Welcome to CB 4.5! Options

[micron]

This is a minor update to CreateBlog and mainly a CSS edit. Haven't completed the transition but it's getting late (or early rather) and I haven't slept much so I'll update this as I go along. If the forums look weird hit refresh (F5).


CHANGE LOG
-Expanded width from 770px to 960px
-Now supports Myspace Profile 2.0
-Updated myspace profile 1.0 preview
-Added HTML / Scripts to Scripts section
-Removed MT and WP layouts
-Added thumbnails for Scripts and Tutorials section (new browsing system)
-Added Affiliates link to the menu bar
-Larger images and thumbnails
-Fixed friend ID grabber
-Fixed tracker mapping issues
-Recount tool under my account -> settings to fix inaccurate count (submissions, favs, friends, top friends, etc)
-Added browse by metro
-Fixed tracker identifying issues
-Hovering over layout thumbs now show submit date and fav, view, and comment counts.


THINGS TO DO
-Bring back the featured banner (cb1 , cb2)
-Friends page not complete
-Add more countries and cities (i'll make a form so that staff members can add themselves)

[fire]

Sweet, I am looking forward to it, though I am worried slightly, I cannot see the night-time skin anymore

[Gigi]

He said he's re-enabling them when he's done.

[dilligrout]

I love the changes!

[Mickey]

Sweet. The changes look great.

[Jamesisgsnap]

Yeah, I actually like it

[Blaqheartedstar]

wow this will take a while to get use too. would it be possible to get the boxed navigation on the top? without looks soo plain.
its really wiiiide.
look forward to having the skins back. Latte would be coming back right?

edit: aww man no affiliates link at the bottom?

also its great you didn't change the 100x100 icon for the 1.0 layouts. when i saw the new icon for the 2.0 i was dreading if it was the same for the 1.0

[brooklyneast05]

would it be possible to get the boxed navigation on the top? without looks soo plain.
its really wiiiide.

yeah for real i don't get why it needs to be so wide. it just feels like it's all out of balance to me with the tiny navigate and huge screen shots for the layouts, ect. it's so plain white and boring now on the front page


suppose i'll get used to it. i dont look at the homepage much anyway. at least some of the bugs are fixed.

[mipadi]

Yeah -- looks good, but now I have to scroll horizontally!

[sixfive]

Yeah -- looks good, but now I have to scroll horizontally!

Obviously not pro.

[synatribe]

you should keep Wp layouts, I tried submitting couple times but they never made it to the que :[ and Im sure there have been people who submitted, but after I upload the .zip file, a blank screen comes out, unlike when I submit myspace layouts, it says either I made a mistake during submission, or it will take a week to process the que 0_o
but I like the new CSS edit :]

[dreamgurl36]

At first glance, it's really... white and plain. The increased width is good, because I have widescreen. I agree with Blaqheartedstar too. The top navigation should have some colored bg, maybe?

Nice and big screenshots, though. XD

[schizo]

Woah, this is going to take a lot of getting used to.

I like it, but all the screenshots for the resources are super pixelated. That's the only thing that's bugging me.

[moorepocket]

nice to have you back.

[only-tuesdays]

I agree on keeping the WP layouts too. I've been working on a few for submission.

[arcanum]

Oh man, its so wide. hahaha. I like it though, I love the simplicity of the links up top, though they will take a bit of getting used to.
Yay Jusun!

[rnicron]

ehhhhhhhh....

looks VERY cluttered with the banner ad right underneath of the dropdown menu.

[Maccabee]

Woah, this is going to take a lot of getting used to.

I like it, but all the screenshots for the resources are super pixelated. That's the only thing that's bugging me.

Dido.

I like everything but the new favicon and the nav!

It sorta messed up the profiles. The width will take some getting used to.

Cause i liked the thin minimalistic look.

But im glad your not done. haha

[brooklyneast05]

ehhhhhhhh....

looks VERY cluttered with the banner ad right underneath of the dropdown menu.

agreed. i guess that will change to a cb banner soon, which will be a little better. but still, it feels cluttered to me in general.

[*paperplane*]

Really, I think it's excessively wide.

[sixfive]

I think it's a bit wide, as well, but I guess now people can't get so pissy over thumbed images.

