#1Nov 24th, 2008
Introducing Canadian Content's new look
It's been in the works for a while and all suggestions have been taken into consideration, incorporated into the new look or in the process of being added. We'd like to welcome regular members to try it all out and tell us what you think!
I'd like to go into a few brief details about the beta which I'll try to give some tips on.
Page Width
The last time we redesigned, some members with various screen resolutions had issues with side scroll. While going back to 640x480 is not really an option, 800x600 is. The three settings available are screen strech, 940px (default) and 800px. You require javascript enabled for the moment to use this feature.
Quick Links
The links at the top of the page are handy and convenient. Joining the top-of-the-screen links list are notifications, a link to a new feature, photo albums and a settings tab with links to your control panel, your account preferences and some profile editing links. For now, there's also the very important quick link to go back to the "live" version of Canadian Content which should bring you back to the 'old look'.
Facebook style status
Expanding the social aspect of this site, it's nice to know what people are upto or what they're currently thinking about.
Photo Albums
A feature we haven't had around here for far too long. It's certainly a work in progress and especially during the beta phase, there's a lot missing. Feel free to upload some pics! They will be linked to your profile.
User Profiles
The profiles have definately been cleaned up and now feel more like a user profile as opposed to a stark white layout with some wall posts like what we have now. These will be added onto during the beta phase! A new feature you might notice on your profile is you're able to see the last 15 visitors to your page and how popular it actually is by seeing how many visitors you've had in total.
Feel free to use the new layout to browse, post, rate, upload, share, etc! Please give any feedback or thoughts in this thread!
*note: Member username colours are not exactly great looking with the new style. Since it's not a template-related change, they may look ugly in the new layout. It's going to be improved
It's been in the works for a while and all suggestions have been taken into consideration, incorporated into the new look or in the process of being added. We'd like to welcome regular members to try it all out and tell us what you think!
I'd like to go into a few brief details about the beta which I'll try to give some tips on.
Page Width
The last time we redesigned, some members with various screen resolutions had issues with side scroll. While going back to 640x480 is not really an option, 800x600 is. The three settings available are screen strech, 940px (default) and 800px. You require javascript enabled for the moment to use this feature.
Quick Links
The links at the top of the page are handy and convenient. Joining the top-of-the-screen links list are notifications, a link to a new feature, photo albums and a settings tab with links to your control panel, your account preferences and some profile editing links. For now, there's also the very important quick link to go back to the "live" version of Canadian Content which should bring you back to the 'old look'.
Facebook style status
Expanding the social aspect of this site, it's nice to know what people are upto or what they're currently thinking about.
Photo Albums
A feature we haven't had around here for far too long. It's certainly a work in progress and especially during the beta phase, there's a lot missing. Feel free to upload some pics! They will be linked to your profile.
User Profiles
The profiles have definately been cleaned up and now feel more like a user profile as opposed to a stark white layout with some wall posts like what we have now. These will be added onto during the beta phase! A new feature you might notice on your profile is you're able to see the last 15 visitors to your page and how popular it actually is by seeing how many visitors you've had in total.
Inline editing: You can now edit your profile directly within the page without refreshing, navigating around or wasting any time. Click the "About Me" tab within your own profile and click the pencil icon to edit.There's a bunch more I could say about improvements and additions, but take a look around and see for yourself. It's a work in progress and I'd like to stress that some pages and modules are not very pretty. Some pages are also broken and don't render properly in most browsers. Another bug I'm aware of is in Internet Explorer: On thread listing pages, the first thread's latest post is squished into the second thread listing. I haven't decided whether I should redesign the feature or if there's a fix I can come up with for IE.
Friends: The friend area has really been cleaned up. A cool new feature is the mutual friends box.
Feel free to use the new layout to browse, post, rate, upload, share, etc! Please give any feedback or thoughts in this thread!
*note: Member username colours are not exactly great looking with the new style. Since it's not a template-related change, they may look ugly in the new layout. It's going to be improved
Last edited by Andem; Nov 24th, 2008 at 01:40 PM..
as well: Nice, but it's going to take some getting used to.