First Post, Wiki & Voting Updates

[slickdeals]

<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://blog.slickdeals.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/firstpost.jpg" title="firstpost"><img src="http://blog.slickdeals.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/firstpost.thumbnail.jpg" alt="firstpost" width="400" height="171" class="attachment wp-att-489 centered" /></a></p><h2>Voting Updates</h2>
<p>We rolled out the updates yesterday which were detailed in our <a href="http://blog.slickdeals.net/index.php/2008/09/03/sneak-preview-first-post-updates/">sneak peak</a>. The main new feature is the voting feedback and the corresponding design changes that were needed to accommodate it. </p>
<p>One of the biggest thread in our Suggestion forum (<a style="color: rgb(25,60,111); font-family: arial" href="http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?sduid=1&amp;t=586673" target="_blank">this thread</a>) was <span class="Apple-converted-space">a big debate on the deficiencies of the old the voting system. An issue that consistently came up was the need to know why a thumbs down was warranted. It was apparent that deal posters were frustrated to get voted down without knowing why. We don't want posters to feel discouraged to share their deals. Thus, we believe that having a rigid voting feedback system would help alleviate some of the frustrations. </span><span class="Apple-converted-space">In addition, i</span>t provides a guideline for reasons to vote. We have had problems where people would vote down a deal because it was a repost which negatively affected the original deal when it gets merged so this will help identify &amp; nullify the repost votes.</p>
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<p>On every vote-able thread, there is a public opinion section on the right hand side. This is where you cast your votes and get a glimpse of the tallies so far. Notice the Voting Feedback tab - It is clickable to open and close the bar graph. The open/close state of the tab is saved via cookies so if you don't like it, you can close it and never have to see it again. The bar graph breaks down the reasons for the votes. If a deal is posted for a merchant you never heard and you see a large percentage of votes for Poor Merchant Reputation, you'll be informed to stay away. Of course, if you have ordered from them to your satisfaction, you can probably ignore the votes.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center"><a title="thumbdown" href="http://blog.slickdeals.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/thumbdown.jpg"><img class="attachment wp-att-487 centered" alt="thumbdown" src="http://blog.slickdeals.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/thumbdown.jpg"></a></p>
<p>When you thumb down a thread, a pop up will appear that prompts for a reason for the negative vote. The options are different for each forum but we're mainly focusing on the Hot Deals forum first. We're able to add and remove options as we see fit so feel free to suggest more options.</p>
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<h2>Wiki Update</h2>
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<p>We gave the wiki a facelift and made it feel more community based rather then letting the user wikipost hog the limelight. The Wiki Community Post link and the image itself are clickable to expand &amp; collapse the wiki. Also notice the edit wiki &amp; revisions link are located on the top right hand corner. Everything else works the same way as the old wiki.</p>
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<h2>Design Changes</h2>
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<p>This is probably the most controversial change of all. The changes were done in part to accommodate the new voting system and also to update the design slightly. bryantq went over all the new stuff in his <a href="http://blog.slickdeals.net/index.php/2008/09/03/sneak-preview-first-post-updates/">sneak peak</a> blog post. There have been a few tweaks since the release. Most of it to de-clutter the post area. We're well aware of the large title and blue title bar. It's one of the things we'll tweak until we're satisfied. If you encounter any oddities, please press CTRL-F5 or clear your cache. If you have any suggestions, please post and be specific about it.</p>

[wikipost]

Please fix the mobile version (http://m.slickdeals.net. The first post and wiki are a lot bigger font (on my iphone) than the regular user posts.

If you can't vote on any threads then you need to clear your cookies.

Not sure who came up with the Dark Stylish mod for SD but it needs to be fixed now, PWEEESE! The new features are just about white on white. I love Dark SD!

[k000]

Is there any feedback that others are giving around not being able to see the text on the irst post ? I have been trying to change different skins but teh issue persists... pretty anoying

[Malyshka]

The big blue banner and huge appearance of the first post in a thread now makes it look like an ad banner. Very annoying.

[lordoffire]

the new quotes don't look as good as the other ones

I like that you change change your vote on a thread......

