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So a little bit of a lesson on how the new Bigcloset works.
BigCloset uses a web-format we are calling "Graceful Degradation" to detect how to display the site on your various devices.
First you have standard Desktop mode, This is Followed by Tablet - Landscape Mode, then Tablet - Portrait Mode, then Smartphone - Landscape Mode, and lastly Smartphone - Portrait mode.
The way this system does this, has nothing to do with detecting what browser, device, or browser string you are using. It does it by reading the "screen width" your browser reports and then loads the appropriate CSS or "Style Sheet" based on the screen width.
Just because you can't load the desktop version of the site, does not mean something is broken. The site is actually DESIGNED to load the most optimal view for your device screen size.
It MAY become possible sometime in the future to load a modified version of the theme that doesn't do graceful degradation, but right now, that is a VERY LOW priority in the grand scheme of things.
This change was put in place, after MANY requests from people for a mobile-optimized version of the website, and us noticing a growing number of users using the website via mobile devices.
Thank you for reading,
-Piper
Comments
In iPad-mini-land the site works fine
Thank you for all your work and I just wanted to let you know BC works fine on my iPad mini. The only thing I can't do is upload photos with a transparent background (when I've tried they acquire a white background)
Rhona McCloud
Bad brain! No biscuit!
When I read it, since I've been looking at FM and other sites today, my initial thoughts were "What does elegant femdom have to do with BigCloset?"
'You! Lick my Jimmy Choos!, but be careful not to ruin the finish!'
I'll get a life when it's proven and substantiated to be better than what I'm currently experiencing.
I think your brain and mine...
...must have had a similar malfunction. I figured it was like forced-fem, but they eased you into it:
"Now, dear, for every frilly item you put on, you get a sip of beer and five minutes of ESPN...."
Livin' A Ragtime Life,
Rachel
Quick question
What happened to category search?
Category browser
Category browser was a replacement for our big giant good search engine Solr. Between google search and category browser, you could get a good approximation of the capabilities of Solr. But CB was not updated to the current version of Drupal, so it is gone. Gone because it just isn't there to install, not because we chose not to install it.
We hope to have Solr search working again which is more powerful than Google and CB put together. Be patient, it may take awhile yet.
Hugs,
Erin
= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.
My only issue
Is font sizes they should be tunable or smaller and the leading (space between lines) is uncomfortably large for my iphone they are at least 30% too big. I have my phone set to very small screen fonts but it is not changing the font size
Im sure i like smaller fonts than other people
Thanks day a
I Wish I understood Computers
Reading all this makes me wish that I understood the mystical world of computers - but for a blonde bimbo this is too much to expect.
I use BC on my Mac book Pro, iPad and at times iPhone and love the new thingies and have only had minor problems usually down to operator error!
Love the term 'Graceful Degradation' sounds like me at a party!!
Great work BC Back Room team
Christina H
In viewing some of the author
In viewing some of the author related pages to be certain there aren't unaddressed comments on my stories, on the iPhone XR (which I sometimes must resort to when my WiFi is having problems) the later columns are obscured by the floating ribbons of the interface, forcing me to have to resort to Landscape, rather than Portrait mode to view the data I'm looking for. But that's fine; I can at least do that.