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Could the Recruitment thread be sorted like how the Competition thread is?
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It would be nice to have the locked threads not getting in the way of the threads that are still looking for help.
  Thanks guys!

Yes, mine is just like that. I do not have the sidebar like AGA's, it's all on the top like Tabata's with 3 drop down options for your profile.
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This is probably a long shot, but those of you who are having problems, try pressing Ctrl+F5 to do a complete refresh of the page including the CSS stuff. I doubt this is the case, but who knows.

There's a real issue with using the drop down menus on a mobile phone. Since half of them have a direct link when you click on the drop down title. The only way around it is by holding down on it for a bit until it drops down. But in the process I get the "Open link in a new window" etc etc pop up on my mobile browser. So yes, I can technically get to anything within a drop down, but only if I knew that these were more than just menu links - and if I was a person smart enough to hold down on it, then press away to have the browser actions disappear.

If you're wondering what phone I'm using, I'm embarrassed to admit it's a Windows Phone 7. But not for long, I have plans to buy an Android phone within the next couple weeks.


As for this profile viewing issue, I have full access to everything in my profile and viewing it. I'm not limited like the screenshots I'm seeing.

I'm confused because you're not actually asking for anything in particular. What are people supposed to be criticizing? The single screenshot and a few characters that are or aren't actually made by you?

That's the one! I knew my hint would give it away.

It seems that when you click the "new" button of a thread the first unread post of the thread is not displayed in another colour like before.

Actually I would prefer to see a new posts bar indicating that everything below the bar is new.

Nope, but it nearly feels like a movie like that. I believe you only see a total of two people other than the main character in the whole film (excluding him reliving memories).

Edit: This movie even features a beautiful dried up candy stuck to the floor mat of a car. Mmmm Tasty. (if you've seen the movie, it should be a good hint)

I'm not sure if this movie has been done before.. Here it is:

I find I have troubles with the sticky threads at the top. They look more like regular threads and I find I'm constantly reading them. Especially the beginners' technical thread.

Would something like this be better?



Lighter background color than regular posts, not all one solid color. Also moved that icon to the left side of the thread title instead of on the right. I probably should have gone a tad bit lighter.

From that screenshot I would have to say it's definitely: Law Abiding Citizen (2009).
And looking in IMDB, she was actually in that movie, not that I remember her being in it.

Obviously. But even with my edits, it's still roughly 350 pixels to spare in width, not including the 30 pixels on each side of the forum (which would be even smaller for someone with a smaller resolution, since the forum width is 95%). Then once you start going into that, things like the board description ends up taking multiple rows.

I don't quite know why the moderator 'needs' to be part of the main page, but it is nice to see it there so it can direct PM's and such in the right direction if someone didn't see it at the top of the board itself.

Edit: But if you really wanted, you could also change the right column to this instead of splitting up the column into two:
Last post: Today at 09:34:11 am  by moonkid
in Re: Purgatorio, built fo...

Then you could actually increase the thread title more.

You had asked what people meant by it being "bloated". Here's some of the things I'd like to point out on the index alone (home).

Here's where a lot of padding is located. It's quite useless and I'd rather see more of the forum vertically than have all of this padding everywhere.
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Here's a quick adjustment of the AGS Games section only. How it could be improved to better fit on everyone's screens without scrolling a ton.
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That's one thing I've always noticed about your websites is that you add a lot of padding around everything. I'm not saying I don't like your websites, I definitely do. I just know you could tone down on the padding quite a bit. I might have gone to the extreme, but I wouldn't add much more than 2 pixels on each of these boards.

If you want, I could also show an edit from within a thread as well. I also don't like the new large avatars, mainly because there is a TON of useless space whenever you have someone like AGA with all his:
Adventure Game Aficionado
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Administrator
Member

Then his Post count. Then his quote. Then where he's willing to help people. Then his social connections. All of which take up their own row.
Like this post: http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=45853.msg615529#msg615529

With the current Voting system and such, and all that padding, I can only see the top line in Domino's next post. I don't believe my resolution is overly small for a laptop either, being 1600x900.

Edit: I've noticed that once you click on these images above, it then makes the image full size in the post? Odd.

There are some serious issues with the few divs showing up as a link with the finger cursor and all. For instance, the whole Search div lights up all the text within that div as your mouse is over it. Very overkill and confusing for no reason at all - making me think it was all a link. Also all the board divs on the forum index show up as a link as well, but don't change any text or the background nor act as a link to enter that board. (edit: I've discovered it highlights the AGS Forums text at the top of the index. Also the graphics and text indicating what a new post, read post, etc look like highlight as well. Also a blank button appears above the "Mark all messages as read" button)

I'm using Firefox 12.

I also don't overly like the font used in the code display. Mostly just when it's bold. It's too horizontally squished together, grouping characters making it hard to read. But also happens when it's not bold as well, it just isn't as bad.

Also is there any chance the Smilies Alt text could show the text format along with the name? eg:  Wink  ;)

Edit: I like these being at the top:
Show unread posts since last visit.
Show new replies to your posts.

Could it be possible to add a: Show threads created by you.
It's a feature I've always wanted.
I also like how you've incorporated the "by user" search feature (which could be used as the way to find your own threads, but I'd still prefer hard linking).

There seems to be a big influx of spam lately.

Hmm. Something I never noticed when we were testing the new website. I'm not overly fond of the Picks of the Month not having a picture of the game to the left side.

Looks nice and fancy.
Now of course the vertical size is even larger now. I only get the Community and AGS Support at the top. Everything else is beyond my vertical resolution of 900. I hate scrolling.

No it isn't. I'm not sure whether going through Regina Hall's filmography is in-keeping with the spirit of the game  : 

Yeah I agree to an extent. That was my last guess by going through her IMDB information.

I was only basing it off the top picture which kind of looks like a dress coat with a missing hand, or perhaps the back of a chair. It looks like it's comedy based off of that, and of course me recognizing her from Scary Movie.

Ahh. So it's Regina Hall then, eh? I wasn't sure or not, I just had a Scary Movie vibe.

Is it Superhero Movie then?

Why am I getting a Scary Movie vibe?

I don't quite understand how it affects you as a person browsing the games page? It's there for those who want to socially advertise their own games or one that they enjoy.

I don't overly like Facebook myself but I don't understand the negativity towards it being added to the games database. If it'll help attract more gamers or developers to the AGS scene, then I'm all for it.