A really tiny glimpse at the new design

[Yoda]

http://www.movieforums.com/images/logo_peek.png

I told you it was really tiny.

[seanc]

I'm sensing a film reel.;)

[teeter_g]

How long we gotta wait for this?

[Yoda]

I'm sensing a film reel.;)
I'd say that's a pretty good guess.

How long we gotta wait for this?
Hard to say. I've had to churn through a handful of graphics designers, and there are still some crucial elements in the works.

I'd hoped to make a big push to get something out before the end of the year. At this point I'm pretty determined to get it up sooner rather than later, even if that means it being only 80% as good as I'd wanted. I can always tweak and polish it up while it's live, if the basic elements are there already. :) And that way I can utilize some feedback, too.

[Powdered Water]

Is this a new design for the whole site? Or just some updated logo's and what not.

[Yoda]

The whole thing. New logo, new layout, and alternate versions of the site specifically designed for phones and iPads.

[Yoda]

It's also going to mean some new features, but because of the layout delays I'll probably implement those after/while the design is up over a series of months.

[TONGO]

The whole thing. New logo, new layout, and alternate versions of the site specifically designed for phones and iPads.

Great idea. Making it easy for the smartphone users should help traffic overall.

[bluedeed]

The whole thing. New logo, new layout, and alternate versions of the site specifically designed for phones and iPads.

Finally! A mobile version!

[Yoda]

Technically you should be seeing a mobile version already. If you visit on your phone and it doesn't look different, check the top right corner above the banner ad for a link to switch. It's kind of plain and really slapped together, but it'll be better than the full site for now.

That said, yeah, the new mobile version is gonna be wayyyyyy slicker. Really pleasant to use.

[Sexy Celebrity]

http://www.movieforums.com/images/logo_peek.png

I told you it was really tiny.

What'll it take to make it bigger?

[Yoda]

Oh, don't worry. It'll be roughly that size on the mobile version (and actually smaller on the iPad version, most likely), but if anything the desktop version's logo might be too big.

[Mmmm Donuts]

What'll it take to make it bigger?

You know how, Sexy. Just give it the usual treatment. :D

[Sexy Celebrity]

You know how, Sexy. Just give it the usual treatment. :D

That'll make it even smaller.

[Frightened Inmate No. 2]

you should just give us a piece of the new design every day, and we have to put them together, and only when the puzzle has been completed will you put up the new design.

[Sexy Celebrity]

you should just give us a piece of the new design every day, and we have to put them together, and only when the puzzle has been completed will you put up the new design.

Nobody listen to the person with the spiky haired Marcia Wallace avatar.

[Frightened Inmate No. 2]

what marcia wallace avatar?

[mikeython1]

Just checked out mobile style. Much nicer then the previous version. Good job Yoda! :up:

[Yoda]

Just checked out mobile style. Much nicer then the previous version. Good job Yoda! :up:
Oh, that's just something I threw together months ago, just so we'd have something semi-usable. The new one's going to be sooooo much better. Of the three new layouts being designed (desktop, tablet, smartphones), I think the smartphone one is the coolest.

Speaking of which...

[Yoda]

A tiny little peek at the new mobile style on my phone...

http://www.movieforums.com/images/mofo_peek2.jpg

[seanc]

You know the real Yoda wasn't a tease at all.

[Yoda]

Except for that part where he let Luke think he was someone else for hours.

[seanc]

Strong point. Damn your good at arguing.

[Yoda]

Don't worry, I'm only teasing because we're not too far away from finishing this up. I'm tentatively shooting for sometime next month. By then I at least want it to the point where I can give a few lucky MoFos an advance beta test to iron out any kinks.

[seanc]

I'm sure it will be great. You have the coolest forum on the internet as far as I am concerned.

[Yoda]

Ah, thanks man. :) Hopefully you guys'll dig it even more once we get the technology up to date. The new version is gonna be wayyyyyy cleaner from a design standpoint.

[Yoda]

Huge amount of work on the mobile style over the last 2-3 days. It's coming along so well that it's probably going to force me to go back and improve the tablet version, even!

Really couldn't be much more excited about the mobile style right now; it's got tons of little details designed to make using the site as easy as possible, which really goes a long way on those smaller screens.

[Skepsis93]

Really excited for the new mobile version. :up:

[Sexy Celebrity]

Really excited for the new mobile version. :up:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-LbvFckptY

[BlueLion]

The forum's simplicity is one of the main reasons why I like it, so I'm hoping these changes aren't going to be drastic. Still though, an update won't hurt I suppose. I just really like its simplicity.

[Sexy Celebrity]

The forum's simplicity is one of the main reasons why I like it, so I'm hoping these changes aren't going to be drastic. Still though, an update won't hurt I suppose. I just really like its simplicity.

Better do something about me, then. I am way too complex.

[BlueLion]

Better do something about me, then. I am way too complex.

I can only imagine what your posts would look like if Yoda enabled signatures. :suspicious:

[The Rodent]

I think a change is needed... it'll certainly be a nice boink to the proceedings.