[Tung]

I think it was poorly done, and rushed imo. It is too cluttered, and you said you wanted it to look more professional. But I think it makes it look more distasteful though.

[Mikeplyts]

I think it was poorly done, and rushed imo. It is too cluttered, and you said you wanted it to look more professional. But I think it makes it look more distasteful though.

Yea. I like the old layout better. And yea, Gabi's right, I hate how the some of the screenshots are pixelated. And a lot seems cluttered.

[mackenziee]

I kinda like the old layout better.
I hate that ad under the menus.

[*paperplane*]

I hardly ever have my windows maximized, so having to scroll a shit ton to read things is a pain in the ass. I can't even see the whole fast reply box at once, and this window is more than half the width of my screen. I'd rather have to thumb people's pictures, thanks.

[allvanishing]

CB looks too wide now, but I'll get used to it. I see someone edited my layout for this update for Profile 2.0. Nice.

[Tung]

This is like how Facebook got all wide and shit.

[batman]

Yeah, my main complaint is the width. I always have my windows resized as for easy clicking everywhere and anywhere... the horizontal scroll is just annoying.

[Tomates]

i like the old way better ;A; no offence

[misoshiru]

yeah. the wideness is most definitely a dnw. btw jusun, are you still in boston?

[rnicron]

agreed. i guess that will change to a cb banner soon, which will be a little better. but still, it feels cluttered to me in general.

even then, the dropdown menus will cover it. on top of that, the dropdowns seem out of place with the stretch of the board. center it or something.

[Mikeplyts]

even then, the dropdown menus will cover it. on top of that, the dropdowns seem out of place with the stretch of the board. center it or something.

I agree.

[Gigi]

I don't find the wideness that much of a problem. It could be because my windows are ALWAYS maximized.

[*paperplane*]

It's just not very practical for those of us who can't not multitask

[Simba]

I like that it's wider (for pix), but perhaps it's a tad too wide. Before though, it seemed like there was wasted space on the sides.

[*Janette*]

Are you back for good? Can we get a iphone App for CB?

I'm not feeling the change in width either. Cb looks so naked.

[micron]

wow this will take a while to get use too. would it be possible to get the boxed navigation on the top? without looks soo plain.
its really wiiiide.
look forward to having the skins back. Latte would be coming back right?

edit: aww man no affiliates link at the bottom?

also its great you didn't change the 100x100 icon for the 1.0 layouts. when i saw the new icon for the 2.0 i was dreading if it was the same for the 1.0

hmm im not sure how the boxed nav will look but ill give it a try internally. i should be able to port latte / mocha (without the boxed nav so far).

the affiliates are now at top. wanted to give it more exposure as an incentive for people to join.

what 100x100 icons? most of the thumbnails have been resized (html) but hasnt yet been properly resized (image) so they all look pixilated. ill make a script tonight to automagically resize and fix this.

Yeah -- looks good, but now I have to scroll horizontally!

you need to use 1024 x 768 resolution or more. if its windowed, youll have to resize the browser accordingly.

you should keep Wp layouts, I tried submitting couple times but they never made it to the que :[ and Im sure there have been people who submitted, but after I upload the .zip file, a blank screen comes out, unlike when I submit myspace layouts, it says either I made a mistake during submission, or it will take a week to process the que 0_o
but I like the new CSS edit :]

the reason why i removed wp (even if the submitter wasnt working properly) is because they have their own internal theme browser which means its very very unlikely someone whos trying to set up wordpress will look for themes outside of wordpress.org. mt just isnt popular anymore, since they still use perl, when php has taken over the hosting industry 5 years ago.

You should have gotten rid of the Hi5 layouts, and kept the WP & MT, those are starting to get more popular.

One thing I noticed (don't know how easy it is to fix):

i replied to the same question above.

Woah, this is going to take a lot of getting used to.

I like it, but all the screenshots for the resources are super pixelated. That's the only thing that's bugging me.

the screenshots will be fixed tonight, once i finish a script to resize and reupload everything.

I agree on keeping the WP layouts too. I've been working on a few for submission.

since wp already has a theme selector internally i think it would be unlikely that anyone would look for themes elsewhere.

I think it was poorly done, and rushed imo. It is too cluttered, and you said you wanted it to look more professional. But I think it makes it look more distasteful though.

what was poorly done? why does it look distasteful? if youre going to criticize, at least have the decency to elaborate.

