New site layout and functions

haozai

in honest，i like the old site better too complicated to search

sammy1023

@amicusets At first I thought this is going to take a lot longer to find files, etc etc. Then i went to settings and started to play around with them, and went back and forth, and realized just how much work they've done to customize things for each user. Still getting used to it, but I mean, holy crap, it is all pretty cool.

pnppigboy

@amicusets , I'm with you. I am not in love with the new layout at all.

but i DO love this site!

ColinTNM

UI changes on websites can often take some getting used to for long time users but it's very clear how much work has gone in to this redesign, there are tons of tweaks and options for pretty much any thing you'd want.

Just wanted to say a big thank you to the site mods, designers, testers and whoever else was involved.

woot

@amicusets Despise? No. There some things I don't like about the list view, but giving it some time before I provide feedback.

MrMazda

@haozai said:

in honest，i like the old site better too complicated to search

You can change the default layout of the search page so that it is not all that much different than the old site. To get to it by default, click "Torrents", then click "Detailed" for something that is quite similar to the "new" layout in the old site version, or click on "Compact" to get something quite similar to the "old" search in the old site.

The search bar is a little different, but everything else about the page is almost exactly the same as the old site. There's even things that you can customize if you don't like the defaults to either work the same as, or be better than (depending on your preferences) the way it was in the old site.

It should also be noted that the key differences in the search function is that there are now a bunch more options available such as the ability to use wild cards, as well as the ability to search categories together (ie the torrent has to fall in both categories to appear), as well as the ability to search by relevance.

Most of the time when duplicate torrents would get uploaded, it was because the only way to really search for a torrent was to filter it by order in which they were uploaded, but when torrents were several years old, you often had to dig so deep in the results to find it that the original was more or less buried. With the ability to search by relevance, the torrent you're looking for is actually likely to show up close to the top of the results, even if it is an older torrent.

So yes.. It does take a little getting used to, but there's far more benefit to the new style in my opinion than there ever could have been from the old site.

Kevin4fm

@MrMazda said:

... as well as the ability to search categories together (ie the torrent has to fall in both categories to appear) ...

Is it an "AND" search? It seems to be "OR" to me, from a quick test. I set 'Category' to "Comics" and "Middle East", and these are two of the results:

It lists anything that falls into both, of course, but also things that fall into only one category or the other. I couldn't see a toggle to specify whether a search should be "AND" or "OR". Given the already complex nature of the search, I wonder if an AND|OR toggle could even be incorporated. @Joker? Although, to be honest, it's pretty great as it is, and probably not worth that extra refinement unless it truly is dead easy!

Edit: Having thought about it for a minute, it must be "OR". You can expand 'Category', untick just a couple, and the new results won't include anything in those unticked categories. If it was "AND", it should give no results. At least, I'm pretty sure no torrent is assigned to every single one of the categories I have ticked!

ianfontinell

@Kevin4fm I think you're missing something. Inside the category selector, there's a option called "Match Mode" that can be set to either Any ot All. Any is default, shoes any torrent containing at least one of the selected categories. All on the other hand only show torrents that have all selected categories, which is why in that mode you can only select up to 5 categories to search.

Kevin4fm

@ianfontinell Ah, thanks. That's the "AND | OR" toggle I was thinking of. I shouldn't have been so blinkered that I missed that just because the wording was different!

PeruExile

I hate the new layout. The old version was much better and more user friendly

MrMazda

@PeruExile said:

I hate the new layout. The old version was much better and more user friendly

Is there something in particular you're having issues with? There's many things that can be customized to your individual tastes. I'd be happy to help walk you through it.

Gaykai666

@ianfontinell Would you mind sharing where the option to set the search panel to 'sticky' or 'static' is? That sounds like a great feature -- but I can't find it on my /settings page.

rolffi

For me, the new layout is an obvious improvement -- well done! However, font sizes tend to be too small for me, and smaller than on most websites.

For example on YouTube and Reddit, main body text is 14 px, and certain primary content like video/post titles are 16 px. On gaytor.rent, the base font size seems to be 13 px, and that is also used for torrent titles. Some buttons in the UI even go as low as 11 px for the font size.

I just wish there was a global font size / zoom setting for the site.

ianfontinell

@Gaykai666 https://www.gaytor.rent/my.php#sec-search click on the "filter bar" tab and you should see the option there.

bmuserd

I really liked when the whole search result was green for torrents that were downloaded or in progress.

Now it’s just a little tag label so it can be difficult to see what has been downloaded and what hasn’t.

I know you can hide downloaded torrents but I usually use it as a placeholder so I know what ones I’ve browsed so far.

ianfontinell

@bmuserd you can bring back the tinted rows in the user preferences: https://www.gaytor.rent/my.php#sec-search

click on the "result list" tab and you'll find it, it's the last option.