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Movie Center - Opinions please! Jan 29, 2020 8:02:24 GMT -8

Post by Former Member on Jan 29, 2020 8:02:24 GMT -8

Hello Guys / Gals

Im looking for some opinions on my forum The Movie Center.

The forum can be found at > moviecenter.boards.net

Ideally im looking for opinions on what people think of the site including the design / layout and what can be done to improve.

Thanks

Dave

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Movie Center - Opinions please! Jan 29, 2020 11:24:58 GMT -8

Post by Retread on Jan 29, 2020 11:24:58 GMT -8

Dave B, your forum has an attractive appearance. I very much like the logo as a transparency on a solid background. Google search is a nice touch, as are the Movie Center Information Hub with it's tab-selection to shift from news to recent threads, and putting the Affiliates in a table cell in the Forum Information and Statistics. The motion-picture related icons look great.

Changing the Board Information & Statistics to a 2 column, 2 row format, might look slightly better. But there's nothing wrong with the way it is now.

I'm not fond of light text on a dark background but I do like that you've chosen a background color that isn't severe. #393939 plays much more easily on the eyes than #000. However, using a default forum text of #FFF isn't so easy on the eyes. Personally I think something around #DDD or #CCC would be more comforting while still being very legible. That isn't so important where the text strings are short but I think it will make the posts a more pleasant read.

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Movie Center - Opinions please! Jan 29, 2020 11:57:21 GMT -8 Retread likes this

Post by Former Member on Jan 29, 2020 11:57:21 GMT -8

Jan 29, 2020 11:24:58 GMT -8 Retread said:

Dave B , your forum has an attractive appearance. I very much like the logo as a transparency on a solid background. Google search is a nice touch, as are the Movie Center Information Hub with it's tab-selection to shift from news to recent threads, and putting the Affiliates in a table cell in the Forum Information and Statistics. The motion-picture related icons look great.

Changing the Board Information & Statistics to a 2 column, 2 row format, might look slightly better. But there's nothing wrong with the way it is now.

I'm not fond of light text on a dark background but I do like that you've chosen a background color that isn't severe. #393939 plays much more easily on the eyes than #000. However, using a default forum text of #FFF isn't so easy on the eyes. Personally I think something around #DDD or #CCC would be more comforting while still being very legible. That isn't so important where the text strings are short but I think it will make the posts a more pleasant read.

Hi Retread

Thanks for the feedback.

I could reduce the board info and stats down to just 2 x 2 and probs definitely something i could look into and figure out how to lay it out maybe rather that have seperate sections for everything like it is now i could split the 2 x 2 cells in half and use the left side and right side of 1 cell as different sections.

I see what you mean about the text colours and yes the #FFF is a little strong so ive now reduced this down to a mixture of #CCC and #DDD as you mentioned.

Cheers
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Movie Center - Opinions please! Jan 29, 2020 13:10:39 GMT -8

Post by Retread on Jan 29, 2020 13:10:39 GMT -8

On one of the themes I created, I shuffled the Board Information and Statistics like this:

