Software Upgrade

[AgentPete]

Prior to some interesting new features here on Litopia, we'll be doing a significant software upgrade in a few hours.

This will:

• Take the Colony offline for a time;
• Result in a different-looking Colony when we're back online.

You can follow progress on Litopia's Twitter feed and Facebook page.

 

[Katie-Ellen]

Excitin'.

Is it likely to be offline hours, days, weeks etc?

Hope you're feeling a bit better today.

 

[AgentPete]

Um, I don't want to tempt fate But if all goes well, less than an hour.

 

[AgentPete]

Basic upgrade has been completed, and the Colony is open again. However, some functionality will not be restored for a few hours, e.g. The Mash / Writing Groups.

 

[Carol Rose]

I love the new look!!

 

[AgentPete]

Good It will work more effectively with mobile devices.

 

[Robinne Weiss]

Where'd the O in Litopia go? On my screen it's Lit pia.

 

[AgentPete]

The magical O will reappear at the appointed time

 

[Robinne Weiss]

Or maybe we can have a "Where's Wally" sort of hunt for it.

 

[AgentPete]

https://www.amazon.com/Wonderful-York-Review-Childrens-Collection/dp/1590173090

 

[MaryA]

Looking good!

 

[AgentPete]

The Mash / Writing Groups functionality not yet in place... will try to get them working during the day...

 

[Jimithyh]

This new look is great. A far cleaner read and attractive aesthetic. All power to your elbow for the upgrade. And thank you.

 

[Howard]

Enjoying the clean lines of the new look @AgentPete , but there are things to note:
- Is the inability to click-highlight on words/paragraphs deliberate? An anti-C&P device to protect work? I can see why you would do that (sort of) but it makes life just that much more difficult when replying and quoting. EDIT: I've just realised! Its not that you cannot select by clicking, its that selection highlight is white, like the background, so you cannot see it. That is definitely a fault.
- The new site does not display well on windows based instances of Chrome (Not that I personally care, but you should be aware as that is the most popular browser/OS combo in the world). The fonts used are all out of whack and their AA is broken. Assuming its a font scaling issue for mobile, which is something Windows never handles gracefully. Obviously its fine on MacOS/Safari.

Just an FYI!

 

[Howard]

An additional report: when I turn on italics, I can never turn them off again in that post. Neither the shortcut nor the command bar work.
EDIT: Apologies. Forgot to give details. Bad Howard! This is on MacOS with Safari. Not tried it on Chrome/Windows yet.

 

[AgentPete]

Thanks, H, very useful. Appreciated. P.

 

[AgentPete]

I've just realised! Its not that you cannot select by clicking, its that selection highlight is white, like the background, so you cannot see it. That is definitely a fault.

Howard, this is now fixed, pls confirm.

- The new site does not display well on windows based instances of Chrome (Not that I personally care, but you should be aware as that is the most popular browser/OS combo in the world). The fonts used are all out of whack and their AA is broken. Assuming its a font scaling issue for mobile, which is something Windows never handles gracefully. Obviously its fine on MacOS/Safari.

Can't duplicate that on my setup, W10 + Chrome. Can you first flush anything that might be a hangover from the previous site CSS etc, and then try again?

 

[Tester]

And a test.

 

[Howard]

@AgentPete Can confirm that the selection issue is fixed.
I cannot reproduce the issue with Chrome now, either. Must have just been a glitch in the first few days.

Awesome stuff!

 

[Michiel Kroon]

Brilliant! Staying up to date