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Time for a forum upgrade?

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Created by laurie 3 months ago, 5 Mar 2026
Seabreeze
SA, 3538 posts
30 Apr 2026 5:29PM
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jksmurf said..
Not bad not bad... I can live with it, eventually..

However I echo the comments about it looking a bit bloated... I tried to find a setting for smaller text (yeah I I know I can mouse scroll or ctrl scroll the whole webpage but that makes everything smaller), as In the posts are essentially a strip occupying the middle thrrd and theres white space for Africa each side?

Also really pale. Like sickly; any chance of changing the background colours at will?


Hehe. Cool!

Can I ask what device you're using? i.e. 13" laptop, 29" desktop?

Regards "Pale" .. have you tried "Dark" mode? Tap the Profile at top right.




Seabreeze
SA, 3538 posts
30 Apr 2026 6:42PM
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Just had a look into this, and adjusted various fonts/avatars/colours, and side-by-side comparison with old site, and the new site actually uses less space for the same text now. but with a bigger more readable font. πŸŽ‰

jksmurf
218 posts
1 May 2026 10:52AM
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Seabreeze said..

jksmurf said..
Not bad not bad... I can live with it, eventually..

However I echo the comments about it looking a bit bloated... I tried to find a setting for smaller text (yeah I I know I can mouse scroll or ctrl scroll the whole webpage but that makes everything smaller), as In the posts are essentially a strip occupying the middle thrrd and theres white space for Africa each side?

Also really pale. Like sickly; any chance of changing the background colours at will?



Hehe. Cool!

Can I ask what device you're using? i.e. 13" laptop, 29" desktop?

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Maybe a 22" Desktop Screen

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Regards "Pale" .. have you tried "Dark" mode? Tap the Profile at top right.





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Yeah.. it's .. very black.

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Soooo there's like White .. or Black... I guess I can live with that too, just with somuch screen space, all white, lying in bed at night or early morning it is sort of blinding (...cue 'blinded by the light...' )




JonE
VIC, 613 posts
1 May 2026 1:16PM
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It's better already, thanks.

Are you able to tone down the blue in the main bar somewhat? It feels like it's burning my retinas.

I like the radar image shortcut - was it on the old site? I've never noticed it before. BOM always needed 4 or 5 clicks to get there. Now it's impossible on the BOM.

WindmanV
VIC, 824 posts
1 May 2026 4:49PM
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JonE,

BOM 128km radar image, old style (the best!): https//reg.bom.gov.au/products/IDR023.loop.shtml

Seabreeze
SA, 3538 posts
1 May 2026 4:48PM
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JonE said..
It's better already, thanks.

Are you able to tone down the blue in the main bar somewhat? It feels like it's burning my retinas.

I like the radar image shortcut - was it on the old site? I've never noticed it before. BOM always needed 4 or 5 clicks to get there. Now it's impossible on the BOM.


Hehe.. as much as a glaring sun off the water at 3pm? πŸ˜…

Rain Radar is new! Loving it.

ptsf1111
WA, 589 posts
1 May 2026 4:10PM
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Don't tell anyone! Before we know it this site becomes more popular than BOM and it's overloaded.
Great addition!

Seabreeze
SA, 3538 posts
1 May 2026 6:58PM
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Sneaky new button added πŸ˜€

AI.Dave
TAS, 167 posts
1 May 2026 9:37PM
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The new site is shaping up well! Appreciate the hard work πŸ‘
Couple of idea's re the forecast
- option to switch between the normal 10 day BOM forecast (ACCESS) and the more accurate 36 hr forecast (ACCESS-C)
- can you add wind gust speed on the graphs?

Seabreeze
SA, 3538 posts
4 May 2026 12:20PM
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Ok, the blue's have been toned down a bit, and the desktop font size reduced, as was a bit large.

Seabreeze
SA, 3538 posts
4 May 2026 12:22PM
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AI.Dave said..
The new site is shaping up well! Appreciate the hard work πŸ‘
Couple of idea's re the forecast
- option to switch between the normal 10 day BOM forecast (ACCESS) and the more accurate 36 hr forecast (ACCESS-C)
- can you add wind gust speed on the graphs?



For sure, and it's a significant investment to subscribe to the ACCESS models from the BoM. A subscription option on Seabreeze will be available soon, which will enable the purchase of more data, and if enough people show their support, we can do add this, and EMCWF. πŸ‘

laurie
QLD, 3901 posts
6 May 2026 12:36PM
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As far as I can tell, everything is fixed/working, and no more issues?

Speak up now! πŸ˜…

Obelix
WA, 1173 posts
6 May 2026 10:56AM
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laurie said..
As far as I can tell, everything is fixed/working, and no more issues?