SPOILER: Click to show

{if $[board.sub_board_list]}
	<div class="container boards">
		<div class="title-bar"><h2>Sub-Boards</h2></div>
		<div class="content cap-bottom">
			$[board.sub_board_list]
		</div>
	</div>
{/if}
{if $[display_thread_list]}
	<div{if $[viewing_bookmarks]} id="bookmarks"{/if} class="container threads">
		<div class="title-bar">
			{if $[create_thread_button]}
				<ul class="controls"><li>$[create_thread_button]</li></ul>
			{/if}
			<h1>$[board.display_name]</h1>
		</div>
		<div class="control-bar ui-helper-clearfix $[scroll_class]">
			$[search]
			<div class="controls">
				$[selection_menu]
				$[action_menu]
			</div>
			$[pagination]
		</div>
		<div class="content cap-bottom">
			<table class="list">
				<thead>
					<tr class="head">
						<th class="icon"><span class="aria-hidden">Status</span> </th>
                        <th class="checkbox"> </th>
						<th class="main">Topic</th>
						<th class="created-by">Author</th>
						<th class="replies">Replies</th>
						<th class="views">Views</th>
						<th class="latest last">Latest Reply</th>
					</tr>
				</thead>
				<tbody class="$[list_class]">
					$[thread_list]
				</tbody>
			</table>
        </div>
	</div>
{/if}
{if $[thread_count] > 0}
	{if $[legend]}
		<div class="container legend">
			<div class="title-bar"><h2>Legend</h2></div>
			<div class="content">
				<table>
					<tr>
						{foreach $[legend]}
							<td>$[legend.icon] <span>$[legend.name]</span></td>
						{/foreach}
					</tr>
				</table>
			</div>
		</div>
	{/if}
{/if}
{if $[board.id]}{if $[show_stats]}
	<div class="container stats">
		<div class="title-bar"><h2>Board Information & Statistics</h2></div>
		<div class="content">
			<table>
				<tbody>
                    <tr>
                        {if $[board.description]}
							<td>
								<table>
									<tr>
										<td class="icon">$[image.description]</td>
										<td class="info last">
											<div class="board-name">$[board.name]</div>
											<div class="board-description">$[board.description]</div>
										</td>
									</tr>
								</table>
							</td>
                        {/if}
							<td>
								<table>
									<tr>
										<td class="icon">$[image.members]</td>
										<td class="info last">
											<table>
												<tbody>
													<tr><th colspan="1">On This Board</th></tr>
													<tr><td>You <strong>can{if !$[can.create_threads]}not{/if}</strong> create threads.</td></tr>
													<tr><td>You <strong>can{if !$[can.reply_to_threads]}not{/if}</strong> reply to threads.</td></tr>
													<tr><td>You <strong>can{if !$[can.create_polls]}not{/if}</strong> create polls.</td></tr>
												</tbody>
											</table>
										</td>
									</tr>
								</table>
							</td>
						</tr>
                    <tr{if !$[show_users_viewing]} class="last"{/if}>
						<td>
							<table>
								<tr>
									<td class="icon">$[image.stats]</td>
									<td class="info">
										<table>
											<tbody>
												<tr><th colspan="2">Threads and Posts</th></tr>
												<tr><td>Total Threads:</td><td>{if $[total_threads] == -1}N/A{else}$[total_threads]{/if}</td></tr>
												<tr><td>Total Posts:</td><td>{if $[total_posts] == -1}N/A{else}$[total_posts]{/if}</td></tr>
												{if $[board.moderators_link]}<tr><td colspan="2">This board has $[board.moderators_link]</td></tr>{/if}
											</tbody>
										</table>
									</td>
								</tr>
							</table>
						</td>
                        {if $[show_users_viewing]}
							<td>
								<table>
									<tr>
										<td class="icon">$[image.online]</td>
										<td class="info last">
											<table>
												<tbody>
													<tr><th>Users Viewing</th></tr>
													<tr><td>$[total_board_staff] Staff, $[total_board_members] Member{if $[total_board_members] != 1}s{/if}, {if $[view_guests_online_link]}<a href="#" class="$[view_guests_online_link.class]">{/if}$[total_board_guests] Guest{if $[total_board_guests] != 1}s{/if}{if $[view_guests_online_link]}</a>{/if}.</td></tr>
													<tr><td><tr><td>
														{foreach $[board_user]}
															$[board_user]{if $[board_user.invisible]} <span class="small">(invisible)</span>{/if}$[board_user.comma]
														{/foreach}
														{if $[total_online_not_shown] > 0}
															, and <a href="$[view_active_members_link.href]" class="$[view_active_members_link.class]">$[total_online_not_shown] more...</a>
														{/if}
                                                        </td>
                                                        </tr>
                                                </tbody>
											</table>
										</td>
									</tr>
								</table>
							</td>
						{/if}
					</tr>
				</tbody>
			</table>
		</div>
	</div>
{/if}{/if}

If that's any use to you, you're welcome to it.

Last Edit: Jan 29, 2020 13:11:33 GMT -8 by Retread

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Movie Center - Opinions please! Jan 29, 2020 13:20:13 GMT -8 Retread likes this

Post by Former Member on Jan 29, 2020 13:20:13 GMT -8

Jan 29, 2020 13:10:39 GMT -8 Retread said:

On one of the themes I created, I shuffled the Board Information and Statistics like this:

