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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 _unsure.gif
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
QUOTE(Blaqheartedstar @ Nov 12 2008, 08:12 AM) *
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 mellow.gif


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
QUOTE(mipadi @ Nov 12 2008, 06:54 AM) *
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. tongue.gif
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! thumbsup.gif
rnicron
ehhhhhhhh....

looks VERY cluttered with the banner ad right underneath of the dropdown menu.
Maccabee
QUOTE(schizo @ Nov 12 2008, 10:09 AM) *
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
QUOTE(Deetard @ Nov 12 2008, 01:49 PM) *
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
QUOTE(Tung @ Nov 12 2008, 01:57 PM) *
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. sad.gif
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
QUOTE(brooklyneast05 @ Nov 12 2008, 12:05 PM) *
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
QUOTE(Deetard @ Nov 12 2008, 05:07 PM) *
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. _smile.gif
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
QUOTE( @ Nov 12 2008, 11:16 AM) *
Are you back for good? Can we get a iphone App for CB?

thumbsup.gif


I'm not feeling the change in width either. Cb looks so naked. laugh.gif
micron
QUOTE(Blaqheartedstar @ Nov 12 2008, 07:12 AM) *
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.


QUOTE(mipadi @ Nov 12 2008, 07:54 AM) *
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.


QUOTE(Aberisk @ Nov 12 2008, 09:53 AM) *
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.


QUOTE(kreios @ Nov 12 2008, 10:45 AM) *
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.


QUOTE(schizo @ Nov 12 2008, 11:09 AM) *
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.


QUOTE(only-tuesdays @ Nov 12 2008, 11:34 AM) *
I agree on keeping the WP layouts too. I've been working on a few for submission. tongue.gif

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


QUOTE(Tung @ Nov 12 2008, 01:57 PM) *
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.



QUOTE(Mikeplyts @ Nov 12 2008, 02:30 PM) *
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. sad.gif

the screenshots will be fixed tonight.


QUOTE(paperplane @ Nov 12 2008, 02:53 PM) *
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.


QUOTE(misoshiru @ Nov 12 2008, 04:44 PM) *
yeah. the wideness is most definitely a dnw. btw jusun, are you still in boston?

whats dnw? yes im still here. =)
batman
QUOTE(micron @ Nov 12 2008, 07:00 PM) *
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
QUOTE(heartquasm @ Nov 12 2008, 07:07 PM) *
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.. cool.gif
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. aniwink.gif
Amaranthus
^X2Mhm. This is a bit of an eyesore, with its width and brightness.
misoshiru
QUOTE(micron @ Nov 13 2008, 08:00 AM) *
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?
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