Forum changes

[Reptilia]

I see all the dino ghosts on the banner now, why can't they be full colour though? Sorry in case that's been already asked, I didn't read through all the few previous pages here.

[DinoToyForum]

I see all the dino ghosts on the banner now, why can't they be full colour though? Sorry in case that's been already asked, I didn't read through all the few previous pages here.

I tried that first, but it looked bad, because the dinosaurs directly behind the text made it difficult to read.

[Lizerd]

Can we put something on the bottom? Its still blank and as a doodler blank space won't do 

[mgaguilar]

First of all, love what the site has become, not only on desktop, but the mobile version is leaps and bounds better than what it was earlier this year.

Second, for the "New for 20XX" threads, (and I know this is very much a nitpick) can the titles of the threads be more unified?
I see users post titles of the thread in many variations, most common being:

Safari Ltd - New for 2019
Safari Ltd - new for 2019
Safari Ltd-New for 2019
Safari Ltd: New for 2019

It's quite a bit jarring to have so many variations in what is supposed to be a unified set of release threads, especially since for the 2019 version, every single one of them are different from one another.
My apologies if this doesn't belong here, I guess it would be more of a suggestion of forum technical etiquette to future posts than anything else.

[DinoToyForum]

First of all, love what the site has become, not only on desktop, but the mobile version is leaps and bounds better than what it was earlier this year.

Second, for the "New for 20XX" threads, (and I know this is very much a nitpick) can the titles of the threads be more unified?
I see users post titles of the thread in many variations, most common being:

Safari Ltd - New for 2019
Safari Ltd - new for 2019
Safari Ltd-New for 2019
Safari Ltd: New for 2019

It's quite a bit jarring to have so many variations in what is supposed to be a unified set of release threads, especially since for the 2019 version, every single one of them are different from one another.
My apologies if this doesn't belong here, I guess it would be more of a suggestion of forum technical etiquette to future posts than anything else.

Glad you appreciate the mobile-friendly forum.

Yeah, inconsistency bugs me too. I'll fix that, for the 2019 ones anyway.

[mgaguilar]

First of all, love what the site has become, not only on desktop, but the mobile version is leaps and bounds better than what it was earlier this year.

Second, for the "New for 20XX" threads, (and I know this is very much a nitpick) can the titles of the threads be more unified?
I see users post titles of the thread in many variations, most common being:

Safari Ltd - New for 2019
Safari Ltd - new for 2019
Safari Ltd-New for 2019
Safari Ltd: New for 2019

It's quite a bit jarring to have so many variations in what is supposed to be a unified set of release threads, especially since for the 2019 version, every single one of them are different from one another.
My apologies if this doesn't belong here, I guess it would be more of a suggestion of forum technical etiquette to future posts than anything else.

Glad you appreciate the mobile-friendly forum.

Yeah, inconsistency bugs me too. I'll fix that, for the 2019 ones anyway.

Thank you so much! Easier to look at now, ahaha.

It's wonderful! It's much easier to press on the correct word with the formatting.
I think the only thing I would suggest is making the page number links', at the bottom of the page, font size a bit larger, as the numbers are individually more difficult to press in such a close proximity to one another, than say, a word would be. My only quibble with the changes.
Amazing work!!!

[Ravonium]

I've noticed recently that, periodically, some parts of the top menu (specifically the 'Links' and 'DinoToyBlog' links) disappear, only to reappear a few minutes later. Does this have any significance to the subject of this thread? Or is it just a bug in the forum code?

[DinoToyForum]

I've noticed recently that, periodically, some parts of the sidebar (specifically the 'Links' and 'DinoToyBlog' tabs) disappear, only to reappear a few minutes later. Does this have any significance to the subject of this thread? Or is it just a bug in the forum code?

I don't know what you mean. Sidebar or top menu?

In any case, nothing should appear and disappear.

[Ravonium]

I don't know what you mean. Sidebar or top menu?

In any case, nothing should appear and disappear.

Oops. I meant the top menu. When I wrote that post, the main thing I was paying attention to was which links disappeared 

Anyways, I guess this is just a problem on my part.

[DinoToyForum]

I don't know what you mean. Sidebar or top menu?

In any case, nothing should appear and disappear.

Oops. I meant the top menu. When I wrote that post, the main thing I was paying attention to was which links disappeared 

Anyways, I guess this is just a problem on my part.

Ah, okay. Well, depending on the size of your screen/window the menu items on the right will shift a new row on the left. Maybe that explains it?

[DinoToyForum]

'New for 2020' board added. Looking forward to see it become populated...
http://dinotoyblog.com/forum/index.php?board=38.0

[Ravonium]

'New for 2020' board added. Looking forward to see it become populated...
http://dinotoyblog.com/forum/index.php?board=38.0

There's some discussion in the Safari Ltd and Mattel 2019 threads that could probably be moved there.

[Ravonium]

On the description of the forum above 'Users Online', 'dino-discussions' is misspelled as 'dinol-discussions'.

[DinoToyForum]

On the description of the forum above 'Users Online', 'dino-discussions' is misspelled as 'dinol-discussions'.

Fixed! Thanks. 

[postsaurischian]

  I know we need the adverts to keep the page going, but I think it's annoying that meanwhile they appear within posts.
  Or am I maybe the only one with this problem?

[DinoToyForum]

  I know we need the adverts to keep the page going, but I think it's annoying that meanwhile they appear within posts.
  Or am I maybe the only one with this problem?

It's happening because Google Adsense changed recently, I'll see if I can stop the ads appearing within posts. 

[Sim]

@dinotoyforum, I have been trying to post a reply in the Safari 2020 thread, but when I click post I get what's in the quote below.

Internal Server Error

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

Please contact the server administrator at root@localhost to inform them of the time this error occurred, and the actions you performed just before this error.

More information about this error may be available in the server error log.

[DinoToyForum]

@dinotoyforum, I have been trying to post a reply in the Safari 2020 thread, but when I click post I get what's in the quote below.

Internal Server Error

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

Please contact the server administrator at root@localhost to inform them of the time this error occurred, and the actions you performed just before this error.

More information about this error may be available in the server error log.

Yeah, I had this happen to me a couple of times. I find if I change the post a little, or start from scratch, it works. It must be the server dropping out momentarily, and then the error being cached.

[Sim]

Thanks @dinotoyforum!

[DinoToyForum]

I'm also experiencing this error a bit more frequently than usual...