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TLDR: Yes, because the posting page iframe is responsive and the rest of the forum isn't really.

Longer: It's partially the editor, and it's partially how PB is structured. As I mentioned initially, PB is not inherently mobile compatible. If you wanted to tweak more than a handful of things, it would require a significant rewrite of PB's underlying structure (you can see an example at my own site, here: [home page] versus [posting page]) so that every page a) had multiple media queries that cover a wider range of sizes of desktop, tablet, and phone; and b) actually had almost entirely different CSS dependent on the screen size as defined by the aforementioned media queries.

What is effectively happening on the PB end is that you've turned off "mobile" view, which means that you're by default requesting 'desktop' view. Desktop view is just that: desktop. It will fit the entire forum onto your phone, emulating what it would do if you were actually on a desktop device, unless you've otherwise specified (in the CSS) to show something else. Some of PB's default structure is responsive, some isn't, and mobile browsers don't handle mixed content like that particularly well.

The editor page is one of the parts of the default structure that is actually inherently responsive to a degree. If you notice, your banner text is actually truncated on this page, because the elements on it are responsive, allowing the site to "zoom in" as it were (it's not actually a zoom, it's just responding to the device's default sizing). The home page, on the other hand, assumes you're on a desktop device because there's nothing in the CSS that tells the browser otherwise other than a fluid width (which only allows the width to respond to the viewport, but does not tell any other element on the page that they need to be displayed differently), so you get the "whole" page versus a page that is specifically designed with mobile in mind.

^ If you look at my site as an example, the responsiveness (which is still imperfect) is a result of distinct media queries that cover a range of viewport sizes, and different CSS declarations for a vast majority of them. I have 4 media queries (one for small viewports, medium, large, and extra large; I don't always use them simultaneously as some elements may not need to have distinct versions between viewports, but the widths of the target viewports are are pre-declared so that I can use them as needed. Here's a snippet of what my CSS looks like with an element that needs to look different at different sizes of screen:

@media only screen and (min-width: @screen_md) { /* 768px + */
   .board--card-full-width { grid-column-end: span 2; flex-direction: row; align-items: center; }

   .board--card-full-width .main { max-height: none; max-width: 50%; padding: 25px 30px 30px 50px; flex-basis: 50%; }
   .board--card-full-width .main::after { background-position: left center; background-size: contain; width: 650px; height: 650px; border-radius: 50%; position: absolute; top: 50%; left: 0; z-index: -1; transform: translateY(-50%); }
   .board--card-full-width .main .icon { padding-bottom: 15px; }
   .board--card-full-width .main .desc { margin-top: 12px; }

   .board--card-full-width .avatar { max-height: none; max-width: 70px; margin-top: 0; margin-right: -35px; }

   .board--card-full-width .recent { padding: 30px; }
}

@media only screen and (min-width: @screen_lg) { /* 1024px + */
   .board--card-full-width .main { padding: 25px 60px 30px 75px; }

   .board--card-full-width .recent { padding: 30px 60px; }
}

@media only screen and (min-width: @screen_xl) { /* 1200px + */
   .board--card-full-width { grid-column-end: span 3; }
}



As you can see, my media queries cover a distinct grouping of sizes with different behaviours called out for each for this particular element. You can use the inspect tool from the right-click menu to emulate different sizes. I haven't captured everything (there are way too many devices with different sizes), but broadly speaking I've captured a wide array of them by using these 4 queries repeatedly.

If I recall correctly, this happens specifically due to the iframe for the preview editor — there are only a handful of things you can do that impact that iframe because it loads separately, so I am not sure if there's anything we can do specifically; I'll have to check it out on Monday, if no one else gets to it in the meantime!

awesome, well done!

Honestly, despite my suggestion, I generally either find staff from my friends who RP (I have been RPing with some of the same people for years on end, including my fiancé), or from active members of the RP site who are clearly experienced in the nuances of RP forums.

The qualities I look for (not an exhaustive list but kind of the general gist):

- someone who is kind and has shown a willingness to help others, whether by explaining the forum rules, or by helping people get jump started in the game by offering to thread with them
- someone who embodies the qualities i would expect of a mod if something negative were to happen: keeps a cool head, redirects any public fighting to PMs, etc
- someone who has demonstrated decently consistent activity both in the RP itself and in the OOC community
- someone who can communicate by text clearly without coming across as sanctimonious or rude (this one is subjective, and I don't expect perfection in this trait)
- someone who has a history with the forum and is invested in its success; I don't promote new members, or people who ask me to be staff

I hope this helps!

I have been roleplaying for nearly 20 years now; it is absolutely almost a part time job, if not more, if you have the kind of RP that requires a lot of moderation  (eg: people need to submit profiles, or there's a point / participation system, etc).

I may not be the best person to ask, but nothing about your work seems odd — I've spent weeks on updates and themes and codexes / site information, etc. I've written several world building stories, canon character profiles... it's definitely Work.

Lately, I have moved away from this style of moderation, but it's still a not insignificant amount of work. My rules have been boiled down to the most basic rules possible, but I still have to check profiles, do post moderation, help people, and then actually participate in the RP on top of my full time job. It takes even longer now because I don't have a lot of spare time anymore.

Bit of a ramble, but yeah — this is definitely within the realm of normal for RP sites. You may have more luck with experienced mods if you visit RPG resource forums like RPG-D, Pixel-Perfect (animanga mainly), and so on.

theoretically you could use some CSS to achieve this, how comfortable are you editing your CSS stylesheet?

could you do me a favour and see if you can right click the "empty" space where you are typing to bring up the right click menu. if so, click "inspect" and see what is impacting the css there (it should show the css that is applied to the element) and you can use the browser console to make browser-end changes to try and isolate the issue (these won't save if you reload but it's a good low-stress way to mess with specific elements without messing anything up permanently.