new server - beta testing [closed]

ideology · Post by **ideology** » 09 June 05 9:57 pm

we have refined the menus and written some login/logout code and would like help testing it

it is at http://beta.geocaching.com.au

we deliberately won't give you any instructions! we want it to be as simple as possible

can you please take a look and let us know how the login and the menus work

note: most of the menus don't go anywhere at the moment, so you'll get a 404 page. we mainly want to know whether they drop down or not

we would appreciate knowing which browser you are using

thanks!

swampgecko · Post by **swampgecko** » 09 June 05 10:01 pm

Everything seems fine so far for me, I am using Firefox 1.0.3

Looks good boys

acts2youthgroup · Post by **acts2youthgroup** » 09 June 05 10:04 pm

I am using explorer 6 and seems to work fine, although seems a little wide.

president & 1st lady · Post by **president & 1st lady** » 09 June 05 10:05 pm

Yup, the menus drop down. Looks good, easy on the eyes. We're using Internet Explorer.

1st Lady

Team Piggy · Post by **Team Piggy** » 09 June 05 10:05 pm

I have to scroll right to get the whole page in. apart from that seems Ok.

riblit · Post by **riblit** » 09 June 05 10:24 pm

looks good and automatically logged me in.

Post by **caughtatwork** » 09 June 05 11:08 pm

Login worked fine for me.

How does one logout? I can click the logged in as caughtatwork to get to a logout button, but that's not intuitive.

Also, when I untick the 'remember me', login then close that window, then next time I go back, I'm still logged in. Rogue cookie? Either way, I would have expected that it should have delegted the cookie to say I was logged in, but doesn't appear to. So even though I said don't remember me, it did.

Also, the textboxes have really large text when you enter your username in them. Seems out of place.

Netscape 7.1 the 'drop downs' on the menu are all the way over on the left hand side of the page. This makes for very hard navigation.

As others have mentioned the page is too wide for IE.

riblit · Post by **riblit** » 09 June 05 11:24 pm

IE renders the page with a larger text size than Firefox, cutting off the end of the 'm' on Item

zactyl · Post by **zactyl** » 09 June 05 11:36 pm

The Headings are fine, but I can't read the rest of the page, are you going to make an English version?

Geof · Post by **Geof** » 09 June 05 11:37 pm

Looks OK to me bar the width and the "remember me" box ticks it's self.
IE 5.5 here. Loged in and out fine

. The rest looks like it will be good

A fully finished and functional site may help people want to use it

Mix · Post by **Mix** » 09 June 05 11:38 pm

Netscape 7.2 for Mac works fine.
IE 5.2 for Mac log in works but drop downs do not
Firefox 1.0.4 for Mac works fine.
Safari 1.0.3 for Mac works fine

Mind Socket · Post by **Mind Socket** » 09 June 05 11:56 pm

Looks good in FFox 1.0.4, apart from the excess width caused by the (usually invisible) Help dropdown.

- R

roostaman · Post by **roostaman** » 10 June 05 12:42 am

FF 1.0.3 here & it is more friendlier. The forum links work already.
Drop downs are great.
The new forum fits in the window. The current ver is too wide.
I'd give it a 10/10, especially if the Help/support is a direct link to post a qery for help, rather than having to post on the forum.......
Roosta

Chwiliwr · Post by **Chwiliwr** » 10 June 05 1:48 am

Tried in both Firefox and IE. Reported width problem with IE appears to be caused by vertical scroll bar appearing in IE which doesn't appear in Firefox. Another problem with IE is that it doesn't take the logon info with it to the forum unlike Firefox which did so.

Lt. Sniper · Post by **Lt. Sniper** » 10 June 05 4:17 am

riblit wrote:IE renders the page with a larger text size than Firefox, cutting off the end of the 'm' on Item

Mind Socket wrote:Looks good in FFox 1.0.4, apart from the excess width caused by the (usually invisible) Help dropdown.

Same for both. IE 6 & FF 1.0.4
I also tried Deer Park 1.0 and it rendered fine apart from the excess scroll width.

The beta sites coming along nicely!