The Shoutbox - Opinions Please

['Wellfan 2k7]

Think the shoutbox function is great for quick updates and alerting the forum to interesting/important topics. Perhaps it can be used for tea lines and score updates on match days only? Nothing worse than scrolling through threads and having to wait for an entire page to reload in order to see whether there was a penalty given or not.

 

 

 

All for keeping it.

[weeyin]

Not sure if the software allows it, but is it possible to add the MFC Twitter feed to be displayed anywhere? Their match updates could replace the shoutbox during the games and leave the chat to the thread.

[Yabba's Turd]

Not sure if the software allows it, but is it possible to add the MFC Twitter feed to be displayed anywhere? Their match updates could replace the shoutbox during the games and leave the chat to the thread.

There is an option to add twitter updates to the shoutbox, I'll test it later, when it's less intrusive.

[Yabba's Turd]

Another possibility if for the shoutbox to close to posting but allow the twitter feeds to display during the game.

I should be able to integrate the shoubox into mobiles when I stop breaking the forum adding 3rd party media tags with bad html coding

[milo]

It would be great if it could permanently work on mobiles as on match days news of goals is much quicker than BBC or Sky apps.

[Yabba's Turd]

What do you mean permanently work on mobiles? no time out? unfortunately the longest time out is 30 minutes to prevent server load

[milo]

Sorry, what I meant was to ask whether it working on your mobile was going to be the long term plan? Or whether it being available at the moment was just for a trial period?

[Yabba's Turd]

My concern was that folk on mobile were missing out on a feature and if I couldn't implement that feature then direct traffic towards the matchday thread, I'm learning all the time about what's possible and to be honest the mobile theme was an after thought for me in the old version.

 

I've got one or two plans for the main forum page that I hope would enhance the site, if I can get it working it should be half decent

[madscot]

My concern was that folk on mobile were missing out on a feature and if I couldn't implement that feature then direct traffic towards the matchday thread, I'm learning all the time about what's possible and to be honest the mobile theme was an after thought for me in the old version.

 

I've got one or two plans for the main forum page that I hope would enhance the site, if I can get it working it should be half decent

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ug9Cr-ED5XA&list=PLoBSoR2vm9Gns8jPe05AXcFMoNsKZqdoF

[gilmour]

Sites a bit dull without the shout box or is it just me cause I liked it. Also the posts seem to be down or are they the same and the shout box just gave more scope for discussion ?

[ropy]

Has it gone completely, I thought it was just on my phone.

[Yabba's Turd]

The shoutbox is still functioning on the full version, the mobile version I tried wasn't universally compatible, but it looked good on my Archos and Android browsers. I'm trying to design our own version of a mobile shoutbox (if you'd told me this last week I'd have laughed you off the forum) with either a link to open a shoutbox window or stack the text entry and reading pane, the problem with changing the mobile skin is that mobile browsers all have their own quirks and settings in the CSS, no doubt Apple have a dev site for testing mobile stuff, just need to find it and test the mobile version on that.

[Yabba's Turd]

Wee experiment tomorrow, will be adding MFC's twitter to the shoutbox and making it read only, match discussion in the forum to keep it in one place for the mobile users, will look to add a better shoutbox to mobile skin over the weekend

[Geedub]

Runs a poll on whether to keep the shoutbox. The people say get it to fuck. Spends countless hours implementing a new more advanced version of the thing people voted to get rid of.

[ropy]

Going to watch the first half of the St Mirren match, this is where I would have used the shout box if anything of note happens that affects us. It is unlikely there would be a St Mirren chat topic.

 

 

Edit : Goal difference on a par now

[Vic Rattlehead]

Always the same when a dictator employs democracy, the tail wags the dog.

Twitter updates on the shout box is a good idea.

[cambo97]

As if it wasn't bad enough that the shoutbox is still there after most people voting to bin it, it's now decided to stay at the top of every forum and thread!!

[ropy]

Can't see it at all, which is annoying

[Andy_P]

As if it wasn't bad enough that the shoutbox is still there after most people voting to bin it, it's now decided to stay at the top of every forum and thread!!

 

I might be wrong but I seem to remember it always being there, it isn't just since since the upgrade.

 

However.... if you move your cursor across the right hand side of the claret header that has Shoutbox on it, and let it hovver for a second you should see a wee minus sign. Click the minus sign, the shoutbox is minimised out of view, and you need never be bothered by it again.

 

And if you ever get nosey, same principle applies, except it'll be a wee plus sign you'll click to re-activate it.

[cambo97]

I've never had it before the upgrade and until this weekend it only appeared if I actually went to the shoutbox.

I did try the minus sign but it didn't work. While I could possibly have coped if it was just on the forum pages it was a pain on the threads.

 

I seem to have sorted it by changing the theme to IP.Board rather than the snapshot

[Yabba's Turd]

It's all about choice though, 53-48 against keeping it, and zero feedback about it being closed on macthdays with the twitter updates, if there was a massive vote one way or the other then I'd go with it, but you have a choice of closing the window and ignoring it and the matchday discussion will be on the forum and updates via twitter.