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Delta Admin
Posts : 2281 Upvotes: : 84 Join date : 2010-10-11
| Subject: (Poll!) Forum Improvement Suggestions Thu Dec 13, 2012 3:08 am | |
| Post here if you have suggestions on how the forum might be improved! There are distinct limits on what this type of forum will allow us to change — we can't, for instance, have the chatbox make a sound whenever someone makes a post — and I myself am more of a photoshopper than a web designer, but nevertheless if there's something you'd like to see changed we can look into it and get back to you if it's something we want to happen! - Original OP:
So guys as you may or may not know, the fact that I am now an admin has sent me stark-raving mad with power, and I am now maniacally changing the colours of things, and images here and there, as a cover while I plan World War Three. The purpose of this thread is for me to share any tweaks I make, or propose to make, and for you guys to critique them before/after they happen and make suggestions. Obviously because I am a Photoshopper rather than a web design whiz these will mostly, for my part, be aesthetic alterations. Current changes made:—Temporary Christmas banner! —Darkened bars (such as that behind the 'Latest Topics' heading) to increase text visibility — altering the text colour proved impractical. —New Section icon set: [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]—New 'New Thread' / 'Post Reply' / 'Thread Locked' buttons: [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]—New gender icons for greater compatibility with a black background: [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]—Darkened the navigation bar a touch to match the banner and bars. In the pipeline:—Making a new 'Who is online' image. —Changing every orange button to a shade of blue, or maybe white. Ready to go (looking for feedback!):—New Forum icon: [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] (This may or may not actually be something I can do — I'll have to try it out first)
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DRaGO Bronze Spice
Posts : 1420 Upvotes: : 39 Join date : 2011-08-10 Age : 27 Location : Standing over Sargas Ruk's body.
| Subject: Re: (Poll!) Forum Improvement Suggestions Thu Dec 13, 2012 3:29 am | |
| I like all of the new icons; I say use them! And I have a suggestion. When you're writing a post in the full editor (not the little box at the bottom of the page) or making an OP, the emoticons list can get a little... Distracting. I say it would be worth making a separate section for animated emoticons, and all other non-animated ones or frequently used one in a different section. I know for a fact this can be done (I own a forum, ISN'T THAT NEWS?) and that it's rather easy. Ping me on Steam if you want me to point you in the right direction, Delta. | |
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Potatrobot Bronze Spice
Posts : 1601 Upvotes: : 21 Join date : 2010-11-19 Age : 29 Location : Triangulating...
| Subject: Re: (Poll!) Forum Improvement Suggestions Thu Dec 13, 2012 3:47 am | |
| All the icons look great, but I just can't see the Christmas banner. I assume it has something to do with my school's network proxy, which filters out images form certain hosting sites. Grumpybumpers, for one. | |
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DRaGO Bronze Spice
Posts : 1420 Upvotes: : 39 Join date : 2011-08-10 Age : 27 Location : Standing over Sargas Ruk's body.
| Subject: Re: (Poll!) Forum Improvement Suggestions Thu Dec 13, 2012 4:06 am | |
| Oh Delta, you know the little words below your name that show your rank (Bronze Spice, Purple Spice, etc.). Well, you can change that to say whatever you want. Whatever you want. | |
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Dark_Plague Bronze Spice
Posts : 1630 Upvotes: : 4 Join date : 2010-08-27 Age : 24 Location : Canada, Somewhere freezing my ass
| Subject: Re: (Poll!) Forum Improvement Suggestions Thu Dec 13, 2012 4:48 am | |
| The changes so far are really nice! | |
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ReFrostE Silver Spice
Posts : 3831 Upvotes: : 14 Join date : 2010-08-27 Age : 1014 Location : Fuck if I know
| Subject: Re: (Poll!) Forum Improvement Suggestions Thu Dec 13, 2012 7:59 am | |
| I know how to change the web Icon, and I'll tell you if you need help with that.
Buut, don't you think wishing a "Merry Christmas" is a bit generalizing? I'd think it be more appropriate to say "We wish you a happy holiday." It could just be me but I think we should also recognize that Christmas is not the only winter holiday in the world. | |
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Kitty Silver Spice
Posts : 3148 Upvotes: : 58 Join date : 2010-09-11 Age : 27 Location : Waterfall, Underground
| Subject: Re: (Poll!) Forum Improvement Suggestions Thu Dec 13, 2012 8:21 am | |
| - FrostieBuniou wrote:
- Buut, don't you think wishing a "Merry Christmas" is a bit generalizing? I'd think it be more appropriate to say "We wish you a happy holiday." It could just be me but I think we should also recognize that Christmas is not the only winter holiday in the world.
