Questions About The Site

BROCK my internet browsing experience on this site is all kooky when I'm at work and using our modern Internet Explo..Explic..Expedition? version 6 software that I'm assured is the latest and greatest way to browse non-AOL sites. plz respond.

Minor stuff that can be fixed by compatibility view, but I'm having a few issues. Site tends to freeze a bit and the Enter key doesn't work when I reply to posts.

Didn't there used to be a link to someones blog posts under their avatar of their forum posts? (under their total post count number)

The TD admins have gone back and forth a little bit on this so I figured I would open it up to the users... When we first switched to the new design, we used a single-column format for articles below the slider on the front page. Now, as you may have noticed, we're testing out a two-column format. This new arrangement (more similar to the previous design) is busier but features more content. What do you folks prefer?

I know this is going to be a touchy subject, but Bonnes and some of the others are going a little over the top with moderation these days, I know Fro was banned today and his posts were very tame. I think bans should only be handed out if a guy is actively breaking the rules, not just using some general snark in response to a ridiculous comment. Again its your site so you guys can do what you want obviously, but I don't think its good for the community to be running off some of the better and longer posters around.

Brock, I'm not a fan of the new format. I feel like the letters are too big, too close together and there isn't enough variation to make reading easy. I'm trying to be constructive and not just complaining. The main page feels cluttered with too many things going on. I think a little more space between the tool bars and the rest of the page would help. The forum index page is good The blog index page is good On the actual forum I feel like there isn't enough contract between thread tittles and authors or enough space between threads threads. They kinda run together. I'm also not a fan of the new color scheme. The red and blue are hard on the eyes because they are ve…

We had a few complaints about reading the forums so I did a bit of work on upping the readability of the text. Increased line height between lines, shrunk down the information bar to make room for the post container, little stuff like that... While I was digging around in the code, I changed the avatar size. You can now upload 150px by 150px images as avatars. I suggest taking advantage of it.

I can't seem to find the place to change it. Not in profile, not in settings, help. Thanks.

Currently one keeps rolling over and blocking the Twins forum for me.

There has been an intermittent problem with comments not generating properly on the article pages. Several of you have complained about this and after speaking to the developers about it, I cannot get the issue to replicate this morning. Are you still having these issues? If you are, let me know your operating system, your browser, and which article is not showing the entire list of comments. Thanks. Trying to get this resolved but since it's only under certain environments and circumstances, it's hard to track down.

Starting to dig Twins Daily, but I have a couple concerns from a user/reader perspective. 1) The big one is probably the number of topics with duplicate articles and threads. Right now there are two fairly generic articles about Mike Pelfrey on the front page, both linking to their own respective discussion topics in the Twins Talk forum, plus several other generic user-created discussion topics on Pelfrey in the same forum. The problem has been even worse for earlier signings and trades. It's a hassle to navigate and read, and it's probably stifling discussion -- I can't believe that I am alone in asking, where exactly am I supposed to post on the topic of Mike Pelf…

The ignore feature is pretty nice, but can you make it ignore/block when people qoute a person on your ignored list? i.e. Jokin is on my ignore list, but when someone quotes him I have to be subjected to his "comments", is there a way to just have it block 100% of a users posts? It would make the Twinsdaily experience much better. Thanks!

All quoted text is italicized. Is that necessary? Seems redundant, given how quotes are already set apart. It's difficult to add emphasis to a quote with resorting to bold or caps, which I'm sure annoys everyone.

Hey Brock, What's the chance that a new "Wiki" section can be added (much like on BYTO, only minus the off-colored topics)? JMO, but educating individuals who might not be as sharp on certain subjects (like myself) would actually help to benefit the forum as a whole by giving them the knowledge they need to partake in discussions without feeling sheepish.

Why is it sometimes saying my posts will have to be approved by a moderator? That is really really brock1978

Is there anyone that could get the author or blog name included in the RSS feed? Without it, I just see the content of the post and I have no idea if I'm reading the Geek, Nick, Parker, Jim, or anyone else. you're all excellent, but it still would be nice to know who I'm reading. Example screenshot below. It doesn't matter much to me where the author's name goes--as long as it's in there somewhere. I'll send you five bucks if you can make it happen--maybe other RSS fans would pledge the same? Alternatively, I can help you figure out how. http://i.imgur.com/4uP0L.png

Looking under both the My Profile and Settings links the option does not appear to exist. Is there something I missed? Thanks.

Dude, you really need to talk to your ad people.

= Homicidal urges. Good god that ad is annoying, it all but shuts my browser down and takes over the whole screen. Not sure if I'm the only one pestered by it.

I like the new feature to "like" comments. But do they have to be hearts? I mean... really...

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I think all your skill and acumen is about to be put to the test.

Just curious if I'm the only one who seems to have to refresh my browser quite a bit due to partial page loads...

If you see any issues with posting, using the site, whatever, please let me know in this thread. Thanks.

I recently signed up for a Nationals forum since I am certain I will need a distraction from the 2013 Twins. In reviewing their forums and threads I noticed an interesting Guest Chat folder. Back in 2010, the WNFF guys convinced one of the Nats beat reporters (Ben Goessling) to come online and participate for an evening. http://www.wnff.net/index.php?topic=16780.0 Now, Ben is over at the Pioneer Press and I know Ben and Howard Sinker have both participated in the podcast as a guest of Aaron and John. During the long offseason, would it be possible to try to get something like this going on Twins Daily with any of the many beat reporters here locally? I can …

You say you are overly sensitive to racism...that's not a cop out for letting those crap threads fly as well as defending the author. It's one thing to be against racism etc like most of us are, its a totally different thing to start going on a witch hunt declaring people left and right of being racists, this is no less than the 2nd thread since the start of Twinsdaily.com where a member accoused an employee(s) of the Twins for being racist. Saying you are "against" racism doesn't give you a right to let people go on such a bull**** rant. I am against racism as well as I date someone who's nationality is looked down upon quite a bit in America, that doesn't give me the…

Would people prefer other ads for, you know, bull****, instead? I was rather curious when reading some veiled and not veiled complaints about the ads and the links in stories. Really? Really?

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Is anyone else having trouble viewing the forum pages using a smart phone? I keep being redirected to http://luckytickets.org saying I have won an award. This only seems to happen on this website. Thanks

Really really irritating. Auto expands and plays(really loudly) and nice add for The America's cup. Biggest gripe I have here, the intrusiveness of the ads.