I change the layout of the Forum FAQ a bit. Since the FAQ is read-only for non-moderators I moved the actions down, I don't see the point in a Top participants widget since it is all managed by JC anyway, so I was able to give the discussions the full width allowed by the template:
http://forums.adobe.com/community/general/forum_comments/faq
How do you like it? Is this something to try for the Forum comments forum as well?
Comments on the new layout of the Forum...It would be an improvement for all the forums.
Comments on the new layout of the Forum...Agreed.?They should all be full width like that.
I would rather the action box stay on the right, but the forum stretch the full width of the browser window. (like many of us do with the local css code) I wouldnt like scrolling to the bottom anytime an action is needed.
And many forums have placed helpful links to associated forums to the right, which are very convenient.?This design would remove all that.
I suppose that's true, but only the Action box is really needed, I think. Maybe that could be at the top - there's a lot of wasted space by that massive black box.
... and links to associated forms, that's true.
Curt Wrigley wrote:
I would rather the action box stay on the right, but the forum stretch the full width of the browser window. (like many of us do with the local css code)
The FAQ layout would be a great improvement in all forums. The only thing from the right needed at the top is Start a Discussion.
A certain contraction, and it would be even closer to the fair forums.
is the author column actually needed on the left? i could live without it.
Changing the options in the column list is not an option the templates offer. And at this point I am not willing to go the way of overriding the stylesheets provided to hide the column that way.
Jacob Bugge wrote:
The FAQ layout would be a great improvement in all forums. The only thing from the right needed at the top is Start a Discussion.
A certain contraction, and it would be even closer to the fair forums.
Is it not possible to do more or less the same in the threads?
not with our access levels, we can only modify the Overview pages.
Does anyone at Adobe have higher levels of access?
of course they have, but i didn't get a chance to see what options they have that we don't For all i know it could be as simple adjusting the Overview page or as complex as having to modify the code to make the necessary changes.
OK, I was thinking that beyond a certain point maybe you have to ask Jive to change things. Do you have to ask anyone, or could you go ahead and modify the Overview page at least? Of course, in here the Overview page is very similar to the Discussions page - right down to having an 'Overview' link
I could but i won't. I keep the moderating to a minimum outside of the Photoshop forums, especially on the forums that already have hosts so ask Jochem. And besides, the stickies take up enough space as it is, making the Overview page single column would likely push the thread listing completely below the fold. That's also why i didn't implement this in the Photoshop forums, it would require way too much vertical scrolling.
I borrowed the Testing forum to show 2 possible designs. Do you prefer one of those over the current layout of the Forum comments forum?
http://forums.adobe.com/community/general/forum_comments/testing
Hi there
I tweaked it a bit. Popped in an image with a transparent background. (The white stood out too much against the blue)
Cheers... Rick
I prefer the least possible info at the top.?Starting every session by scrolling down is annoying.
The top one needs tweaking to display properly in IE7:
If the idea is to have the Subforum and Actions boxes side by side (as opposed to one above the other like the lower one), then that would be a good solution. Is it possible to have both - so there's room for useful links in a third box, say?
Noel
I prefer the top version, and both are far better than the present one.
Inasmuch as this is all I see, it suits me fine.?
I agree with Ramon.?Id rather use the local css mod to allow full browser width, than to load the top of the forum.?The proposed layout would consume too much?vertical space; meaning little to no posts viewable without scrolling.
If the Actions %26amp; Notifications box to the right were moved just a tiny bit up, we could have the same wide thread list in this forum as in the FAQ section.
I should like that. And then the same in the other forums, of course.
Not an available option. There were some designs based on hand-written HTML that did something similar, but no consensus.
If anybody wants to give it a go, you are welcome to grab the HTML source from the Forum FAQ, alter whatever you want between the DocumentBodyStart:3ddb15e3-5499-49a7-8c8f-f268fa28a9fa tags in the source and send me the result. If it is HTML and CSS only we could try other designs out.
Somebody, anybody, please? I know too little.
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