[slickdeals]

The big blue banner and huge appearance of the first post in a thread now makes it look like an ad banner. Very annoying.
As stated in the post, it'll be changed

[Malyshka]

the new quotes don't look as good as the other ones

:iagree:

I also wonder how many people even care why a thread was thumbed down. It seems to clutter up a thread with very little relevant information.

I also do not like the new color of the WIKI. It is distracting to me.

[moanalisa]

Maybe its just me... but Im not able to vote on a thread. I click on the thumb, and nothing....

[persian_mafia]

I can't even vote for some reason. I tried it yesteray at home and now I'm having a same issue at work

Maybe its just me... but Im not able to vote on a thread. I click on the thumb, and nothing....

You just beat me to it. I tried using Firefox, and IE, neither of them worked

[lightfoot3b]

Agreed, the voting seems to come and go for me too. Glad that blue bar is getting reduced somehow.

[Malyshka]

Maybe its just me... but Im not able to vote on a thread. I click on the thumb, and nothing....

Try clearing your cookies, or hit F5.

[k000]

are you all always able to read the first post ? I am seeing white space mostly and the text comes back and then disappears at will.

[moanalisa]

Try clearing your cookies, or hit F5.

Cleaning out cookies worked... thanks :)

[CartmanLikesPie]

:iagree:

I also wonder how many people even care why a thread was thumbed down. It seems to clutter up a thread with very little relevant information.

I also do not like the new color of the WIKI. It is distracting to me.

I agree with you about the "ad-ish" nature of the first post, but I think the new wiki style is a great improvement... :dontknow:

[k000]

are you all always able to read the first post ? I am seeing white space mostly and the text comes back and then disappears at will.
Ok - this issue has been fixed. Thanks for Quickfix on that... (I didn't have to clear cache)

[damnyou]

I guess people need to give this new look sometime before they are used to it

[dealstorm]

Is there any feedback that others are giving around not being able to see the text on the irst post ? I have been trying to change different skins but teh issue persists... pretty anoying

Yes, same here: text in the first post is not visible when the page loads. I have to click and drag with my mouse to select the text. After that, the text seems to remain visible.

Please fix this, SD, if you intend to keep this new design.

[Free]

slick!!.. in for 1.

[Chef_]

I guess people need to give this new look sometime before they are used to it

+1

Give it some time, getting over the "hump of difference" may take a few weeks. I like it so far, change is good.

[chemdude]

First post text not visible for me either. Explaining your vote is fine but please fix first post readability!

[WhatYaGot]

+1 - I like it!

[GoneForNow]

Why is voting a repost down a bad thing?

It wastes people's time. It's against your rules. It generally doesn't bring out a lot of positive responses :) Thumbing it down and then DELETING it seem like the right thing to do.

Merging just seems to be extra work (because you have to remove all of those oh so helpful comments individually).

[Parafly9]

not a fan of new layout

[SHADOWE2001]

I've encountered "First Post Edit Lag" using IE6. After I submit the changes it just "thinks", but a refresh brings everything right up correctly.

[Kristin]

I agree that change is good but the priority of the OP seems to have shifted from the deal to the voting. It's just too centered around the vote IMO. I'd also like to add that I'm not loving the new location and size of the drop-down thread tools and search menus.

I do like the hidden siggy in the OP's though. :thumbsup:

Last but not least:

Great deal 81%
Not a good price 5%
Not a good product 10%
Unable to replicate deal 5%

That equals 101%. Not sure what's going on there. :lol:

[darkcloudinc]

I am not liking the fact that the thumb up is where the thumb down used to be.

[pur]

Thumbs down: Because I can't give thumbs down votes--no list of reasons appears

[45root]

You can't just click the + sign and read the OP to vote on the deal. You have to open the thread to vote. I'm lazy.

[dizzney]

not a fan of new layout

I agree. I don't like it either.:(

[wesssider]

Dont like the new layout on my cell phone.

[damnyou]

I agree that change is good but the priority of the OP seems to have shifted from the deal to the voting. It's just too centered around the vote IMO. I'd also like to add that I'm not loving the new location and size of the drop-down thread tools and search menus.

