Author Topic: Forum upgraded Nov 20, 2017 (Read 57,192 times)

mouser · « **on:** November 21, 2017, 02:43 AM »

I just updated the forum with new smf 2.015 release, and it forced me to move to some new forum code that I had written to work with the new dc cms server codebase before I was ready.
So there may still be some oddities on the forum -- if you see any going forward please let me know.

The good news is we are one step closer to moving to new website cms.

Ath · « **Reply #1 on:** November 21, 2017, 07:30 AM »

Great to be up to date, but why do the quoted messages look so ugly (yes that's a personal preference, but still..., brown accent color?, larger font?, large cursive quoted name/date-time?, enormous upside-down-quote added?)

Quote from: mouser on November 21, 2017, 02:43 AM

I just updated the forum ...

screenshot of the above:

mouser · « **Reply #2 on:** November 21, 2017, 08:07 AM »

I thought that was an improvement, it's what I've been using for a while on the test cms site.. But I'm open to suggestions for how to make it look better.

Ath · « **Reply #3 on:** November 21, 2017, 09:45 AM »

We could put up a poll for that, maybe offering several available options (if any).

It may be caused by my age that I like the 'old' quote style more...

anandcoral · « **Reply #4 on:** November 21, 2017, 10:25 AM »

I agree with Ath. The quoted text is more highlighted now than the actual message text.
I think quoted text should be subtle than the message text.

Regards,

Anand

wraith808 · « **Reply #5 on:** November 21, 2017, 12:22 PM »

Quote from: mouser on November 21, 2017, 08:07 AM

I thought that was an improvement, it's what I've been using for a while on the test cms site.. But I'm open to suggestions for how to make it look better.

I like it, though perhaps the colors could us twaeking to match the color of the forum

tomos · « **Reply #6 on:** November 21, 2017, 01:11 PM »

Taking Ath's list:

>brown accent color?
this presumably the same colour used for member-names -- it does look much more vibrant though due to the adjacent white.
I think a thinner band on the left would be better.

>larger font?
yeah,
slightly smaller font, as before, is my preference too

>large cursive quoted name/date-time?
I like the cursive,
but I'd prefer this text to be smaller than the body text (within the quote).

>enormous upside-down-quote added?
I think definitely too big -- if font size is going to be requced, this will have to be reduced anyways -- but I'd reduce it even more.

In my browser the quote is serif font, the rest is sans-serif -- this also emphasizes the quote over the other text. To me, the quote is of importance, but of lesser importance than the text of the response -- that's why I think it should have less emphasis all round.

Below an edited sample:

quote body text smaller
quote 'title' even smaller
brown band on left thinner
one quote has a (much smaller) quote mark; the other has none

wraith808 · « **Reply #7 on:** November 21, 2017, 02:33 PM »

I think you've changed it, and it does indeed look better. I did like the band on the left of the quote, which seems to have gone away now.

mouser · « **Reply #8 on:** November 21, 2017, 03:08 PM »

I didn't change anything yet, but I agree with the general consensus.. Tomos can you send me (or post) your css fixes?

wraith808 · « **Reply #9 on:** November 21, 2017, 03:36 PM »

Quote from: mouser on November 21, 2017, 03:08 PM

I didn't change anything yet, but I agree with the general consensus.. Tomos can you send me (or post) your css fixes?

Strange. Mine now shows up like this:

mouser · « **Reply #10 on:** November 21, 2017, 04:25 PM »

You are seeing the old css -- Try doing a Ctrl+F5 to refresh and get the current css.

tomos · « **Reply #11 on:** November 21, 2017, 04:44 PM »

Quote from: mouser on November 21, 2017, 03:08 PM

.. Tomos can you send me (or post) your css fixes?

that was a photoshop job

mouser · « **Reply #12 on:** November 21, 2017, 09:29 PM »

How's it look now? (Ctrl+F5 to refresh css)

tomos · « **Reply #13 on:** November 21, 2017, 09:45 PM »

Quote from: mouser on November 21, 2017, 09:29 PM

How's it look now? (Ctrl+F5 to refresh css)

a lot better

Minor details (my speciality):

I'd still make the band on the left a little narrower
a little white space between that bar and the quotemark would be good
I'm not gone on the blue - makes the whole effect quite cold. (Preferred the brown FWIW -- if I get time tomorrow I could mock up a few different colours to see how they look)

mouser · « **Reply #14 on:** November 21, 2017, 10:16 PM »

Tweaked.

tomos · « **Reply #15 on:** November 21, 2017, 11:00 PM »

Quote from: mouser on November 21, 2017, 10:16 PM

Tweaked.

okay,
I like it at any rate :-)
we'll see what others say...

cranioscopical · « **Reply #16 on:** November 22, 2017, 12:36 AM »

I prefer the quotation marks to be inside the panel.

skwire · « **Reply #17 on:** November 22, 2017, 12:44 AM »

I much prefer the old quoting boxes. These new ones look garish and out of place.

mouser · « **Reply #18 on:** November 22, 2017, 01:19 AM »

Quote

I prefer the quotation marks to be inside the panel.

What do you mean?

mouser · « **Reply #19 on:** November 22, 2017, 01:19 AM »

Quote

I much prefer the old quoting boxes. These new ones look garish and out of place.

Ath · « **Reply #20 on:** November 22, 2017, 07:47 AM »

Current configuration is much better than before, but I guess I'm not much into that brown color. I'll get used to it, now that it's no longer hurting my eyes

anandcoral · « **Reply #21 on:** November 22, 2017, 09:38 AM »

Our forum's base color is blue.
I suggest to change brown to deep blue or something like it to match with our forums color theme.
The fonts look OK now.

Regards,

Anand

tomos · « **Reply #22 on:** November 22, 2017, 11:51 AM »

^ unfortunately I didnt take a screenshot while it was blue - but it did make for a very 'cold' look. (Not saying the brown is 'it', just that it's better than the blue was.)

mouser,
another way of 'de-emphasizing' the boxes (if you wanted) would be to remove the shadow

tomos · « **Reply #23 on:** November 22, 2017, 11:57 AM »

Re colour/s
another option would be the blue-grey + orange/ish type theme (does MS Office have a theme like that? - pics below are from InfoQube)

tomos · « **Reply #24 on:** November 22, 2017, 11:58 AM »

delete me (I keep quoting instead of modifying since the upgrade)