New Site

[mag36]

alright zero. Im just throwing out ideas on the overall site. I know how make changes can be difficult with a new program

But im really starting to dig the posts and threads overall look now
So much more eye pleasing

[ZERO]

Yea like I said it is going to take a few weeks to get everything changed how we want but hey that is the great thing. We are getting a fresh start with a larger community so we can get more input on how you all want the site to look!

Also what do you guys think about this to replace the current background texture:

[mag36]

hmm maybe hard to picture it all on top of it..... maybe i can make it up in gimp or something. I assume its replacing the grey checkered part?

also the profile page can used a bit of an overhual....
the friends tab with all your friends listed if you could make that into a grid of there avatars maybe??? cause it so much waisted space in a listed line

[ZERO]

hmm maybe hard to picture it all on top of it..... maybe i can make it up in gimp or something. I assume its replacing the grey checkered part?

also the profile page can used a bit of an overhual....
the friends tab with all your friends listed if you could make that into a grid of there avatars maybe??? cause it so much waited space in a listed line

Yea to replace the grey checkered partas for little things like nicer grids for the friends list lets leave stuff like that for later. I want to focus on getting the big things done so that I can start work on the main page and then on races for the wcs server followed by the new admin system.

For example I want to make it so that the documents section on the main site will contain all of the information any user would want from the TOS to rules to any other base document. We are going to have a real website this year not just forums. I am planning on having a few people dedicated to writing various articles on the main site and I will also be creating a system for users to get the ability to publish articles on there as well. This will include profit sharing from the ads and I hope that though this we can really grow the community a lot more.

[CYBER]

hey, if u need my help on an article, i'd love to help.
(and yes, contrary to popular belief, my writing skills in english are awesome, which compensate my fucking accent which i have recently developped out of the blue -.- .

i agree with mag btw on the colored icons "read/unread" there should be more contrast. heck even better, the whole row that is unread should have a different color highlight or smthn to make it easier to check for updates.
but i gotta hand it to u , great job man, i know how much CMS programs can be a bitch at finding exactly what u want lol

[ZERO]

Oops, I just really fucked up.

I just marked all my forums as read... if you had an important thread about ANYTHING bump it so that I get a chance to read it...

This especially includes anything posted in the server sections like maps ect or abuse bans ect.

[ZERO]

hey, if u need my help on an article, i'd love to help.
(and yes, contrary to popular belief, my writing skills in english are awesome, which compensate my fucking accent which i have recently developped out of the blue -.- .

i agree with mag btw on the colored icons "read/unread" there should be more contrast. heck even better, the whole row that is unread should have a different color highlight or smthn to make it easier to check for updates.
but i gotta hand it to u , great job man, i know how much CMS programs can be a bitch at finding exactly what u want lol

Yea I will look into changes in the row highlighting as well. As for the cms it is actually FULLY integrated with the forums. I can even promote threads directly to articles. In addition users are able to leave comments on articles ect if they have an account (if that is not working right now it will be enabled in the future)

On another note my admin system back end appears fully functional for all users that do not have non English characters in their name. If anyone knows how to fix this let me know b/c htmlspecialcharacters() does not. However this is not a huge problem as the effected users could just make a new account and then I just merge it with their old one. Hopefully the new admin system can be done in a month or so for full release.

[ZERO]

Also this new version is so much faster than the old one. The server load is down 80% from the previous version.

[CYBER]

nice loading!
i will look into the characters thing, am surprised htmlspecialcharacters() aint working -.- hmm
can you please look into adding the "upload file" button to the quick reply section? for quick uploads and replies.(or am i missing it?)
i like the background u suggested btw, i will try to find smthn else as well. has the "ibis motto" always been "remain calm"?

[SCRIBBLE]

Yea like I said it is going to take a few weeks to get everything changed how we want but hey that is the great thing. We are getting a fresh start with a larger community so we can get more input on how you all want the site to look!

Also what do you guys think about this to replace the current background texture:

As long as it loads properly on at least 1920x1080 without the ugly low res img repeat. I'm talking about where the background and the repeat background image meet. I've seen this background used on other sites well including some task app I had but it doesn't mesh or blend well at the border when it repeats.