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For some reason, I cannot access the right-corner menu on mobile. When I tap the button, nothing happens. Using Android.

EDIT: Working again. Yay!
 
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The new drop down menus are a nice touch, though I think it needs to be adjusted a bit since it's way too easy to accidentally mouseover them and have these giant menus take over the screen that takes a lot longer than I'd like to disappear. Just messing with the tabs up top like in any modern browser and moving the mouse down to the page itself triggers them, so maybe requiring a click on "forums" and "moderation" to have that appear would be a better way to handle it or just requiring us to click on "community" or "games" to bring up the drop down menu would be better?
Maybe John can add a short delay?
 
I'd still like to see a cumulative count for the games collection.  That was a feature we previously had that still hasn't been added.

 
Would it be possible to make the background in the reply box black as well, to match the rest of the theme (when you click on it it turns from a gray to white)?  I know you got a million other things going on, but this is something I'd like to see done.  It's just blinding when I'm looking at CAG at night or right when I wake up.  Thanks John.

 
Would it be possible to make the background in the reply box black as well, to match the rest of the theme (when you click on it it turns from a gray to white)? I know you got a million other things going on, but this is something I'd like to see done. It's just blinding when I'm looking at CAG at night or right when I wake up. Thanks John.
It's a limitation of Invision's CKEditor implementation. You can have one set of CSS for the editor, so if we make it dark it'll also be dark on the light style.

 
I got some positive feedback. I remember old CAG would log you out after 10-15 minutes or so and mark every thread as read. So I'm liking how new CAG 3.0 does not auto-log you out if you let it sit idle and it doesn't mark threads read. Just a minor issue I thought I'd bring up how I like it.

 
I got some positive feedback. I remember old CAG would log you out after 10-15 minutes or so and mark every thread as read. So I'm liking how new CAG 3.0 does not auto-log you out if you let it sit idle and it doesn't mark threads read. Just a minor issue I thought I'd bring up how I like it.
It never did that to me, are you sure you checked "remember me"? Obviously it's a mute point now, but I never had that problem in 2.0 so I think it was something weird on your end that changed with the update.

 
It never logged me out, but the "mark everything as read after 10-15 minutes" thing happened to me a ton. This is by far the best upgrade to the site.
 
It never logged me out, but the "mark everything as read after 10-15 minutes" thing happened to me a ton. This is by far the best upgrade to the site.
Agreed.

On a different note, is there anything coming down the pike with the Collection feature? I'm still having the issue where sort by Date Added doesn't seem to be sorting correctly.

 
I got some positive feedback. I remember old CAG would log you out after 10-15 minutes or so and mark every thread as read. So I'm liking how new CAG 3.0 does not auto-log you out if you let it sit idle and it doesn't mark threads read. Just a minor issue I thought I'd bring up how I like it.
Yes, this is the one reason I still use the site. I don't even look at the forums anymore, just my subscribed threads. I'll start deal hunting once the site works again. I noticed the groups are gone.

IDK what I have to do to my settings, but I don't like the 'green dots', I prefer the stars. I also only want notifications if I get quoted or liked (via email).

The search function is still shit, but it has never worked well.

 
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Yes, this is the one reason I still use the site. I don't even look at the forums anymore, just my subscribed threads. I'll start deal hunting once the site works again. I noticed the groups are gone.

IDK what I have to do to my settings, but I don't like the 'green dots', I prefer the stars. I also only want notifications if I get quoted or liked (via email).

The search function is still shit, but it has never worked well.
You can change notification settings:

click on name in top right>settings>notification settings>check/uncheck what you do and don't want to be notified for>save and done :)

I'm not sure about the green dots, but I just use the "What's New" tab and limit it to "Topics I posted in" and they are all stars. Groups were removed do to underutilization and a conflict with the new software that the site uses.

 
Stars are threads you have posted in. Dots are threads you have not posted in.
Thanks guys, but I am not getting the proper notifications, even though they are selected. I only want them if someone quotes me or likes a post, but I didn't even get that when you quoted me. But I have one that says 53 people posted in the amazon warehouse thread.

