Siraris said:

[youtube]xpcUxwpOQ_A[/youtube]



BITCHES LOVE THAT BEAKER!

I'm glad that's working. Oh, and you just drove my dog frickin' nuts.

Spectre7 said:

Then I suppose this won't do it for ya.



[img]http://home.pacbell.net/ven_rand/forum_mockup.png[/img]

I think actually that's pretty close. Keeping within the already established theme is important. What if you darken the colors so the orange is deeper and the blue is more navy?

Spectre7 said:

Gimme a couple minutes. I do worry about darkening orange, though... Orange and yellow both have a tendency to look dirty when you take the value down.

Something like the orange color that EvAv subscribers get for their name.

torrefaction said:

I actually like that. WAYY easier on the eyes.

I'll still miss the black and red, bu tthat's pretty good.

That is easier on the eyes. These colors have given me a few headaches already...hasn't stopped me from reading though :D

Spectre7 said:

There's no style bible that I'm aware of... and in fact, Siraris and I haven't had a chance to talk about it yet. I'm just tossing some things at the wall, and seeing what stick. And yes, I was trying to work inside the established color theme -- I was working under the assumption that [url]http://www.playitreviewit.com[/url] is styled pretty much how he wants it.



Something a little different. I'm definitely still in rough experiment mode.



[img]http://home.pacbell.net/ven_rand/forum_mockup_darker.png[/img]

I like the background like that! It brings out the logo in a really bold way.



I'm still stuck on that I generally don't like dark letters on a bright background.

Spectre7 said:

There's no style bible that I'm aware of... and in fact, Siraris and I haven't had a chance to talk about it yet. I'm just tossing some things at the wall, and seeing what stick. And yes, I was trying to work inside the established color theme -- I was working under the assumption that [url]http://www.playitreviewit.com[/url] is styled pretty much how he wants it.



Something a little different. I'm definitely still in rough experiment mode.



[img]http://home.pacbell.net/ven_rand/forum_mockup_darker.png[/img]

I like it except for the that the peach color seems to contrasting and bright compared to the rest. I think a duller yellow would work better.

bone said:

Looks awesome! Can you make the dark orange of the forum boxes match the duller orange in the logo? That might work a little better. I do like the dark blue background- it's not black but really does work well with the logo.

:)



[img]http://home.pacbell.net/ven_rand/compare_colors.png[/img]



The top half is the orange of the logo, the bottom half is the orange of the Recent Post boxes. Although they are different shades, the difference is minuscule.

TheKeck said:

Two words:



Recent... Post... Side... Bar

Three:



Working... on... it.

Spectre7 said:

Here's an attempt with the apparently much desired dark body & light-text. As I mentioned earlier, orange doesn't really survive being darkened. In fact, dark orange has a name... we call it brown.



The fix? Swap the color positions.



[img]http://home.pacbell.net/ven_rand/forum_mockup_darkrev.png[/img]

I love it. I would be very happy with that.

Spectre7 said:

Cool, cool. Thanks for the feedback, one and all! I think I'm gonna sit tight for the time being, and wait for Siraris to have a look.

I would like to have 3-5 concepts to post in smaller form (not page-breaking) and have a poll thread about it.

Spectre7 said:

Then I suppose this won't do it for ya.



[img]http://home.pacbell.net/ven_rand/forum_mockup.png[/img]

Wow! That is a fantastic template.

Mr Murphy said:

I really like that newer color scheme. Easy on the eyes without being boring. My fiance is home and even she thought this place looked a little generic.

D. Rex: "It just looks like every forum ever, is all."

That might be because this is the default VBulletin theme. It's called ArcticBlue I believe.

Spectre7 said:

There's no style bible that I'm aware of... and in fact, Siraris and I haven't had a chance to talk about it yet. I'm just tossing some things at the wall, and seeing what stick. And yes, I was trying to work inside the established color theme -- I was working under the assumption that [url]http://www.playitreviewit.com[/url] is styled pretty much how he wants it.



Something a little different. I'm definitely still in rough experiment mode.



[img]http://home.pacbell.net/ven_rand/forum_mockup_darker.png[/img]

This one rules.

Ludoc said:

Ten posts per page = tyranny

Is there an option to increase the number of posts that are displayed on each page?

Yes, just go to "User CP" then go down to "Options." It is listed on that page.

Ox said:

This. Certain morons (and by "morons," I of course mean "Slack3r78") haven't turned their PMs on.

EDIT: In addition, can we get absolute time stamps on messages? I can do the math to figure out a message posted an hour ago was posted at at 3:13 p.m., but if I wanted to think, I wouldn't be surfing the Internet.

