Layout revised, I am from top to bottom. Everything should be fine now. We can start working on the colors and stuff. I will get this template over to the cms shortly. Thanks for all the help.
Okay, this is another layout which removes the exta bit and gives more space to the forums. Thanks to Zok for the CSS [I copied it from his theme, I did PM him about it]
Okay, this is another layout which removes the exta bit and gives more space to the forums. Thanks to Zok for the CSS [I copied it from his theme, I did PM him about it]
Duh, I copied the CSS to fix some errors which were hard to trace. Jeff made the template for 3.7 and we're using 3.8. Plus, zok just use the default Vbull template and just changed the colors. I will just compare notes and try to get the colors back and get the old layout in place.
I'm liking where this is going. I can't tell exactly what has changed, but something has and it looks more crisp. Actually feels and is starting to look more like the old Totse as far as forums go.
If you click on the resize the image bar it will open the image in a new Window. I enabled this setting to avoid the page rape. It can be reverted if required.
I posted screenshots of the old totse so you guys could compare colors. I think we should use the old color scheme. Things are looking better now, though.
Sorry for that, I was working on adding a new panel which would list cms articles. But my ADSL link went down and the code got double pasted. I couldn't fix it since my Internet was down. After 10 minutes of solid cursing and one complaint to the phone company I got the link back up.
You forgot to note they're paying for this shithole.
It's not my intention to roll up and act like I get to make all the choices just because I'm paying for it. I like the sort of democratic theme we have going, which is why I chose to be public with my distaste; I'd just rather voice my opinion and let everyone decide.
Now that being said, I don't oppose it because I dislike the new texture. It's a very nice cleaned up version of the old one and that's great, but that's also the problem. To me it's such a very negligible difference in aesthetic that I feel we should have kept the old one as a memento. In my opinion it's part of the heritage of the site, and after all it's the only part of it that has really stood the test of time. Maybe I'm just a nostalgic person, but to me it's sort of like comparing an old oil painting to a digital photo. Sure, the photo is more crisp and clear, but the oil painting has its own special charm and history to it.
I trust y'all to do what's best for the site and the community even if it's not my preferred choice, I just wanted to clear that up. The site looks great, good work to everyone involved.
Remember guys we're just fixing the markup. We haven't corrected the colors and started matching this current theme with Totse old theme. So, just be patient. Let us work with the layout and make it at least work on various platforms. We need a modular layout for CMS and the curent version just works. We will be modifying it every day and you see that each step we take will be towards the old totse famous look which we all love.
Status update:
After head banging and different tests, we got a new Articles box which shows current articles from the cms. www.totse.info/cms
Yes, I can see the animated banner which shows CMS feeds. It's atm a test banner. Thanks to skittles [it was his idea] we will have rotating banners but the cool thing is, those banner will advertise totse, totse community and users blogs randomly. I know it will take some time to code or find a script for this but it can be done.
Feel free to suggestion or bitch about things. I honestly enjoy your view points and it helps me keep things in control.
Sorry to dredge from page 4, I've been busy and there's some things I'd like to comment on.
It's not my intention to roll up and act like I get to make all the choices just because I'm paying for it. I like the sort of democratic theme we have going, which is why I chose to be public with my distaste; I'd just rather voice my opinion and let everyone decide.
Now that being said, I don't oppose it because I dislike the new texture. It's a very nice cleaned up version of the old one and that's great, but that's also the problem. To me it's such a very negligible difference in aesthetic that I feel we should have kept the old one as a memento. In my opinion it's part of the heritage of the site, and after all it's the only part of it that has really stood the test of time. Maybe I'm just a nostalgic person, but to me it's sort of like comparing an old oil painting to a digital photo. Sure, the photo is more crisp and clear, but the oil painting has its own special charm and history to it.
I trust y'all to do what's best for the site and the community even if it's not my preferred choice, I just wanted to clear that up. The site looks great, good work to everyone involved.
I think I'm gonna like you bro. (nohomo) :hai:
Honest opinions without &^*(%_$ point of view earns a big respect in my book:thumbsup:
Yes, I can see the animated banner which shows CMS feeds. It's atm a test banner. Thanks to skittles [it was his idea] we will have rotating banners but the cool thing is, those banner will advertise totse, totse community and users blogs randomly. I know it will take some time to code or find a script for this but it can be done.
Feel free to suggestion or bitch about things. I honestly enjoy your view points and it helps me keep things in control.
I like the banner idea. No overkill animation resembling an epileptic nightmare. :thumbsup:
Added a rotating banner. It uses jquery and it has tons of options. It supports plain text. I am going to test this for a while and then add community banners in it. I tried using a third party solution to manage the ads but it didn't work well.
Like I could have a banner for Dfg Collage Project,
You can have a banner for Fangkai Articles
We can have a banner for some ongoing project and we can have banners for various community blogs. The idea is to expose our content to the old and tease the lurkers into joining in.