Spoiler HTML doesnt work either, it would be nice to have the button back.

And it looks like multiquote isnt working right either.

 
Another little thing:

On my iPad, I am running the full desktop site, and at the very bottom, the "Games and Products" section is much lower than the "Around CAG" and "Community" section. Just a minor cosmetic error.

Thanks
 
I noticed the community moderation section for edits to games' pages, but some of them don't show anything. I don't know if it's not displaying what it's supposed to show or what, but it's kind of confusing. Should those just get decline votes?

Edit: Since I'm just starting to use this, it would be nice to have a link present to the original page so that we know the boxart or whatever is correct since there's no designation for the platform that stuff is being submitted for.

Edit 2: I'm not a fan of the 500x600 minimum for box art, as I grabbed one for KickBeat from the PS Store website since there's no official box art-style image for that game and it's denied for that reason. The closest thing to official box art is a widescreen logo that isn't going to look good with the format that CAG uses.

Edit 3: Can Rhythm be added to the list of genres? Sports? Racing? Third-Person Shooter? Shooter (aka Shmup)? Adventure? And I've probably forgotten some more big genres.

Edit 4: How about adding a field for links to a game's page for Steam, XBLA, and PSN games where they can be purchased? It would also be nice if there were more stuff to edit so that release date and such for these games could be more accurate than the generic filler I'm seeing on a lot of the digital games.

Edit 5: I don't see a way to suggest deletion of games either. I've noticed duplicate versions of Lego Rock Band titled "Rock Band: Lego", but there's no way to suggest that they be deleted.

 
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I still have no idea how to even add games. I'm sure it's something obvious that I'm merely missing, but there are several I wanted to add to my collection that aren't already there, and I'd appreciate if someone could point me in the right direction.

As a sidenote, I agree with what Frisky said, specifically about the multiplatform box art problem and the need for more genres.

 
I don't see a way to add games yet. Most of the games I'd like to add to my collection are not in the database yet due to that.

I'd also like to suggest that there should be a way to tell in a search if you already have that game in your collection, as I've added multiples of the same game due to that.

 
Is the site slow as a turtle for anyone else lately? I've even gotten some time outs in the last day or two.
YES! I thought my ISP had fallen asleep at the wheel. The sites been running about as fast as someone sucking molasseses through a straw today, and I've also experienced a few timeouts/server not responding messages as well. Rather annoying to say the least.

 
so yeah bringing this up for the 3rd or 4th time, when will additional feedback comments be restored.  I would have thought that data would be tied to the actual feedback comments.

 
I'm only getting personal conversation emails, even though quoted and liked posts are supposed to generate emails too. I have both boxes checked in my preferences. I used to get quote emails, now I don't.

 
Hey John, in the OP of my PSN thread, I've got two lists at the end that are supposed to be entirely contained in the exact same custom spoiler tags, but only the first tag works. I've tried everything that I can think of to fix it, but it seems like that closing tag on the second list disappears despite any attempts to fix it. It's still there when I edit the post, so it seems like this is just a bug that I'm hoping you can fix. I know it's not an issue with multiple custom spoiler tags in a post since the posts below have multiples in each and they work just fine.

I'm going to include the exact same lists here in the hopes that it's a good example of what is going on:

Themes
[customspoiler='PS+ Themes']Abstract Art - Dynamic
Assassin's Creed Revelations - Dynamic
Cuckoo - Dynamic
Daytona USA
Double Dragon Neon - Dynamic
Dragon - Dynamic
Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit - Dynamic
The House of the Dead III - Dynamic
The House of the Dead 4 - Dynamic
I Am Alive - Dynamic
Infamous Festival of Blood - Dynamic
Jet Set Radio - Dynamic
Leap Year - Dynamic
Mesh - Dynamic
Mexican Skulls - Dynamic
PlayStation Plus - Dynamic
Robot - Dynamic
Samurai - Dynamic
Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode 1 - Dynamic
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II - Dynamic
Stripe Shift Part 2 - Dynamic
Tales from Space: About a Blob
Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown - Dynamic[/customspoiler]
 
