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Last Post 6/29/2011 12:04 PM by  JettaManDan
New Look...
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6/24/2011 7:08 PM
    Bloody hell Ron, I logged in now and wondered what the heck had gone on here.

    The new look is rather posh I would say. I do like it a lot -but in some ways feel the loss for the old look...

    Jim


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    6/24/2011 7:38 PM
    I think you got here while I was in the middle of applying the changes. I think I have it all sorted out now.

    I did like the old look, except it really felt constrained to me by the narrow width. With this new skin being wider, I think it accommodates the information better, especially on the home page.

    What does everyone else think?
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    6/24/2011 8:55 PM
    Ron,


    The book reviews are rather hard to read. Grey on Grey is not the best, maybe black text?

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    6/24/2011 9:46 PM
    Thanks, I had missed that. Fixed now.
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    6/25/2011 12:36 AM
    Ron, If the browse by author was on the site before I didn't see it but I do now and it's great! I think the site will be more enticing for newbies. Thanks for the site facelift - professional.
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    6/25/2011 1:34 AM
    I like it! I happened to drop by to check the forums and was shocked (pleasantly so!) by the new look. I love the nav bar at the top, but the font could use a little work - it looks odd.

    I've made the light blue color on the Gateways page a darker blue, since it was too hard to read against the black.

    On the wiki, the Minor Change and Save as Draft notes are black - you can't see them against the black background. And, is there a way to make the links bigger? The font size I use for the text should affect ALL the text, but it's not, for some reason.
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    6/25/2011 8:15 AM
    I fixed the color on the Minor Change and Save as Draft notes, and made a few other color tweaks in the wiki. Which links are you talking about? Can you give me an example?
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    6/25/2011 9:38 AM
    Wow! I love it! Everything really pops! Good job, Ron!
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    6/26/2011 2:26 PM
    Posted By Ron Miles on 25 Jun 2011 08:15 AM
    I fixed the color on the Minor Change and Save as Draft notes, and made a few other color tweaks in the wiki. Which links are you talking about? Can you give me an example?

    All the links on the wiki are the same - they're about 3/4 the size of the normal text font. If I remove the font tag, all the text reverts to that size - for some reason, it appears that the it doesn't affect links.

    Edit: I discovered something cool - you can use HTML in forum posts! And, with the font adjuster at the top (very cool, BTW), you can make the text larger - on medium, links and text are more or less the same size.
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    6/26/2011 2:41 PM
    Looks sharp, Ron!
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    6/29/2011 12:04 PM
    looks great!


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