RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted May 20, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 20, 2019 Hello Is it just me or is the Bachmann website off the air? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
roy h Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 Just tried and got a hosting Company page. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnd Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 Does anybody actually use there web site?! I find it BxxxxxY awfull ! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators AY Mod Posted May 20, 2019 Moderators Share Posted May 20, 2019 3 minutes ago, johnd said: Does anybody actually use there web site?! Of course they do. I have tried to flag the outage to them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium rab Posted May 20, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 20, 2019 27 minutes ago, johnd said: Does anybody actually use there web site?! I find it BxxxxxY awfull ! No but I expect some people use their website. 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 Working fine for me right now. Perhaps fixed since the above reports? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted May 21, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted May 21, 2019 Seems the proper desktop version is fine, the mobile version is on the blink still. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 20 hours ago, johnd said: Does anybody actually use there web site?! I find it BxxxxxY awfull ! I agree. Drop down menus don’t work on my ipad and the previous incarnation was far superior. But that’s progress and gives the IT department something to do . 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 1 hour ago, John M Upton said: Seems the proper desktop version is fine, the mobile version is on the blink still. No, not the case. My earlier comment was based on what I see on my iPad. Also, like RMWeb, Bachmann don’t have separate desktop and mobile versions. There is only one version, which automatically adjusts positioning and size of display elements according to the screen size you use. I also dont don’t understand the comment by “rob d2”. Drop down menus work perfectly fine on my iPad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted May 21, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted May 21, 2019 I am using Chrome on an Android phone and those menus (when the website works) aren't working either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ian Hargrave Posted May 21, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 21, 2019 36 minutes ago, Kiwi said: No, not the case. My earlier comment was based on what I see on my iPad. Also, like RMWeb, Bachmann don’t have separate desktop and mobile versions. There is only one version, which automatically adjusts positioning and size of display elements according to the screen size you use. I also dont don’t understand the comment by “rob d2”. Drop down menus work perfectly fine on my iPad. Performance on my iPad is flaky atm.Not functioning as it should. It is the latest Apple version btw. Would say the IT staff need to look at its performance which is patchy and erratic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 I'm wondering whether these website glitches are being caused by the last Windows update as some are having problems and others aren't. See the South Eastern Finecast and Windows update threads. Jason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 1 hour ago, Steamport Southport said: I'm wondering whether these website glitches are being caused by the last Windows update as some are having problems and others aren't. See the South Eastern Finecast and Windows update threads. Jason Not many iPads run on Windows 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widnes Model Centre Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 FYI, new system being implemented at Bachmann. Probably down due to that being installed. Don’t think it was supposed to effect the website. But there again... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
truffy Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 16 hours ago, rob D2 said: the previous incarnation was far superior. But that’s progress and gives the IT department something to do . The previous incarnation was not perfect, but at least you could sort products by era. The current sorting options are not particularly helpful. (Just my opinion) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 1 hour ago, truffy said: The previous incarnation was not perfect, but at least you could sort products by era. The current sorting options are not particularly helpful. (Just my opinion) I must really be the odd one out here. Not only have I not experienced even the slightest problem with their website at any time this week, but I have zero difficulty finding products by era. Far easier than the old site. I go to the Bachmann Branchline page; look at the bottom right corner where all the era’s are listed (in varying fonts to indicate relative number of products in each); click on the one I want and almost instantly have an easy to read schedule of all of them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ian Hargrave Posted May 22, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 22, 2019 (edited) Well in response to the above,I thought I’d try again.And lo,the same result on my ( latest Apple version) iPad. Drop down is still unstable. ( Edit) Tried now with Windows 10 .....it works perfectly . Weird. Edited May 22, 2019 by Ian Hargrave Additional information Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
truffy Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 2 hours ago, Kiwi said: I must really be the odd one out here. Not only have I not experienced even the slightest problem with their website at any time this week, but I have zero difficulty finding products by era. Far easier than the old site. I go to the Bachmann Branchline page; look at the bottom right corner where all the era’s are listed (in varying fonts to indicate relative number of products in each); click on the one I want and almost instantly have an easy to read schedule of all of them. It's not the same thing at all. On the old site, if you selected OO steam engines, for example, you could then sort them in era order. On the new site, you can only sort on price, popularity, or 'newness', not era. If you select the era at the bottom of the page (not very convenient, below the fold!) it gives you everything from that era, engines, carriages, wagons. I guess you could then sort on price, with the expectation that engines would be more expensive than wagons, but still! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butler Henderson Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 Still remains the fact that the website is the "temporary one" that was meant to be replaced last summer; obviously the website is on the same schedule as the 158 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium James Makin Posted May 23, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 23, 2019 As a compliment to RMWeb I must say I’ll go to this forum if I ever want to find out about a Bachmann product, never thought to go to their website in many years, our lovely gang here always have the real info you need to know! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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