I searched on "porky midget", and thankfully the search function doesn't go back that far.
I always liked seeing the night's set times on the front page (especially for nights like tonight when I am actually going to the show)...am I missing that now?
I'm impressed with it, but I think that the dark gold text is a bit hard to read on the black background. Is there a way to adjust that so it pops a little bit more?I kind of agree about the text color but I think a lot of it depends on the lighting in your room at the time. Could be a bit staining in dimmer light. Certainly beats that old purple on black which was impossible to read! On the old, the orange was ugly as sin but at least it was easy to read.
Kudos for the upgrade!
visually, the new 930 website is a bit cluttered. the different fonts and the background images on either side of the screen that don't match the center content's look are the biggest visual annoyances for me. suggestion: trim down the number of fonts used, and ditch the faux-wood flooring and blue blocks in the margins... go with solid black background.
love the merch section, and the fact that you used staph as models and that they were posed around the club 8)
it would be best to stick with one background for the forum, having a different background the different screens seems a bit over kill
I like the new site and the facade photo design. Takes a minute to orient to find all the info but it's pretty well laid out. I like floor paneling on the side to give it the personal touch...all it needs now is some red plastic cups strewn about and some bobbing heads.See, I love the basic design of the panelling of something on the sides but I am not at all thrilled about the wall nor the floor, though they both work very well design wise. In no way do I think it's too cluttered. They are not busy. They are simplistic design elements. My problem is that I just don't want to look at that ugly, dirty wall nor the floor. Think I'd rather see something like the old blue and black stage lights from the old board or something stage oriented once inside. Besides, once I'm in the club, I want to see the stage, not the floor. Maybe even just the screens from a PA system. Very simple, balanced (stage wise) and yet has a simplistic design element that is show oriented instead of gazing at the floor. I might be a Shoegazer but it's not the floor I'm interested in. 8)
it would be best to stick with one background for the forum, having a different background the different screens seems a bit over kill
I agree! Also, something else I just realized is that all my messages are gone :( Is it possible to get them back?
I like the new site and the facade photo design. Takes a minute to orient to find all the info but it's pretty well laid out. I like floor paneling on the side to give it the personal touch...all it needs now is some red plastic cups strewn about and some bobbing heads.See, I love the basic design of the panelling of something on the sides but I am not at all thrilled about the wall nor the floor, though they both work very well design wise. In no way do I think it's too cluttered. They are not busy. They are simplistic design elements. My problem is that I just don't want to look at that ugly, dirty wall nor the floor. Think I'd rather see something like the old blue and black stage lights from the old board or something stage oriented once inside. Besides, once I'm in the club, I want to see the stage, not the floor. Maybe even just the screens from a PA system. Very simple, balanced (stage wise) and yet has a simplistic design element that is show oriented instead of gazing at the floor. I might be a Shoegazer but it's not the floor I'm interested in. 8)
Okay, I totally missed that message. Haven't been around a whole lot but have dropped in of recent and never saw it. Must have been hidden, unintentionally. Probably would have been best addressed with a special notice email to all members (unless they opted out of such things) but that's water under the bridge now.it would be best to stick with one background for the forum, having a different background the different screens seems a bit over kill
I agree! Also, something else I just realized is that all my messages are gone :( Is it possible to get them back?
Sorry, no. This was addressed weeks ago with a sticky message at the top of the forum telling everyone that during the migration to the new forum you would lose any private messages and to save anything you wanted to keep.
You can always adjust your browser window size to get rid of the sides all together.
love the merch section, and the fact that you used staph as models and that they were posed around the club 8)
Change has always been something for me to get used to. Not too sure if I like the new smiley faces for the board. Plus, I miss being able to automatically reply at the bottom of a thread, but I'm sure I'll get over it.
You can always adjust your browser window size to get rid of the sides all together.
making the user responsible for the usability of a website, instead of designing it to be more usable... excellent strategy :P
I just think it's a bit slow. If I go to 930.com, it slows everything down until the page is loaded and it takes much longer to load than the old site. I am not a techie, so I don't know why that is, but I just know it is way slow for me. I also agree about the random backgrounds/borders - consistency is better. Just pick one and stick with it...