Just as long as my Review Thread is safe ;)

[Sexy Celebrity]

I can only imagine what your posts would look like if Yoda enabled signatures. :suspicious:

What do you mean? There are signatures here.

[BlueLion]

What do you mean? There are signatures here.

I mean signatures where you can insert photos, not just text.

[Sexy Celebrity]

I mean signatures where you can insert photos, not just text.

We had them, I made a Whoopi Goldberg picture signature, Yoda took them away.

[BlueLion]

We had them, I made a Whoopi Goldberg picture signature, Yoda took them away.

Would you believe me if I told you that a Whoopi Goldberg image is exactly what I had in mind when I said "I can only imagine what your sig would look like"?

[Sexy Celebrity]

Would you believe me if I told you that a Whoopi Goldberg image is exactly what I had in mind when I said "I can only imagine what your sig would look like"?

Cher couldn't believe anymore than I could.

[Daniel M]

With image signatures Movie Forums would be so much fun, there would be images of Whoopi Goldberg, Mark Wahlberg, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Drew Barrymore and Joaquin Phoenix everywhere.

[BlueLion]

With image signatures Movie Forums would be so much fun, there would be images of Whoopi Goldberg, Mark Wahlberg, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Drew Barrymore and Joaquin Phoenix everywhere.

No Lynch? :D

[Daniel M]

No Lynch? :D

Plenty of Lynch too don't worry, but for now it must remain just a dream :(

[nebbit]

Looks interesting :yup:

[Yoda]

The forum's simplicity is one of the main reasons why I like it, so I'm hoping these changes aren't going to be drastic. Still though, an update won't hurt I suppose. I just really like its simplicity.
I agree with you completely. One of the main goals with the redesign has actually been simplifying things even further: the new site is going to be even cleaner and put even more emphasis on the posts themselves. So while it is going to be drastic in the sense of looking very different, I think it'll appeal to people for the same kinds of reasons.

A good example of the necessity comes from looking at the individual posts. I'd say the site layout overall is straightforward and clean, but the posts themselves are fairly cluttered, which was probably inevitable given all the features we've added over the years. Just too much information, added piecemeal over the years, to display elegantly without starting fresh.

The new design philosophy, more or less, is: make it easy to find something when you want it, but keep it mostly invisible beforehand.

[Sexy Celebrity]

Hurry up! Unleash this beast!

[Yoda]

It'll almost certainly be post-Holidays (though a few of you might get to test drive it pretty soon thereafter). There's still a fair number of decisions to be made about how individual pages will look and a few crucial graphics still being designed. But the whole project took a huge leap forward in the last two weeks or so.

Plus, I want to give you MoFos one more Christmas snow with the old look before retiring it.

[Sexy Celebrity]

Turn the snow on now! That's supposed to go on all month.

[Sexy Celebrity]

The MoFo Weather Channel says it's supposed to snow, so snow.

[BlueLion]

I agree with you completely. One of the main goals with the redesign has actually been simplifying things even further: the new site is going to be even cleaner and put even more emphasis on the posts themselves. So while it is going to be drastic in the sense of looking very different, I think it'll appeal to people for the same kinds of reasons.

A good example of the necessity comes from looking at the individual posts. I'd say the site layout overall is straightforward and clean, but the posts themselves are fairly cluttered, which was probably inevitable given all the features we've added over the years. Just too much information, added piecemeal over the years, to display elegantly without starting fresh.

The new design philosophy, more or less, is: make it easy to find something when you want it, but keep it mostly invisible beforehand.

Terrific.

[Yoda]

Turn the snow on now! That's supposed to go on all month.
I'm having trouble remembering when we usually start it. But I think the last handful of years it's been just the second half of the month, mainly.

[Sexy Celebrity]

Now I know you probably can't design it, but it would be fun if the snow that fell down on Movie Forums was like actual snow and we had a blizzard and the snow blocked the links to certain subforums and threads so that you couldn't click on them -- like actual, obstructive snow that got in the way and made a mess.

Of course people could also just find the links to those places and enter them in the web address bar to get there, but that would be like an alternate route/cleared way to get there. A shortcut.

[Yoda]

It won't be anywhere near that elaborate, but there is going to be a slight wrinkle this year.

[Sexy Celebrity]

There's going to be snow and sleet -- and it will "crack" the main page?

[Sexy Celebrity]

Cracking it and cracking it until it reveals the new MoFo layout design underneath.

[Yoda]

This conversation is reminding me that you guys think I'm way more powerful than I actually am.

Of course, this is exactly what I've tried to cultivate, so I guess I should be glad.

[Yoda]

A little more...

http://www.movieforums.com/images/mofo_peek3.png

[The Rodent]

Looks like the banner of an olde theatre...

[Yoda]

That is almost literally the best possible reaction I could have hoped for. :up: That's exactly what I'm going for.