I do like the hidden siggy in the OP's though. :thumbsup:

Last but not least:

Great deal 81%
Not a good price 5%
Not a good product 10%
Unable to replicate deal 5%

That equals 101%. Not sure what's going on there. :lol:
lol nice find

[Gromit]

The changes look good to me.

I played with the voting on this thread and noticed it said "You may reconsider your vote" after voting. Is that new? What is the time limit?

[ASG]

I thought you weren't suppose to thumbs down a deal just because you don't like the product. And is there a "not a good website" option?

[45root]

No. Its not new. I sometimes change my vote from TD to TU. Sometimes I feel bad for people. :lol: :lol: You can change it to neutral also.

[EasyGuy]

First thing first, Good job on keep this site updated guys. But unfortunately with the new layout, its a bit clutter with the votes and such. The same thing happen to igoogle when they add in the left navigation bar. I think simple is better.

Also the wiki seems too bold. It catches our attention, but most of the times it has no information.

While i was posting in here and trying to do a revision, sometimes it doesn't show the revision. Strange, but going back again to edit it showed the revision but then i have to "save" it the second times for the revision to show. Maybe its just the lag in the system, but it never happen before until this new layout. Maybe a bug?

[SDRebel]

i'd like to be able to vote thru the mobile website :whee:

[SP33DFR34K]

I agree that change is good but the priority of the OP seems to have shifted from the deal to the voting. It's just too centered around the vote IMO. I'd also like to add that I'm not loving the new location and size of the drop-down thread tools and search menus.

I do like the hidden siggy in the OP's though. :thumbsup:

Last but not least:

Great deal 81%
Not a good price 5%
Not a good product 10%
Unable to replicate deal 5%

That equals 101%. Not sure what's going on there. :lol:

This has to do with rounding. Given those numbers, the actual values may be something like, 80.5%, 4.50%, 10.50%, 4.5%. But for aesthetics reasons, rounding makes it look prettier. Since this isn't exactly a science, we don't really need decimal precision :D

[travisowens]

I tried to vote this thread as "Spam, self promotion" but I have to fill out a little form first, darn

[wesssider]

i'd like to be able to vote thru the mobile website :whee:


Second that. But not at the cost of 'clutter'.

[angelwings]

i agree about the voting being cluttered
rating is opinion anyway and i will dig deeper into a thread to see if a deal for me
sometimes ones that people think are smoking hot i don't agree with
other deals that do not show many thumbs up are a better deal for my situation

so why someone thinks a deal is good or bad does not matter to me
unless they had specific dealings with the product and again i just read to find that out anyway

[nyct]

I love the new layout.... looks great! IMO, the voting system adds just enough without going overboard. It's always nice to know why people don't like certain deals, from both a poster's and a consumer's perspective...

[darkcloudinc]

though it is not to say that I don't love the new ratings system, by which I do love it.

[SprintSero]

I like the new format but do not like that BIG BLACK BOLD on the title and Wiki Post title...need to slim it down a bit...

The drop down list for Thumb down, I can't exist out of it if I change my mind on to thumb it up. Need to have "X" to get out of the drop down list option. The only way to get out of that drop down list is to click on another page, it doesn't make sense.

[lightfoot3b]

oooooo I see you don't get to vote besides "great deal" if you thumbs up. My bad.

[Malyshka]

I like the new format but do not like that BIG BLACK BOLD on the title and Wiki Post title...need to slim it down a bit...

The drop down list for Thumb down, I can't exist out of it if I change my mind on to thumb it up. Need to have "X" to get out of the drop down list option. The only way to get out of that drop down list is to click on another page, it doesn't make sense.

Just click the voting feedback again, and it disappears.

[Malyshka]

One other thing: is there a way the font of the first post can be the same as the other posts? I keep looking at the new lay-out trying to figure out what bothers me about it, and that is one of them. The font of the whole first post is too big, not just the banner and the heading.

