Welcome to the New Twins Daily

[Brock Beauchamp]

10 minutes ago, theBOMisthebomb said:

Yes, how do we get to the first unread post. Also, how can we tell if there are any unread comments on a post before we click. 

Read this, I cover all of that.

 

[Squirrel]

7 minutes ago, theBOMisthebomb said:

Yes, how do we get to the first unread post. Also, how can we tell if there are any unread comments on a post before we click. 

Touch the red dot or star to the left of the thread, whether on a phone, tablet, laptop or desktop

[Brock Beauchamp]

1 hour ago, h2oface said:

.... and now, in this new world..... we aren't "friends" anymore 

The new system has a "follow" feature, which makes more sense when you examine it. It's like a Twitter follow and you can set notifications when people you follow post, you can filter to people you follow in the activity stream from the menu, etc. Lots of stuff you can do in the new system that makes following a much more sensical approach.

[jorgenswest]

Hmmm… maybe I better look at it on a computer. I don’t see much useful screen content on the iPad after selecting a forum. No need to reply. Just giving visual feedback on the initial user experience. 

 

 

[biggentleben]

Yikes.

Took three attempts to log on.

Color scheme is nuts on my eyes, as in quite literally hurting my eyes, even with my computer glasses on.

Then a tutorial just to use the site to have conversation. I've been chatting with many on this forum for more than 20 years. Suppose all good things must come to an end.

[Brock Beauchamp]

17 hours ago, biggentleben said:

Then a tutorial just to use the site to have conversation.

Because, after changing forum platforms four times over 15 years and getting the same questions every time, I finally learned my lesson and got out in front of those questions by writing guides how to use the ridiculous number of features included in the software package.

If you actually read any of the tutorials, you'll notice they primarily talk about underlying site features and assume you know how to do things like... type a message.

[DocBauer]

First of all, HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you John.

Second, most of the changes seem really positive, IMO. I, like everyone else, just need to read and play and get used to the changes. My phone already seems to like the new format, LOL.

But the one complaint I have to make is the color choices used. Look, I'm a TD fan and follower and devotee and will continue to be one. I believe I've been one since fall of about 2013. I've been here through the good and the bad. And I've been a Twins fan and follower for more than 50yrs through TV, radio, and print media. But the Twins, with all their varient uniform style changes have ALWAYS been red and blue and white with gray mixed in. There has NEVER been any sort ORANGE included.

Please keep growing the site, but also, please make changes to  this new site that is Twins-centric in regards to presentation! Sorry, but the orange color just doesn't make sense.

Various versions of red, white and blue with new gold fit. Orange doesn't. 

 

 

 

 

[AZTwin]

When I heard about the change I was skeptical.  Too many times sites ruin it with their changes.  However, this is a major upgrade.  Well done.  One complaint I have now though is the amount of ads on mobile. Never saw ads before and now they seem all over the place

[Squirrel]

17 minutes ago, DocBauer said:

First of all, HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you John.

Second, most of the changes seem really positive, IMO. I, like everyone else, just need to read and play and get used to the changes. My phone already seems to like the new format, LOL.

But the one complaint I have to make is the color choices used. Look, I'm a TD fan and follower and devotee and will continue to be one. I believe I've been one since fall of about 2013. I've been here through the good and the bad. And I've been a Twins fan and follower for more than 50yrs through TV, radio, and print media. But the Twins, with all their varient uniform style changes have ALWAYS been red and blue and white with gray mixed in. There has NEVER been any sort ORANGE included.

Please keep growing the site, but also, please make changes to  this new site that is Twins-centric in regards to presentation! Sorry, but the orange color just doesn't make sense.

Various versions of red, white and blue with new gold fit. Orange doesn't. 

 

 

 

 

The orange you see is just one of the color choices for banner announcements. Once everyone is more or less acclimated, those orange line items will go away ... however, they may be replaced with other announcements from time to time in green or blue

[SoDakTwinsFan4]

Love the new format guys!!

Thank you

[h2oface]

ha.... now I can tell when .

[Edit: hyperlinks to spam removed]

are online.....wow.... and it even formatted it automatically when I copy and paste! I was hoping you wouldn't have those troubles anymore.......

 

Edited May 11, 2021 by Hosken Bombo Disco
Hyperlinks to spam removed

[bighat]

Thanks all -

Really enjoy the new look, it was certainly time to upgrade and you all did a fantastic job. Looking forward to continuing to read and post here!

[Brock Beauchamp]

4 hours ago, h2oface said:

ha.... now I can tell when .

[Edit: hyperlinks to spam removed in quoted comment]

are online.....wow.... and it even formatted it automatically when I copy and paste! I was hoping you wouldn't have those troubles anymore.......

