JP1 Remotes

zackark · Joined: 04 Aug 2003 Posts: 13

This question is not in the nature of a complaint, just curiosity.

There seems to have been a change in the forum recently in the minimum width of the window in which the entire message can be read. I am a member of a nerd-out.com forum which uses the same phpBB software. When in the nerd-out forum, I can see the entire message (the message wraps in the window). When I switch to the JP1 forum, I have to increase my window width about 30% to get rid of the horizontal scroll bar and see the entire message.

Is there a setting in the software which sets the minimum window width without horizontal scroll bars?
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jamesgammel · Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2003 9:30 am Post subject:

I noticed that as well. In almost every message I have to horizontal scroll extreme right to read messages. this virtually cuts off the "author" portion.

I did notice that some things exxacerbates this. for instance, when "Lenroc" had a HUGE windows flag in his signature, every one of his messages required scrolling back and forth to read messages. Since he's reduced the size, it's gotten much better. Huge links also used to do this. I think Rob made some adjustments, but perhaps a little bit more would help, if there's any adjustment left.
Jim

The Robman · Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2003 10:01 am Post subject:

The change was un-intentional, it occurred when I added the banner ad to the bottom of the page. I just changed the code a little and now the banner doesn't affect the width of the page.

Thanks for pointing it out, I much use wide enough windows that I hadn't noticed.
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Mark Pierson · Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2003 10:02 am Post subject:

The pages appear to be optimized for a display size of 800x600. Large images and long links can and do cause the displayed page to expand beyond the limits of even 1024x768. If a long url link has no spaces in it, the word wrap logic doesn't always break it at an approriate place. I'm not sure if there's anything Rob can do about that.

The problem with long links can usually be solved by using the url= formatting tag instead of just pasting a long url into a message. It's usage is explained here (which is significantly smaller and more page-friendly than http://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/faq.php?mode=bbcode#8 ).
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jamesgammel · Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2003 10:09 am Post subject:

Rob,

The change you made worked great, no more lower horizontal scroll bar for this series of posts. Thanks!!!! Smile

I am and have been set at 800x600.

Jim

Ellen · Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2003 4:55 am Post subject:

The Robman · Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2003 5:03 pm Post subject: