F1 Fanatic’s new features at-a-glance
F1 Fanatic updates
A quick guide to the new features introduced on the site today.
For more on the changes, see here:
Community enhancements
- Follow other F1 Fanatics and keeping up with their activity on the site
- Private messaging system allows you to send direct messages to other F1 Fanatics
- Refer to other users using @-messages and receive notifications when someone refers to on the site
- New community functions available by redesigned top navigation bar and always in view
New user profiles
- Name your preferred drivers, teams and other types of motor sport, and find others F1 Fanatics with the same tastes
- Easier profile updating
- Upload and edit your avatar directly to the site
- Your own activity stream shows all your activity across the site including the main blog and forums
- Post unique updates directly into your own activity stream
- Configure which site notifications you receive
- Option to report spam users
Click on “My Account” at the top-left of the page when logged in to see these new features. Not got an account? Click here to register for one.
Groups
- Dedicated groups for different areas of discussion including race visitors, other racing series and more
- Join the groups you’re interested in to stay up-to-date with them more easily
- Suggest new groups for other subjects you’re interested in
View and join the F1 Fanatic Groups
Forums
- Now fully integrated within the main site including the mobile site
- Post videos from major video-sharing sites (YouTube, DailyMotion, Vimoe and more) easily via oEmbed
View the new F1 Fanatic Forums
Search
- New search facility shows results by article, username, group and forum
- Individual results pages available for article, username, group and forum
- Search box is always in view at the top-right of the page
Design
- General style refresh to incorporate new elements
- Wider article and comment columns
- Single sidebar layout
- Revised top navigation bars
Mobile
- New mobile site design
- Forums and threaded commenting now supported
- New site functionality also supported
- Toggle between the normal and desktop views on mobile devices
Bug fixes
- Internet Explorer 9 commenting bug fixed
As always, if you experience any problems with the site please follow these steps to report them:
Please leave any other feedback on the changes below.
czhihong (@czhihong) said on 6th October 2011, 7:06
Keith, I still view the desktop version of the site when I browse with my phone and I can’t find where to change it.
My phone is a LG Optimus 7, with the Windows Phone OS.
US_Peter (@us_peter) said on 6th October 2011, 7:22
@keithcollantine, will the site login now log us in for the live blogs as well?
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine) said on 6th October 2011, 7:35
@us_peter Afraid not.
US_Peter (@us_peter) said on 6th October 2011, 7:37
Bummer. I hope that’s in the cards for a future update.
alexf1man (@alexf1man) said on 6th October 2011, 8:05
Now all we need is a user’s Twitter directory :-)
JamieFranklinF1 (@jamiefranklinf1) said on 6th October 2011, 8:45
Great job! The changes are fantastic :D
bosyber (@bosyber) said on 6th October 2011, 9:20
Wow, didn’t see the site yesterday, had a very busy day. This looks very interesting, and good. Looking forward to exploring all the new bits over the weekend! Thanks a lot @keithcollantine
Girts (@girts) said on 6th October 2011, 10:18
This morning I decided that I should focus more on my job and spend less time reading and discussing F1 stuff on F1 Fanatic.
But then I saw THIS.
I don’t know how you did this but the outcome is awesome. Everyone who has participated in implementing all the changes deserves maximum respect.