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Reserved
02-11-2015
Originally Posted by albion-mad-nick:
“I can't see anything at all on Chrome, had to switch to the mobile site. What a disaster. You don't change anything to the front end of a site until you know it bloody works. Amateurish stuff!”

They do it every single bloody time.

It seemed like they were taking onboard the complaints by setting up a Beta and working on the redesign behind the scenes, but it seems they've got bored and just put it online now when everything is still unfinished.

I had to delete history to get on the forum just now - it had disappeared and was just a blank screen. Of course the crappy frontpage loaded, though, didn't it? That's all they care about, us FMs can do one as far as they're concerned.

What the hell have they been working on for all these months if everything's still crap? Hearst is the worst thing to ever happen to this place.
Andrue
02-11-2015
Originally Posted by DJW13:
“Presumably once they have finished "upgrading" DS it will be possible to contact DS again? There purports to be a link to "Forum Support" but it only goes to page 404.”

Perhaps it only had room for 403 bugs
2shy2007
02-11-2015
Originally Posted by dorydaryl:
“Was getting nowhere with accessing the forum but have cleared my browser cache and am now 'back in the loop'. Really don't like the new format...never have since they lost the blue layout.”

I still have he blue layout, thanks to stylish.
KarlSomething
02-11-2015
It's been a long time since I've seen significant overhaul of a website and that it's been for the better.
DS Forum Support
02-11-2015
Hi all,

Just as an update, the following things are unintended behaviour and are aiming to fix:

- The screen flashing to a different colour between loads
- Pages not loading until cookies and cache are flushed
- The navigator will no longer follow you down the page nor will it expand when hovered while on the forums (the behaviour will be exactly as the previous version, the only thing that will have changed will be the colour)
- Forum sizing issues will be fixed: smilies will be restored to their original 15x15 glory, as will the page appearing narrower than usual.

Very sorry for the inconvenience and frustration caused. Please bear with us while we work towards a resolution.

Thanks.
planets
02-11-2015
Originally Posted by DS Forum Support:
“Hi all,

Just as an update, the following things are unintended behaviour and are aiming to fix:

- The screen flashing to a different colour between loads
- Pages not loading until cookies and cache are flushed
- The navigator will no longer follow you down the page nor will it expand when hovered while on the forums (the behaviour will be exactly as the previous version, the only thing that will have changed will be the colour)
- Forum sizing issues will be fixed: smilies will be restored to their original 15x15 glory, as will the page appearing narrower than usual.

Very sorry for the inconvenience and frustration caused. Please bear with us while we work towards a resolution.

Thanks.”

Thanks for the update.
ISIS is the new sponsor then eh? say no more
Grouty
02-11-2015
Forums are still the same for me, nothings changed.
albertd
02-11-2015
Originally Posted by Grouty:
“Forums are still the same for me, nothings changed.”

I think you missed the words "aiming to fix".
RedOrDead36
02-11-2015
Couldn't get the forum to load on Chrome until I turned add-block off. Is the a conscious move or just a coincidence?
Takae
02-11-2015
Originally Posted by DS Forum Support:
“ Just as an update, the following things are unintended behaviour and are aiming to fix:

- The screen flashing to a different colour between loads
- Pages not loading until cookies and cache are flushed
- The navigator will no longer follow you down the page nor will it expand when hovered while on the forums (the behaviour will be exactly as the previous version, the only thing that will have changed will be the colour)
- Forum sizing issues will be fixed: smilies will be restored to their original 15x15 glory, as will the page appearing narrower than usual.”

Could you add this to your list, please?:

#sticky-wrap is showing a lot of erratic behaviour. When I click on 'Quote' to reply, it goes crazy and covers the entire page in black with just 'Digital Spy' in the middle at top. I have to refresh the page to kick it back to normal.
LightningIguana
02-11-2015
Thanks, DS peeps! I'll revert the block once that sticky bar gets fixed.
tealady
02-11-2015
Originally Posted by albertd:
“I put it just after the first { at the top - here:
Code:
@-moz-document url-prefix("http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/")
{
nav.nav { display: none !important; }
It just left a grey bar at the top which scrolled out of sight.”

Thanks for that, worked fine.
rumpleteazer
02-11-2015
Originally Posted by DS Forum Support:
“Hi all,

Just as an update, the following things are unintended behaviour and are aiming to fix:

- The screen flashing to a different colour between loads
- Pages not loading until cookies and cache are flushed
- The navigator will no longer follow you down the page nor will it expand when hovered while on the forums (the behaviour will be exactly as the previous version, the only thing that will have changed will be the colour)
- Forum sizing issues will be fixed: smilies will be restored to their original 15x15 glory, as will the page appearing narrower than usual.

Very sorry for the inconvenience and frustration caused. Please bear with us while we work towards a resolution.

Thanks.”

Excellent, thank you
planets
02-11-2015
Originally Posted by RedOrDead36:
“Couldn't get the forum to load on Chrome until I turned add-block off. Is the a conscious move or just a coincidence?”

oooo god don't do that! there's tonnes of malware in their ads.

i deleted cookies and then got a proxy server. I just got 404 errors in chrome until that for some reason . still got adblock on though this place is totally unusable without it .
hyperstarsponge
02-11-2015
Originally Posted by albertd:
“I think you missed the words "aiming to fix".”

I doubt it.
RobinOfLoxley
02-11-2015
Thanks to all for the Advanced code and element tips and to DS Forum Support for getting back to us.

I am de-stressed again (15.6 Laptop running FF)

2nd glass of wine helps too.
Gort
02-11-2015
Originally Posted by planets:
“bah code doesn't work in chrome or adblock ”

Add the below to your blocker's personal filters (works with Adblockplus).

Code:
forums.digitalspy.co.uk##nav.nav
Thine Wonk
02-11-2015
What a mess this update it.

The site doesn't work in Chrome at all and in other browsers it's so slow.

DS - name and shame the developers that did this to you. I do hope you've withheld payment?, please tell us you didn't pay them up front?
U96
02-11-2015
Doresn't work at all on Chrome for me.Switched to Firefox and all is well.
planets
02-11-2015
Originally Posted by Gort:
“Add the below to your blocker's personal filters (works with Adblockplus).

Code:
forums.digitalspy.co.uk##nav.nav
”

OH MY GOD I LOVE YOU....you are a STAR Gort thank you so much!!!!!!
evil c
02-11-2015
I haven't read the whole thread so if the following has been mentioned before please forgive me.

I was unable to log in using IE9 so wondered if support for this version has now been dropped. I couldn't upgrade to IE11 as I don't have W7 SP1 installed. I'd not used Firefox as a browser before, but now have installed and am still configuring v.41.0.2 and so far I like it.

I have installed several Mozilla add-ons to get back the functionality of IE and of course Adblock Plus.
RobinOfLoxley
02-11-2015
Originally Posted by evil c:
“ I don't have W7 SP1 installed.”

Any reason why not?
Thine Wonk
02-11-2015
Couldn't the owner of this PLEASE fix the latest annoyances and get rid of the stupid laggy issues and faults which have just been introduced?

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/d...ajoghekgmijcbd
Skyclad
02-11-2015
Originally Posted by blueisthecolour:
“AdBlock is your friend - it makes using the internet in general just so much easier.”

Indeed - took me two mins to delete the black bar forever.

Stylebot does a good job of improving the forum layout too:

http://i.imgur.com/xE6LZ00.png
Lucy_James
02-11-2015
Im not keen on amy winehouses dead eyes looking out on me from a black (used for the dead) banner, any chance thats going to change its a bit morbid.
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