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CariGransnet (GNHQ) Wed 03-Jun-15 17:23:03

As so many people now access the site on a phone or tablet, and to keep up with the modern world grin we're making Gransnet all lovely and mobile friendly. It will mean a few tweaks, as you can imagine, but we hope to bring you a test version very soon so that you can tell us what you like, what you like a bit less, and what you love (of course) - and this will all help us make the end version as fantastic as possible.

Now as part of this we're looking to streamline our forum topics a little - mainly to avoid people having to scroll for several days to find what they want grin

We are NOT getting rid of anything (and we are not getting rid of any threads!) but we are looking at merging a few topics and amalgamating a few that get less traffic into other areas. All to make it easier for use of course - but if you have strong feelings about anything now's the time to let us know.

Here's the new list as it stands.

AIBU
Arts & crafts
Ask a gran
Blogs
Books/book club
Care & carers
Charities
Chat
Competitions
Culture/Arts
Dieting & exercise
Discount codes/offers
Education
Everyday ageism
Food
Gardening
Genealogy/memories
Grandads' shed
Grandparenting
Health
House & home
Legal & money
Local chat
Media/research requests
Meet ups/where are you
News & politics
Other subjects
Pedants' corner
Pets
Pictures
Product tests/surveys
Relationships
Religion/spirituality
Science/nature/environment
Site stuff
Sport
Sponsored discussions
Style & beauty
Technology
Travel
TV, radio, film
Webchats
Work/volunteering
Writers' room

Now over to you!

EllenMay Sat 27-Jun-15 14:58:19

I was looking for a thread about knitting and clicked on Arts and Crafts. The discussion threads on that forum are exactly the same as on Culture/Arts....and nothing about knitting.

Lona Mon 20-Jul-15 15:03:57

I'm wondering if the mobile site is now 'finished' ? Using my phone it looks fine, but on my tablet (Hudl2), it still doesn't have any symbols on the pink circles, and still has the squares to click on for bookmarking, not the 3 dots.

ninathenana Mon 20-Jul-15 15:58:06

grin I still have my Chinese symbols

Lona Mon 20-Jul-15 16:56:04

Perhaps you're 'special' nina! grin

Lona Mon 20-Jul-15 22:45:30

Bump!

ninathenana Tue 21-Jul-15 00:17:31

Tomorrow I will try and take a photo and post it here smile

Lona Thu 23-Jul-15 14:13:22

Bump!!!

ninathenana Thu 23-Jul-15 15:03:52

gringrin Lona I forgot !
I need to organise my phone and kindle to be in the same place.

Lona Thu 23-Jul-15 16:00:48

grin GNHQ must be on holiday or sumfink!

LaraGransnet (GNHQ) Thu 23-Jul-15 16:08:25

We haven't forgotten, promise. Will chase up on those peculiar Chinese symbols Nina...
Lona, it's not quite finished and those little tweaks are on tech's list. But you might find that the site is easier to navigate using the desktop setting if you're on a tablet?

Lona Thu 23-Jul-15 20:46:44

Lara I'm just saying........ And now I've discovered that when I click on the link for soop's photos, it says 'back to top' and that's yer lot! hmm
Just keeping you cake slaves in the loop!

I like it really wink

ninathenana Fri 24-Jul-15 00:13:24

I have managed to put a public photo of a symbol on my profile. Can't work out how to get it here blush

LaraGransnet (GNHQ) Fri 24-Jul-15 09:19:10

The cake slaves are grateful, Lona. So much so, we might even save you a crumb of the lemon drizzle we have sitting on the desk today... Unless we need to use it as a tech bribe of course.

Lona Fri 24-Jul-15 09:24:23

Oh come on........ You know lemon drizzle is one of my favourite! Pretty please.......
grin

grandma60 Fri 24-Jul-15 21:33:29

Please GNHQ, i haven't logged on for a couple of days and not only have my bookmarks gone I'm getting the strange chinese symbols, and even worse the little ads at the top of the page are showing chinese and thai dating sites. I have been trying to block them but they keep coming back. Help!

ninathenana Sat 25-Jul-15 10:59:59

Welcome to my world grandma60 smile
Glad it's not just me.

grandma60 Sat 25-Jul-15 16:05:54

Nina smile