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Nice... When I saw different GUI here I was thinking, that omnimaga site is broken. So it is not broken, but it is an upgrade.Any chance to switch back to the original design ?
I like the simplicity and clean looks of the new design. Gives the site a more "serious" touch. But I miss the news roll and the "recent posts" list on the hp. Especially with the removing the news roll omni kinda shoots itself in the leg, because if you're not logged in, you basically have no means of telling what this site is about.Btw I didn't receive a notification either.
Slowly getting used to the new theme and I must say, Eeems' KISS puristicy (wut) seems to pay off, it looks nice. Only the navigation bar needs a revamp. I would like if it was somewhat wider, just like on the old forums.If that's added, I'll be very content and happy.
News roll? The main page is suppose shows the news, but it seems someone was playing around with the permissions again. That should be fixed now.
And a third thing that is not so important, but the Recent posts are in "Unread" even if they are read. So maybe it would be better if it was in the "top bar" directly, as it used to be before the upgrade.
Will the Recent posts show links to posts instead of showing their content directly ?
Quote from: aeTIos on March 04, 2014, 02:45:51 amSlowly getting used to the new theme and I must say, Eeems' KISS puristicy (wut) seems to pay off, it looks nice. Only the navigation bar needs a revamp. I would like if it was somewhat wider, just like on the old forums.If that's added, I'll be very content and happy. Actually my main gripe with the navbar is that I am so used to New Posts being last. However, I think they tried to group things together via drop-downs, so having two forum-related links would have made no sense. However, I really can't wait until the old new posts list is back. Omni activity skyrocketed shortly after it was implemented and many people used it.
As for telling what the site is about, what we need back is the intro we had on the front page saying what Omni is about and how it's meant to be free of hostility and all. Since there isn't enough space for calc screenshots in the banner, a small strip of calc screenies of popular Omnimaga projects could be added inside the Welcome to Omnimaga box in the middle. The about page is nice, but we really need an (updated) summary on the front page, like we had and like what Cemetech currently has. The free of hostility part could also continue to deter sign ups of certain troublesome users (although negative post ratings usually did the work once they signed up).
I think his issue is that if you go to the news section of the forums, now the topics are not only ordered by last reply instead of starting date, but their actual start date no longer shows up below topic titles (the old SMF board, along with the Invisionfree ones, used a mod for that). It makes it next to impossible to find any older news because the Omnimaga search is completely broken (most results are irrelevant and we can no longer search for digits, such as "7 years").
I don't like this one bit.My Rep is at 0 EDIT:Why can't I change back to the old theme? It isn't an option on the homepage.
This is technically Omnimaga v2.0, big upgrade. No kidding, we did a super big upgrade, which is no small feat!That said, the upgrade is a WIP. Call it Omnimaga v2.0 SUPER ALPHA ALPHA ALPHA. Consider the website in alpha right now, with tons of bugs and problems at the moment. We're actively working to fix all of them, but for now, we ask that you bear with us during the upgrade. To repeat, the upgrade is not complete yet!
QuoteActually my main gripe with the navbar is that I am so used to New Posts being last. However, I think they tried to group things together via drop-downs, so having two forum-related links would have made no sense. However, I really can't wait until the old new posts list is back. Omni activity skyrocketed shortly after it was implemented and many people used it.Honestly unread/replies works way better then the others for seeing activity. Plus we have post notifications on IRC.
Actually my main gripe with the navbar is that I am so used to New Posts being last. However, I think they tried to group things together via drop-downs, so having two forum-related links would have made no sense. However, I really can't wait until the old new posts list is back. Omni activity skyrocketed shortly after it was implemented and many people used it.
Quote from: Eeems on March 04, 2014, 03:08:23 pmQuoteActually my main gripe with the navbar is that I am so used to New Posts being last. However, I think they tried to group things together via drop-downs, so having two forum-related links would have made no sense. However, I really can't wait until the old new posts list is back. Omni activity skyrocketed shortly after it was implemented and many people used it.Honestly unread/replies works way better then the others for seeing activity. Plus we have post notifications on IRC.Not to be rude, but I think you need to listen to Omnimaga users more, like the rest of the admins have been doing. While you think that unread/replies works better, it is your opinion and many Omnimaga users have expressed the opposite one (they prefer the big new posts list that listed every thread regardless of if they were already read or not and even if they didn't participate in them). I'm pretty sure that if every comment on this thread were properly sent as ourl.ca requests that you would have many requests about the New Posts page return. While the return of such feature is not a big priority right now, I would hate if you started doing like big companies such as Facebook, Microsoft and Youtube and tried to impose feature changes based solely on your own preferences and ignoring any negative comment about the change. At the very least, once the site is fixed completely, allow another admin or Sorunome to add features that many users would like to have back if you aren't willing to add it.
Quote from: Hayleia on March 04, 2014, 11:30:08 amWill the Recent posts show links to posts instead of showing their content directly ?As mentioned before, yes. If you really want the links to posts etc though, use the unread/replies pages instead though.