Bettar?

Still learning.

Siraris said:

Bettar?

Still learning.

You're like God, except you actually answer prayers.

Ox said:

You're like God, except you actually answer prayers.

I don't think you have to enable private messages by the way? I never did on my profile, and I don't see an option to shut them on or off in the VBulletin options. Did anyone else have to enable them in their profile?

Siraris said:

I don't think you have to enable private messages by the way? I never did on my profile, and I don't see an option to shut them on or off in the VBulletin options. Did anyone else have to enable them in their profile?

There is an option in User CP>Settings & Options>Edit Options. It is marked "Enable Private Messaging" and it is unchecked by default. I tried sending a PM to Slack and received this error message:

[QUOTE]
Slack3r78 has chosen not to receive private messages or may not be allowed to receive private messages. Therefore you may not send your message to him/her.

If you are trying to send this message to multiple recipients, remove Slack3r78 from the recipient list and send the message again.
[/QUOTE]
You probably don't have the option to disable PMs since you are a great big muckety-muck.

Ox said:

You're like God, except you actually answer prayers.

By clipping your username to "Ox" aren't you the least bit concerned that people might mistake you for having a peculiar affinity for a domesticated animal that has outlived it's utility and not recognize you for the arugula eating ivy leaguer you truly are?

EternalGamer said:

By clipping your username to "Ox" aren't you the least bit concerned that people might mistake you for having a peculiar affinity for a domesticated animal that has outlived it's utility and not recognize you for the arugula eating ivy leaguer you truly are?

1. I scorn the Ivy League.

2. If people start thinking I'm a domesticated ungulate rather than a highly educated person, maybe my education money was wasted.

Siraris said:

I don't think you have to enable private messages by the way? I never did on my profile, and I don't see an option to shut them on or off in the VBulletin options. Did anyone else have to enable them in their profile?

I just tried to send a message to The Continental (glad to see him here) and was told he had PMs turned off. I had to enable them on my account as well.

Schnoogs said:

I have but one wish....Wslove is not allowed to join this place.

Weak. So all the conservatives and libertarians make the jump but I'm the only one representing the blue states? I have a 60 hour a week job that starts back in two weeks, so I certainly can't balance the dialog on my own.

Siraris said:

In regards to private messaging (and other options) the way I have it now, I control the registration process from the main site.

God you sound like a controlling dick. I'm outta here! ;)

AniAko said:

I have more of a social arrangement request.



Everyone gets hot-headed, even admins / mods. I propose that if an event occurs that an admin is personally vested in and action needs to be taken, the admin does what he needs to do for the immediate effect (temp ban, perma ban, delete posts, lock thread, etc.). Then he should pass the damage control over to another admin who isn't involved. This way we avoid creating a further hostile environment since a cool-headed 3rd party is now handling the situation.

Entirely this.

Siraris said:

Regardless, everyone should have private messaging enabled now.

Huh, an admin who caters to my every whim. This could be useful.

I demand a masseuse! All the good internet fora provide free masseuses for respected posters.

EternalGamer said:

Weak. So all the conservatives and libertarians make the jump but I'm the only one representing the blue states? I have a 60 hour a week job that starts back in two weeks, so I certainly can't balance the dialog on my own.

Bah let everyone come, P&R isn't nearly lively enough yet!



Besides, I always liked arguing with you guys. :)

EternalGamer said:

Weak. So all the conservatives and libertarians make the jump but I'm the only one representing the blue states? I have a 60 hour a week job that starts back in two weeks, so I certainly can't balance the dialog on my own.

While I really hope that's not the case (Did anyone message Mason?), if true, it means I could start a strong political argument about the fact that it was the conservatives and libertarians who left on principle, and not the lefties ;)

torrefaction said:

While I really hope that's not the case (Did anyone message Mason?), if true, it means I could start a strong political argument about the fact that it was the conservatives and libertarians who left on principle, and not the lefties ;)

The Lefties were too busy getting high and burning the American flag at their interracial gay marriages to even realize anything happened.

torrefaction said:

While I really hope that's not the case (Did anyone message Mason?), if true, it means I could start a strong political argument about the fact that it was the conservatives and libertarians who left on principle, and not the lefties ;)

Mason was pretty quiet even on EvAv over the last year. He needs to resurface. He and Ox could really make my mind melt with their arguments joined in the same thread. But yeah, I'd like to see Mason post more, and here of course.



EG, I'm a blue man. You don't have to worry about being alone. Obama '08!



