I hate to beat a dead horse, but if the background is going to be this light, then bigsoccer needs to use a different font. Basically, any sans serif font is going to be unreadable. Make it a font with a serif like Geramond and or Times New Roman, and it will still suck, but not as much.
Oh dang I never knew about that! Thanks for the heads up. It is a lot simpler using that but I still prefer what we used to have.
Me too. Supposedly, they are still trying to reinstate the "My BigSoccer" section but when will it be done?
I like it. This is the second of third time that I have gone throught a major change. Much cleanier look and feel. I especially like no advertisements. See how long that lasts! Since it's still not complete, I wouldn't get too excited about missing features as of yet...
I think the colour scheme should be a black background and white text.. The white background and black text = bland Looks like a poor mans facebook ,with all the annoying alerts and "people liking your posts" .
other skins available https://xenstyles.com/customers/signup.php but BS turn to buy non-FB-like skin's? no way! http://biginternetgroup.com/wp/about-big-internet-group/ http://www.crunchbase.com/person/ethan-beard
Why? And all of the issues in this thread are known and some (like the left navigation and My Bigsoccer) will be returning once all importing and thread fixing is sorted out.
I'm lovin it With new website designs, wait a week or so with your opinion, most of the time you just have to get used to it!!
people always dislike change, but change for the sake of change is REALLY uncalled for. and "if it's not broken don't fix it" comes to mind here. Why I voted HATE *where did "subscribed forums go" how come I have to look at all this nonsense instead of the topics I am interested in? will anyone even see this post or is it lost in the whole disorganized stream? other little problems: *Each Profile used to say 3 clubs you like and 2 clubs you dislike. now your profile is only associated with 1 club (but while some clubs are on the list 3 times, you still can't write it in if it's not on the list) *I'm a "new member?" I had over 1,000 posts on the old BS. *FIXED * *Re-edited posts. no longer timestamps them apparently. that will do real well for score prediction threads. Some people probably can't wait to repredict every game that ever happened from now on. *navigation is not intuitive.
You'll get used to it. I felt the same way as you until I did a couple things. Here's what you need to do. Mark all your forums read. When you do that you'll basically be starting fresh. Then every time one of your threads is updated it will appear in Watched Threads and you'll also get an Alert. It's like a more advanced MyBigsoccer. In retrospect, the admins should probably have set all threads as read for all users when they did the switch. It would have saved a lot of moaning.
My real complaint isn't that there were problesm with access, and usability (colors unreadable, etc), but the fact that some of the main pieces of functionality that make the board useable were straight up forgotten (i.e. left side navigation bar and "my bigsoccer"). Without those it's nearly impossible to navigate the forums, and honestly i've cut down viewing threads drastically in the past week because it's annoying the ever living shit out of me to try and switch between the 10 or so forums I tend to browse. So either the admins had 0 clue what people actually use on the board, don't care, or weren't ready to perform an upgrade.
I sit corrected. Looks like we can no longer edit threads after some time or after they are replied to. *EDIT* OK Question, is there still a "bigsoccer plus" paid subscription status? I used to have to pay to add attachments. Now, "upload a file" is an option, and I haven't paid my dues. Is this the site improvement? I think I found it!