It is kind of like when you do a presentation using powerpoint. If you use different fonts on different slides, you lose the audience. It takes the brain too long to adapt to the new style (just quoting research here that was taught to me in a PP class). ;)

[wuzzy]

Possibly to make OP and Wiki have hidden post links.

[BigCheapSk8]

are you all always able to read the first post ? I am seeing white space mostly and the text comes back and then disappears at will.

Yeah. The OP is glitchy. The text and links disappear, then when you scroll the OP off the page and back, they reappear. I also am having trouble giving thumbs up and down. The buttons just disappear for good or do not respond sometimes.

[pickmyname]

I think the changes are great.

As a frequent contributor to Hot Deals - up until recently - I was made aware of the voting abuse that was increasing more and more. The intention behind the voting - I imagine - was to help people determine what was a good or bad deal. Unfotunately, some users were using the ratings system for more personal, sometimes misleading reasons. I know that the previous voting abuse has discouraged many people from contributing deals here anymore, so I'm hoping the new system will bring them back!

Except for a few minor cosmetic issues that were already mentioned, I really like the changes. Wiki looks great. There was an issue yesterday where the section to actually rate thumbs up or down wasn't visible until I restored screen size to regular, then maximized again, but that seems to be fixed today.

Great work SD! :thumbup:

[wuzzy]

Mr. SD, another suggestion I have. Is it possible to have another + or similiar mark next to a thread so we click it and the wiki shows without opening the whole thread like the OP does?

[redsolar]

Mr. SD, another suggestion I have. Is it possible to have another + or similiar mark next to a thread so we click it and the wiki shows without opening the whole thread like the OP does?
Click on the "W" letter in to the right of the thread title on threads which have a Wiki created ;)

[Malyshka]

Possibly to make OP and Wiki have hidden post links.

Nice new avatar! :thumbsup:

[hawaiiandawn]

Click on the "W" letter in to the right of the thread title on threads which have a Wiki created ;)

:scratch: So MrSD and RS are one in the same??

[wuzzy]

Click on the "W" letter in to the right of the thread title on threads which have a Wiki created ;)

O thanks. I just thought that meant there was a wiki in the post. Never thought of clicking it:lol: :duncehat:

[redsolar]

:scratch: So MrSD and RS are one in the same??
Of course ;)

Well, not really, since I just knew an answer

[redmaxx]

I like the new layout, no complaints. :D

[LinuxChick]

I also wonder how many people even care why a thread was thumbed down. It seems to clutter up a thread with very little relevant information.

I also do not like the new color of the WIKI. It is distracting to me.

The Thumbs Down debate goes back as far as the dinosaurs.
Here are some reasons people took issue with it:

- Votes were sometimes based on how well people liked an OP instead of the deal.

- People let religious and political beliefs get in the way instead of focusing on the deal.

- Some would not even bother to click the link and actually check out the deal beforehand.

- We needed a way to identify phishing, offers that never come, etc...

While the new system is distracting it serves a valuable purpose in keeping people
focused on the deal itself. And there are regular users who go to a great deal of trouble
hunting down and then posting and editing these deals. When their post gets a negative
review, they deserve to know why.

[Malyshka]

The Thumbs Down debate goes back as far as the dinosaurs.
Here are some reasons people took issue with it:

- Votes were sometimes based on how well people liked an OP instead of the deal.

- People let religious and political beliefs get in the way instead of focusing on the deal.

- Some would not even bother to click the link and actually check out the deal beforehand.

- We needed a way to identify phishing, offers that never come, etc...

While the new system is distracting it serves a valuable purpose in keeping people
focused on the deal itself. And there are regular users who go to a great deal of trouble
hunting down and then posting and editing these deals. When their post gets a negative
review, they deserve to know why.


And you think this will change that? :confused:

[rl1024]

I wish the text could be indented so it is inline with the rest of the posts. I don't like having to look to the left to start reading, unlike all the replies, which begin at the same place. It being a different font doesn't help either.

Actually, I don't like the entire thing, but I doubt it will be changed back.

[parrothead9]

I can't vote, i click on the thumbs up button and nothing shows up allowing me to vote, is this a glitch?

