New Forum structure

alexandra · 2006-03-03 09:56:20

w00t, new forum structure is sooo much better than the one before. well done, mary!
Like it a lot. Lots of great improvements. Thanks for the work :)

andreas · 2006-03-03 11:46:49

Well, done Mary, thanks.

I have one suggestion concerning the forum descriptions and another one for the resource links.

The resource links are removed from the forum header. […] Again, where they’ll sit on the page is debatable, since I’m not quite sure the best order for forum categories to be listed in.

That’s a good thing, I’d say. Only, IMHO the links to external resources should be more clearly marked as such, perhaps a different link colour. Am I right assuming that they have to appear as “forums” to be included in the dropdown? If that’s not the case, perhaps they could be taken out of the forum table and styled as a list? In the same position, mind you, after the announcements but just not in the form of sub-forums.

The forum descriptions are a bit too prominent to my eye and are not “separated” enough from the forum titles. Perhaps the descriptions could be in a lighter shade of dark gray? Just to make the clickable forum titles stand out more.

Apart from these minor tweaks, this update is definitely a big improvement.

Neko · 2006-03-03 12:58:58

Is it possible to add buttons to the categories in order to collapse/expand them (and remember the selection via a cookie)? So I don’t have to scroll that much and can choose what to show/hide.

I mean: for first timers all those links are very much welcome, but for me (and usually long-time TXPers) it’s like raping the mouse scroll wheel everytime. :)

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kemie · 2006-03-03 14:20:38

Wow! looking great :D

i’m with andreas. the look of the external links makes me expect (if i don’t read carefully) that i will be taken to a sub-forum.

Elenita · 2006-03-03 15:17:36

Thanks for all the hard work, Mary.

Can I make a quick feature request, please? A link to the forum’s RSS feeds (or putting that info in the header so that they can be autodetected) would be helpful. At least for us geeks (just me?) who use their feed readers to check on site updates.

placenamehere · 2006-03-03 15:37:02

Are you all still in the middle of making the changes, or is this what its gonna be? Will there be a way we can kill all the external link crap? or move it so its not preventing me from seeing the actual forums without scrolling?.. or change the column widths to prevent the bad wrapping in the lat post column?

Don’t want to complain too much if you’re still got you’re hands in things

alexandra · 2006-03-03 16:17:03

@placenamehere
to me it is not link crap. I am very happy links are now so present. After posting a hundred times and more those links to newbies i am just tired to do so.
Maybe font-size can be reduced and as Andreas suggests, marked as links? I am happy with the solution. Regarding scrolling: what shall i say? I love having the german forum section on the very top ;)

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placenamehere · 2006-03-03 17:26:41

ok.. part of my problem seems to be with the oxygen theme for the boards which i was screwing the the tables and column sizes a bunch adding a lot of needless height to each table sell.. flipping to the txpish skin seemed to fix what looked to be buggy to me.

but beyond that I still have a problem with having to scroll a full screen past the external links to get to any active forum at all.. .every single time i visit

(and I guess our .sigs need an update too)

els · 2006-03-03 17:43:34

placenamehere wrote:

ok.. part of my problem seems to be with the oxygen theme for the boards which i was screwing the the tables and column sizes a bunch adding a lot of needless height to each table sell.. flipping to the txpish skin seemed to fix what looked to be buggy to me.

Thanks for mentioning this. Though I did have the txpish theme and switching to oxygen and then back did the trick for me ;)

but beyond that I still have a problem with having to scroll a full screen past the external links to get to any active forum at all.. .every single time i visit

You don’t have to scroll, there are links to each forum (top, right).

hcgtv · 2006-03-03 18:09:42

Looks good, light and airy, like a Spring Day ;)

What determines when a thread get’s moved to the Dead Letter Office?

colak · 2006-03-03 18:12:46

Neko wrote:

Is it possible to add buttons to the categories in order to collapse/expand them (and remember the selection via a cookie)? So I don’t have to scroll that much and can choose what to show/hide.

I second this one. Knowing of course that it is much simpler to say than to do

NyteOwl · 2006-03-04 01:24:43

I wrote my comment in <a href=“http://forum.textpattern.com/viewtopic.php?pid=102308#p102308”>this thread</a> but perhaps here would be a better place.

I think the reorganization is very good with one possible exception: the large block of external links that appear at first glance as sub-fora. Just a personal opinion, but perhaps placing them in a smaller format in a block between the main header and the forums themselves (where the current Announcement is posted) in a block clearly labled as external links? This was written before I read the suggestion to be able to “collapse” a section. I realize they were moved so they would be more obvious but there is obvious and then there is OBVIOUS :)

I especially like the new preview on the quick post – wished for that for a while! :) Though I like BB code. ;p

Still having paragraph trouble using this theme (sulphur). While it starts the next paragraph on a new line it doesn’t insert any space between paragraphs. The same thing happens with every theme except TXPish, which inserts a blank line between paragraphs.

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