5punk New Forum Banner

Anhamgrimmar · Post by **Anhamgrimmar** » January 16th, 2007, 22:57

NO! fear change! change is bad.....

it looks quite nice actualy, although i will admit the click 5punky for index did confuse me at first

mrbobbins · Post by **mrbobbins** » January 16th, 2007, 23:40

I've only noticed now that im drunk, but is the top left corner of the buttons slighty squarer and less rounded than the other corners?, or is it that they are more rounded than the other corners?

Is this intentional?, or is it just down to the shadows?

*stares at it for ages*
...

[img size=300]http://www.bakers-place.co.uk/b5wallpaper/640shadow.jpg[/img]

Post by **FatherJack** » January 16th, 2007, 23:48

I like it a lot, very nice. I think 5punky should be more "buttony", like the other icons - without seeing others posts I wouldn't have known to click him.

Post by **tandino** » January 16th, 2007, 23:50

TEAM!

Looks lovely, I wouldn't worry too much about the b3ta gamers bit either - we still know b3ta exists and it's not like there isn't loads to connect us to it eg. the b3ta profile button down here

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*Why is there no down arrow?

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » January 16th, 2007, 23:50

FatherJack wrote:I like it a lot, very nice. I think 5punky should be more "buttony", like the other icons - without seeing others posts I wouldn't have known to click him.

that (or a little text to help)

Post by **Grimmie** » January 16th, 2007, 23:55

I quite like the sticker effect.
I recognised it as a button home straight away 'cause it was in the middle.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » January 16th, 2007, 23:59

I didn't have a problem with it, but given a lot of the changes are to make the site more user friendly, I'd say it'd be better if it were a little clearer.

cashy · Post by **cashy** » January 17th, 2007, 2:47

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:I didn't have a problem with it, but given a lot of the changes are to make the site more user friendly, I'd say it'd be better if it were a little clearer.

Hmm like if when you moused over it the sticker greyed out a bit with 'forum index' written on it?

Post by **Joose** » January 17th, 2007, 7:58

Is Good!

Joose Likes!

My only critisism is that all the buttons and stuff are all sharp and clear, and the 5punk logo really isnt. Makes it look a bit out of focus. Personally, I would have the 5punk text a bit sharper, to go with the look of everything else up there.

But that really is just me being nitpicky so I have something to say other than "yay!"

Post by **Grimmie** » January 17th, 2007, 8:17

I'd agree with Joose, now that he mentions it.
The logo is a little too blurry, but I do like the new design of it, s'very shiny.
I see someone put the title="" tag for the sticker home, top idea!

Woo Elephant Yeah · Post by **Woo Elephant Yeah** » January 17th, 2007, 8:37

To be honest, the only time anyone should ever struggle to find a forum index button is within the discussion board.

Every single forum page has a Forum Index link, it's just the custom stuff like Discussion Board, Xfire List & Scheduler that won't have one.

I agree though, it does need to be more obvious, and I like the idea of having a different image when hovering over the 5punky with "Forum Index" as test underneath instead of 5punky.

In fact, if an image were created that meant the top part of the sticker had peeled off and was hanging down, with the forum index text where it's peeled off, that would look fucking ace!

I have decided to kick the MKportal idea out the window, as the template system within it is fucking horrible to work out.
Instead I'm going to use the following format, making content for the servers, donation, wiki etc... by including them like so

http://www.5punk.co.uk/phpbb/mods/phpbb ... poster.php

Basically this means any content can go in the middle, and it still uses your cookies as if you are logged in to the site, so as to make it completley integrated.

The main site is going to be a splash page, with links and a bit of info about 5punk and what to do to get yourself setup and runing.
Also going to have a big fuckoff button to link to the forums along with a RSS feed of the latest posts, so that you don't necessarily have to log in to find out if anything new has been posted since last visit.

Also, I like the idea of a down button, but where would you put it without ruining the design???

P.S. Also, some food for thought, this is also the sort of examples "out the box" of what the phpbb_fetch_all mod can do
http://www.5punk.co.uk/phpbb/mods/phpbb ... portal.php
http://www.5punk.co.uk/phpbb/mods/phpbb ... es/rss.php
http://www.5punk.co.uk/phpbb/mods/phpbb ... simple.php

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » January 17th, 2007, 10:15

Woo Elephant Yeah wrote:http://www.5punk.co.uk/phpbb/mods/phpbb ... poster.php

I am number 4, woo! SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM and SPAM.

Post by **Dog Pants** » January 17th, 2007, 10:52

Woo Elephant Yeah wrote:In fact, if an image were created that meant the top part of the sticker had peeled off and was hanging down, with the forum index text where it's peeled off, that would look fucking ace!

I have decided to kick the MKportal idea out the window, as the template system within it is fucking horrible to work out.
Instead I'm going to use the following format, making content for the servers, donation, wiki etc... by including them like so

Good stuff

I'll see if I can make something for the sticker, but I reckon there's people that could do a better job than me.

I don't know if it's been suggested about the front page before, but what you said there is glaringly obvious now you've said it - the front page is where a new visitor will go first, so putting all the things you need to know first on there makes sense. I'd say certainly include a site/community description, something about Xfire, links to donate and the arcade, and the TS thing.

Post by **fabyak** » January 17th, 2007, 11:41

spoodie wrote: I am number 4, woo! SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM and SPAM.

Does it do outside the top 10? I want to find out how far off I am...

Hehulk · Post by **Hehulk** » January 17th, 2007, 11:43

See, that bothers me now, I've sliped

mrbobbins · Post by **mrbobbins** » January 17th, 2007, 11:43

fabyak wrote:
Does it do outside the top 10? I want to find out how far off I am...

http://www.5punk.co.uk/phpbb/memberlist.php

Sort by posts, bob's your monkey's neighbor

Hehulk · Post by **Hehulk** » January 17th, 2007, 11:44

fabyak wrote:Does it do outside the top 10? I want to find out how far off I am...

Your ranked 17

Post by **fabyak** » January 17th, 2007, 11:47

Hehulk wrote:
Your ranked 17

bumholes... and nearly 400 off Roman

Hehulk · Post by **Hehulk** » January 17th, 2007, 11:49

Look on the bright side, you most post such post of utter quality that it takes ages to think it up and then type

Post by **fabyak** » January 17th, 2007, 12:43

Hehulk wrote:Look on the bright side, you most post such <s>post of utter quality</s> rubbish that it takes ages to think it up and then type it correctly without having spacky fingers

there, that's more like it