New Front Page

[MattyHelms]

Snazzy update!

Two suggestions:

- The background is perhaps a little too dark for the text to remain readable

- Is there a way to work in the little "forum profile" box? It was a nice handy summary of recent posts

Thank you,
Matt

[PK Games]

Where is the little box that tells me if there are new posts since my last visit?

[Trifletraxor]

Originally Posted by MattyHelms

- The background is perhaps a little too dark for the text to remain readable

I'll try to lighten the background in the text boxes then. It was a bit hard to keep the "parchment" feel of the background when I experimented with it, but I'll give it another shot.

- Is there a way to work in the little "forum profile" box? It was a nice handy summary of recent posts

Originally Posted by PK Games

Where is the little box that tells me if there are new posts since my last visit?

The last frontpage was a php module based page. As my knowledge of php is next to nothing, it was difficult to modify and update, but it did allow for the profile module you're talking about. The current one is html-based. I'm not sure it's possible to have the forum profile box on such a page, but I'll look into it. If it's not, do you prefer the frontpage the way it was before? With all the modules, or is the aestethics of the new one enough to make up for the loss of the profile box?

SGL.

[MattyHelms]

Originally Posted by Trifletraxor

The last frontpage was a php module based page. As my knowledge of php is next to nothing, it was difficult to modify and update, but it did allow for the profile module you're talking about. The current one is html-based. I'm not sure it's possible to have the forum profile box on such a page, but I'll look into it. If it's not, do you prefer the frontpage the way it was before? With all the modules, or is the aestethics of the new one enough to make up for the loss of the profile box?

SGL.

The new front page is nice; the parchment look and simple layout lend it a classy look. I miss the functionality of being able to see new posts from the front page, but I can just get that from the front page of the forums.

Thank you for all your work on putting this site together!
Matt

[PK Games]

Originally Posted by Trifletraxor

I'll try to lighten the background in the text boxes then. It was a bit hard to keep the "parchment" feel of the background when I experimented with it, but I'll give it another shot.





The last frontpage was a php module based page. As my knowledge of php is next to nothing, it was difficult to modify and update, but it did allow for the profile module you're talking about. The current one is html-based. I'm not sure it's possible to have the forum profile box on such a page, but I'll look into it. If it's not, do you prefer the frontpage the way it was before? With all the modules, or is the aestethics of the new one enough to make up for the loss of the profile box?

SGL.

The old way, unless the new version can tell us what new messages await.

[Jason Durall]

I'm not fond of the new look, as it looks fairly broken in Firefox.

[Trifletraxor]

Originally Posted by MattyHelms

I miss the functionality of being able to see new posts from the front page, but I can just get that from the front page of the forums.

Thank you for all your work on putting this site together!
Matt

Thank you!

Originally Posted by PK Games

The old way, unless the new version can tell us what new messages await.

I'm looking into how to do just that. If I'm not able to figure out that myself, I just got an ofer from someone more knowledgeable than me to look into it.

Originally Posted by Jason Durall

I'm not fond of the new look, as it looks fairly broken in Firefox.

What!?? Stupid Firefox! It's a simple html-page! Firefox sucks then!

SGL.

[MattyHelms]

Originally Posted by Jason Durall

I'm not fond of the new look, as it looks fairly broken in Firefox.

Really? I'm using Firefox and haven't had an issue with it.

[NickMiddleton]

Looks fine in Camino (same engine as Firefox) and Safari 3.1 on my iMac. Black text against the parchment is a bit hard on the eyes, but apart from that, no complaints.

Cheers,

Nick Middleton

[sinisalo]

I'm using firefox and its broken. I'll have a look at the html and see if I can find the problem.