Standard data + multiple pages + attachments = a bit of a messy view

[mimalmo]

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg283/mimalmo/ZHPmcapture.png

Is there something that can be done about this? I realize that I can click on the icon next to the last poster's name to go to the last post in a thread but if I simply want to go to the last page, it gets a little tricky.

[kayger12]

Clicking on the icon immediately to the left of the thread title will take you directly to your first unread post on the last page (or possibly a previous page if there are a lot of posts that you haven't read yet).

[mimalmo]

Yeah, I realize that too but it still doesn't solve the somewhat cluttered look of the page. Can the margins be adjusted? The "Replies" column looks to be larger than necessary?

[kayger12]

What browser are you using? My page isn't compressed like that at all.

[mimalmo]

IE

[kayger12]

Ok-- I'm sure Marcus will address it as soon as he sees this. I'm using FF and all is ok.

[Marcus-SanDiego]

IE sucks for some of the latest vbulletin forums. I can tell you that it's the bane of my existence as a forum operator. It's the only browser that gives me headaches. Unfortunately, I cannot alter the appearance of the site specifically for IE. If I do, then it screws up the appearance for other browsers (that all look good).

[Marcus-SanDiego]

Also, I see precisely what you're saying. Did you notice this before yesterday? Is today the first time you noticed this?

I made the site "fixed" yesterday -- instead of fluid. That could be one of the consequences of the change.

Let me know.

[static667]

IE is teh suck.

Sent from my rooted Fascinate. Hacked Droid FTW!

[Marcus-SanDiego]

Yes. 99.9% of all forum bugs (for me) are related to IE. Every other browser renders the forum perfectly. It's too bad. I have generally enjoyed IE as a browser. I won't use it for my forum, though.

[Marcus-SanDiego]

Just me again. Another thing I see with the thing you posted, Eli, is that it has four fields. Most of the site only has three fields when we look at it. I don't use that feature you're highlighting here, so I didn't notice the problem. I'm not sure how difficult it is to tweak this template. I will look into it.

[mimalmo]

I noticed it before today but didn't get around to asking about it until today.

I use the "What's New?" link 99% of the time here and that's the 4 column view it defaults to.

[Marcus-SanDiego]

OK. Good. I thought it might have had something to do with the tweak yesterday. It looks kind of busy on my FF browser, too, by the way. Could be the nature of having all of that information on one page. I'm going down stairs to my 24" monitor. Want to see what this looks like. Be right back.

[spencers]

It's like that on Google Chrome as well. My monitor at work is 1280x1024 resolution

[Mtnman]

I dont see it that way, and im using google chrome on the office computer. The attachment paper clip is out to the side, not on top of, the page numbers...... But my monitor is wide as hell.......

[Marcus-SanDiego]

The attachment paper clip is on top of Chrome only. It's not on top when I use all other browsers. I have Safari, IE, FF, and Chrome.

[mimalmo]

Must be a screen resolution issue then.

[Marcus-SanDiego]

That's what I am thinking, Eli. My downstairs computer screen, which is large, has no issues at all.

Upstairs, where I have smaller screens, is where I have the issue on Chrome.

[Crickett]

FWIW I have the same "paperclip-on-top-of-last-page" phenomenon in OS X Safari on a 1440x900 screen.

[Marcus-SanDiego]

I can still choose the last page -- even when the paper clip is near it. Anyone having issues getting to the last page?

[Marcus-SanDiego]

I am making some adjustments now. Please let me know when the problem has abated.

[Marcus-SanDiego]

Did that do the trick?

[mimalmo]

Fixed it for me!

Thanks. :)

[Marcus-SanDiego]

You are welcome, Eli.

You know I love you guys. Just had to think about it for a second. Logic prevailed. Figured out a tweak that I thought would work.

[spencers]

Yes, it is fixed.

[Marcus-SanDiego]

Great. Thanks, Spencer.

[Oli77]

I haven't been on the forum much recently but I did notice recently that the page display is less wide than it used to be. Running Firefox at 1440x900. Seems that the page used to fill the screen and now I have 2 columns, one on either side that are blank.
Did I miss something?

[Marcus-SanDiego]

You're right, Oli. What you're noticing is fluid versus fixed. We used to be in fluid mode. It filled up your screen. Now we are on a fixed. I can control how wide the site is. It also makes it easier for me to control how the site will be look on iPads, droids, iphones, etc.

With fixed, you will see the gray on each side of the forum. With fluid, you would not see any of that.

[Oli77]

So you are running it at 1024 wide and fixed? How does that help folks with ipads, ipods, ipids, lipids, androids and hemorrhoids?

I would have guessed fluid mode would be more plastic and able to accommodate more users. Non?

[Marcus-SanDiego]

Haha.

Anyhow, things are going well here. I'm having an easier time coding for the site. My iPad is no longer tripping out when I do stuff with the ad boxes at the top of the site, for example.