New Layout Coming, I Hope

Yeah, I know, I'm dragging my feet. I'm working on a slightly new layout. If I don't come up with anything big, I'll just modify it slightly and then upgrade the forums -- an upgrade that's obviously long overdue.

I can't imagine what kind of upgrade it would be (it's pretty cool already)--- would I understand the features if you explained them. Or are they mainly admin stuff--transparent to the user . . . I did see a forum once where you could tell which topic a user was reading/or maybe writing to--in real time.

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Checkout one of the other forums I run for an example of the new features: http://www.edevcafe.com/forums -- more secure, more efficient, and tons of new features.

Yikes, we've been egerly anticipating an upgrade since the end of January/beginning of February! Still looking forward to all those new functions, I've seen a lot of them in action (especially on http://Mythalliance.com/forums)

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Good news everyone: new stuff is definitely in the works. It's not just talk anymore, stuff is actually happening. Codename: MoFo will become a reality. I'm sure you'll all like the site quite a bit when it's finished. Keep an eye out for it.

Site looks good to me!
Love,
Jozie

Ohhhh no. This is nothing compared to what is being built, trust me.

There once was a boy who cried wolf... until his friends killed him.

edevcafe is pretty cool. Will MovieForums be better?

In some ways. I think the layout will be just as cool. The site's are pretty different overall. eDevCafe is the result of several people -- I'm responsible for most of the content, but I don't have the final say over things the way I do with MoFo.

Hey honey-bunny, don' mess with what works! Visuals are good. Content is good. Posts are nutty. What more could U want?
Love,
Jozie

(Except don't make me always disable the smile thingies.)

Sorry, I've got to! Trust me on one thing: this layout has a GREAT "movie feel" to it. The designer is amazing when it comes to setting the mood for a certain site. The site will be friendly, movie-like, vivid, a bit colorful, but still relatively simple. I do plan to have plenty of information, but I plan to present it in an organized fashoin, so as to not overwhelm anyone.

I will do my best to make sure things are kept simple in most respects. The new forums are powerful, and, as a result, a bit complicated by default. I'll be sure to spend some time (several hours, I'd expect) on keeping it simple, and removing un-needed things that only add to the clutter, the same as I've done with this forum.

Okay -- do what you will. (Because you probably will anyway.) But just don't make it an "art director's dream site" -- that is one that is all gloss & no action. We already have too darm much Disney flatline stuff here in sunny FL. Give us MEAT!

Love what U-do already,

Jozie

I'm confused: are you saying you want the site to have plenty of content and focus...not just lots of big pretty graphics and glitz/glamour, etc?

U got it. (& U got that now!)

Love,

Jozie