[nebbit]

That is almost literally the best possible reaction I could have hoped for. :up: That's exactly what I'm going for.
Looks great so far :yup: very stylish :)

[Sedai]

20s art-deco? I'm in!

[Yoda]

Man, am I tired. I probably spent 4-5 hours working on new layout stuff today. Made some definite progress, though.

[Sexy Celebrity]

Man, am I tired. I probably spent 4-5 hours working on new layout stuff today. Made some definite progress, though.

And 4-5 hours with something else.

[Yoda]

Had some really great creative breakthroughs these past few days, and things are actually at the point where if we had to launch the desktop version more or less as it looks now, I could live with that. In celebration of that, here's another tiny glimpse:

http://www.movieforums.com/images/peek5.png

[Yoda]

I'm so flippin' giddy about how it's coming together now. Here's some more:

http://www.movieforums.com/images/peek9.png

[Sexy Celebrity]

You should launch the desktop version when the '80s Countdown starts.

[The Rodent]

Does that mean my avatar backgrounds won't match the surrounding graphic?

[Yoda]

You should launch the desktop version when the '80s Countdown starts.
Wish I could (and even more, I wish I could launch it to coincide with the Oscar nominations tomorrow), but there's still way too much to do. Even if I locked the basic design right now I'd have a number of specific pages to finish off, and then I'd have to work out the integration with the forum template system and write a number of scripts to handle some of the new functionality.

So there's still a bit to do, but the creative stuff is really close. And that's the slow, difficult part for me because you can't really rush it and it's not always clear what the precise end goal is. Definitely looking forward to getting down to the technical side of things soon.

[Yoda]

Does that mean my avatar backgrounds won't match the surrounding graphic?
Yeah, avatars won't be on gray backgrounds any more, if that's what you mean. But you can keep yours on them and it'll still look good on the darker background.

Actually, one of the things I like about the new thread layout is how it really draws the eye to the avatars. They really stand out great on the new background. I think yours'll be really eye catching on it.

[Cobpyth]

I'm so flippin' giddy about how it's coming together now. Here's some more:

http://www.movieforums.com/images/peek9.png

That actually looks pretty awesome. The avatars will look more majestic against that darker background and with that white outline.

I'm very much looking forward to it. Good luck with finishing it!

[Yoda]

Thanks! And you can probably guess what those two icons are for.

One of my favorite things in the new design has to do with the avatars, too; I came up with it near the very beginning, and it's one of the few things that hasn't really changed since then, through all the iterations. It's one of the ways the new thread pages are able to contain all the same basic links and information but look a lot cleaner. Looking forward to showing it to you guys. :)

[Harry Lime]

http://www.movieforums.com/images/peek5.png

http://www.movieforums.com/images/peek9.png
Swank.

[Yoda]

I think you guys are going to go ape for the new profiles, in particular. I could not be happier with how they've come out. I had the structure of the page figured out months ago but I did a lot of polishing over the last week and it really feels like it's become the best possible version of itself.

One of the things I decided really early on is that, while I want the entire site to look nice (eventually; a few of the sections might be a little slapped together at launch), it makes sense to really obsess over the pages people are going to spend the most time on: forums, threads, and profiles. And I think the extra attention those three layouts have gotten has really paid off.

[The Sci-Fi Slob]

I think you guys are going to go ape for the new profiles, in particular. I could not be happier with how they've come out. I had the structure of the page figured out months ago but I did a lot of polishing over the last week and it really feels like it's become the best possible version of itself.

One of the things I decided really early on is that, while I want the entire site to look nice (eventually; a few of the sections might be a little slapped together at launch), it makes sense to really obsess over the pages people are going to spend the most time on: forums, threads, and profiles. And I think the extra attention those three layouts have gotten has really paid off.

Do you have a launch date set?

[Yoda]

Not a firm one, no. I'd really like to get it up before the Oscars, IE: sometime in February. And I've made enough progress over the last 2 weeks to make that at least plausible.

However, if that does happen, it's pretty clear I'll have to just do a bare-bones update on a few sections and pages. IE: new colors and headers and footers and all that, but otherwise laid out the same as they are now, but polished and improved more thoroughly post-launch. Trying to keep that to a minimum, though, and balance it against getting the design up sooner.

Decisions, decisions.

[Yoda]

Is it weird that I give these kinds of projects little code names in my head? Because I totally do.

[Harry Lime]

Is it weird that I give these kinds of projects little code names in my head? Because I totally do.
What's the code name? Then I'll tell you if it's weird or cool.

[Yoda]

It wouldn't be a very good code name if I told you.

Oh, all you fools...I've been lulling you into a false sense of security with this design for the last decade. And just when you're comfortable--BAM! A moderately different one! Bwahahahaha.

[Harry Lime]

It wouldn't be a very good code name if I told you.
That's okay, I guessed it.

Operation Mongoose.

[Yoda]

Close.

Radioactive.

