vBulletin on 2.0 ?

[Fred]

John,

I've noticed you made the forum the version 2.0 now. But the aligning is all messed. You made the forum too big for the screen. Make it smaller.

[JimF]

It looks fine for me...

What is "it" that is so messed up? The table width?

-jim

[Wayne Luke]

On smaller resolutions, the "toplinks" make the display wider than what is available.

The easiest solution would be to remove the Home button from the templates.

The harder solution would be to change the code so the profile button only shows to members and the register button only shows to guests.

Shouldn't be hard to do really but that sums up the problem.

THe problem also happens in the forum display with James and Johns titles as announcements. Since this is on No Wrap is will make smaller resolutions scroll. You could either remove the title or the NoWrap. :)

[JimF]

I see,

Personally I would remove the calendar button, since that has no relevancy to a message board, but the home button does.

-jim

[Freddie Bingham]

Originally posted by JimF
I see,

Personally I would remove the calendar button, since that has no relevancy to a message board, but the home button does.

Did I catch a snide remark in that?

[JimF]

Originally posted by freddie
Did I catch a snide remark in that?

No, not at all. The calendar just seems superfluous to me. If links at the top of the page were to be eliminated for sizing issues, I would certainly leave the links that could be used to operate the message board itself, and eliminate the superfluous buttons - like for the calendar.

The calendar is a nice add-on for those communities that could use it; but it doesn't make sense to me for it to be part of the standard version of the software. There are a lot of features in vB2.0 that I was under the impression would be toggle-able, but it turns out they're not. It basically creates a ton overhead that I'll never use. But that's a discussion for another place...

-jim

[Mike Sullivan]

1. Calendar's a separate file. It creates no overhead.
2. The "home" link and the logo perform the same thing. :)

[JimF]

Originally posted by Ed Sullivan
1. Calendar's a separate file. It creates no overhead.
2. The "home" link and the logo perform the same thing. :)

1. I know it's a separate file - it's just at the top of my "Why?" list, that's why I bring it up.

2. I know that the logo does the same thing as the home button, but most regular users don't. Having a link that says "Home" is a great navigational tool, and it's easier than telling all my users to click on the logo - which I don't use on my board anyway.

-jim

[Wayne Luke]

It was a suggestion. I picked a button off of the list. :)


The same argument can be said for having the breadcrump path and the Home link. One or the other would be superfluous.

I can also see Jim's argument that the calendar is superfluous in a standard Forum Package. However it is a great community building tool and vBulletin is being marketed as "Instant Community".

If anyone doesn't want to use it on their site they can simply delete the link to it. Except for the Birthday field it adds no resources to the system if it is not used.

[JimF]

I'll say it one more time - I'm not concerned in the slightest about the calendar using resources. I'm concerned about all the other superfluous (candy striping) "features" that got added adding overhead. As I said, the calendar is just at the top of my "Huh?" list.

-jim

[chrispadfield]

JimF, some of these extra features are probably pretty popular. If there is no way to turn them off in the control panel, istn't this something you could just add ?

[Blackjack]

Originally posted by wluke
The harder solution would be to change the code so the profile button only shows to members and the register button only shows to guests.

Makes sense to me, why do I need to register if I'm already a member?

[chrispadfield]

this is something i want to do:

I want to have something at the top of my forum:

You have 10 new private messages click here to view.

10 and here will be underlined with a pop-up to private message section (with completly new templates).

now if they are not logged in it will be different saying You need to register/login to view this feature.

a few of these odd reminders around the place are a good thing :)

so got to find a way to determine "in templates" if someone is logged in or not. possible? what is the extent to logic (if any???) that can go in templates??

[Fred]

Don't care whats deleted, as long as it's fixed. It's pissing me off when go through the board.

[Fred]

Btw, I have a 15" screen moniter, my resolution is 600x800.

So you made your forum way too big for the "average" viewer. Make it smaller.

Thanks

[Mike Sullivan]

Wow, and he's polite too. :rolleyes: You sound like you're on a high horse.

[Fred]

Here's what it looks like when i'm in forumdisplay.php

[John]

We will be working on improving the templates and layout over the next few days.

Please bear with us...

John

[Fred]

Ok. Sounds good.

[brookelyn]

Originally posted by wluke

The harder solution would be to change the code so the profile button only shows to members and the register button only shows to guests.


Someone want to do this? I'm a retard so I can't, but I would love to have that feature ;)

[TWTCommish]

I concur: I really hope these features have a simple "switch" in the Control Panel - lots of people may not want to use them. They should definintely be included, but easily toggle-able.