Forum Changes

geoschmo · #1 March 5th, 2005, 11:16 PM

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Gandalf Parker said:
Right side or bottom makes no sense. No one would ever see it. Same with options to see or not see it. Those all would work as well as "let us post what we want without topic forums because we jump straight to SEIV and never see the other stuff"

Exactly! That's why people are suggesting it!

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Suicide Junkie said:
It may just be me, but I think the sidebar is a little slimmer than before.

I agree with the impression, but it may just be an optical illusion because of the difference in color? I'm not really sure.

Suicide Junkie · #2 March 5th, 2005, 11:36 PM

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Exactly! That's why people are suggesting it!

The option to have it on the right is good.

See, the point is not to FORCE it on people. It is to have it available in case they want to use it.

A floater on the bottom might be good too.

Since we read from the top left, that is where the actual forum should be.
When we are looking for news or links, that's when we glance around the page to find it.
The main point of the forum is to discuss things and post about mods and tips and other interesting things. This attracts more customers to the place.

Having a set of links handy to point the new customers in the direction of the cash register is a good idea, but it should not be the main focus of the forum, which is to just be a forum and attract people.

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BTW, I think the background of the press boxes should defnitely be related to the actual thing being presented.

Then as soon as I see a mostly black one, with red in the middle, out of the corner of my eye, I'll know to jump on it and pre-order myself some SE5 goodness

If I see one with an RTS theme, and hate RTSs, I can ignore it.

A nice default background, like david's glass-boxed desert scene would be good for those that do not have an obvious topical choice.

David E. Gervais · #3 March 5th, 2005, 11:44 PM

Ok, I see the image now, I had to do a ctrl+F5 to force a cold refresh. I see what Fyron means about the blue now. Yellow text is a good contrasting color for placing over a blue background.

Anyway, right now the left press release frame is just a tad bit too narrow, the right side of the pic is being clipped.

just a quick observation, keep up the great work Richard, and remember to breathe in,.. out,.. in,.. out.. slowly and take all out 'fussing' with a big grain of salt.

Cheers!

Suicide Junkie · #4 March 5th, 2005, 11:54 PM

At the moment, the top-bar banner appears to link to random games. Since it appears to be 100% shrapnel stuff, why not cycle the news there...

Especially if you code things with a coloured border; new games could be green, game status changes (backorder, etc) could be blue. Major new mods (I see there are some for dom2) could be in yellow. Red could be for critical global news, such as the forum move, or an important staffing change.

Gandalf Parker · #5 March 6th, 2005, 12:08 AM

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Suicide Junkie said:
At the moment, the top-bar banner appears to link to random games. Since it appears to be 100% shrapnel stuff, why not cycle the news there...
Especially if you code things with a coloured border; new games could be green, game status changes (backorder, etc) could be blue. Major new mods (I see there are some for dom2) could be in yellow. Red could be for critical global news, such as the forum move, or an important staffing change.

Hmmm not a bad suggestion. I thought at first they were trying to keep the same little squares they used on the first page to avoid having to make 2 such squares for each news piece. But since they are playing with backgrounds I guess not.

CovertJaguar · #6 March 5th, 2005, 11:58 PM

Since you asked Combat Wombat, here you go.

You only need one filter this time, you can delete one of them if you have two.
URL Match = www.shrapnelcommunity.com
Byte Limit = 10000
Matching Expression:
Code:

<table * id="pr">**<tr></tr></table>*\n</td>

Gandalf Parker · #7 March 6th, 2005, 12:03 AM

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CovertJaguar said:
Since you asked Combat Wombat, here you go.

So you are going to post it in their forum how to block out their changes? Ever hear the term "escalation"? You will probably wish you had accepted the first effort. For that matter if everyone hadnt griped about the OT thing you might have avoided this. But go ahead and continue making it worse.

Cant wait to see what they do about the rule #5 violations filling the database just for a post count.

CovertJaguar · #8 March 6th, 2005, 12:12 AM

What? First effort? I only posted them because Combat Wombat asked for them. The only reason it broke before is because the filters were poorly made and the change in size of the sidebar messed them up. If shrapnel asks me to stop I will. Additionally, I will only post the filters if someone asks for them.

And what do you mean by the "OT thing"?

Baron Munchausen · #9 March 6th, 2005, 12:29 AM

I agree that the banner sidebar would be less of a problem if it did not appear in the message threads. Once you have read the notices while viewing the topic list, that's enough. However, I also am a Proxomitron user and it took me about 1 minute to whip up an effective filter for myself.

Gandalf Parker · #10 March 6th, 2005, 12:32 AM

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CovertJaguar said:
And what do you mean by the "OT thing"?

It was suggested that maybe the wildly OT posts that created long flamewars should be in Shrapnel General which was made for it. Response along the line of "our little community" and "we come straight here and dont see other forums or the main pages". Response along the line of "that might not be a good thing to declare" and "in other forums that has led to" followed by a description of different things including what we are seeing now.