What does the site change mean for the forums? - Page 2

RalionX · 03-31-2009, 11:42 PM

Huh, I like the new look.

Mike McC · 03-31-2009, 11:44 PM

New site design discussion now goes here: LINK.

This thread's for talking about potential changes to the forum.

Bells · 04-01-2009, 12:05 AM

i really do think a subforum for all of brian's work could be good. Specially now that the site is starting to make it's transition from 8-bit to warbot.

I can honestly say that i never saw with much clarity the "about" of the Community forum. For me, it would work just the same if it was merged into General... or to put Art & the like inside of Community. Since those are both "from community to community" sub forums that have little less frequency than other sub-forums

Spliting Computer Help, would also be good... but i dunno... if it has too much sub-forums it could become a bit of a visual mess. Maybe a couple of Sticky threads about "Help with X" ( X being "Software" "Internet" "Hardware" "Virus" and such) could be much more efficient than having a bunch of threads with 3-10 replies.

Mike McC · 04-01-2009, 12:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Bells

Spliting Computer Help, would also be good... but i dunno... if it has too much sub-forums it could become a bit of a visual mess. Maybe a couple of Sticky threads about "Help with X" ( X being "Software" "Internet" "Hardware" "Virus" and such) could be much more efficient than having a bunch of threads with 3-10 replies.

As a point of reference, the Something Awful forums, to my unregistered eyes, has 4 forum categroies, 26 primary forums, and 29 subforums, and it's not a visual mess at all. As long as they are pretty well thematically grouped, this really isn't much of an issue until you hit very high numbers.

phil_ · 04-01-2009, 12:24 AM

Bellsouth, Community is for threads about NPF and it's community. General is for threads where we talk about topics that don't have a specific forum or topics that overlap several forums, and you don't have to be a confrontational buzzkill, separating it from Discussion. Art and the like is for stuff we've written, drawn, composed, sculpted, or found a creative way to eat that isn't about NPF.

See? Simple.

Oh, and change makes me uncomfortable and irritable.

Bells · 04-01-2009, 12:36 AM

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Originally Posted by phil_

Bellsouth, Community is for threads about NPF and it's community. General is for threads where we talk about topics that don't have a specific forum or topics that overlap several forums, and you don't have to be a confrontational buzzkill, separating it from Discussion. Art and the like is for stuff we've written, drawn, composed, sculpted, or found a creative way to eat that isn't about NPF.

See? Simple.

Yeah, i just kind saw it like... Art and the Like was about "stuff the community do and the community talking about it", so it always struck me as... why not just have it in community? Y'know? But then again... im not quite active on neither

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Oh, and change makes me uncomfortable and irritable.

Lollipop?

Trev · 04-01-2009, 12:39 AM

The color change isn't the worst problem... what happened to the extras section!? And also, the links section, and all the other sections! They all seem to be... gone.

WHY, BRIAN!? WHY!?!?!?

Mike McC · 04-01-2009, 12:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Trev

The color change isn't the worst problem... what happened to the extras section!? And also, the links section, and all the other sections! They all seem to be... gone.

WHY, BRIAN!? WHY!?!?!?

ASK HIM HERE.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bells

Yeah, i just kind saw it like... Art and the Like was about "stuff the community do and the community talking about it", so it always struck me as... why not just have it in community? Y'know? But then again... im not quite active on neither

Please keep in mind that fanart isn't necessarily community related. The community forum is for stuff relating specifically to the POSTERS on the forum. It's actually fairly seperated from the comic, because people could still be posting and active here who have not actually read the comic in years. So, just because fanart for the comic may crop up in the Arts forum doesn't mean it needs to be lumped together with community.

Fifthfiend · 04-01-2009, 01:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Mike McC

I myself think it'd probably be a good idea to create a new forum group (like Forum Info or Games & Roleplaying) and have the dedicated to Brian's various projects. I can see four forums easily being set up there:

"8-Bit Theater"
"Warbot in Accounting"
"Atomic Robo"
"Brain's Other Projects"

I like this let's do it

Meister · 04-01-2009, 01:54 AM

We could probably very easily poke around in the css files and replace the blue on the forums with the yellow or red from the new main site.

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04-01-2009, 12:05 AM	#13
Bells That's so PC of you Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: In a Server-sided Dimension where time is meaningless Posts: 10,490	i really do think a subforum for all of brian's work could be good. Specially now that the site is starting to make it's transition from 8-bit to warbot. I can honestly say that i never saw with much clarity the "about" of the Community forum. For me, it would work just the same if it was merged into General... or to put Art & the like inside of Community. Since those are both "from community to community" sub forums that have little less frequency than other sub-forums Spliting Computer Help, would also be good... but i dunno... if it has too much sub-forums it could become a bit of a visual mess. Maybe a couple of Sticky threads about "Help with X" ( X being "Software" "Internet" "Hardware" "Virus" and such) could be much more efficient than having a bunch of threads with 3-10 replies. __________________ *BELLS STORE : Clothes! You wear* them! Free US Shipping Subscription System? WTF?! Zazzle Black!**

04-01-2009, 12:24 AM	#15
phil_ Just sleeping Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: At home, probably in bed. Posts: 6,482	Bellsouth, Community is for threads about NPF and it's community. General is for threads where we talk about topics that don't have a specific forum or topics that overlap several forums, and you don't have to be a confrontational buzzkill, separating it from Discussion. Art and the like is for stuff we've written, drawn, composed, sculpted, or found a creative way to eat that isn't about NPF. See? Simple. Oh, and change makes me uncomfortable and irritable. __________________ Be T-Rexcellent to each other, tako.

03-31-2009, 11:42 PM	#11
RalionX Goomba Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: CT, USA Posts: 12	Huh, I like the new look.

04-01-2009, 12:39 AM	#17
Trev Goomba Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 12	The color change isn't the worst problem... what happened to the extras section!? And also, the links section, and all the other sections! They all seem to be... gone. WHY, BRIAN!? WHY!?!?!?

04-01-2009, 01:54 AM	#20
Meister Pure joy Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 10,689	We could probably very easily poke around in the css files and replace the blue on the forums with the yellow or red from the new main site.