2024 MyGolfSpy Forum Updates and Changes

[GolfSpy_APH]

Heading into 2024 Invision (the platform the Forum runs one) has some very large and exciting updates. The staff are preparing for several of these changes and while they won't change anything in terms of usability we do expect there to be many updates which will tweak your user experience. 

If you are interested in reading about some of these changes you can find most if not all of them here: https://invisioncommunity.com/news/invision-community/introducing-a-fresh-new-vision-for-invision-community-5-r1287/

While we go through these changes we are also going to take the time to edit/update the forum to organize it in a more user friendly manner. Throughout all these changes if you have questions please reach out to myself or any of the other staff members if you have questions. 

Prior to us making any of these bigger scale changes we will make an announcement so one day you don't just come to the forum and it is all different. We do our best to keep the community in the loop and be as transparent as possible. 

We are extremely excited for 2024 from a Member Testing standpoint to these updates to the forum and a lot more which the staff are working on. 

Thank you all!

[Josh Parker]

Looking forward to seeing some of the changes!  

[Vegan_Golfer_PNW]

Thanks staff. 
 

https://giphy.com/gifs/3owyoYjmvDijECcQTu

 

[JohnSmalls]

Thanks fellas!  Can't state it enough, you guys work tirelessly to continually improve our little corner of the internet.  It surely doesn't go unnoticed nor unappreciated.

[ejgaudette]

Thank you for the updates and yes as others have stated thank you for all your time keeping these lights on.

[GolfSpy_APH]

One of the first updates and changes we are going to make is a slight update to one of the themes. We have noticed a few bugs in a previous version and want to rectify that. This will be implemented over the weekend. 

The next change and update we will be rolling out slowly is condensing the categories to make navigation easier. Over the years when we have polled our users it was pretty clear that most use the search function or recent content. Some scroll through the forum pages to look for specific categories, however the greater feedback we received from those new is the site can be a bit of a bear to navigate. We have done our best to cross place important threads and content as well as feature or highlight threads and content we feel important. However this has not been enough and we still feel it is a lot. 

Look for sub forums like drivers, irons, wedges, putters and hybrids etc all be condensed into one called Golf Clubs. There will be other adjustments similar to this merging areas which are a little redundant or making it a bit confusing on where to post what. 

We hope that these changes won't rock the forum too much, but help make use of other features like the search function which works really well especially when "quoting" for specific words and phrases. 

In the end we want to make the forum easier to navigate not just for the long time users, but also the thousands of new members we have visiting and coming to the site every day. 

[Rob Person]

Great work by mods and team! Really enjoying it

[jbern]

6 hours ago, GolfSpy_APH said:

One of the first updates and changes we are going to make is a slight update to one of the themes. We have noticed a few bugs in a previous version and want to rectify that. This will be implemented over the weekend. 

The next change and update we will be rolling out slowly is condensing the categories to make navigation easier. Over the years when we have polled our users it was pretty clear that most use the search function or recent content. Some scroll through the forum pages to look for specific categories, however the greater feedback we received from those new is the site can be a bit of a bear to navigate. We have done our best to cross place important threads and content as well as feature or highlight threads and content we feel important. However this has not been enough and we still feel it is a lot. 

Look for sub forums like drivers, irons, wedges, putters and hybrids etc all be condensed into one called Golf Clubs. There will be other adjustments similar to this merging areas which are a little redundant or making it a bit confusing on where to post what. 

We hope that these changes won't rock the forum too much, but help make use of other features like the search function which works really well especially when "quoting" for specific words and phrases. 

In the end we want to make the forum easier to navigate not just for the long time users, but also the thousands of new members we have visiting and coming to the site every day. 

Thanks for keeping everyone informed of the upcoming changes and thanks for everything you and the team do. I use mostly notifications and searching for navigating through the forum. Cool that searching will be improved.

[GolfSpy_APH]

https://invisioncommunity.com/news/invision-community/invision-community-5-a-more-performant-polished-ui-r1295/

Another look at some of the changes coming to the new system. 

[Josh Parker]

9 minutes ago, GolfSpy_APH said:

https://invisioncommunity.com/news/invision-community/invision-community-5-a-more-performant-polished-ui-r1295/

Another look at some of the changes coming to the new 

Looks like some nice changes that will make a few things easier to navigate. 

[Rob Person]

39 minutes ago, GolfSpy_APH said:

https://invisioncommunity.com/news/invision-community/invision-community-5-a-more-performant-polished-ui-r1295/

Another look at some of the changes coming to the new system. 

