Change in RootsChat "Home" page - Work in Progress

[Finley 1]

I like the new curtains 

Joy..not so joyful then? 

xinia...if you are quoting Adam Faith then getting old has already happened 

oohhh    'you are awful - but i like you '    see I am even older than that

ok  get it...

[Rena]

Here's a BBC News article about the whole thing that explains why we had to do something, and that something had to be done before today: www.rootschat.com/links/01f6h/

Trystan

I've just read the BBC article link and heard about changes to websites on the news a couple of days ago.
I administer a website for a local group of a charity. I didn't set up the site originally, so I don't know all the details of how it works, I just update the odd page when necessary.
Any tips on how to make it mobile friendly, please?

Phew - thought the new layout was due to my computer.  I usually land on the Home page and glance through to see if I can assist anyone, etc.  Currently my old eyes are protesting so I haven't dawdled on the Home page at all.

Now that I've seen Lizzie's post that will probably be the reason why when I've clicked on a search results page I have had to use the Google "cache" otherwise there is no website to view.

[Deirdre784]

So is the home page supposed to look like this at the moment?
 

[LizzieL]

I get the same thing with Internet explorer, but with Google chrome it's a lot better. I have aged laptop which runs Vista and don't have enough memory (or something) to upgrade IE (or so I have been told)


Added

If you click on Forum at the top, mine goes back to normal

[Guy Etchells]

The "homepage" on my computer looks like this.
It is displayed on a 20" widescreen 16:9 flatscreen LCD monitor at 1680 x 1050 pixels.

In case the techie details help Trystan
Cheers
Guy

[Ringrose]

I find it perfectly OK on the iPad.
Ringrose

[BettyofKent]

I'm using a 17" laptop, IceDragon browser (Firefox based) & the Homepage looks the same as Guy's.
It would look better if the 'latest topics' column was centered, the "It's the UK's largest free family history forum site...looks untidy & clumsy.

I've tried it on my Kindle Fire (7") with the  Silk browser, & it displays very well, everything is in one single column.  After browsing I clicked back to the homepage & the black banner with Home, Forum, Help etc had disappeared.
Talking of this banner, could the lettering be clearer please, pretty please it's too dark for my old eyes (I doubt I'm the only one!) & almost blends into the background.


Betty

[Craclyn]

On an ipad there is something not right with the "Immigration and Emigration" link. Goes nowhere. The others beside it are working OK.

[Treetotal]

I get the same as Guy....it was a bit unexpected but it all seems fine....we have to accept that Rootschat has to be viewer friendly for all devices to keep their readership. I soon got used to it.
Carol