General Site Improvement ideas.

[Husky]

Well, i've kinda noticed that this site is getting an old look for our modern generation . So I had some ideas on how to make it look just that much better.

•Optional Colour Schemes - Maybe something like wc3campigns style?
•Rounded/Bubble Style Borders/Boxes etc. - What I mean by that is, the whole layout is kinda squareish. Personally, I don't like square, thats where the "rounded/bubble style" comes in.
•A new banner - Yes, yes I know it's a classic, but I think we could do better couldn't we?
•Smilies! - I think we'd all like more, or completley new ones (in terms of look).

I'm not quite sure, but I think its the version of VBulletin that you have that makes it all square, or am I just mistaken? I've been here over a year, and it's hardly changed at all except for some re-arrangements. Lets get this place, looking more like the Tutorial site. Now thats got a good look!

Anyway, your ideas?
-Husky

 

[WastedSavior]

:nuts: Your a brilliant mad man lol
yah its too "office" its not homey
that little corner, of the man on the left corner, is annoying lol no offense
but i look at him and im like
"arg thats gonna be me in 30 years.. still waiting for this site to reply.." its not that the sites slow that little guy just makes me think its gonna take forever.. lol im babbling bye

 

[AceHart]

> this site is getting an old look for our modern generation

This site is a harbour of peace in a world of stress.


> Banner ... I think we could do better.

Show me.

 

[Sargon]

Bubbly layouts are evil. They're too...frivolous, and annoying to look at.

 

[sqrage]

•Optional Colour Schemes - Maybe something like wc3campigns style?

Hmmmm...maybe if we were wc3campigns... lol

•Rounded/Bubble Style Borders/Boxes etc. - What I mean by that is, the whole layout is kinda squareish. Personally, I don't like square, thats where the "rounded/bubble style" comes in.

Well, i think this is done way too much and would make the site look less professional...yes we're very professional (not)

•A new banner - Yes, yes I know it's a classic, but I think we could do better couldn't we?

Yea, i think we should have a competition or somthing, but i think that little computer tech dude should be in there!

•Smilies! - I think we'd all like more, or completley new ones (in terms of look).

yea animated smilies are cool!

and sorry if it seemed like i was trying bash your ideas, i wasnt, also wrong thread, theres one called "Bugs and Features"

hehe made this

 

[hobo218]

nice banner

that sounds like a good idea having a contest for a new banner...but thehelper would still have to approve

i also like the idea about the themes...and we wouldnt necessarily have to have a lot, just a couple of options

 

[Wark]

I'm pretty sure there are a limited number of things you can do with vBulletin forums. But I agree the colors should be changed. I hate white/ligh backgrounds, it makes it hard to read at night when there is no light on, and it hurts your eyes.

 

[The Helper]

www.opentechsupport.net

Featured as one of VBulletin's sites of the month. Look on the left sidebar.

 

[sqrage]

vbulletin is open source right? when you buy the complete license?

 

[The Helper]

That depends, if you mean you can modify it yes - it has full source. You can look at the full license agreement on their site.

 

[Cognitor]

I like the site how it is for the most part. It does have a more professional look with not so much stuff flying around and polls on the left and ads on the right with 10 different color schemes.

Of course we can always use more smileys

 

[Sargon]

Of course we can always use more smileys

People spam the smilies too much already. We don't need to give them more reasons to do so.

 

[SD_Ryoko]

Suggest (beg) new forum.

Webmaster General Help
Get help on HTML, PHP, CSS, JavaScript and more. Discuss web design, forums, hosting, web promotion and other webmaster issues.

 

[Husky]

Well i've been playing around with Photoshop lately, and after playing around a bit, I came up with this banner, in dedication to the site

(We should really make a Competition for a new banner, I think it'd be great fun . And Admins/Mods could pick the one they like the most.)

Anyway hope you like the banner,
-Husky

 

[The Helper]

We have been planning a contest like that for the last week now. It was just announced this morning

http://www.thehelper.net/forums/showthread.php?t=24190

 

[SD_Ryoko]

SUBMIT WORKS HERE.
http://www.thehelper.net/forums/showthread.php?t=24190

 

[SD_Ryoko]

Heres a concept.

Really just more links to make things more obvious and bring it out on the table.

www.thehelper.net/index2.php

We also need to standardize our links on the front page.

Some are navy
Some are black
Some are underlined
Some are not.

 

[The Helper]

Looks good to me - if you want to make it a reality feel free. Also, you can standardize the links if you like - also, if you could modify the news script so it displays like it does on WET - without all those extra links that would be awesome!

 

[Wark]

Maybe a Valve Hammer World Editor forum for mapmaking for Half-Life 2 and Counter-Strike: Source.

Something like:

Valve Hammer Editor Help
For all your Half-Life 2 and Counter-Strike: Source mapping needs.

It's my dream to learn how to use the Hammer editor, and I think it would be awsome if it had its own spot at thehelper.net.