GTPlanet's New Look, GTP11, is Live

[astrosdude91]

I'm really liking the changes, J!

Would it be possible to add US state flags?

 

[Jordan]

I'm really liking the changes, J!

Would it be possible to add US state flags?

That would be interesting, but my goal of the feature is to make it easy to know someone's general location at a glance and - with the exception of Texas, of course - I doubt that's something most people could do with state flags.

 

[Grayfox]

That would be interesting, but my goal of the feature is to make it easy to know someone's general location at a glance and - with the exception of Texas, of course - I doubt that's something most people could do with state flags.

There could be a second flag for states but that will be a fair bit of work to code, let alone to get all state flags from around the world.

 

[TB]

State flags would be a bit much. This is North Dakota's scaled down to 16 wide.

Eleven is taking me a bit to get used to, like usual, but I'm sure shortly I'll be fully used to it and won't even remember what GTPX even looked like.

Edit: Noticed a small issue. The text field next to the flags doesn't appear to have a character limit so if you have too much there, it just trails off. I'll change my location to demonstrate. Strike that. It must be bleed over from X as there is a charter limit now...

 

[MGS2 Snake]

Mmmm...
It looks so... Classy. And I love it!

 

[ROAD_DOGG33J]

After exploring both options, I would prefer to use the wide view but it looks terrible.

 

[Sharky.]

Sorry you don't like it, Sharky. I'll take a look at some of your suggestions and may end up doing a few tweaks.

Eh, I'll get used to it. I'd be more concerned if functionality was gimped, function over form and all that

I'm also not seeing rounded avatars with Firefox 3.6, is it too old?

 

[Jordan]

I'm also not seeing rounded avatars with Firefox 3.6, is it too old?

Yeah, that version of Firefox actually didn't support CSS3-based image rounding, unfortunately.

 

[MagicFerrari]

The new look is fantastic, good job!

 

[Coxis]

No, older browsers do not support the rounded corners, so there's will always be square. You'll need to upgrade your browser if you want to see them, as there's unfortunately no [reasonable] way for me to get that working in older browsers.

What exactly do you mean when you say "older browsers"? Just wondering because IE9 is the latest version of IE if I'm not mistaken.

 

[Darren.]

So far I've ran into no forum bugs! Cheers Jordan for a flawless update!!! 👍

 

[Nero9]

GTPXI is excellent. Thank you Jordan.

 

[Korza]

I'm liking the new look, but I don't like the new forum width. It's probably to do with the fact that I use high-res, widescreen monitors so I have changed but, all in all, its a good update.

 

[Tom]

Keeps making my Firefox Browser crash

 

[jeep2008]

I like it wide,so I changed it from the options.The search on top of the page is something I'll miss though...Also where is my Greek flag?

 

[Timppaq]

Seeing little inconsistency (between the main forum page & subforum page) on the most right column here, not sure if this is caused by by FF 3.6.23

The old "last post" bubble is still there on the main page - is this on purpose? Just seems a bit weird to have 2 different ways to link to the last post of a thread, although not a big issue

 

[Speedy6543]

Liking the 'latest posts' button 👍

 

[Robin]

Question about the flags, are they meant to represent your location or your nationality? (obviously if the two differ) because I've been seeing people using them in different ways.

I presume they are meant to be your location for PSN purposes etc right?

 

[Speedy6543]

Oh, I do have a question.
Where did the store go?
I was thinking of ordering a GTP T-shirt and coffee mug...

 

[Jamie-C]

I like it wide,so I changed it from the options.The search on top of the page is something I'll miss though...Also where is my Greek flag?

Read this 👍

Country Flags

One of the features I’m most excited to introduce is country flags - they’ll show up as small icons next to your post’s location field. With visitors from more than 200 different countries each month, GTPlanet’s community is incredibly diverse, and now it should be easier than ever to see who you're interacting with.

Please take a moment to choose your own country now by updating your profile. Your existing “Location” field will still be presented next to it, if you want to provide a more specific location, such as your state, region, or city.

 

[TB]

Oh, I do have a question.
Where did the store go?
I was thinking of ordering a GTP T-shirt and coffee mug...

The Store is gone for now, and the Feedback section will be upgraded shortly.

If you want to order GTP products, they are still available here.

👍

Question about the flags, are they meant to represent your location or your nationality? (obviously if the two differ) because I've been seeing people using them in different ways.

I presume they are meant to be your location for PSN purposes etc right?

My opinion is it should be the flag of the country you currently live in, however you're obviously free to use whatever flag you want to.

 

[Moglet]

Xbox Live gamer tags were removed from the post display a few years ago - I've got some more substantial plans for Forza coming up, so stay tuned for that

Were they? I could have sworn they were still there until fairly recently...I must have been imagining things! Thanks for the reply

 

[Owen.C93]

What exactly do you mean when you say "older browsers"? Just wondering because IE9 is the latest version of IE if I'm not mistaken.

Not all browsers support the latest web standards, Internet Explorer has traditionally been a few years behind other browsers and IE9 does not support all of the CSS3 used by the site.

 

[Goruk]

Hi there, I really like the new look, but if you have a loooonnngggggg PSN ID or if you want to show more than one, it does't have the space to do that, just as you can see in mine... other than that 👍

 

[Korza]

^It's the same with my location. I had to change it.

 

[Downhill Dino]

I must ask, when viewing the site index and looking at the sub-forums, they used to be in columns when GTP11 was up at first. Now they are all condensed and in rows like they were before the update. I liked the organized way of the columns and it was much easier to navigate. What happened to it?

 

[Techy]

I must ask, when viewing the site index and looking at the sub-forums, they used to be in columns when GTP11 was up at first. Now they are all condensed and in rows like they were before the update. I liked the organized way of the columns and it was much easier to navigate. What happened to it?

I thought I was the only one. What did happen to it?

 

[Akira AC]

Same here, the new layout is kind of gone.

Not sure why, the rounded look of the tabs is there but the organization of them is back to what it used to be.(I'm navigating on both Chrome and Mozilla)

Edit:

It seems fixed again.

 

[Downhill Dino]

Yay it's back! Thanks Jordan!

 

[Jordan]

Seeing little inconsistency (between the main forum page & subforum page) on the most right column here, not sure if this is caused by by FF 3.6.23

The old "last post" bubble is still there on the main page - is this on purpose? Just seems a bit weird to have 2 different ways to link to the last post of a thread, although not a big issue

It's not necessarily "on purpose", that's just the difference between the forum software's default templates and one I've heavily customized.

Question about the flags, are they meant to represent your location or your nationality? (obviously if the two differ) because I've been seeing people using them in different ways.

I presume they are meant to be your location for PSN purposes etc right?

Well, you can choose whatever country you like, but I intended for them to indicate a general location of where you're at in the world.

What exactly do you mean when you say "older browsers"? Just wondering because IE9 is the latest version of IE if I'm not mistaken.

My point is that the site simply won't look exactly the same way in all browsers, and it's not really supposed to. If your browser doesn't support some CSS3 features (like rounded corners), you won't see them.

I must ask, when viewing the site index and looking at the sub-forums, they used to be in columns when GTP11 was up at first. Now they are all condensed and in rows like they were before the update. I liked the organized way of the columns and it was much easier to navigate. What happened to it?

I broke some CSS while doing some maintenance. They should be back to columns now.