AIR Forums - Site updates and new look

[SmokelessJoe]

The "contemporization" is really, really neat. Clean, un-cluttered, beautifully layed out.

Hurrah.

Sergei

[Airstream25]

Hey Janet, Andy & crew, Nice job! I like the new look.

[GREENovaters]

Nice, I do like the new look....

[DaveFL]

All images froze in Ubuntu, which was probably fixable but just switched back to Internet Explorer 8 and all seems to work fine, found increasing print size to 125 made it easier to read.

[wasagachris]

I'm sure you are aware of this but thought I'd better mention it. The new posts page is now inundated with every registry entry. Pages and pages of them, all listed at 10:32am.

[Darkspeed]

Originally Posted by wasagachris

I'm sure you are aware of this but thought I'd better mention it. The new posts page is now inundated with every registry entry. Pages and pages of them, all listed at 10:32am.

Spooky.....

[Hueytownalss]

Like it more every day. I like it bright and uncluttered. Yeah!!! Uncluttered!!!! Most websites give you too many choices and places on the page to do the same thing. I like ALL the choices under the TABS dropdowns!!!

[Andy R]

Originally Posted by wasagachris

I'm sure you are aware of this but thought I'd better mention it. The new posts page is now inundated with every registry entry. Pages and pages of them, all listed at 10:32am.

This is due to a change in the way the registry system works. There will be a thread for each new registry entered so people can comment on other's registry entries. When a new registry entry is create it will show up in the New Posts and thus help this system get more traction. I suspect it could take us a decade to get the registry loaded with a lot of information!

I have a long term vision that we can connect discussions from any part of the forum to the year/model being discussed no matter what forum it's in. The idea is to create pages so someone can see the registry entries of owners with similar year/model trailers, discussions about those trailers, etc.

Once we get all this linking done I'd also like to connect the above with our sister site - Airstream Trailer Classifieds - Airstreams Trailers For Sale so you can see similar models for sale and also past sales and the prices they sold for. This will help us build more data which will be used to update the price guides on Vintage Airstream Home.

[Janet H]

Originally Posted by Gringo

Can we block out or ignore an entire forum area that we know we are not going to be interested in ? I normally click on New Posts when I visit here, and it would be good to just list the ones in areas where I have common interests.

The link to ignore a forum seems to have gone missing - we'll get it fixed

[worldinchaos]

Originally Posted by TBRich

Nice new look...but the photo at the top has been flopped... Did they think this crowd wouldn't notice? Ouch!

On the contrary, now you're looking at that view as a reflection on the side of a Cyclo-polished vintage trailer.

[Fly at Night]

I'd just like to take this time to thank the site administrators for this site. It was been a great help.

New layout looks great. Love the riveted graphics!

[vswingfield]

Originally Posted by Top

The new look is cool. What happened with the "online friends" list?

It was there last night, but that was using Firefox on a Mac at home. This morning using Firefox for Windows, not there.

Also, whenever I click on a link from the Portal, it takes me to the first post in a thread, not the last one I read. I really don't want to read through all 9,000+ posts in the "TinCrumpet Vacations" thread every time, no matter how much I enjoy the thread.

I like the new look. The 60s style nameplate for "AIR FORUMS" is a nice design touch. The flipped image is really buggin' me though.

On edit, there's the buddy list up on top on the right instead of on the left at the bottom. I just saw it as soon as I submitted.

On another edit, it's not there on the Portal any more, just on the other links from the portal. Different.

[az-streamer]

maybe this was already covered in earlier posts, but anyway:

to me the main board looks somewhat cramped.

in the center panel less than 1/2 of the width contains forum content,

on the right side about 1/3 of the overall space contains ads and info

and on the left side about 1/5 contains member data.

the ads/info uses up much of the right side and then half-way down the
page there is only wasted blank space.

maybe the ad section width can be reduced by half and run all the way down the right side of the page.

this would free up extra space so that the actual topic discussion area could be expanded for easier viewing.

otherwise a great success by all involved!

[Darkspeed]

Originally Posted by az-streamer

maybe this was already covered in earlier posts, but anyway:

to me the main board looks somewhat cramped.

in the center panel less than 1/2 of the width contains forum content,

on the right side about 1/3 of the overall space contains ads and info

and on the left side about 1/5 contains member data.

the ads/info uses up much of the right side and then half-way down the
page there is only wasted blank space.

maybe the ad section width can be reduced by half and run all the way down the right side of the page.

this would free up extra space so that the actual topic discussion area could be expanded for easier viewing.

otherwise a great success by all involved!

This is the problem with fixed width tables.
On my screen I have more side decoration ( rivet panels ) than actual forum real-estate.

[Chief]

Thanks for all the hard work. I like the clean look and drop down menus. But, gotta tell you that I won't be able to spend as much time on the forum in the future....it's just too bright!
Chief

[mello mike]

I like the new look, too, but I have to agree. The white background is awfully bright. Perhaps a muted gray? Light Blue? muted Silver?

[Darkspeed]

Originally Posted by Chief

Thanks for all the hard work. I like the clean look and drop down menus. But, gotta tell you that I won't be able to spend as much time on the forum in the future....it's just too bright!
Chief

You should get your AF issue sun glasses in the mail soon... Lol

[KerriO]

Wow, what a great surprise to log in this morning and see the new design! Much more friendly to this designer's eyes!

[TinCrumpet]

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For whats its worth
I like the Drop Downs
I Like the Rivets
I like the change which is as good as a rest
I have spare welding goggles

[Mike Leary]

I like it, nice work, all!