Computerforum LAYOUT - your opinion.

[Dr Studly]

Computerforum LAYOUT - your opinion.
your opinion of things that are cool that could be done to CF...
lets start where we left off:

i think we need to redo our whole ComputerForum colors them and make it more bubbly!!!

or just a little more modern looking... mebbe since it is a computer forum, we could have it a little Vista-ish? or XP-ish? as in the look/theme...

or i little more modern... kinda like ipodwizard.net... i think they are using the same general layout as us, just differenct icons and colors... i don't really like our icons... they look like they are from the windows 2000 era
but that is just MO

I like it perfectly well... its really clean.

they look like they are from the windows 2000 era

Whats wrong with that? Windows 2000 rocked, lol.

ok, i've been to a bunch of forums... and CF is really boring... (no offence IAN)

if we do some of these, we could really put the bar up for the standard for computer forums... ( i can see techforums thinking... uh-oh... doom )

like there are just little things we could do... most of this stuff i picked up from ipodwizard.net... and i beleive they use the same setup as us baisically...

SIGNATURES!!!lol... most forums let their members put small picutures in their signature!!! c'mon, we could do that!

Gif avatars... that could be like a special privilage to members that can be trusted not to dishonor that privilage...

Computer Forum Home Page:
If your a member:
on the Right of page: USER CP
Center Of Page: something that like could automaticly update news from computer news website... in the middle of news could be a big bubbly looking link that you CAN't miss, that says: ENTER THE FORUMS
Top of page: Advertisement and advertisement on the mottem (i.e. newegg advertisements on top of page, red bull advertisements on bottom of page )
somewhere on the page there could be links to: stickies, commonly asked questions (make sure that is very visible so people don't start posting without seeing if it has already been asked), and currently hot threads...

a very clean vista-ish looking theme... a theme with "appealing" or "attracting" colors... more clean-cut (but still bubbly), modern icons (we could get some of the CF members that are more skilled in this to help in making this new theme...) not so professional that it would scare people away, but not so unprofessional that it would scare people away (if you know what i mean)


then when u click enter the forums you will see what looks like the current homepage (just whith the new theme w/ the new icons)

make the off topic section so that it doesn't up your post count... (so people can post more conversation and keep a community here without just wanting to up their post counts...)


oh and are we using pre-made theme or premade icons and stuff??

- caleb

tell me if you want me to post more of my ideas... this i wat should be done IMO

heres something i thought of:

www.freewebs.com/leef

as you can see i'm not graphically talented

Have all the buttons and links to get around CF open "windows".

i wus thinking something like that windows start bar... except witht the vista theme/startbar...

 

[Dr Studly]

Your ideas are good, but only for certain types of forums I think.

.gif images take a long time to load, compared to .jpeg's and the like. That means people on slow connectiosn would have to wait longer, and it might discourage them from coming on the forums.

same with signatures. the more graphics on the page, the longer it takes to load. it's no problem for us DSL/Cable guys on fast machines. But for people on slower connections, or even faster connections with incredibly slow PC's (like me) the images and fancy graphics make the loading time crawl.

i am not graphically talented so this is my idea, you guys would have to draw it out (if you like it)

also that could be used as the sidebar on my idea of the CF homepage...


also idk about you guys but i am on CF 24/7 (almost) and i wouldn't minde CF having something like a windows CF desktop (like google desktop) or CF sidebar...


yes slow forums could cause ppl to stay away, but so would boring forums... (no offence anyone... i love CF)...
and more people liek apealing colors than slow computers... ok, look at the PC in my signature... that runs some of the more graphicly styled forums more than fine...

i have been to forums with images in the sig, and it opens fine... and the majority of people nowadays that would come to CF the way it is now prolly have Cable/DSL anyway! i think as technology advanced... so should internet pages (i.e. computer forum)

That is like the best idea I have heard so far.

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[Dr Studly]

Your idea of using somthing like this:

Here:

Is a good idea.

What about the vista sidebar?

