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Issue # 212 (09-15-2004)
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The Forums will be undergoing a few changes over the next couple of weeks, which I'd like to highlight here.
First, we'll be doing a redesign. The new design will introduce a new logo, as well as be quite a bit "skinnier" than before. Rather than go full width, we're squashing it down to fit in an 800 pixel wide window. For those of you browsing in an 800x600 resolution, you'll not notice this, but the rest of you will find that the forums being less wide greatly enhances their readability. In addition to the new basic design, we will be giving you a lot more control over how the forums work and appear to you. Specifically, you'll be able to select your favorite color scheme, most comfortable text size, and will be able to decide how many posts/topics you want shown on each screen of the forums. There will be a few more nifty features added in as well to make the overall experience in the forums not only more fun, but ultimately, more useful. We will be phasing in these changes over the next 2 to 3 weeks. As new features are rolled out, I'll be making them known in the Members Lounge, and will summarize them in the next Gazette. Now, from the "In case you missed it" department, here's a few of the best discussions currently going in the VP Forums ..... Curious about GeoTargeted search, and it's affect on where your website is hosted? Which directories do you need to be listed in and is a DMOZ listing really that important? Ended up in the Google sandbox? Working through a "penalty" ... What do you consider to be proof that your SEO campaign has been successful? What types of things should a new webmaster take the time to learn? Read these interesting topics, and many more at the JimWorld/VirtualPromote Forums |
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JimWorld Member comments and feedback ...
Posted On: 09/16/2004 05:15
Posted By: mincklerstraat
Posted By: mincklerstraat
Excellent. The default theme might want to have a font size quite a lot bigger than what's current - most web people have got honking big monitors geared up to a fairly high resolution, I'd guess, and on this monitor (1280 x 1024, 18") the letters look a bit like ants. True that users can just ratchet up the text size - but many don't, and your forum board makes a better first impression that way.
Look forward to your redesign, and hope you enjoy doing it.
Look forward to your redesign, and hope you enjoy doing it.
Posted On: 09/16/2004 05:43
Posted By: jcokos
Posted By: jcokos
Care for a sneak peak ?
Posted On: 09/16/2004 05:29
Posted By: AllHeadlineNews
Posted By: AllHeadlineNews
No... absolutely not! :-)
Posted On: 09/16/2004 06:12
Posted By: jcokos
Posted By: jcokos
Well, I won't show you the forums ..... but if you look at
Free Site Templates: [url]http://www.freesitetemplates.com[/url]
and
Jim Tools: [url]http://www.jimworld.com/tools/[/url]
You'll get the gist.
Essentially the new forum layout is just like those, but with their own logo, and NO ADS on the right side. Ads in the forums are probably going to be up in the header.
Free Site Templates: [url]http://www.freesitetemplates.com[/url]
and
Jim Tools: [url]http://www.jimworld.com/tools/[/url]
You'll get the gist.
Essentially the new forum layout is just like those, but with their own logo, and NO ADS on the right side. Ads in the forums are probably going to be up in the header.
Posted On: 09/17/2004 01:54
Posted By: mincklerstraat
Posted By: mincklerstraat
Thanks for the peek! Main text font could still be larger though, causing quite some eyestrain and I've got close to 20 / 20 vision. Set your own monitor to honking-big resolution and check out how it looks.
Posted On: 09/17/2004 08:04
Posted By: jcokos
Posted By: jcokos
I keep mine at 1280x1024 all the time, and the words are perfect for me. I think that it's all set to 9pt in CSS
Doesn't matter, though ... you'll be able to select all that from the options page soon enough.
Doesn't matter, though ... you'll be able to select all that from the options page soon enough.
Posted On: 09/17/2004 01:19
Posted By: JQ
Posted By: JQ
[quote]I think that it's all set to 9pt in CSS [/quote]
I remember from somewhere here (maybe it was crash who brought it up?) that using ems is better than hardcoding the point size because it allows more flexibility for those who prefer to set the font size in their browser.
I'm okay in IE with fonts set to "medium", but in Firefox my font is set to 16 pixels and that's a bit squinty here at JimWorld so I usually have to "control +" it up a notch.
I remember from somewhere here (maybe it was crash who brought it up?) that using ems is better than hardcoding the point size because it allows more flexibility for those who prefer to set the font size in their browser.
I'm okay in IE with fonts set to "medium", but in Firefox my font is set to 16 pixels and that's a bit squinty here at JimWorld so I usually have to "control +" it up a notch.
Posted On: 09/17/2004 02:14
Posted By: jcokos
Posted By: jcokos
I will switch it to ems like we did before.
The trouble with those, is that they're very touchy.
.9ems is tiny, but 1ems is HUGE. The middle ground is very, very hard to reach with them, especially for mac people.
The trouble with those, is that they're very touchy.
.9ems is tiny, but 1ems is HUGE. The middle ground is very, very hard to reach with them, especially for mac people.
Posted On: 09/17/2004 04:11
Posted By: Ron C
Posted By: Ron C
The problem, of course, is that pixels don't easily translate to ems or percentages. If it takes ten pixels to make a character, setting font size to 75 percent presents an obvious problem -- the browser can either use seven pixels or eight pixels, but it can never use seven and a half pixels. That leads to approximations and that, of course, leads to differences in approximations.
Fortunately, while there is no perfect solution, Owen Briggs invested a whole LOT of time finding [url=http://www.thenoodleincident.com/tutorials/typography/incremental_differences.html]a darn good solution[/url].
Fortunately, while there is no perfect solution, Owen Briggs invested a whole LOT of time finding [url=http://www.thenoodleincident.com/tutorials/typography/incremental_differences.html]a darn good solution[/url].
Posted On: 09/18/2004 01:35
Posted By: JQ
Posted By: JQ
Excellent article, Ron C. Bookmarked for future reference. :)
Posted On: 09/19/2004 11:54
Posted By: Curt
Posted By: Curt
Got some sideways scrolling going on in those examples John. Hope those don't spill over into the forums too. It's good to stay with a page width no wider than 780 px.
Posted On: 09/20/2004 09:47
Posted By: jcokos
Posted By: jcokos
How wide is the scroll bar ?
If I'm just a few px off, I can fix it easy. If not, then I have work to do
If I'm just a few px off, I can fix it easy. If not, then I have work to do
Posted On: 09/21/2004 02:16
Posted By: Curt
Posted By: Curt
The page gets chopped off by about 100-120 px on the right side of the page.
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