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When I click on your name I get the following screen.
Do you not have the blue "Message" button?
The slow page loading seems to be back. Any page takes a good 25/30 seconds to load (Android, Chrome)
I'm on Android/Chrome too and it's no more than a couple of seconds to load pages. I'd say it's around 6-8 seconds to post a comment and have it shown. I mean, it's not super snappy but it's not really noticeable.
I have a floating notifications thingy in the bottom left corner of my screen. it does nothing bit obscure
That floating notifications thing is because you have an unread message.
but I now cannot get into messages. certainlynot by tapping the icon
found the way into messages. when in messages the icon has a red bit. on the forum it just floats there doing nothing
Check the Notifications bit in your Profile too?
Whenever I've had that I just had to.make sure I'd cleared the Notification and read the Message.
I honestly can't believe we're still seeing "Wordl" all over the forum!
Just posting this YouTube link here to see if it works
edit, yeah it works here but on the “what book are you reading” thread it doesn’t show up?, why?
What are all these VERY LARGE symbols that appear when you scroll down to the bottom of a thread?
I don't have those symbols. What OS/browser are you using?
How does one actually message a fellow forum user?
I'd naively assume that I'd go to their profile and there'd be a link or, failing that, go to messages and type their username. Unfortunately neither option appears to be possible, what witchcraft am I missing now?
Yes and it looks like it works for me.
Message link in classifieds, the lack of which I moaned about last week seems to be back too.
Thread photos still seem very broken though (click on the last, or probably any, photo in a thread, get transported to a gallery of the first few).
Just noticed that STW is very memory greedy again. My browser tells me 1.9 giga. Other sites don't do this.
Currently 225Mb for this page
@Mark - I've mentioned it in this thread before and I've emailed support_at_myezrewards (with no reply).
I can't access member discounts - this predates the update, I've never been able to. This is what happens EVERY time. Slightly frustrating having been a paid up member for a while now.
Any idea? Thanks
Ignore
Classified ads, when marked as sold, only show as sold if someone opens the ad and scrolls to the bottom, under the Singletrack Wordl banner, where a little hard to read white on yellow band appears. Not great. So if you've sold a classified ad, best to change the title, to say it's SOLD, so as not waste folks' time opening it to maybe find out that info... 😀
Ignore
Don't worry - I think STW towers have stopped monitoring this thread now as nothing gets commented on or fixed.
Is it safe to come back here yet (and re-subscribe)?
Pretty much abandoned the forum since it imploded at beginning of the year and my sub expired.
Have dipped in a few times since but there always seem to be major issues ongoing (like pics not appearing, etc).
I have missed seeing and reading about other MTBers adventures (both here and abroad).
Cheers
vmgscot
Don't worry - I think STW towers have stopped monitoring this thread now as nothing gets commented on or fixed.
It would appear that is the case
How long to post this……
15 seconds…..a new record
😆
How long to post this…
5 seconds for me
(and edits are almost instantaneous)
How long to post this…
5 seconds for me
(and edits are almost instantaneous)
Very quick to bring up your quote,
and I agree edits are quick to post for some reason…..
3 seconds to bring up this edit, congratulations stw…….but to post the above took 14.88 seconds so where is the issue in the speed for some users?
Gonna sign my mum up for a free account tmorn using her email and see how long it takes to post
Can we have the buttons back at the bottom of a thread that take you back to the main page please? It's a pain in the arse at the moment when viewing on my phone.
It point less them being at the top.
Or at least add overview to the drop down forum jump menu as it's greyed out at the moment.
Why is the “Members Weekly Singletrack Wordl” showing with every embedded link?
Peoples real names are still showing in quoted text - but hey-ho it's not a GDPR issue or owt serious! 🤦♂️
Came here to post (again) about real names/ alternate names appearing on article comments.
I think STW towers have stopped monitoring this thread now as nothing gets commented on or fixed
I've even email tech@singlet... with the info about WORDL and the classifieds issue. Nothing back and they still remain, so I wonder if the forum is just being left as it (shittily) is.. 🤔
I was expecting a spike in interaction when the share offer went live, maybe that is still occupying a lot of time?
https://singletrackmag.com/2025/06/become-a-shareholder-in-singletrack-magazine/
I was expecting a spike in interaction when the share offer went live, maybe that is still occupying a lot of time?