Yea. I like the old layout better. And yea, Gabi's right, I hate how the some of the screenshots are pixelated. And a lot seems cluttered.

the screenshots will be fixed tonight.

I hardly ever have my windows maximized, so having to scroll a shit ton to read things is a pain in the ass. I can't even see the whole fast reply box at once, and this window is more than half the width of my screen. I'd rather have to thumb people's pictures, thanks.

if you have your browser windowed, why not make the window larger? im assuming youre in front of a large monitor, in which case, you can enlarge the windows without much effect on other things you want to see. cb has "stetched" ~200px.

yeah. the wideness is most definitely a dnw. btw jusun, are you still in boston?

whats dnw? yes im still here. =)

[batman]

if you have your browser windowed, why not make the window larger? im assuming youre in front of a large monitor, in which case, you can enlarge the windows without much effect on other things you want to see. cb has "stetched" ~200px.

It's sort of unfair to assume that other people browse and manage their windows the same way as you do.

I always have my browser window width taking up only about half of my widescreen so I can work on papers, notes, etc at the same time as I'm on cB. The horizontal scrollbar would still be there, but I wouldn't have to actually use it to click on the "fast reply" button.

I don't really know many people who browse with their windows maximized.

That's just my two cents.

Oh, also, I think the "Submit!" link looked better to right of the search.

[micron]

It's sort of unfair to assume that other people browse and manage their windows the same way as you do.

I always have my browser window width taking up only about half of my widescreen so I can work on papers, notes, etc at the same time as I'm on cB. The horizontal scrollbar would still be there, but I wouldn't have to actually use it to click on the "fast reply" button.

I don't really know many people who browse with their windows maximized.

That's just my two cents.

Oh, also, I think the "Submit!" link looked better to right of the search.

oh i apologize. the thing is, with the larger thumbnails, its not possible simply to change the col width using css. plus were adding to new sections to cb soon, which wouldnt fit 770px as well using the old navbar.

[batman]

Hm... Is it possible to just change the width of the forum then?

[*paperplane*]

I have to stretch the window to 80% the width of the screen not have to scroll, at which point I cannot do anything practically with the room that's left. But yes, the issue as Melissa mentioned is that I have to scroll now just to use fast reply. Other windows, like when I'm watching movies, will not let me resize the window small enough that it fits with the new cB width without it being dreadfully annoying.

I only use the forums; the size of the thumbnails are of no matter to me at all.

[karmakiller]

I agree with everyone else about the width of the forums. I don't have to scroll horizontally, but they look too wide. It was easier to read people's replies when the boards weren't so wide. It feels like when you go to website to read something and all that's there is text, so you need to resize the screen.

The navigation does seem a little cluttered with the ad right underneath. But as long the latte/mocha skins are coming back... haha.

[synatribe]

I know this is irrelevant but why does the favicon look like a l or d? Just curious :]

[Jghelfi]

i kinda got surprised because i thought that i got signed out, but then i read the WELCOME BACK message, and noticed that its bigger!
i hate how you have to click on the layout or script inorder to see the Screenshot better, so its kinda bothering me...plus the Skin on here now is hurting my eyes..

[brooklyneast05]

what's the point of having it wider in the first place? i don't see why it needed to be wider really. especially since just about every complaint has been over the width.


it fits on my screen and i'm one of the select few who browse with my windows maximized and it still think it's too wide. if i was one of the people who has a horizontal scroll bar now i'd be pretty annoyed.

[Tomates]

i just want to add one more thing,
I thought the old look looked more professional, this one not so much.

[Simba]

I think just a width of about 730px of posting space (minus all the profile info on the side) is good.

[Amaranthus]

^X2Mhm. This is a bit of an eyesore, with its width and brightness.

[misoshiru]

whats dnw? yes im still here. =)

haha dnw is do not want. It's just a little too wide for my liking. It kind of makes text look like it goes horizontally forever. I might be in Boston this weekend.

[Gigi]

On the other hand, it makes the essays I write from time to time look less intimidating.

Anyway I think it's a little too wide as well. And this is what cB used to look like, and we dealt with it before, so I really don't think it's a nuisance.

Btw, am I just stupid or is there no longer an Advanced Search button?