However, during this shift to a new site I've been happy to see red and blue come together for a common cause. I'll grow to hate all you reds once more, but for now the truce still holds strong. :)

torrefaction said:

That's harder work. We're going to try to link to similar forum posts in the news until that can be sorted out.

Would it be possible to turn the "comments" off and just make your own link in the news story that goes to the forum thread? Or even just make the "Read More" part link to the thread?

EternalGamer said:

Would it be possible to turn the "comments" off and just make your own link in the news story that goes to the forum thread? Or even just make the "Read More" part link to the thread?

We'll need to discuss this more, and it is something I have been struggling with. Don't you think it breaks continuity to have to come in to the forum in order to comment?

Siraris said:

Custom User Titles ENABLED!

Good times!

Squidbot said:

Mine seems to already do that?

Mine doesn't, but now that I think about it, it might be because I don't have "Remember Me" on at work and I speculate that whatever cookie stems from that is how the two are linked.

Other request then: Can we change spoiler text to match the post background? Finding them is like a little bit of easter in every post. :p

Edit: So how come I can't change my profile details without entering a "parent email" now? I think that's mistakenly marked as a required field.

DaXIthR said:

So, I don't know much about web design and all that jazz...but there are mini-icons that identify tons of sites. They appear at the very left end of the address bar.



PIRI doesn't have one yet. I'd like one. I used to have EvAv in my favorites, and the red eye logo appeared in it as a mini icon. I've added PIRI, but it's mini icon is a tiny blank page.



Thanks

Such a thing is called a Favicon, and I think I can take care of that. I've got a lot of little graphics to fabricate this weekend, so I can just toss that on the list.

Spectre7 said:

Such a thing is called a Favicon, and I think I can take care of that. I've got a lot of little graphics to fabricate this weekend, so I can just toss that on the list.

I'd appreciate it, let me know when you have it and I'll throw it up on the site.

Grey said:

Could you please higher the limit for images? Should be 10 as in most other forums. 4 is just a pain in the ass.

I second this.

H1PO said:

I'd like to know why there is no selling in the trader section. If there's a reason, I'm cool with that, but EvAv never had a problem with selling items.

Actually, I just copied the text from EvAv :P I really don't mind if you sell, just nothing illegal.

Grey said:

Could you please higher the limit for images? Should be 10 as in most other forums. 4 is just a pain in the ass.

I don't know if I'd call it a pain in the ass, but it has been raised to 10 :P

Siraris said:

Actually, I just copied the text from EvAv :P I really don't mind if you sell, just nothing illegal.

Ha! Figured it was more than similar.
Alright. I want to sell my Wii, so I'll be posting that sometime soon.

Siraris said:

I don't know if I'd call it a pain in the ass, but it has been raised to 10 :P

Thank you :)

EternalGamer said:

Weak. So all the conservatives and libertarians make the jump but I'm the only one representing the blue states? I have a 60 hour a week job that starts back in two weeks, so I certainly can't balance the dialog on my own.

I am a civil libertarian, and a somewhat moderate social liberal. Does that count for anything?

Norse said:

Is there a way to display the user name, join date, location etc. on the left side of the post like on EvAv? I have trouble getting used to it being at the top of the post :p

i second this

thecrazyD said:

Also: No avatars, please, thanks.



I know it has already been stated, but I would enjoy a Recent Posts sidebar, and an RSS feed for the news.



I doubt anyone agrees with me, but I actually prefer the existing skin? I know it is generic, but that is not necessarily a bad thing while reading at work. In fact, if it could be more generic and bland looking, I would like it. Like, it was designed to look like a spreadsheet.

Actually, I agree completely. I surf mostly at work and this blends in with everything else. ;)

shunoshi said:

Actually, I agree completely. I surf mostly at work and this blends in with everything else. ;)

I seem to recall a similar idea, many moons ago at EvAv, involving a skin designed to look like an Office document. I thought it was a great idea then, and I still do.

Siraris said:

How's that guys? Posts are on the left instead of the top.



I'm working on the recent posts and integrating news with the forums. Ideally, people will submit their post, a mod will copy paste it into the news section, and it will cross post to the front page. Comments will be from the forums.

Ugh, I've forgotten to do that...Sorry.

torrefaction said:

Ugh, I've forgotten to do that...Sorry.

No big deal, I haven't either. It is actually a hassle to do so. Ideally, it will work the way mentioned above. That way, you make one post in the forum, and then it's displayed in the forum and the front page. I don't know if you will be able to comment on the front page or not, but if not, I'll just link to the forum page if you wish to leave a comment, and at least display the comments on the front page that have been left in the forums.

