WolstonFlyer Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Using the clever developer tools in Google Chrome - here is a version in Blue but with the very top menu tools still in red, It is a bit softer on the eyes and represents the sky that we all love to fly in Click for a big version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles' Elder Brother - Moderator Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Posted by Martyn Johnston on 11/07/2013 11:28:40: I used to have an option to go to 'My Postings' on the old site. Where's that gone ? Edited By Martyn Johnston on 11/07/2013 11:28:52 Martyn - click on "Forums" on the red menu at the top. BEB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolstonFlyer Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Posted by Martyn Johnston on 11/07/2013 11:28:40: I used to have an option to go to 'My Postings' on the old site. Where's that gone ? Edited By Martyn Johnston on 11/07/2013 11:28:52 I found it by clicking on the Forums "speach bubble" icon on menu at the very top of the screen, then there is a link to "My Postings" just under the grey navigation menu where it says "Home, TV, Features, Events etc) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modonaut Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Where's the user panel that was on the top left hand side? That was a quick link to all the handy areas you'd want to access quickly. Now it's become like a Myst type computer game where you have to scratch your head and hunt around for what you want. User interfaces should be totally, totally transparent to the visitor, otherwise they just go somewhere else. I'll say this- I was really impressed with the useability of the original site, where you could quickly load up new photos and quickly access your posts etc, without having to read through a load of instructions. Reminds me of the old days where Adobe made retrograde 'improvements' to their software where functionality was greatly impaired and then in the next upgrade they were further improved by putting features back to where they were in a previous but one version... Edited By Modonaut on 11/07/2013 11:52:17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modonaut Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Posted by WolstonFlyer on 11/07/2013 11:32:11: Using the clever developer tools in Google Chrome - here is a version in Blue but with the very top menu tools still in red, It is a bit softer on the eyes and represents the sky that we all love to fly in Click for a big version. Yes, I did a few versions but thought I'd better not post them designers generally don't like their toes being trodden on! The red links are a definite no no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Bernard Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Modonut - no hunting needed - the user panel options have just moved to the red menu strip at the top of the screen. Have to agree on the comments re the use of red. I was always taught that in screen design never use red for text unless it relates to a fatal error, otherwise what colour do you use for a genuine error? Other than that I like the new layout. Edited By Colin Bernard on 11/07/2013 11:49:00 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modonaut Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Posted by Colin Bernard on 11/07/2013 11:47:38: Modonut - no hunting needed - the user panel options have just moved to the red menu strip at the top of the screen. Have to agree on the comments re the use of red. I was always taught that in screen design never use red for text unless it relates to a fatal error, otherwise what colour do you use for a genuine error? Other than that I like the new layout. Edited By Colin Bernard on 11/07/2013 11:49:00 Yes, thanks I did already find that, but no link to 'Posts' unless you go to the 'Bookmarks' where I'm not sure this is the right link. You can go to 'Forum' where surprise, surprise you find a list of your posts... Edited By Modonaut on 11/07/2013 11:57:55 Edited By Modonaut on 11/07/2013 12:00:12 Edited By Modonaut on 11/07/2013 12:02:12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeS Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 I do like the new site and think change is good. Very good work. Mike Edited By MikeS on 11/07/2013 12:14:46 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Bernard Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Modonaut - on my page I have a 'Forums' option immediately before 'Logout' on the red menu which takes me to my postings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Chaddock Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 The new site layout is fine and I know the Mag title is in red but there is'nt half alot of it in the new web site layout, particularly when you get into the forum topics. Edited By David Ashby - RCME on 11/07/2013 12:48:46 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Bennett Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 it is a bit bright. i have had to put the laptop on the other side of the room and type using long sticks. Edited By David Ashby - RCME on 11/07/2013 12:49:01 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katy Purvis Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 I'll change the name of forums at the top and I'm working on lots of bits, including the red Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willowlea Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Nice one Looks good apart from the red- might be a tad difficult with so much red for anyone looking in who may suffer from red/green colour blindness. Northerners dont NEED "sun"glasses- pray tell what is this "sun" you doth speak of Simon?! Use the lancaster's wings Tony, at 134" they should reach to type at a distance hehe Edited By Willowlea on 11/07/2013 12:56:05 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avtur Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Argh ... bit of a gremlin up here in the north west ... I just spent several minutes on a reply to this thread ... when I hit the 'add posting' button I got an error message saying thread didn't exist ... so my reply was lost. I usually write my posts in Word to get the layout and spelling right, then cut and paste into the forum reply box, that way I don't loose anything ... however this morning Murphy's law applied ... because I wrote the reply direct into the thread so lost it ... As to the colour and layout, OK for me, colour is a very personal thing and so I don’t have an issue with the red! EDIT ... now there is also a problem with this posting ... it wont cut and paste from Word ... that's not not good - Edited By avtur on 11/07/2013 13:16:15 Edited By avtur on 11/07/2013 13:19:37 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Berriman Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 There is a problem on the adds for sale pages with over lap of other page detail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foamie Dave Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 In total agreement about the red, apart from that very nice indeed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Whistler Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 The header is over the top of the Recent Activity - My Friends part of my page. Apart from that the site looks OK although I do prefer the old blue links text to the new red. Oh and my enter key doesn`t work on here but it does on other sites so this is all in one sentence, sorry. Thank you. The Whistler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devcon1 Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Eveyrthing looks good to me. Minor request,. could the "latest forum posts" show a few more entries. Many Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 I like red , all looks good to me ,thank you . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymaz Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Just been onto the front Ads page....there seems to be alot of over write Is it my browser or has any else seen this problem? Edited By cymaz on 11/07/2013 14:11:10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antiquated Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Well, I don't like the new look, I'm afraid. I'm not a fan of red, mainly due to my red/green/black colour blindnes (and TBH, it is likely that about 10% of the readership will have a similar problem). However, the big problem is that like cymaz I'm seeing a lot of overlapping content - for example the "HOME TV Features...." bar overlaps both the FMS/CML advert, and the text for RCME Magazine, Subscribe Now, Digital Editions. It also overlapped the login name/password fields when I was logging in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Wilson Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Think I just went red colour blind as it's all black now! Like the new look and I'm not having any problems with overlap on Safari, I pad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles' Elder Brother - Moderator Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Posted by cymaz on 11/07/2013 14:10:31: Just been onto the front Ads page....there seems to be alot of over write Is it my browser or has any else seen this problem? Edited By cymaz on 11/07/2013 14:11:10 Yeap - I'm getting that as well. We're just logging these for the tech team at the moment ready for a sweep round - they will be fixed one by one. BEB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymaz Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Thankyou........the top banner seems to have the same mishap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katy Purvis Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Cymaz, Antiquated and BEB, which browser(s) are you using, as I can't see the ad problem in any of mine? I'm not doubting you, I just want to fix it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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