Help Wanted -- Design of this forum! — Forum Archive

28 Jul 2003, 14:22

I'm still doing the blue prints of the v3.0, and I'm in the process of rethinking the design of this forum.

It's not so bad, but it's not nice, and especially, I think it misses the New order related link.

I'm willing to check out any design that can be submitted, especially for a color patern, and especially for the buttons & other images, plus, anyone wanting to give a shot to a "revamping" of the list pages is more than welcomed.

Of course, you noticed that NOOL is in the blue scheme ;) that is still a key.

Just checking if anyone is interested in working on buttons & other stuff, remember that the forum is the most active part of the site, and the key will always been loading speed too! So your design would be viewed by a lot of people...

28 Jul 2003, 14:29

I actually think it is rather nice, you know!

One suggestion may be an optional "low bandwidth" version, cos it can be a bit image-heavy at times.

28 Jul 2003, 15:01

what's your time frame? I would be very happy to help out. :D

28 Jul 2003, 15:17

check out the forums at www.dirty.org

the best, user friendly forums i know about. shows which users are browsing each forum etc...

www.dirty.org/forums (or forum) you should be able to navigate to the forums from dirty.org

28 Jul 2003, 15:57

Originally posted by WenOrder what's your time frame? I would be very happy to help out. :D

Time frame? Surely after Community :D

I hate the fact that my PC is hijacked by Visual Studio.NET, it slows down the computer so much that I'm about to remove it.. but I have a better computer at work (for the first time ever!) and I might give it a shot from here in my lunch hours when I feel like it :D

28 Jul 2003, 16:02

I'm very much interested, so email me anymore details.

28 Jul 2003, 18:50

i like this look. :shrug:

29 Jul 2003, 09:15

I say wait until the next cd, and theme it like that.

29 Jul 2003, 10:35

Originally posted by Snucker i like this look.

I like it too, well, I like some part of it, things like the thread page and the post page are dated and should be enhanced..

And I think since it's a New Order based forum, we should add a few elements about it... not too much, just a touch!

31 Jul 2003, 06:15

The beauty of this forum is its user-friendly nature, and aside from simplifying the search facility, I wouldn't look to change too much. There are other aspects of the site that could do with maybe a different approach, but by and large everything is here. What sort of say can we have in future design of the rest of the site ? I'd welcome the opportunity to contribute ideas for the other bits - I guess they aren't as frequently browsed as the forum.

1 Aug 2003, 13:45

I like the site/forums as they are - very well done. If they become too graphic-laden, it might slow down response times, especially for those with slower connections.

However, as always, I'm more than happy to contribute - as long as I know what's needed

:beer:

1 Aug 2003, 16:43

I think these forums are horribly slow. Ever since going back on 56k hell I don't visit much because it's just so slllooowwwwww.

7 Aug 2003, 10:03

Send the whole thing into a black hole where it belongs!!

Still watchin'!!

:smoking:

8 Aug 2003, 06:04

Originally posted by Muffy Send the whole thing into a black hole where it belongs!!Still watchin'!!

This is far more respetable now without any PEEPING MUFFIES! :laugh:

9 Aug 2003, 03:46

yeah, they´re pretty slow. and i have broadband! i don´t know how could make it faster though. maybe there´re too many images, smilies, avatars etc.? :scratch:

anyway that would be my only complaint. the rest is absolutely fantastic!

9 Aug 2003, 13:07

Originally posted by almanso yeah, they´re pretty slow. and i have broadband! i don´t know how could make it faster though. maybe there´re too many images, smilies, avatars etc.?

One solution may be to add a size-limit on the avatars.

Another solution that I use is to surf using Opera in its MDI mode (multi-document within the appliction). I use the mouse-gesture-thingy they have (or the keyboard combination) to open the threads (pages) I want to read in the background of the current window (document). The background pages keeps on loading while I reading another page. When I'm done with one page, another page is already fully loaded and ready to be read.

You can of course do this in other browsers as well, but it will require more steps on your part.

The above technique is also very useful when searching for something using Google or reading a newspaper online.

I'm sure this has been mentioned already, but it'd be nice to see what topics have new postings since the last time I looked.

/TLV

12 Aug 2003, 01:54

i want to say something about the polls. is it possible to remove the "view results" button? that would make the people vote to know what´s going on. many people cheat and see what everybody else is voting. with that information they come back and vote, clearly influenced by what they saw. i think it could be useful for the Community polls...

12 Aug 2003, 09:51

Originally posted by almanso i want to say something about the polls. is it possible to remove the "view results" button? that would make the people vote to know what´s going on. many people cheat and see what everybody else is voting. with that information they come back and vote, clearly influenced by what they saw. i think it could be useful for the Community polls...

Yes, that could go some way to making it a bit more equitable.

12 Aug 2003, 12:16

Originally posted by almanso i want to say something about the polls. is it possible to remove the "view results" button? that would make the people vote to know what´s going on. many people cheat and see what everybody else is voting. with that information they come back and vote, clearly influenced by what they saw. i think it could be useful for the Community polls...

I can't.. people not registered see the results only, otherwise it would be a mess...

Since you can vote for a government and have seen the surveys in the paper the day before, if your vote is influenced by what others are saying, then you have a problem :D