2022 MGS Forum Changes

[GolfSpy_APH]

Quick update for all as we have implemented a few changes. One is the renaming of some of the Equipment sub forums. As we continue we will look to break drivers away into it's own category, same with wedges and irons, however that is a task and a half as we would have to move many threads over. So a watch this space!

Second is a secondary drop down for the forum to help tidy up the top bar. Screenshot is below, let me know what you think!
 

[Golfspy_Lukes]

That new secondary top bar is so good.  Such a little change, but makes in INFINITELY easier to navigate between forums

[GolfSpy_APH]

Helps even more on mobile I have to say

[Jnoble89]

1 hour ago, Golfspy_Lukes said:

That new secondary top bar is so good.  Such a little change, but makes in INFINITELY easier to navigate between forums

I second this. Clicked on "forums" this morning and it was like I could hear the glorious "AAAAAAHHHHHH" sound as the drop down menu came up!

[GolfSpy_APH]

Much of this will kinda be baby steps, but if we can make half a dozen or so small improvements I think it will go a long way in the end to making a better experience for all. 

[tony@CIC]

2 hours ago, Golfspy_Lukes said:

That new secondary top bar is so good.  Such a little change, but makes in INFINITELY easier to navigate between forums

I'll second that. Love the organization around Headers/subheaders. 

[WaffleHouseTour]

Much cleaner and quicker

[BIG STU]

On 8/17/2022 at 9:25 AM, GolfSpy_APH said:

I have a feeling we will move away from tabs as much as we can. They have a tendency to hide more content and often users miss sections. As mentioned the testing section will be addressed this off-season.

One other thing to note is the testing system was a complete custom build and was part of the reason there were so many bugs to start. It runs on a different platform entirely and which is also why all of tests could not be covered into it so we would essentially have to start all brand new and fresh which I'm not quite looking to do at this time.

This is mainly looking to avoid redundant sections and merge them into the appropriate section as well as making things simpler to navigate within the current platform we have.

 

Yep I helped on the testing templates some time back. I am thinking that was back in 15 or 16. I think we had like 4 different teams working with an admin person like yourself. In fact I think if I go back and look in one of my notebooks I have one of the templates drawn out that my group worked on

[Lacassem]

Love the updated tabs much cleaner.

Quick question is the goal to combine the "Test & Reviews" and "Forums" drop down to consolidate those two together? I know they are two seperate things where under the forums section it is more past things and unofficials.

[GolfSpy_APH]

38 minutes ago, Lacassem said:

Love the updated tabs much cleaner.

Quick question is the goal to combine the "Test & Reviews" and "Forums" drop down to consolidate those two together? I know they are two seperate things where under the forums section it is more past things and unofficials.

That will look to be cleaned up when we have a better direction with how we want testing to move going forward. 

[cksurfdude]

19 hours ago, Lacassem said:

Quick question is the goal to combine the "Test & Reviews" and "Forums" drop down to consolidate those two together? I know they are two seperate things where under the forums section it is more past things and unofficials.

 

18 hours ago, GolfSpy_APH said:

That will look to be cleaned up when we have a better direction with how we want testing to move going forward. 

 

So a bit of an out of left field question... What about splitting up the Official Reviews, by type, to be within the equipment category of the test?

..eg. a Driver official forum member review could be found under a Equipment > Drivers > Member Reviews sub-category?

[GolfSpy_APH]

1 minute ago, cksurfdude said:

 

 

So a bit of an out of left field question... What about splitting up the Official Reviews, by type, to be within the equipment category of the test?

..eg. a Driver official forum member review could be found under a Equipment > Drivers > Member Reviews sub-category?

That is certainly on the table for us. We have to determine our process for the new system that was introduced. It's a whole we have to take two plus steps backwards to take a few forwards situation. Our Intention is to work and complete the revised testing method/system by the new year.

 

[GolfSpy_APH]

For those interested we have and are starting up a focus group for the forum. We are looking for members who are active within the forum community and engaged in the forums future. We want members who will provide constructive feedback to ideas, plans and projects the mod team is working on. If you think you are someone who wants to invest a little extra time in the forum to help us grow and build our community please send me a PM and we can discuss it further!

[GolfSpy_APH]

Happy to say our new Staff Directory is complete with our new mods. I am really pleased with this team as was as all of those who participate as part of the focus group in making the community what it is. We have an incredible knowledgeable community who thrives off talking all things golf and so many other topics. 

I hope that we can see this community grow build off all the great things that we have currently with this platform while bringing new features and content to the forum to keep us all coming back and wanting more!

https://forum.mygolfspy.com/staff/

[Blueberry_Squishie]

Not sure if anyone else is having this same issue. It's minor but I'm sure the team would want to solve it.

 

Using Chrome on a PC, when I click to go to the next page of the topic, the page loads at the bottom. It would be better if it loads at the top so scrolling to the top is not necessary when you're following the order of posts. Not sure if it happens to everyone.

[tommc23]

53 minutes ago, Blueberry_Squishie said:

Not sure if anyone else is having this same issue. It's minor but I'm sure the team would want to solve it.

 

Using Chrome on a PC, when I click to go to the next page of the topic, the page loads at the bottom. It would be better if it loads at the top so scrolling to the top is not necessary when you're following the order of posts. Not sure if it happens to everyone.

 Can you post a picture of what it looks like?

[Blueberry_Squishie]

On 9/30/2022 at 10:28 AM, tommc23 said:

 Can you post a picture of what it looks like?

It has now stopped doing it.

[GolfSpy_APH]

17 minutes ago, Blueberry_Squishie said:

It has now stopped doing it.

This can sometimes just be with your browser cache. If it is cleared things work as they should. Can't say we did anything on the back end so it will remain a mystery.

[MattWillGolf]

All of sudden I started getting email notifications flooding my email. I assume this was intentional but not gonna lie it's a bit annoying. But thankfully I found a way to hopefully stop that. It was constant as I follow several topics and other members. My preference is to view notifications when I am in the forum and not get that constant flood of emails. 

[tommc23]

21 minutes ago, MattWillGolf said:

All of sudden I started getting email notifications flooding my email. I assume this was intentional but not gonna lie it's a bit annoying. But thankfully I found a way to hopefully stop that. It was constant as I follow several topics and other members. My preference is to view notifications when I am in the forum and not get that constant flood of emails. 

Did you turn off your email notifications?