[Yoda]

At first I was excited like this:

http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/web04/2012/7/16/10/anigif_enhanced-buzz-11661-1342447920-9.gif

Then I started to have trouble and got frustrated.

http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/web03/2012/7/16/10/anigif_enhanced-buzz-30486-1342447807-4.gif

And I wasn't even sure what to try, or how.

http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/terminal05/2012/7/16/10/anigif_enhanced-buzz-21770-1342449890-21.gif

And every time someone would ask me how it was going or if there was an ETA, I'd be all:

http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/terminal05/2012/7/16/12/anigif_enhanced-buzz-659-1342456499-13.gif

I realized I'd already spent months on a redesign that was still in the initial concept phase; I hadn't finished the general layout, to say nothing of the specific pages or any of the hard work of technically integrating it. But I was already committed.

http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/web04/2012/7/16/10/anigif_enhanced-buzz-11635-1342448084-11.gif

And then I sort of just broke down for awhile.

http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/terminal05/2012/7/16/10/anigif_enhanced-buzz-21621-1342448472-2.gif
http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/terminal05/2012/7/16/10/anigif_enhanced-buzz-21621-1342448885-6.gif

But I knew from experience that, as slow and frustrating as it was to just collect ideas and try things now and then, it was the only way to produce a layout worth using, so I decided to just keep trying things until enough good ideas fell into place.

http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/terminal05/2012/7/16/10/anigif_enhanced-buzz-21396-1342448282-3.gif

Things were getting better, but at the same time I'd been staring at some of this stuff for way too long. I couldn't even tell what was good any more.

http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/web03/2012/7/16/10/anigif_enhanced-buzz-30486-1342449343-12.gif

So I got some more opinions, kept trying things, and then it really started to come together.

http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/terminal05/2012/7/16/10/anigif_enhanced-buzz-21879-1342449439-17.gif

http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/terminal05/2012/7/16/10/anigif_enhanced-buzz-15593-1342447808-12.gif

And now most of the work is done and things are falling into place, and pretty soon I'll be like this:

http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/web03/2012/7/16/10/anigif_enhanced-buzz-31235-1342447824-9.gif

http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/web05/2012/7/16/10/anigif_enhanced-buzz-18672-1342450277-1.gif

[Yoda]

Story of the last couple of weeks: basic design integration = way easier than expected. Little tweaks to get everything looking just right = taking way longer than expected.

Guess it's better than the other way around.

[Harry Lime]

The beta version I'm using right now is great. Thanks, Yoda. Operation Mongoose is a success.

[mikeython1]

The beta version I'm using right now is great. Thanks, Yoda. Operation Mongoose is a success.

You just got the Beta version. Ha! I have been using it for months!

[The Rodent]

I'm waiting for:

Operation R2D2: I don't seem to remember ever owning a Droid before.

[teeter_g]

So...when are we gonna get a really big glimpse?

[Sexy Celebrity]

The beta version I'm using right now is great. Thanks, Yoda. Operation Mongoose is a success.

If Yoda really is giving out the beta version now, then I'll have to ban him from my guest house as he promised me I could get it, too, since I gave him input with the new design months ago. Just because I may be a nuisance to people around here is no reason to cheat me out of my beta version needs.

[Yoda]

Ya'll wish.

But seriously, we're not super far off from a select few getting a preview...

[Yoda]

http://www.movieforums.com/images/peek10.png

[Powdered Water]

Effin'. Dope. ;)

[Yoda]

http://www.movieforums.com/images/peek12.png

[Skepsis93]

Hot damn I'm excited.

[Yoda]

http://www.movieforums.com/images/peek13.png

[TONGO]

This is like a website doing a striptease, one bit at a time.

[Frightened Inmate No. 2]

TAKE IT OFF!

[Yoda]

Hey, pipe down, you: your ridiculously long username is one of the things I've had to account for with the new thread layout. So this taking so long is really your fault, when you think about it.

[Frightened Inmate No. 2]

i would change it, but as winner of Best Username, i feel i owe it to my fans to keep it as it is.

[Daniel M]

Is the fact that the Movie Lists only show the AFI ones and the pagination has changed to only to to previous/next/first/last instead of jumping like 10, because of new design changes?

Also I have noticed recently, reading topics does not mark them as read like it should do all the time, so when I use today's posts option, it is hard to tell what I have already read sometimes. Is this a site thing or a problem from my end?

[Yoda]

Is the fact that the Movie Lists only show the AFI ones and the pagination has changed to only to to previous/next/first/last instead of jumping like 10, because of new design changes?
Yes and yes. The former is because the lists shown are going to be capped (probably at 6) with a link to view the rest, so as a result you'll have a tool to decide what order you want them to display in.

The pagination might change back depending on how people respond, though it was done to try to stop it from becoming too wide, since the name of the game on the new layout is to keep things as clean and simple as possible.

Also I have noticed recently, reading topics does not mark them as read like it should do all the time, so when I use today's posts option, it is hard to tell what I have already read sometimes. Is this a site thing or a problem from my end?
Haven't done anything on this front, I don't think. Is this new or something you're maybe just noticing now? It's not supposed to mark them read immediately, I don't think. It's more on a per-visit basis.

