Comments on: Pimp My BlenderArtists.org! http://www.blendernation.com/pimp-my-blenderartistsorg/ Fresh Blender News, Every Day Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:06:38 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Roger L. Waggener http://www.blendernation.com/pimp-my-blenderartistsorg/comment-page-1/#comment-23701 Roger L. Waggener Tue, 12 Dec 2006 20:13:18 +0000 http://www.blendernation.com/2006/12/06/pimp-my-blenderartistsorg/#comment-23701 Please allow me to apologize for my last premature rant. After I read the article and visited the links- there is a user javascript that works flawlessly with Opera, and I am grateful for it. Thanks. However, I must reiterate that this is not the best approach. The best approach is modern semantic code designed to separate presentation from content. However, I also realize that there has been a large investment made in vBulletin whose template system does not make such best-practice design very easy. This is why I still request the user selectable theme option. That way, when I log in I will get the look I want instead of having to remember to install the user JS script on every computer I use. Once again, please forgive me for flying off the handle above, and thanks for listening. Please allow me to apologize for my last premature rant.

After I read the article and visited the links- there is a user javascript that works flawlessly with Opera, and I am grateful for it.

Thanks.

However, I must reiterate that this is not the best approach. The best approach is modern semantic code designed to separate presentation from content. However, I also realize that there has been a large investment made in vBulletin whose template system does not make such best-practice design very easy.

This is why I still request the user selectable theme option. That way, when I log in I will get the look I want instead of having to remember to install the user JS script on every computer I use.

Once again, please forgive me for flying off the handle above, and thanks for listening.

]]> By: Roger L. Waggener http://www.blendernation.com/pimp-my-blenderartistsorg/comment-page-1/#comment-23698 Roger L. Waggener Tue, 12 Dec 2006 20:00:52 +0000 http://www.blendernation.com/2006/12/06/pimp-my-blenderartistsorg/#comment-23698 I must say this Firefox plugin thing is a ridiculous hoop to have to jump through. It's just silly. First of all, there exists within the fucntionality of vBulletin the ability to let users specifiy which theme they wish to use and set it as a preference in their user profiles. PLEASE enable this functionality- please. Additionally, if the curren template were designed properly to separate content from functionality, then all that would be necessary would be to specify an alternative style sheet in the head of the page template. Then all modern browsers, Opera (which I use), Firefox, and maybe even IE7 would be able simply select the other stylesheet from a dropdown menu in the browser chrome. But it's NOT. I just looked at the code. Aside from some CSS bolted on, and some div elements, it's pure 1997 with tables for markup and inline font styles. I understand the administrators of the forum worked hard to make something they felt was an aesthetic improvement. I appreciate the intent, but the current look of the forum is much less usable to me and I do not understand why there is no option offered to easily have the old look back. I must say this Firefox plugin thing is a ridiculous hoop to have to jump through.
It's just silly.

First of all, there exists within the fucntionality of vBulletin the ability to let users specifiy which theme they wish to use and set it as a preference in their user profiles.

PLEASE enable this functionality- please.

Additionally, if the curren template were designed properly to separate content from functionality, then all that would be necessary would be to specify an alternative style sheet in the head of the page template. Then all modern browsers, Opera (which I use), Firefox, and maybe even IE7 would be able simply select the other stylesheet from a dropdown menu in the browser chrome. But it's NOT. I just looked at the code. Aside from some CSS bolted on, and some div elements, it's pure 1997 with tables for markup and inline font styles.

I understand the administrators of the forum worked hard to make something they felt was an aesthetic improvement. I appreciate the intent, but the current look of the forum is much less usable to me and I do not understand why there is no option offered to easily have the old look back.

]]> By: Alexander Ewering http://www.blendernation.com/pimp-my-blenderartistsorg/comment-page-1/#comment-23188 Alexander Ewering Sat, 09 Dec 2006 18:08:09 +0000 http://www.blendernation.com/2006/12/06/pimp-my-blenderartistsorg/#comment-23188 stunnedone: People don't spend hours on the Google frontpage reading dozens of pages of text. They spend 3 seconds typing in a search term. Your comparison is slightly flawed. But hey ;) stunnedone: People don't spend hours on the Google frontpage reading dozens of pages of text. They spend 3 seconds typing in a search term. Your comparison is slightly flawed. But hey ;)

]]> By: stunnedone http://www.blendernation.com/pimp-my-blenderartistsorg/comment-page-1/#comment-22849 stunnedone Fri, 08 Dec 2006 02:11:40 +0000 http://www.blendernation.com/2006/12/06/pimp-my-blenderartistsorg/#comment-22849 hey yall elysiun is DEAD u know that right. it was time for CHANGES. people be so critical it HURTS. stop embarrassing us n look at all the bitchin at ba. I mean DAMN people. google so bright but dat dont bother you tho huh huh. let mods fix da shit then shut da HELL up n get back to da art FFS! hey yall elysiun is DEAD u know that right. it was time for CHANGES. people be so critical it HURTS. stop embarrassing us n look at all the bitchin at ba. I mean DAMN people. google so bright but dat dont bother you tho huh huh. let mods fix da shit then shut da HELL up n get back to da art FFS!