[ericcartman]

Yeah. The OP is glitchy. The text and links disappear, then when you scroll the OP off the page and back, they reappear.

Same problem here.

I do like the quote boxes, but can the quotation mark be made darker? As it is now, it blends into the background too much. That's not a big deal, I just think it would look better.

[TofuVic]

After I vote with a thumbs down, I can't seem to make my vote neutral anymore (I can, however, make it positive). This should definitely be changed. I sometimes vote down a deal because I think it's bad, but new information may come up and I may make my vote neutral until I am sure it's a good or bad deal. Thanks.

[mrcooms]

First post text not visible for me either. Explaining your vote is fine but please fix first post readability!

Sam here, first post appears and disappears at will for me.

[Forfun]

Sam here, first post appears and disappears at will for me.

Same for me, both the OP and the WIKI have this condition.

Additionally when it does reappear on some posts the last line is on half showing and it appears that there may be more lines of post not showing (looks like the footer is covering the end of the post). Almost as if it calculated the size of the post window based on the smaller font size therefore cutting off the last part now that it's a bigger font??? Or didn't include the new size of Hearder when determining size of post window???

Pros:
1) Voting system.
2) WIKI stands out being a different color.

Cons:
1) Disappearing and missing first post lines
2) Header line on the OP and WIKI is a bit large now with the voting info and OP info. I liked the streamlined look when they were smaller.

Unsure:
1) Not sure if I like that the OP and WIKI are not indented like the other posts.


One additional idea for the next round of changes:
1) There is a "<<Previous Thread | Next Thread>>"navigator at the bottom of each page of a thread. I love to also see this at the top of the page. Often the fist page is rather long and you have to page down a number of times to use this.

Thanks for continuing to imporve the Slickdeal experience.

[Caliburn]

I'm experiencing the same problem with the first post fading into grey until it's highlighted.

I think we should post which browsers are affected by this glitch to see if it's isolated to IE/FF or affected by others such as Safari, Opera, mobile cells, etc.

I don't have Firefox on this work computer, but it's greyed out on IE 6.0.29 SP2.

[airventor]

Admittedly it might make things overly complicated... but can you use checkboxes rather than radio buttons on the voting...

If it's a poor price for a poor product from a poor vendor, what's a guy to do? lol

[amylynn2024]

I like the new look and think the voting explanation is GREAT. Aside from some little tweaks previous posters have mentioned I think the revisions are wonderful. Thanks !!!

[slickdeals]

One other thing: is there a way the font of the first post can be the same as the other posts? I keep looking at the new lay-out trying to figure out what bothers me about it, and that is one of them. The font of the whole first post is too big, not just the banner and the heading.

It is kind of like when you do a presentation using powerpoint. If you use different fonts on different slides, you lose the audience. It takes the brain too long to adapt to the new style (just quoting research here that was taught to me in a PP class). ;)
We'll look into changing the font size. Depends on how it looks after moving the vote box down & streamlining the title bar.
After I vote with a thumbs down, I can't seem to make my vote neutral anymore (I can, however, make it positive). This should definitely be changed. I sometimes vote down a deal because I think it's bad, but new information may come up and I may make my vote neutral until I am sure it's a good or bad deal. Thanks.
You have about 1 hour to change your vote so you should be able to vote neutral if the time limit hasn't passed.



Cons:
1) Disappearing and missing first post lines
2) Header line on the OP and WIKI is a bit large now with the voting info and OP info. I liked the streamlined look when they were smaller.


We're working on both of these.

[damnyou]

Hi I asked in other thread also

Is it possible to have the thread creator not vote in the threads he/she creates

[Kristin]

Hi I asked in other thread also

Is it possible to have the thread creator not vote in the threads he/she creates

Wow great suggestion and :iagree:

[ASG]

Also, a border would be nice. After page 1, it looks like the thumbs are part of the post.

[SprintSero]

It should be, members of Slickdeals should see the "voting status" and non-member can not. :D

[Lace]

This is awesome! Great work and ideas guys!!