Front page is ok, but the borders along the left hand side of the forum pages, (whether the floor, the bricks or that blue one) are horrendous and just wasting space.Yeah, kinda giving my old eyes a headache when trying to focus on the new but smaller type. Any chance we could have a full screen option? (I did just try and eliminate or select a different border but I didn't see that option.) I need to log off for now, so I'm sorry I don't have time to search if this has been asked - but I had some private messages that I held onto and it didn't transfer over. Is there a way to retrieve them?
Yeah, kinda giving my old eyes a headache when trying to focus on the new but smaller type.
Yeah - my PMs are gone, too. Also - Is there a buddy-list feature? I don't see it.Sorry, okay, I see the info I was looking for...I couldn't get online last week b/c of work and when I tried this week, it was locked. Beside, dontcha know that we skip by the main and log into the forum?;)
oops - i didn't see the sticky before either. never mind.
Front page is ok, but the borders along the left hand side of the forum pages, (whether the floor, the bricks or that blue one) are horrendous and just wasting space.Let me revise my statement by saying that the borders on the left and right sides are horrendous. Plus, shouldn't the nav bar at the top of the forum pages be centered, rather than just randomly jammed all the way to the right?
Lovely. Thank you, smackie. Yes, see, PMs on "how to do 'xyz'" from vansmack are what I previously held onto. ;)Yeah, kinda giving my old eyes a headache when trying to focus on the new but smaller type.
If you use a PC, hold the control key down, move the scroll wheel on your mouse up.
Jesus, is it really THAT bad? Buncha silly nannies.Front page is ok, but the borders along the left hand side of the forum pages, (whether the floor, the bricks or that blue one) are horrendous and just wasting space.Let me revise my statement by saying that the borders on the left and right sides are horrendous. Plus, shouldn't the nav bar at the top of the forum pages be centered, rather than just randomly jammed all the way to the right?
Jesus, is it really THAT bad? Buncha silly nannies.Front page is ok, but the borders along the left hand side of the forum pages, (whether the floor, the bricks or that blue one) are horrendous and just wasting space.Let me revise my statement by saying that the borders on the left and right sides are horrendous. Plus, shouldn't the nav bar at the top of the forum pages be centered, rather than just randomly jammed all the way to the right?
Let me revise my statement by saying that the borders on the left and right sides are horrendous.
And Im just asking if it's that bad. I don't think they're horrendous.Jesus, is it really THAT bad? Buncha silly nannies.Front page is ok, but the borders along the left hand side of the forum pages, (whether the floor, the bricks or that blue one) are horrendous and just wasting space.Let me revise my statement by saying that the borders on the left and right sides are horrendous. Plus, shouldn't the nav bar at the top of the forum pages be centered, rather than just randomly jammed all the way to the right?
He asked what we thought and we're telling him what we think. Duh. Haven't you read the thread title?
Let me revise my statement by saying that the borders on the left and right sides are horrendous.
i'm thinking of starting a facebook group to protest those borders. they completely clash with the rest of the site. plain black borders would be SOOOOOOO much easier on the eyes.
I just think it's a bit slow. If I go to 930.com, it slows everything down until the page is loaded and it takes much longer to load than the old site. I am not a techie, so I don't know why that is, but I just know it is way slow for me. I also agree about the random backgrounds/borders - consistency is better. Just pick one and stick with it...
I've gotta agree with this. the load time is HORRIBLE Even after visiting the site, it should read the cached version quick, but it locks up until everything is loaded. That needs to get fixed asap :(
I just think it's a bit slow. If I go to 930.com, it slows everything down until the page is loaded and it takes much longer to load than the old site. I am not a techie, so I don't know why that is, but I just know it is way slow for me. I also agree about the random backgrounds/borders - consistency is better. Just pick one and stick with it...
I've gotta agree with this. the load time is HORRIBLE Even after visiting the site, it should read the cached version quick, but it locks up until everything is loaded. That needs to get fixed asap :(
Same loading issue here as well.
Did it zero out the member numbers as well? I was proud of my low number as an old time member (emphasis on old), but it doesnt appear in the profile anymore.
hey el tee. quit posting on the board and show up at shows to hang out. miss you.After I figure out how to manage my PMs, you may see me at Nada Surf. :-*
So how do I delete the old email address that hasn't existed for years associated with my profile? Do I need to have one there at all?
So how do I delete the old email address that hasn't existed for years associated with my profile? Do I need to have one there at all?
I would....
Click Profile
click Account related settings
Repalce the old email address witht he new email address
Click Change Profile at the bottom.
Let me know if that works...