SPOILER: Click to show

{if $[board.sub_board_list]}
	<div class="container boards">
		<div class="title-bar"><h2>Sub-Boards</h2></div>
		<div class="content cap-bottom">
			$[board.sub_board_list]
		</div>
	</div>
{/if}
{if $[display_thread_list]}
	<div{if $[viewing_bookmarks]} id="bookmarks"{/if} class="container threads">
		<div class="title-bar">
			{if $[create_thread_button]}
				<ul class="controls"><li>$[create_thread_button]</li></ul>
			{/if}
			<h1>$[board.display_name]</h1>
		</div>
		<div class="control-bar ui-helper-clearfix $[scroll_class]">
			$[search]
			<div class="controls">
				$[selection_menu]
				$[action_menu]
			</div>
			$[pagination]
		</div>
		<div class="content cap-bottom">
			<table class="list">
				<thead>
					<tr class="head">
						<th class="icon"><span class="aria-hidden">Status</span> </th>
                        <th class="checkbox"> </th>
						<th class="main">Topic</th>
						<th class="created-by">Author</th>
						<th class="replies">Replies</th>
						<th class="views">Views</th>
						<th class="latest last">Latest Reply</th>
					</tr>
				</thead>
				<tbody class="$[list_class]">
					$[thread_list]
				</tbody>
			</table>
        </div>
	</div>
{/if}
{if $[thread_count] > 0}
	{if $[legend]}
		<div class="container legend">
			<div class="title-bar"><h2>Legend</h2></div>
			<div class="content">
				<table>
					<tr>
						{foreach $[legend]}
							<td>$[legend.icon] <span>$[legend.name]</span></td>
						{/foreach}
					</tr>
				</table>
			</div>
		</div>
	{/if}
{/if}
{if $[board.id]}{if $[show_stats]}
	<div class="container stats">
		<div class="title-bar"><h2>Board Information & Statistics</h2></div>
		<div class="content">
			<table>
				<tbody>
                    <tr>
                        {if $[board.description]}
							<td>
								<table>
									<tr>
										<td class="icon">$[image.description]</td>
										<td class="info last">
											<div class="board-name">$[board.name]</div>
											<div class="board-description">$[board.description]</div>
										</td>
									</tr>
								</table>
							</td>
                        {/if}
							<td>
								<table>
									<tr>
										<td class="icon">$[image.members]</td>
										<td class="info last">
											<table>
												<tbody>
													<tr><th colspan="1">On This Board</th></tr>
													<tr><td>You <strong>can{if !$[can.create_threads]}not{/if}</strong> create threads.</td></tr>
													<tr><td>You <strong>can{if !$[can.reply_to_threads]}not{/if}</strong> reply to threads.</td></tr>
													<tr><td>You <strong>can{if !$[can.create_polls]}not{/if}</strong> create polls.</td></tr>
												</tbody>
											</table>
										</td>
									</tr>
								</table>
							</td>
						</tr>
                    <tr{if !$[show_users_viewing]} class="last"{/if}>
						<td>
							<table>
								<tr>
									<td class="icon">$[image.stats]</td>
									<td class="info">
										<table>
											<tbody>
												<tr><th colspan="2">Threads and Posts</th></tr>
												<tr><td>Total Threads:</td><td>{if $[total_threads] == -1}N/A{else}$[total_threads]{/if}</td></tr>
												<tr><td>Total Posts:</td><td>{if $[total_posts] == -1}N/A{else}$[total_posts]{/if}</td></tr>
												{if $[board.moderators_link]}<tr><td colspan="2">This board has $[board.moderators_link]</td></tr>{/if}
											</tbody>
										</table>
									</td>
								</tr>
							</table>
						</td>
                        {if $[show_users_viewing]}
							<td>
								<table>
									<tr>
										<td class="icon">$[image.online]</td>
										<td class="info last">
											<table>
												<tbody>
													<tr><th>Users Viewing</th></tr>
													<tr><td>$[total_board_staff] Staff, $[total_board_members] Member{if $[total_board_members] != 1}s{/if}, {if $[view_guests_online_link]}<a href="#" class="$[view_guests_online_link.class]">{/if}$[total_board_guests] Guest{if $[total_board_guests] != 1}s{/if}{if $[view_guests_online_link]}</a>{/if}.</td></tr>
													<tr><td><tr><td>
														{foreach $[board_user]}
															$[board_user]{if $[board_user.invisible]} <span class="small">(invisible)</span>{/if}$[board_user.comma]
														{/foreach}
														{if $[total_online_not_shown] > 0}
															, and <a href="$[view_active_members_link.href]" class="$[view_active_members_link.class]">$[total_online_not_shown] more...</a>
														{/if}
                                                        </td>
                                                        </tr>
                                                </tbody>
											</table>
										</td>
									</tr>
								</table>
							</td>
						{/if}
					</tr>
				</tbody>
			</table>
		</div>
	</div>
{/if}{/if}

If that's any use to you, you're welcome to it.

Yeah thanks Retread

it does look more tidy and compact so could definitely use that, Will get that added when ive finished what im currently doing

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