[brooklyneast05]

Btw, am I just stupid or is there no longer an Advanced Search button?

you're just stupid. just kidding. it's under the forums drop down menu. it's always been there for me though so i don't know if you're talking about a different one

[fainaru]

Aw :( I was a bit taken back checking cB today, (with the big layouts popping out at me). I really loved the old version, but I can understand where you're coming from for this new look (especially the navigation, there is some what of a GoogleAds disguise no?) )

[Gigi]

you're just stupid. just kidding. it's under the forums drop down menu. it's always been there for me though so i don't know if you're talking about a different one

Oh yeah, it's always been there. But just now, without Latte, it looked different to me so I never thought to look there. Thanks!

[hi-res]

I'm not feeling this bloatage (width) at all right now.

[Blaqheartedstar]

hmm im not sure how the boxed nav will look but ill give it a try internally. i should be able to port latte / mocha (without the boxed nav so far).

the affiliates are now at top. wanted to give it more exposure as an incentive for people to join.

what 100x100 icons? most of the thumbnails have been resized (html) but hasnt yet been properly resized (image) so they all look pixilated. ill make a script tonight to automagically resize and fix this.

no the image in the layouts. The one thats used as a default image filler for the myspace layouts. Thats what i meant. Sorry to confuse you on that. And i totally didn't notice the added section the top nav. Great that its up there now. I have to say i really go agree that its a little too wide. maybe from 770px to 870? I think that 770px to 960px is far too much.

and the box nav was pretty awesome in fact it was the best feature of the last CB. it was also easier to spot. now we can accidentally end up clicking the add instead.
The search bar being under the account nav, same with the submit button, just looks weird being soo close to the rest of the links.

I like the wider screenshots, hopefully that can be fixed to look more clear.

The layout/graphic info was ok the way it was, under the ad, instead of on top.

would it be possible to box in some of the layers? like add a background color like before. Instead of all that white. I think thats whats putting people off.

[allvanishing]

It could of been a bit wider from the old one, but not this wide. It looks like im reading a report. Maybe because there is no Latte.

[markmejia]

Does the ad banner haaave to go at the top? And right below the nav? :[ I think it would look sick if, instead of it being the advertisement, it was a super-pro graphic design. It would be immensely cooler if there were multiple designs that showed at random.

[Elba]

This layout looks messed up on FF, the search bar is under layouts and graphics

[fameONE]

Once the kinks get worked out, I think it will look pretty good.

Would it be appropriate to change the font for the entire site, just to bring something else fresh to the table?

[micron]

ok, a lot of you aren't digging the new width and wondering why its like that. the primary reason why its wider now is to make room for the larger screenshots. cb4.5 is optimized for 1024x768 resolution or higher, since people no longer use 800x600 (which was what cb4 was optimized for). granted, i didnt realize when i was designing cb 4.5 that many of you have cb windowed, which is why we have this problem now.

so, heres the deal. im running a script thats automagically updating the layout thumbnails as i type. check out the layout section and see if you still dont like it. ill port the nighttime and mocha and latte in the next few days. after you try that and you still really really dont like the fatter cb and would much rather prefer that we go back, what ill do then is make a "thin" version, where ill just have to reshrink the thumbnails (outside cb) via css at the expense of making it look choppy (since the image is larger than what its made to fit into). that way everyone's happy.

I know this is irrelevant but why does the favicon look like a l or d? Just curious :]

oh, its supposed to be "cb" italicized, but i can see why someone can be confused. when i finish everything, ill work on another icon.

i just want to add one more thing,
I thought the old look looked more professional, this one not so much.

i suppose its relative. cb4 was boxy, and although it didnt use any tables, the boxiness gave an effect that it did so, which gave me an impression that it was outdated.

haha dnw is do not want. It's just a little too wide for my liking. It kind of makes text look like it goes horizontally forever. I might be in Boston this weekend.

oh? what will you be doing here? ill pm you my number, if youre free call me. =)

Aw :( I was a bit taken back checking cB today, (with the big layouts popping out at me). I really loved the old version, but I can understand where you're coming from for this new look (especially the navigation, there is some what of a GoogleAds disguise no?) )

hmm i didnt think about that. ill need to check with google about that, but the ads being so close is intentional (as hated as it might be).

no the image in the layouts. The one thats used as a default image filler for the myspace layouts. Thats what i meant. Sorry to confuse you on that. And i totally didn't notice the added section the top nav. Great that its up there now. I have to say i really go agree that its a little too wide. maybe from 770px to 870? I think that 770px to 960px is far too much.

and the box nav was pretty awesome in fact it was the best feature of the last CB. it was also easier to spot. now we can accidentally end up clicking the add instead.
The search bar being under the account nav, same with the submit button, just looks weird being soo close to the rest of the links.

