New Forum Layout

[Dan]

Please press control (or Cmd) and F5 to load the new layout correctly.

Thanks.

[Tom]

Good work Dan! Pure 100% effort put into this...I guess you'll be keeping your current site layout for a while then?

[Lizifer]

The black does go better with the top banner.

EDIT: The only thing that probably needs changing that I just noticed is the little icons showing our post count is black and it's hard to see it. Only little nit pick.

[Dan]

Good work Dan! Pure 100% effort put into this...I guess you'll be keeping your current site layout for a while then?

Yep, for first the time ever I'm completely happy with the layout I have, and have no desire to change it. It's great because now I can focus on working on tweaking the site rather than spending all my time on creating new layouts every other month. That said, I do plan to change the main header now and again.

The black does go better with the top banner.

EDIT: The only thing that probably needs changing that I just noticed is the little icons showing our post count is black and it's hard to see it. Only little nit pick.

Nit picking is good. It helps me weed out the bugs. The layout looks fine in FireFox, but I'm needing to edit some of the coding for IE, Safari and Google users.

I'm also making a lighter version for those who like a white background.

[Luke]

Coolios! The black background looks much better on the forum. The only part of the site I don't reallly like are the navigation links ("home", "info", "images", etc). The font/links just look far too plain, they don't stand out enough and I don't like the font at all. Apart from that one gripe, as usual, the site layout looks absolutely ace.

[Veritas]

This one is a beaut, Dan. Well done. It looks great on FF here and at work on the Mac.

[wwechristina]

I love the new forum layout Dan. It looks much better and while I was reading the topics, I saw it change right before my eyes. Great Job!!! Keep it like this for a long time.

[VAMPIRO]

Very nice layout. Always a fan of the dark layouts. Oh and my banner approves it as well.

[Ed Burns]

I like the black layouts the best. They don't kill my eyes, especially when I gget a migraine... I'm trying to wallpaper a black background on my myspace page too.

[Tom]

Good work Dan! Pure 100% effort put into this...I guess you'll be keeping your current site layout for a while then?

Yep, for first the time ever I'm completely happy with the layout I have, and have no desire to change it. It's great because now I can focus on working on tweaking the site rather than spending all my time on creating new layouts every other month. That said, I do plan to change the main header now and again.

Glad to hear it, I've always digged and liked this layout, a cool different face close up PSD would be cool, kinda make it go through all the persona's. What about a different PSD each time you visit, just liek you did with the images a couple layouts back.

[BAD01]

Now is much better.

[FBM]

Awesome layout Dan

[Dan]

Coolios! The black background looks much better on the forum. The only part of the site I don't reallly like are the navigation links ("home", "info", "images", etc). The font/links just look far too plain, they don't stand out enough and I don't like the font at all. Apart from that one gripe, as usual, the site layout looks absolutely ace.

I notice the navigation links show up differently depending on the computer you use. The font is called Georgia, which I happen to love. It looks like Times New Roman on some computers though. Still, they're not changing, so there.

Glad you all like the layout, anyone miss the white background?

[Tom]

Glad you all like the layout, anyone miss the white background?

I wouldn't say I miss it, but I often do favour light layouts (not necessarily white backgrounds). But this layout doesn't look at all good with a white background, the dark suits it alot more perfectly.

[Deadgirl202]

I love it!! dark and scary just like we like it and just like 'Taker

[Ed Burns]

When I use the 'phone friendly' format, the background is white. I hate the white backgrounds. I use those sometimes to save time by omitting images. Now since the background is black, I've been using the 'classic' view, which is what I normally see on a PC. Trust me, I really don't miss the light backgrounds.

[Antony]

Love the black layout Dan, the white just didn't suit the theme of the Undertaker. I can see why you like Georgia Font, I do to. I've just finished a webcourse level 2 at college, and we had to use verdana. Its ok but there doesn't seem to be much life going on, if you know what I mean. But still I love the black, great job!

[Ed Burns]

Dan, what did you do to make the site load so much faster? I've noticed, since the other day, after the site came back online, that it loads much faster. I'm really liking this speed now.

[Steven]

I've noticed the site loads much, much faster. It could be that Dan cached the pages and the styles involved, so therefore it loads faster. Other than that, it could be the fact that Dan has taken down the image gallery, so therefore, there is not so much strain on the server. Perhaps?

I'm liking it though. :)

[Dan]

Dan, what did you do to make the site load so much faster? I've noticed, since the other day, after the site came back online, that it loads much faster. I'm really liking this speed now.

I'm glad you noticed. :D

As Steven said the pages on the main site are now cached, meaning it loads an old version of the page that is already stored in your computers temporary files, unless the page has new content. I've uninstalled a lot of WordPress plugins, so the site has a lot less to load each time you visit a new page. I've also blocked a lot of spam bots and spider crawlers from hogging the server resources. Removing the gallery may also have helped - but this will be returning shortly. All in all the server is not under so much strain now.