[Daniel M]

Yes and yes. The former is because the lists shown are going to be capped (probably at 6) with a link to view the rest, so as a result you'll have a tool to decide what order you want them to display in.

The pagination might change back depending on how people respond, though it was done to try to stop it from becoming too wide, since the name of the game on the new layout is to keep things as clean and simple asp ossible.

Thought so, just checking, thanks for the response, looking forward to the new design now :cool:


Haven't done anything on this front, I don't think. Is this new or something you're maybe just noticing now? It's not supposed to mark them read immediately, I don't think. It's more on a per-visit basis.

Hmmm, yes it's new, been happening for a week now, I'll have to check my browser settings or something see if anything has changed, or google as it might be to do with cookies/caché? It used to mark the threads as read as soon as I'd view them, so I'd click "Today's Posts", open all the threads I'd want to read, read them, click it again and I could easily see what I hadn't read.

[Sexy Celebrity]

Is this different now because of the changes that are coming:

http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=12905&stc=1&d=1391533469

If I remember correctly, this thing used to let you skip pages ahead of a thread -- like it might have 3 up there instead of 4, or 2, anything that skips ahead more than just the next page. Lately I've noticed it only shows the page before it or the page ahead, nothing further back or further ahead.

[Daniel M]

Is this different now because of the changes that are coming:

http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=12905&stc=1&d=1391533469

If I remember correctly, this thing used to let you skip pages ahead of a thread -- like it might have 3 up there instead of 4, or 2, anything that skips ahead more than just the next page. Lately I've noticed it only shows the page before it or the page ahead, nothing further back or further ahead.

Great minds think alike. Read above.

[Sexy Celebrity]

Oh wait a minute, I see that that question was just asked......

[The Rodent]

Yeah, I spoke to Yoda about the page nav a few days ago.

The little white arrow to the right of the page numbers, you can type in the page you want...

[Yoda]

The little white arrow, amusingly, isn't currently working on the new style, and I'm having to make some tough decisions about what's absolutely necessary for the launch and what's not, so there might be a period of a couple of weeks post-redesign while I'm still integrating stuff like that.

I figure most of you would rather this thing be 80% done (with all really crucial functionality) and live a lot sooner than wait another month or two for it to be perfect out of the game.

[Sexy Celebrity]

Yeah, I spoke to Yoda about the page nav a few days ago.

The little white arrow to the right of the page numbers, you can type in the page you want...

That may be the first time in 12 years I've realized that.....

[The Rodent]

I didn't know about it either until Yods told me :D


As I said to him, I can navigate to get people's post counts and members lists... but I can't operate a little dropdown arrow.

[Sexy Celebrity]

Don't forget! Two days -- post counts.

[The Rodent]

Yeah, I'll remember this month.

[Yoda]

So, I've been browsing the forums with the new style (well, mostly--obviously I'm still polishing it) for the last week or two, only now and then switching back to check things. And now I'm using it for more than a few minutes at a time, and I dunno how you guys put up with it.

Seriously, gross. You people are way too easy to please.

[Yoda]

And while I'm here, might as well:

http://www.movieforums.com/images/peek14.png

[The Rodent]

Yods let me look at the design beforehand and asked me what I think...


Seriously... it looks nothing like those pics he's been posting in this thread.


http://i1163.photobucket.com/albums/q552/The-Rodent/MoFo_zps82aa3da7.jpg

[Yoda]

HEY! STOP THAT! IT TOOK ME 10 MONTHS TO USE PAINT SHOP PRO'S NEGATIVE FILTER!

[Sedai]

Now is the time to come clean about the site changeover to the new HelloMo KittyFo...

[Yoda]

A bigger peek than usual...

http://www.movieforums.com/images/peek15.png

Still a fair bit to do, but we're about at the point where things are functional enough that a lucky few can start testing soon...

[Sexy Celebrity]

Show me something Sexy Celebrity related on the new Movie Forums.

SINCE YOU HAVEN'T GIVEN ME THE BETA VERSION YET.

[Yoda]

There ya' go, squeaky wheel. You had it for 2 minutes.

[Sexy Celebrity]

I was going to PM you something I saw as a problem...

I JUMPED OUT OF MY SKIN.

It is DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT and 1,000 TIMES BETTER.

[Yoda]

You didn't even get to see the forums or threads, did you? Just the profile and the home page, and the home page hasn't even been updated yet.

[Sexy Celebrity]

I didn't look at the threads, no.

[The Sci-Fi Slob]

You should take a look at the font sizes as well, Yoda. Sexy's having trouble with them. :p

[Yoda]

DUDE DON'T EVEN PLAY I HAVE SO MANY THINGS TO FIX ALREADY AHHHHH

[Sexy Celebrity]

I'm giving away a little teaser myself. Just a little one. They won't understand it.

http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=12921&stc=1&d=1391733243

I just had a near death experience and came back.