I like the wider screenshots, hopefully that can be fixed to look more clear.

The layout/graphic info was ok the way it was, under the ad, instead of on top.

would it be possible to box in some of the layers? like add a background color like before. Instead of all that white. I think thats whats putting people off.

oh hmm, im still confused. =( there is no filler myspace layout image.

i decided to do away with the boxes, since when im adding new sections ill have to recalculate the width to make sure everything will still fit.

the screenshots are automatically being replaced as i type.

ok. what ill try adding some colors to the navbar and see. you know, cb4.5 is very similar to cb3 and cb2, which is interesting because when i launched cb4, everyone hated it because it looked so different. and now people are wanting it back. =(

This layout looks messed up on FF, the search bar is under layouts and graphics

oh can you give me a screenshot?

[micron]

Once the kinks get worked out, I think it will look pretty good.

Would it be appropriate to change the font for the entire site, just to bring something else fresh to the table?

what would you suggest?

[Elba]

click to enlarge

[micron]

^ oh... fit refresh. cb is wider now.

[Elba]

oh it works now, lol

damn, cb got fat

[*paperplane*]

I could not care any less about the thumbnails, so a thin version would be lovely.

[sunshine07]

the colors are nice...but white looks too plain, maybe you could change that ?
and yea I hate the ad below the menu you know =]

and also, u could try making something like a button that takes us back to the old version ? just a suggestion :)

[fire]

Dude cB just got obese.

[Just_Dream]

damn, cb got fat

More like the Freshman 15.

And wtf BLABLA, from your screenshot you have those "boxes" on the menu/navigation at the top. Those boxes have been gone since yesterday morning for me, so how are you still able to see those at that time when I couldn't? I thought cB was messed up since I was too lazy to read this topic, haha.

[rnicron]

even then, the dropdown menus will cover it. on top of that, the dropdowns seem out of place with the stretch of the board. center it or something.

did not answer.

[Tomates]

i suppose its relative. cb4 was boxy, and although it didnt use any tables, the boxiness gave an effect that it did so, which gave me an impression that it was outdated.

I think the boxyness of it made it more organized in my opinion. This new one seems more downgraded-ish. Its like the layouts swapped and this one should be 4 and the last one would be 4.5

[allvanishing]

I think the boxyness of it made it more organized in my opinion. This new one seems more downgraded-ish. Its like the layouts swapped and this one should be 4 and the last one would be 4.5

I agree, seems like cb went back in time in design, kind of.

[lkajsfklajskds]

i preferred the old favicon :(

i dont understand, i think more people would want wordpress than hi5?

there arent any huge changes that i care too much about. but finally some fixes, i guess :D

[HakunaMatata]

Odd as it is, the only change I like is the width change, but that's really only because I have a 9-inch screen and feel like a page is finally maximized for me, but I would HATE to have a horizontal scroll-bar.

That said, I do think cB took a small step back if the goal was the professional look. I don't like the underlines on the navigation at the top, and much preffered the shaded-box style of the previous layout.

But! And I really hope this doesn't come off as a oh-I-should-say-something-nice-because-I'm-afraid-to-offend (do people still think that of posts?) comment, but I am glad for the nighttime skin. Unless, of course, it's always been around in this version and I...never noticed.

[Simba]

Unless, of course, it's always been around in this version and I...never noticed.

Ha ha, it's been around for a while (including the Mocha style).



lol all the cb profiles got raped

[HakunaMatata]

:[] How many options have there been?

[Simba]

I think there was a latte style too

[Anthonyash]

No offense I think it makes the site look a little cheap. I like it where you can tell right off the bat where the navigation is. For some reason at first I skipped over and was looking for the Nav. I also don't like how with the previews are stretched out sometimes because of the predefined widths.

