New ABR Website and Forum

[AirbusPaul]

I've been sent a new password, twice, neither of them work
Had to create a new username and password
Not good, what happened?

Took me a couple of password resets to get in but ok now........

[Andi_Archer]

Hi
I have sent a PM but it is still in outbox . do I have to do anything else to get it to send ?
Cheers

Some forum software show a PM in the outbox until its read by the recipient I dont know if this is the case here.

[AlanHolt]

Other than the ABR website and the ABR forum now requiring separate login details, my only real criticism of the new site is that a lot of the text and images seem oversized. Its as though the browser is set to 150% or 175% zoom, which i'm sure my eyes will appreciate in another 20 years or so, but now it just means more scrolling and I find myself pushing the chair back as everything just seems too big.

[omeotdm]

Other than the ABR website and the ABR forum now requiring separate login details, my only real criticism of the new site is that a lot of the text and images seem oversized. Its as though the browser is set to 150% or 175% zoom, which i'm sure my eyes will appreciate in another 20 years or so, but now it just means more scrolling and I find myself pushing the chair back as everything just seems too big.

I think its to suit phones etc so sizing is large for laptops, pc's

[AlanHolt]

Other than the ABR website and the ABR forum now requiring separate login details, my only real criticism of the new site is that a lot of the text and images seem oversized. Its as though the browser is set to 150% or 175% zoom, which i'm sure my eyes will appreciate in another 20 years or so, but now it just means more scrolling and I find myself pushing the chair back as everything just seems too big.

I think its to suit phones etc so sizing is large for laptops, pc's

I found the old forum mobile friendly, but this does appear to be clearer on the phone. Anyway, it's done now.

[EarthWorm]

Text looks about the same size to me???
Only thing I would change if the option was there, would be a different (darker) theme, there is too much white for me,
No Biggie though.

[Alun]

Other than the ABR website and the ABR forum now requiring separate login details

That's due to the new website being on Wordpress and the new forum on PHPBB. On the old site the forum and website were both Joomla and therefore integrated. We could have used a 'bridge' to mesh the login between the site and the forum but in the medium and long term it would have given us big problems.

The old site and forum were way overdue an upgrade and which path to take has been bugging me for the past couple of years. Speak to 5 experts and you get 248 different solutions and quotes that would induce a sweat in the Rothschilds household.

Anyway, the choice of Wordpress for the site and PHPBB for the forum was made on the basis of making the 'whole' more future proof and upgrades less disruptive. Here's hoping.

[JJay51]

Is there a different skin option this one is pants!

Care to elaborate on why it's pants? All feedback is welcome

The theme is too light in colour, as said above there's no definition between the sections, the lines are to thin, can you at least get the dev's or whoever did it to add the option of a skin like most other forums, seriously it's that bad i'm finding i'm less likely to spend little more than i need to browsing a couple of recent topics before i end up logging off.
And whats with the page/sheet icon thingys next to each post what are they about? different ones but no idea what the actual difference is and again not really stand out graphics to make it easy to differentiate

[Jak*]

Hi, having managed to log in at first glance on a lap top the white background is a bit bright for me but I guess I'll get used to it. I did not use the forum on my phone before so I cannot comment. what I cannot find is the my topics section that used to be here. Is it still here but just somewhere else, or is it just me being thick?
Cheers Jak

[Bryn]

Hi, having managed to log in at first glance on a lap top the white background is a bit bright for me but I guess I'll get used to it. I did not use the forum on my phone before so I cannot comment. what I cannot find is the my topics section that used to be here. Is it still here but just somewhere else, or is it just me being thick?
Cheers Jak

I'm not sure about there being a specific 'my topics' section, I'll have to look when I'm back in the office, but there is a slightly more long winded way of seeing the threads you've started.

Next to the search button you'll see a cog for search settings. Click that, stick your username in author then across down and check the box so that you're only searching in first posts in the topic. Then hit search and you'll be given a list of your threads.