[Sexy Celebrity]

Seriously, people --

THIS:

http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=12922&stc=1&d=1391735349

Is what the Movie Forums you're used to is gonna feel like once you see the NEW Movie Forums.

[Sexy Celebrity]

It makes the Movie Forums you're used to look like A Very Brady Sequel.

[nebbit]

So when do you think the new layout will be ready? :)

[Yoda]

Got Monday off, so I'm rolling through as many to-do items as possible. Good start so far this afternoon. Fairly optimistic this thing'll be ready for testing early next week. Wish me luck. :)

[Skepsis93]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iNfhN_F5GrU/UeSwHm04hhI/AAAAAAAAA3w/CrHheoyetWY/s1600/veruca.png

[TheUsualSuspect]

Good Luck.

[TONGO]

Could you make sure it can handle a 100 x 100, 100 KB Gif in the Av Image section?? That way I can use my shark occasionally :)

http://www.theouthousers.com/forum/download/file.php?avatar=36194_1389240860.gif

[The Sci-Fi Slob]

That will fit now. :)

http://s8.postimg.org/otvhefnip/shark.gif

[Yoda]

So when do you think the new layout will be ready? :)
I'm working like mad to have it live by the end of the month, IE: in time for the Oscars. I'm picking a few select people to test it probably as soon as this week.

As it is I'm going to be cutting some corners--a few of the sections are going to be essentially the same, but just sort of shoved into the new layout/colors. But the most-used parts will be new in almost every way, so I figure that'll work fine, and I can update the rest after the launch. Better than waiting another month or two, at least.

[nebbit]

Thanks for all your hard work Yods :yup:

[Yoda]

THE MOST BEHIND THE SCENES LOOK YET!

http://www.movieforums.com/images/peek16.png

[seanc]

Is that Russel Crowe's dorm window?

[TONGO]

That will fit now. :)

http://s8.postimg.org/otvhefnip/shark.gif

No I meant to say if they could get it to fit in the Av Image section.

[Yoda]

No I meant to say if they could get it to fit in the Av Image section.
Yeah, he's showing you the version he just resized for you. :)

[TONGO]

COOL!! :)

[Harry Lime]

Enough with these tiny glimpses. I'm ready for the big show.

[Yoda]

Oh, you THINK you're ready. But...well, actually, yeah, you're probably ready.

[Harry Lime]

You know it.

[Yoda]

There ya' go.

[Rhys]

I'm actually very excited for this even though I've only been a member for about 5 weeks. :p

[Yoda]

Oh dear. I flicked the switch for Harry and it appears he's left already. I'll give it a few more minutes to see if he comes back.

[Harry Lime]

Refresh...what the...?!

[Yoda]

Better hop around as much as you can for the next minute or two...

[Skepsis93]

You can flick my switch any time. ;)

[Rhys]

Is for everyone or just one person? :p

[Harry Lime]

And it's gone...

[Harry Lime]

That. Looked. Awesome.

Thank you, Yoda.

[Rhys]

Ah. I wanna' see. I wanna' see. ;)

[Yoda]

You saw a lot of broken pages, too--you probably noticed the home page was just shoved into the new layout. But the threads, forums, and profile pages are pretty much done.

It'll be back soon enough!

[Harry Lime]

I want more!

[Yoda]

Then I guess I'd better get back to work.

The pre-launch to-do list's shrunk mightily over the last few days, but there's still a few sizable things on there.

[Harry Lime]

To all Mofos, all I have to say is Yoda has done some fine work here and you're going to be very impressed.

[Sexy Celebrity]

I saw it, too! It's incredible!

[Daniel M]

The two people you choose to give a little glimpse are... Sexy Celebrity... and Harry Lime?

Very similar posters :p

[Yoda]

Nah, I just noticed them both demanding it and thought it would be hysterical if I just flicked the switch for a minute. It struck me as funny.

I've got a little Loki in me, I admit.

[Harry Lime]

The two people you choose to give a little glimpse are... Sexy Celebrity... and Harry Lime?

Very similar posters :p
What the heck is that supposed to mean?

[Sexy Celebrity]

Yoda, I need your help -- I just turned this into a MoFo Big Brother HOH competition:

See this post:

http://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?p=1033717

[Miss Vicky]

I'd really like to get a peak at the new design. Mind letting me have a look for a minute?

[seanc]

Yoda I need a peek

[Mmmm Donuts]

Yoda, show me the new layout for a couple of minutes. Please.

[The Sci-Fi Slob]

Show me a larger peek at the new design, Yoda, and I'll put £20 in your paypal (roughly $32).:)

[Frightened Inmate No. 2]

patience

[Sexy Celebrity]

This is for a game -- the person from the game Yoda picks to show it to will become the new Head of Household (very important to the game). Hopefully Yoda will help me with my wild competition. Pretty please.

[rauldc14]

Give me a peak. After all, I'm a devoted mofo.

