Do you like the current coderforums style?

[Nafae]

This is just for me to get a feel for how happy everyone is with the current style. (By style I mean the images and colors that make up the forum.)

So vote in the poll, and if you choose "no" please reply with your reasoning.

[Mako]

I wish it was pink :(

[liquidchild]

I liked the previous way the guy at the top was. Other than that its all good, but it should be a little bit darker. As in darker color thats all.

[sans-hubris]

I liked the scroll icons we had before. I thought it a funny ironicy that a computer site would have scrolls for icons.

[xilica]

i think its cool

[GnuVince]

I don't like the avatars. Could we have round faces?

[Seph]

I dont want to be rude, but I do have some suggestions. I am only posting this to help this site, not to harm it. Most of these things listed are really small and is my own personal likes and dislikes, so please dont get angry with me.

I think that it needs a new color scheme. Maybe all blue, maybe all grey, but the way it is now just doesnt work for me. I think it would look better either all blue with less grey, like changing the background color and maybe making it a bit darker.

I would also allow avatars to be slightly bigger. Most forums use 64x64 pixels and that is the size I have mine designed for.

I also think that the gender image should be changed. It just sticks out to much. It would look better if the users name would change color based on the gender selected instead.

Change CF Moderator to simply Moderator. What other websites moderate this site other than CoderForums.net?

Take the "I know..." thing and put it in their profile only. This will allow you to list more and unclutter the posting area.

I would also remove the post reply bar at the bottom of the page. To me, it just seems repetative to have both a button and a bar for it.

Get some new smilies. I think that the "classic" round smilies are much better. Make them blue like the "post" smilies.

Code monkey is also getting a little annoying. I would use simpler things like "Newbie", "Junior Member", "Member", "Senior Member", etc.

Please remember that when posting this I was not looking at the views of other people, but only my own. I really wish good for this site (its the only forum I even go to anymore other than my own and my hosts). Carry out the suggestions that I gave, or ignore them, I really dont care. Its just a suggestion!

[kmj]

Comments on your comments :)...

Originally posted by Seph
I dont want to be rude, but I do have some suggestions. I am only posting this to help this site, not to harm it. Most of these things listed are really small and is my own personal likes and dislikes, so please dont get angry with me.

I'm angry that you'd think nafae'd get angry so easily ! :)



I think that it needs a new color scheme. Maybe all blue, maybe all grey, but the way it is now just doesnt work for me. I think it would look better either all blue with less grey, like changing the background color and maybe making it a bit darker.


I really like it as is (my opinion)


I would also allow avatars to be slightly bigger. Most forums use 64x64 pixels and that is the size I have mine designed for.


I think a few people have mentioned this.


I also think that the gender image should be changed. It just sticks out to much. It would look better if the users name would change color based on the gender selected instead.


I think the colors idea is a cool one. Either way; it's good to have the markers there, just so you know.


Change CF Moderator to simply Moderator. What other websites moderate this site other than CoderForums.net?

Well, I believe that my title is moderator, also, but I am not the uber-moderator that nafae is. Perhaps, "Admin" "Lord of All That is CF" or somethign else?


Take the "I know..." thing and put it in their profile only. This will allow you to list more and unclutter the posting area.

It seems like there's some free space across the bottom of each post; would it be possible to put some info there? It does seem like some space is wasted, but I do like having all that info readily availabe. And alternative (I would guess; but it'd require effort {gasp}) would be to have a Javascript popup with info. So that the page was more clean and compact, but the info still easily available without loading another page.


I would also remove the post reply bar at the bottom of the page. To me, it just seems repetative to have both a button and a bar for it.

The post reply button goes to a seperate page, though, which is kind of different from the "quick reply". Of course, the button is available at the top of the page, too. I probably wouldn't miss the bar, though, since I love the quick reply.


Get some new smilies. I think that the "classic" round smilies are much better. Make them blue like the "post" smilies.

I believe this is a work in progress currently.


Code monkey is also getting a little annoying. I would use simpler things like "Newbie", "Junior Member", "Member", "Senior Member", etc.

Well, post more and you'll be a Coder. :)


Please remember that when posting this I was not looking at the views of other people, but only my own. I really wish good for this site (its the only forum I even go to anymore other than my own and my hosts). Carry out the suggestions that I gave, or ignore them, I really dont care. Its just a suggestion!

Hope you don't mind my comments.

[imported_Gryphon]

I think that it needs a new color scheme. Maybe all blue, maybe all grey, but the way it is now just doesnt work for me. I think it would look better either all blue with less grey, like changing the background color and maybe making it a bit darker.

Take the "I know..." thing and put it in their profile only. This will allow you to list more and unclutter the posting area.

I would also remove the post reply bar at the bottom of the page. To me, it just seems repetative to have both a button and a bar for it.

With a new version of the forum software coming out soon I don't see any changes to the existing layout to be made.

I like having the "I know" there as to click a persons profile is more clutter to me. Maybe second "I know" field for the profile that allowed more detail would be nice however.

The Post Reply at the bottom was specifically hacked into the forums original code for quick replys, without having to load a reply page and extra features you dont need for just a text reply.

[Seph]

Damn, my suggestions got shot down.

Well, I would just make a new color scheme. Other than that, the only thing that is really annoying me is 1. the gender symbols 2. the "I know.." thing.

I agree with kmj. It should be at the bottom of their post or something, instead of in the author box because it would give so much more room to list what you know.

[jemfinch]

I like it, except for one thing: I don't like the whole "click on a the box for a forum and get sent there." For instance, instead of having to click on the "O'Caml" link, I click anywhere in the box and it sends me to the O'Caml forum. In IE, one has to click in the browser window to mouse scroll, and too often I click inside a box (but not on a link) and get sent to a forum I don't want to go to.

Jeremy

[Nafae]

Most of these things I will take into account, but none will be changed until the newest version of the forum software is released. I'll make a list of what I do and don't plan to change in reference to your posts.


Gender thing-Will remain.
Color scheme-Will remain.
Avatar size will remain, I may just get rid of them altogether. They cause too much complaint while they are here.
Box Clicking-I'll probably change this.
Languages-I'll change this.
CF Moderator Will remain. Does it really bother you enough to make a complaint about the fact that moderators have "CF" next to their name?
I like the complaints about post titles. They will remain :p