A better design on the forum

[volume]

ontel.proboards17.com/index.cgi It would looks something along the line of this. It has custom smiles and UBC tags (buttons above smiles) Everything in it is 100% custom. Well it is up to the members of the forum to see if they want a new look. So take the vote!

[volume]

oo yeah and see my sig? that animated thing. If you PM me I might make you one. but you got to be specific on what you want.

[Mandrill]

Well, it looks so dark and gloomy.
I think.
But if that's changed (or not if nobody objects to it) and it is actually better then I think it's a good idea, right?

[Punkerz]

other colors would be nicer

[Nulibert]

That sig isn't that special though. Oohh...animation! Wow.



What's wrong with the design we have now?

And why is someone who is making their second post asking for a design change?

[Boktavia II]

I think that our forum is fine the way it is. We've been working with it for months and never had any problems with the way it was designed.

[Fleeb]

I too would like to know a little more about Volume. The Frith and particularly the forum's interest in nazi perspectives seems more than a little outside the atmosphere we value here in 10000 Islands. So what's up?

[volume]

Fleeb said:

I too would like to know a little more about Volume. The Frith and particularly the forum's interest in nazi perspectives seems more than a little outside the atmosphere we value here in 10000 Islands. So what's up?

The nazi type, ha! We only suckered them into being allies with us so we can defeat a region 3 times our size. last night we declared war on the nazis. I have so many IM logs from AIM to prove that we are enemies. And why do I want to change the forum? Because I do more Graphics designs then Nationstates. I helped out a few regions that have Game Mods in it and they seem quite pleased. Like Cog. Ya know him? Check out his forum. I did it. And I poasted once before they gave me admin powers to do it.

[volume]

Mandrill said:

Well, it looks so dark and gloomy.
I think.
But if that's changed (or not if nobody objects to it) and it is actually better then I think it's a good idea, right?

It always could be tweaked here and there. and the difference is I can add a lot of HTML. Like alerts and custom tables for announcements. Like when you go to PM admin I can make a little box pop up before it and say "Thinking of sending a PM

Well think again, unless it's important don't waste your time, it won't be answered"
Little things like that make a forum look better. And since you are a region that is still gorwing and at about 600+ you don't want to look just plain. You want your new comers to come and think you have all different types of people in your region. They want to know how active you are, because no one likes an inactive region of 600.

[volume]

Nulibert said:

That sig isn't that special though. Oohh...animation! Wow.



What's wrong with the design we have now?

And why is someone who is making their second post asking for a design change?

nothing special? Make something that looks better then it then talk to me.

[volume]

Fleeb said:

I too would like to know a little more about Volume. The Frith and particularly the forum's interest in nazi perspectives seems more than a little outside the atmosphere we value here in 10000 Islands. So what's up?

Well if you like to know me, here is my past I started off NS about i dunno long enough to het my first nation "Enterthefist" up to 1.7 billon population then he got deleted for causing trouble so I made another nation "Division4" and he got deleted after hitting 900million for asking to revive Fist, which i find completely gay. and now I am "An Army of Darkness" and I spen more times in the forums then in NS. If you don't trust me because I don't post much... give me a week and I will bypass 100 post without spam. I know alout about proboards anyway. And as you can see just about all of my post are decently long

[volume]

another thing, if you don't want the colors I could always just add smiles. And if this is about trust I will hang around until it is earned respectfully and I will show you that I will be worth while.

[Nulibert]

I don't want to clog up the message board. I've been doing graphic design for the past five years. I know my stuff. Your sig is not impressive.

Here's a sample of my work:


I have more...just ask

[Nulibert]

Also, I would ask Grub about this. After all, he's the admin on the forums and it's his decision.

[EUtopia]

Volume said:

nothing special? Make something that looks better then it then talk to me.

Give me £100 to buy Flash software and 3 minutes to create it.

Anyway, I'm quite happy with the site as it is now. Sure making a little fancier would be nice, but is it worth the time and effort? I don't think so. Plus, I actually prefer this site to the one you linked to.

[Grub (Lenlyvit)]

Thanks for the offer to help with the forum. This may be a little plain for some, but it serves its purpose well. I like our layout, but if there are certain additions that can be easily made and people here want, I probably wouldn't have a problem with that.

[Astrologer]

Regarding free forums:

The graphics are more attractive with ProBoards, but I guess why most other regions use InvisionFree is because of a few technical advantages. Western Europe's is a good example.

[Klington]

I think its a good idea, although we shouldnt get carried away here, you know what I mean?

[Fleeb]

I spent some time around Western Europe's board and see very few advantages other than some statistical compilations that I don't really care about. The look is not that much more interesting. Our content is at least as interesting and more so by far from my perspective.

So, I would need some really compelling reasons to want to even begin to consider changing venues--we have a record built up here.

What might those compelling reasons be, anyone?

[Azuna]

volume said:

It always could be tweaked here and there. and the difference is I can add a lot of HTML.

Call me crazy, but I was under the impression that the boards used PHP.

Seriously, stop trying. There is obviously opposition, and your cockamamy plan to get admin powers to do whatever it is you want to do to these boards is not only stupid, but horribly and blatantly obvious.

Besides, I much prefer what we have now.

[Taureska]

I love what we have here. It's simple and easy to access. The only thing I miss is the "View New Posts" link, but it's easy to go forum by forum and find them