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The site aesthetics

Started by Mozart8 REPLIES86 VIEWS· 28 Aug 2026, 17:41
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Mozart
MozartCoach50,531 posts
28 Aug 2026, 17:41
#1
28 Aug 2026, 17:41#1

It took a little while to change from our old site. It was like an old shoe, not flashy anymore, but comfortable. Easy to navigate and familiar. But just looking at the Rugby Forum today, one is struck with the cool look of it all….like an expressionist painting.

And there are less obvious benefits, like the ability to respond to a specific post or the general thread. At times that’s a useful distinction.

My only remaining suggestions are firstly in the archive, dating the posts with a year as well as the month, that would make the search for a particular post much easier.

Secondly while I endorse the intermingling of posting and journalism, it would be helpful to migrate the journal articles through the page in a way that protects posted threads. When you get a ‘dump’ of articles, no affront intended, interesting threads sometimes disappear too fast. That said we are now actively being provided information we might have to search for….resulting in a better informed poster.

This site deserves more posters, and given the passion for rugby it’s puzzling that that hasn’t happened yet.

SA
Captain30,928 posts
Saffolk 28 Aug 2026, 18:17

Agreed the only negative is the mix of members and pundits posts - I don’t think that is appealing to new potential members - I don’t read the pundits posts, I find myself having to scroll to find the members posts which is a little annoying

sharkbok
Captain23,374 posts
sharkbok07 Sept 2026, 14:44

Yes, there could be some pagination below the list of threads, so that older posts do not get lost so quickly. Or an autoload that appears once scrolling down.

Also, it would be nice to copy and paste images, rather than having to attach them manual by uploading

Deus Ex Lemur
Deus Ex LemurPro2,486 posts
28 Aug 2026, 17:52
#2
28 Aug 2026, 17:52#2

It's a nice vibrant style. Tasteful almost anime art direction. Easy to use and I like the format of the comment chain. The site is responsive and loads quickly, which was helpful for me being out in the bundus the past week.

ruckers admin
ruckers adminPro2,234 posts
28 Aug 2026, 20:51
#3
28 Aug 2026, 20:51#3

Thanks for the feedback @Mozart

It’s something we will certainly look in to in the near future. The key to the site is the forum - we want to protect that.

Official writers were introduced so that we could improve our credibility for those searching for good rugby news.

Let us know if you have any other suggestions.

Cheers
Ed

bobbok
bobbokCaptain10,632 posts
29 Aug 2026, 11:16
#4
29 Aug 2026, 11:16#4

Bravo Moz, your best post since ma fell offa bus & I wholeheartedly agree with you ... keep the two sections separate ... actually the way we had it previously with the 'management posts' in the right hand column separate from Forum rugby posts & both visible if clicking on Home page.
Admin thanks for your lekker service.

Plum
PlumCaptain22,055 posts
30 Aug 2026, 01:48
#5
30 Aug 2026, 01:48#5

One fix I would really like is that when you click on a thread it should automatically open at the bottom of the thread instead of the top.

Scrolling all the way down takes a while because it only loads a section of the thread at a time, so its scroll, wait, scroll, wait...

It's only really an issue on match threads but if the fix is easy then please implement it good Editor.

bobbok
bobbokCaptain10,632 posts
07 Sept 2026, 03:26
#6
07 Sept 2026, 03:26#6

The mixing of forum members posts with those from our management can result in some topical posts being relegated 'goukyk' to pages 2 or 3 & ... out of sight, out of mind.
Just a thought .

SA
Captain30,928 posts
Saffolk 07 Sept 2026, 16:58

It’s also unappealing to prospective new posters having all this traffic that is not poster based

Separate the two I say

I don’t read the articles, I go on the board to interact with other posters not to read rugby related articles

Those articles are a nice secondary addition but they should not occupy the space of the boards primary function - posters talking rugby

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