Sun, 05/10/2009 - 20:06

Suggestions

Suggestion thread. (I'm really good at making threads aren't I?)

-Have the site tab be the default tab open (as your more likely to want to go to the forums, then to your account for example)

-More forums. (General, Games [TF2,L4D,anything else], Guns, etc)

 

 

Working on a bunch of stuff already, but I can fix the navigation tab default quickly...

This is the current to-do list:

-Set up Dash to use existing media if possible
-Paypal donation module
-Fix forum text overlap
-Banner, 403, 404 pages
-Avatar support isn't 100%, need some default pics
-Avatar gallery
-Expand forum features
-Set up profile fields
-Set up member blogs
-Plug blogs into tab-nav

Oh and a favicon for the site too.

+ Jump indicator for stories and blog post content types.

Submitted by Apex on Sun, 05/10/2009 - 21:17.

I also noticed that the Subject line is indistinguishable from the rest of a post, might want to look into that.

Avatars on front page comments stick out of the comment box kinda wonky too.  Also on front page story blocks, there could be some space between the avatar and text body.  Right now they're practically touching and it looks kind of bleh.

The navbar links got bumped up about half the height of the bar, so it's offset vertically.  When I was in the admin section earlier it didn't seem to do it though.

Submitted by Apex on Tue, 05/12/2009 - 08:26.

as far as the right side bar:

  •  i'd lose the tabs. move the "site" menu back to the top
  • with the "site" moved to the top, set panel as the only thing there. (maybe move it to the bottom of the column)
  • for the "server resources" and any other tab, could easily implement a drop down system, or a page that it goes to with the sub tabs like tf2, l4d, etc)
  • if people want to know about blog comments, they're more likely to check that blog post. the forum recent posts should be all that is over there; in-depth discussions should be kept in the forum anyway (see: the most recent suggestions blog post pointing to the forums instead of adding a comment)
  • the "online users" is cool, but having the newbs right there isn't really that useful. maybe a separate users page with a list of all the users sortable by date joined, post count, etc.
  • lastly, lose the white line separating the top graphic from the body / change the top graphic blue to a darker blue and, again, use as navigation. imo, too much wasted space up top and too much going on to the right.

oh and mehhhh member blogs? :-\ blogger is free, they can do that. forums can be used for personal "news" and the blogs saved for game/server/site/community news on the front page.

Submitted by Spagett on Mon, 05/11/2009 - 01:34.

If you can work out a decent way to do dropdown type menus for the nav bar at the top, go for it.  I couldn't figure out how to get sub-section tabs on pages like Server Resources to split it into different game sections.

Recent comments and newbies were just thrown in to test the tab system.  Piling more than 2 tabs into a sidebar quicktab gets wonky so I split them into pairs.

The "who's online" and forum activity are their own blocks in Drupal anyway, can easily replace tabs with blocks.  I liked the tabs because you can easily switch between different blocks without having them all cluttering up the sidebar.  A way to expand/collapse sidebar blocks would be excellent, if we really must dispose of the tabs.

The white line works fine when the nav links are on the top bar, feel free to change the color up.

Blog posts aren't front page news, they'll get their own section.  If there's enough interest from regulars (I'd bet E would use it) I'll think on it more.

Submitted by Apex on Mon, 05/11/2009 - 09:29.

i'll mess around with it a bit today at work.

re:blogs:
thats what the general forum is for. i really think with the forum that blog comments and especially user blogs are way overkill.

Submitted by Spagett on Mon, 05/11/2009 - 16:08.

I think there's a module or something to connect story/blog post comments to the forum, like a "discussion" link that replaces normal comment threads with a link to an automatically generated forum thread in the News section, etc.

That would be fine I think.

Submitted by Apex on Tue, 05/12/2009 - 11:30.

I really like that idea, that way you can just flood your own blog instead of the forums. xD

Submitted by Midnitte on Mon, 05/11/2009 - 13:40.