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New GameBanshee Layout

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What is your opinion of the new layout at GameBanshee?

I think the old layout was better!
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I think the old layout was better!
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New GameBanshee Layout

Post by BuckGB »

After two full months working on the new layout, I'd love to hear what you think of it. Please cast your vote and post a comment on what you like/dislike about the new look. In case you haven't seen the new layout, click here!
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Well... A bit of a shocker, Buck. i'm still somewhat undecided at the moment, but it certainly is new... Not bad, but new.
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Post by Scayde »

Love the new look Buck. The pop-down menues are great. Adn I love it that you have put a 'HOME' button at the bottom of the page. This is something that I have often longed for when navigating through all of the links. The page is crisp and clean once I was logged in. It is a beautiful and very user friendly layout. I am still having problems when I navigate off the home page and into the gameing pages, but I am sure that once these bugs are worked out, it will flow beautifully.

One thing I was wondering, perhaps it would be good to have a 'subscribe' button at the top beside the log in feature? :)

And a "Home" button on every page :D

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Post by BuckGB »

Originally posted by Aegis
Well... A bit of a shocker, Buck. i'm still somewhat undecided at the moment, but it certainly is new... Not bad, but new.
For a more in-depth look at the new layout and how it will look throughout the site, check out our new Star Wars: KotOR site. The new layout has been used on every page there.
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Post by Aegis »

Originally posted by Buck Satan
For a more in-depth look at the new layout and how it will look throughout the site, check out our new Star Wars: KotOR site. The new layout has been used on every page there.
Well, like I said, a shocker. Something that's nice and comfortable is suddenly new and scary. Though, it seems to work. BTW, regarding KotOR, check your mail ;)

I've made my call on the layout, though. I do like it.
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Post by Xandax »

I like it because it is more simplistic then the old one.
I've always been a fan of functionality over looks :)
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Post by garazdawi »

w00t, I like it :D so much neater and better organized than before IMO. Can't wait until the whole site gets the same face lfit ;) :D
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Post by fable »

Works for me. :) Can't say I feel that strongly about it, though.
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Post by The Z »

I'm undecided, so I won't vote. The new site is a lot snazzier though :D
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Post by Minerva »

The only thing I don't like is the title GameBanshee is too small in comparison with the ad on the top. The ad catches my eyes before I realised I was acrually looking at the right website.

I think You need to be noticed for more members, Buck. ;)
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Post by KidD01 »

Simplicity is good yet as Minnie stated GB logo are too small compared with the adverts. Hence the old one still better ;)
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Post by UncleScratchy »

Too many layers to get to the news and no date to tell you when it was posted. Every time I want to check out a story I now have to scan the headlines, click 'MORE', wait for the next screen to load, read the snip and click the link for the full story. I liked the news being posted by the date and the snip below the headline, that way I could see at a glance if it was something fresh. Now I have to scan all the headlines to see if I can recollect having read it before.

Other than that the new layout is okay.
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Post by KidD01 »

Just wanna comment on the new forums layout, nicely done. Yet GB logo on GB main site should be as big as GB forum ;)
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Post by fable »

One change that just went into effect which I don't care for is the narrowing of the horizontal borders of the forum. Messages take much longer to scroll through, as a result.
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Post by BuckGB »

Originally posted by fable
One change that just went into effect which I don't care for is the narrowing of the horizontal borders of the forum. Messages take much longer to scroll through, as a result.
For those of you who don't like the fact that the forums are hard-coded at 800x600 resolution, I've went ahead and made a "FullScreen" template that you can choose in User CP -> Options that will instead make the forums fit your browser window. You'll most likely have to logout/login again and clear your browser's cache if you choose this new layout, but it should work. Let me know if you have any problems with either layout.
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Post by fable »

Great, Buck. Thanks. :)
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Post by Nightmare »

Originally posted by Buck Satan
For those of you who don't like the fact that the forums are hard-coded at 800x600 resolution, I've went ahead and made a "FullScreen" template that you can choose in User CP -> Options that will instead make the forums fit your browser window. You'll most likely have to logout/login again and clear your browser's cache if you choose this new layout, but it should work. Let me know if you have any problems with either layout.


Yay! :) Thanks, Buck! :cool:
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Post by fable »

Hmmm. Seems to work fine for the general categories screen, but once I select a category--SYM, BG2/SoA, BG2/ToB, etc--I drop back to short width, no matter what user choices I've made.
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Post by Nippy »

I've lost the ability to access the panel at the top (where User CP etc was kept.) It's there if I log out, but when I log in, it goes. The same throughout the forum...
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Post by dragon wench »

Originally posted by Nippy
I've lost the ability to access the panel at the top (where User CP etc was kept.) It's there if I log out, but when I log in, it goes. The same throughout the forum...
I have noticed this too; I can only access User CP by first going into my Private Messages from the link at the bottom of the Main Forum menu page.
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