Speak up now! πŸ˜…




The light mode still doesn't work for me through a browser (Duck-DuckGo), Galaxy A20.
Works in the Chrome.
Not a showstopper πŸ‘

laurie
QLD, 3901 posts
6 May 2026 1:38PM
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So odd? You're using the new beta, right? And you go to the Profile menu at the top right, and choose the light theme (or via the Unit Preferences dialog), and it persists as dark theme?

It's a simple cookie "Theme=Dark", or "Theme=Light" .. if you're game, you could open the developer tools in your browser, go to the console, and type :


Cookies.set("Theme","Light")

It's that simple?! Got me beat. Anybody else suffing theme switching issues?

Obelix
WA, 1173 posts
6 May 2026 1:54PM
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All good now. The browser was forcing the night theme.

laurie
QLD, 3901 posts
6 May 2026 6:35PM
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Yay! Good news - thanks for the update. πŸ‘

ozzimark
67 posts
9 May 2026 12:46AM
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Is this huge blank space at the top of the page intentional?


carbine
WA, 1447 posts
9 May 2026 11:38AM
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Man these mid post adverts are beyond annoying, it's like being on a ****ty Newscorp site where you endlessly scroll down but keep getting sent to the top of the page as the adverts load.

stehsegler
WA, 3577 posts
12 May 2026 11:09PM
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FYI. The sub-category Links in the Buy & Sell section are broken. They all link to the top level category. This is on Safari, Mac.

laurie
QLD, 3901 posts
14 May 2026 2:13PM
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ozzimark said..
Is this huge blank space at the top of the page intentional?


That would be caused by your adblocker. 😎

laurie
QLD, 3901 posts
14 May 2026 2:13PM
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stehsegler said..
FYI. The sub-category Links in the Buy & Sell section are broken. They all link to the top level category. This is on Safari, Mac.


Sorry for that, was a tempory issue. πŸ‘

laurie
QLD, 3901 posts
14 May 2026 2:20PM
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carbine said..
Man these mid post adverts are beyond annoying, it's like being on a ****ty Newscorp site where you endlessly scroll down but keep getting sent to the top of the page as the adverts load.


Sorry about that .. necessary evil to keep the lights on - but they should be that intrusive. Is it breaking scrolling, or ... ? let me know, as that's not on .. they should be static, non-layout shifting...

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carbine said..
Man these mid post adverts are beyond annoying, it's like being on a ****ty Newscorp site where you endlessly scroll down but keep getting sent to the top of the page as the adverts load.




ptsf1111
WA, 589 posts
15 May 2026 7:44PM
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Noticed with the new site, when I click the username/time of last post, it doesn't scroll to the last page and post anymore. On the old site, it linked to the last post but now it just links to the first post on the first page. Circled the place below.







stonny
NSW, 100 posts
17 May 2026 10:50AM
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Hi Seabreeze........I like the new Website on the whole but I preferred seeing the high and low tide times under the graph like the old site.
Love the flag πŸ‘
Keep up the good work

RonanL
7 posts
18 May 2026 2:59AM
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Hi Laurie, possible to have the date of last message in the summary, if older than one week? I enjoy to search in the past years in the GPS / Speed😎 Thanks πŸ˜€

laurie
QLD, 3901 posts
18 May 2026 6:32PM
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stonny said..
Hi Seabreeze........I like the new Website on the whole but I preferred seeing the high and low tide times under the graph like the old site.
Love the flag πŸ‘
Keep up the good work



Absolutely .. missed that little guy on the rebuild. He's coming...

laurie
QLD, 3901 posts
18 May 2026 6:32PM
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RonanL said..
Hi Laurie, possible to have the date of last message in the summary, if older than one week? I enjoy to search in the past years in the GPS / Speed😎 Thanks πŸ˜€



Sure. πŸ‘ All done.

ozzimark
67 posts
19 May 2026 11:16PM
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laurie said..

ozzimark said..
Is this huge blank space at the top of the page intentional?



That would be caused by your adblocker. 😎


It seemed like it would be the right spot for an ad, but I have the adblocker disabled for Seabreeze - I ran a website long ago and recognize the importance of those ad views... checking with a clean browser install shows the ad, so there must be something else on my end. I'll dig into it, thanks.

RonanL
7 posts
20 May 2026 2:31AM
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laurie said..

RonanL said..
Hi Laurie, possible to have the date of last message in the summary, if older than one week? I enjoy to search in the past years in the GPS / Speed😎 Thanks πŸ˜€




Sure. πŸ‘ All done.


😎Perfect!πŸ‘

ptsf1111
WA, 589 posts
22 May 2026 12:31PM
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ptsf1111 said..
Noticed with the new site, when I click the username/time of last post, it doesn't scroll to the last page and post anymore. On the old site, it linked to the last post but now it just links to the first post on the first page. Circled the place below.









Would love to see a fix for this in case that didn't make it onto your list yet 😊



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