Critical Thinking
I'm fond of the whimsy of the background. But am interested in what others think of it.
I'm fond of the whimsy of the background. But am interested in what others think of it.
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Criticism and suggestions welcome (but be gentle...)
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 Dreamer1955 |
Criticism and suggestions welcome (but be gentle...) |
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Posts: 37 02-21-06 6:21 AM |
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 pink |
Re: Criticism and suggestions welcome (but be gentle...) | #1 | ||
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Giddy with power
 part of the furniture
Posts: 2487 02-21-06 11:02 AM kegel goddess |
I'll do a critique when I can stop myself reading the threads!!
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Dreamer1955 |
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Posts: 37 02-21-06 11:07 AM |
Now that's what I like to hear! Jump in!
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tangolitious1 |
Re: Criticism and suggestions welcome (but be gentle...) | #3 | ||
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 part of the furniture
Posts: 437 02-22-06 1:54 AM |
Well after Pinks post I must confess I started reading too.
But back on track, It's a decent board. I'm not sure what the background has to do with your board though. I have to admit I do like a subdued image like that for a board background. In fact I try to incorporate that in my themes allot. I think that you need a little color to break things up a bit. Perhaps make the headers a different color. Then add some catagory headers of the same color but a different shade too. Maybe a light blue like your buttons. I think the hot icon, closed topic, sticky and poll graphic need to match your topic and reply buttons I am not really crazy about the new message icon. It does fit your board (the only thing that really does IMO) but I had to look at it twice to determine what it was exactly. As far as your banner, it conveys the board name surely. I guess thats all you really intended there? |
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Dreamer1955 |
Re: Criticism and suggestions welcome (but be gentle...) | #4 | ||
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Posts: 37 02-22-06 3:29 AM |
Thanks a lot! Those all sound like great suggestions.
The bears were a depiction of my view of how debate boards sometimes get: A couple of bears (seemingly) arguing. Again, thanks! |
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Dreamer1955 |
Re: Criticism and suggestions welcome (but be gentle...) | #5 | ||
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Posts: 37 02-22-06 9:21 AM |
We're tinkering. We've replaced the bears with a faded photo of the grand staircase in the grad library at a university. We're trying to decide for our unread message icon between a podium, a megaphone, and a smiley at a computer.
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pink |
Re: Criticism and suggestions welcome (but be gentle...) | #6 | ||
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Giddy with power
part of the furniture
Posts: 2487 03-03-06 9:11 PM kegel goddess |
Hi there,
Well, your board has a keen simplicity, which makes it easy to read and navigate. The new background is better I think, more muted. Overall it's nicely uncluttered. Don't go overboard for your unread icon - keep it simple inline with the rest of the boards look. I do find the clocks a bit misplaced up there though - I would suggest getting a new banner that was in keeping with the simple overall look, then placing the banner on the left and the clocks on the right, all contained in the same single colour band. That will anchor the top of the page into a strong heading area, and will give more form and structure to the page. |
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Dreamer1955 |
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Posts: 37 03-04-06 6:29 AM |
Thanks, Pink. I like the sound of that. Can you direct me toward a link that will tell me how to do that?
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pink |
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Giddy with power
part of the furniture
Posts: 2487 03-04-06 6:49 AM kegel goddess |
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Dreamer1955 |
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Posts: 37 03-04-06 4:05 PM |
Thanks! The board looks much better with these great suggestions.
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Dreamer1955 |
A new problem | #10 | ||
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Posts: 37 03-11-06 4:47 PM |
One of my members says the number of graphics crashes her computer. Does the background I use require more whatever-her-computer-needs than a prefab background?
What can I remove besides the clocks? |
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