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15-05-2007, 11:57 PM
|  | Administrator and Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Cheshire
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We've changed the style of the forum and gallery to create a faster-loading and more simplified design that will soon be populated with easy to use icons along the top of the screen to help new members find their way around more easily.
The new design weighs in at about 95-100kb per page, as opposed to the last design's 145-150kb, so pages should load significantly quicker for many users.
The rest of the wabsite will be updated over the next few days to adopt the same design across all sections.
Hopefully there won't be too much disruption
Stuart |
16-05-2007, 04:54 AM
|  | Dame Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: North Kent
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| | | Re: New Style for the WABsite
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Originally Posted by StuartDH  We've changed the style of the forum and gallery to create a faster-loading and more simplified design that will soon be populated with easy to use icons along the top of the screen to help new members find their way around more easily.
The new design weighs in at about 95-100kb per page, as opposed to the last design's 145-150kb, so pages should load significantly quicker for many users.
The rest of the wabsite will be updated over the next few days to adopt the same design across all sections.
Hopefully there won't be too much disruption
Stuart | Ah ha! It's not me then. I suppose you had to wait until your faithful Wabbites went to bed before you set up the new format.
Having a good look in a while over a cuppa this morning.
Jules 
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16-05-2007, 05:20 AM
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| | | Re: New Style for the WABsite
I'm never at my best at this time of day but I thought something was different! |
16-05-2007, 06:28 AM
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looks very nice, i like 
one thing i couldnt find though was the new posts button 
leon
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16-05-2007, 06:43 AM
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Very snappy Stuart, where is the new posts button?
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16-05-2007, 07:46 AM
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Nice - but at first I thought there was something wrong with my screen!
Jenny |
16-05-2007, 07:59 AM
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Another request for New Posts button, please
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16-05-2007, 08:04 AM
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Well it did confuse me at first, but I will get used. |
16-05-2007, 08:34 AM
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| | | Re: New Style for the WABsite
newpost icon now added in the middle |
16-05-2007, 08:39 AM
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Looks good, although logging on half asleep and finding things had altered during the few hours away did cause a double take and a quick check to make sure I'd gone to the right site....  |
16-05-2007, 08:41 AM
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Very good i like it, and quicker loading to although i notice there is no link for diaries at the top of the page like before? |
16-05-2007, 09:16 AM
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very Nice a good improvement.. congratulations to you all
mind I also thought something was wrong with my computor at first as it wasn't like this when i went to bed
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16-05-2007, 09:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Suffolk-Chris Looks good, although logging on half asleep and finding things had altered during the few hours away did cause a double take and a quick check to make sure I'd gone to the right site.... | lol I had a similar reaction, though more of a 'was it always like this, am I going mad?' |
16-05-2007, 09:45 AM
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Eh?????.........What's Happened??????
Phew.......it's ok....it's fine......everythings the same.....just better looking!! 
Nice work!!
(but I'm not going to bed tonight!! ) |
16-05-2007, 09:46 AM
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i like it. more clean & sharp looking. we all need a make-over now & again, keep us fresh
nice job |
16-05-2007, 12:44 PM
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Ok, so I must be the only person who doesn't like it. It seems a bit congested now but I suppose I will get use to it.
From an original Luddite  |
16-05-2007, 01:11 PM
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not the only one, we've had some others tell us in private
Nothing has really changed below the icons and I'll space them out a bit tonight, but the coloured area will probably get a bit more crowded as we intend to show announcements and info about the site up there. |
16-05-2007, 02:02 PM
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I really like the new layout, make a nice change. On the gallery pages though I notice the images have 5 stars, were not starting that again are we.
Dai |
16-05-2007, 02:07 PM
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I like it, it certainly seems faster and that's from an old fogey.
Carol.
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16-05-2007, 02:27 PM
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Originally Posted by DaiTheDragon I really like the new layout, make a nice change. On the gallery pages though I notice the images have 5 stars, were not starting that again are we.
Dai | I hope not! At least they're all Five stars, isn't that what we ended up with anyway. |
16-05-2007, 02:42 PM
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i like this new look, its all funky and stuff. i was a bit suprised when i went from the home page to the forums and it was all a different though. it'll take a bit of sussing out those groovy little icons at the top too....i'm sure i'll get the hang of it though!
also liking how the multi quote thingy seems to be on there now.
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16-05-2007, 03:07 PM
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Originally Posted by DaiTheDragon I really like the new layout, make a nice change. On the gallery pages though I notice the images have 5 stars, were not starting that again are we.
Dai | turns out that they were all blank stars for 'no ratings', but I've changed the graphic to show no image
Stu |
16-05-2007, 03:09 PM
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I like the new look.
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16-05-2007, 03:27 PM
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Very nice! I've set this site as one of my start group (on broadband) and got a bit confused..... then I realised what was different!! :P
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16-05-2007, 03:33 PM
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... I can't find the search engine ... | | |
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