I like the idea of scrolling tabs and widgets side barred on mobile devices,  as that is 100% of my usage these days

[CrazyGolfNut]

Looks Good.  Glad to see you are "Rolling Forward" and not "Rolling Backword".  

Edited December 8, 2023 by CrazyGolfNut

[russtopherb]

I don't know what's been done so far on the back end aside from the current theme refresh, but things are loading and responding noticeably fast for me on multiple devices. 

[GolfSpy_APH]

2 minutes ago, russtopherb said:

I don't know what's been done so far on the back end aside from the current theme refresh, but things are loading and responding noticeably fast for me on multiple devices. 

Not much, a few small things here and there but glad it's having a positive effect so far!

[GolfSpy_APH]

Surpassed one year for my streak! 

[Josh Parker]

19 minutes ago, GolfSpy_APH said:

Surpassed one year for my streak! 

That's Awesome!  Congrats!

[ParFore74x]

28 minutes ago, GolfSpy_APH said:

Surpassed one year for my streak! 

That’s impressive, congratulations!

[Rob Person]

Nice!

[TJ Hall]

Congratulations!

[GolfSpy_APH]

Over the next week there will be a few updates to the Forum list. While many use the search function and even more use recent content or unread content streams we want to make the forum an easier place to navigate. At the moment we feel there are a lot of duplicate areas which can lead to less than ideal navigation. If you have questions or something you used to check on has been moved please let us know as forums staff and we can help you out. 

There will be a lot of changes to the forum in 2024 and this is just part of them! 

[GolfSpy_APH]

During the most recent update a few features have temporarily been disabled due to non compatible components with the new system update.

These are the Community Map and Classifieds.

We are actively working to restore both features asap. 

[cnosil]

5 hours ago, GolfSpy_APH said:

During the most recent update a few features have temporarily been disabled due to non compatible components with the new system update.

These are the Community Map and Classifieds.

We are actively working to restore both features asap. 

My unread content stream no longer works either.  

[GolfSpy_APH]

1 minute ago, cnosil said:

My unread content stream no longer works either.  

Yes streams were another thing that broke. Send me a PM and I may have to add a new one for you.

It's been a day with it all. Normally when the updates run it provided the errors for you and you can bypass them or choose to leave them. This one at the end just said hey these don't work anymore. At one point all the streams were gone.

[Shrek74]

8 minutes ago, GolfSpy_APH said:

Yes streams were another thing that broke. Send me a PM and I may have to add a new one for you.

It's been a day with it all. Normally when the updates run it provided the errors for you and you can bypass them or choose to leave them. This one at the end just said hey these don't work anymore. At one point all the streams were gone.

My main page "latest posts" portion went away the other day, but it's back now. With upgrades comes small headaches here and there. It's all good.

[GolfSpy_APH]

1 minute ago, Shrek74 said:

My main page "latest posts" portion went away the other day, but it's back now. With upgrades comes small headaches here and there. It's all good.

That's an on-going space we are currently working on. Expect to see more changes there in the coming weeks.

[cnosil]

33 minutes ago, GolfSpy_APH said:

Yes streams were another thing that broke. Send me a PM and I may have to add a new one for you.

It's been a day with it all. Normally when the updates run it provided the errors for you and you can bypass them or choose to leave them. This one at the end just said hey these don't work anymore. At one point all the streams were gone.

I rebuilt it myself by guessing a URL and then rebuilding my unread stream so I think I am good to go now. 

 

[GolfSpy_APH]

Classifieds are back up and running. 

Community Map may or may not be coming back. That is more a TBD thing. 

Apologies to all for the delay with the Classifieds. Was a journey to say the least, but happy it is back up and running!

[KC Golf]

12 minutes ago, GolfSpy_APH said:

Classifieds are back up and running. 

Community Map may or may not be coming back. That is more a TBD thing. 

Apologies to all for the delay with the Classifieds. Was a journey to say the least, but happy it is back up and running!

Great. I am hoping Rob has a lot of basically new / cast offs we can all look at in the Classifieds…

[GolfSpy_BNG]

23 minutes ago, GolfSpy_APH said:

Classifieds are back up and running. 

Community Map may or may not be coming back. That is more a TBD thing. 

Apologies to all for the delay with the Classifieds. Was a journey to say the least, but happy it is back up and running!

I’m glad the classifieds are back and clearly I’m not the only one but for those paying attention, 

 

The classifieds still have the same rules as before. Make sure you follow them as the ads I have checked so far have failed to follow them all. 

[GolfSpy_APH]

What features would you as members like to see come to the forum?