New Website Feedback
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The forums are not part of the new site updates.
The forums were actually not created by J-Novel.club, and is made and maintained by a 3rd party, nodeBB, the following post has more details.
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I don't know if this has been noticed or if this is the right topic, but I see that in the "coming soon" chapters the date of June 1st is incorrectly written May 1st:
I hope you don't write the dates by hand, because this is a strange bug (as a developer myself).
I see that this is rendered by JS, so if this helps, the screenshot is taken in a UTC+2 timezone soon after midnight.
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@hb_ said in New Website Feedback:
When I'm trying to reply to something and need to got 1 or 2 pages back to find their post, when I press the back arrow, I'm at the top of the new loaded page.
There's a light-blue (in the default theme) widget at the bottom that stays floating at the bottom of the screen (not the page) that has what post number you're currently at and how many total there are. The up and down arrows on that are jump to first and jump to last, but if you tap on the number itself, it pops up a slider that you can slide to the page you want and then let go and it'll jump to that page.
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I can’t recall if I’ve put this suggestion here before or not, but since it’s the end-of-Bookworm-volume season and the “What’s happening? Did JNC stop translating?” is coming around again, I was reminded of a previous comment I made over in “Suggestions and Feedback”:
masterlillyclaw said in Future Volume Release Schedule:
I feel like [information on the future volume release schedule] would be worth putting directly on the release schedule page, so that people who are looking up releases and don't see anything get an immediate answer - or maybe the FAQ page, for a more detailed explanation. Since I've seen this question answered before I can't say for certain, but I feel like if I was new to JNC, my first instincts wouldn't be to check "Suggestions & Feedback" for info on future releases.
Of course, with the new site in place it should instead be put on the Calendar page, but the general premise holds. The information on the release schedule is in various but strange locations - the most-seen place is probably in Rahul’s signature due to their various comments, but even knowing it’s there I forget sometimes because I tend to skim past signatures. So I wouldn’t be surprised if others do the same.
Whether it should be a blanket notice at the top of the calendar page, or an addendum whenever it’s the last prepub of a volume, or a brief notice on the calendar page with an explanation in the FAQ, I don’t know which is more ideal. But as it stands I think JNC could stand to make this information more readily available to new members who don’t yet know the forum well.
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I'd like to report 2 minor bugs on the web reader for JNC.
Bug 1: Arrow key navigation to next chapter doesn't work in 2-column full screen mode
Steps to reproduce:
- enter full screen mode in the web reader, using the rectangle in the top right corner
- make sure the reader is in double-page mode (2 columns)
- navigate to the last page of the chapter
- press the right arrow key
Expected behavior:
- website should load the next chapter (this is the behavior when the reader is in single-page mode)
Got behavior:
- website does not load the next chapter
- the scroll bar at the bottom is stuck at 99%, even though it is showing the blue rectangle signifying the last page
- it is necessary to manually click the "next chapter" link, in order to navigate to the next chapter
Fixing this bug will make it possible to navigate entirely using the keyboard (in my case, a bluetooth remote), rather than relying on a mouse.
Bug 2: Web reader does not remember # of columns, when navigating to the next chapter
Additionally, I'd like to point out that the reader doesn't "remember" whether the reader should be in single-column mode or dual-column mode when switching from one chapter to the next. Specifically, when I select "single column" mode and click "next chapter", it automatically changes to dual-column mode.
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I don't see it in the first post, so bug report (I apologize in advance if it was already reported in the last few pages):
From the calendar, clicking on a part that isn't out yet links directly to that volume in the series page, but with bookworm being split in parts it always links to part 1 instead of the correct part.
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@shakyrnvar A credit history page would be very welcome. Anything that adds or removes credits would be logged and we could review the history to see what we did with our credits. Subscription fees for membership should probably be tracked separately.
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So I’ve been looking through the forums for a bit but I can’t see if anyone has said anything about this. Can you pre-purchase volume that are currently being translated (the week by week releases)? Because if so that would be really interesting because I love the idea that while I’m reading a book before it’s published, if I really like it, I can just pre-order it. Overall I’m really liking how easy it is to buy books is, with the new website.
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Hello,
Yes this is currently possible, just go to the series page of the series you wish to pre-order, and then there is a buy button next to each volume.
https://j-novel.club/series/reborn-to-master-the-blade-from-hero-king-to-extraordinary-squire
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I appreciate how small and compact the text can get now on the site (good for TTS on the mobile reader).
I would still like to have some sort of "read these before they expire" list on the home screen in addition to the catch up and new titles lists, but I understand there was even some confusion this month regarding some of those dates, so maybe that's not in the cards.
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Forum issue that I'm assuming should be fixable via tweaking the theme CSS. In the Darkly theme, the gray color used for links has a tendency to almost fade into the darker gray background. This is most prominent when one goes to one's forum user page, and the list of recent/most popular posts, the links there basically disappear into the background. There have been times where, when I'm looking to click a link, I almost don't see where the link taking me back to the post in question is.
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In the old version, and the manga reader, on the last screen of a release (the blue screen), information is displayed:
- is there another part or are you at the last one?
- link to forum
- link back to series info
in the new version of the novel reader, you only get blue and if there is a next release when you arrow for the next screen something happens, or doesn't if there is as yet no next part.
More information is better.
Tried to search to see if anyone had mentioned this issue yet. If someone has, then clearly the search needs improving. 8-) Being able to scope the search to the current forum, all forums, or the current relevant title would be good.
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The calendar is often broken for me like hatguy12 where books release on a day is listed horizontally rather than vertical. This happens with both mobile and desktop sites. This had been happening since the new site release.
OS: Andriod 5.0.1 GT-i9505 Build/LRX22C
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@aceofmuffins This issue has been confirmed across all platforms.
For now, the only solution is to make sure to navigate to the calendar using the link on the homepage.
Any direct route using the URL, or refreshing the page, will trigger the bug.
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So far, I love most of the new site. Caveat? You should be able to (tell where to) click on a release and get the series, not just auto load the weeks release part. Minor annoyance but an annoyance nonetheless.
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So I’m not sure if this has been answered or if it is problem for anyone else but for me it is impossible to log onto the website on my iPad mini.
I have tried three different web browsers ( Safari, chrome, Firefox) and for every single one it will not log in.
The login button just will not work, it’s like it doesn’t exist, I push it and nothing happens.
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@catstorm Hm, one of our staff just tried logging in using their iPad Mini and it worked just fine. Do you have any addons for your browsers that you can try disabling? Can you also tell us what exact model of iPad Mini and what iOS version?
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I can concede it could be due to it's age as it is an original model iPad mini 1 and the IOS is 9.3.6 because that's as high as it can go.
I also don't have any add-ons.
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@catstorm If you can make a screen recordering, or take screenshots of the process and the failing login screen, and send them to chocolatkey@j-novel.club, I could try some further investigation. Unfortunately, due to third-party dependencies' requirements, the new JNC app supports iOS 10 at minimum, so I won't suggest that.
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Happy feedback: it's so nice having the "updated" label on stuff in my library when a new version gets put out. I see it's there, I download it, the label disappears! :D
