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Theme feedback
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2020 5:15 pm
by morphine
Looking for feedback on minor theme adjustments. We're using a commercial, maintained theme, and the author agreed to help us with tweaks. We can probably wrangle up enough CSS knowledge among gerbils to make other small touches. No big changes!
So, what I'm thinking probably needs to happen first is two things:
1) Tighten up the header. I'm thinking of placing JbiNed at the top and the forum title/tag immediately to their right. Total height should be about under half of what's there now.
2) Tighten up the actual thread view, since there's a little too much whitespace around multiple elements of a single post, and we can save scrolling. It's actually not bad in longer posts like this one, but wastes space with single- or two-line posts.
3) Reducing font size ever so slightly. I don't want tiny text again.
Anything else that sticks out? Keep it reasonable.
Re: Theme feedback
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2020 5:19 pm
by Mr Bill
Although I've gotten used to having this SLACK threads bar on the left telling me when a subject has a new entry. @morphine Something to try maybe?
Re: Theme feedback
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2020 5:21 pm
by Mr Bill
Realistically, on a long thread. If you page up even a little make the top navigation bar visible. That will save a lot of scrolling.
1) Tighten up the header. I'm thinking of placing JbiNed at the top and the forum title/tag immediately to their right. Total height should be about under half of what's there now.
I like it but maybe swap the sides. Most of us are left-to-right readers. Then make that visible if you scroll up more than a reasonable amount (don't want the page to jerk around if you scroll up and down reading).
Also agree with Flying Fox. User bar could be thinner.
Re: Theme feedback
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2020 5:26 pm
by DiMaestro
Mr Bill wrote: ↑Wed Jul 08, 2020 5:19 pm
Although I've gotten used to having this SLACK threads bar on the left telling me when a subject has a new entry. @morphine Something to try maybe?
Mr Bill - look at the upper right. You should have a bell notifying you I've responded.
Re: Theme feedback
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2020 5:27 pm
by DiMaestro
morphine wrote: ↑Wed Jul 08, 2020 5:15 pm
Looking for feedback on
minor theme adjustments. We're using a commercial, maintained theme, and the author agreed to help us with tweaks. We can probably wrangle up enough CSS knowledge among gerbils to make other small touches. No big changes!
So, what I'm thinking probably needs to happen first is two things:
1) Tighten up the header. I'm thinking of placing JbiNed at the top and the forum title/tag immediately to their right. Total height should be about under half of what's there now.
2) Tighten up the actual thread view, since there's a little too much whitespace around multiple elements of a single post, and we can save scrolling. It's actually not bad in longer posts like this one, but wastes space with single- or two-line posts.
3) Reducing font size ever so slightly. I don't want tiny text again.
Anything else that sticks out? Keep it reasonable.
One quick question - are we doing 'top quoting' or 'bottom quoting' (heh, sorry I'm a juvenile still).
My only complaint is the header is a bit tall - otherwise. I'm easy. Easy like Sunday Morning.
And to clarify my post - I'm talking Header and Subheader - and most of the space in the subheader graphic, which you've already addressed.
Now just who is in the Grateful Dead Tshirt?
Re: Theme feedback
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2020 5:28 pm
by Mr Bill
DiMaestro wrote: ↑Wed Jul 08, 2020 5:26 pm
Mr Bill wrote: ↑Wed Jul 08, 2020 5:19 pm
Although I've gotten used to having this SLACK threads bar on the left telling me when a subject has a new entry. @morphine Something to try maybe?
Mr Bill - look at the upper right. You should have a bell notifying you I've responded.
I see it but I have to scroll up to see it.
Re: Theme feedback
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2020 5:34 pm
by DiMaestro
Mr Bill wrote: ↑Wed Jul 08, 2020 5:28 pm
DiMaestro wrote: ↑Wed Jul 08, 2020 5:26 pm
Mr Bill wrote: ↑Wed Jul 08, 2020 5:19 pm
Although I've gotten used to having this SLACK threads bar on the left telling me when a subject has a new entry. @morphine Something to try maybe?
Mr Bill - look at the upper right. You should have a bell notifying you I've responded.
I see it but I have to scroll up to see it.
Making it a floating header might be a little difficult?
Re: Theme feedback
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2020 5:46 pm
by derFunkenstein
@Mr Bill, the little arrow in the lower-right of each post scrolls up to the top, if you just want to jump up with your mouse.
Tightening it up like morphine wants is a great start. All I'd really like to add is that we can set a max size on the width of the profile on each post. Takes two very small CSS edits.
media query css - add max-width: 100%:
content css - add max-width: 200px:
small post (phone size):
bigger post (desktop size):
Re: Theme feedback
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2020 5:49 pm
by morphine
derFunk, I am SO glad you volunteered to handle the CSS!
Re: Theme feedback
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2020 5:50 pm
by derFunkenstein
well, I mean, I know juuuuust enough, and I didn't want to propose any changes that I can't handle myself. LOL
The other thing I'd like to do (still working on it) is bringing the text of the post to the left closer to that divider. I think that's a side-effect of my previous edit that I didn't notice.