One of the things I liked the best about the Spork boards was how simple the layout was where it was easy to read from one post to another. The design of this leaves a bit to be desired for the forum area (I like it for the regular site though). Could we maybe lose the side bars for the search and categories and have the forum area go from edge to edge? Maybe put the search and google add at the bottom of the page? Or if you want to keep the search side bar just get rid of the categories one as they do not really relate to the forums area. Also there area too many lines and separation between the reply's to a post. Daniel https://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?14,71,71#msg-71 Mon, 14 Sep 2026 05:32:45 +0000 Phorum 5.2.23 https://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?14,71,292#msg-292 https://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?14,71,292#msg-292 tomierna Feature Requests Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:11:27 +0000 https://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?14,71,290#msg-290 https://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?14,71,290#msg-290 YDD Feature Requests Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:35:08 +0000 https://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?14,71,222#msg-222 https://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?14,71,222#msg-222
Daniel]]> dharlow Feature Requests Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:54:13 +0000 https://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?14,71,219#msg-219 https://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?14,71,219#msg-219
In WebX, the Subject would be redundant. In Phorum, you can have a unique subject per message regardless of the thread's subject. (See right above the post box, where it says "Re: Simplified Template/Layout" - you can change that if you want)

I know it seems redundant, but I didn't want to delete it because then people who use a different template might see different information than those using the Spork template.]]> tomierna Feature Requests Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:39:52 +0000 https://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?14,71,201#msg-201 https://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?14,71,201#msg-201 Dr. Strangelove Feature Requests Mon, 10 Dec 2007 13:42:17 +0000 https://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?14,71,194#msg-194 https://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?14,71,194#msg-194
There's another thing; the Subject above each post. That's quite redundant imho, is it possible to drop that one as well? (and while you're at it, could the post number and total number of posts be included a la WebX?)]]> tliet Feature Requests Mon, 10 Dec 2007 08:54:07 +0000 https://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?14,71,139#msg-139 https://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?14,71,139#msg-139 tomierna Feature Requests Mon, 10 Dec 2007 02:05:48 +0000 https://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?14,71,136#msg-136 https://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?14,71,136#msg-136 johnny k Feature Requests Mon, 10 Dec 2007 01:55:48 +0000 https://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?14,71,131#msg-131 https://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?14,71,131#msg-131
How do you like it now?

(Posting from my regular user account, since admins and mods get different portions of the templates that normal users don't...)]]> tomi Feature Requests Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:16:35 +0000 https://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?14,71,130#msg-130 https://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?14,71,130#msg-130 johnny k Feature Requests Sun, 09 Dec 2007 23:42:59 +0000 https://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?14,71,120#msg-120 https://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?14,71,120#msg-120
edit: also, when the last line of a post goes all the way to the right, there's not much air between that line and the reply, etc, links just below it.]]> Dr. Strangelove Feature Requests Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:43:46 +0000 https://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?14,71,115#msg-115 https://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?14,71,115#msg-115 bones. Especially between posts... it reduces the conversational tone. Mr. Ierna, tear down this {border: solid 1px} !]]> johnny k Feature Requests Sun, 09 Dec 2007 19:26:21 +0000 https://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?14,71,95#msg-95 https://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?14,71,95#msg-95
I took out the right sidebar google search and replaced it with the forum search which was in the upper right of the center content column.

I've also removed the categories on the left and replaced them with a couple of links, including the link to the old spork boards.]]> tomierna Feature Requests Sun, 09 Dec 2007 18:17:48 +0000 https://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?14,71,94#msg-94 https://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?14,71,94#msg-94
I think I'm going to handle this by creating a special Spork Boards theme.

I've got a message in at the support forum because I think you are actually supposed to be able to set a user template preference when multiple templates are available. At the moment, there should be two in that list, which seems to be missing from the control center.

There is some visual clutter I hope to remove from the MacEdition forum template; I do think it's a bit too boxy. I'm probably going to handle this with color muting though.]]> tomierna Feature Requests Sun, 09 Dec 2007 18:06:23 +0000 https://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?14,71,93#msg-93 https://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?14,71,93#msg-93
A tip along these lines: it is already possible to turn off the display of those "avatar" images, but the pref is hidden in a different spot from the other forum display settings: Control Center -> Options/Avatar -> Do not display avatars in postings]]> Roger Feature Requests Sun, 09 Dec 2007 16:39:25 +0000 https://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?14,71,71#msg-71 https://www.macedition.com/forums/read.php?14,71,71#msg-71
Could we maybe lose the side bars for the search and categories and have the forum area go from edge to edge? Maybe put the search and google add at the bottom of the page? Or if you want to keep the search side bar just get rid of the categories one as they do not really relate to the forums area.

Also there area too many lines and separation between the reply's to a post.

Daniel]]> dharlow Feature Requests Sun, 09 Dec 2007 08:40:38 +0000