New Site Feedback, Discussion, Problem Reports

swimtech · Feb 20, 2008, 02:50 PM

Text, under the News, Reviews, Articles header in the center of the page, is clipped on the right (an ad exists directly to the right of that column). Using good ol' IE6. Cache and cookies cleared at each IE closing for me. Logging out also gives an error and I have to log out from a link in the center of the page a second time...

CDsDontBurn · Feb 20, 2008, 03:53 PM

i just got home a few minutes ago, logged in to DH, and i was like WOW!

i like the site changes so far. i have nothing to report yet, but if i come across anything, i'll post it.

mike2h · Feb 20, 2008, 05:00 PM

itll take getting used to, but thx for all the wotk guys.
i agree with others in this thread that the front page could be spread out/enlarged. im going to have to figure out how to enlarge the text, having t osquint to type & read stuff on front page

mike2h · Feb 20, 2008, 05:02 PM

if there isnt a link to the usr cp on front page can it/will it be setup? if its there i will find it

ok, how do i chnge the size of text. is it me or has all text shrunk?

Neshi · Feb 20, 2008, 05:51 PM

haven't bothered to read all comments, and want to address one problem I think I might have found.
Selecting a new skin results in a 404 error message.

and, nice job guys! It looks great, I will have to get used to the new layout though...

Matth · Feb 20, 2008, 06:05 PM

Ugh ugh ugh!

Only two forum skins, and neither have much contrast between new post and old post icons - I'd sooner see more contrast there and less on the "hot".

The one good thing to say for the icons, at least they don't jiggle, now that would be mad, bad and sad.
Another forum I was on had a vote on new icon sets, including some jigglers, and the majority favoured a set which were a saturation and 3d effect tweak of the old ones. Nobody liked the jiggling ones!

Actually, rotation would go nicely with the DH "gear wheel", and might be good as eaither a new post or hot indication.

IEMC · Feb 20, 2008, 06:07 PM

To be honest, I don't think it's inviting or "new person" friendly at all.

If someone was new to this site, I think they'd be deterred because:
1. It takes a minute to load, of course I don't have the best internet in the world, but it's average speed.
2. Extravagance isn't always better, and it can sometimes scare people away.
3. Everything seems to be all jumbled up and is hard to navigate.

Just my 2 cents.

I mean, I like the color scheme, that's fine, but why couldn't we keep the same, simple layout as before?

slugbug · Feb 20, 2008, 06:52 PM

I like the new look of the site and forum

***Zardon*** · Feb 20, 2008, 06:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neshi

haven't bothered to read all comments, and want to address one problem I think I might have found.
Selecting a new skin results in a 404 error message.

and, nice job guys! It looks great, I will have to get used to the new layout though...

you need to logout, clear your cookies and your cache.

Tril · Feb 20, 2008, 06:56 PM

I was on blueheaven before. On that skin, there was a button on the front page to search for all unread messages of the forums. Does that functionality still exist on the CosmosHeaven and SereneHeaven skins? I can't find the button.

The changes are nice but I'll admit that I prefered the colors of blueheaven. It was easier on the eyes to read and the font were a bit bigger.

***Zardon*** · Feb 20, 2008, 06:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by IEMC

mean, I like the color scheme, that's fine, but why couldn't we keep the same, simple layout as before?

I explained it in the last post. Of course thats just the reasoning why, you obviously don't have to like it...

***Zardon*** · Feb 20, 2008, 06:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tril

I was on blueheaven before. On that skin, there was a button on the front page to search for all unread messages of the forums. Does that functionality still exist on the CosmosHeaven and SereneHeaven skins? I can't find the button.

The changes are nice but I'll admit that I prefered the colors of blueheaven. It was easier on the eyes to read and the font were a bit bigger.

There is a new posts in the top navbar on the forums? as for the font sizes, do you mean the text in the post reply box?

