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shadowdogg · 01-03-10, 09:29 PM

Tech News

looks absolutely terrible on firefox - internet explorer it looks a bit better.

Using firefox 3.6

The actual news part is only 1/4 of the part of span of the box itself.

BL4K3Y · 01-03-10, 09:33 PM

Some sites display better in IE, others display better in Firefox.

brian · 01-03-10, 09:35 PM

Hold your horses - just been actively developing it tonight.

Just added a new Ajax tabs section for popular, latest, etc on the right - had a dodgy width element built in though, that I just removed - see how it looks now.

shadowdogg · 01-03-10, 09:41 PM

Yep much better thank you - is actually viewable now

. Although prefered the last setup but i guess you guys need to pay your fees with ads.

Nas786 · 01-03-10, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by shadowdogg

Yep much better thank you - is actually viewable now

. Although prefered the last setup but i guess you guys need to pay your fees with ads.

had problem finding the forum

brian · 01-03-10, 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by shadowdogg

Yep much better thank you - is actually viewable now

. Although prefered the last setup but i guess you guys need to pay your fees with ads.

It's more that there's a re-arrangement of ads, but trying to make them work more efficiently (ie, moving ads to the left nav, instead of keeping them in the right nav only).

There's a general aim to try and make the site look more up to date, but there's still plenty of tweaking going on, and feedback is genuinely welcome. It's simply nice to know people actually read the front end as well as the forums.

waqasahmed · 01-03-10, 10:31 PM

In all honesty IE is a lot more forgiving than other browsers. I learnt recently that javascript is a hell lot more brutal than HTML

Danielle · 01-03-10, 10:36 PM

Agreed portal looks messy but it's early days

EDIT.. And whoever still uses IE shame on you!!

brian · 01-03-10, 10:54 PM

Hm...looking fine here in latest Firefox, Seamonkey, and IE6.

There may be an issue with old CSS files being cached by your browsers, which means if there's a mess, try refreshing the page a couple of times to get the new CSS file to be read, and see if that helps.

If it still looks messy though, please do feel free to post a screenshot and I'll try to debug from that.

shadowdogg · 01-03-10, 11:11 PM

although not a bug but would be nice to have only 2 columns and cancel left hand side one. I miss having a little peak into the news story before opening it to see if it is actually anything interesting.

Also makes it easier to read as there is far too much on screen now

01-03-10, 09:29 PM	#1 (permalink)
shadowdogg Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 51 Thanks: 2 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	news section looks terrible Tech News looks absolutely terrible on firefox - internet explorer it looks a bit better. Using firefox 3.6 The actual news part is only 1/4 of the part of span of the box itself.

01-03-10, 09:33 PM	#2 (permalink)
BL4K3Y Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Colne, Lancashire Posts: 7,004 Thanks: 247 Thanked 1,319 Times in 1,211 Posts	Re: news section looks terrible Some sites display better in IE, others display better in Firefox.

01-03-10, 09:35 PM	#3 (permalink)
brian Administrator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inverness, Scotland Posts: 3,801 Thanks: 286 Thanked 1,697 Times in 595 Posts	Re: news section looks terrible Hold your horses - just been actively developing it tonight. Just added a new Ajax tabs section for popular, latest, etc on the right - had a dodgy width element built in though, that I just removed - see how it looks now.

01-03-10, 09:41 PM	#4 (permalink)
shadowdogg Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 51 Thanks: 2 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: news section looks terrible Yep much better thank you - is actually viewable now . Although prefered the last setup but i guess you guys need to pay your fees with ads. Last edited by shadowdogg; 01-03-10 at 09:44 PM.

01-03-10, 10:31 PM	#7 (permalink)
waqasahmed Cost efficient muppet Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: W. Yorkshire TW area Posts: 4,547 Thanks: 2,387 Thanked 938 Times in 693 Posts	Re: news section looks terrible In all honesty IE is a lot more forgiving than other browsers. I learnt recently that javascript is a hell lot more brutal than HTML __________________ Sat set up: Openmedia 500CS Sky mini dish 1m orbital+dodgy Motek motor TG585 v7 bridged modem DIR-615 D2 DD-WRT router

01-03-10, 10:36 PM	#8 (permalink)
Danielle Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 2,016 Thanks: 137 Thanked 466 Times in 379 Posts	Re: news section looks terrible Agreed portal looks messy but it's early days EDIT.. And whoever still uses IE shame on you!! __________________ Please don't PM me Create a post so others can learn Last edited by Danielle; 01-03-10 at 10:37 PM. Reason: added comment

01-03-10, 10:54 PM	#9 (permalink)
brian Administrator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inverness, Scotland Posts: 3,801 Thanks: 286 Thanked 1,697 Times in 595 Posts	Re: news section looks terrible Hm...looking fine here in latest Firefox, Seamonkey, and IE6. There may be an issue with old CSS files being cached by your browsers, which means if there's a mess, try refreshing the page a couple of times to get the new CSS file to be read, and see if that helps. If it still looks messy though, please do feel free to post a screenshot and I'll try to debug from that.

01-03-10, 11:11 PM	#10 (permalink)
shadowdogg Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 51 Thanks: 2 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: news section looks terrible although not a bug but would be nice to have only 2 columns and cancel left hand side one. I miss having a little peak into the news story before opening it to see if it is actually anything interesting. Also makes it easier to read as there is far too much on screen now

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