Opinions on the new look of Oprano.

[Dravyk]

First, I overall like it!

But there needs to be a lot of tweeks, IMHO. So let me keep this positive and constructive.

- Right now some links that say "Message Board" go the Main Board, others go to the Forums Index. That needs to be made consistant as it adds to the confusion. One solution is to call the main board the "MAIN BOARD" and not the "Message Board"

- There is a possible leak where "rupert" is showing; might want to take care of that

- There's an anomaly where Lee is the only person in his own "group" as well

- A lot of the old things that were turned off need to get a programmer into the code and turn them on as the norm (the avatars, the enhanced posting, the sigs, etc.) At least I would make that a priority because the standards that are turned off might send people away.

- The header to each thread is missing at the top left of each thread. It shows in the title, but nowhere else. This adds to the confusion greatly.

- Overall site nav needs to be fixed majorly. I would also add the forum jump to the top right as well as the bottom right.

Hope this is all taken in the well-meaning spirit it has been offered.

... If it hasn't, then GFY!!!

[Lee]

There's an anomaly where Lee is the only person in his own "group" as well

Thats not an anomaly, thats because im 'special' thats what mom says anyway LOL

[Lee]

- Right now some links that say "Message Board" go the Main Board, others go to the Forums Index. That needs to be made consistant as it adds to the confusion. One solution is to call the main board the "MAIN BOARD" and not the "Message Board"

Thats a template issue i beleive, whoever messed around with them caused all sorts of minor problems which are easily fixed

- There is a possible leak where "rupert" is showing; might want to take care of that

That can be turned off in the admin area, imho, the usergroups dont need to be displayed again, it seems like some of the settings were changed when the template system was being 'played' with.

- A lot of the old things that were turned off need to get a programmer into the code and turn them on as the norm (the avatars, the enhanced posting, the sigs, etc.) At least I would make that a priority because the standards that are turned off might send people away.

No need to hire a programmer, most of the stuff can be sorted out in the admin area of VB the problem is knowing where to look for the if you havent used VB before, the teplate system isnt the easiest to work with as even the viewthread.php page has about 10 individual templates to cage to make it work properly. The avatar problem, pople viewing them by default, is another template problem with the 'legacy' setting.

- The header to each thread is missing at the top left of each thread. It shows in the title, but nowhere else. This adds to the confusion greatly.

Again, a template issue. Thats easy to fix.

- Overall site nav needs to be fixed majorly. I would also add the forum jump to the top right as well as the bottom right.

Yep you guessed it, another template issue, the option is probably not turned on for this right now.

[Nickatilynx]

I agree on the colours...a bit sickly...

however the team are fixing it as they go ( they valued there nuts )

and every time i log back in there are more and more features

[Mike AI]

Originally Posted by Nickatilynx

I agree on the colours...a bit sickly...

however the team are fixing it as they go ( they valued there nuts )

and every time i log back in there are more and more features

Keep plugging away. Oprano has always been a work in progress.

[gonzo]

Im glad I didnt study for the test!
Thats the first time in my entire life Ive ever been called pretentious.

[Newton]

Mikes post was in regard to this board as a brilliant white board with red buttons.. That was a few hours ago and has changed dramatically since then, and should be completed by tomorrow

[TheEnforcer]

Originally Posted by gonzo

Im glad I didnt study for the test!
Thats the first time in my entire life Ive ever been called pretentious.

[Evil Chris]

Originally Posted by gonzo

Im glad I didnt study for the test!
Thats the first time in my entire life Ive ever been called pretentious.

Hmm, ok yeah. Bashful and unassuming.. yeah that's more like you Gonzo. LOL