Tril · Feb 20, 2008, 07:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zardon

There is a new posts in the top navbar on the forums? as for the font sizes, do you mean the text in the post reply box?

Thank you Zardon. I see it now. Yes it's the text in the reply box that is too small. The font size on the forums is fine.

***Zardon*** · Feb 20, 2008, 07:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tril

Thank you Zardon. I see it now. Yes it's the text in the reply box that is too small. The font size on the forums is fine.

Ok ill ask Craig to make it a few pixels larger tomorrow. Hopefully make it easier for you guys. I am sure we can fine tune this to suit as many people as we can.

**kris23** · Feb 20, 2008, 08:21 PM

niiice...

Customgamer1 · Feb 20, 2008, 08:55 PM

Been a member for years and the home page is kind of scary...

Really I am not a fan at all. I am sorry. I am sure there was a lot of time put into this, but it just looks like a spam site with all the ads and the little info on the home page.

I know ads are important, but it just looks like there are way to many.

I really over looked the reviews and I had to really look hard to notice that the reviews are not ads and is part of DH.

The front page I give a 3.5 out of 10.

To cluttered and even being a long term member I am turned off...

Robert McClelland · Feb 20, 2008, 11:31 PM

So far no issue make sure you clean out your web acc if you have one for dialup. I like new skin so far. What does mean DH is in HD hehe?

mike2h · Feb 20, 2008, 11:35 PM

ok, still havent found link to cp or pm notification. are these forthcoming or gone? or im just not seeing it.

posting for me is a pain, the letters are really small. i saw you are going to adjust that tomorrow, at least that is what i understood u to say. hope so.

**kris23** · Feb 20, 2008, 11:36 PM

maybe a special style webpage tailored for Judas and his monster LCD?

reno · Feb 20, 2008, 11:39 PM

I like where the new front page portal is going, but there's just a few quirks that are kinda "blah."

The Ad spacing feels kind of...off. I don't know how to explain it.

Also, incredibly difficult to read the front page on a TV. Not like that really matters, but looking at 8pt font from 7 feet away is kinda straining :P Increasing text size destroys the formatting of the website...so it's not really an option.

Oh well, other than that - looks really different, and I like it

YAYitsAndrew · Feb 21, 2008, 12:57 AM

I'm liking the new skin! (the light one, anyway). Finally a skin that I'll be able to jump from SkyHeaven to. And good timing as well, since SkyHeaven seems to be discontinued

Ev!L-aLphA · Feb 21, 2008, 01:24 AM

the new layout is bitchin! good job guys im liking it a lot..

Tipstaff · Feb 21, 2008, 02:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mike2h

ok, still havent found link to cp or pm notification. are these forthcoming or gone? or im just not seeing it.

posting for me is a pain, the letters are really small. i saw you are going to adjust that tomorrow, at least that is what i understood u to say. hope so.

I was thinking the same thing. Until you go into the forum, and the "Welcome, whatsyourface" box shows up you don't know if you have a new PM or not. Not a big deal (don't like answering PMs anyways).

However, I miss the quick "New Posts" button on the main page. Not that I'm lazy about going into the forums first, and hitting the "New Posts" link, but the link on the main page had the added benefit of informing you as to how many new posts there was. If there was only a few then I knew I could go onto something else, like, actually do some work. If there were, say, 250, then I knew I'd have to get comfortable for the read, and thus change the sign on door to, "Closed. Go away."

Edit: come to think of it, you know how you have the fade in menus for the "Tools" and "Network" listings? Is it possible to create the same thing for the "Forum" listing to, so that if a member is logged in it get's expanded to include more options? Say "View new posts since last login" or "xxx new posts since you were last on", or something that could be selected from that listing? Just a thought.

As to the main page, I don't know if it was intended or not, but I can see one very obvious benefit: it's smaller, meaning it's quicker to load. Perfect for the guys on dialup, but maybe as well as easier on the server load too?