GTPlanet App for Ipad

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Kudos to the creator, I love the GTPlanet app for iPhone.

I currently subscribe to threads and receive updates via e-mail when they are updated, how does Forum Runner push notifications differ from this?

On my Ipad, I get a push notification (popup message), just like other apps with that feature
 
PLobo
On my Ipad, I get a push notification (popup message), just like other apps with that feature

I understand now! Is there a way to subscribe to a thread and only receive push notifications instead of lots of e-mails?

Thanks inadvance, I'm a rookie to forums!
 
I understand now! Is there a way to subscribe to a thread and only receive push notifications instead of lots of e-mails?

Thanks inadvance, I'm a rookie to forums!

When you subscribe the topic, you can choose also if you want to receive the notification by email, or not...

I don't use the email feature anymore...
 
I understand now! Is there a way to subscribe to a thread and only receive push notifications instead of lots of e-mails?

Thanks inadvance, I'm a rookie to forums!
Yes, you can manage your current subscriptions here or set your default settings here.
 
This App is even better after the recent update. Seems to be a bit quicker now and so far I've not had it quit on me either so far. I like that you've increased the number of posts per page to 40 too. A useful addition.

Good work Jordan:tup:

Would it be possible in a future update to include the option to view mine and other peoples profiles (other than posts/ threads started) or does Forum Runner not support this feature?
 
I have a question too... Will it be or is it possible to view clubs and groups youre a part of? I couldnt find it anywhere... or I've been looking in the wrong places...
 
I have a question too... Will it be or is it possible to view clubs and groups youre a part of? I couldnt find it anywhere... or I've been looking in the wrong places...

It is possible but it views them through Safari within the app rather than the fourm viewer. Just click "GTPlanet" then "Groups & Clubs" below "Site Feedback" and it takes you to that page (but in Safari)
 
Would it be possible in a future update to include the option to view mine and other peoples profiles (other than posts/ threads started) or does Forum Runner not support this feature?
Forum Runner does not support the feature at this time. It's designed to work with several different forum software platforms, and they all handle profiles differently.

I have a question too... Will it be or is it possible to view clubs and groups youre a part of? I couldnt find it anywhere... or I've been looking in the wrong places...
As mentioned above, that's a specific feature of our forum software and I don't believe groups and clubs will be supported in the near future.
 
Couple of issues I've noticed after a little more time with the app.

1. The image viewer can't play .gifs. It only loads the first frame.
2. When you try navigate back to the thread from the .gif in the image viewer the app crashes.

Hope that helps.
 
What device are you using the app on, Floats? I don't believe the animated GIF issue can be overcome, but cannot seem to recreate the crash when viewing the images. Is there any specific post or thread I should look at?
 
iPhone 4. It appears to work with any .gif image. I tested this in The funny gif thread and also The daily babe thread, only occurs with gifs.
 
Oh OK, I got mine to crash as well, thanks for the report.
 
Jordan,

I can't seem to vote on any polls posted, even when logged into my account. I'm running on iPhone 4. Is this a known issue?
 
I can't seem to vote on any polls posted, even when logged into my account. I'm running on iPhone 4. Is this a known issue?

Your not doing it right. Tap a poll option and a tick should appear next to it, then tap vote in the top right of your screen. The vote button is faded out until you select a choice.
 
Floats
Your not doing it right. Tap a poll option and a tick should appear next to it, then tap vote in the top right of your screen. The vote button is faded out until you select a choice.

Thanks Floats. 👍

I'd not tried that :dunce:
 
Love this app, been using it on my iPad all day.


A couple things I've noticed, thumbnail images do not appear in posts, it just shows the post as blank. Also, scrolling within a news article in the News section isn't smooth like everywhere else.

Other than that, I love it. Well done guys!
 
I'm getting a lot of crashes on my iPhone4 with 4.2.1 on it. It happens when loading various sub-forums.
 
I finally got around to trying the app out on the Touch and it is sweet. Takes a bit to get used to the drop down for everything (like posting!) but it's slick after that. And fast, too.

Complaint - How are there only 10 reviews? Come on, people! :P
 
Love this app, been using it on my iPad all day.

A couple things I've noticed, thumbnail images do not appear in posts, it just shows the post as blank. Also, scrolling within a news article in the News section isn't smooth like everywhere else.

Other than that, I love it. Well done guys!
Yeah, the choppy scrolling is actually caused by some heavy JS/CSS3 magic in the iPad WordPress theme that I'm using (it's not part of the native app itself, more like a special browser window). I've brought that to the theme designer's attention and hopefully it will be resolved soon.

I'm getting a lot of crashes on my iPhone4 with 4.2.1 on it. It happens when loading various sub-forums.
Interesting, I haven't had any crashes on my iPhone 4 yet (other than with the animated GIF bug). Is there any particular forum where you can reliably re-create the crash?

Wow your in the top 50 free social networking apps on the AppStore, nice going!
Really? :eek: Wow, thanks for letting me know. There was a spike of about 6,000 downloads in three days after I made the formal announcement so I guess that was enough to get into the top list for a while. :)
 
Not sure if you've hit on this yet, but it would be nice to have an option to view in Safari, or at least the ability to copy the URL link from whatever page we are viewing at the time.


EDIT: another thing I just thought of, it would be nice to see a small marking or icon on a thread that shows that I have posted in that thread. Would make it easier to remember all the threads that you've posted in if you want to see replies in it.
 
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You can view threads in Safari by tapping on the smaller thread title in the empty space at the top of the "page". I'll pass along your suggestion.
 
Interesting, I haven't had any crashes on my iPhone 4 yet (other than with the animated GIF bug). Is there any particular forum where you can reliably re-create the crash?

It's Cars in General for the most part. It's done under 3G data too instead of wi-fi.
 
Does the red or green dot under peoples names denote whether they're currently off/online?
 
I just realized that there is no way to read the text inside spoiler tags. It does allow you to select to view a spoiler inside a post, but that spoiler says "highlight text to view spoiler", and you cannot highlight said text on the iPad. It just highlights the square that's around the text.

Just a heads up.
 
Ah, that's interesting. I introduced spoiler tags before touch-based devices were popular. It looks like I'll need to re-write their implementation.
 
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