Article: Welcome to Computer Audiophile 3.0

[JorgeGVB]

Congrats to CA! The new changes look great. The hard work of the folks involved is greatly appreciated!

[uvrmd]

Looks great! I began checking out the site a couple of years ago, but didn't register until 2010. I have to say that with each iteration, the website's continued to improve.

[Mercman]

I love it! Very easy to navigate. Great job Chris.

[savjam]

A great step forward in ease of use. Thanks, Savjam

[Mike in MD]

I have looked at two threads: one started by me and another by someone else. They are both missing the attachments to the posts. Will these attachments be *found* in the fixes ???

 

Thanks,

Mike

[Labarum]

Thank goodness for that. To be honest, I gave up posting in this forum because I found the old software absolutely infuriating. I'll try and make a new start.

[Labarum]

Duplicate deleted.

[JeffH]

The mobile edition looks great. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

[Rob McCance]

Looks awesome!

 

I've gone through a few of these myself. Hang in there, it will settle down!

 

It's usually quite worth it in the end.

[robbbby]

Not sure if it has been addressed yet, but when browsing through the "cash list", anything with an 'article' link is dead. Using the site search seems to only bring up the comments for the articles, not the actual article itself.

[The Computer Audiophile]

Hi Guys - Thanks a million for the kind words and constructive feedback. I've come up for air briefly to respond to a few posts. Muc more work continues behind the scenes :~|

 

The most exciting for me is completion of the iOS and Andriod apps. The only thing left for me to do is submit them to the app stores!

 

 

Issues:

 

what happened to my signature...I edited it (weird slash characters came over from old signature), but didn't remove it. ? I can see everyone else's signature on this thread

 

So maybe I am mistaken but these comments attached to an article are not able to be "subscribed"

 

Comments to main articles are treated a bit different than all other comments. Not by my choice, it's just how the software works. All comment threads for main articles are actually located in two spots, 1. under the article, and 2. in a separate forum dedicated to article comments. When viewing the comments in this separate forum all signatures and subscription options are available. I havent' decided what I want to do with the separate forum (display it like normal or hide it as it is now). Anyway, here's a -> link for those interested

 

 

 

I'm also wondering about regaining my subscribed threads

 

Can't be done.

 

 

 

Must say I miss the section that listed the most recent forum postings.

 

The What's New button up top is nice as are the options under the Forum button. Today's posts and New posts are pretty handy.

 

 

 

They are both missing the attachments to the posts. Will these attachments be *found*

 

I'm working on this. No promisses unfortunately.

 

 

 

 

when browsing through the "cash list", anything with an 'article' link is dead

 

I'm working on cleaning up all the links in articles like the CASH List etc...

 

 

 

Using the site search seems to only bring up the comments for the articles, not the actual article itself.

 

The search functionality of the new site is far better than the old site. I suggest using Advanced Search to find something you're looking for then trying to find it in the standard search bar with some exact text from the article etc... It may take a little getting used to, but I promise it's much better than the former search functionality.

[Labarum]

Still trying to work out how to subscribe automatically to any thread to which I post.

 

This post is a device to set the subscription switch for this thread.

[Afveep]

Stil trying to work out how to subscribe automatically to any thread to which I post.

 

This post is a device to set the subscription switch for this thread.

 

Can't figure out how to subscribe to an article / review without posting and subscribing under Advanced Options. I found the Subscribe for Forum threads buried.

 

So just how do you subscribe to reviews?

[Rat44]

I like the new look.

Being able to jump to the last page of a long thread is much easier now.

Thanks for that little overlooked detail that made the older version a little bit user unfriendly.

[Jay192]

Sounds great! i've been away for a while but am really looking forward to getting back into it now!! :-)

[Bob Stern]

I concur with enicar that the forum posts are too wide to read comfortably. Does the forum software permit a format that adapts to the width of the browser window? Can the user have a pref setting to not use html "frames"?

 

Also, in What's New > New Posts, there is a lot of unnecessary horizontal space. Can you add number of replies and number of views as a line below the name of the topic originator in the first column instead of devoting a separate column to that info? Also, the envelope icon at the left of each topic seems unnecessarily large. (In fact, I don't have a clue what it signifies.) Can it be moved to the rightmost column so we can ignore it?

 

Notwithstanding my nitpicking, the new forum software is a big step in the right direction. Thanks, Chris!

[Russell_L]

Very nice job, Chris--congrats! Looking forward to the iPhone app, but will there be an iPad app as well?

 

Russell

[The Computer Audiophile]

Very nice job, Chris--congrats! Looking forward to the iPhone app, but will there be an iPad app as well?

 

Russell

 

 

No plans for an iPad app. The regular interface works well on the iPad. The Mobile Style, selectable at the bottom of every page, might also work on the iPad.

[Russell_L]

You're right, Chris--the regular style looks very nice on my iPad. The mobile style looks good, too, but I think I'll stick with the regular one. Also, I know you're working on this, but it would be great to get the attachments back on forum messages. We've got to show all those waveforms and spectrum graphs!

 

Russell

[REShaman]

Russell_L, I believe attachments are easier than ever to insert in a post. There are several ways to accomplish that. For me the easiest is to click on insert image icon after setting up which tool array you prefer and then select the image file either in a folder on your computer or a url image on the web. Compared to the old style of inserting attachments this is effortless now.

Best,

Richard

[REShaman]

OOOps, Russell_L, I misunderstood your post. You are voicing a desire to have the attachments formerly appearing in the older version of CA returned to the post from which they are presently missing. Sorry my response to your earlier post missed the meaning of your post. My apologies.

Best,

Richard

[Russell_L]

No worries, Richard. (And it was good to find out that it's a lot easier now!)

 

Russell

[audiventory]

I like new design: convenient and nice-looking.

Threads have more compact form now. Reading become better.

[REShaman]

Yes, I am finding my way with greater facility each day and getting more comfortable with the changes which vastly improves, enhances with the tool array for formatting, inserting images, navigating this forum. The synergy takes time to acclimate to but the curve of comfort improves geometrically.

 

I must repeat my deep appreciation for what Chris has accomplished as a marvelous conversion improving what was already a compelling source for computer audio enthusiast to learn about, from, share information, spar with POVs etc.

 

The experience overall with the version 3 has become an excellent one for me.

 

Chris, in case you should read this post, I am hoping you will also entertain (better would be implement) creating an area at CA for members to offer to sell (our) equipment etc.based on our bona fides as our enthusiasm also includes changing our system components. The advantage is ecological for us all. Full disclosure" I mentioned this once before to Chris in a PM, and now that I have given voice to this possibility publicly, though I believe others have voiced similar requests, I'll let it go.

 

Enjoying the music all ways,

Richard

[The Computer Audiophile]

Hi REShaman - Thanks for the kind words. The more people browse around the site the more they will realize how many features are available and how easy it can be to navigate. I've been using the site for a couple weeks and know people will continue finding neat things such as the Groups, Albums, Tags, and other items.

 

Now that CA runs on super flexible software it's much easier for me to implement a buy/sell forum without worrying too much about SPAM etc... I can make it mandatory that the user has at least X number of posts etc...

 

thanks for raising this again.