[rukster]

the blue headlines are ugly and very distracting...liked the old look

[Diver-T]

the test in the first post did not load initially, but 60+ seconds after everything else finished and then still took 30 seconds to load - line by line.

[railroadrabbit]

When IE 6 browser window is not full size the first post has text on top of text.

[SimplyDABulous]

What happened to the "first unread" .gif that used to be the beginning of each thread? Will that be coming back?

http://i.slickdeals.net/images/buttons/firstnew.gif

It's still next to the threads in my user control panel, but when clicking on a thread from the front page, or the forum listing, I don't see that .gif anymore on top of the first post.

[slickdeals]

It's relocated to the top right of the thread. Next to search thread & thread tools.

[<><]

please fix the mobile version of the site, the first post and wiki are of a lot bigger font and doesn't show up well on the iphone...

[slickdeals]

please fix the mobile version of the site, the first post and wiki are of a lot bigger font and doesn't show up well on the iphone...
Are you viewing http://m.slickdeals.net? Nothing changed there. Everything looks the same on my iphone.

[slickdeals]

We made an update earlier. Most of the complaints were due to the huge title bar. It's now much smaller. The voting box moved down and voting info area is more compact. The post date is now back where it normally is. I believe most concerns about the first have been addressed with this update.

Let us know your thoughts.

[SprintSero]

We made an update earlier. Most of the complaints were due to the huge title bar. It's now much smaller. The voting box moved down and voting info area is more compact. The post date is now back where it normally is. I believe most concerns about the first have been addressed with this update.

Let us know your thoughts.

Much better now, but is Wiki Community Board banner always that big and bold?

[<><]

yes, have attached pics....
the first 2 are of when it first loads the page...
the second 2 of are when i double tap the text on the first post to resize...

Are you viewing http://m.slickdeals.net? Nothing changed there. Everything looks the same on my iphone.

[SP33DFR34K]

yes, have attached pics....
the first 2 are of when it first loads the page...
the second 2 of are when i double tap the text on the first post to resize...

The reason you see it messed up is because the first post is using HTML instead of standard VB Code. You should check the other pages, they all appear to be working fine. Clearing cache (Home > Safari > Clear Cache) wouldn't hurt either.

The resizing bug is still a problem to be fixed prior to the these new changes.

[mrcooms]

So far today I haven't run into the disappearing text problem, so thanks! IE version 6.0.blah.blah

[Malyshka]

We made an update earlier. Most of the complaints were due to the huge title bar. It's now much smaller. The voting box moved down and voting info area is more compact. The post date is now back where it normally is. I believe most concerns about the first have been addressed with this update.

Let us know your thoughts.

Thank you for making the fonts the same in the OP and subsequent posts, that helps.

I assume it would be hard not to make the OP be more to the left than other posts?

[skipadedodah]

Anyone else see "500 - Internal Server Error" on the top right corner of the page where the ads usually are :dontknow:

[nyct]

Anyone else see "500 - Internal Server Error" on the top right corner of the page where the ads usually are :dontknow:

yes, same on mine... :nod:

[redsolar]

Anyone else see "500 - Internal Server Error" on the top right corner of the page where the ads usually are :dontknow:
Working on it, thanks :)

...


And ads are back :). Missed them? :P

[damnyou]

Working on it, thanks :)

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And ads are back :). Missed them? :P

<adblock_plus_mode> what ads :D </adblock_plus_mode>

[skipadedodah]

Working on it, thanks :)

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And ads are back :). Missed them? :P



Just making sure Mr. SD gets PAID!

[Lloyd.]

i just want to partake in this sticky thread.

[jadejazzkayla]

the white band at the bottom of the op's post. could you make it the same color as the rest of the post.

prior to updates, white band = end of posts. (or end of page)



edit: fixed by changing the color scheme to "ice".

[prospero]

nevermind

[bellasin]

Maybe its just me but when I expand posts I do not see a way to vote like before, I had to click on the title then wait for the whole post to load to see the voting thumbs. So isnt there enough room anymore to vote when you expand the threads on the page now? Or am I missing something.

