Forum Changes

Combat Wombat · #1 March 5th, 2005, 04:53 AM

Well if somehow you haven't noticed there have been some major changes to the forum. What does everyone think? Personally I don't like the ads down the left side. But what little other changes there were are fine with me.

Richard · #2 March 5th, 2005, 04:55 AM

They aren't ads, their the press releases from the front page. Based on feedback we have received we wanted to make sure everyone knew what was going on with Shrapnel in case they did not go to the front page on a regular basis.

For instance say if we had a new SE:IV related announcement folks who just come straight to the forum will hear about it last.

Fyron · #3 March 5th, 2005, 04:58 AM

They take up way too much space in my opinion... could they be reduced in vertical size?

Combat Wombat · #4 March 5th, 2005, 05:00 AM

Also maybe a max of 5 instead of 7.

Fyron · #5 March 5th, 2005, 05:02 AM

Also, is there really a need for two logos at the top that both say Shrapnel Games? Isn't that redundant?

I like how posts no longer alternate in color. Much more appealing scheme now.

Could the "Order Space Empires IV Gold" type links be moved to the side bar please? It would reduce the wasted space at the top, making the site much cleaner.

Sivran · #6 March 5th, 2005, 05:02 AM

Put them silly ads on top, in a nice adblokcable iframe.

Richard · #7 March 5th, 2005, 05:02 AM

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Imperator Fyron said:
They take up way too much space in my opinion... could they be reduced in vertical size?

I take it you have the other forums closed, with just SE:IV forum open. If that is the case then the posts would scroll downwards, past your active forums, and unless you scrolled downwards would not affect you.

Richard · #8 March 5th, 2005, 05:06 AM

Okay guys this format is a compromise based on feedback we have received from folks over the last 6 months. We have been testing it for the last few weeks in various browsers and resolutions and we think it's a pretty good fit.

Again those aren't ad's, they are press releases about games shipping, patches being released, etc. All of that information is useful to the entire community and is not just advertising.

I expect it will take some getting used to, but any time we change the forum we expect that.

Sivran · #9 March 5th, 2005, 05:07 AM

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Richard said:

I take it you have the other forums closed, with just SE:IV forum open. If that is the case then the posts would scroll downwards, past your active forums, and unless you scrolled downwards would not affect you.

Huh wha? I don't get what you're saying. I suppose you're talking about something I could possibly do from the front page of the overall shrapnel forums or something I could do with threaded view..

Fyron · #10 March 5th, 2005, 05:08 AM

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Richard said:
I take it you have the other forums closed, with just SE:IV forum open. If that is the case then the posts would scroll downwards, past your active forums, and unless you scrolled downwards would not affect you.

There is a lot of wasted space inside each box. They don't really need to all be the same size, do they? Also, when you have just a post writing page or a short post page or something, they have tons of wasted space between each box, which causes the section with "powered by infopop" bar to be way farther down than it needs to be. It would make the site look cleaner if these issues were resolved IMO... the minimum height can be lowered without aversly affecting large post pages.

When I hover the mouse over the links in the ad boxes, the middle portion of the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th lines of the link have strikethrough on them. It is very strange. I attached a screenshot. Image has been reduced in color quality so as to not waste so much space.