Opinions on the new look of Oprano.

Mike AI · 07-25-2005

After a few days of letting it sink in, and trying the functionlity I have some opinions.

Possitive: The header is unique, and conveys The Family there.

Negatives: Software stinks. Poor functionality I am not sure if some functions are turned off or what. WineTalk and TampaBusiness.com are both on same software but much easier to use. It is not easy to navigate the board at all. This is my biggest complaint.

Colors: I am not wild about colors, it could be just because I am used to the old colors, but to me its more difficult to read. I wonder if the font is playing a role in this as well.

Where are the smilies and other graphics? They were fun and added to the board.

Over all I give it a D+

I hope Stan did not charge to much for the design. I think Todd or Sharky would have done a better job.

Lee · 07-25-2005

Quote:

I hope Stan did not charge to much for the design. I think Todd or Sharky would have done a better job.

Thats what i said too LOL

Bhelliom · 07-25-2005

well I belive two of those can be taken care of... The colors were just changed, which was one of my complaints as well. The smilies are there you just have to enable them yourself.

I'm starting to get the hang of it now

Mike AI · 07-25-2005

Ahh there are smilies!!

But we are missing the Pearl and the burn!!

Evil Chris · 07-25-2005

the new VB software is good in that it can be laid out almost any way you want it to.
Possibly there's just some tweaking to do.

Why set it to 100% of the available screen? It feels too big.

I'm not too crazy about the header. A bit pretentious but whatever.

B- from me.

MorganGrayson · 07-25-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mike AI

Ahh there are smilies!!

But we are missing the Pearl and the burn!!

The Pearl is there, Mike.

I'll go collect a couple that people have mentioned missing.

Trev · 07-25-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mike AI

Ahh there are smilies!!

But we are missing the Pearl and the burn!!

They are in there Mike

Plus another of my favs:

Dravyk · 07-25-2005

First, I overall like it!

But there needs to be a lot of tweeks, IMHO. So let me keep this positive and constructive.

- Right now some links that say "Message Board" go the Main Board, others go to the Forums Index. That needs to be made consistant as it adds to the confusion. One solution is to call the main board the "MAIN BOARD" and not the "Message Board"

- There is a possible leak where "rupert" is showing; might want to take care of that

- There's an anomaly where Lee is the only person in his own "group" as well

- A lot of the old things that were turned off need to get a programmer into the code and turn them on as the norm (the avatars, the enhanced posting, the sigs, etc.) At least I would make that a priority because the standards that are turned off might send people away.

- The header to each thread is missing at the top left of each thread. It shows in the title, but nowhere else. This adds to the confusion greatly.

- Overall site nav needs to be fixed majorly. I would also add the forum jump to the top right as well as the bottom right.

Hope this is all taken in the well-meaning spirit it has been offered.

... If it hasn't, then GFY!!!

Lee · 07-25-2005

Quote:

There's an anomaly where Lee is the only person in his own "group" as well

Thats not an anomaly, thats because im 'special' thats what mom says anyway LOL

Lee · 07-25-2005

- Right now some links that say "Message Board" go the Main Board, others go to the Forums Index. That needs to be made consistant as it adds to the confusion. One solution is to call the main board the "MAIN BOARD" and not the "Message Board"

Thats a template issue i beleive, whoever messed around with them caused all sorts of minor problems which are easily fixed

- There is a possible leak where "rupert" is showing; might want to take care of that

That can be turned off in the admin area, imho, the usergroups dont need to be displayed again, it seems like some of the settings were changed when the template system was being 'played' with.

- A lot of the old things that were turned off need to get a programmer into the code and turn them on as the norm (the avatars, the enhanced posting, the sigs, etc.) At least I would make that a priority because the standards that are turned off might send people away.

No need to hire a programmer, most of the stuff can be sorted out in the admin area of VB the problem is knowing where to look for the if you havent used VB before, the teplate system isnt the easiest to work with as even the viewthread.php page has about 10 individual templates to cage to make it work properly. The avatar problem, pople viewing them by default, is another template problem with the 'legacy' setting.

- The header to each thread is missing at the top left of each thread. It shows in the title, but nowhere else. This adds to the confusion greatly.

