Fine-tuning Universal Hub's design
Yep, fiddle, fiddle fiddle. I started out trying to fix one small problem on the right side that probably nobody even noticed (a thin gray strip at the top that shouldn't have been there), then, before you knew it, I was ripping out the entire template and swapping in a brand-new one (with 50% more CSS and div goodness) and spending hour after hour after hour adjusting the CSS and the fonts and all those borders (well, OK, maybe not quite that much time). You logo fans will notice I actually used anti-aliasing on the (granted, still Courier) logo this time around.
Let me know what you think and if anything's busted or particularly obnoxious. I still need to try to figure out the flash of gray you might see at the top before the content fills in.
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I like it!
I'd like it even more if you changed either the logo or the menu bar so that they two were different yet matching colors.
like it too, but could we
like it too, but could we get a better comment system? the nested replys don't work well, and the page cut offs when in a thread stink.
More details?
Nested doesn't work as in: It's hard to tell where the threading is because there's not enough indenting or something?
Page cutoffs as in: You only see X comments then have to go to a new page?
Thanks.
I mostly like it, except for one thing
Either the text is gray instead of black, or it uses a font with very thin strokes. In either case, it doesn't really contrast sufficiently with the white background.
Ron, are you colorblind or something?
It's totally easy to read. You say this about every site! Or do you have your browser prefs screwy so stuff doesn't come up as it should?
Contrast added
Beefier, blackier fonts!
I Agree
The font hurts my eyes. Maybe something darker or rather not so thin?
I've said it before..
I hate change.
Aww... I'm just kidding.
I like it.
By the way - are you still going to Blogtoberfest tomorrow night? I'll be sure to compliment you in person!
www.thebigredblog.com
Blogtoberfest?
What is that??? Can you send me the details?
http://bostonfoodandwine.blogspot.com
Thanks!
Thanks
I'm listed as going, so I better go, especially since, for a change, I don't have a cold :-).
PC good, PDA bad!
I looks great on my PC, though I admit, I'm not really sure what is different. On my Palm Pilot, however, I have to turn off graphics for it to work at all. The black logo spills onto the whole page, rendering the text barely visible and completely illegible.
Huh!
I admit it: Never considered PDAs, so my apologies. I've actually been thinking of doing a separate mobile edition, because it's kinda painful for me to check messages here on my cell phone (yeah, I need a life). Will keep you posted. In the meantime, will try to see what's causing the bleedthrough (hmm, I wonder if I can see what the Palm user agent is listed as; if so, I could switch you to a different template).
I think it's looking good as
I think it's looking good as well. Forgive me if this is my second comment, I tried to post one a minute ago and my system bombed out... so I'm not sure if it will show up.
What is the blogtoberfest??? Details please!
Tammy
http://bostonfoodandwhine.blogspot.com
blogtoberfest
http://bostonblogevents.com/blogtoberfest
I like the new design too, but,
I wish that it were possible to add a contrast that was more gentle on the eyes than this stark black lettering with the white background. What about a subtle gray background instead, maybe?
if it is the gray at the
if it is the gray at the very top, try adding "margin-top: 0px;" in your style.css in the body {} section near the bottom of the file.
Thanks!
But that gray is on purpose. There's another phenomenon, which might only happen with users who are logged in (they see pages called up from the database; "anonymous" users get cached pages, which load faster): The big white content column on the left (what you're reading now) starts out as gray, then turns white.
try doing the same thing.
try doing the same thing. you have padding values in there now (12, 16, 0, 22). adjust those and see if it works. either that or container.
Will give it a try
Thanks! And as long as I'm doing that, will also fiddle with the link colors - looks like I've managed to build a site with about 27 gazillion different colors for both unvisited and visited links all over the place.
don't you want that to be the other way round?
shouldn't logged-in users get faster service than anons?
Shouldn't make much difference
Not with this nice, shiny new beefmeister of a server UH is on now.
But yes, logged-in users are special users! The reason logged-in users don't get cached pages is because they get special things that anonymous users don't, such as "new" markers on messages, the ability to subscribe to threads, etc. Actually, serving up cached pages to anon users benefits logged-in users because it reduces the overall database load, making it possible to do all these special things (OK, I'm getting a bit carried away here, because I haven't provided a ton of customization options for folks and because there aren't a whole lot of logged-in users at any one time, but that's the idea, at any rate).