Siraris said:

How's that guys? Posts are on the left instead of the top.



I'm working on the recent posts and integrating news with the forums. Ideally, people will submit their post, a mod will copy paste it into the news section, and it will cross post to the front page. Comments will be from the forums.

It's... beautiful.

Suave Peanut said:

Aww, I kind of liked having the post information displayed on top. I find it to be a nice divider between posts.

This is fine, too. I could live with it.

I agree, Mr Peanut, but it seems more people wanted it this way than the old way, so I changed it. I wish there was a way to allow you to choose, but it doesn't look like it.

If you had an attractive female sibling you could send my way, I may be persuaded to change back.

Siraris said:

I agree, Mr Peanut, but it seems more people wanted it this way than the old way, so I changed it. I wish there was a way to allow you to choose, but it doesn't look like it.

If you had an attractive female sibling you could send my way, I may be persuaded to change back.

that's the problem with vbulletin, it's great, but not everything is customizable at user level, but i hear they are working on it.

Siraris said:

I agree, Mr Peanut, but it seems more people wanted it this way than the old way, so I changed it. I wish there was a way to allow you to choose, but it doesn't look like it.



If you had an attractive female sibling you could send my way, I may be persuaded to change back.

Oh, come on! If I had an attractive female sibling, do you really think I'd send her your way? Can't you see that I'm from the South?

Suave Peanut said:

Oh, come on! If I had an attractive female sibling, do you really think I'd send her your way? Can't you see that I'm from the South?

you can have my crazy ex gf, state certified nutcase...

riverregionweb said:

you can have my crazy ex gf, state certified nutcase...

I stopped in Prattville just the other day... shudder...



I think I'll stick with what I've got, thanks.

Suave Peanut said:

I stopped in Prattville just the other day... shudder...

I think I'll stick with what I've got, thanks.

actually the crazy ex is from opp...not prattville...

Typical Michael said:

I think that "prattville" is a pretty funny thing to name a place.



[url]http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prat[/url]

I'm not sure you quite understand how appropriate the name actually is.

bone said:

I'm liking the changes. Can we make it say "Today" and "Yesterday" on a post instead of the date like it does on other forums? Or do you guys prefer the cold hard date?

[url]http://www.playitreviewit.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1671&postcount=72[/url]

He hath spoken :P

TheEvilNarwhale said:

Auto subscription to threads you have posted in?

You can sign up for that in the User CP section. I prefer not having it, to prevent spam.

bone said:

I autosubscribe, but with no emails. So I can click the UserCP button and quickly get to threads I was participating in. Only took me three years to realize you could do this.

Yeah, once you do that you can never go back.

Deadend said:

How do I get my 40 posts per page?

User CP / Edit Options / Thread Display Options

DaXIthR said:

Like how we've got Yahoo, AIM and all that other jazz underneath our names after every post, is there any way to incorporate Facebook there as well?

use the sig man

riverregionweb said:

use the sig man

clever, but I am saving my sig for the witticisms by Slack3r that are unrelated to alcohol.

DaXIthR said:

Like how we've got Yahoo, AIM and all that other jazz underneath our names after every post, is there any way to incorporate Facebook there as well?

I don't believe so. I'd need to look into it.

livE ecivonvA said:

I apologize for not reading the entire thread as I post this, but I would like to see an icon by threads you've already posted in. I recognize threads I've been in, but I've noticed that there's no icon to indicate that I've posted in it before.

Makes it a little hard to keep track of threads I've currently/already frequented.

Edit: Nevermind. I saw thecrazyD's thread. *embarrased*

It already doses this by adding an arrow to the left of every thread you have posted in.

Siraris said:

How does the recent posts look?

Me likey.

10 chars here too? Nooooooo!!!!!!!!



EDIT: Although not having it in the individual thread pages makes it more jarring. I might keep it everywhere, just for consistency.

roboninja said:

Me likey.
10 chars here too? Nooooooo!!!!!!!!

EDIT: Although not having it in the individual thread pages makes it more jarring. I might keep it everywhere, just for consistency.

I am.. chillax just getting it setup :P

Siraris said:

How does the recent posts look?

Awesome! Thx! I would like it to show up everywhere in the forums though.

Siraris said:

I am.. chillax just getting it setup :P

Sweet. I love chillaxin'.

cp said:

When I post a reply, where are the buttons for like url, bold, etc etc etc. I don't like entering urls manually - [ url= asdfasdf]asdfasdf[/url]

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