Again, a template issue. Thats easy to fix.

- Overall site nav needs to be fixed majorly. I would also add the forum jump to the top right as well as the bottom right.

Yep you guessed it, another template issue, the option is probably not turned on for this right now.

Nickatilynx · 07-25-2005

I agree on the colours...a bit sickly...

however the team are fixing it as they go ( they valued there nuts

)

and every time i log back in there are more and more features

Mike AI · 07-25-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nickatilynx

I agree on the colours...a bit sickly...

however the team are fixing it as they go ( they valued there nuts

)

and every time i log back in there are more and more features

Keep plugging away. Oprano has always been a work in progress.

gonzo · 07-25-2005

Im glad I didnt study for the test!
Thats the first time in my entire life Ive ever been called pretentious.

Newton · 07-25-2005

Mikes post was in regard to this board as a brilliant white board with red buttons.. That was a few hours ago and has changed dramatically since then, and should be completed by tomorrow

Lee · 07-25-2005

Newton..

If its any help to you, i have the original VB2 button graphics on our server if you want them, they are somewhat 'cleaner' looking than the VB3 ones, your choice mate

Bama · 07-25-2005

Firefox (using 1.06) doesn't work very well on the board and I'm not wild about having to click on a button just to post a reply (when the reply box is already there)

I think the header is too tall

Newton · 07-25-2005

Bama what problems are you getting in firefox? I am using 1.06 and it is working fine for me.

Quick Reply box sorted

Newton · 07-25-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lee

Newton..

If its any help to you, i have the original VB2 button graphics on our server if you want them, they are somewhat 'cleaner' looking than the VB3 ones, your choice mate

Will take a butchers at the others, thanks man.

Evil Chris · 07-26-2005

These are nice changes in here this morning.

Great work guys!

Peaches · 07-26-2005

I like it when the threads were closer together. I'm a picky bitch

Mike AI · 07-26-2005

Changes are nice. Buttons are still wierd for me. The Edit and Quick Reply are the boxed red ones, but the Quote is the blue one from the old design. ( I personally like the older ones - or buttons that don't take attention away from the posts)

Newton · 07-26-2005

Thanks guys, we are pulling out things as we go.

TheEnforcer · 07-26-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by gonzo

Im glad I didnt study for the test!
Thats the first time in my entire life Ive ever been called pretentious.

Evil Chris · 07-26-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by gonzo

Im glad I didnt study for the test!
Thats the first time in my entire life Ive ever been called pretentious.

Hmm, ok yeah. Bashful and unassuming.. yeah that's more like you Gonzo.

LOL

Nickatilynx · 07-26-2005

pretentious?

moi?

;-))

Sharpie · 07-26-2005

I like the colors today better than before. The alternating light blue & white before - made it hard to distinguish between threads...... I am pleased today - it is easy on the eyes.

MorganGrayson · 07-26-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nickatilynx

pretentious?

moi?

;-))

Hi! This is me, over here, not saying a damned word!! (Wanted to point that out lest you think I missed the post.)

Newton · 07-26-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sharpie

I like the colors today better than before. The alternating light blue & white before - made it hard to distinguish between threads...... I am pleased today - it is easy on the eyes.

Thanks Sharpie this is a lot easier on the eyes

MorganGrayson · 07-26-2005

On to serious matters....

In "reality" I wear trifocals, which is about as much fun as it sounds. To work on the computer, I have computer glasses, which means I can see clearly anything that is exactly 25 inches away from the bridge of my nose. (I have to write notes while leaning back and stretching my arm out. Otherwise I can't read what I'm writing.)

All that was said in preface to my comment on how easy this template is on my eyes. The muted colors are gentle and easy to read. I really, really like this design. I'm also very happy with the new navigation. The old one was driving me nuts. It was like trying to go from the living room to the kitchen by having to walk outside the house first.

I'm sure the Super Guys will get to the buttons when they can.

Trev · 07-26-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by Newton

Thanks Sharpie this ia a lot easier on the eyes

I only put these colors in as a temp while I was out today

I'd like to know what more of you think please

Newton · 07-26-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trev

I only put these colors in as a temp while I was out today

I'd like to know what more of you think please

Its a cracking one mate and why you should consider design

Nickatilynx · 07-26-2005

I've always thought Trev was a tard "arty"

Lee · 07-26-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nickatilynx

I've always thought Trev was a tard "arty"

Read as 'gay' LOL

Nickatilynx · 07-26-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lee

Read as 'gay' LOL

An artistic bent.

