Forum Layout Feedback

Discussion in 'Off Topic' started by ManagerJosh, Mar 3, 2009.

  1. ManagerJosh

    ManagerJosh Benevolent Dictator Staff Member

    Forum Layout Feedback

    Hey I'm looking for some feedback here on how to arrange our forums again. I'm still not happy with the design as it seems confusing to users.

    So here are a few questions, in particular to game forums:

    Do you like specific game forums accessible on the forum homepage? This would require some scrolling to look for your game title

    Or do you prefer being able to click a game link and from there viewing all available game forums in that area?

    How would you arrange things?
     
  2. chrst0322

    chrst0322 Member

    I would prefer being able to click on a game link:)
     
  3. Flameback777

    Flameback777 Josh's Servant Staff Member

    "Do you like specific game forums accessible on the forum homepage? This would require some scrolling to look for your game title"
    That one, I prefer to open everything in tabs and view each forum that way. I don't see scrolling as that big of an issue as it does not require that much effort and the mouse wheel can be set to scroll a larger amount of lines should the user want that.
     
  4. ManagerJosh

    ManagerJosh Benevolent Dictator Staff Member

    So I fiddled around with the Hottest Games Section. Is that better? Or do you find it more annoying?
     
  5. pinkycook

    pinkycook New Member

    Uhmm, there is nothing to fix in your forum. It seems relevant topics are already here.
     
  6. ManagerJosh

    ManagerJosh Benevolent Dictator Staff Member

    Sorry about that; i was tinkering around with the backend. :)
     
  7. Nyx

    Nyx The Ever-Knowing

    ya...I thought that was me...scared me there for a minute.
     
  8. Flameback777

    Flameback777 Josh's Servant Staff Member

    Looks much better now. I noticed when clicking the "Cities XL News and Information" link, it takes me to a page linking to the "Cities XL News" subforum. Would be nice if the link on the main page went directly to the "Cities XL News" subforum.
     
  9. ManagerJosh

    ManagerJosh Benevolent Dictator Staff Member

    Working on it. I ran into programming difficulties and I just barely got a patch.
     
  10. JohnEZ

    JohnEZ The Mac Guy

    I like the tabs very much. Very neat and concise.
     
  11. swmeek

    swmeek I got your benevolent dictator pal!!

    Ditto to what Macguy said !
    NOW quit messing with it ! :ducks:
     
  12. ManagerJosh

    ManagerJosh Benevolent Dictator Staff Member

    Nah! There's still things to be polished :D
     
  13. Judhudson

    Judhudson is a Hi-Tech Redneck

    Any hope on getting back the "Unread Posts/Messages since your Last Visit" link back on the mainpage? :D
     
  14. ManagerJosh

    ManagerJosh Benevolent Dictator Staff Member

    I don't ever recalling ever having such a feature...
     
  15. Judhudson

    Judhudson is a Hi-Tech Redneck

    The example is on the partners page up above the newspost :)
     
  16. ManagerJosh

    ManagerJosh Benevolent Dictator Staff Member

    But we've never had it on the forum home before... I'm pretty sure...
     
  17. JohnEZ

    JohnEZ The Mac Guy

    It was a feature when we had the data box with posts since last visit, statistics and information. It was there--I relied on it for a long time.
     
  18. ManagerJosh

    ManagerJosh Benevolent Dictator Staff Member

    You mean that advanced forum stats box we had on the forum home listing the last 5-10 stuff?
     
  19. JohnEZ

    JohnEZ The Mac Guy

    Might've been part of it, but there was the definite option to check new posts since your last visit.

    And even if there wasn't, it'd be a good feature to have :p
     
  20. Judhudson

    Judhudson is a Hi-Tech Redneck

    Another note...why is it when I visit http://uoem.com/home/ before I hit the forums, it tells me to log in, even though I am logged in all of the time? :/ After I visit the forums and return back to UOEM, it recognizes me.
     

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