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Re: New Look for the DAMN Site

Post by phoo » Fri Jan 11, 2013 5:35 pm

While moving/removing the JT banner ad, can you place the bar with "User Control Panel" on it directly on top of the bar with the forum name (in this case "Board index » DAMN Stuff »..." and put the text links "View Unanswered Posts..." on top of that?


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Re: New Look for the DAMN Site

Post by Rut Row » Fri Jan 11, 2013 5:50 pm

phoo wrote:While moving/removing the JT banner ad, can you place the bar with "User Control Panel" on it directly on top of the bar with the forum name (in this case "Board index » DAMN Stuff »..." and put the text links "View Unanswered Posts..." on top of that?


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well... well see. I'll give it a try.
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Re: New Look for the DAMN Site

Post by Laoch » Fri Jan 11, 2013 7:49 pm

Not wild about the two big rectangles at top :shrug:
Was there always a log in at the bottom?

Dual Sport should be Dual-sport :shrug:
Other than that :thumbup:

Are you doing this Ken or the other big lug :lol2:

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Re: New Look for the DAMN Site

Post by Rut Row » Fri Jan 11, 2013 8:00 pm

I have no artistic talent. I merely hack code.
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Re: New Look for the DAMN Site

Post by Rut Row » Fri Jan 11, 2013 8:08 pm

phoo wrote:While moving/removing the JT banner ad, can you place the bar with "User Control Panel" on it directly on top of the bar with the forum name (in this case "Board index » DAMN Stuff »..." and put the text links "View Unanswered Posts..." on top of that?


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go to the control panel, select preferences and try subMUD4
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Re: New Look for the DAMN Site

Post by Skinny-J » Sat Jan 12, 2013 5:04 am

Just my $.02

I hope JT's sponsorship has increased 4 fold since the size of the bannner has....

My only comment is that it is much harder to hit the "view active Topics" botton on my phone now that the banner stetches all the way accross

Then again I hate change....

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Re: New Look for the DAMN Site

Post by Rut Row » Sat Jan 12, 2013 6:22 am

Skinny-J wrote:Just my $.02

I hope JT's sponsorship has increased 4 fold since the size of the bannner has....

My only comment is that it is much harder to hit the "view active Topics" botton on my phone now that the banner stetches all the way accross

Then again I hate change....
we aren't done yet - JTs banner is being reduced.
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Re: New Look for the DAMN Site

Post by Rut Row » Sun Jan 13, 2013 9:06 am

the JT's banner is now 1/2 height.

I have two templates that you can select from your control panel. subMUD3 is the old style with the new graphics. subMUD4 is the new graphics with the "Phoo" mods to compress the page a bit.

What do you think? Anything else need changing?
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Re: New Look for the DAMN Site

Post by phoo » Mon Jan 14, 2013 11:58 am

I'm with Skinny-J... I hope JT's is giving you a lot of sponsorship and/or a huge discount to members. That banner ad is HUGE.

Overall, I like the new graphic. But I'm not sure I'm a fan of the red.

This is what I was thinking regarding the navigation banners at the top to clean up the site and get more real estate back (note this was a quick and sloppy mockup. There should be no space between the banners.) --
banners.jpg

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Re: New Look for the DAMN Site

Post by phoo » Mon Jan 14, 2013 12:04 pm

Oh, yes. subMUD4 does do the compression of the stuff at the top I was talking about. The layout is good. But the graphic doesn't stack well. There is a harsh line between the two rows of items in the list. If you can do that but with a graphic that gets rid of the line, it'll be perfect imo.


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