Essential Maintenance work - forums

[Amethyst]

Actually not really essential but the forums have grown somewhat and things are getting a bit confusing - what to post where etc so we are going to be making a few changes - merging some forums, losing some, adding some and rearranging some. So some threads might move to different forums - We'll leave redirects where possible, it wont be very many, but hopefully will make the forums easier to navigate.

If anyone does have any thoughts about the way the forums are laid out etc please feel free to add any suggestions here.

[enaid]

Re: Essential Maintenance work - forums

I dont know where it is now but there was once a list of most popular forums.
Maybe that is a clue as to what is ans isnt needed.

[Budgie]

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As we discussed this morning.
I would like a section to cover compound interest. ( Compound interest rather than Contractural interest please )
There are various threads and post scattered all over the site at the moment.

This should really have a separate section, but this should be tucked away in a project or working group forum. Not on general view at present.

Budgie

[Amethyst]

Okay I have done quite a bit of this now...please have a look and give me some feedback.

Be greatly appreciated.

If you want anything moving please put a link here to the thread you want moving and the title of the forum you want it moving to.

I will leave 1 week redirects.

Also if you can't find something which was in a forum that has now been removed please ask me.

[EXC]

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PEEPS. Can we have a forum for irritating losers who spend half their life changing their font colours when posting banal and meaningless drivel?

[madbutterfly]

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PEEPS. Can we have a forum for irritating losers who spend half their life changing their font colours when posting banal and meaningless drivel?

Link doesn't work EXC??

But can we have more stress releiving games, I used to have an online version of Othello, could we include that?

[Amethyst]

Re: Essential Maintenance work - forums

Sadly the irratating loser forum is on a back burner until we actually have any on the site, and I think lots of font colours make things pretty, no ?

No sure that Othello would be particularly stress releiving - I suppose it would depend on the type of stresses you are attempting to relieve (have posted on the other thread Mad about the games)

[EXC]

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Sadly the irratating loser forum is on a back burner until we actually have any on the site, and I think lots of font colours make things pretty, no ?

No sure that Othello would be particularly stress releiving - I suppose it would depend on the type of stresses you are attempting to relieve (have posted on the other thread Mad about the games)

Very pretty maybe, but nauseatingly difficult to read - especially when it's not worth reading in the first place

[Amethyst]

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takes bloody ages too doesn't it

[EXC]

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Luton wasn't built in a day.

[Budgie]

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Luton wasn't built in a day.

Are you sure it wasn't Exc ???

The bits of Luton that I have seen certainly look like they were thrown up !!

Budgie

[Amethyst]

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Okay, can we try keep this to site issues stuff and keep user issues stuff else where.

Sorry and all that Thanks guys.

[madbutterfly]

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Very pretty maybe, but nauseatingly difficult to read - especially when it's not worth reading in the first place

Blimey - a dull June day and I need sunglasses inside
Is there some point to all the colours????

[EXC]

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Sorry Ame, I'll try and make a sensible suggesrion if I may!

It's something that's always been a bit of bug bear with me about the site.

Firstly, with the background colour of the main forum pages being in light blue and the font colours of the forum titles a mid blue, it's not that clear to read and the wording just dosen't jump out enough for speed-reading. I find when scanning the main furum index, I have to READ it rather than glance at it if you see what I mean.

Secondly, the default font colour on posts is grey as opposed to black and set against the light blue background, the lack of contrast just makes it harder work to read. It's just all very bland really.

I know my eyes aren't that good and I'm not the quickest reader anyway but I do find other sites with white backgrounds and true black fonts so much easier to navigate. I appreciate that the colour scheme is a Legal Beagles thing but I'd be interested to hear what others think.

[Amethyst]

Re: Essential Maintenance work - forums

You could try this one ... Legal Beagles - Style 2

Seriously we could set up a different colour scheme for people who would prefer a more black and white contrasty style.