 

Thankfully, our tools are much more robust now and while spam will never go away entirely (spammers even slip through the filters of Facebook on a regular basis), it has already decreased considerably and I'm implementing more filters and ways to thwart them as we determine the new software's leakiest bits.

Edited May 11, 2021 by Hosken Bombo Disco
hyperlinks to spam removed in quoted comment

[Brock Beauchamp]

By the way, please let me know how speed is for you today.

This is the first day of "regular" traffic on the site and for all of yesterday, the server was using a small amount of resources to run background tasks like reindexing the search engine.

Speed should be good under normal circumstances but I'd like to hear of any difficulties you're having.

[Brock Beauchamp]

9 hours ago, DocBauer said:

But the Twins, with all their varient uniform style changes have ALWAYS been red and blue and white with gray mixed in. There has NEVER been any sort ORANGE included.

The orange is for announcements and we have several color options available to us. You see a lot of orange right now because I'm trying to draw attention to key components of the new site to ease the transition for some of the more confusing aspects for long-time users. Once launch dies down, expect to see orange banners rather infrequently.

(you may have noticed one of them is already gone)

[jjswol]

Nice job to all. I like the red and white but miss seeing some blue.

 

[Squirrel]

Just now, jjswol said:

Nice job to all. I like the red and white but miss seeing some blue.

 

Oh, you'll see blue from time to time when we post announcements ...

[twinbythebay]

Has anyone else been having issues today with the homepage only showing posts from Randball's Stu? It was like that for me for several hours this morning, but I think it may be back to normal now. I couldn't figure out if I had some sort of filter turned on or if the site was glitching out somehow. I love Stu's posts as much as the next guy, but I don't mind some real news mixed in too ?

Overall, nice job on the new site! I'm looking forward to seeing what it's capable of!

[Brock Beauchamp]

3 minutes ago, twinbythebay said:

Has anyone else been having issues today with the homepage only showing posts from Randball's Stu? It was like that for me for several hours this morning, but I think it may be back to normal now. I couldn't figure out if I had some sort of filter turned on or if the site was glitching out somehow. I love Stu's posts as much as the next guy, but I don't mind some real news mixed in too ?

Overall, nice job on the new site! I'm looking forward to seeing what it's capable of!

Someone let me know about it ~30 minutes ago. I changed some group settings this morning, which sent the article permissions into panic mode for whatever reason.

It should be fixed now.

[Brock Beauchamp]

4 hours ago, jjswol said:

Nice job to all. I like the red and white but miss seeing some blue.

 

Blue will be introduced in time but some of the key features that I expect to use blue more prominently weren't part of the launch goal.

[Craig Arko]

I think the main color should be powder blue. With pinstripes.  

Edited May 11, 2021 by Craig Arko

[mikelink45]

Suggestion - put a link to the top of the page and to the front page on the bottom of the comment area.  Otherwise I like the format. 

[Brock Beauchamp]

1 minute ago, mikelink45 said:

Suggestion - put a link to the top of the page and to the front page on the bottom of the comment area.  Otherwise I like the format. 

There's a red tab with a white up arrow that appears as you scroll down the page (left side near bottom of screen). Tapping/clicking that will scroll you back to the top of the page.

[mikelink45]

Just now, Brock Beauchamp said:

There's a red tab with a white up arrow that appears as you scroll down the page (left side near bottom of screen). Tapping/clicking that will scroll you back to the top of the page.

Thanks - I did not realize that.

 

[jjswol]

Sounds good. I think one of the best parts of the new site is how clean and uncluttered it looks. Can't wait for you to get rid of that orange bar, it definitely catches your eye and serves it purpose but for some reason it just "grates" on me. Have a great day.

 

[Mike Sixel]

When I'm at the bottom of a thread and hit next or back, it sends me to the bottom of the new page. Seems like it should be the top. Using my phone

[Aerodeliria]

New sparkling look ?...same old Twins...?

[Brock Beauchamp]

10 hours ago, Mike Sixel said:

When I'm at the bottom of a thread and hit next or back, it sends me to the bottom of the new page. Seems like it should be the top. Using my phone

Strange, that’s not how it works for me. OS and browser?

[mamcginnis]

How do I sign up for the daily email. I stopped getting it. Is it defunct? Ihave searched your site and can't find any ino. Thanks.

 

[Brock Beauchamp]

11 minutes ago, mamcginnis said:

How do I sign up for the daily email. I stopped getting it. Is it defunct? Ihave searched your site and can't find any ino. Thanks.

Sorry, I just hadn't gotten around to adding that. If you refresh the site once or twice, a popup should prompt you to subscribe to our newsletter.