[Miss Vicky]

I asked first. Plus I've been a MoFo longer than anybody else who has asked today

AND what's up with you only giving the full monty to other men while all the women only get a tease? Hmm, Yoda? Though, I suppose your mom probably got the full show...

[jiraffejustin]

Miss Vicky is talking about your mother, Yoda. That doesn't seem very kind. You should show Mmmm Donuts, Godoggo, or seanc.

[Yoda]

Mmmmm Donuts wins, because he's the one who came the closest to begging, per Jason's instructions. Everyone else just sort of asked.

[Sexy Celebrity]

Yoda, I'm sorry for dragging the Big Brother gang in here, but I thought it would be a good competition for them.

[Yoda]

It's cool. It was a clever idea for a challenge.

My mom hasn't seen the new design. I gave her a look at the mobile style at Thanksgiving, I think, but that's about it.

[Sexy Celebrity]

So, Donuts, you've seen it, then?

[Mmmm Donuts]

Yeah, and it's pretty sweet. Can't wait for it to be open to everyone.

Thank you Yoda.

[Sexy Celebrity]

Yes, thank you, Yoda, for helping us out with this competition. It was much appreciated.

[7thson]

I saw the new layout and found a snapshot of it. Here you go everyone: http://web.archive.org/web/20000823010142/http://movieforums.com/forums/

;)

[Yoda]

Aw, some looks at the old design was going to be part of the new design fun.

[Frightened Inmate No. 2]

"Welcome to our newest member, Austruck."

heh

[Sexy Celebrity]

Yoda, I must give away another tease:

http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=12952&stc=1&d=1392074576

[7thson]

I am sure it will be highlighted with the modern colors of the day: glowing blood red and black with a hint of hunter green or maybe deep purple. ;)

[Yoda]

The glimpses are getting a lot bigger. Here's something I just built...

http://www.movieforums.com/images/peek17.png

[Sedai]

The favorites section is VERY slick and fun to use, folks.

Be excited...be very excited.

[Proximity]

totes reminds me of space mountain

[Rhys]

http://nickmuscatelectrical.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Im-so-excited.jpg

[Cobpyth]

The glimpses are getting a lot bigger. Here's something I just built...

http://www.movieforums.com/images/peek17.png

Looks awesome.

[Tacitus]

It is awesome. ;)

[Yoda]

I clearly underestimated the degree to which the few beta testers would lord it over everyone else. :laugh:

[Tacitus]

I'm not lording. I'm confirming!

Smugly. :p

[Sedai]

My nose is all the way up in the air...

[Austruck]

My nose is all the way up in the air...
But that's only so you can breathe above all that snow, right? ;)

[christine]

Stop with the torture!

[mikeython1]

Seriously when will this be available to everyone because all this lording is making me super jealous!

[Tacitus]

This way, you'll appreciate it more when it arrives. ;)

[Yoda]

I promise it's getting there! I don't want to put dates on it, but I'll be genuinely surprised if you're not using the new layout by the end of this month.

Now, back to squashing bugs. :)

[Rhys]

Now, back to squashing bugs. :)

Wahey! Enjoy. ;)

Here is a complimentary fly swat to help speed up the process.

http://www.promotionalpromo.com/Upfiles/Prod_i/200817751706.gif

[Yoda]

Ten items crossed off the list so far today. Just rolling through these issues.

http://www.quickmeme.com/img/26/26e0b44710581faa282031d76fdb16d36564406b4c982bd7d62fc7333b3e274e.jpg

[Yoda]

Here's the DONE part of my TO-DO list for the launch (I think the items listed are sufficiently vague as to not give too much away). And this doesn't include stuff I fixed on the fly, so it's nowhere near exhaustive:

http://www.movieforums.com/images/peek_todo.png

My list of things do post-launch (IE: needs to be done, but not crucial before going public) is roughly twice as long.

[Austruck]

We don't pay you enough.

[Harry Lime]

What's a QR post and why does it make you tipsy?

[Sexy Celebrity]

http://www.movieforums.com/images/peek_todo.png

Too geeky for me.

[Yoda]

What's a QR post and why does it make you tipsy?
Quick Reply. Tipsy is a tooltip script I was binding to all posts on page load that had to be reapplied when something was added after page load, as Quick Reply posts are.

[The Rodent]

List item #90: T2 Judgment Day List Problem

I do hope you got that sorted :D

[Yoda]

I did indeed. It was on there twice due to slightly different spellings, which happens now and then.

[Yoda]

A message about the new design, courtesy of my cat Malcolm Reynolds:

https://scontent-a-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/t31/q73/s720x720/1063824_10151486714705885_1459470949_o.jpg

[Austruck]

Omigosh, that face. I hope you never, like, wake up in the middle of the night and find him staring at you like that. :)

[The Rodent]

Test!!

Testing...

Please ignore...

[Yoda]

Ignore what? I didn't hear anything.