But yea it's cute :D

[Blaqheartedstar]

oh hmm, im still confused. =( there is no filler myspace layout image.

i decided to do away with the boxes, since when im adding new sections ill have to recalculate the width to make sure everything will still fit.

the screenshots are automatically being replaced as i type.

ok. what ill try adding some colors to the navbar and see. you know, cb4.5 is very similar to cb3 and cb2, which is interesting because when i launched cb4, everyone hated it because it looked so different. and now people are wanting it back. =(
oh can you give me a screenshot?

Aww i actually liked cb4, just wasn't digging the new standards for layouts when cb4 launched.

ok, this is the icon I'm talking about.


when i saw you have this one


i was hoping that the first one wasn't replaced. I actually like the first one.

i can hardly remember cb3, but wasn't cb three the logo, and three columns with links? or was the cb 2?
the forum section for the layout comments was a feature i missed, but when you updated the comments for cb4 turned out pretty good.

the screenshots look pretty good.

[Simba]

I like the first much better than that new one...

[markmejia]

lol all the cb profiles got raped

Mine appears to be a virgin still. :]

[Simba]

yours is da best mang you deed it

[Brighter]

I don't know if anyone's mentioned this yet, but it's all funny in IE6.

Doesn't really affect me, because any computer that I use without IE7 has Firefox, but thought I should put that out there.

[Gigi]

Who the f*ck still uses IE6? Yeah. No one.

[Mikeplyts]

Who the f*ck still uses IE6? Yeah. No one.

^lol. true dat.
Any body got screenshots of cB 1 and cB 2? I doubt it.

[synatribe]

^lol. true dat.
Any body got screenshots of cB 1 and cB 2? I doubt it.

way back machine :] a.k.a archive.org

[markmejia]

I wish the search bar on the front page weren't touching the ad banner.

/firefox 3, mac

[synatribe]

the ad is honestly an eyesore, maybe there is a way to frame the ad and make the site look more aligned, the huge content and the tinier nav seems unbalanced :/

[Brighter]

Who the f*ck still uses IE6? Yeah. No one.

Plenty of people don't, sure, but there are still a number who are on IE6. Maybe they have a slow connection and can't download IE7.

[*paperplane*]

This has probably already been covered, but the ad at the top looks trashy as hell

[Gigi]

You guys were talking about an ad, and I was like...wtf are you talking about, I don't see an ad. Then I went on my iPod touch and saw it.

And then I remembered that I installed an add-on for Firefox that blocks ads on all pages.

So maybe look into that.

[brooklyneast05]

i like the blue on the forums or blue on the paint brush in the createblog logo better than the neonish blue stuff too.

[micron]

even then, the dropdown menus will cover it. on top of that, the dropdowns seem out of place with the stretch of the board. center it or something.

oh we'll be adding more sections to the navbar, but youre right, i can see where youre coming from. instead of centering, ill most likely have the navbar colored instead.

i preferred the old favicon :(

i dont understand, i think more people would want wordpress than hi5?

there arent any huge changes that i care too much about. but finally some fixes, i guess :D

i mentioned this before, but wp has their own skin respository built right into their site. theres little reason why anyone would go anywhere other than wordpress.org itself to grab skins.

Odd as it is, the only change I like is the width change, but that's really only because I have a 9-inch screen and feel like a page is finally maximized for me, but I would HATE to have a horizontal scroll-bar.

That said, I do think cB took a small step back if the goal was the professional look. I don't like the underlines on the navigation at the top, and much preffered the shaded-box style of the previous layout.

But! And I really hope this doesn't come off as a oh-I-should-say-something-nice-because-I'm-afraid-to-offend (do people still think that of posts?) comment, but I am glad for the nighttime skin. Unless, of course, it's always been around in this version and I...never noticed.

... sadly, based on the replies, i think thats the general consensus (a step backword). i do appreciate the honesty but sometimes i wish people would use a little more tact when criticizing. obviously, it wasnt my intention to go a step back, so a little sensitivity would go a long way. some of the other replies ive been getting just seem to be a bashfest without giving me any useful pointers for improvement. but anyhow, thanks for putting it lightly (serious, not being sarcastic).

i will be working on the mocha and latte skins and maybe you guys will like that.

