for do they then have a look around, some never even go beyond there said game of choice even marking that section of the forum as there home page.

Whilst i agree its a problem getting guy to view the whole site in all honesty it just does not happen.

I don't use a mobile device so i don't know how it works or operates and cant give any feedback on that subject.
All i can do is give feedback when asked about a PC.
and for me the pc look is the best it been.
yes there are other ways of doing things some of which i also like, but looking at the bigger picture for the pc user i cant complain of the look ans style we have now with ease of access to all sections,

In all honesty, you have basically described the exact opposite of me, and I am sure many others, in that post.

But we just gave feedback. Use it, don't use it.

Rupe Wilson · Jul 21, 2014

Who are the many others please.

Bram Hengeveld · Jul 21, 2014

Dewald Nel said:
I really dislike the way it looks now. The previous game section layout being on the main screen was a lot faster to navigate.

Some things just don't need changing to be honest.

Thats not true. As said by Rupe it still requires the same amount of clicks.

Although I also prefer the other layout with games being group under their developer forums, the feedback we got previously stated the opposite.

Not everybody knows that for example rFactor was located under "image space incorporated". For me and you that seems very logical. However first time users don't make that association, hence the current grouping under games is more logical.

Ideally, and unfortunately xenforo isn't supporting that (but we will fix it

), there should be a two / three column list under "Sim Racing Games"on the main forum showing the subforums of the games, which reduces the clicks with -1. But until we find a solution for that this is the way that is most logical for most users.

We as staff, similar to most frequent users, are literally blind in seeing how the site works. Its very hard to browse the site and forums from the eyes of a newcomer hence we value the feedback we have received previously on the topic of "grouping by developers" a lot.

Bram Hengeveld · Jul 21, 2014

Small mock up of what I am trying to achieve.

This would save you one extra click

4 8 15 16 23 42 108 · Jul 21, 2014

Maybe separate the Club Racing from the other games, so at least you find your club faster and club racing get's "promoted" a little?

Bram Hengeveld · Jul 21, 2014

You can find your club with one click by hovering over the online racing tab in navigation bar.

Or just bookmark the calendar page and let google notify you when an event is happening. Or, subscribe to your favorite club forum by clicking the "watch this forum" functionality and you'll get a forum notification when a new post is made.

Jan-Olov Johansson · Jul 21, 2014

Thanks for changing back, imho this is better, feels more natural and also the navigation buttons are back at the bottom of the page, I really missed those.

Bram Hengeveld · Jul 21, 2014

Bram Hengeveld said:
Small mock up of what I am trying to achieve.

View attachment 59932

This would save you one extra click

Sweet, managed to do this with some conditional statements and a small css tweak.

Reuploading the forum style that has this build in.

Hard refresh (ctrl+F5) the site in five minutes.

Frederic Schornstein · Jul 21, 2014

Bram Hengeveld said:
Sweet, managed to do this with some conditional statements and a small css tweak.

Reuploading the forum style that has this build in.

Hard refresh (ctrl+F5) the site in five minutes.

Love it

Bram Hengeveld · Jul 21, 2014

Done

= one less click for "many"

vee10 · Jul 21, 2014

Bram Hengeveld said:
Done

= one less click for "many"

Like it!

Nelson Ullinskey · Jul 21, 2014

Kind of hard to not like this place with everything that is done to it

Love the new layout, only thing I notice in the calendar is that it does not include Race 07 events. No worries though, I visit the R07 forum regularly for events.