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Left color bar added to a few forums

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Schweddy

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You may have noticed that we have added color bars on the left side to a few forums.
We tested a red bar yesterday and it seemed a bit extreme in one area, so it has been changed for those that have seen it.

The "place the shall not be mentioned" now has an orange side bar - same color as DM banners.
The Tavern now has a blue side bar - same color as The Bartender banner.

Places with unique rules such as Breaking News, The Loft & Middle East now have a purple side bar.

We are exploring others but don't want to get too crazy. The idea is that if we get a notification, we can quickly know which forum we just clicked to.


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Let us know your thoughts. We think these colors work well for all our themes, and would like feedback.

Thanks!
 
Schweddy said:
You may have noticed that we have added color bars on the left side to a few forums.
We tested a red bar yesterday and it seemed a bit extreme in one area, so it has been changed for those that have seen it.

The "place the shall not be mentioned" now has an orange side bar - same color as DM banners.
The Tavern now has a blue side bar - same color as The Bartender banner.

Places with unique rules such as Breaking News, The Loft & Middle East now have a purple side bar.

We are exploring others but don't want to get too crazy. The idea is that if we get a notification, we can quickly know which forum we just clicked to.


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Let us know your thoughts. We think these colors work well for all our themes, and would like feedback.

Thanks!
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Would it be possible to put the colors around each post? Or at the top of each new post.
 
Overitall said:
Would it be possible to put the colors around each post? Or at the top of each new post.
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Yes, we could put it around each post. We tried it and though it was a bit too much. Goal is to be a bit subtle.

Top of each 'new' post sounds interesting. We'll look into see if it can be done.
 
Schweddy said:
You may have noticed that we have added color bars on the left side to a few forums.
We tested a red bar yesterday and it seemed a bit extreme in one area, so it has been changed for those that have seen it.

The "place the shall not be mentioned" now has an orange side bar - same color as DM banners.
The Tavern now has a blue side bar - same color as The Bartender banner.

Places with unique rules such as Breaking News, The Loft & Middle East now have a purple side bar.

We are exploring others but don't want to get too crazy. The idea is that if we get a notification, we can quickly know which forum we just clicked to.


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Let us know your thoughts. We think these colors work well for all our themes, and would like feedback.

Thanks!
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Schweddy:

The colour bar does not seem to appear on the xF Default format style but does appear on the other styles. Odd that.

Cheers and be well.
Evilroddy.
 
Evilroddy said:
The colour bar does not seem to appear on the xF Default format style but does appear on the other styles
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I switched to Shades of Blue to confirm this is not on your end. You would think they started with the default scheme.
 
Glad you changed the red bar! :)
 
Schweddy said:
You may have noticed that we have added color bars on the left side to a few forums.
We tested a red bar yesterday and it seemed a bit extreme in one area, so it has been changed for those that have seen it.

The "place the shall not be mentioned" now has an orange side bar - same color as DM banners.
The Tavern now has a blue side bar - same color as The Bartender banner.

Places with unique rules such as Breaking News, The Loft & Middle East now have a purple side bar.

We are exploring others but don't want to get too crazy. The idea is that if we get a notification, we can quickly know which forum we just clicked to.

Thanks!
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Aha! So that's what that is. I shall endeavor to pay attention to it in the hopes it makes a difference in my posts.
 
OrphanSlug said:
Looks good, if it helps you guys dealing with all of us lunatics I am all for it.
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There have been a few that didn't realize what forum they were in ... hopefully this helps.

Ahem...I was one of them that was lost recently. So whipped this idea up.... biased of course but kinda like it.
 
Schweddy said:
There have been a few that didn't realize what forum they were in ... hopefully this helps.

Ahem...I was one of them that was lost recently. So whipped this idea up.... biased of course but kinda like it.
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With all the areas of the forums that we have, and the raw number of people making posts per day, if something helps with where we all are it is all good.

And don’t feel bad. Every so often I’ll have a bourbon or two, roll up in here at DP, navigate around, and realize sometime way too late I am probably not where I thought I was.
 
The row where I can type a new thread title needs it too so my avatar will be aligned with thread rows.
 
Patriotic Voter said:
The row where I can type a new thread title needs it too so my avatar will be aligned with thread rows.
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Your avatar will be aligned when the thread is created. There isn't a way to do this as the thread doesn't exist yet.
 
Schweddy said:
Please refresh this should be working now.
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Schweddy:

Yup, it's working like a charm on xF Default now. Thanks!

Cheers and be well.
Evilroddy
 
With lots of luck I won't be the first one getting the colors mixed up.
 
Schweddy said:
You may have noticed that we have added color bars on the left side to a few forums.
We tested a red bar yesterday and it seemed a bit extreme in one area, so it has been changed for those that have seen it.

The "place the shall not be mentioned" now has an orange side bar - same color as DM banners.
The Tavern now has a blue side bar - same color as The Bartender banner.

Places with unique rules such as Breaking News, The Loft & Middle East now have a purple side bar.

We are exploring others but don't want to get too crazy. The idea is that if we get a notification, we can quickly know which forum we just clicked to.


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Let us know your thoughts. We think these colors work well for all our themes, and would like feedback.

Thanks!
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Thx for explaining. I noticed the color bar but didn't know what it was. I don't think I'm going to try to memorize them all, except if there's no orange bar, I can't cuss.
 
MaryP said:
Thx for explaining. I noticed the color bar but didn't know what it was. I don't think I'm going to try to memorize them all, except if there's no orange bar, I can't cuss.
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You can ******* cuss at all the ******* you want. You just have to do it under your breath. Damn ***** snowflakes.
 
Schweddy said:
There have been a few that didn't realize what forum they were in ... hopefully this helps.

Ahem...I was one of them that was lost recently. So whipped this idea up.... biased of course but kinda like it.
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I like it. Now I just look left instead of looking for a like button. 😁 It is easy to forget where you are if you post in different forums in the same time frame.
 
@Schweddy would it be possible to highlight each forum on the main page with the color scheme so we would start to learn which color is associated with that forum?
 
Overitall said:
@Schweddy would it be possible to highlight each forum on the main page with the color scheme so we would start to learn which color is associated with that forum?
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That would be nice.... still working on it. No promises yet.
 
Schweddy said:
That would be nice.... still working on it. No promises yet.
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How about a color bar in the PM area, Schweddy? Been a few times I was sent a link in a PM, replied to the the link instead of keeping it the PM area. Fortunately, caught the mistake. A flashing light would be nice....lol
 
Don't forget a stripper pole!
 
Hey guys! Thanks for adding the color bars. For an old gal like me, I now know what forum I'm in at all times.
 
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