Disagree. Or maybe I am missing something. Below is what my watched forums looks like. Before, it was only 4 forums. Now it's about 90. I can't collapse the ones I don't want to read! If I want to read about ONE MLS team (plus its superfan group subforum) and ONE women's team and ONE national team I shouldn't have to keep this many forums open. So much clutter. SA Soccer in the USA Discussions: 3,087 Messages: 73,873 Sub-Forums: 1 Latest: Do You Think MLS Will Ever... bigredfutbol, Today at 9:05 AM RSS USA Men Discussions: 30,638 Messages: 1,425,650 Sub-Forums: 43 Latest: US v. Scotland, May 26, 2012 keller4president, 1 minute ago RSS Major League Soccer Discussions: 154,096 Messages: 5,585,932 Sub-Forums: 82 Latest: RSL vs Wanker County... I_Believe_In_Kreis, 1 minute ago RSS NASL Discussions: 2,383 Messages: 53,674 Sub-Forums: 13 Latest: Buy The Stadium or Help Them... speedcake, 13 minutes ago RSS United Soccer Leagues Discussions: 4,439 Messages: 86,303 Sub-Forums: 12 Latest: USL Pro attendance thread wtimkey2016, 2 minutes ago RSS Yanks Abroad Discussions: 14,767 Messages: 590,171 Sub-Forums: 1 Latest: Spector: Birmingham v.... iad_22201, A moment ago RSS College & Amateur Soccer Discussions: 3,979 Messages: 94,564 Sub-Forums: 1 Latest: Akron Zips 2012 Official... bisbee, Today at 1:52 PM RSS Pro Indoor Soccer Discussions: 3,414 ..and so on and so on for a page a mile long..................................................................................... Latest: Question about the 2015 WWC JanBalk, Today at 5:08 AM RSS Women's Fans and More Discussions: 810 Messages: 151,200 Latest: Hottest Women's Player, v2.0 debzy, Saturday at 6:16 PM RSS USA Women: News and Analysis Discussions: 1,682 Messages: 69,420 Latest: Alex Morgan - "you Know?" shlj, Yesterday at 3:12 PM RSS WPS Discussions: 5,940 Messages: 100,635 Sub-Forums: 13 Latest: WPS expected to announce... Peter Wilt, 57 minutes ago RSS Women's College Discussions: 1,416 Messages: 54,449 Latest: 2012 Hot seat or getting warm... TheAusMan, 52 minutes ago RSS W-League and WPSL Discussions: 496 Messages: 5,033 Latest: Wpsl Elite - 2012 StarCityFan, Today at 12:25 PM RSS Women's Rivalry Forum Discussions: 234 Messages: 27,399 Latest: Frauen-Bundesliga Fever 2012 Micol, Today at 7:49 AM
It was like this for me too. I know it's confusing. It's showing you every forum you've ever posted in. At the top left of this page, you'll see "Mark Forums Read." If you click that button it'll effectively clear your Watched Threads list. From that point on BS will only add threads to your Watched Threads list when they are updated (so you'll get your 4 threads back.) Alternatively, you could watch only those forums you want, meaning BS will alert you anytime posts in a forum. But I suspect that's probably too often for you.
Hate the search results. I noticed I've stopped coming to this site due to all this. That means Sounder fans won and nobody wants that.
You guys know there are close to two million threads on here, right? I personally am stunned they got the new version up and running within, like, a day. I was honestly expecting closer to a week. That is kind of nuts. Yes, I too am waiting for My Big Soccer and the Left Navigation, and a cleaner browsing experience. Also some of my moderator functions aren't working -- but the basics of the site are up and running and most conversations are continuing with hardly a blip. I have bailed on a few forums for the time being as well, because navigation is much more difficult at the moment. But call me stupidface, I have faith these things will be ironed out in the coming weeks and months.
Neither. We made a choice. To keep up with the forum growth using our old inefficient software was costing high four figures per month. We had to switch software so we could bring our hardware economics back in line. Using software to solve load issues is better than buying more and more iron. I have posted countless times that a version of My BigSoccer and Quicknav will be back. I will point out that this forum has WATCHED THREADS and WATCHED FORUMS. In my watched forums list I see four forums. So that's like the top half of MY BIGSOCCER for me. In my watched threads list I see everything I've posted in and that's like the bottom half. The quick nav is not ideal. As a stopgap we will add the forums you are watching to it so those links are always handy. We are exploring other options, but the migration was the priority.
Like the improved speed. Hate the drab gray grayness. I used to keep a regular eye on 4-5 forums, and check half a dozen others on occasion. Now I check the Sporting KC board and get the hell out before the grayness ruins my mood.