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[Skyler]

[Susan]

I removed around 30 un-needed CSS and Javascript files being called from the forum theme. They were only used on the main page of the site. I hope that helps your low end pc and mobile problems.

[Joelene9]

  Thanks, Susan!
  A fresh new look when I opened this forum. It does help to clear ones cache and cookies when any of the forums you subscribe to do a facelift or a change to a different service.

Joelene

[Newgirl Dani]

Gold subscriber thing is gone because it is time to renew

Hmmmm, just checked and it was the same as when I looked a couple days ago.  Next recurring payment scheduled for April 18th.  I never have gone in and changed anything, it says the last payment was on March 13th.   

Will this mean a few "lost" days each month?  It is set for instant bank transfer.   Dani

[Susan]

It expired on the 13th is all I know.

[Alexthecat]

That black bar at the top is annoying. Every single time I scroll down.

[Susan]

If you move your mouse quickly over it, it will not pop up. Or you can go around it.

[Cindy]

Now working well on my IPad

[marsh monster]

I removed around 30 un-needed CSS and Javascript files being called from the forum theme. They were only used on the main page of the site. I hope that helps your low end pc and mobile problems.

Yes, it did, reduced the load on my processor quite a bit when loading and goes back to normal quickly again too. Thanks.

[Devlyn]

I'm having an easier time today, but the pages still take a while to load fully. I'm using android.

[Shana A]

Congratulations, the site looks awesome!

Shana

[Susan]

Just a FYI, I tested a full width version of the site and you don't gain anything over the boxed layout. Most posts still stop at less than 50% of the page width.  You have just as much "wasted space" with the full width as you do in the boxed layout, and I think the boxed layout looks better so it will be remaining on the site.

If you want something other than what I offer, you can do a modification yourself, check out Greasemonkey

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// ==UserScript==
// @name           WidenSusans
// @namespace      download
// @description    Removes Width Limitation for Susan's Place
// @include        https://www.susans.org/*
// @grant          GM_addStyle
// ==/UserScript==


// page width to 100%

GM_addStyle(".boxed .main-wrap {width:100% !important;}");


Hiding the logo

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// ==UserScript==
// @name           Hide Susans Logo
// @namespace      download
// @description    Removes Logo from Susan's Place site
// @include        https://www.susans.org/*
// @grant          GM_addStyle
// ==/UserScript==

GM_addStyle(" .logo-image {display:none !important;} \
.main-head header {    min-height: 0px !important;}");

Hide the black bar menu at the top of the page.

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// ==UserScript==
// @name           Hide Susans Articles Menu
// @namespace      download
// @description    Removes Articles menu from Susan's Place forums
// @include        https://www.susans.org/forums/*
// @grant          GM_addStyle
// ==/UserScript==

GM_addStyle(" .navigation {display: none !important;}");

Hide the User Header at the top of the page

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// ==UserScript==
// @name           Hide Susan's Place User header
// @namespace      download
// @description    Removes User Header from Susan's Place
// @include        https://www.susans.org/forums/*
// @grant          GM_addStyle
// ==/UserScript==

GM_addStyle(" #upper_section {display:none !important;}");

[awilliams1701]

Wow I only had 4 on mine. The main one, the javascript calendar plugin that I designed, and 2 IE compatibility files going back retroactively. Since I only support IE9+ now, I actually dropped the 2 IE .css files.

I removed around 30 un-needed CSS and Javascript files being called from the forum theme. They were only used on the main page of the site. I hope that helps your low end pc and mobile problems.

[Susan]

New greasemonkey script posted to hide the user header at the top of the forums.

[burnallthemaps]

Hey, the new website looks great! Had to do a double-take when it came up; whoever worked this out did a fantastic job and should be proud. Perfect time for a facelift - happy spring, everyone!

[Susan]

I improved the look of the tag cloud on the tag page.

[Susan]

BTW if people want to submit alternative logos I am always glad to look at other options. Fair warning, it will have to be very very good to make me get rid of the girl.

[antonia]

I don't want to sound negative or anything but is anyone else annoyed by the dark dropdown menu that keeps flapping on/off every time I scroll down a page?

[Asche]

I find the new site more confusing than the old.  Of course, I'm a bit of a troglodyte (2), not to mention getting on in years, so maybe I'm not a typical user.

Anyway, with that disclamer:

1.  Is there a site map?  When I go anywhere but the forums, I feel like I'm in the middle of "a maze of twistly little passages"  I've tried tree-searching some of the stuff, but my memory isn't so good any more, so I forget where I've been.

2.  Is there any way to prevent the black bar below the logo (which I've surpressed -- thanks for the AdBlock tip) from leaping out into a big menu every time my mouse gets anywhere near it?  Also, sometimes if I do try to click on something on the menu, the menu goes away.  I wish there were a way to have it only appear when I click on something and only go away when I click on an "X".  This may not bother most people, it's just that my visual processing doesn't deal well with sudden unanticipated changes, so each pop-up and pop-down turns the image into visual salad in my brain for several seconds.

3. The "who's online" display has a number of user names in various dark colors.
(a) is there anything explaining what the colors mean?
(b) On my display at least, because the background is dark, those names are invisible (effectively black-on-black.)  I can display them by telling my browser to ignore the colors specified by the page, but then other stuff becomes invisible.  (And no, I can't change the contrast on my display.  It has a million settings for brightness and contrast, all of which look exactly the same.)

[Louise]

Very nice update.  I especially like the new front page.  Thanks for all the work.
Louise