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]what did you just say about christmas | |
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ReFrostE Silver Spice
Posts : 3831 Upvotes: : 14 Join date : 2010-08-27 Age : 1014 Location : Fuck if I know
| Subject: Re: (Poll!) Forum Improvement Suggestions Thu Dec 13, 2012 8:32 am | |
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Potatrobot Bronze Spice
Posts : 1601 Upvotes: : 21 Join date : 2010-11-19 Age : 29 Location : Triangulating...
| Subject: Re: (Poll!) Forum Improvement Suggestions Thu Dec 13, 2012 8:59 am | |
| I spotted this in the scrolling bar at the top of the page. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]What's the phrase? 'Oh Delta?' Plus I finally saw the Christmas banner. Its beootyful. | |
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Delta Admin
Posts : 2281 Upvotes: : 84 Join date : 2010-10-11
| Subject: Re: (Poll!) Forum Improvement Suggestions Thu Dec 13, 2012 11:00 am | |
| Thanks for the feedback, I reckon if there are no objections I'll try out the section icons later today. @Frostie: Just keep refreshing the page; the subtitle should change to something more universally appropriate. | |
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Darkshadow Purple spice
Posts : 587 Upvotes: : 16 Join date : 2011-06-18 Age : 25 Location : Somewhere out there
| Subject: Re: (Poll!) Forum Improvement Suggestions Thu Dec 13, 2012 6:12 pm | |
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DRaGO Bronze Spice
Posts : 1420 Upvotes: : 39 Join date : 2011-08-10 Age : 27 Location : Standing over Sargas Ruk's body.
| Subject: Re: (Poll!) Forum Improvement Suggestions Thu Dec 13, 2012 6:14 pm | |
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ReFrostE Silver Spice
Posts : 3831 Upvotes: : 14 Join date : 2010-08-27 Age : 1014 Location : Fuck if I know
| Subject: Re: (Poll!) Forum Improvement Suggestions Thu Dec 13, 2012 7:36 pm | |
| I still only see the old one. | |
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Delta Admin
Posts : 2281 Upvotes: : 84 Join date : 2010-10-11
| Subject: Re: (Poll!) Forum Improvement Suggestions Sun Dec 16, 2012 1:11 am | |
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Potatrobot Bronze Spice
Posts : 1601 Upvotes: : 21 Join date : 2010-11-19 Age : 29 Location : Triangulating...
| Subject: Re: (Poll!) Forum Improvement Suggestions Sun Dec 16, 2012 1:24 am | |
| Those look cool! IMPLEMENT THEM. | |
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Delta Admin
Posts : 2281 Upvotes: : 84 Join date : 2010-10-11
| Subject: Re: (Poll!) Forum Improvement Suggestions Sun Dec 16, 2012 2:10 am | |
| The poll has been altered to account for the third option; anyone who had already voted can reassign their vote. EDIT: Poll closed; the second set of buttons has been implemented. | |
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Delta Admin
Posts : 2281 Upvotes: : 84 Join date : 2010-10-11
| Subject: Re: (Poll!) Forum Improvement Suggestions Sat Dec 22, 2012 3:36 am | |
| Now testing out some different tessellating scan lines for the background; tell me what you think. | |
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Delta Admin
Posts : 2281 Upvotes: : 84 Join date : 2010-10-11
| Subject: Re: (Poll!) Forum Improvement Suggestions Thu Apr 11, 2013 11:16 am | |
| In response to conversations on the General Chat thread and chatbox, I've put together a sample of how we could structure a new gaming section, with Spore and Minecraft as subsections (but still readily accessible from the front page): [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Thoughts? | |
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Potatrobot Bronze Spice
Posts : 1601 Upvotes: : 21 Join date : 2010-11-19 Age : 29 Location : Triangulating...
| Subject: Re: (Poll!) Forum Improvement Suggestions Thu Apr 11, 2013 11:55 am | |
| Looks pretty good. Very organised, too. Might I suggest, though, that the subsections be arranged vertically, rather than horizontally. This is mainly because at some point somebody is going to click on these and the images might not be loaded. Effectively it's to prevent people from clicking the wrong link when the pictures load and nudge the links over just before they click. It's happened to me loads of times, which is why I appreciate vertical things.
Just my two cents. | |
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Gelatino95 Silver Spice
Posts : 3501 Upvotes: : 9 Join date : 2010-06-27 Age : 28 Location : Dinosaur Planet
| Subject: Re: (Poll!) Forum Improvement Suggestions Fri Apr 12, 2013 2:37 am | |
| But those appear to be images with no text to go with them, meaning you can't even click on them until the image is loaded? | |
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Potatrobot Bronze Spice
Posts : 1601 Upvotes: : 21 Join date : 2010-11-19 Age : 29 Location : Triangulating...
| Subject: Re: (Poll!) Forum Improvement Suggestions Fri Apr 12, 2013 2:50 am | |
| Oh, true. I didn't see that.
Well my issue is null then. | |
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| Subject: Re: (Poll!) Forum Improvement Suggestions Fri Apr 12, 2013 3:24 am | |
| - Delta wrote:
- In response to conversations on the General Chat thread and chatbox, I've put together a sample of how we could structure a new gaming section, with Spore and Minecraft as subsections (but still readily accessible from the front page):
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
Thoughts? Yes. |
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