New Board Design!

Rob Profile Photo
Rob
#1New Board Design!
Posted: 4/12/12 at 11:00am

With big thanks to our dev team, we're all excited here today to unveil a long-overdue visual and back-end update to the message boards which should now be prettier, more mobile/iPad friendly and speedier...

Hopefully it's kink-free, but if you hit any problems, please drop me a line.

FindingNamo
#2New Board Design!
Posted: 4/12/12 at 11:02am

Any chance you could get them to work updating my back end?


Twitter @NamoInExile Instagram none

bdwaygirl Profile Photo
bdwaygirl
#2New Board Design!
Posted: 4/12/12 at 11:04am

If I go into a thread with many replies, the print in each reply gets smaller.


I hung out with Cheyenne Jackson in his dressing room waayyyyyy before he tickled D2.

"unleash the girly"

Our fingerprints don't fade from the lives we touch.

Puppies are babies in fur coats.

Tinfoil...The Terrorizing Terminator

best12bars Profile Photo
best12bars
#3New Board Design!
Posted: 4/12/12 at 11:08am

For some reason, and maybe it's just me because I'm older, I find this new design a lot harder to read overall.


"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
blocked: logan2, Diamonds3, Hamilton22

Mister Matt Profile Photo
Mister Matt
#4New Board Design!
Posted: 4/12/12 at 11:10am

It's harder to read when most of the thread headings are not in bold.


"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian

best12bars Profile Photo
best12bars
#5New Board Design!
Posted: 4/12/12 at 11:11am

I think the slightly grayer background made it easier on the eyes, too.

The lighter color (almost white now) makes it tough to browse for too long.

(says the old guy)


"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
blocked: logan2, Diamonds3, Hamilton22

bdwaygirl Profile Photo
bdwaygirl
#6New Board Design!
Posted: 4/12/12 at 11:16am

This is ridiculous. I can't read anything past the third or fourth post on a page.


I hung out with Cheyenne Jackson in his dressing room waayyyyyy before he tickled D2.

"unleash the girly"

Our fingerprints don't fade from the lives we touch.

Puppies are babies in fur coats.

Tinfoil...The Terrorizing Terminator

jacobtsf Profile Photo
jacobtsf
#7New Board Design!
Posted: 4/12/12 at 11:16am

Sorry Rob (and Dev team) but it is extremely tough to read, and the bright white does not help at all.


David walked into the valley With a stone clutched in his hand He was only a boy But he knew someone must take a stand There will always be a valley Always mountains one must scale There will always be perilous waters Which someone must sail -Into the Fire Scarlet Pimpernel

doodlenyc Profile Photo
doodlenyc
#8New Board Design!
Posted: 4/12/12 at 11:18am

Am I going blind?


"Carson has combined his passion for helping children with his love for one of Cincinnati's favorite past times - cornhole - to create a unique and exciting event perfect for a corporate outing, entertaining clients or family fun."

"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS

newintown Profile Photo
newintown
#9New Board Design!
Posted: 4/12/12 at 11:19am

Titles of threads don't appear to change color when one has read them.

SonofMammaMiaSam Profile Photo
SonofMammaMiaSam
#10New Board Design!
Posted: 4/12/12 at 11:19am

I am also unable to read the messages as the page progresses. I'm having to copy, cut and paste into another document to see the message after three or four entries.

ggersten Profile Photo
ggersten
#11New Board Design!
Posted: 4/12/12 at 11:27am

I'm not having any problem reading longer threads. I appreciate the lighter background. I don't think I'm "old" but I don't count as "young" either. I think it looks a little more "dramatic" - but the "latest headlines" look awkward.

BTW, the change happened while I was reading and going "back to the message board" - For a minute, I thought there was a problem with my browser until I realized it was a site redesign.

bdwaygirl Profile Photo
bdwaygirl
#12New Board Design!
Posted: 4/12/12 at 11:28am

The small print problem has been fixed. Thanks, Rob!


I hung out with Cheyenne Jackson in his dressing room waayyyyyy before he tickled D2.

"unleash the girly"

Our fingerprints don't fade from the lives we touch.

Puppies are babies in fur coats.

Tinfoil...The Terrorizing Terminator

DrJekyll Profile Photo
DrJekyll
#13New Board Design!
Posted: 4/12/12 at 11:28am

DISLIKE

Rob Profile Photo
Rob
#14New Board Design!
Posted: 4/12/12 at 11:31am

The small print problem should now be fixed for those IE users it was affecting... The color change on threads you've read is coming in a few min too.

willep
#15New Board Design!
Posted: 4/12/12 at 11:33am

I am not having any trouble with reading it or font size, but I do miss the thread titles being bold so that I knew at a glance whether or not there was a new post in a thread I was following.

Bluemoon
#16New Board Design!
Posted: 4/12/12 at 11:36am

Rob - how do you read back through posts on previous pages of a thread? If a thread opens on page 3 and I want to see what was posted on page 2, there's no page numbers on the top of the thread. I'm stuck reading only the posts on page 3.

willep
#17New Board Design!
Posted: 4/12/12 at 11:46am

Sorry, didn't see your post, Rob, before I posted about the thread titles. Thanks!

Calvin Profile Photo
Calvin
#18New Board Design!
Posted: 4/12/12 at 11:48am

BlueMoon, I came in to post about the same thing. There are page numbers when you're on the first page of a thread, but once you go to any other page, you have no way to navigate except going back to the first page again and navigating from there.

iluvtheatertrash
#19New Board Design!
Posted: 4/12/12 at 11:50am

The young guy can't read it either. This hurts my head and eyes. Let's go back please.


"I know now that theatre saved my life." - Susan Stroman

Calvin Profile Photo
Calvin
#20New Board Design!
Posted: 4/12/12 at 11:51am

Scratch what I said earlier -- it's only on the last page of a thread that the navigation options disappear.

NYTheatre01 Profile Photo
NYTheatre01
#21New Board Design!
Posted: 4/12/12 at 11:53am

Sure wish there were like buttons like facebook! lol

JP2 Profile Photo
JP2
#22New Board Design!
Posted: 4/12/12 at 11:56am

Hm, not bad...

frogs_fan85 Profile Photo
frogs_fan85
#23New Board Design!
Posted: 4/12/12 at 12:00pm

Would it be at all possible to add a "mark forum read" option/button?

FosseBoi
#24New Board Design!
Posted: 4/12/12 at 12:01pm

I'm with iluvtheatretrash, this young guy can't read this either. The white is really headache inducing.


"I've always secretly longed for an actress to get to the top of the cherry picker and projectile vomit all over the guards below."- Wonderwaiter in the "Defy Gravity?" thread. ~~~~~~~~My dream? Sutton Foster as Cassie in A Chorus Line