New Front Page

[Trifletraxor]

Originally Posted by frogspawner

17", 1024x768 (32bit colour), IE7. Pretty standard, I think...

Yep. It's broken on my computer at work too. The H1 text gets too big and breaks the header. I'll try to use fixed letter size and see how that works.

Originally Posted by rust

I have the current home page not broken, but the page behind the link in
the posting (no. 13) in this thread is broken... ?

No, sorry: The page behind the link is broken when I minimize the picture,
and not broken when I maximize it - whatever that may mean ...

That's because of the headline text gets shown on several lines in the header and leads to a repeat of the "cell" in the header it's in. I would be fixed if I make the text a part of the picture though. I'll have to consider that.

Originally Posted by jarulf

Nice with a bit of sprucing up of the old place
A few comments though, the top of the shelf with the bottles is repeated below the picture and the parchment background, while attractive is a mite too dark for easy reading.

In short, pretty much was has been said before.

Firefox, 19" screen 1280x1024.

The repeating of the header has to be fixed. I'll try to lighten up the parchment a bit too.

Originally Posted by AikiGhost

Sorry to be negative about this place but....

1. Its really ugly. The graphics are too fussy and unnecessary. Simple is good, there is a reason google is the no1 search engine

"Smaken er som baken", as we use to say in Norway. I didn't particularly liked the old frontpage, and prefer the new one.

2. The backgrounds are too dark making the text harder to read and the fonts are too big. In design generally backgrounds behind text are frowned upon. People don't visit sites for graphics they visit for content. The text is the thing.

The parchment background might be too dark, I'll try to lighten that. You say the fonts are too big - to you mean the header now, or all the text? The frontpage is more of an introduction page than a content page.

Seriously the old page was easier to read and more functional. Please go back to it.

Ones the new one is "fixed", I can open up a poll. If the majority prefer the old one, it's easy to revert.

SGL.

[AikiGhost]

Originally Posted by Trifletraxor

The parchment background might be too dark, I'll try to lighten that.

Why not just get rid of it? It adds nothing except download time and server bandwidth costs.

You say the fonts are too big - to you mean the header now, or all the text? The frontpage is more of an introduction page than a content page.

All the text on the front page is too big, if you look at it the difference between bolded text and non bolded is minimal. IMHO al the text should be the same size as the text in the forum sections that way the transfer is not jarring.

[Trifletraxor]

Originally Posted by AikiGhost

Why not just get rid of it? It adds nothing except download time and server bandwidth costs.

It adds a bit of style!

All the text on the front page is too big, if you look at it the difference between bolded text and non bolded is minimal. IMHO al the text should be the same size as the text in the forum sections that way the transfer is not jarring.

The text looks good on my computer here at home, but I've seen that it appears way too big on some other computers. I'll try to fix that.

SGL.

[Trifletraxor]

The Header text is now of fixed size and should move left instead of break the header when the screen is minimized (up to a point). The parchment background is lightened, and the other text should also be of normal size now.

Anyone who still finds any problems with the new frontpage?

SGL.

[rust]

No problem, looks great !

[AikiGhost]

Seems a lot better now. Its definitely more readable than it was.

[Trifletraxor]

Originally Posted by AikiGhost

Seems a lot better now. Its definitely more readable than it was.

Thanks. It's at times very difficult to know how a page will look on other computers, wo your feedback have been invaluable.

SGL.

[Shaira]

Looks great Sverre - very neat and tidy on my machine. Nice job.

Cheers,

Sarah

[frogspawner]

Sorry, but here's some more invaluable feedback:
The main "Basic Roleplaying Forum" title overwrites the bar image, so I can't see (most of) the "B".
Also, the parchment background has a dark splodge which unfortunately comes just where the thread title ("New Front Page" or whatever) usually is, making it look like the kids have made my screen horribly dirty.

[Trifletraxor]

Originally Posted by frogspawner

The main "Basic Roleplaying Forum" title overwrites the bar image, so I can't see (most of) the "B".

Is that with the browser window filling the entire screen?
That's weird. Mine can be shrinked quite a bit before that happenes.

Back to the drawing board...

Also, the parchment background has a dark splodge which unfortunately comes just where the thread title ("New Front Page" or whatever) usually is, making it look like the kids have made my screen horribly dirty.

I'll try to lighten that particular spot a bit.

SGL.