Here is the previously compiled list of what impacts your experience the most.
Within the next few weeks, you will see updated status marks as we work towards addressing these items.
Navigation:
Move the timestamp to the top of a post - [color=red]Done[/color=red]
Create a way to view all forum and sub-forum titles
Be able to access Top Forum links from any page - [color=red]Done[/color=red]
On the Home Page, featured links take up too much space
Recent Activity on the bottom of the page makes it hard to scroll quickly to the end of the posts to see the pagination
Featured Threads take up valuable real estate and are often outdated - [color=red]In progress[/color=red]
Videos Ads are distracting - [color=red]Now only visible if you are not logged in[/color=red]
Read-ability/Browse-ability:
The grey font is too light in color to make browsing easy
The font weight is too thin to easily read
The spacing between lines adds too much length to the page
The amount of white space impacts how much content you can see at one time
The contrast between read and unread posts is not sufficient - [color=red]Done[/color=red]
Is it possible to bring back the Save Draft button? - [color=red]Done[/color=red]
Show more comments on a page - [color=red]Done, we are now showing 20 comments instead of 15 [/color=red]
Option to quote without BBcode - [color=red]Done[/color=red]
Mobile experience:
Font styles make it especially hard to read on tablet and mobile devices
You’re having trouble finding your way around the site
The regular display does not show link to Page 1; you need to rotate - [color=red]Done[/color=red]
Various Android issues
IPad display issues
Bugs:
Featured and Participated icons are not representing correctly - [color=red]Done[/color=red]
Censored words showing in the Recent Activity section
make URLs stand out in Private Messages (use the same styling as in regular posts) - [color=red]Done[/color=red]
-Composing a post, reply, or PM is difficult because the text is double spaced when you type multiple lines - [color=red]Done[/color=red]
Typo on the homepage when logged out - [color=red]Done[/color=red]
Aligned verbiage to say “threads” instead of “posts” on a discussion level, as well as on a user profile page - [color=red]Done[/color=red]
When you to go to your bookmarks page and are not logged in you are prompted to an error page (instead of being asked to sign in) - [color=red]Done[/color=red]
Features:
Option to quote without using BBcode - [color=red]NEW[/color=red]
A new set of badges to reward the most Helpful content - [color=red]NEW[/color=red]
Video ad: this is now only showing to users who are not logged in.
Featured threads: we have started to remove the featured threads from most of the Top Forums. Big forums such as College Admissions, Parents Forum, Financial Aid & Scholarship, or the College Search & Selection will continue to display featured threads, but those are/ will be updated constantly.
For the other forums and sub-forums, we will use the pinned threads. Each user can click on the cog wheel and dismiss the threads he/she is not interested in. The threads will be removed from the top and put back in the chronological listing.
Ivy League: we removed the 2018 sub-forums for each school as they were taking up valuable space at the top of the page
@10s4life, can you please send a screenshot to admin@collegeconfidential.com showing the box you see on desktop but not on mobile? I’m assuming this is not the same issue as the one listed above where on the regular screen you cannot go to page 1 for multi-page threads, correct?
It is great you have listed outstanding issues. Are we to understand that all of those issues will be addressed and the status update is going to let us know when they will be fixed?
And the fact that, based on complaints, there’s a (substantial) difference between how users on Apple vs Android and desk, laptop, tablet and cell see the format and run into problems.
I believe fixes need to consider uniformity.
Make it easier to remove bookmarks. I should be able to click on the bookmark flag one time and it should be unmarked. I did a bunch last night and had to click on that bookmark thing multiple times to make the change.
Can you make it easier to reference or quote what one is replying to rather than using [ quote] or " " Right now people respond to the poster by tagging them but another reader has to scroll to find the original post to see what the response is referring to. Note that we would need the ability to edit which section of a long post we are referring to so don’t make the default reply quote an entire post without the ability to edit which section is being quoted.
Is someone deleting the replies to this thread?
The replies to it that were here last night, including mine, all appear to be gone.
Can someone confirm if it happened and why?
Thank you.
This discussion is aimed only at collecting technical issues and giving you a status update. The off topic comments will be deleted or split into a new discussion (like the one about the pinned threads).
I have a new problem - when I click on a thread that I’ve already read and commented on, it’s now taking me to random places in the thread instead of the new posts I haven’t seen. I’m sure I’m signed in. It’s been happening since last night but I thought it was a device problem but now it’s happening on my computer as well. Also, when I go back to a page, from within a thread, it’s not taking me to where I left off but to random spots - not the top or where I left off, just willy nilly places.
@momofsenior1, I am not able to replicate it, but can you please send us a screenshot at admin@collegeconfidential.com and include the thread you wanted to see and your device/browser/operating system combination? We need it in order to look into the issue. Thanks!
Another request, if possible: Can they make the thread titles of threads with new post BOLD and the ones without new posts in regular font? It is currently reversed and, even though it says [ new ] , its counterintuitive.
The search function at the top of the page on my ipad still gets two circles with unidentifiable stuff in each when I click on the magnifying glass. The left circle ultimately gos to the advanced search. The right circle does nothing. I’ve sent you photos previously.
Oh, and the Tr0ll word still appears in the bottom “recent activity” list
Exactly. And additionally the threads with the “new” posts are in a white box and the ones without new posts are in a bluish/gray box. Its also counter-intuitive.
I am unable to post a revised response after deleting what I had originally typed a couple of hrs ago. I keep on getting a " unable to find draft " error messages.- including the yellow light bulb icon.
I did just send a screen shot of the problem to admin@collegeconfidential.com