[widgit]

I'm sorry, but I still don't like the smaller text in both the OP and inside the quote boxes in subsequent posts. For me, the text of the OP and the text inside the quote boxes is smaller than the text in the rest of the posts. It makes it too difficult for me to read them easily and actually strains/hurts my eyes. And it's bugging the heck out of me :(.

I've tried adjusting the text size on the forums, using the increase/decrease text size buttons, but that doesn't do any good. Changing the forum text size doesn't seem to change the text size of either the OP or of the quoted text in any of the posts at all.

I've tried adjusting it under both Classic (my preferred) and Hybrid (clearing cache/cookies each time, ctrl+F5 refreshing, etc). But no matter what I do with the text size on the forums, both the OP and the quoted text remain the smaller size. Heck, even resetting the forum to 'default' size doesn't change either of those. And even under the 'default' forum text size, the OP and quoted text seem to be about one size smaller than the actual default for the forums.

:please: Please, please, is there any way at all to fix it so that text size of the OP and of the quoted text in the other posts actually scales to the text size I've chosen for the forums?

If it helps, I'm using Windows XP and IE6 (yes, still. :lol:)

[bailey327]

I didn't see this listed, but I'm not sure if you're aware that users using the Midnight color scheme now no longer have a color difference for the quoted text. I really liked the Midnight scheme with my monitor (and old eyes) but now I can barely tell that there is a quote except that it is tabbed over a little from normal text. I can only see the big quote marks as a deep charcoal gray....and that's if I squint. I'm trying to switch back over to Classic, but prefered the black/blue.

[bailey327]

I'm sorry, but I still don't like the smaller text in both the OP and inside the quote boxes in subsequent posts. For me, the text of the OP and the text inside the quote boxes is smaller than the text in the rest of the posts. It makes it too difficult for me to read them easily and actually strains/hurts my eyes. And it's bugging the heck out of me :(.

I've tried adjusting the text size on the forums, using the increase/decrease text size buttons, but that doesn't do any good. Changing the forum text size doesn't seem to change the text size of either the OP or of the quoted text in any of the posts at all.

I've tried adjusting it under both Classic (my preferred) and Hybrid (clearing cache/cookies each time, ctrl+F5 refreshing, etc). But no matter what I do with the text size on the forums, both the OP and the quoted text remain the smaller size. Heck, even resetting the forum to 'default' size doesn't change either of those. And even under the 'default' forum text size, the OP and quoted text seem to be about one size smaller than the actual default for the forums.

:please: Please, please, is there any way at all to fix it so that text size of the OP and of the quoted text in the other posts actually scales to the text size I've chosen for the forums?

If it helps, I'm using Windows XP and IE6 (yes, still. :lol:)

Bizarre, I don't see a text size difference in the quotes. I'll have to try under Classic and test around there. (Also on IE6 here as well.)

[widgit]

Bizarre, I don't see a text size difference in the quotes. I'll have to try under Classic and test around there. (Also on IE6 here as well.)

:dontknow: All I know is that ever since the first post updates, all of the quoted text that I see seems to be a size or so smaller than the regular text in the rest of the posts. I've only tried changing the size in Classic and Hybrid and it doesn't do any good in either one, even after clearing cache and cookies. (Ice and Midnight have always been way too hard on my eyes, so haven't tried it in those.)

I'm uploading a screenshot. Hopefully it's good enough to show the admins what I see. To me, the quoted text appears smaller and more condensely spaced/squished together than the regular text in posts. The OPs are the same way. (My text settings are currently the forum default for Classic.)

EDIT: OP and quote box text size fixed now (http://forums.slickdeals.net/showpost.php?p=13113981&postcount=5). Thank you Mr. SD!.

[BlueJello45]

This update was good at home. At work its just a bunch of red x's where pics are supposed to be. I've also had a hard time thumbs upping and repping today.

[SickTeddyBear]

You have about 1 hour to change your vote so you should be able to vote neutral if the time limit hasn't passed.

Totally insufficient and ridiculous. The status or worthiness of a deal can change all the time, and we should be able to change our vote based on new information.