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On phones and small tablets, the menu turns into a collapsible vertical menu with a larger font, so that it is easier to touch the right item. I have tested this on only one small tablet, and it seems to be working fine. It initially just shows the main menu items, and you can go into a submenu by touching it. You can close a submenu by touching the menu outside any menu items. This works great for a touch device, but it is somewhat innavigable with a mouse. So the option of using this kind of menu is not available unless the User Agent identifies a mobile device. When it is available, which type of menu used gets determined by the screen size. Since I don't have a mobile phone to test this on, and I could test it on only one small tablet, I would appreciate it if those of you who can try it on a phone or small handheld device can let me know how well it is working and if I need to adjust the font size.
It turns out that the @media query is an unreliable way to determine the size of a tablet screen. So I have switched to relying only on the user agent to determine which type of menu to use. It will use the vertical collapsible menu only if the user agent contains iPhone, Android, or Touch. Some of the browsers I use on my Android tablet let you change the user agent. You can switch between the two types of menu by switching between Android and Desktop user agents. Firefox on Android lets you request a desktop version. Over on the iPad, the default browser doesn't let you change the user agent, though other browsers may. The iPad will use the menu bar. For some reason I haven't figured out, the vertical collapsible menu does not work on the iPad, though the menu bar does. Both types of menu work on Android.
I have now replaced the main site's hidden menu with a visible menu bar. I have reorganized its contents to fit a horizontal display better. Some plans I have for this are to add links for playing the game a page is for under the Play submenu, adding a Sponsors submenu for paid sponsors, and adding a few more things. I might rearrange the menu a bit, possibly changing a menu title or two, and suggestions on how to organize it are welcome.
I've now gotten the collapsible vertical menu to work on the iPad, and I have set it to use this kind of menu if iPad appears in the user agent. This is to allow a choice on iPad browsers that let you change the user agent or at least view a desktop version of a site. Using Dolphin on the iPad, I looked at the desktop version and saw the menu bar. The one drawback is that Game Courier will not resize a board to fit the screen if it receives a desktop user agent. But if you can edit the user agent manually, you can get resized boards and the menu bar by using the word Mobile or Tablet in the user agent without using the words iPhone, iPad, Android, or Touch.
Where is the menu to view the list of your own files which is pending review?
There isn't one. Since I didn't program that part of the site, I am unfamiliar with how it works. Where do you normally go to see this? I'll take a look at the code and see what I can do about adding it to the menu bar.
It was in the login/logout menu in the top right corner of the screen, but now that is gone, and I cannot find that in any of the new menus.
I've added the pending submission link into the new menu. I'm not getting anything coming up when I go to the Change Password page via my membership info page. Has this happened to anyone else? Fergus, do you know what's going on?
The login/logout menu wasn't removed. It just got moved. When you're logged in, your personal menu now appears with the other menus. I did not change the content of this menu. It is the same as it used to be. Also, I looked at the backup I made of the old header, and I did not see any code for viewing a list a of files pending review. Perhaps this was something you can view from your personal information page. The link to that page is still in your personal menu.
Ben, I think I've seen your name among the list of editors, but no one has ever told me about you. It's best that you do not edit my files yourself, because I normally work with my own local copies. If you have in mind changes to make to them, please pass them through me and let me take care of it.
A. Black, It appears that the link you were looking for had been added by someone else without my knowledge. So it wasn't in the local copy I used to redesign the menu from. But it is there now.
Lately on one of my computers, the menu items are tabbed over by varying amounts.
Can you provide a screenshot and tell me what browser and operating system it appears this way in?
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