ANNOUNCEMENT: f13 Redesign.

[schild]

To update you all, new frontpage is completely done. Just working on content now.

Titles are in progress, like last time, they'll hopefully all pop up in a chunk.

[Velorath]

Not related to the redesign, but did I just never notice before that the buttons to remove or lock a thread are present in threads I started or is that some sort of recent error or something?

[Trippy]

It's schild fucking up the permissions for the new Hex group. Fortunately it only applied to the threads you created.

[Numtini]

Not related to the redesign, but did I just never notice before that the buttons to remove or lock a thread are present in threads I started or is that some sort of recent error or something?

I've had that for a while. Scares the heck out of me whenever I notice.

[schild]

haha i'm the worst

[schild]

People are going to start seeing their new titles appear tonight!

[ezrast]

So this is what having a front page feels like.

[schild]

yea its weird i know

we're going to keep adding shit soon, I just didn't want to start fucking with too much in case stuff broke

[Ragnoros]

Looks good. None of the pictures work in the reviews / donate / etc. pages. But you probably know this.

Typo on the about page, "Behind it you can donate an individual amount of sign up for a small monthly donation."

Hope to see more content on a regular basis. Are foozles allowed to submit reviews for approval?

[Salamok]

I like that the content is responsive unfortunately the banner doesn't have a mobile version and the navigation completely disappears in the mobile view:

Code:

@media screen and (max-width: 480px) {

#main_container { width: 320px; }
#menu_container { display: none; }               /******************************NO NAVIGATION FOR MOBILE VISITORS***************************/
.home_post_cont { margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; float: none; clear: both; }
#footer { display: none; }
#commentform textarea { width: 220px; }
#sidebar { display: none; }
.single_left { float: none; width: 228px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; }
.single_left img { width: 228px; height:inherit; }
}

This should probably be the very first thing you would want to fix....

edit - I am curious are the articles going to eventually go on forever like some gamer version of pinterest or is there going to be a max # displayed per page?  Personally I think hitting people with 16 or so on the initial page load then doing the twitter infinite scroll ajax thing would be pretty cool.

edit2 - Stay away revealing critical information on hover, this is not friendly with touch screen devices at all and is completely at odds with the path of responsive mobile content niceness you had going on.  As it is now on a phone or tablet you need to actually go to each article (aka click on the pretty picture with no words) to see what it is about.  The hover to see description thing needs to go asap.

[schild]

Looks good. None of the pictures work in the reviews / donate / etc. pages. But you probably know this.

Typo on the about page, "Behind it you can donate an individual amount of sign up for a small monthly donation."

Hope to see more content on a regular basis. Are foozles allowed to submit reviews for approval?

Image problem is a remnant of moving the CMS shit. It worked on the test site, it'll get fixed.

People can submit stuff, but staff will informally vote on the game.

I like that the content is responsive unfortunately the banner doesn't have a mobile version and the navigation completely disappears in the mobile view:

Code:

@media screen and (max-width: 480px) {

#main_container { width: 320px; }
#menu_container { display: none; }               /******************************NO NAVIGATION FOR MOBILE VISITORS***************************/
.home_post_cont { margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; float: none; clear: both; }
#footer { display: none; }
#commentform textarea { width: 220px; }
#sidebar { display: none; }
.single_left { float: none; width: 228px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; }
.single_left img { width: 228px; height:inherit; }
}

This should probably be the very first thing you would want to fix....

edit - I am curious are the articles going to eventually go on forever like some gamer version of pinterest or is there going to be a max # displayed per page?  Personally I think hitting people with 16 or so on the initial page load then doing the twitter infinite scroll ajax thing would be pretty cool.

edit2 - Stay away revealing critical information on hover, this is not friendly with touch screen devices at all and is completely at odds with the path of responsive mobile content niceness you had going on.  As it is now on a phone or tablet you need to actually go to each article (aka click on the pretty picture with no words) to see what it is about.  The hover to see description thing needs to go asap.

It'll be paginated, I have a personal disdain for infinite scroll when you hit the bottom of the page. I don't even like it in RES for Reddit. I'll probably have to work up something completely different for mobile devices. The responsive bits was a pile of ass. Optimizing for mobile on our frontpage isn't exactly a high priority because, you know, we don't actually make any real money off this shit.

Edit: The "critical information" you mentioned works on my Note II, you just don't lift your finger when you touch it. But, again, blehhhhh. Mobile devices. Like IE only more obnoxious.

[Ironwood]

Nice.

[Trippy]

Looks good. None of the pictures work in the reviews / donate / etc. pages. But you probably know this.

Typo on the about page, "Behind it you can donate an individual amount of sign up for a small monthly donation."

Fixed.

[Quinton]

Yay. forums.f13.net finally goes to the forum homepage again!

[Xuri]

I like it. Any chance of adding info about which platforms the reviewed games are available on, though?

[K9]

Yay. forums.f13.net finally goes to the forum homepage again!

We're in the future now!

[HaemishM]

Something up with the forum cookies? I have to log in every time I come here now, even when I set the session length to "Forever."

[Trippy]

Something up with the forum cookies? I have to log in every time I come here now, even when I set the session length to "Forever."

Delete your forums.f13.net cookies and try it again. Or use a different browser.

[Typhon]

Having same issue that Haemish is having on Firefox, Chrome and iPad (opera).  Deleted cookies on Firefox, no change.  Had never logged in here with chrome, same issue.

[Trouble]

Will there be a new forum theme? Or is this just the site proper?

[schild]

I've had no cookie issues. Weird.

[Typhon]

Really weird. Because this time I didn't bother logging in with Opera, I just clicked into this thread and now I'm logged in.  So maybe just the first page isn't picking up the cookie.  (And by that I mean either first page hit in a session, or forum.f13.net, not sure which. Or either. Sorry, not very helpful)

[Trippy]

Will there be a new forum theme? Or is this just the site proper?

No new forum theme. We're stuck on this one forever and ever

[DeathInABottle]

Tiny typo in the Spec Ops review: "It feels more accurate to say that it is a good thing that is a game" should probably be "It feels more accurate to say that it is a good thing that this is a game."

Otherwise: looking good!

[palmer_eldritch]

Does this mean I now have to read the front page?

It does, doesn't it.

[Samwise]

Tiny typo in the Spec Ops review: "It feels more accurate to say that it is a good thing that is a game" should probably be "It feels more accurate to say that it is a good thing that this is a game."

Otherwise: looking good!

I typed it right.   

[Paelos]

I like the front page. I'm not sure about these titles promises 

[HaemishM]

Really weird. Because this time I didn't bother logging in with Opera, I just clicked into this thread and now I'm logged in.  So maybe just the first page isn't picking up the cookie.  (And by that I mean either first page hit in a session, or forum.f13.net, not sure which. Or either. Sorry, not very helpful)

I click any of the forums from the home page and I'm logged in. It seems the cookie is just not reading on the home page of the forums alone.

[apocrypha]

I really like the new front page. It's nice to have a reason to visit it again, well done folks!

[Fabricated]

Also, looks fine on my Nexus 7.

[Ingmar]

Did something change about the signup process? Seems like spammers are getting through at a much higher rate lately.

[Trippy]

Nope.

[Paelos]

I like the front page. I look forward to more stuff on there as we go.

I also look forward to titles emerging.

[schild]

I also look forward to titles emerging.

As of Sunday, I'll have all my stuff moved and the old apartment locked and done with and be back with a completely solid couple days to tear through them. I have a notepad list running like last time but I like dumping them all in at once.

[Paelos]