Scus my possible blondness, but where's the search function on the HUBB?

I can see the "whole HU search" function at the top right of the page. It looks very similar to the old one... Sorry if I'm casting aspersions. If it is the same, I'll continue to use Google.

Also I'm told I have 22 notifications in my "Welcome Chris" box. Actually I have NO notifications. The "22" seems to be the number of "Likes" I've received to my posts.


PS. Just clicked on the 22, got a list of where I've been liked, and now it says "0 Unread Private Messages" as it should do = This issue is solved.

PS2. Found a "search this forum" function, but it only searches the sub forum, in this case the HU-Bar (as that's where I am), not the whole HUBB

PS3. Found the HUBB search. Nicely hidden at the bottom of the "posts in the last xxx hours" page as a drop down option within "Forum Jump". Is there a button anywhere near the top of the page that I haven't spotted? If there isn't, I think there should be.

PS4. Did a bit of testing on the "search whole HU site" function at the top right and it really doesn't give many meaningful results. I will continue to use the Google criteria site:horizonsunlimited.com word1 word2 word3

PS5. The layout of what's displayed when you click "New to HU" from the Home page at Introduction - 4 easy steps to motorcycle travel | Horizons Unlimited needs fixing. The text/images are aren't where they should be (using W7 and latest IE)

PS6. The links to the travellers meets pages then produce pages using the old layout/menu bars. I presume some of the site is still work in progress? The Greece meeting link is a 404.

like it.
Well done

All looks pretty good. Nice to have a change of appearance.
And looks less cluttered now.

Can certainly imagine the huge sigh of relief - maybe I even heard it early that morning the other day - the faint sigh in the westerly wind.......

:thumbup:

The front page looks much more navigation-friendly!

I was surprised when I saw it, but I will love it soon! Thanks for the hard work - we will appreciate your efforts! :thumbup1:

Wonderful, I like this new version a lot!! bier

Thank You Grant and Susan
 

It was May 3, 2007 that I joined Horizons Unlimited - 5 years ago.

I have learned a lot about motorcycles and about riding motorcycles internationally. I have made friends, promoted our business and have become more of an overland survivor than I ever believed possible. All this because of Horizons Unlimited. I have been trail blazing to new Horizons ever since joining.

This new format is terrific. I am sure it will encourage others to join and be of benefit to those of us already on board.

xfiltrate

Thanks! They're not nearly off the hook, optimizartion is the next stage. We wanted to make sure it WORKED when it's simple before we got into serious optimizing. Caching is already on and working well, and yeah the 612 unnecessary calls is annoying.

Sounds like you're a serious techie in this area. Please contact me off line and perhaps we can use your expertise! :) We never turn down experts!

Thanks!

but faint? really? more like that storm that went through at about 1 am...

but the basics are there, so we're very happy with it. LOTS left to do, we'll be busy all summer on it.

I must be a curmudgeon - I hate change. Ah well, it does look a bit nicer.

yup! :)
same as always so far as I know - we never moved it, template is the same. When you click the Search This Forum link at the top right of each forum, click the "Advanced Search" at the bottom of the popup box - that takes you to the whole forum search.

The whole site has to be recrawled - and then it should be a LITTLE better, though it needs some tweaking to finish the job. It's hugely complex to get it right, and has been a low priority. But I've been getting my head wrapped around it, and have a new version in progress, so with any luck it will be much better soon.


yup, we know. eventually... :(

Greece Fixed, ta.

LOTS to do yet. There are a lot of old static pages that haven't been updated, and 250 blogs are still on the old design. We'll be working on all of it and eventually we'll get it done. We actually got our own trip into the new design - it was still on the previous one to the one we just dumped! - but it was a half day work to do it, and it needs work yet.)

Thanks for the feedback - we're still working! :)

Email sent :)

With honors...
 

First impression: what happened? HUBB now looks like all those typical forums. But, second thought: I LIKE IT!

Easier to navigate than the thousand links to sections on the side making (sections sound like the DVDs, I just miss Ladies and Tyres sections then!). Much more appealing for newcomers (and I like it to be an open space!). And I guess that the (initially looking typical) format may be a well tested one... and now I find it has its own style/touch, feel at home already.

I only Hope the research works more efficiently.

Conclusion: congrats for the upgrade...

If I recall your signature, you may like some changes though, the EX-500 looks a nice upgrade for a beautiful bike. :clap:Love it since so long ago, actually I'm considering getting one! Congratulations (only if I'm not just wrong doh).

Looks good but I only seem to be able to post using the Quick Reply window

Magnon, thanks for letting me know! But that's weird - anyone else? I'm using the main Post Reply with quote window for this and it works.

Tip for any issue while we transition - login, then logout, then log back in again. Should sort cookies etc.

Thanks! Good to hear. :)

I will be doing a little additional styling and some things may change slightly as we go forward. My main plan was to get it up and working as simply as possible. Any issues are easier to sort when it's simple! :) And I have a completely default installation I can test and compare on too.