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Post by Cy Skywalker on Oct 29, 2009 11:41:08 GMT -5
Besides clearing out all the inactive icons (or going and finding Master Frodo to tell him to fix the issue), I'm planning on sprucing up this place a bit by putting a lot of things into the archives, mostly notably the old RPs (to clear the way for new ones?) and the Co-Authors board (unless anyone gives me a sign that they're still interested in doing that).
I'm also going to change the headers and footers, and the board descriptions, to fix spelling/grammar.
Anything else anyone wants to see messed with/taken away/added to make the site look a little more neat and clean?
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Post by surfersquid on Oct 29, 2009 12:06:01 GMT -5
Sounds like a solid deal.
I do have one suggestion--the board titles look a little messy at the moment, with some being images and some just text. If there's any way to make them either all images or all text, I think the overall look would be a lot neater.
(And if you do go with all images, maybe heighten the contrast between the text color and the black background--the color they are now makes them just on the "straining-my-eyes" side of color combinations.)
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Post by Cy Skywalker on Oct 29, 2009 12:30:26 GMT -5
I agree. The person who did the coding may or may not be coming back, and I'll make that suggestion to her and/or get her to tell me how she did it.
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Post by surfersquid on Oct 29, 2009 12:48:28 GMT -5
Also, the way the board and topic cells highlight when you mouse over them is sort of distracting, but that might just be me and my easily-distracted mind.
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Post by Cy Skywalker on Oct 29, 2009 12:57:12 GMT -5
I like the highlights myself, although we could change their color slightly so they don't obscure so much as reveal.
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Post by surfersquid on Oct 29, 2009 19:29:28 GMT -5
Yeah, that would probably work.
Also, something strange seems to have happened to where the link back to the board at the top of the thread page has disappeared:
ESPS Base :: Main :: (supposed to be a link back to General) :: Revamping the site
I'm not sure if this is a deficiency in the coding, an on-purpose tweak, or just a glitch on ProBoards' part.
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Post by nighthawk on Oct 31, 2009 6:43:30 GMT -5
Keep the bloody Co-authors Cy! OMFG I LOVE THEM! *hugs*
Move PitD to here? Keep Crossover though I think...or revamp it or start over or something...I thought that Idea was pretty cool....
And err...put the C-box code in the global headers....
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Post by surfersquid on Oct 31, 2009 12:14:54 GMT -5
Yeah, the sidebar stuff is...sort of distracting. Unless you want to keep it, for nostalgia's sake. In which case I totally understand.
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Post by nighthawk on Oct 31, 2009 15:41:06 GMT -5
AWWW! I love the sidebars! They're what makes ESPS.....fun!
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Post by surfersquid on Oct 31, 2009 18:14:26 GMT -5
Lol...thought so. All right then, that solves that dilemma.
Looks like someone's Photobucket account expired, though...
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Post by Cy Skywalker on Nov 1, 2009 16:52:37 GMT -5
The problem I'm having right now is that I was never the codewriter-- the admin currently/formerly known as K*doom*Elf was. I was more the social side. I'd take out the expired avatars, fix that redirection issue where everything returns to the main menu (we've had that problem for a while), and clean up (not delete) the sidebars if I could just figure it out, and I'm sincerely sorry that I can't. I've sent K.Elf a facebook message and hopefully she'll show. (Nighthawk, if you know how to do this stuff, I'll give you the power to.)
I love the idea of moving PitD here, as well as keeping or revamping the crossover RP. Let me think about PitD on a week when I don't have so much work IRL--otherwise, feel free to start RPs yourselves, too--I'll play as much as I can.
I really am sorry that things aren't getting done quickly...
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Post by surfersquid on Nov 2, 2009 18:33:53 GMT -5
It's fine, it's fine. I'm just giving thoughtful suggestions that could be implemented when you have the time, not barking imperatives in your face.
Speaking of said suggestions, is there any way we can have slightly bigger/more obvious "new post in topic" icons? Considering how graphics-heavy the rest of the site is, it's sort of an eyestrain to have to tune out the rest of the activity on the page just to see if a five-pixel-large dot is blue instead of grey. Plus the whole folder motif doesn't quite fit in with the rest of the graphical scheme.
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Post by nighthawk on Nov 2, 2009 18:53:34 GMT -5
Well by no means am I any sort of coder...I suck and i'm a beginner...a huge, huge beginner. But I suppose I can try.
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Post by surfersquid on Nov 2, 2009 19:02:09 GMT -5
I'm not a coder either...but if you need any graphics, I'll see what I can cook up.
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Post by MFB on Nov 3, 2009 15:15:12 GMT -5
Hai O:) Yeah, stupid images. When I get back to my computer tonight, I'll see if I can fix that. Also, if you need the images removed for the board titles...not a problem. It's pretty simple, and I can even show you how to do it if you want, Cy. For the board header returning to the main page, I'll take a look. I've never messed with it, and I have a hunch that it might be a proboard issue. How dost though wish for the sidebar to be cleaned? Sponge, mop, broom...vacuum?
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Post by MFB on Nov 3, 2009 15:17:50 GMT -5
Yeah, the board header links are caused by the images we use in some of the board links...for proof, try going to like, the bio boards or soforth, and you'll see the difference.
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Post by surfersquid on Nov 3, 2009 15:59:02 GMT -5
Yeah...I've noticed it only seems to happen on boards that have image links. Definitely an irritating glitch on ProBoards' part.
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Post by Cy Skywalker on Nov 3, 2009 17:04:56 GMT -5
MFB! *hug* My not-rivaling-Jesus-at-all savior! XD
You could either remove the board title images or show me, whichever is easier.
I have managed to take out a couple of the images, such as the Hot Eye, that were expired on the front page, but now the numbers box is set up above everything, and I don't know how to fix that. Me coding is sortof like someone doing brain surgery with a hammer, but less bloody.
Okay, sidebar. The only problem that I see with that is the grammar issues, and maybe we don't want to sound as spastic as before. XD So, Vacuum of Grammar it is.
On that note, where do I go to change the board descriptions? ^^;
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Post by surfersquid on Nov 3, 2009 17:17:11 GMT -5
From the administration area, go to the Boards category -> Modify Board. It's fairly straightforward from there.
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Post by MFB on Nov 3, 2009 22:35:47 GMT -5
Yes, I am (randomly) here! (I confess, I saw one of your facebook updates, and decided to "stalk" your profile, and saw "ESPS"...nostalgia ensued) surfersquid is right, that is where you go. I will send you detailed instructions in a PM! (tis also where thou goest to changeth the image/board names, but I have done that for you! ) I kinda (?) fixed the numbers at the top...but they're all smushed. It's better (?) though! Mmmm...brains. /zombie Oh, and sidebar = *voip!* Approve?
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