New Classifieds Feedback and Bug Hunting

Prisce said:
The classifieds sub section has disappeared  . There is no way to access it from the home page. 

Or or am I being blind?
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@proffrink made changes last night so may just be an small adjustment to settings required.

The old Classifieds have now been archived, you can still see the last month of activity but topics are locked.

https://airsoft-forums.uk/forum/17-classifieds-archive/

I can see that new Classifieds section has also moved in with the old section and so is also archived but the link is live

https://airsoft-forums.uk/classifieds/
 

 
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Having trouble with certain threads where I can’t actually see the video, and it’s taking 3 times the size of the screen to actually get to see the play sign.

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Prisce said:
Having trouble with certain threads where I can’t actually see the video, and it’s taking 3 times the size of the screen to actually get to see the play sign.
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Get a bigger screen and use a computer, simples ?. Cannot assist with any issues pertaining to mobile telephony; mine still has a battery the size of an ammo tin and a coiled wire handset.  This is proffrink’s territory.

 
Prisce said:
Having trouble with certain threads where I can’t actually see the video, and it’s taking 3 times the size of the screen to actually get to see the play sign.

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That looks completely fucked. Could you do me a favour and try another browser (Chrome, Firefox etc.) and see what that does? This doesn't look normal at all as it should be resizing media to the size of your screen (up to ~800px or something).

Also not classifieds related but hey :)

 
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Looks like he's just double tapped his screen and zoomed out, all smart phones and apples have this feature.

 
Jedi_Master said:
Get a bigger screen and use a computer, simples ?. Cannot assist with any issues pertaining to mobile telephony; mine still has a battery the size of an ammo tin and a coiled wire handset.  This is proffrink’s territory.
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Sod that. I haven’t used a Pc in 8 years! 

proffrink said:
That looks completely fucked. Could you do me a favour and try another browser (Chrome, Firefox etc.) and see what that does? This doesn't look normal at all as it should be resizing media to the size of your screen (up to ~800px or something).

Also not classifieds related but hey :)
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Same issue on Chrome(see photo), I will admit it’s hit and miss, some videos appear correctly, but lots(including the ones I try and upload) end up looking like this.

Yeah your right, it’s not classified related, was half asleep and just saw feedback and went ahead and posted. Apologies.

Duff said:
Looks like he's just double tapped his screen and zoomed out, all smart phones and apples have this feature.
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I’m not a complete idiot. I had to zoom out to find the play sign, otherwise I just get a blank screen. 

It probably is a mobile issue, and probably just an iOS issue.

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Hidden the off-topic stuff.

Sorry Prisce but just can't replicate. If anyone else has this issue please let me know.

Are you running any extensions that might've messed up the markup (things like adblockers etc.)?

 
proffrink said:
Hidden the off-topic stuff.

Sorry Prisce but just can't replicate. If anyone else has this issue please let me know.

Are you running any extensions that might've messed up the markup (things like adblockers etc.)?
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Apologies prof.

Definitely not Proff, I’m a techno noob I wouldn’t even know how too! It’s not every video either which is what’s an issue.

 
I hate apple. I'm using android so this may not work for you, however, I went into desktop mode and mine looked similar to yours. Came out of it,reloaded the site and cleared cache then it was fine. 

 
Two big changes:

1. Remember when I said I'd update the categories 'tomorrow' two weeks ago? Well, I finally did it:

  • Electric


    Electric Rifles
  • Electric Pistols
  • Other Electric

[*]Gas


  • Gas Rifles
  • Gas Pistols
  • Other Gas

[*]Spring


  • Spring Rifles
  • Spring Pistols
  • Other Spring

[*]HPA

[*]Parts & Gear


  • Parts
  • Gear

[*]Swaps Only

[*]Guns Wanted

[*]Parts & Gear Wanted




2. I've now marked 'expired' adverts instead as 'uncompleted' and have changed their colour to a subdued colour. I've also added more verbiage to the listing so that it's clear to viewers that the listing may still be current (but that the owner hasn't bumped it in a little while).

