New news page is tres cool, but a little wide

[buzz]

FWIW, I like the content of the new page, for the most part. The width and icon thing was my only complaint. I don't need the polls on the left (as it seems likeyou don't always get to see the whole question or context), but I like the current threads on the right.

Honestly, I think the new look is much cleaner and spiffier than ENWrold has ever been. Kudos!

 

[Plane Sailing]

I really liked the news page just prior to this update, I really dislike it now.

It looks clumsy, too busy, not nearly as artistically pleasing as the old one. If this is the price for having a unified login I think the price is too high... Can we have the old news page back please? Pretty please?

Since I just say on another thread that this change means that the server is running one instance of vBulletin instead of that plus 3(!) instances of PostNuke, I unreservedly withdraw my complaint!

Regards,

 

[JoeBlank]

I like the new news page too.

Got a question: I love to use the "go to first new post" feature. I presume it is keyed to the last time I logged into the messageboard. Until now, I could visit the news page all I wanted, without resetting my "last visited" time on the messageboards. I am guessing that now, a visit to the news page will also count as a visit to the messageboards, right?

Not a big problem, but I'll have to aware that if I visited the news page since I was last on the boards, I can't completely trust the "go to first new post" feature.

 

[Staffan]

I like the new news page too.

Got a question: I love to use the "go to first new post" feature. I presume it is keyed to the last time I logged into the messageboard. Until now, I could visit the news page all I wanted, without resetting my "last visited" time on the messageboards. I am guessing that now, a visit to the news page will also count as a visit to the messageboards, right?

Not a big problem, but I'll have to aware that if I visited the news page since I was last on the boards, I can't completely trust the "go to first new post" feature.

While on this topic, would it be possible to keep the info on last visit on a per-forum base instead of for all of ENWorld? I mean, just because I checked General last night it doesn't mean I also checked Meta...

 

[Morrus]

I don't think so. At least, not without major rewrites of the software, which I'm far from qualified to attempt.

 

[Staffan]

I don't think so. At least, not without major rewrites of the software, which I'm far from qualified to attempt.

OK. Dang, but OK.

The reason I asked is that it apparently works for UBBThreads, the system in use at the Swedish RPG site rollspel.nu.