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Post by ConstantTroublemaker on Apr 8, 2016 0:09:26 GMT
 They are way too big. Some infinitesimalation is required. |
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Post by karkat on Apr 8, 2016 2:30:03 GMT
also they really really should be aliased, they are way too blurry for being mspa themed
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Post by Strawhat Luffy on Apr 8, 2016 2:39:06 GMT
The ones we had earlier were better, imo.
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Post by The One Guy on Apr 8, 2016 4:15:32 GMT
Isn't the indicator for sticky threads supposed to be used as an indicator for threads with unread posts?
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Post by Holly on Apr 8, 2016 11:17:10 GMT
^ That would be logical How did the sticky thread icon look like though? I dont even remember. Oh right, there was a little post-it note Not sure how easy that is to recreate? Anyway I really appreciate the time and effort you're taking Blap! The emoticons and layout tweaking and design! *thumbs up* |
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Post by tentacleTherapist on Apr 8, 2016 12:16:51 GMT
^ That would be logical How did the sticky thread icon look like though? I dont even remember. Oh right, there was a little post-it note Not sure how easy that is to recreate? Anyway I really appreciate the time and effort you're taking Blap! The emoticons and layout tweaking and design! *thumbs up* You could get it from the Wayback Machine archive of the pages? |
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Post by Holly on Apr 8, 2016 13:50:27 GMT
Oh man did I mess up that link. Yes I meant to link to an archived page of the forum, but...now I cant get it to work.
Also I know literally nothing about cutsomizing a forum as an admin haha. I thought it looked tricky to get the post-it in there but maybe you just stick an image url in there somewhere and pow
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Post by Blaperile on Apr 8, 2016 19:31:04 GMT
Whoops, you're right. On my computer it looked way less blurry. I'm definitely going to put up a smaller version of them (I'll try to do it tonight). Thanks for the feedback! Isn't the indicator for sticky threads supposed to be used as an indicator for threads with unread posts? ^ That would be logical How did the sticky thread icon look like though? I dont even remember. Oh right, there was a little post-it note Not sure how easy that is to recreate? Anyway I really appreciate the time and effort you're taking Blap! The emoticons and layout tweaking and design! *thumbs up* Also I know literally nothing about cutsomizing a forum as an admin haha. I thought it looked tricky to get the post-it in there but maybe you just stick an image url in there somewhere and pow Yeah, see, that's unfortunately the problem. I've got a lot of customization possibilities on this forum, but I can't customize everything. I know those green logos are used on the MSPA Forums to indicate threads with new posts while the gray logos are for threads with news posts, and that sticky threads get a post-it note instead of a seperate symbol. But these forums function slightly different in that area. As far as I can see I can't put such a post-it note just next to the icon to symbolize a sticky thread. And this kind of forum doesn't make a distinction between read and unread threads in the logo either, it just puts a "NEW" symbol there. That's something I can't change. So that's why I decided to pick the gray symbol for any normal thread and the green symbol for any sticky thread. I acknowledge it's not the "same" as on the MSPA Forums, but I'm still trying to make things as close as possible. I hope that makes sense! Anyway I really appreciate the time and effort you're taking Blap! The emoticons and layout tweaking and design! *thumbs up* Thank you for these nice words!  I just want to try to make everyone feel "at home", even though the MSPA Forums aren't available. |
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Post by therationaldove on Apr 8, 2016 20:15:05 GMT
Thanks, Blap! You're really helpful.