[Yoda]

Here's all the preview images together in one place:

http://www.movieforums.com/images/logo_peek.png http://www.movieforums.com/images/mofo_peek3.png

http://www.movieforums.com/images/mofo_peek2.jpg

http://www.movieforums.com/images/peek5.pnghttp://www.movieforums.com/images/peek9.pnghttp://www.movieforums.com/images/peek10.png
http://www.movieforums.com/images/peek12.png http://www.movieforums.com/images/peek13.png

http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=12921&stc=1&d=1391733243

http://www.movieforums.com/images/peek14.png

http://www.movieforums.com/images/peek15.png

http://www.movieforums.com/images/peek17.png

[Yoda]

Incidentally, I'm probably giving my Mom a preview this evening, since she's stopping by. Standing offer: anyone who comes to my house gets to see the new layout.

[Tacitus]

Jehovah's Witnesses - You know who's door to knock on tonight. :up:

[Austruck]

It's probably more about bribing him with a meatball sub ... though, hey, whatever works.

[Yoda]

Yeah, bring a meatball sub and you get to see the mobile style, too.

[TheUsualSuspect]

Checking things out. Pay no attention.

[Austruck]

I just realized -- now that I'm home from having dinner with Yoda and his sibs -- that we completely FORGOT to look at the site on his computer while I was there.

(sigh)

[Sexy Celebrity]

That's his fault. He should have remembered.

[Miss Vicky]

So the Oscars are only a few days away. Any chance of the relaunch happening before them?

[Yoda]

:modest:

[Austruck]

It IS his fault! And he even got the meatball sub too! Harrumph.

[seanc]

I blame it on the meatball sub. If I had a good northern meatball sub right now there is no way movie forums would exist.

[Sexy Celebrity]

I blame it on the meatball sub. If I had a good northern meatball sub right now there is no way movie forums would exist.

Interesting. How would eating a good northern meatball sub change history and prevent Yoda from creating Movie Forums? Is there some sort of time travel involved with eating subs?

[The Sci-Fi Slob]

Is there some sort of time travel involved with eating subs?


I hope not. For that would mean I'd eat the sub with my arse and the diarrhea would come out of my mouth.

[Yoda]

I hope not. For that would mean I'd eat the sub with my arse and the diarrhea would come out of my mouth.
South Park dedicated half of an episode (http://www.southparkstudios.com/full-episodes/s06e08-red-hot-catholic-love) to this idea.

[Yoda]

:drevil:

[Yoda]

http://mlkshk.com/r/RZH5

[rauldc14]

I'll believe it when I see it :p

[Sedai]

10....9.....8....

[rauldc14]

7....6....5?

[Skepsis93]

http://www.reactiongifs.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/excited-adventure-time.gif

[Sedai]

I wondered where my liquid acid went...

[Frightened Inmate No. 2]

-1... -2... -3

[rauldc14]

http://media1.giphy.com/media/Gg8OTKzMxgsdq/giphy.gif

[Sexy Celebrity]

I see it already. Don't you?

[Sedai]

*Bans SC*

[Rhys]

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mapxvzOoz41rol1w1.gif

[Swan]

Finally! It's happening!

[Rhys]

http://media1.giphy.com/media/Ve20ojrMWiTo4/giphy.gif

[Sexy Celebrity]

*Bans SC*

Is that part of the new design? No me?

[HandyApe]

I thought I clicked the wrong URL when I first saw the new design :P

I like it a lot!

[Yoda]

Yeah, I'm getting a kick out of imagining people who were replying while this was happening and then see a completely different site pop up.

[Cobpyth]

A
W
E
S
O
M
E

[Rhys]

http://i.perezhilton.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/simon-clapping-x-factor.gif

[Tacitus]

Nifty, innit? :)

In all seriousness, Chris, this is my favourite messageboard design ever, and I date back to Usenet. Thanks for letting me play around in it. ;)

[rauldc14]

Is that part of the new design? No me?

Is SC gone?

[Sexy Celebrity]

Is SC gone?

I seem to have survived the change.

[rauldc14]

http://olivethepeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/applause-gif.gif

[Rhys]

I seem to have survived the change.

A mistake. Maybe?

[Sexy Celebrity]

Go pretty up your profiles. It's the best part.

[Austruck]

Wow, just wow! (I'm posting here only so I can see what I look like on new posts.)

Completely gorgeous on a nice big screen!

[Yoda]

Go pretty up your profiles. It's the best part.
Listen to this man. Picking and cropping a profile banner and getting the movie posters for your favorites on there is a lot of fun.

[Yoda]

Yeah, I'm getting a kick out of imagining people who were replying while this was happening and then see a completely different site pop up.
Hehe, this happened to Holden (http://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?anchor=1&p=1044968#post1044968).

Woah..that ***** just changed while I was posting. Freaky-deaky!

[rauldc14]

I had a message that we were undergoing turbulence or something of that nature.

[Yoda]

Oh, what I mean is that he had been replying to a post before that message went up (it was a quote from Serenity, by the way), and didn't submit it until the new site was live. So he had no idea it was about to happen when he submitted the post.