Avatars
[customspoiler='PS+ Avatars']Armageddon Riders (3)
Cool Cat
Daytona USA (5)
Dead Cloud
Double Dragon Neon (7)
Fat Princess (2)
God of War: Ascension
Green Hamster
Hell Yeah! (4)
The House of the Dead III (3)
The House of the Dead 4 (3)
Jet Set Radio (6)
LittleBigPlanet (2)
Mutant Skull
Pink Hamster
PlayStation B-boy (123)
Resident Evil 5
Section 8: Prejudice Bundle
Squirrel
Stick Up Kid
Street Fighter X Tekken
Street Fighter 2
Tank Commander
Top Dawg
Under Siege
Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown (20)[/customspoiler]

Edit: Crap. It works just fine here, but not in my thread.

 
Hey John, in the OP of my PSN thread, I've got two lists at the end that are supposed to be entirely contained in the exact same custom spoiler tags, but only the first tag works. I've tried everything that I can think of to fix it, but it seems like that closing tag on the second list disappears despite any attempts to fix it. It's still there when I edit the post, so it seems like this is just a bug that I'm hoping you can fix. I know it's not an issue with multiple custom spoiler tags in a post since the posts below have multiples in each and they work just fine.

I'm going to include the exact same lists here in the hopes that it's a good example of what is going on:

Themes
[customspoiler='PS+ Themes']Abstract Art - Dynamic
Assassin's Creed Revelations - Dynamic
Cuckoo - Dynamic
Daytona USA
Double Dragon Neon - Dynamic
Dragon - Dynamic
Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit - Dynamic
The House of the Dead III - Dynamic
The House of the Dead 4 - Dynamic
I Am Alive - Dynamic
Infamous Festival of Blood - Dynamic
Jet Set Radio - Dynamic
Leap Year - Dynamic
Mesh - Dynamic
Mexican Skulls - Dynamic
PlayStation Plus - Dynamic
Robot - Dynamic
Samurai - Dynamic
Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode 1 - Dynamic
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II - Dynamic
Stripe Shift Part 2 - Dynamic
Tales from Space: About a Blob
Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown - Dynamic[/customspoiler]

Avatars
[customspoiler='PS+ Avatars']Armageddon Riders (3)
Cool Cat
Daytona USA (5)
Dead Cloud
Double Dragon Neon (7)
Fat Princess (2)
God of War: Ascension
Green Hamster
Hell Yeah! (4)
The House of the Dead III (3)
The House of the Dead 4 (3)
Jet Set Radio (6)
LittleBigPlanet (2)
Mutant Skull
Pink Hamster
PlayStation B-boy (1, 2, 3)
Resident Evil 5
Section 8: Prejudice Bundle
Squirrel
Stick Up Kid
Street Fighter X Tekken
Street Fighter 2
Tank Commander
Top Dawg
Under Siege
Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown (20)[/customspoiler]

Edit: Crap. It works just fine here, but not in my thread.
I've run into this before, and I'm not always sure what causes it, but sometimes it's do to the 's turning into "s for whatever reason and breaking the tag. I've also had it be do to bullets and emoticons, but it doesn't look like that's your problem. I expect you've already tried removing them, saving the post, and then redoing them so my only suggestion would be try doing it with bbcode and saving it that way. For whatever reason that's actually worked in the past, and occasionally you can actually see what's making the problem by switching to that mode when it's hidden in the new editor.

That's all I know, hopefully it's of some use, though you've probably already tried all of it from the sound of things :whistle2:(

 
Made some major changes to how things are cached last night, so it should be much faster from now on.
I don't know what kind of drugs you fed the servers, but pages are loading up in the blink of an eye, even with my crap connection.

 
Hey John, in the OP of my PSN thread, I've got two lists at the end that are supposed to be entirely contained in the exact same custom spoiler tags, but only the first tag works. I've tried everything that I can think of to fix it, but it seems like that closing tag on the second list disappears despite any attempts to fix it. It's still there when I edit the post, so it seems like this is just a bug that I'm hoping you can fix. I know it's not an issue with multiple custom spoiler tags in a post since the posts below have multiples in each and they work just fine.

