I think the ladies might like pink ...
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I think the ladies might like pink ...
I'm feeling the new look and change is always good! As delia and some others have stated ppl wont always like it but we cant please everyone and shouldnt be expected to please everyone! Thanks Tiger & Torq!...
im sure there are more tweats and modification still needed to be made, so i guess we all should just be patient....
Yes, I like it. Over time you adapt to almsot any colour just by force of habit but I was never really happy with the jet black scheme. There's a bunch of new features that look good too, the option to create an open public group of some kind is one - that used to be a default thing on the profile but it lead nowhere, everyone was "not a member of any public groups" and there was no way to actually start one. Now it's suddenly come alive. Good work!
At first I thought I screwed something up, but the change is easy to follow and I like the format. Plus, blue is easy on my eyes. Change is good!
LOVE the change if nothing else much, much easier on the eyes, GREAT JOB
Only 1 thing missing, unless I overlooked it, on the old page there was a direct link at the top for the Academy, I do not see that link anymore
Other than it being pastel, I like the brighter look. The dark of the previous version was tiring on the eyes, so I guess I'll be spending even more time here. ;)
I don't mind the colors at all, it will undoubtably be easier to read as well. My favourite color is blue anyway, so I can't complain.
I had to try out the thanks button on one of just annies previous posts just to see what it did. It's a neat feature.
I like the profile set ups, but are there things we can adjust in there.
Now people can view my friends list and heaven forbid everyone will now know that I am a big loser with no friends. Can I hide that?
I don't like the fact that if I view a persons profile my name will now show up on thier profile. Is there a way to do that anonomously?
If we use the invisible feature, will our names show up then? I guess I can just try that out anyway.
Sorry if I am being nit picky, but those things are issues with me.
Cadence,
Some great thoughts and suggestions,, I agree, will look into ASAP and work on a few of those.
Be Well
T
Holy cow that was fast, thank you Torq.
I was just going to come back and edit my post and ask if the academy link was going to be put back up
(I just read the Jan 7, 2008 thread, in Tech Problems and Answers forum and assume that the link will be back up anyway in due time)
I liked the darker layout a lot better.
As for the functions, I did not get around to try them yet.
And I agree that some sort of info message (forum pages will not be available on this and this date) would have spared some people returning to this page in 10-minute-apart-sessions, hoping access was possible now.
I still need to add the links back the old one had. I'm working on it.
As far as the colors go, seems half like it dark and half like the bright stuff.
I will try to add another dark theme and let people pick which one they prefer. Although that will be quite a bit more work. I will put it on the list of things to get done.
For now my main concern was getting the upgrade done and making it as functional and clean as possible.
I don't have any friends either, cadence. But the consolation is, no-one will check our profiles to see what misfits we are.
;)
i like blue (my fav color).. but black is best color in bdsm terms, well i can get used to it but i agree with tiger that if we can choose the light n dark color it would be cool... now i just wondering where to find the bdsm story ? is it still in progress ? thanks
personally I prefer the black template.
I belong to another forum where you can choose your own template out of a couple...making it more personal.
cg
All my thumbs up to the new look. This was very pretty and a very welcome change. I'm very happy the "adolescent porn" look is gone, and a neutral one is back, and improved! Thanks guys.
Thanks for addressing the Links issue, just makes it easiet to be able to Access the Academy from here then gonig b&fQuote:
Originally Posted by Tiger
this I get and the color is almost "sky blue" which is my football teams colors so I can get used to it.Quote:
Originally Posted by TomOfSweden
The rest of the features looks real nice Torq and Tiger. Thanks.
lmao
<3 the thank you button. didnt even notice it until you mentioned it :)
*wink*Quote:
Originally Posted by Logic1
Yep......LOL
It is always difficult to design anything that pleases all...this site is made up of people who work very hard to create an avenue for like minded people to hang etc etc... most times they do it in there own time...Good Job I like te layout and find it easy to find places...I loved the black template and dont go much for light colours but in this case well done..
S1
change is good...I prefer the black but I can try anything once....ID had a good point about choosing your own colors and TEXT but then I dont design templates so how hard or easy that would be I havent a clue..lolol
The site looks great.
I think it looks great! Well done, and some of the new features seem fun. I'm just figuring my way about them and will probably never use half... but good that they are there.
Although I prefer this to the black for ease of reading, perhaps darkening up the blue would help satisfy those that prefer darker?
I'm sure it's not as easy as it sounds though!
Cheers for the good work!
@ TomOfSweden: I´m afraid I have to admit I liked the "adolescent porn look" very much. *cough*
@ Cadence: I just realized I am a loser with no friends as well *giggles*. Feel free to add me :-)
@ Torq: I have to admit the new look is a lot more easy to read, and I think the new profile features are pretty neat.
BUT I liked the black layout better *whine whine whine*. Do you think you could create a special, personal layout for every user? I think you could squeeze that little bit of work easily in between the posting of new submitted stories, as I think you and delia waste FAR too much time with this "private life" thing I keep hearing about, anyway.
*rotfl*
*RUNS like hell!!!!!!*
;-)
The new format is great! I can't say baby blue is my favorite, but I can live with it. Nice work!!