These listings will still show up for now. Couldn't go with 'unsold' as this is unsuited to 'wanted' ads.

If anyone can thesaurus this better than I then please don't hesitate to post. I'm certainly not 100% happy with it.

 
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I think expired is fine. It doesn't suggest the item is gone or availabe just the status of the advertisement itself. Nice work Proff.

 
Too bad I've just changed it from that to 'uncompleted' then, heh. The problem with 'expired' is exactly that: People thought the listing were expired and that the owner wasn't contactable.

 
I mean you're wrong on it not being a word, but the reason I picked 'uncompleted' over 'incomplete' was that - to me - 'incomplete' more obviously implied that the advert may not have all the information it should, whereas 'uncompleted' was more the lack of completion/opposite of completion (as 'complete' is used when an item is bought/sold to mark the advert as closed).

This might help: https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/212119/why-do-we-say-incomplete-but-uncompleted

 
It would need to be hyphenated. Un-complete, or un-completed. There also is no use for the d. That's why incomplete is the preferred and most legiible.

From your link:


"The work is incomplete." < Fine

"The work is uncompleted." < Less common but still sounds "correct" to my ear

"The work is incompleted or uncomplete < Both of these sound wrong.





Sounds "correct" to the ear, commonly used but not correct. I get why you chose not to use incomplete though as it could lead to questiosn regarding the validity of the advert as you say. If you want to be as plain and simple as possible, have it as

FOR SALE - SOLD - NOT SOLD

 
Duff said:
It would need to be hyphenated. Un-complete, or un-completed. There also is no use for the d. That's why incomplete is the preferred and most legiible.

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"The work is incomplete." < Fine

"The work is uncompleted." < Less common but still sounds "correct" to my ear

"The work is incompleted or uncomplete < Both of these sound wrong.





Sounds "correct" to the ear, commonly used but not correct. I get why you chose not to use incomplete though as it could lead to questiosn regarding the validity of the advert as you say.
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I'm un-convinced as far as the diction goes, but I do agree that it sounds wrong as it's not common parlance given that most people just use 'incomplete' interchangeably with 'uncompleted'. I've had no better suggestions and perhaps a better one doesn't exist.

Again I'd urge you to read that link as it does a good job of outlining the difference; there is one, and it has nothing to do with hyphenation. That's not to deny that it's a bad choice (I still don't think it is anywhere near perfect), but grammatically it's solid.

Duff said:
If you want to be as plain and simple as possible, have it as

FOR SALE - SOLD - NOT SOLD
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As already stated a couple of times in this thread: Can't do this because of the 'wanted' stuff. It was my initial choice to do 'unsold' as well. See pages and pages ago.

The root doesn't matter if it's been reified, contracted, or inflected.
That makes it a different word, with different affordances.

  • The opposite of incomplete is complete; i.e, all parts are present.
    Incomplete means (and meant) that not all parts are present.
    Complete comes from Latin; it's the past participle of a verb meaning 'fill up, fulfil'.
    The Latin negative in- prefix was already attached, before the word was borrowed.
  • The opposite of uncompleted is completed; i.e, finished, done (of activities).
    Completed is the past participle of the English verb complete, not a Latin verb.
    Since it's an English verb, it uses the English negative prefix un-, not the Latin in-.
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I don't like it either, but I still don't like 'incomplete' because it 100% infers someone hasn't fully filled in their listing.

I'm considering just 'old' or 'older listing' now.

 
proffrink said:
I don't like it either, but I still don't like 'incomplete' because it 100% infers someone hasn't fully filled in their listing.

I'm considering just 'old' or 'older listing' now.
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Agree. Believe it or not I been trying to find a good alternative and hadn't even considered "old" and if I'm honest "older listing" works better than "uncompleted." Hadn't even considered "incomplete" to refer to the ads status but I guess it does infer that.

Did I suggest Expired before? You could place a message on the advert that shows it as nearly expired, like how the red bar message is a notification the ad is about to close.

 
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