THE FORUM IS DIFFERENT

[TheSituation]

The side bar is just annoying. Sure it's useful but I'm so accustomed to the old forum and other forums.

[adarqui]

The side bar is just annoying. Sure it's useful but I'm so accustomed to the old forum and other forums.

calm down brabus, you'll be able to hide it eventually.

why is it annoying if it's useful? i just need to clean it up etc.

[TheSituation]

Takes my focus off the center of the screen. Doesn't help that its such an eccentric color. It's not a big deal, just a slight annoyance.

[adarqui]

Takes my focus off the center of the screen. Doesn't help that its such an eccentric color. It's not a big deal, just a slight annoyance.

ya i was just thinking about getting rid of the color and just light graying it...

i kind of dont like the red colors in the forum either.. i dno, might grey those out also.

we'll see i have to keep fucking with it.

pc

[Raptor]

Yeah I agree the side bar is somewhat annoying, especially as the whole forum name doesn't get into it and you see "...", but then again you can't afford to lose screen real-estate viewing the entire name so...

But it's also useful, I takes away from having to watch around and see what forum has new messages into it.

[adarqui]

Yeah I agree the side bar is somewhat annoying, especially as the whole forum name doesn't get into it and you see "...", but then again you can't afford to lose screen real-estate viewing the entire name so...

right that's why i have the ellipses '...' i'd rather it be pretty small.

i changed the color on it so to make it a little less eye catching, except for the highlighted tabs.

But it's also useful, I takes away from having to watch around and see what forum has new messages into it.

yup, i've come to find it very useful.. for example, i just woke up, there was 7 active tabs, just clicked through each one looking at the new threads.. very fast nav.. i need to add those mods to it that siefullaah proposed.

peace

[entropy]

So like Flander I find the scrollbar breaks on my tablet (Android) and I can't scroll or view any of the forum. Doh. It works fine on my android phone though, cos i'm presuming that retrieves the mobile site but my tab retrieves the desktop one? Dunno.

I love the new top bar, the colours and look is perfect.

I just have a tiny complaint about the upvote/downvote counter, it's just a number atm, but before it was more prominent and felt more whole, because it integrated with the up and down arrows. The three things (up, down and counter) should go together imho.

[adarqui]

So like Flander I find the scrollbar breaks on my tablet (Android) and I can't scroll or view any of the forum. Doh. It works fine on my android phone though, cos i'm presuming that retrieves the mobile site but my tab retrieves the desktop one? Dunno.

ah.. i took it out for ipad etc, i guess it's not catching your android tablet user agent.. can you paste me your user agent so I can disable it for you? then the site will work normal.

http://whatsmyuseragent.com/

I love the new top bar, the colours and look is perfect.

thanks!

ya i'm getting around to trying to really tweak the look of the forum now.. need to model the scroll bar after that menu bar, and allow for people to change colors (and have it permanent) if they want.

I just have a tiny complaint about the upvote/downvote counter, it's just a number atm, but before it was more prominent and felt more whole, because it integrated with the up and down arrows. The three things (up, down and counter) should go together imho.

hm?

it doesnt show up/down voting icons if it's YOUR post.. for every other post, it should show: number up down

if it's not showing up/down arrows then it's something i have to fix.. but it won't let you upvote your own posts anymore hehe.

peace man

[adarqui]

should look like this:



no??

for my posts, it just says '0' or whatever the respect number is.

pC!

[entropy]

Yeah, i mean it doesn't seem 'together' lol

+10

this visually bundles them together into one 'widget'

And when looking at my own posts it's just one single number, no context around it like above. The same thing happens for EVERY post when not logged in, which I don't like.

TLDR: Whether you are looking at your own posts, someone elses, whether you are logged in or not, it should show the same thing always:

+10

And yea you can't upvote your own posts, so maybe the colours of the arrows should stay grey in that case. If not logged in they should be grey too. They get coloured when you're logged in and looking at someone elses posts, which is what happens already.


 .. not sure if i'm explaining very well

[adarqui]

Yeah, i mean it doesn't seem 'together' lol

+10

this visually bundles them together into one 'widget'

And when looking at my own posts it's just one single number, no context around it like above. The same thing happens for EVERY post when not logged in, which I don't like.

 .. not sure if i'm explaining very well

not i got you.. i can put the rep in the middle for posts that you can rep.. and if you can't rep (own post), i can do like, Rep: +5 etc


btw, does your tablet work now?

my user agent parser was looking for "android+mobile", i just changed it to android.. should get rid of the left nav.

peace mang!#$!@

[adarqui]

Yeah, i mean it doesn't seem 'together' lol

+10

this visually bundles them together into one 'widget'

And when looking at my own posts it's just one single number, no context around it like above. The same thing happens for EVERY post when not logged in, which I don't like.

TLDR: Whether you are looking at your own posts, someone elses, whether you are logged in or not, it should show the same thing always:

+10

And yea you can't upvote your own posts, so maybe the colours of the arrows should stay grey in that case. If not logged in they should be grey too. They get coloured when you're logged in and looking at someone elses posts, which is what happens already.


 .. not sure if i'm explaining very well

appreciate that.. well, they are 'gray' to indicate that we havn't voted for that post.. once we vote, it changes it permanently to green (up) or red (down).. so, having them colored by default might be a little confusing.. ill change it up right now though for the other stuff.

[entropy]

Yup works beautifully on the tablet now. cheers!

[entropy]

appreciate that.. well, they are 'gray' to indicate that we havn't voted for that post.. once we vote, it changes it permanently to green (up) or red (down).. so, having them colored by default might be a little confusing.. ill change it up right now though for the other stuff.

Grey when you haven't voted makes sense. But it makes sense if you're not logged in either (because you haven't  yet or cannot vote). And it makes sense when looking at your own posts too (because you haven't and cannot vote for them).

So basically the only change i'm suggesting is showing the grey arrows around the counter -
a) when not logged in
b) when logged in but looking at your own posts

It just gives a visual indication of what the number means. And for consistency I think it should be the same appearance whether you're logged in or not, or whether its your own post or not.

the following cases are already fine, no change needed:
c) grey arrows when logged in when you haven't voted a post yet

Thanks again

[adarqui]

Yup works beautifully on the tablet now. cheers!

nice! im such a beast.

luljk

we have a new search bar now too. looks decent.

the goal is to group all 'buttons' into menu bars etc.. so to really tighten/clean everything up.. i'll easier-on-the-eye variations for the other menu bars such as the post/reply/modify etc..

really loving that main one though.. css3/html5 is really nice.


i have a nice little flash card project i need to start soon.. going to create a 'Learning Center' subforum with child boards so it doesn't take up much space.. too bad i lost my science & practice e-notecards i made... will have to re-do them one day, for this project.