Topic: Army.ca To Do List

[Shamrock]

Primarily, I find myself using my smart phone to access Army.CA. Just recently, I posted something not realizing I hadn't actually finished the last sentence. However, scrolling down to correct that was not possible. Before that, I was unable to access the Wiki or advertisers list on the topmost banner.

I know the idea of a mobile site has been dismissed, but would a link to an older, HTML version of Army.CA be feasible?

[Mike Bobbitt]

ʞɔoɹɯɐɥs, a mobile version of the site has not been dismissed... in fact it exists! Try browsing to http://forums.army.ca/forums/index.php?wap2 on your smartphone. It's ugly and stripped down but should be a better method for phones that have trouble rendering the 'full' site.

That doesn't adddress the Wiki, but I'm not sure what the issue there is... When you say you were 'unable to access the Wiki' can you be more specific? Also not sure what you mean about the advertiser's list. We don't have any such list that I'm aware of!

[Shamrock]

I have diagnosed the problem to be me and not electronic.

The drop-down menu would appear, but sausage fingers weren't hitting the 100-figure grid reference required to activate the button.

[Rheostatic]

a mobile version of the site has not been dismissed... in fact it exists! Try browsing to http://forums.army.ca/forums/index.php?wap2 on your smartphone. It's ugly and stripped down but should be a better method for phones that have trouble rendering the 'full' site.

It's not ugly, it's exactly what it needs to be: simple.

That said, it would be nice if hyperlinks were enabled, and if there were some indicator where a post has an image or attatchment (just a simple placeholder like {image} so the user knows what they're missing).

[Occam]

Mike, I've noticed an issue with the site and Firefox 4(.0.1).  When using reply or quote, the right edge of the text box is extended clear off the right edge of the screen, so that when you reach the edge of the box, the text doesn't wrap around so you can see it.  I'll attach a screen shot, if that helps.   I have two computers now showing the same symptoms on Firefox, while Chrome and IE 9 appear to have no problems.

I have not yet cleared cookies/cache in case you want me to look at/for anything.

[E.R. Campbell]

I have the same issue with both Firefox and Chrome (already reported privately) but both IE-9 and Maxthon (a relatively less well known browser) work fine.

[milnews.ca]

Odd....

Home PC + Firefox 4.0.1 = OK
Work PC + Firefox 4.0.1 = run-on reply box
Work PC + IE 7 = OK

Good luck with the fixes.

[Mike Bobbitt]

I was seeing this issue as well, but I cleared out the forum caches and it was resolved. (For me)

It's possible that some pages are still being cached, but that seems a bit unlikely. You can try clearing your cache (cookies should not need to be cleared) and see if that helps.

[E.R. Campbell]

That (clearing the cache) worked for me in Chrome - I did not clear cookies.

I will test Firefox later.

[milnews.ca]

Clearing my cache worked with Firefox - thanks Mike.

[Occam]

I was seeing this issue as well, but I cleared out the forum caches and it was resolved. (For me)

It's possible that some pages are still being cached, but that seems a bit unlikely. You can try clearing your cache (cookies should not need to be cleared) and see if that helps.

Yup, that did it.  Thanks.