Once I find a working script or system that doesn't fuck the layout, We will have weekly banners rotation in which new banners are added. You just need to create 468*60 or 400*60 res banner and it will be included along with a link to your content.
What a day, I had some IRL work today and I didn't sleep well, so I like went to sleep around 6 pm and woke up around 12:16 AM. Haven't eaten anything and I am fucked up. But anyway, tonights the night .
Going to:
A)Fix the fucking Hot Topics. [Done]
B)Fix the CMS layout and make the content area and the heading area colors different. [Done]
C) Change Totse Forum and Gradient colors to match the old totse [that will require some constant updates so ... don't get mad).
D) I will add a bulk of more files mostly by katz. In progress
E) Add Youtube support to CMS or test the video embedding.
F) Make 10 new threads regarding different things.
Stumble,Reddit,Digg. Twitter things.
And then sleep . This should take some 2+ hours. Its 12:20 AM and I am going to eat now. Sorry for the delay, I am honestly doing my best here.
I'm loving the hard work you're putting into this place. We're soon going to hit the next milestone of having a fully functional site, which is when the advertising starts. That's going to be a hard job though, right?
Much better I guess, hmmm anyway, I will work on this more. I compared the screenshots and it's a bitch to match them. I will wait till skittles reworks the images.
Is there any way to put the hot topics menu back on the right, but still keep the same width thread table/window/section as it is now? I just can't get used to it on the left (and I imagine plenty of people feel the same way).
Comments
Please tell me that this is just temporary.
Duh, I copied the CSS to fix some errors which were hard to trace. Jeff made the template for 3.7 and we're using 3.8. Plus, zok just use the default Vbull template and just changed the colors. I will just compare notes and try to get the colors back and get the old layout in place.
It's not my intention to roll up and act like I get to make all the choices just because I'm paying for it. I like the sort of democratic theme we have going, which is why I chose to be public with my distaste; I'd just rather voice my opinion and let everyone decide.
Now that being said, I don't oppose it because I dislike the new texture. It's a very nice cleaned up version of the old one and that's great, but that's also the problem. To me it's such a very negligible difference in aesthetic that I feel we should have kept the old one as a memento. In my opinion it's part of the heritage of the site, and after all it's the only part of it that has really stood the test of time. Maybe I'm just a nostalgic person, but to me it's sort of like comparing an old oil painting to a digital photo. Sure, the photo is more crisp and clear, but the oil painting has its own special charm and history to it.
I trust y'all to do what's best for the site and the community even if it's not my preferred choice, I just wanted to clear that up. The site looks great, good work to everyone involved.
Remember guys we're just fixing the markup. We haven't corrected the colors and started matching this current theme with Totse old theme. So, just be patient. Let us work with the layout and make it at least work on various platforms. We need a modular layout for CMS and the curent version just works. We will be modifying it every day and you see that each step we take will be towards the old totse famous look which we all love.
Status update:
After head banging and different tests, we got a new Articles box which shows current articles from the cms. www.totse.info/cms
Feel free to suggestion or bitch about things. I honestly enjoy your view points and it helps me keep things in control.
I think I'm gonna like you bro. (nohomo) :hai:
Honest opinions without &^*(%_$ point of view earns a big respect in my book:thumbsup: I like the banner idea. No overkill animation resembling an epileptic nightmare. :thumbsup:
The rotating banner at the top right is win. I really like the simplicity, but maybe you could make the text easier to read? It's kind of faint.
<-- Use That
Plus that space is a great place to add banners.
Like I could have a banner for Dfg Collage Project,
You can have a banner for Fangkai Articles
We can have a banner for some ongoing project and we can have banners for various community blogs. The idea is to expose our content to the old and tease the lurkers into joining in.
Once I find a working script or system that doesn't fuck the layout, We will have weekly banners rotation in which new banners are added. You just need to create 468*60 or 400*60 res banner and it will be included along with a link to your content.
http://www.box.net/shared/o1828ummx5
password: http://forumshares.com
It's Google Feedburner fuck up. I am looking at a replace for me. Won't take much time.
Going to:
A)Fix the fucking Hot Topics. [Done]
B)Fix the CMS layout and make the content area and the heading area colors different. [Done]
C) Change Totse Forum and Gradient colors to match the old totse [that will require some constant updates so
D) I will add a bulk of more files mostly by katz. In progress
E) Add Youtube support to CMS or test the video embedding.
F) Make 10 new threads regarding different things.
Stumble,Reddit,Digg. Twitter things.
And then sleep
EDIT: lost internet for a while.
Fixed the CMS colors. Now it looks a lot better than before.
Next target the fucking hot topics bar.
Well, yeah. I am making the current theme just like it.
Ah ok. I didn't know that was in the works. The way posts look is still different from the original.
I preferred it on top
Hush, we're moving back in time now.
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=91620&page=2