Hi ,
It looks like you're using an ad blocker.



The revenue generated from the adverts on the site is a critical part of our funding - and it's because of these ads that I can offer the site for free. But using the site for free AND blocking the ads doesn't feel like a great thing to do, which is why this box is so large and inconvenient. Some sites will completely block your access, but I'm not doing that - I'm appealing to your good nature instead. Did you know that you can allow ads for specific sites, whilst still blocking them on others?

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Ian Williams aka Fetch
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New blog entries page layout

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Sep 2014
9:46am, 12 Sep 2014
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Velociraptor
I don't like not being able to see the "threads you're watching" list from the blog front page :( Could we have that back please, Mr Fetch?
Sep 2014
9:53am, 12 Sep 2014
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Alice the Camel
No sooner said! Excellent service :-)
Sep 2014
9:55am, 12 Sep 2014
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Alice the Camel
....and the "switch to school cloakroom style" made me laugh out loud :-)
Sep 2014
9:57am, 12 Sep 2014
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Velociraptor
Me too :)
Sep 2014
10:01am, 12 Sep 2014
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Sharkie
My joke! :-) At least it proves Fetch read my comment!
Sep 2014
10:10am, 12 Sep 2014
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Girlie
Another vote to put the day order back please. Its less clear at the moment.
Sep 2014
10:45am, 12 Sep 2014
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Velociraptor
Ooh, thanks! It's improving by the minute :)
Sep 2014
10:57am, 12 Sep 2014
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fleecilyFurman
Much better, thank you fetch! I was going to suggest a tick system as well...
Sep 2014
11:06am, 12 Sep 2014
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fetcheveryone
Right then.

The buddies / favourited blogs should now be highlighted again - that was just a CSS mishap that I didn't spot last night.

The option to switch between views has now been made a little bit clearer, by the addition of the little 'cog' symbol, and an update to the text ;-)

The list is split by days again.

The favourites list is also sorted by recency now, rather than user number.

I get the feeling that the biggest issue raised is just 'why?'.

The code that powers the site now spans ten years of fiddling. In that time, I've developed various ways of working - different ways of structuring my code; different systems for organising the layers of software. Some have worked wonderfully well, and others have proven to be a rats nest of a bad perm. And in that ten years, the expectations of internet users and the way we access information has also moved a massive step.

Occasionally this means that I have to make seemingly unnecessary ain't-broke-don't-fix-it changes. In this particular case, [developer talk alert] I'm working towards reducing the number of CSS styles used across the site, and reworking my pages into reusable units that I can have more control over (a perfect example of this was the "watched threads" box that I was able to add in for V'rap). The component-based approach is in itself a movement towards helping the site work better on a wider range of devices. For example, the site could recognise when you're viewing on a very small device, and serve a simpler set of components in a more linear layout.

Feedback *always* welcomed :-)
Sep 2014
11:10am, 12 Sep 2014
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Wriggling Snake
Well done.

Good explanation.

I imagine you are a better coder than I am now, I haven't done that for more than 10 years.

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Maintained by Sharkie
I'm usually neutral or pleased by site changes, but this is the first one I actively dislike.

I like to be able to click on my own blog without going to the 'your blog' tab, and now it's not highlighted (high lit?) in any way.
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