"bent" being the operative word ;-)))

gonzo · 07-26-2005

homos

leedsfan · 07-26-2005

i think it looks kind of funky. in a good way.

Newton · 07-26-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by gonzo

homos

Gonzo .. which words trigger your board tracker?

Newton · 07-26-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by leedsfan

i think it looks kind of funky. in a good way.

Thanks man

Nickatilynx · 07-26-2005

You guys act like Fucking newbies....

I think netpond's layout looks really good.

http://www.netpond.com

So just surf over there and nick it!!!

thats what we veterans have ALWAYS done. See a good idea , and nick it

This is the adult web for fuck's sake , if someone has a good design , nick...change it a bit , call it your own.

kids today...

Trev · 07-26-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nickatilynx

You guys act like Fucking newbies....

I think netpond's layout looks really good.

http://www.netpond.com

So just surf over there and nick it!!!

thats what we veterans have ALWAYS done. See a good idea , and nick it

This is the adult web for fuck's sake , if someone has a good design , nick...change it a bit , call it your own.

kids today...

I've already started, but my site ripper done packed up half way through, so I'm at it by hand now

gonzo · 07-26-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by Newton

Gonzo .. which words trigger your board tracker?

I dont use boardtracker Newton. I found it to be useless and a total waste of time. Im old fashioned in the sense that I just go visiting.

Besides ... who needs a boardtracker when you have Oprano? 87 people are vistiting right now as I post this response. As Nick said people may be scared to post here but they sure as fuck are addicted to reading it as much as we are in participating in it.

CJ said it best. "Oprano is the one board to rule them all."

Nickatilynx · 07-26-2005

I like BT.

and xxxmanager I've always found to be very helpful.

But then I don't go out of my way to offend absolutely everyone.

Just a select few.

;-)))

Nickatilynx · 07-26-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trev

I've already started, but my site ripper done packed up half way through, so I'm at it by hand now

Excellent...

ahahahahahahahahahahahaha

I just thought...

I'd love to do it for a day just to imagine the look on Meat and Aga's face

ahahahahahahahahahahaha

http://www.netpond.com/showthread.php?t=62126&page=2

Trev · 07-26-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nickatilynx

I like BT.

and xxxmanager I've always found to be very helpful.

But then I don't go out of my way to offend absolutely everyone.

Just a select few.

;-)))

For some Board Tracker and Board Scanner can be very helpfull tools

Not everyone has time to surf all the boards.

gonzo · 07-26-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nickatilynx

I like BT.

and xxxmanager I've always found to be very helpful.

But then I don't go out of my way to offend absolutely everyone.

Just a select few.

;-)))

I think xxxmanager is a good guy as well. Boardtracker is just a waste of time for me. I think everyone will agree he's built himself a nice business integrating with the boards.

I promise I wasnt trying to be offensive. I just dont have a use for Boardtracker. Then again...Id say the same thing about Excel.

Trev · 07-26-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nickatilynx

Excellent...

ahahahahahahahahahahahaha

I just thought...

I'd love to do it for a day just to imagine the look on Meat and Aga's face

ahahahahahahahahahahaha

http://www.netpond.com/showthread.php?t=62126&page=2

I was going to see if we could get meat@oprano.com and aga@oprano.com emails setup as well

Newton · 07-26-2005

I have Board Scanner Plus delivering mail each day and i love it

I tried signing up for boardtracker and it wouldn't send me mails ..

Dravyk · 07-26-2005

Appreciate the good words about Boards Scanner, guys!!!

Quote:

87 people are vistiting right now as I post this response.

Oh, shit, sorry about that, Gonz! ... I had 83 browsers open.

JoesHO · 07-26-2005

Looks great , good job guys

sarettah · 07-27-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by Newton

Gonzo .. which words trigger your board tracker?

He has it loaded with all varieties of Donuts...

