READ - Forum News and Updates!

ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
edited June 2003 in Community
Ok folks.. need to do a quick template change and update some files. Doing this requires me to remove access to the forums for 10 minutes.

It's 8.10pm here in the UK, so Im throwing the switch in 20 minutes :) (8.30pm GMT).

The forums won't be out for long :D Literally 10 minutes! OK.. NO PANIC!

Comments

  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited June 2003
    NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOS. I will die without me forums!!!
  • danball1976danball1976 Wichita Falls, TX
    edited June 2003
    mmonnin said
    NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOS. I will die without me forums!!!

    LOL, we'll won't have withdrawal for very long.
  • Red-DawnRed-Dawn Been kidnapped and being held hostage in Edinburgh
    edited June 2003
    ok but don't screw it up :nudge::p

    Shorty if he gets it wrong -->:aol:
  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited June 2003
    Im adding a news forum, "news hot threads", changing the current hot threads and an updated design for the forums home :)
  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited June 2003
    5 minutes.. and the doors close ;)
  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited June 2003
    And we are back :)

    Just gonna post some news!
  • a2jfreaka2jfreak Houston, TX Member
    edited June 2003
    Change looks great!

    Much cleaner design . . . amazing how a couple small changes can make such a difference.

    Good job!
    Shorty said
    And we are back :)

    Just gonna post some news!
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited June 2003
    Hehe I wasnt even at the computer at the time it was gone so I didnt have any withdrawels. I was testing HSFs for SM17. Which one is the loudest.:)
  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited June 2003
    Fixed the funky tables ;) oops
  • BlackHawkBlackHawk Bible music connoisseur There's no place like 127.0.0.1 Icrontian
    edited June 2003
    Nice job!!! :)

    Not being an ass or anything but that big black line around the add on the forums looks damn ugly.
  • danball1976danball1976 Wichita Falls, TX
    edited June 2003
    Blackhawk said
    Nice job!!! :)

    Not being an ass or anything but that big black line around the add on the forums looks damn ugly.

    Yeah, He's right, you can do something about that. You could keep it a clean even border all around or something.
  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited June 2003
    Il work on it :)
  • danball1976danball1976 Wichita Falls, TX
    edited June 2003
    Also whatever you did sped up the load time of the pages.
  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited June 2003
    danball1976 said
    Also whatever you did sped up the load time of the pages.

    Im doing some work to lower the total amount of queries to the database that page generation uses :)
  • danball1976danball1976 Wichita Falls, TX
    edited June 2003
    Hey, when is vBulletin 3 supposed to be out?
  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited June 2003
    Minimum 6-8 weeks. There is a private beta available to subscribers which I am testing thoroughly. It's not safe to use in a production environment necessarily.

    Im personally going to wait for the gold code and full public release before even considering that upgrade. Plus, hacks and styles will need to be implemented first :)
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited June 2003
    I updated the ad file to have no black border, but it looks like it still has one....
  • GHoosdumGHoosdum Icrontian
    edited June 2003
    Nice job. I really like the forum intro page now. It's cool to see my own avatar on the welcome screen!
  • Park_7677Park_7677 Missouri Member
    edited June 2003
    primesuspect said
    I updated the ad file to have no black border, but it looks like it still has one....

    The Problem:
    <td width="420" height="150" rowspan="2 bgcolor="#F1F1F1"><img src="http://www.short-media.com/forum/images/ad.png"&gt;

    Your cell size is specified, which would be alright BUT if I make my window really skinny and tall, the Hot Threads & News links have to span over multiple lines. This makes the Table taller, and because the Table BG is black, it fills in the area that your Ad cell does not.


    Solution:
    <td width="420" rowspan="2" bgcolor="#F1F1F1"><img src="http://www.short-media.com/forum/images/ad.png"&gt;

    Simply remove the height of the Ad cell and presto!
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited June 2003
    Post a pic so we can see cause I know shorty will ask for one.
  • Park_7677Park_7677 Missouri Member
    edited June 2003
    Ta Da!
  • Park_7677Park_7677 Missouri Member
    edited June 2003
    Shortcut:

    Just add a missing quote... and it works the same (In IE anyways)...

    Wrong:
    <td width="420" height="150" rowspan="2 bgcolor="#F1F1F1"><img src="http://www.short-media.com/forum/images/ad.png"&gt;

    Right:
    <td width="420" height="150" rowspan="2" bgcolor="#F1F1F1"><img src="http://www.short-media.com/forum/images/ad.png"&gt;
  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited June 2003
    Done! :D

    Thanks Park! I was just missing a " from the tag. DOH!:o
  • TBonZTBonZ Ottawa, ON Icrontian
    edited June 2003
    I like, great job!:cool:
  • AnimalAnimal
    edited June 2003
    i hate to be an arse but i actually liked how it used to look better :p
  • ClutchClutch North Carolina New
    edited June 2003
    I like the lighter colors myself, great work guys. This site has grown so much user wise and overall design and quality wise so quick, kudos to the staff.
  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited June 2003
    Clutch said
    I like the lighter colors myself, great work guys. This site has grown so much user wise and overall design and quality wise so quick, kudos to the staff.

    Got a few more touches to do in the next few weeks. It's all part of the growing process :)

    As long as the frontpage is crammed with information and the forums are fast & highly usable, it can only get better :) Striving for it :cool:
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