Turtlerock Forum

nice work.

When I opened the safari on my phone this morning I realized I had all three incarnations of the forum changes, as well as the old one, open on different pages. Being able to directly compare, this one does look the best... but then I'm a sucker for a bit of timber!

i think thin brown/black text on light brown/greay background is still too hard to read. imo.

this does look more relaxing on the eyes though.

just the text is an issue.

Looks good, except now I have to find a way to blend my avatar with the background again! argh!

Just when I was getting used to the old look!

Nah! - looks good, but I liked the avatars on the left...

butt joined timber..........looks like that fancy ply flooring, not the real deal.....looks more like vinyl, .......maybe just passable if i think 60's laminex table with the chrome legs........
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Very classy and easy on the eyes.

Most excellent and much thanks for all your hard work.

Yeah I like the new wood look. I actually like the profile on the right. The new tubes look great too. I like the massive tube that the forum admins have! And yeah it's easy on the eyes.

looks good but seems someone pinched one of my tubes. Back to a lowly 4 tubes, oh well.

heathen wrote:looks good but seems someone pinched one of my tubes. Back to a lowly 4 tubes, oh well.

I lost a tube aswell. :(

And I used to be a Regular Contributor but now I'm just a Registered user. :( :(

Getting used to it, although it is a tad bland/low contrast, especially after that brief period of high intensity white.

sorry bout the demotions guys but you see we are so good at this thing we filled up all the tube slots
so we had to demote everybody so we had somewhere to go ... ie ..up
now it will harder to get to the top , when we first built it i figured it would be over in a year or two tops
how wrong was i..?

i am going to get Mark to keep working and to make the wood darker and less like ikea
but with everything else he has done i am just too afraid to ask yet .... err .. that was my outside voice right ? damn :)

rick wrote:sorry bout the demotions guys but you see we are so good at this thing we filled up all the tube slots

Waah. I just got to 4 tubes too! lol. Ah well.

Haaa...we ran out of headroom....

you know what Angus ..? you have been a good man around here for at least a week now

mark can you turn on the goddamn smily cartoons


first time they give me the shits i am turning them !

Yeah timber is good......(even the snap lock stuff). Might have to change my avatar to keep up with the times.
I want one of those big tubes.

13thbeach wrote:I want one of those big tubes.

I already have a big tube, although the wifey might argue the point :-)

Much better than the dark grey on marginally lighter grey.

Nice work. Looks great. :D

rick wrote:sorry bout the demotions guys but you see we are so good at this thing we filled up all the tube slots
so we had to demote everybody so we had somewhere to go ... ie ..up
now it will harder to get to the top , when we first built it i figured it would be over in a year or two tops
how wrong was i..?

i am going to get Mark to keep working and to make the wood darker and less like ikea
but with everything else he has done i am just too afraid to ask yet .... err .. that was my outside voice right ? damn :)

I'm liking our spotted gum flooring, don't suppose that is available for the background? :)

Frankly , it looks awful on my pc. Maybe it's because I'm forced to use IE7.

Also I can't find "Search" or "New posts since last visit".

It wasn't broken, didn't need fixing.

Otto

I cant say I don't mind it - although the text colour is a little hard on the eyes with the light background.
Overall, I like the layout.

sorry, i just have to reiterate.
ever since this change...i've dreaded logging onto turtlerock.

i cant see anything, and after a days work, my brain explodes looking at this colour scheme.

OK, Anyone know how to post images now? Before it had that little link below that used the external hosting system. The "new features" post mentioned the photo's would be uploaded directly to turtlerock.

Thanks for any help guys!

Mmmm wood grain. dribbles. Nice job y'all.

Sorry, I'm not digging the new look. I've tried to.

It looks like a menu from some American western style diner. I'm seriously expecting a picture of a side of ribs as I scroll down.

I'll order the Taco's with a side of chopped salad.

It looks nice blended together visually, but I think its the wrong choice of color and texture combination for a forum, that is text and reading based.

The text color you have chosen is not enough contrast for the background color. The patterned or texture background also does not add to making this forum easy to read.

It is my understanding that people like a forum that you can quickly scroll through and quickly selectively choose the information you would like to read.

The color choice and texture you have chosen makes this difficult.

I think a balance of design and readability should be taken into consideration when choosing the appropriate design for a forum.

I think there is not enough contrast for the text section of this new design.

Futureman wrote:Sorry, I'm not digging the new look. I've tried to.

It looks like a menu from some American western style diner. I'm seriously expecting a picture of a side of ribs as I scroll down.

I'll order the Taco's with a side of chopped salad.

Haha! That thought did cross my mind.......mmmmmm ribs..

DwaneHollands wrote:OK, Anyone know how to post images now? Before it had that little link below that used the external hosting system. The "new features" post mentioned the photo's would be uploaded directly to turtlerock.

Thanks for any help guys!

I'm sorting the image issues out with our host. I'll keep you posted.

Mark A. Bassett wrote:

DwaneHollands wrote:OK, Anyone know how to post images now? Before it had that little link below that used the external hosting system. The "new features" post mentioned the photo's would be uploaded directly to turtlerock.

Thanks for any help guys!

I'm sorting the image issues out with our host. I'll keep you posted.

Cool, thanks Mark! Good work mate, BTW!