Btw, is there still a way to get to the academy from here?
Well thrall you beat me to the punch. Yes another new look. I like it too. I liked the black scheme as well, after all black is my favourite non colour but this has a brightness to it and it is very easy to navigate and read through. Thanks to the admins and mods who continue to do a great job. And when I post this I will even hit the new thanks button although I think it thanks the thread starter, who deserves thanks too, because she is a nice person anyway!
I should add a big thanks to Tiger for the changes. This is my third quick visit back and I even had a friend request. Damn now I'm really going to have to spend some time seeing what other little goodies are now available. It would seem this is the new Rolls Royce of forums. I'm truly Gob smacked. But then again it doesn't seem to take much these days to make me gob smacked.
Personally I really like the coclour scheme this way it is so bright and fresh. On my 22" LCD wide screen monitor the avatars are huge, the text clear. Just amazing really. Again well done!
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Originally Posted by Playfulsub
If you click on the Links tab at the top, in between the User CP and FAQ links it will give you a link to the Academy
Sorry, I haven't gotten back to you sooner, Tiger. What can I say I was too busy with more important things like was Britney wearing panties when the police had to knock down her door, and was that a hair piece Paris was wearing on the weekend??? *gg*
Seriously, sure, I like it. Haven't quite figured it all out yet--just give me a few months.. *gg* :)
I like it alot...the horrid darkness and bright writing kinda gave me headaches, was one (very small, admittedly) reason I haven't been on as much.
I really like the new colour...so much nicer to the eye, and the whole page looks much neater imho :) Was a bit of a shock to come here, though, look at the page and think "What the hell? Did I enter the wrong url?" :)
i like the blue. i have my laptop on at work & my customers can see my screen if i dont click quick enough so this looks less like "porn" to me. i've actually had customers ask me if all i do is look at porn all day. Only if i dont get interrupted by people like you!
i like the new color scheme much better than the black. :)
To me, it is easier on my eyes. :eek:
Plus, ithink everything pops better on the light blue background.
Nice work All! :D
LOL......you moved the thread.......im glad you kept the name though......lol
I like the blue now much better than at first, it was so drastic a change from the black. I find it easier on the eye and as someone mentioned it is not so porn site looking this way. I think it would be nice to turn the friend option off if you like as I wonder if people will worry about offending someone by not adding them ect.
There have been a few comments made about the fun and games showing in the stats part at the top, personally I would not think too much of it either way but perhaps there is a way to have that forum not show in the stats.
Overall I always enjoy change, it makes the familiar new and interesting again. I think it just needs a few days to get used to new look. Thank you to Tiger and Torq for all the hard work in creating a new look for the forum.
Openness and safety
One thing that's worth noticing is that the site has become more open and "transparent" to non-regged visitors. Apart from the Welcome board and the Library Info Center, all boards used to be non-visible to "guest viewers" (in Rabbit's days it was mainly the Welcome Board and General Talk that were open like that). But as for now, if I'm in on the forum and waiting more than fifteen minutes to open a new page or refresh, and then I'm logged out - well, I can still see what is written on that page (the last I was on) and maybe on other pages in the same thread, even if it's a non-public board (of course, one can't post though).
So the content is still visible to someone who could arrive at the pc after you if you haven't expressly logged out (and it might be possible to see it days after from the visited pages cache (Show->explorer field->earlier pages in Windows). Something to think about if you're logging on from a public pc or one you're sharing with someone (your kids?) whom you don't want to know about your visits here or to guess about what you've been writing.
The only thing the site can control is what different usergroups see what... in other words, you are a registered user, so you can see different things then a non-logged in or non-registered user can see--they STILL can't see the main forums areas, just the basic stuff they've been able to see since before the upgrade (not much... I think its just specific subforums in the info area...). Access hasn't changed for any of that type of stuff.
HOWEVER, once you log in, your browser caches the cookies for the page you are on--in other words, you will forever be able to see the page you are currently on if you never close your browser. That page will never refresh itself & you won't be able to post--you'll just be able to see what it was when you loaded it. It's the same thing that happens for every website you see anywhere on the net... That's the same reason that web-based email programs (yahoo, hotmail, gmail) always are careful to warn you to log out & close your browser windows--anyone coming onto the computer after you can see what you last had opened if you don't just close the screen. The way to prevent this is to clear your cookies every time you log off the site--and not just via the site--you need to clear them in your BROWSER. It's up to you to maintain "safety" for yourself.
As for the 15min "log out" rule, if you have the "Remember me" button checked, you wont be logged out (at least I never am), but if you don't and you are inactive in the forums for 15min, it'll log you out.
As always, have fun, but play safe. If you don't want someone seeing that you're here, you either shouldn't be here, or you should have measures in place to ensure they don't "catch" you... None of this is news to anyone, I would hope.
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I like the blue easier to read- especially with the colours members use- as to the other stuff- I'll see when I get used to it.
Well I personally enjoy the forums...but yeah the blue sucks *sorry* but it totally is burning my skull hardcore...ugh.
liking the new colour style aswell find it kinda relaxing for the eyes
Change is good,,, and still working on updates to chat, etc
Thanks everyone for your comments and suggestions
Be well
T