kudzurunner
5103 posts
Nov 03, 2014
3:45 AM
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Just a quick heads-up: As some of you may have noticed, I've been tinkering with this website's menu. Some of those changes have been cosmetic, but I've also streamlined the long and ungainly list of things in that menu, creating subdirectories. If you scroll down the menu and hit the button for this forum, you'll notice that the forum search, FAQ, and archive pages have all become sub-directories--i.e., they're no longer visible on the main menu. But they're easy to find.
There may be more changes over the next week, but the basic housecleaning has been effected.
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mastercaster
90 posts
Nov 03, 2014
3:53 AM
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Looks better imo .. though caught me by surprise .. had to check & see which side of cyberspace for the first time opening the new design ..
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Jim Rumbaugh
1042 posts
Nov 03, 2014
5:12 AM
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I thought my browser had gone bad
I want the red back
I have not seen color combos I like ,,,,,, yet.
good luck with your tinkering
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Udderkuz03
55 posts
Nov 03, 2014
7:26 AM
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You gotta hold down on the blues harp forum bar to get the sub directories...
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Gnarly
1152 posts
Nov 03, 2014
8:57 AM
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For me, if you hover the cursor over the "BLUES HARP FORUM" button (fourth from the bottom of the menu items on your left) the extra menu items appear.
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kudzurunner
5104 posts
Nov 03, 2014
9:20 AM
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I've made the buttons bluer and darkened them slightly. Better than turquoise?
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Gnarly
1153 posts
Nov 03, 2014
9:24 AM
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Yes--but if Joe likes the royal blue, so do I 8)
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harpwrench
931 posts
Nov 03, 2014
9:41 AM
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Yeah this is better than turquoise. I wonder if the color choice has an influence on the mood of posters?
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Jim Rumbaugh
1044 posts
Nov 03, 2014
9:50 AM
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what about even darker blue with white letters?
I still prefer the old
and I still think everything is about me :)
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theharmonicaclub.com (of Huntington, WV)
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kudzurunner
5105 posts
Nov 03, 2014
11:07 AM
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I tried darker blues at first, but it makes the left side of the page seem heavy. I'm no designer, god knows, but I know from watching Google and PayPal that lots of white space is good. This particular blue resonates pretty well with the color of the links, forum handles, etc. But the key thing is: what do the homepage and beginner's page look like? I'm trying not to scare away potential purchasers of my stuff.
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barbequebob
2745 posts
Nov 03, 2014
11:30 AM
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The first thing I've noticed is that the site loads much faster now regardless of what browser you use.
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nacoran
8087 posts
Nov 03, 2014
11:37 AM
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One thing I'm noticing is the menu bar only comes down as far as the bottom of the forum creed which makes the page look a little unbalanced top to bottom.
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Kaining
61 posts
Nov 03, 2014
11:54 AM
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It might be too white though.
I aint no designer either but those two black lines looks way to thin, i don't know, maybe by doubling them with another color wouldn't be a bad idea ?
It just feel like my browser isn't loading the site and switched to a 56k mid 90's slow internet mode.
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Tweedaddict
175 posts
Nov 03, 2014
12:38 PM
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I don't know anything about tweaking websites... but my knee-jerk is the blue colored menu boxes are hard on my eyes! I agree with BBQ, It seems to load faster I think?!
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florida-trader
547 posts
Nov 03, 2014
1:27 PM
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There is no place for bright colors in the Blues Harmonica World.
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Harp2swing
165 posts
Nov 03, 2014
2:22 PM
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Mmmmm,love that Bluemoon comb candy
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kudzurunner
5108 posts
Nov 03, 2014
7:04 PM
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OK, I've made a few more changes and am going to leave it like that overnight.
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Shaganappi
125 posts
Nov 03, 2014
7:25 PM
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typos of "skilfully" and "receive a lot of" in the welcome/creed area too maybe
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kudzurunner
5109 posts
Nov 04, 2014
4:12 AM
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The spelling of "skillfully" is correct.
I've made a few more changed. Most notably, I've taken the baby blue margins away and made the menu background a steel gray (the closest I could come to that). Much better, I think.
I have also slightly shortened the creed statement and changed several emphases using underlining. The heart of the creed--i.e, the stuff that gets you into trouble if you violate it--is now underlined.
Last Edited by Guest on Nov 04, 2014 4:31 AM
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nacoran
8093 posts
Nov 04, 2014
3:14 PM
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Harpin.J., no, the password retrieval is still broken and probably will be for the foreseeable future. It's complicated and the cure is worse than the disease; it would involve setting up extra email accounts and changing master emails. If anyone needs a password reset, just email me at the membership email and I'll reset it manually. (And then you should immediately reset it to something I don't know!)
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Kyzer Sosa
1089 posts
Nov 04, 2014
3:33 PM
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I like it!
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cyclodan
94 posts
Nov 04, 2014
4:57 PM
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Ditto Kyzer, I like it too...looks almost...modern :)
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davew
27 posts
Nov 04, 2014
7:03 PM
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OK, just my 2 cents worth as someone who looks daily:
I like the light blue, it's a "cool blue". The steel grey, not so much. Maybe it's because I'm in MN,that's what it's going to look like here for 6 months.
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Gnarly
1154 posts
Nov 04, 2014
8:58 PM
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Looks good to me!
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mlefree
220 posts
Nov 05, 2014
9:09 AM
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Today's graphical styles tend to be "flat," no borders, color right against color. I'd lose the white borders around the buttons. If that makes them less visible, change the button or background color. The site would then look more contemporary or "Modern." :)
Thanks for doing all you do, Adam.
Michelle
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SilverWingLeather.com
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Last Edited by mlefree on Nov 05, 2014 9:09 AM
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