Forum Changes

[Fyron]

Richard said:
Some folks on the forum close the forum areas they are not interested.

I was not aware I could do that. Thanks for the info!

[Will]

Yeah, just some thoughts:

Move the sidebar thing to the right side, it just seems like it would fit better on that side to me.

Instead of having the press releases all spread out, in boxes, I think it would look much nicer (and cleaner!) if it is more of a list with everything on top. So, the "title" of the PR would take up the entire width of the sidebar (potentially), and the "subtitle" link would be directly under it. Then, instead of scrolling down a lot to see the next one, it begins immediately below. I'm not sure what would be a good use of the remaining space, or if it might be possible for posts "below" the PRs on a page can overflow to take that space back again. Well, it is possible to do that, now that I think about it, only it complicates the HTML considerably.

Also, I'm noticing that on the post-reply page, the text in both Firefox and IE is extremely close to the border. I tried in both because I've generally seen something like that happen in FF, but not IE. Perhaps add a little bit of padding, a pixel or two, for this page. The same thing is on the main forum listing, but the Post Icons help out with the spacing, and the problem isn't as noticable.

And to drag an old issue up: I want the bullet logo back, damnit

[CovertJaguar]

The Proxomitron is an amazing tool. Bye, bye sidebar. Just a couple of custom filters will make those sidebars go away.

No offence to you at shrapnel intended. They just take up too much room in my opinion. Feel free to delete this post if you wish.

Just add these two lines to their own custum web filters in the Matching Expression box, one line for each filter. Set the urls in both to "www.shrapnelcommunity.com" Increase the the byte limit to 2500 and 5000 respectively and Voila! No sidebar.
Code:

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<table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" id="pr">**</a><br></td>*</table>*</td>

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Code:

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<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="150" class="darktable?">*\n</table>

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EDIT: These no longer work after the latest changes. If someone asks I will post the new one, but only if someone asks.

[David E. Gervais]

I don't mind the 'press releases' info bar/fram on the left. I for one like that we can now go the the 'Shrapnel Home' from the formus instead of loading a second bookmark.

I of course would have to suggest that the 'text frames' be replaced with some spiffy graphic banner for the various news items, but that's just me. Perhaps a simple background for the text would work.

Also I agree that the press info not be spread out evenly, just have them at the top of the forum.

Just some thoughts, Cheers!

[David E. Gervais]

I just had to,..



What do you think of this sample?

Cheers!

[David E. Gervais]

And here is the blank gif that I used as the background..



You are in no way obligated to use this, I just felt compelled to do this little tweak.

Cheers!

[Captain Kwok]

David - it looks too churchy or like the cover of one of those devotional books.

[Atrocities]

I have to be honest, I really dislike how everything is shifted to the right. To me it would be better if the add things, or whatever they are, were on the left or just the top and bottom of the forum.

[Atrocities]

Well I have been browsing now for about an hour and I am become use to the forum again. I still would like to see the adds and such on the right but other than that, nice work.