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Post Some ideas on forum upgrades.
On the general overarching site:
Let's simplify. USC is imprtant, but so important it needs one link above the other? Let's move the entire in forum user thing to the top right or left. Logout, FH$, level, name, USC all those links. Top left. Logo seems fine to me. Now I think search should be a bar on the other corner of the site. PMs give you a huge message so we don't need the above link(although instead of huge links why not put a notification thing next to the user thing?). The most important parts should be easily accessible. if we're going for a bar look we could put new posts, forum and possibly things like the shop on the bar. Members, FAQ and other links aren't often accessed and should be moved. Let's remove the whole time thing. Everyone has a clock. Should we take out the new/unread/active and move it to one area? Yes. Should we remove or simplify the portal<board index<something<deeper<Where you are thing? If you want, it takes space but is commonplace in all forums. It doesn't need to exist 3 times though. No one uses the jump bar really, so maybe take that out. Unless users ask for it. I do like "the team" and some options but they don't need to exist. But they can, as they're at the bottom and not hurting anyone. The sidebar like on the main pages should be streamlined if possible. I like things like ranks or the useless terms of service but the point of great design is not practicality but mentality. We should remove all the useless parts and partially useful stuff should be hidden in pop outs or parts you don't notice them. The rest of the space should be reserved for the most useful stuff.

On Forum indexes:
The main part is great don't change a thing. That said subscribing to whole forums is near useless with all the other systems in place. Lets remove that if possible. Perfectly we should make the index fill the screen from side to side of the browser. Your user info and recent/popular stuff should be above it. Lets take out the rules from the bottom, but keep the key of thread status reference. Again the main part is fine, we just should reorganize the rest to help it.

On Threads:
Lets add design. Icons should be next to things like subscribing or bookmarking. It'll let them stand out without ruining them. In basis this IS a forum, and we have to treat it as such. Lets take out the MSN, YIM, and other useless messaging things we never use(not PM). And possibly take out the prev/next topic(Does anyone really use those with all the other tools?). The print mode is great but maybe we should make it have an alternate black mode for night reading. Possibly take out bumping as despite it's situational usability we rarely use it. We should take out the Display posts from the bottom and move it to a button near the top of the thread. Click the button and a little expanded box comes out where you can organize posts by filters. Let's not allow threads to expand in width as it can be problematic for browsing when a certain post becomes large in width. Sigs seem okay, but limiting their vertical viewed size of images in threads(resizing sig images) will help make browsing more efficient. Also no need for hidden post poxes as it's underneath the next page and above the extra info. Also no need for a bottom search and that scrolling thread thing looks nice but isn't usually that useful.

On reply boxes:
So the BBC thing is cool, but very outdated. How about a link recognition system instead? looks for end of filenames for pictures, plain links as urls, and youtube video links by "youtube.com" and "watch" in the url. The rest doesn't have to be as complicated. I think we should throw out the smile creator as no one uses it, switch the colors on the right to a wheel, remove options and have poll question as a pop out(not pop up window) after clicking a button. Auto preview would be nice but not essential. Take away all the uneeded options or text and hide unimportant ones in pop outs.

On the main page:
This is mostly overall stuff so there's not much more to say. The main quote and extended thread thing is interesting. But the main connectors should be focused on the top. The best(and most active) parts of the site should be examplified in this page. That's done lightly with the what's happenin thing but it would be better if we removed the sidebars(as above) and extended these things across the page. The chat is never active so let's move that from the middle to the lower side. Moving it higher would increase usage but we should abstain from that until we get an active community that spends their time online around the same periods. We don't have that yet. The Paypal thing is fine where it is, but making it a wider thing near the bottom could work as well. But again doesn't matter. The block customization is kinda cool but not necessary if we WANT a specified design. Allowing the user to change it is ok, but it's designed specifically for their betterment. We could also include all these changes as a selectable style from the main page. Other than that the main page works well. It's got a lot of useless and unneeded stuff but really it's fun. It should also have a dedicated welcome button with access to things like introductions, FAQs, Rules, what the site is...stuff like that. Should be a button not a block, so that it won't disturb long time users.

TL;DR We make it big and clear by removing the meticulous detail and making it more focused.

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Post Re: Some ideas on forum upgrades.
one, i love sidebars and would absolutlehate being forced to use a top bar, so rather, i say... we have, if we can, a slide out menue, where we hover over the side last 2 pixels of the page and our entire menue pops out, try making a design more around that, if n0ot, have all the widgests on one side, so that the other one can be yused for our main thing, to give space to the important stuff, i agree with simplifying, and i damn well agree with popouts, but to make thinks easier i think we should make a whole bunch of buttons that are click or hover, that give us bigger menues, program menu style

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I'm trying i'm trying~ i'm making I'll try too slowly up my posting. At least once a day for a bit. Then I'll up that too twice, then four, then 8 and so on.
Until eventually I wake up one morning and find out that I am actually an Idiot hero.
On some quest too cheat on his gf or raise affection of 5 women who conveniently live in my the same dorm as me.
In which I only have 100 days to seduce them all.

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Post Re: Some ideas on forum upgrades.
I get that, but often we want info to stick out. To do that(pop outs) in large amounts looks cool but can ruin practical design elements. If we have pop outs they should "push" into the site not over it. To allow practicality while allowing design AND we should look at how they're used. And while I get sidebars, it should be for things you don't need. Things you need to get to fast should be where you are. Immediate stuff at the top. Posting at the bottom. Extra parts on the sides.

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Post Re: Some ideas on forum upgrades.
i still think yom should immediately move the main menu to this ----> side

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who149 wrote:
I'm trying i'm trying~ i'm making I'll try too slowly up my posting. At least once a day for a bit. Then I'll up that too twice, then four, then 8 and so on.
Until eventually I wake up one morning and find out that I am actually an Idiot hero.
On some quest too cheat on his gf or raise affection of 5 women who conveniently live in my the same dorm as me.
In which I only have 100 days to seduce them all.

Remon wrote:
Now we can dominate the porn industry, camera industry, AND the world!
YomToxic wrote:
YOU BETTER STAY ALIVE OR ELSE I WILL HUNT YOU DOWN AND RAPE YOU DEAD.

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Post Re: Some ideas on forum upgrades.
I closed everything that could be closed or had a red "x"

still looks cluttered as fuck :/

i dont even use the home page anymore.

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Post Re: Some ideas on forum upgrades.
noone uses the homepage///

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who149 wrote:
I'm trying i'm trying~ i'm making I'll try too slowly up my posting. At least once a day for a bit. Then I'll up that too twice, then four, then 8 and so on.
Until eventually I wake up one morning and find out that I am actually an Idiot hero.
On some quest too cheat on his gf or raise affection of 5 women who conveniently live in my the same dorm as me.
In which I only have 100 days to seduce them all.

Remon wrote:
Now we can dominate the porn industry, camera industry, AND the world!
YomToxic wrote:
YOU BETTER STAY ALIVE OR ELSE I WILL HUNT YOU DOWN AND RAPE YOU DEAD.

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