Edit: Crap. It works just fine here, but not in my thread.
I'll look into this as soon as I get a minute, probably next week.

 
The front page was definitely looking better but then "CAG on Twitter" showed back up.  An option to remove that would be great, much like we could minimize segments on the front page of 2.0 that we didn't want to see.

 
I miss the old recent topics tab on the right side :\
I just logged in for the first time in months. I think something was wrong with my account post-update, because for the longest time I couldn't log in despite correct credentials.

I've frequented CAG for years, and the recent topics tab on the homepage is my most-missed feature. I sure hope it will make a return.

I appreciate all the hard work that has gone into the new site, but as someone who doesn't blog, tweet, post game collections, or edit wikis, I just want my recent-posts thing back! Maybe I'm alone (again, haven't visited in a while), but the reconfiguration of things has alienated me somewhat as a user. I don't want to put in effort to understand the new site; I just want my old, comfy CAG back!

Despite the whininess of this post, I mean all this as constructively as possible.

 
I just logged in for the first time in months. I think something was wrong with my account post-update, because for the longest time I couldn't log in despite correct credentials.

I've frequented CAG for years, and the recent topics tab on the homepage is my most-missed feature. I sure hope it will make a return.

I appreciate all the hard work that has gone into the new site, but as someone who doesn't blog, tweet, post game collections, or edit wikis, I just want my recent-posts thing back! Maybe I'm alone (again, haven't visited in a while), but the reconfiguration of things has alienated me somewhat as a user. I don't want to put in effort to understand the new site; I just want my old, comfy CAG back!

Despite the whininess of this post, I mean all this as constructively as possible.
Have you checked the "What's New" tab at the top of the page? It lets you see all new posts narrowed by time, forum (e.g. deals, trade, general, etc), only content you follow/have posted in, and stuff like that. Hopefully that's at least a little like what you want, though it doesn't affect the homepage unfortunately.

 
Have you checked the "What's New" tab at the top of the page? It lets you see all new posts narrowed by time, forum (e.g. deals, trade, general, etc), only content you follow/have posted in, and stuff like that. Hopefully that's at least a little like what you want, though it doesn't affect the homepage unfortunately.
That does have some benefits but like you said it doesn't truly address what's been an unfixed problem for, what, months now? This is a games deal and discussion site and a summary of the most recent forum posts is far more useful on the front page than Twitter ramblings about Target clearance items, who's having what for lunch and whatnot. I completely agree with Lt. Dan about getting the recent topics back on the front page.

 
IT would be nice if you could view latest posts, and deselect forums (like the trading forum) That way you can get a good view of what is trending on the site, without all the stuff you arent interested in.

 
IT would be nice if you could view latest posts, and deselect forums (like the trading forum) That way you can get a good view of what is trending on the site, without all the stuff you arent interested in.
Click on the "What's New" button up top and go to the bottom of the side bar where it says "Filter by Forum". Click on the forums you want to view and then choose the time period that you'd prefer. That should basically be what you're asking for unless I'm missing something.

 
John and I had a meeting about the front page.  Its going to be re-done in a way to better present the deals from the forum.

 
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John and I had a meeting about the front page. Its going to be re-done in a way to better present the deals from the forum.
Cheapy - I would like to think that people "come for the deals, but stay for the community." Not sure if this is generally true or not, but it certainly is for me.

Point is, I would really like to see recent Lifestyle and Off-Topic posts on the front page somewhere. On the original homepage, this section had less emphasis than the deal stuff, and was shown near the bottom of the page (which is fine and understandable).

I just don't want to have to work to stumble across threads about poop, girlfriend troubles, or bad tattoos. :)

 
Cheapy - I would like to think that people "come for the deals, but stay for the community." Not sure if this is generally true or not, but it certainly is for me.
This is me right here. I don't actually use the deals posted that often anymore, but the community (for the most part) is great and a lot of fun to chat with, which is definitely what keeps me coming back everyday (the deals are just the icing on the proverbial cake) ^_^

 
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