Important: Please Read! Changes Are Coming!

[sjmiller]

Morrus, I have been checking out some of the changes. I even went to my profile to add in my Twitter username. I noticed the profile also had a spot to put my age, so I figured why not. That is when I discovered I am lumped in with a very large age group known as 40 and Over. Is there any way that you could add a few more age groups on there? I mean sure, I am over 40, but I am not that far over!

 

[CleverNickName]

I agree with Nifft about the user info box on the left. Many of the posts in this thread are taking up more than twice the vertical real estate actually needed, because of all the stuff on the left.

One way to fix that, which wouldn't be too terribly invasive, would be to remove the double-spacing between the user name, the status, the "registered user" tag, the avatar, etc., and to put the Yahoo!, Twitter, and other icons on a single line. Might not look as clean, though.

 

[Nonei]

One way to fix that, which wouldn't be too terribly invasive, would be to remove the double-spacing between the user name, the status, the "registered user" tag, the avatar, etc., and to put the Yahoo!, Twitter, and other icons on a single line. Might not look as clean, though.

I was just thinking that... and you could even put the name of the person's rank on the same line as the green dots.

 

[renau1g]

EDIT EDIT: Another thing; I like being an owlbear.....one of my favourite D&D monsters! Is there any way to freeze XP without opting out?


RC

Too late...now you're a githyanki...

 

[jaerdaph]

I'm happy with the changes and my subscription.

You're doing a great job, Morrus - And thanks!

 

[weem]

Just an idea of how the left column of the posts layout could be arranged (well, some new buttons too), if you were so inclined. This still has all the same functionality - though I pulled the thumbs up and warning icons into the post since their function is based on specific posts and not the details of a user.

This new layout is 273px tall (compared to the 'before' size of 423px tall). Here is a (shrunken for ease of viewing) overlay comparison...

Anyway, just having some fun here while I wait for family to arrive

 

[Theo R Cwithin]

Is there a bullet-point list anywhere of changes made, maybe with a brief description of the intended behavior?

I'm finding it difficult to separate the threadbabble & opinionification from descriptions of actual forum changes. It'd nice to know for certain in order to differentiate between real changes, and bugs or browser quirks.



{BTW, @Russ, all things considered, you seem to be handing the dogpiling admirably. I certainly wouldn't want to be in your shoes! Thx for all your hard work.}

 

[blargney the second]

I really like what weem did there! Form & function, together at last.

 

[Morrus]

Just an idea of how the left column of the posts layout could be arranged (well, some new buttons too), if you were so inclined. This still has all the same functionality - though I pulled the thumbs up and warning icons into the post since their function is based on specific posts and not the details of a user.

It's gorgeous!

But it involves code, not photoshop graphics manipulation. My skills there are limited at best!

 

[Sammael]

Morrus, if you show us a sample of the code used to render the user avatar and profile information, I'm sure one of us codemonkeys can help you change the formatting to look like weem's proposed layout. It can be achieved in HTML by using DIVs or by using tables, and neither method is too difficult.

On a side note, the signature discussion prompted me to actually make a signature.