New forum top - please help us get it right.

glowgirl_2

I like the little guys (the fighting ones made me laugh) its nice and clear and simple but also not keen on the font:)

fermi

alwaysonthego wrote: »

I did not think that the stick people were fighting, I thought they were jiggying?

Jiggying?

Like the..... :grouphug:?

MSE_Martin

captainhaggis wrote: »

It's good, Martin (I particularly like the little orange fellas fighting!), but the top of the site always looks a little cluttered to me. Perhaps the "Start Here" box from the "Start Here" button down to the "Welcome, username" needs to be relocated (so the "Start Here" and the "Money Saving Articles").

Thats on the list

Next is the general forum look

Then we've got some cool plans for the resource bar (less space - more relevant info - that fits in better)

jamespir

i think it looks cool

MSE_Martin

fermi wrote: »

The "help" in ABUSE HELP: may lead people to think that they should expect a reply when reporting things to the abuse@ address. And that it is for asking questions of the FT.

Whereas presumably now queries on things like deleted posts and actions taken by the forum team should be directed to the forumhelp@ address where they will be addressed and replied to if resources allow?

I'm presuming that the intention is to separate out the actual abuse reporting process from the queries/answers that would previously have gone to the same address?

If so, I think it needs to be clearer that it's just abuse reports that go to the abuse@ address, and a reply it not normally to be expected.

Referring to ABUSE HELP : muddles the two.

Thanks for that - its an important point - i will mull

Actually forumhelp will go to the abuse team - we just changed the email address as we thought calling it abuse puts people off emailing about matters that aren't abuse. So both emails go to the same place but we thought it friendlier.

fermi

MSE_Martin wrote: »

Actually forumhelp will go to the abuse team - we just changed the email address as we thought calling it abuse puts people off emailing about matters that aren't abuse. So both emails go to the same place but we thought it friendlier.

In that case, not quite as critical then. The same team will get to deal whatever. Though presumably appropriate emails to the abuse@ address will get dealt with first.

Thanks.

I certainly take the point about it being clearer and less likely to put people off. I've certainly had quite a few people be surprised when they have been advised to email the abuse@ address over issues that clearly aren't "abuse" in the normally understood way.

sillybillyme

i like it too!!!

welshdeedee

All it needs is a Welsh flag and it would be perfect!!

ThinkingOfLinking

fluffnutter wrote: »

And I know it's a draft but there's a typo on 'referal'...

I noticed that too.

Otherwise, it's great. Much clearer and easy to see where you'll find the information you're looking for.

YorkiePud_3

I agree about the two Morphs fighting .... doesn't give a good image I don't think.

Plus, I would be inclined NOT to advertise the fact that the site isn't moderated ... it's more or less saying, "hey, come post what you will ... until you get reported you can say whatever you want because nobody's going to swoop on you and pull you up for it" ....

I wouldn't bother saying anything about not being moderated ... people will assume the site is and that's a good thing if it deters people from acting the goat.

I like the fact that everything is spaced out nicely on it though (with so much info to give there is always a danger of things looking higgledy piggledy or having to make the text that small to fit it all in!) ... and you do need little pictures for folks whose eyesight may not be 100% ... it's good to see where you need to click from the little diagram!!