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i usually use IE for browsing and such, but i always use firefox for amia related activities.

only complaint is that the sidebar cant just be clicked from wherever anymore, but i gotta go to the top of the screen

otherwise, beautiful

Getting a message saying I failed to log in successfully whenever I log in. It then redirects to let me try again, and I am logged in.

Weird.

oh yeah, i got that message too... but i just assumed it was me seeing things that didnt actually happen, because it logged me in and brought me to forums.

yep i got the same message in logging in saying i wasnt then logged in when tried again

Hmmm, it just auto logged me in as usual.

Torzeng wrote:

I actually count on the sidebar vanishing since it frees up a little space when I'm not fullscreened. Oh well!

belgianbonzai wrote:

1) Is there a way to remove the sidebar from the forums?

I never had the sidebar on as I rarely accessed the information there. I always log in to www.amiaworld.net/phpBB2 directly, and if I required that info (maybe once or twice a month?) I just removed the /phpBB2. It was still irritating as all hell when the screen is stretched due to a big pic or something, but now... I've lost a quarter of my screen to something I never look at.

Dev Disco wrote:

Frames suck

I guess this is the answer?

Um... other than that - nice work! :wink:

Oh, and I like Igor down at the bottom there.

I assumed that with all those widescreen TFTs vertical space would be far more precious than horizontal space.

Dev Disco wrote:

I assumed that with all those widescreen TFTs vertical space would be far more precious than horizontal space.

It is, but you can scroll away from vertical, you can't horizontal.

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Dev Disco wrote:

I assumed that with all those widescreen TFTs vertical space would be far more precious than horizontal space.

I have a 15" CRT monitor. With IE's standard browser configuration and a resolution of 1024 x 768, the space for the actual non-header/sidebar area is reduced to about 18 cm vertically and 25 cm horizontally. If I full-screen (F11) the browser - something I never do but may have to start - it increases to ~21 cm vertically but with no change horizontally.

In this particular topic, which is not a screen-stretcher by any means, I still have to scroll 1 cm to the right to fit all the text on my screen.

Obviously it's not a big issue for most people - only Torzeng, Belgian and myself have commented on it in 2 pages of justifiably laudatory posts. Still, if it's an easy option to implement, I'd like to see it. If not... well, the old must make way for the new.

The guy in the sidebar would look better with the hands override and some antialiasing.

Are both sidebars suppose to show? I'm getting the new one and old one.

Try ctrl +F5? Only way you get that is if the old index file is in your cache. I swapped it with a redirect that jumps you to http://www.amiaworld.net/phpBB2/.

The horizontal space issue is also present on netbooks, btw.

And no, there only should be one sidebar now. Refresh?

Can we have this picture on the left instead of the igor chap?

One good thing that will have come of this, is if you can actually link to forum topics directly now without getting logged out/no sidebar.

The (randomly ?) rotating slogan is awesome.

you gotta love this one :

Quote:

Amia
Will be fixed sometime.

Please, please, please. Let us remove the sidebar. I'm begging you. My tiny browser window just can't deal with it.

Please.

I love the little sidebar, gives a sense of coolness to the forum/server. ^.^

Suuuffeeeer.... :twisted:

I'd like it more if it would stay in place as you scroll to the end of a topic. But it doesn't, so theres wasted space imo. Can't we have an option to remove it?

Or just have it stay in place.

Neat idea: What if we made the screenshots rotate, but all have that cool fade- to- black kinda look? I could start taking a bunch of different areas around the server that would randomly generate a lot like the little "Amia: insert witty something here" bit.

Or have others post their cool screenies that feature places rather than particular PCs.

Having it stay in place would be fine, it would mean that the space isnt wasted as you scroll down.

But still, for those of us with small browser windows, let me plead again for an option to remove it altogether.

Fixed the login stuff, btw.

I'll think about a way to get the sidebar rollup or whatever.

The logo at the top still only seems to refresh the page and not bring you back to the index.

Now it does!

Dev Disco wrote:

Fixed the login stuff, btw.

I'll think about a way to get the sidebar rollup or whatever.

Many thanks for showing us little-browser folk some mercy!

Dev Disco wrote:

Now it does!

yay, thanks disco.

Phearnun wrote:

Can we have this picture on the left instead of the igor chap?

I still can't look at that picture without giggling.. YES! Put it on the sidebar. It shows the average spirit and sanity of Amia? :twisted:

Vote Daren for sidebar!

I'd rather vote for rotating "themes". The top bar would show a snippet of the Cordor Plaza and the sidebar would be a shot of Maximillian standing next to a Law Knight.

Or we'd have Khem above, and a shot of a lizardman and a snake in the desert.

etc.

TormakSaber wrote:

I'd rather vote for rotating "themes". The top bar would show a snippet of the Cordor Plaza and the sidebar would be a shot of Maximillian standing next to a Law Knight.

Or we'd have Khem above, and a shot of a lizardman and a snake in the desert.

etc.

I concur.

TormakSaber wrote:

I'd rather vote for rotating "themes". The top bar would show a snippet of the Cordor Plaza and the sidebar would be a shot of Maximillian standing next to a Law Knight.

