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 Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 3:19 am Post subject: New YWS Design & New Resources Section |
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It's here! The new YWS design! In it you'll find...
- Improved Navigation
- A new section: Resources
- A flash login
- New PM box when you have messages
- Good looking graphical design
The Resources section is very empty right now, so I strongly encourage users to start filling it up! Anyone can do so!
If you were using anything besides the default template, then you will have to switch over manually. The new theme is simply called "Default."
And some questions you may have...
Can I switch back?
Yes. Just go to "My YWS" then "Preferences." Scroll on down to "Templates" and change it back to "YWS Light."
Are all the old templates going to stay the same?
Yes. Nothing is going to be changed to the old templates except for a link to Resources.
Can I report bugs?
Of course! If you find a bug, please post it here instead of PMming me. That way other people will be able to see that the bug has already been reported. |
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| Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 3:28 am Post subject: |
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| Looking nice, Nate. I'll be sure to start writing up some stuff once finals are done. |
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| Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 3:29 am Post subject: |
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| Woooow. It looks great! Very Windows XP ^_^ |
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| Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 10:45 am Post subject: |
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Looks brilliant Nate!
Slight bug: on the Blogs News Page, the new tabs at the top stretch out from one another, leaving blue gaps between them. Something to do with the fact that on the Blogs News page the whole YWS "window" increases in width to accomodate the blog titles properly. So yeah it's kind of screwed up the new graphics! |
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| Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 10:48 am Post subject: |
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| Mmmmmm......this is good Nate. |
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| Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 12:09 pm Post subject: |
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It's so funky!!!
I really like it, great design and easy navigation, you guys should get a medal or something!!
Good idea to have an 'about' on the toolbar as well, would have been super handy when I was new....
Alainna
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| Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 12:51 pm Post subject: |
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Glad to hear everyone is looking it so far! I figured it was about time YWS got a face-lift.
The Blog News page does need to be fixed; I'll try working on it tonight. Also need to flesh out the About section more. I want to add a drop-down menu for that with, "Contact & Staff," "Rules & Guides," and "FAQ." |
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| Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 1:39 am Post subject: |
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Noticed the fix for the blog section (I like) but now the title of the blog post is small, and the "currently" section is too large for what it should be, it looks odd.
Also, ever since you added "rating" on the "new posts" page (or what ever it is called) the titles are kind of small and scrunched, as well. plus the ratings don't even show up. ummm I think that's all I have to complain about xD
I love the face lift! |
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| Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 1:45 am Post subject: |
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Whoops, I sent Nate a PM.
FYI: PM system has a bug which doesn't let you attach anything.
Error: Template->make_filename(): Error - file ./templates/iCGtest/posted_attachments_body.tpl does not exist |
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| Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 1:55 am Post subject: |
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Pfft. Is that all you can throw at me?
Blogs page fixed. Got rid of the "currently" data.
Also got rid of topic ratings in the search results page. This is something I would still like to do eventually, but it'll have to wait until I can figure out how to do it (the search file is the most complicated piece of code).
And you should be able to attach stuff in PMs. |
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| Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 2:54 am Post subject: |
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| Updated the About section with more links, and made a very crude rounded search box. I like it, but I'm not sure if I like the color. |
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| Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 2:56 am Post subject: |
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The search box is cute ^_^ I like the color, it "fits". And it looks great all together.
Some random suggestions that really have nothing to do with the layout change...perhaps new/more emoticons? They're so fun. Or more "moods" for blogs? Sometimes I can't find the one I want, so I pick none or one that doesn't work...
I'm not even sure if you can do anything about the blog one xD oh well.
EDIT: *gasp* you changed the search bar color! I like the colorful blue better than the grayish blue... |
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| Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 1:45 am Post subject: |
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This is sooo cool!
Where'd you get the idea for resources? It's great!
Nice going Nate.  |
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| Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 3:01 am Post subject: |
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There's two Register icons on the top bar before you log in.
Is this purposeful?
Looks good otherwise.  |
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| Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 3:12 am Post subject: |
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| Razorblade_Saint wrote: |
There's two Register icons on the top bar before you log in.
Is this purposeful?
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haha, yes 
The two register buttons are placements for "My YWS" and "Messages." |
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