Unfortunately "I Love Donuts" fires it off just as often as "I love to Do Nuts"

07-25-2005	#1
Mike AI Administrator Want to see your own Advertising Here! Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 11,618	Opinions on the new look of Oprano. After a few days of letting it sink in, and trying the functionlity I have some opinions. Possitive: The header is unique, and conveys The Family there. Negatives: Software stinks. Poor functionality I am not sure if some functions are turned off or what. WineTalk and TampaBusiness.com are both on same software but much easier to use. It is not easy to navigate the board at all. This is my biggest complaint. Colors: I am not wild about colors, it could be just because I am used to the old colors, but to me its more difficult to read. I wonder if the font is playing a role in this as well. Where are the smilies and other graphics? They were fun and added to the board. Over all I give it a D+ I hope Stan did not charge to much for the design. I think Todd or Sharky would have done a better job. __________________ Make big money on your Domains! Why wait 40 days to get paid with the other guys? Parked.com pays the most for your traffic, and cuts checks twice a month!

07-25-2005	#3
Bhelliom Will fuck for beer Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Toronto Posts: 1,143	Re: Opinions on the new look of Oprano. well I belive two of those can be taken care of... The colors were just changed, which was one of my complaints as well. The smilies are there you just have to enable them yourself. I'm starting to get the hang of it now __________________ I am a Sado-Machiavellian. As long as I cum in the end... It doesn't matter what I did to get there. :yowsa: I just made that term up.... pretty good eh?

07-25-2005	#4
Mike AI Administrator Want to see your own Advertising Here! Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 11,618	Re: Opinions on the new look of Oprano. Ahh there are smilies!! But we are missing the Pearl and the burn!! __________________ Make big money on your Domains! Why wait 40 days to get paid with the other guys? Parked.com pays the most for your traffic, and cuts checks twice a month!

07-25-2005	#5
Evil Chris Looking Job #6 for the Year Respin bullshit press Your Comments Are Welcomed Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 2,786	Re: Opinions on the new look of Oprano. the new VB software is good in that it can be laid out almost any way you want it to. Possibly there's just some tweaking to do. Why set it to 100% of the available screen? It feels too big. I'm not too crazy about the header. A bit pretentious but whatever. B- from me. __________________ *I will talk shit about you if I think you wont find out.*

07-25-2005	#8
Dravyk Easy Like Sunday Morning Want to see your own Advertising Here! Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Behind a couch, somewhere in Philly Posts: 7,628	Re: Opinions on the new look of Oprano. First, I overall like it! But there needs to be a lot of tweeks, IMHO. So let me keep this positive and constructive. - Right now some links that say "Message Board" go the Main Board, others go to the Forums Index. That needs to be made consistant as it adds to the confusion. One solution is to call the main board the "MAIN BOARD" and not the "Message Board" - There is a possible leak where "rupert" is showing; might want to take care of that - There's an anomaly where Lee is the only person in his own "group" as well - A lot of the old things that were turned off need to get a programmer into the code and turn them on as the norm (the avatars, the enhanced posting, the sigs, etc.) At least I would make that a priority because the standards that are turned off might send people away. - The header to each thread is missing at the top left of each thread. It shows in the title, but nowhere else. This adds to the confusion greatly. - Overall site nav needs to be fixed majorly. I would also add the forum jump to the top right as well as the bottom right. Hope this is all taken in the well-meaning spirit it has been offered. ... If it hasn't, then GFY!!! __________________ All Of 'Em Mainstream Webmasters New: WebmasterConventions.com

07-25-2005	#10
Lee Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 539	Re: Opinions on the new look of Oprano. - Right now some links that say "Message Board" go the Main Board, others go to the Forums Index. That needs to be made consistant as it adds to the confusion. One solution is to call the main board the "MAIN BOARD" and not the "Message Board" Thats a template issue i beleive, whoever messed around with them caused all sorts of minor problems which are easily fixed - There is a possible leak where "rupert" is showing; might want to take care of that That can be turned off in the admin area, imho, the usergroups dont need to be displayed again, it seems like some of the settings were changed when the template system was being 'played' with. - A lot of the old things that were turned off need to get a programmer into the code and turn them on as the norm (the avatars, the enhanced posting, the sigs, etc.) At least I would make that a priority because the standards that are turned off might send people away. No need to hire a programmer, most of the stuff can be sorted out in the admin area of VB the problem is knowing where to look for the if you havent used VB before, the teplate system isnt the easiest to work with as even the viewthread.php page has about 10 individual templates to cage to make it work properly. The avatar problem, pople viewing them by default, is another template problem with the 'legacy' setting. - The header to each thread is missing at the top left of each thread. It shows in the title, but nowhere else. This adds to the confusion greatly. Again, a template issue. Thats easy to fix. - Overall site nav needs to be fixed majorly. I would also add the forum jump to the top right as well as the bottom right. Yep you guessed it, another template issue, the option is probably not turned on for this right now.