You'd think, wouldn't you?
Rather than investing in shares, I'm considering cancelling my membership - in which case the ads will infuriate me that much, I'll stop coming altogether.
Which wouldn't be a bad thing, I could do with cutting back my social media screen time.
Possibly they have all been abducted by aliens and AI is now running the site...
Double Post
Fix is coming for the names bug. Sorry it has gone unnoticed.
So now the most add ridden data raping forum I've ever visited scrolls the forum main page all by itself.
Is this incase I might have somehow missed some of the super intrusive ads?
So now the most add ridden data raping forum I've ever visited scrolls the forum main page all by itself.
Thought the forum page scrolling on its own was just happening to me. Must be a new hands free feature
How do people log on to this new forum? I struggle to find a log-on 'button'.
"Hamburger" menu.
Little person icon
I had locked screens placing a classified ad. Turns out I paid for it 3 times. I've tried emailing tech .. I wonder if there's someone else who might help as they are so busy spelling world incorrectly.. 🙃
I know da management don't seem to comment on, act on (or read?) this thread anymore, but I'm mentioning this on the off chance they might. There is a big delay again for me with thread replies or post edits appearing. 7 to 10 minutes it seems. It's been this way for the last couple of days.
I know it's little help but the "delays" I'm experiencing are no more than a few seconds. I've not seen any change in weeks (months?)
Heads up. Ads on the site are about to change. Maybe today. We are switching to a new programmatic supplier called Sports Network. They are a UK based company that specialise in ads for sports related media websites. They are promising better ads and fewer ads that earn more because they are more suited to an active audience - We can all reserve judgemnet there. But there will be a new CMP (Consent managment popup) that will appear. One click on that and your preferences should be set for months. I beleive it also comes with a reject all option. It's the same company that supplies ads on road.cc, which is one reason we are making the move. We talk and share a lot of info with the people over there, which is nice.
So now the most add ridden data raping forum I've ever visited scrolls the forum main page all by itself.
Thought the forum page scrolling on its own was just happening to me. Must be a new hands free feature
Does it to me all the time, mostly when I'm mid writing a reply to something so you need to go scrolli (happened just then!!) ng all the way back up to the reply window.
Reported it loads of times before in this thread - still (happened again) happens every time I use the forum.
Possibly ad related. If an ad loads further up the page it will shift the page down and it will look like it's scrolling. The new ad system may well solve that.
I think the scrolling to the bottom of the page is related to the Wordl plugin, it's started doing it again since I completed a Wordl puzzle.
I also noticed it stopped doing it when the Wordl puzzle was giving an error instead of a puzzle (Monday morning?).
Hope that helps.
I think the scrolling to the bottom of the page is related to the Wordl plugin, it's started doing it again since I completed a Wordl puzzle.
I also noticed it stopped doing it when the Wordl puzzle was giving an error instead of a puzzle (Monday morning?).
Hope that helps.
Weirdly can't remember it happening on my phone - I experience the problem on a Windows laptop with no Wordle app etc.
Still happening today @mark but I'd agree - it does seem to be when the ads update/refresh/appear I think. Just typed all this with no problems at all but then the ads have (weirdly!) not appeared down the sides of the page so maybe you're playing 😉
I've got the old ads off at the moment. I'm slowly introducing the new ones. Fingers crossed the new ones won't cause the issue.
I've been logged out on my PC and it won't let me log back in?
When I click on the little person icon on the top left it takes be to a page that says "Login" but doesn't do anything?
How am I supposed to log back in?
Edit. Tried to add a picture but that won't work either.
OK so I managed to get signed back in.
The sign in page isn't displaying but it seems to still be there even though I can't see it.
I looked at the sign in page on my phone to gauge where the boxes were on my PC.
I then used auto fill to fill in the boxes then just probed around trying to find the enter box and kept clicking until I hit the right spot.
That eventually signed me back in.
Still can't post any pictures though from phone or PC.
Just when I thought this place couldn't get any more difficult to use they come up with a new ****up.
This place is a complete joke.
Ads now take up 70% of the screen.
I can't even see what I'm typing just now And you really expect folk towant to invest money in this
Ads are mostly turned off at the moment.