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the hide email feature doesn't work. I have the box checked but my email still shows up next to my posts. I can't leave the email field empty.
yup what he said... i guess the system doesn't think it needs to hide away your own email address... i doubled checked with my non-admin forum account and the email address is safely hidden away..\
the hide email feature doesn't work. I have the box checked but my email still shows up next to my posts. I can't leave the email field empty.
Actually, it's working. Your email address is not visible to me. Just the PM option.
My only complaint about the forum has to do with the quote blocks. Can you do something about the CSS for the quote blocks? The black letters on light gray background used for the quote blocks really clashes with the rest of the content. The eye is drawn to the quote blocks instead of the actual message. If anything, it should be the other way around. I'd recommend getting rid of the background color on the quote blocks entirely. It should just be the same color as the rest of the posting.my complaint about quotes is the smaller font size. I liked the fact that on the old bboard, quotes were the same font size as the reply. the box and the "Quote from..." line make it very clear it's a quote, no need to make the user squint to read it.
I just found the new site after a week of just thinking the Bboard was down!
I dont normally go the the homepage. Anyway, it looks cool. Definitely looks more modern and colorful. I did like the old site cause it looked like the software i use at my job and less like a web page.
the new board seems cool too.
Another vote to get ride of the sidebars, whether they be parquet, brick, or tile.
Speaking as a professional web developer (going on 14 years now), I have to say I really kind of hate it. Web sites that assume the user's browser window is really wide, quite frankly, suck. As a web developer, I make my web sites fit the width of the user's brower. It's a very simple thing to do, and only poor web designers (IMHO) require the user's web browser to have a certain size. The user should not have to adjust the size of their browser window to visit your web site. This is basic web usability.
Where are the set times on the main site? I'm not seeing the set times. This was the most useful piece of information on the 930.com web site, and I'm not seeing it. It's pretty much the only reason why I visit 930.com at all. I'm hoping it's just because the show is over, and tomorrow's set times haven't been posted yet.
It would be sort of interesting to try and draw out some trends on how quickly people caught on to the new location. I just discovered it today, having thought the old forum was down for 2 days or so. Are there consistent patterns among those for whom it took longer to show up? Age? Satisfaction in life? Amount of sex being had on daily basis?
Is anybody volunteering to write the cgi script to make the redirect work?You don't need a CGI to do redirects. The web server software should be able to do the redirects all by itself. They're called "rewrite rules." And, yes, if 930.com is using Apache (I haven't checked), I can help with that.
Please fix the horizontal scroll... it is one of the worst readability features on websites that require it (usually Myspace pages) and it appears to afflict both the front and forum pages. On a 1024x768 screen with browser maximized you shouldn't have to scroll from side to side as well as up and down. :(
One of the first things I noticed is that the code has 345 errors when run against W3C validation (http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.930.com&charset=(detect+automatically)&doctype=Inline&group=0). A professional web designer will always validate his code.
Is anybody volunteering to write the cgi script to make the redirect work?
It wasn't an html page, it's a cgi page with specific instructions.
In time, people will figure it out soon enough. After all, priority number one for seth and the boys is finding the home page....
I'm fine with the new page, but can I put in a request for an RSS feed? All I generally care about are the new shows, so an RSS feed would be ideal for me. Surely I can't be the only one who would like this?Hey, Tom. I completely agree with you. An RSS feed would be wonderful. E-mail is soo 20th century.
(OK, I care about set times too, but that's less RSS-friendly)
-Tom
\The way quotes are highlighted feels like overkill, it draws your attention to the quote than to the reply. Also, the color for boxes you can type in is too close to the color of the black/grey background (this is on a PC CRT). I appreciate the effort, though.
It would be sort of interesting to try and draw out some trends on how quickly people caught on to the new location. I just discovered it today, having thought the old forum was down for 2 days or so. Are there consistent patterns among those for whom it took longer to show up? Age? Satisfaction in life? Amount of sex being had on daily basis?
I hate to say this, but the new forum design is making me visit the forum less.
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The borders hurt my eyes (it's not quite as bad on my home computer because they're narrower there -- not sure if this is because I'm on Firefox there, or because of the screen resolution settings). And the brown-on-black color scheme for the listing of thread topics makes them hard to read.
I am glad there's now a search function and all, but couldn't the design/layout be stripped down a bit to make it more user-friendly?
On the plus side, I am pleased to see that the "today's set times" box has been added back to the main site -- that's a very handy feature.