No offense I think it makes the site look a little cheap. I like it where you can tell right off the bat where the navigation is. For some reason at first I skipped over and was looking for the Nav. I also don't like how with the previews are stretched out sometimes because of the predefined widths.

But yea it's cute :D

i agree that the navbar is somewhat cluttered (with teh ads). in all honestly, the ads are strategically placed there to maximize exposure. youll notice that now, we only have a banner ad (with the link ad to the right) and a 300x250 ad littered on destination pages (ie layout code page). before, we had a lot more ads everywhere (including a skyscraper ad on destination pages that sort of messed this up. since the ads now are getting more exposure, well have less ads everywhere else.

Aww i actually liked cb4, just wasn't digging the new standards for layouts when cb4 launched.

ok, this is the icon I'm talking about.


when i saw you have this one


i was hoping that the first one wasn't replaced. I actually like the first one.

i can hardly remember cb3, but wasn't cb three the logo, and three columns with links? or was the cb 2?
the forum section for the layout comments was a feature i missed, but when you updated the comments for cb4 turned out pretty good.

the screenshots look pretty good.

oh haha. sorry about that. ill be changing the icon since there were confusion that it looks more like an l than cb.

I don't know if anyone's mentioned this yet, but it's all funny in IE6.

Doesn't really affect me, because any computer that I use without IE7 has Firefox, but thought I should put that out there.

yes, i just realized that today! thank you for telling me, ill fix this tonight.

To be honest, I think the new layout is really unorganized.
I miss the skins because I really can't look at the default screens.
And I think the other skins are better for CB, cause it does conserve energy since things can be darker.
I don't really like the width cause I have to scroll over now.

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mocha and latte will be back shortly. are you using a window to browse or full screen?

the ad is honestly an eyesore, maybe there is a way to frame the ad and make the site look more aligned, the huge content and the tinier nav seems unbalanced :/

i mentioned this above.. the ad is placed there for a reason to maximize exposure. i know it doesnt look too good, but in exchange, we now have less ads everywhere else. ill play around with the css and change the navbar colors and see if that looks any better.



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on a side note, tracker identifying feature now works again. official members will be able to track ips every 5 sec, whereas regular members 10sec.

[queen]

the width makes it look a little more web 2.0 ish, which would technically be a step forwardin design. the "in" thing in web design nowadays is going for the bigger, wider look (e.g. - facebook). if anything, we're a little late on the trend.

the problem is that it's not as functional for some people as it is for others. though, i am glad that you're trying to move forward; i found it amazing that there are some people out there still on 800x600 (throw out your monitors already!). as for the issue of people resizing their windows, i guess it just depends on how small you resize. i've always resized my browser, but never smaller than ~2/3 of my widescreen just 'cause i hate vertical windows; therefore, this is no problem for me.

i think a good compromise would be to keep the "fast reply" aligned to the left of the screen and make it smaller (around 2/3 of the current size would be ok i think). that way, people could fast reply without scrolling horizontally.

i agree with what was said about the aqua color; i much prefer the old duller blue, which imo is more professional looking as well. the banner is in disaray purely because everything (text, graphics, ads) is within a white bg. i think some kind of framework/color change would be needed to organize it.

[change]

I personally like the wider width, it is more web 2.0

[Tomates]

I personally like the wider width, it is more web 2.0

it was too wide. Everyone was more use to the smaller width

[LifesLushLips]

I agree, seems like cb went back in time in design, kind of.

I agree also. I have this thing for organization and I personally do think the boxes really added to the organization aspect of the site.

Also I wouldn't mind if it got a little wider but this is like...too wide. I don't have the horizontal scroll bar or anything but the wideness is personally an eyesore to me.

[rnicron]

NOT to be harsh, but honestly, this is going more towards...dun dun dun...BLOGRING!

[Mickey]

it was too wide. Everyone was more use to the smaller width

Everyone was used to cB 2/3 but they adjusted just fine. I think people should give it time. I'm sure they will get used to it like they did with the earlier versions. As for the ad, I think it was a strategic move to place it there. It does look a bit cluttered but like the width of the forum, I'm sure it'll be fine once it's adjusted to.

[Jeng]

to wide for me :[
on internet explorer 6

[nikx618]

imo, i liked the old CB. i don't like how a lot of things aren't in their little
boxes with borders and stuff. &i also agree that its too wide.