@Mark - image posting is now broken. Photos are uploading using the usual dialogue but aren't displaying in the actual post.
Just noticed that user full names (not just user/display names) are displayed at the bottom of each classified in ca. 50% of ads
Quick photo test.
It’s broke. 😳
Not sure if anyone else is finding this but the site is painfully slow again for me.
All in black mode too now here
Just to reiterate, posting images isn't working for me (Android, Google pixel 8).
I can select the image from my gallery using the 'my media' button, it uploads, but when you try to 'insert into post', it doesn't do anything.
Ta.
Just to reiterate, posting images isn't working for me (Android, Google pixel 8).
Isn't working for me either (all Apple eco-system) - the old Postimage.org way is though.
Pictures not working on Windows/Chrome either
10 seconds to load this page today. It's normally 2 which is still slow compared with all the other sites I use
I thought I'd come for a look as I'm in the market for a new bike, I was once a regular contributor here, and was a mag subscriber on and off for several years. Frankly, I'm not that arsed on the mag these days, all the ads and content seem to be about mega money bikes and kit and trips to the other side of the world with 'inclusive groups'.
Anyway, the forum... I really subscribed to give something back and say thanks for use of the forum as it was an invaluable resource, and I frequented it regularly BITD. It's just a disaster, no I'm not currently a subscriber so yes I get the ads, but they're so off putting and intrusive, worst I've seen on any site besides regional newspapers.
The whole website is so hard to navigate, especially on a mobile device, none of it really works, headings all look the same, the colours are bad, I've no idea how to find anything. All in all it's incredibly frustrating and I can't be arsed.
Surely (Shirley) it would be much better to separate the forum and website? Have a look at this for an example of a simple forum that works, and still gets LOADS of traffic, also a niche 'sport'. Apparently no very expensive to host/run. https://airgunforums.co.uk/
I think the messaging system has problems. It will only allow me 49 characters and the black spinning background has given me a migraine!!
Surely (Shirley) it would be much better to separate the forum and website? Have a look at this for an example of a simple forum that works, and still gets LOADS of traffic, also a niche 'sport'. Apparently no very expensive to host/run.
We've had this argument many times and there is no desire from forum members to have a forum that is split into so many sections. That format is also already covered by the likes of PinkBike.
Personally I don't visit any forums that need 50+ categories.
Even Bike and Chat is too many - I always view in overview mode! 🤣
And… it’s still very dark in here!
The dark mode is horrible as is the spinning background
Have a look at this for an example of a simple forum that works
Ah, but does it have somebody sneaking in at night and making undocumented changes to the forum code?
Thursday I cleared cache and logged in, got white daytime mode back. Back in dark mode again today.
I was about to start a new thread “Stuck in dark mode? Anyone else?” But I see it’s been covered here.
So, is it just a new feature?
The option of Dark Mode has been there since the new forum software was implemented. It being enforced (for at least some folk) seems to have happened this week, probably the same time as image posting was broken. Singletracktech didn't make any changes to the forum code to affect the latter so I'm guessing they wouldn't have changed the former either.
I hope the first thing the crowdfunding campaign can buy is a new padlock for STW towers so that the person sneaking in at night and making undocumented code changes can be detered.
The option of Dark Mode
Where is this set? I looked in what I thought were obvious places, but no joy, and the site is so slow that it's really painful clicking through all the possibilities !!
I've just let my sun lapse and the forum is totally unusable without one. Im typing this blind as there is a persistent alltrails add that covers most of my screen and the text box. Im literally typing blind here. At least I have an idea of what the forum can be. Any prospective subscriber will take one look at this and be gone. Im prepared to accept adverts but as mentioned above, this is worse than a regional newspaper site. Now about to hit send and hopefully alltrails will move so I can have a chuckle at any typos that I couldn't see.
Any prospective investor will take one look at this and be gone.
FTFY
Indeed.
If my main business profile was performing badly, I'd pick a better time to ask my customers/clients to invest in my future performance.
Or I'd at least interact with said customers to outline how it might improve in the future.
The paying advertiser's presumably have the occasional look at this car crash too. You'd think
Can't see most of the screen due to adverts for Chinese shite!