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Forum Redesign Tomorrow...

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Now I know such a phrase will scare the pants off many regulars. Yet don't worry, we're going to trial some very very minor cosmetic tweaks; the aim to make the forum look just a little bit cleaner.

It's purely cosmetic, no changes in functionality or operation. So do see if you can spot it tomorrow (it won't be that easy)

You may want to take a screen grab of the forum now to spot the differences.

Martin

Update Note 7pm Fri 23 Jan 2009

Hi folks,

Thanks for the feedback.

Having reviewed the office monitors I think part of the problem is different settings, on some screens its fine, on others it does glare and become difficult to read. We are going to roll it back sometime today (fri) or tomorrow and do some tweaks to it.

Generally I think the concept a positive one - its much less scary on the forum front page and looks better (on a standard set monitor) there are some problems at post level though.

The difficulty is the changes we've made are overarching template changes rather than at any sub level - so things you've pointed out - such as the user cp box - is simply an automated change rather than a design change.

At this stage we'd focused on our three core areas.

Certainly the front page section with a few minor colour changes works well, but we need to find a way of making it work at post level.

Martin
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  • Nile
    Nile Posts: 14,845 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Oooh is there a prize for spotting the differences? Will it be something major like you won't be wearing a stripey shirt in the new photograph?:D
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  • hayley11
    hayley11 Posts: 7,627 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Ooooh i'm going to be a big geek and look for them tomorrow :j
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  • Tarry
    Tarry Posts: 11,195 Forumite
    I'd also look out for the changes tomorrow than :)
    The Very Right Honourable Lady Tarry of the Alphabetty thread
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  • hayley11
    hayley11 Posts: 7,627 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    peebody wrote: »
    hope its a good change Martin Steven Lewis

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  • Numpty_Monkey
    Numpty_Monkey Posts: 14,196 Forumite
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    Nile wrote: »
    Oooh is there a prize for spotting the differences? Will it be something major like you won't be wearing a stripey shirt in the new photograph?:D

    Probably no to both:p:D
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    xx
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  • katthehat
    katthehat Posts: 1,046 Forumite
    Oh no, this will drive me mad if i don't spot it!!
    Kat :money:
  • Nile
    Nile Posts: 14,845 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    I've stared and stared until I go cross-eyed and I can see an eagle and a train and a mountain range.:D

    Martin is still wearing a stripey shirt though.
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  • pollsdolls
    pollsdolls Posts: 2,960 Forumite
    The green is a much lighter shade. Also the little icons that show new messages etc are different.

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  • Airwolf1
    Airwolf1 Posts: 1,266 Forumite
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    Ignore me please!
    My suggestion and/or advice is my own and it is up to you if you follow it, please check the advice given before acting on it.
  • Tarry
    Tarry Posts: 11,195 Forumite
    Now you mention it, yes, I can see that they green is much lighter. I would not have noticed otherwise.
    The Very Right Honourable Lady Tarry of the Alphabetty thread
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    I love to travel as much as I can when I can
    Life has a way to test you, it's how you deal with this that matters
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