Or we'd have Khem above, and a shot of a lizardman and a snake in the desert.

etc.

I dunno how feasible this idea is, but I love it.

TormakSaber wrote:

I'd rather vote for rotating "themes". The top bar would show a snippet of the Cordor Plaza and the sidebar would be a shot of Maximillian standing next to a Law Knight.

Or we'd have Khem above, and a shot of a lizardman and a snake in the desert.

etc.

That would be hawt!

I like the idea of rotating themes, that would be neat. One thing though: Maybe move the top right image more toward the center or the options at the top right toward the center? It's hard to read the options with the background there.

Rotating themes would be epic. We need Epic forums.

Go Epic!

. . .

*leaves*

TormakSaber wrote:

I'd rather vote for rotating "themes". The top bar would show a snippet of the Cordor Plaza and the sidebar would be a shot of Maximillian standing next to a Law Knight.

Or we'd have Khem above, and a shot of a lizardman and a snake in the desert.

etc.

That would be awesome.

TormakSaber wrote:

I'd rather vote for rotating "themes". The top bar would show a snippet of the Cordor Plaza and the sidebar would be a shot of Maximillian standing next to a Law Knight.

Or we'd have Khem above, and a shot of a lizardman and a snake in the desert.

etc.

If that is possible that would be cool. We could also chose from different themes for the background stuff, ie like a drow/underdark theme or a surface theme more akin to cordor or perhaps one for tarkuul.

I've not seen it mentioned by anyone else yet, so maybe I'm the only coot who's going blind.

Where we have the Djedet picture, it underlays the links "Watche Topics", "FAQ","Search", ect, and they still who in the yellow/gold font on top of a bright sand beige... just enouhg I can't actually read "Your Messages" "Log In [Log Out]" "Search" or "Memberlist" (I had to highlight the screen to make them legdible you nitpickers!)

It could just be me...

Anywhom, I like the picture! And it can't really be moved since a Windowed Mode view would pin it under the text again I bet.

So... Can the text font be tinkered with at all? Or am I really the only one this affects?

I can read it well enough and when I mouse over it, it turns white and you can read it pretty easy.

Can we get a Linebreak after each server's IP on the nav bar?

Or do away with the border bar between the two servers and just leave the one between the server status and rest of the nav bar?

The line being so close between the two bothers me for some reason.

And is it possible to have the nav bar scroll down when you scroll down reading the forums etc so you dont have to scroll all the way up to use it like the old one?

Dwagin wrote:

Can we get a Linebreak after each server's IP on the nav bar?

Or do away with the border bar between the two servers and just leave the one between the server status and rest of the nav bar?

I disagree, I think it's better as it is.

Dwagin wrote:

And is it possible to have the nav bar scroll down when you scroll down reading the forums etc so you dont have to scroll all the way up to use it like the old one?

I do agree with this, but then I'd suppose that would defeat Disco's 'No Frames' idea.

Yurell wrote:

Dwagin wrote:

And is it possible to have the nav bar scroll down when you scroll down reading the forums etc so you dont have to scroll all the way up to use it like the old one?

I do agree with this, but then I'd suppose that would defeat Disco's 'No Frames' idea.

Should be possible to use CSS to fix the sidebar's position.

have seen it done before without frames, yes.

Well, in that case it would be good. My technical know-how extends to running programs.

I've come to the conclusion that I love the new look, it's subtle but just right.. however, I don't like the sidebar scrolling up and down with the rest of the forum.

Metalien_XC wrote:

I've come to the conclusion that I love the new look, it's subtle but just right.. however, I don't like the sidebar scrolling up and down with the rest of the forum.

Ditto.

o0GuNz_N_RoSeZ0o wrote:

I like the idea of rotating themes, that would be neat. One thing though: Maybe move the top right image more toward the center or the options at the top right toward the center? It's hard to read the options with the background there.

True, but how often DO you read them?

Dev Disco wrote:

o0GuNz_N_RoSeZ0o wrote:

I like the idea of rotating themes, that would be neat. One thing though: Maybe move the top right image more toward the center or the options at the top right toward the center? It's hard to read the options with the background there.

True, but how often DO you read them?

I must admit for me it is basically never,and if I need to I can mouse-over. That said, the one telling you how many messages (PMs) you have is kind of important.

Dev Disco wrote:

o0GuNz_N_RoSeZ0o wrote:

I like the idea of rotating themes, that would be neat. One thing though: Maybe move the top right image more toward the center or the options at the top right toward the center? It's hard to read the options with the background there.

True, but how often DO you read them?

Me? Every once in a while. But, what about the new folk? That's who I'm thinking about, not me. I know the layout by heart already.

The top bar bugs out for me when browsing to the Usergroups, Search and Watched Topics links, taking up about twice the vertical size.

Since nobody else has commented on it... This is now the fastest site on the 'net for me.

xordae wrote:

The top bar bugs out for me when browsing to the Usergroups, Search and Watched Topics links, taking up about twice the vertical size.

You forget Posting. Will look for a cure.

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