07-25-2005	#11
Nickatilynx Banned Want to see your own Advertising Here! Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Vancouver Canada Posts: 15,115	Re: Opinions on the new look of Oprano. I agree on the colours...a bit sickly... however the team are fixing it as they go ( they valued there nuts ) and every time i log back in there are more and more features

07-25-2005	#13
gonzo Fat Fucking Nobody Want to see your own Advertising Here! Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Atlanta,Ga. Posts: 17,795 Blog Entries: 11	Re: Opinions on the new look of Oprano. Im glad I didnt study for the test! Thats the first time in my entire life Ive ever been called pretentious. __________________ We are putting the bastards of this world on notice; greed and corruption will always be met with "a voice made of ink and rage." "Never try and be like anyone else" - Hunter S. Thompson "The truth is the truth no matter how you try and package a lie" - Shellee Hale

07-25-2005	#14
Newton It's always business, never personal! The POWER of radio Oprano Radio Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: On a golf course Posts: 4,916	Re: Opinions on the new look of Oprano. Mikes post was in regard to this board as a brilliant white board with red buttons.. That was a few hours ago and has changed dramatically since then, and should be completed by tomorrow __________________ Poser Bush in a mix-up over his hi-tech gizmo - ICLOD

07-25-2005	#16
Bama Members Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Redmond, WA Posts: 79	Re: Opinions on the new look of Oprano. Firefox (using 1.06) doesn't work very well on the board and I'm not wild about having to click on a button just to post a reply (when the reply box is already there) I think the header is too tall

07-26-2005	#19
Evil Chris Looking Job #6 for the Year Respin bullshit press Your Comments Are Welcomed Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 2,786	Re: Opinions on the new look of Oprano. These are nice changes in here this morning. Great work guys! __________________ *I will talk shit about you if I think you wont find out.*

07-26-2005	#20
Peaches Members Want to see your own Advertising Here! Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Hills of N. GA Posts: 10,823	Re: Opinions on the new look of Oprano. I like it when the threads were closer together. I'm a picky bitch __________________ Peaches@onlinebeach.com ICQ# 36734533

07-26-2005	#26
Sharpie Members Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 747	Re: Opinions on the new look of Oprano. I like the colors today better than before. The alternating light blue & white before - made it hard to distinguish between threads...... I am pleased today - it is easy on the eyes.

07-26-2005	#29
MorganGrayson None $100 for every ImLive sign-up Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 4,321	Re: Opinions on the new look of Oprano. On to serious matters.... In "reality" I wear trifocals, which is about as much fun as it sounds. To work on the computer, I have computer glasses, which means I can see clearly anything that is exactly 25 inches away from the bridge of my nose. (I have to write notes while leaning back and stretching my arm out. Otherwise I can't read what I'm writing.) All that was said in preface to my comment on how easy this template is on my eyes. The muted colors are gentle and easy to read. I really, really like this design. I'm also very happy with the new navigation. The old one was driving me nuts. It was like trying to go from the living room to the kitchen by having to walk outside the house first. I'm sure the Super Guys will get to the buttons when they can.

07-26-2005	#36
leedsfan Members Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 257	Re: Opinions on the new look of Oprano. i think it looks kind of funky. in a good way. __________________ http://www.bankingbucks.com http://www.sex2ube.com

07-26-2005	#49
JoesHO Members Want to see your own Advertising Here! Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 5,085	Re: Opinions on the new look of Oprano. Looks great , good job guys __________________ AEBN THE GLOBAL LEADER IN ADULT EVOLUTION something FIT this way comes!

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