Thread: The new layout

Originally Posted by Doughboy

Change is as good as a holiday. Cheers Neil I like it mate.

I just wish I could find the button that tells the missus that I need another beer!

Yep I approve.

Pete

Brown nose.

I'm not saying anything lest I get accused of needing a hug.

Same here. I think the changes have been great but this last one with the avatar taking up the full width makes the threads harder to follow.

I don't see the advantage of this one.

Same here. I think the changes have been great but this last one with the avatar taking up the full width makes the threads harder to follow.

We've always found threads that you've participated in hard to follow.

Originally Posted by Gumby

Same here. I think the changes have been great but this last one with the avatar taking up the full width makes the threads harder to follow.

Wot Gumby said.

Originally Posted by Grunt

We've always found threads that you've participated in hard to follow.

I'll type a bit slower for you in future

Gumby,

You're already about as slow they get.

There ya go craigbya big palooka.

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You know when we started off forums looked like a heap of linked lines of type. I was a bit dubious about having a structured forum, that looked something like this and not at all like the bulletin boards that people were used to seeing and using. It was something completely new and I was afraid that people wouldn't understand it.
Well we got a heap of complaints but sorted them out and eventually everyone got over it and fell in love with the new format.
Then we changed to this vBulletin style forum and some people didn't like it and wanted the old one back.

Then we put the adds on and some people didn't like it.

Then we updated and threw in some special things like reputation points and some people didn't like it.

Then we got the spell checker and some people didn't like it.

Upgraded to a more powerful server and newer version of forums and some people didn't like it.

Added Free Stuff Prize Draws and some people didn't like it.

Made videos available to forum members for free, and some people didn't like it.

Added heaps of smilies and some people didn't like it.

New forum colours and iSpy and some people didn't like it.

New layout and some people didn't like it.
Are we starting to see a pattern emerging here.

Funny thing is that of the 13,090 members 3,515 currently active members there is only ever a dozen or so tops who complain or don't like it. So one has to take it from the silence of the other 3,500 or so that they either approve or aren't fussed by it.

Even funnier is the fact that this is the default lay out for these forums (which I had already rejected when we upgraded) and I was just having a mess about with it when I was called away for an hour or so and hey presto I returned to complaints.

Bugger me, I don't really like it all that much myself and was going to revert it back to the old format until I saw this thread and the posts in it. You lot have made my day.
Think I might leave it like this now, just for fun.

here's another one for the list....

made videos available to forum members for free, and some people didn't like it.

Hey Al - quick - delete delete delete!!!!!

Originally Posted by ubeaut

Bugger me, I don't really like it all that much myself and was going to revert it back to the old format until I saw this thread and the posts in it. You lot have made my day.
Think I might leave it like this now, just for fun.

Well said Mr Ubeaut. Its a great forum with a great set up. Innovation equals excellence. Keep up the good work.

Here's a thought, why not have a browse around the internet and post links to forum site layouts that you DO like. Of course others may not share your preference and can it, so be prepared for that .

Originally Posted by Groggy

Here's a thought, why not have a browse around the internet and post links to forum site layouts that you DO like. Of course others may not share your preference and can it, so be prepared for that .

Too hard to get any sort of consensus mate. It will NEVER happen.

It's got to be up to Neil. What he says goes and that is fair enough. It doesn't hurt to beg and grovel though so please change it back Neil

Originally Posted by Gumby

Too hard to get any sort of concensus mate. It will NEVER happen.

It's got to be up to Neil. What he says goes and that is fair enough. It doesn't hurt to beg and grovel though so please change it back Neil

Ian, jump in your car and drive over here so you can see my tongue stuck in my cheek .... That was my point, they'll never reach consensus so just let Neil do his thing.

I vote for LEAVE IT AS IT IS