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Post by The One Guy on Apr 9, 2016 0:01:33 GMT
But these forums function slightly different in that area. As far as I can see I can't put such a post-it note just next to the icon to symbolize a sticky thread. And this kind of forum doesn't make a distinction between read and unread threads in the logo either, it just puts a "NEW" symbol there. That's something I can't change. So that's why I decided to pick the gray symbol for any normal thread and the green symbol for any sticky thread. I acknowledge it's not the "same" as on the MSPA Forums, but I'm still trying to make things as close as possible. I hope that makes sense! Well that makes sense, except those icons were specifically designed to represent read and unread. The color one sands out to say there's something new here, and has a representation of text on it to represent there being more to read. Meanwhile the gray one is dull to fall into the background of "there no reason to look at this" and has no representation of text on it signifying there's nothing left to read. Used as sticky/nonsticky doesn't make sense aside from the more important threads being more standoffish. I understand that the system of these forums doesn't allow for the icons to make the distinctions in that way, but I'd prioritize logical design over using the exact same icons as the MSPA Forums. |
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Post by ConstantTroublemaker on Apr 9, 2016 13:14:32 GMT
Ok, it's much better now  |
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Post by Blaperile on Apr 9, 2016 15:42:10 GMT
Well that makes sense, except those icons were specifically designed to represent read and unread. The color one sands out to say there's something new here, and has a representation of text on it to represent there being more to read. Meanwhile the gray one is dull to fall into the background of "there no reason to look at this" and has no representation of text on it signifying there's nothing left to read. Used as sticky/nonsticky doesn't make sense aside from the more important threads being more standoffish. I understand that the system of these forums doesn't allow for the icons to make the distinctions in that way, but I'd prioritize logical design over using the exact same icons as the MSPA Forums. I understand why you feel that way. Right now I don't really have an idea for a better way of differentiating them (other than the default icons), but I'm definitely open for ideas in case people would prefer other icons. |
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Post by Holly on Apr 9, 2016 16:18:21 GMT
I could make the icon if anyone has a solid idea? like     I dunno As apparently the icon doesnt change depending on new posts or not, I vote for using only the green ones, cause they're prettier :v |
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Post by kmsumrall on Apr 9, 2016 22:54:03 GMT
Just as a note, none of these thread icons or anything show up on mobile.
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Post by DS Piron on Apr 10, 2016 16:09:26 GMT
...     (..Can't remember why the Icons had to be square if they where supposed to be capachalog cards (although perhaps they are just supposed to look like them,). Perhaps it's just a waste to have that much of the image transparent, or the icon is too small now? I dunno.)
Just as a note, none of these thread icons or anything show up on mobile.
This seems to be a thing for every freeforums forum...
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Post by Holly on Apr 10, 2016 17:34:13 GMT
they look sweet! better than the square
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Post by Blaperile on Apr 11, 2016 19:50:38 GMT
Those seem awesome to me! I just updated the icons. What do you guys think of it?
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Post by sporkaganza on Apr 11, 2016 20:03:56 GMT
Looks good, but it's still using the default icon on this thread. (What kind of threads are the ! things anyway? Bulletins? We don't have one for locked bulletins is what I'm getting at.) |
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Post by Holly on Apr 11, 2016 22:51:15 GMT
yesss it looks great!
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Post by The One Guy on Apr 11, 2016 23:01:58 GMT
Looks great! Looks good, but it's still using the default icon on this thread. (What kind of threads are the ! things anyway? Bulletins? We don't have one for locked bulletins is what I'm getting at.)  |
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Post by sporkaganza on Apr 12, 2016 0:01:29 GMT
I'm very observant
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Post by DS Piron on Apr 12, 2016 0:05:55 GMT
It looks like I goofed up a bit on the announcement one, and saved it (and all of the icons) as GIF.  Also a proposed locked version.  |
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Post by sporkaganza on Apr 12, 2016 20:52:33 GMT
can the gif version be replaced with the smooth image dspiron posted too?
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Post by Wesley Foxx on Apr 13, 2016 5:32:52 GMT
I presume there's not an option for this forum styling however you want to phrase it that would let you differentiate icons for threads you've posted in and ones you haven't.
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Post by Blaperile on Apr 15, 2016 20:51:02 GMT
I presume there's not an option for this forum styling however you want to phrase it that would let you differentiate icons for threads you've posted in and ones you haven't. Indeed, there sadly is no such option as far as I'm aware. |
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