Site Questions and Feedback
by Ian. Mon, 30 Jan (Updated at Mon, 30 Jan)Robin has created a great FAQ page on https://www.newportpagnell-boardgames.org.uk/faq however if you still have any questions please feel free to post here and we will try and answer them.
Note we are aware of a possible bug where when clicking on the email sign-in link you may get blocked on a work network. This is because the link goes through a 3rd party system which changes the URL and some systems may see it as malicious. It is not. However, if this becomes a major problem we can look at a workaround.
Remember you must be signed in to sign up to games..etc
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Please note a couple of things we are looking at in addition to the above.
We are looking at having the post "author" show up and not just comments. (Like this one).
Noticeboard like the previous site.
A way of marking a game up for the tournament.
Another suggestion would be some way of highlighting a post when a comment (ie. a reply) is added to it. I see you've responded about my Vinhos post, but I only found that by clicking into the post itself.
Adding John's suggestion to have a lookup list of symbols to names to work out who the people are who have joined your game
No 'View my last posts' in my profile page...
Also, auto formatting needed: Robin's post above requires scrolling to the right.
Ah. Possibly because you haven't made any posts yet...
Michel, please could you send a screenshot of the profile page that you see to npbgclub@gmail.com?
Ah, yes, makes sense, because I haven't made any posts, there's no button to create my first one :-) Have sent you the screenshot.
Re: John's suggestion: if we hover the mouse over the letter we see the name, so no list necessary.
Michel that’s fine if you’re using a PC. For those of us that don’t have those and use phones or tablets we need a list. Although it might just be me in that position 🤣.
Personal experience:
- I can access the club's site in my work computer but not my personal email. This results never to be able to post anything in the club's site through my work computer since I only can access through the link provided by email.
- If I try to use the club's site through my mobile (where I can also access my email) there are some features which won't work as good as in my computer - which is normal because the site was not developed for mobile.
Possibly this is only an issue to me and it's not relevant to no one else but would suggest to revise the login process in the future. Instead of generating a link via email, provide a PIN or One Time Password to access the site, always using your user/email to logon.
Thanks for sharing this Elsa. I had a related (but different) problem, where my company's phishing checks block the email link from reaching my work email altogether. It's not a problem for me as I can use personal email, but it is another example of issues with the "sign in via a link" process. We'll feed this back to Dan to see what can be done.