]]> By: cekuhnen http://www.blendernation.com/pimp-my-blenderartistsorg/comment-page-1/#comment-22810 cekuhnen Thu, 07 Dec 2006 22:17:40 +0000 http://www.blendernation.com/2006/12/06/pimp-my-blenderartistsorg/#comment-22810 i think the new site is good, it just has an issue with contrast. solving that will helpe improving readability a lot. claas i think the new site is good, it just has an issue with contrast.
solving that will helpe improving readability a lot.

claas

]]> By: basse http://www.blendernation.com/pimp-my-blenderartistsorg/comment-page-1/#comment-22757 basse Thu, 07 Dec 2006 17:27:17 +0000 http://www.blendernation.com/2006/12/06/pimp-my-blenderartistsorg/#comment-22757 wow. fantastic, it even says wrong site name! can we have one that says "CGSOCIETY" on the banner? .b wow. fantastic, it even says wrong site name!
can we have one that says "CGSOCIETY" on the banner?

.b

]]> By: LOGAN http://www.blendernation.com/pimp-my-blenderartistsorg/comment-page-1/#comment-22716 LOGAN Thu, 07 Dec 2006 14:08:52 +0000 http://www.blendernation.com/2006/12/06/pimp-my-blenderartistsorg/#comment-22716 I have mixed feelings both about the new design of BlenderArtists and the seperate styles... Websites should be attractive. Having people to go through the work of adding a seperate style means the forum must be *that* good. Normally people will not visit a site if they have problems reading or whatever. I rather would have BlenderArtists offer a selection of themes, also one for me to make the font bigger, and a little less white. I have mixed feelings both about the new design of BlenderArtists and the seperate styles…

Websites should be attractive. Having people to go through the work of adding a seperate style means the forum must be *that* good. Normally people will not visit a site if they have problems reading or whatever.

I rather would have BlenderArtists offer a selection of themes, also one for me to make the font bigger, and a little less white.

]]> By: AndyD http://www.blendernation.com/pimp-my-blenderartistsorg/comment-page-1/#comment-22708 AndyD Thu, 07 Dec 2006 13:33:43 +0000 http://www.blendernation.com/2006/12/06/pimp-my-blenderartistsorg/#comment-22708 Yes, Jean, I saw Goofster's reply. He said a "low-contrast" version was being worked on. I'm not sure what that means since that's what we already have. Maybe he meant a higher-contrast version. It was the sarcasm (?) regarding the blendernation design that drew my response though. Yes, Jean, I saw Goofster's reply. He said a "low-contrast" version was being worked on. I'm not sure what that means since that's what we already have. Maybe he meant a higher-contrast version. It was the sarcasm (?) regarding the blendernation design that drew my response though.

]]> By: William http://www.blendernation.com/pimp-my-blenderartistsorg/comment-page-1/#comment-22685 William Thu, 07 Dec 2006 10:30:50 +0000 http://www.blendernation.com/2006/12/06/pimp-my-blenderartistsorg/#comment-22685 I like the current blenderartists.org design. Clean and nice. Also, black text on white is easier on the eyes than white on black. Elysiun is the past. Be gone with you, terrible orange thing! I like the current blenderartists.org design. Clean and nice.

Also, black text on white is easier on the eyes than white on black.

Elysiun is the past. Be gone with you, terrible orange thing!

]]> By: scabootssca http://www.blendernation.com/pimp-my-blenderartistsorg/comment-page-1/#comment-22653 scabootssca Thu, 07 Dec 2006 05:08:44 +0000 http://www.blendernation.com/2006/12/06/pimp-my-blenderartistsorg/#comment-22653 hmm i tried all the themes and i like the official one the best.. the others are just ugly and i dont want the elysuin one cause it's not elysiun anymore so..... hmm i tried all the themes and i like the official one the best.. the others are just ugly and i dont want the elysuin one cause it's not elysiun anymore

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