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#1 Faken

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Posted 16 August 2006 - 12:04 AM

My sanity at this point depends on just how short and sweet I make this lol! Here's the scoop!

Today we have launched the new layout for our v3 back-end, which is mostly a pimped out version of the v2 layout. We felt that this layout was simply more attractive and not only easier for our regular users to figure out, but also for new visitors that look upon the site for the first time. We've re-arranged the menus and presentation to bring the categories, tutorials and User Dock higher up the top fold where they should be and moved the second priority items lower. You can collapse and expand all the dock items, news and categories instead of a mix of collapsing stuff and tabs like we did before. Very soon, all these collapsing items will also be available for non-js users too... for now it's just the categories.

You may also want to note that the display and filter settings tool has moved to the user dock, which is located at the top right side of the site. We've also moved the weekly features right smack on the front page! So it's well worth the effort of webmasters to submit tutorials that will get themselves noticed! I didn't like how it was buried before. Topsites is also back up on the site, and instead of 2 random sites, we now display 5.

As for page load, you'll be please to know that this new layout is only slightly larger than the old v3 layout, but we're going to be shaving another 60k off it shortly with some changes we have planned, so that will really speed thing up for the lower bandwidth users.

We've got a few more tweaks and bells and whistles to shine, but for the moment I'm taking a bit of a break to collect my thoughts and relax before I get back into things. I'll still approve tutorials and all that good stuff, but you won't see me very much in this thread where the wrangling about the layouts will probably erupt :D

Just remember guys... I can't please everyone, so hopefully the majority like the new layout :D You might want to use the site for a couple of weeks before you start recommending changes. So many of the people that first said they hated the v3 layout turned around and said a week later that it wasn't so bad.

So that's it gang, enjoy!

Dan

PS. The forum skin isn't ready yet by the way... Ghost's availability has been cut down so we're still working on it. I'm not happy with it yet, so for now we'll use the old forum layout. I'm sure we'll all live :D

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Posted 16 August 2006 - 12:08 AM

yay :D

Edit: idk, for me the site kinda went KABLOOIE!

Edited by bay, 16 August 2006 - 12:09 AM.


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Posted 16 August 2006 - 12:09 AM

:D Awesome job, NG, Dan and Chaos not forgetting Ghost as I can see the forum and all the hard work that's been done there.

Logo - I see a green tinge on the arrow lol :D , which one are you keeping the XP Arrow or the Pixel Bowl?

Wonders when the next change will be coming lol, an orange layout maybe lol

v5342.323372!? security version update like IPB

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Posted 16 August 2006 - 12:13 AM

:D Awesome job, NG, Dan and Chaos not forgetting Ghost as I can see the forum and all the hard work that's been done there.

Logo - I see a green tinge on the arrow lol :D , which one are you keeping the XP Arrow or the Pixel Bowl?

Wonders when the next change will be coming lol, an orange layout maybe lol


Much better.

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Posted 16 August 2006 - 12:15 AM

omg hax leet wut!
nice :D
forum skin soon? :D

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Posted 16 August 2006 - 12:19 AM

cool cool..looks good

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Posted 16 August 2006 - 12:25 AM

Wow Faken, its well..............good!

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Posted 16 August 2006 - 12:29 AM

Good work guys! It looks awesome!!

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Posted 16 August 2006 - 12:33 AM

i prefered v3 but whatever you gotta do...

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Posted 16 August 2006 - 02:00 AM

Hmm, now that I think about it, im pretty sure its so good people would want to rip it, :X...uhoh

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Posted 16 August 2006 - 02:03 AM

You really didn't need to change the layout, it was fine as it was, dispite people that complained.

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Posted 16 August 2006 - 02:05 AM

Looks, Sweet :D Nothing more to say.. yet.

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Posted 16 August 2006 - 02:10 AM

Hmm, now that I think about it, im pretty sure its so good people would want to rip it, :X...uhoh


That was happening long before any changes were made lol

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Posted 16 August 2006 - 02:17 AM

They haven't finished the forum skin yet

But I see they fixed the links and junk, looks good (But the ad's in the tutorial don't fit in very well imo)

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Posted 16 August 2006 - 02:59 AM

Did Donna design this? :biggrin: "I kid I kid!" (As you like to say Dan, and more recently Choas)

P.S. - your left menus don't work...

Edited by Jay, 16 August 2006 - 03:39 AM.


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Posted 16 August 2006 - 03:23 AM

Great work P2L-team :(

Why change a winning team, I think you took the right decision after all. This new updated version of the old V2 layout looks good to me, only the contrast with the grey background looks a bit odd.

:biggrin:

Left menu works perfectly for me btw

Edited by RedDragon, 16 August 2006 - 03:24 AM.


#17 Ghost

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Posted 16 August 2006 - 03:27 AM

Forum skin will be coming soon. I'm making some final changes on it now, and it should be released in the next day or so. :biggrin:

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Posted 16 August 2006 - 03:38 AM

Forum skin will be coming soon. I'm making some final changes on it now, and it should be released in the next day or so. :biggrin:


Awesome, you CSS'ing the old one?

#19 J J Williams

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Posted 16 August 2006 - 04:04 AM

Magnificent :( The design looks marvellous as always :biggrin:

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Posted 16 August 2006 - 04:25 AM

There are some ads in Latest 20 Tutorials - maybe there is a problem ...
Sorry Faken, I really don`t like showing this. Last time the problem with those little icons ... and now with this stupid ads :biggrin:

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