I have the psd too, if anyone wants it:
http://www.freewebs.com/computerforumlogo/sidebar.psd

Yeah, that is the vista sidebar. I just made it with the links in it for the user cp:

thats good!!!

fix this in the search tho:

Well, here is a start:



That is the sidebar in action. Now, just trying to think of the top section, and, the actual subject here, the logo. lol

EDIT: Dragon, the psd should work now.

i have to agree that does look damn swish, but also damn outta place at the moment, and this has been raise several timwes before, ian does not want it changed in such a majoy way. Read the title of this topic, then look at what your suggesting.

draogn

Here is the 2nd version of the psd if you want it though:
http://www.freewebs.com/computerforumlogo/sidebar2.psd

EDIT: My photoshop layers are messy in that psd, so, if you want to use it, go ahead, but have fun sorting it.

whew... finally

 

[kobaj]

Just my opinion, dont go ALL vista (too much black is a bad thing.)

 

[Dr Studly]

Just my opinion, dont go ALL vista (too much black is a bad thing.)

know, er were just thinking a vista-ish theme... and are u racist?

jk

 

[helmie]

know, er were just thinking a vista-ish theme... and are u racist?

jk

LAMO! Yeah, it would be pretty cool in a vista style, but so long as the actual forums stay the same, i dont care what it looks like.

Helmie

 

[elmarcorulz]

I dont see it changing anytime soon. People like it because of its simplicity

 

[Motoxrdude]

I kinda like the simplicity of CF. I mean sure, a few harmless little changes never hurt anything, but all of a sudden CF might get all retro, and it would give you a seizure if you look at the screen too long.

 

[Ku-sama]

Just my opinion, dont go ALL vista (too much black is a bad thing.)

i think your jumping the gun by calling him a raceist, he's just saying, "do go goth"

 

[kobaj]

Lol, I'm not racist. I just visit a black color forum (whos name will not be said) and all the black just looks bad, especialy things like white type on top of it.


(plus my monitor doesnt work if more than 75 percent of the screen is below the shade of 333333)

EDIT: No pink either, please.

 

[Jaynesh]

This skin is perfect, also good for the erm, er... the '56k' users

 

[Dr Studly]

EDIT: No pink either, please.

LOL

This skin is perfect, also good for the erm, er... the '56k' users

yea, but there is not alot of those... there are more ppl who care about a cool theme then ppl with 56k internet... and the few people that are using that really need to not hinder making cool website designs.... i mean people have slow computers (i.e. me) does that mean that game designers should change their ways to accomodate us???

i think your jumping the gun by calling him a raceist, he's just saying, "do go goth"

i wus jk, lol

 

[Trizoy]

so your supporting your idea to change the format, with your own quotes?

You cant do that... Rule #1
Dont double, triple or whatever post.. Rule #2
Dont be an idiot, simplicity is a forums best friend Rule #3

 

[Dr Studly]

so your supporting your idea to change the format, with your own quotes?

You cant do that... Rule #1

i wasn't the only person that wus discussing it... obviosuly you haven't read throughly... and also, we werehaving a conversation b4 about cool ideas of changing the format, but we were discussing them in the Computer Forum logo seciton, so I quoted that convo and put it here with its own topic name... so i really should read before you talk

Dont double, triple or whatever post.. Rule #2

the convo was so big i had to take up 3 posts to post it here

Dont be an idiot, simplicity is a forums best friend Rule #3

that is a matter of opinion

 

[Motoxrdude]

so your supporting your idea to change the format, with your own quotes?

You cant do that... Rule #1
Dont double, triple or whatever post.. Rule #2
Dont be an idiot, simplicity is a forums best friend Rule #3

Chill out, this isnt a matter of national security or anything. And an "idiot" is only a matter of opinion to you, or someone else.

Instead of reading posts to find error in what people say, why dont you contribute to the thread and make kind incists?
EDIT: OKAY, i am a hypocrit with this post
WHY CANT WE ALL GET ALONG!

EDIT: I think the current layout is kinda nice, simple, and easy to find everything.

 

[Skizzor]

I love this layout like it is. Nice and plain

 

[jbrown456]

so your supporting your idea to change the format, with your own quotes?

You cant do that... Rule #1
Dont double, triple or whatever post.. Rule #2
Dont be an idiot, simplicity is a forums best friend Rule #3

Ok, just about rule 2, you can only make a post so big before it says you must make it smaller, so, really, I don't consider that breaking rule #2

He wasn't breaking rule #1 either if you read the whole thing.

and.....

He wasn't being an idiot! He just thought about changing the layout.

Back to topic.....

I sort of do like the simplicity (spelling?) of computerfourm. When I first came here (back in the stone age, lol), I think the only reason I didn't click back on my google search is the nice, clean layout of this place.

I am voting to keep it.