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[Morrus]

Speckled background? Did we have a speckled background? I honestly can't remember!

 

[TerraDave]

another for recent legacy...as much as I love the EN lovefest and all.

 

[JamesonCourage]

Speckled background? Did we have a speckled background? I honestly can't remember!

It was the old Legacy background, before the site crash. It wasn't a hard black background. It had more of a speckled feel to it, but it was still very dark. I liked it, but like I said, I understand that we're not going back to it.

 

[Morrus]

It was the old Legacy background, before the site crash. It wasn't a hard black background. It had more of a speckled feel to it, but it was still very dark. I liked it, but like I said, I understand that we're not going back to it.

Oh, hang on. Do you mean this:

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

Much as I appreciate the nostalgia, the font size and basic black background of the previous style worked better for me.

What's really strange is that while the fonts are just slightly different, the menu bar at the top (What's New, News, etc) is about 50% as big as it used to be -- which is a pain as the "Forum" button is much smaller to aim at.

 

[Morrus]

What's really strange is that while the fonts are just slightly different, the menu bar at the top (What's New, News, etc) is about 50% as big as it used to be -- which is a pain as the "Forum" button is much smaller to aim at.

As I mentioned, that's not a style thing. That's on all styles and is because on smaller screens they literally do not fit. The whole layout breaks. That was a change which was long needed.

I'm very dissatisfied with the whole vBulletin navigation layout (a navbar, some additional buttons, etc.) - it's overly populated, messy, and not particularly intuitive.

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

As I mentioned, that's not a style thing. That's on all styles and is because on smaller screens they literally do not fit. The whole layout breaks. That was a change which was long needed.

Oh. It fit fine on my screen so I never considered the alternative

I'm very dissatisfied with the whole vBulletin navigation layout (a navbar, some additional buttons, etc.) - it's overly populated, messy, and not particularly intuitive.

Yeah, the menus definitely need some decluttering. I've been tempted to just bookmark the forums instead, but then I'd miss looking at the news page every time I surf in.

 

[JamesonCourage]

Sorry, work called

Oh, hang on. Do you mean this:

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It was like that, yes. Wasn't so much speckled, I guess

 

[Dragonhelm]

If I could make a couple of suggestions...

First, I would recommend some sort of background in your wrapper (.yui-u.yui-panel ) for the main news section. What's happening is that you have text against a busy background, making it harder to read. Something like this in the CSS would work nicely. You may have to add some padding.

.yui-u.yui-panel {
  background:  #000000;
}

Alternately, you can use the background tile you have above. Best of both worlds!

Also, the text editor buttons at the top of the quick reply and advanced reply options have elements that are hard to impossible to read. A little CSS work should shape that right up.

Hope that helps.

 

[Dragonhelm]

Are IMG and URL tags no longer allowed in sigs? (Maybe I missed something.)

I liked having the Dragonlance Nexus logo in my sig, linking back to the site.

Oh, and if no one has said it, thank you for all you do.