3++ Facelift

Sunday, January 23, 2011

3++ Facelift

Posted by Unknown

I'm sure a lot of have you have noticed I've updated 3++ extensively and (hopefully) made the site easier on the eyes. I still have a lot of updating to do in regards to backlinks and making the pages pretty but the basic model I think is better. There are still some things I need to update (external links aren't opening a new page atm so I need to find out where the code for that has gone...) but the load times have been cut down drastically and the site generally looks better (I think...) whilst still having that 3++ feel from before. The banner and blog should now always be the same width and for anyone with a resolution in the 1200s for width should be fine and not need any side scrolling. I think most people have their blog set at that or higher and for the widescreeners like me with 1900+, you're not looking at a tiny portion of the screen with bunchs of white space out to the left and right.

Anyway, any bugs, changes, dislikes/likes, etc. let me know! amazingPhil is still working on a further updated site but that is for a non-blogspot hosted site I believe. Comment away please! I won't have much time to do anything tomorrow I believe as I will be doing the good old Australian (and world) past-time of drinking but should be able to get in some healthy work on the site on Monday.

P.S. sorry for moving the chatbawks for several hours. I know you all hated me during that time period =D.

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Daybreak · 744 weeks ago

I really like the new layout. There's still a lot of stuff on the left below the chatbox that may not be necessary (?) That part of the page goes down for a long time

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tzeentchling 76p · 744 weeks ago

I like it a lot! I think it looks good.

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kannascrusade 33p · 744 weeks ago

Looks good!

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nockergeek 43p · 744 weeks ago

Looking sharp!

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@masterslowpoke · 744 weeks ago

The page is a hundred times better. The page still lags a bit while all your extensions load, though. Maybe move the 3D globe and the hit counter onto their own page? Not really anything people are going to care about enough to put on every page. The Google search, RSS feeds, and Twitter link could be moved to the "Kirb your enthusiasm!" section. The blog rolls at the bottom are also a little awkward. Maybe only display them on the main page?

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Kirby 118p · 744 weeks ago

I'm not sure I can make separate pages where you click a blog post and and most of the stuff on the left disappears but imagine the combination of the globe, chatbawks and intense debate is what gives any sort of load time currently.

Anyway will continue to fiddle so just chuck out any ideas!

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Katie_Drake 49p · 744 weeks ago

Here's an idea - kill the globe. Or at least make it possible to minimize, or something. I think people know that 3++ has a global audience and since you can't actually check who is from where using the globe it doesn't seem to serve a lot of purpose. Just some thoughts.

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@masterslowpoke · 744 weeks ago

Yeah. The globe was a little more relevant back when the site was in its infancy, but there are enough visitors that the demographics don't mean a whole lot.

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Kirby 118p · 744 weeks ago

poof!

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brittlewords 35p · 744 weeks ago

Love the new style - though I don't think I'll ever scroll far enough down to actually see what's at the bottom of all the sidebar widgets.

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lehcyfer 50p · 744 weeks ago

Wow! Now I can even see the title of the blog post! Usually I had to scroll quite a bit down to get to it.
Though I still have to move the screen to the right as the post doesn't fit on my monitor. I usually ignore all that crap on the left (and try to ignore that unnerving ticking sound of a new comment grrr)

If you get rid of that "Kirb yoyr enthusiasm" box right above the blog post (incorporate it into the graphics at the top or something - it takes too much space right now) and move the left column to the right side then this blog will get quite readable. I prefer to read it on Google reader where it's clean and go on your blog only if I want to comment/ read comments.

As for now it's definitely a step in the right direction.