blonde poker forum

Hi gang.  :hello:

I know there's been a lot of fuss over the new forum, and this was expected. I wasn't aware until very recently that the alternative skins wouldn't be available. However, I'm confident that the techies will sort it all out for us.

We do appreciate all the feedback as long as it's constructive rather than whingy. I understand how important blonde is to people, so I can sympathise with many of the complaints.

However, I urge you to remain patient. We're always listening to what you guys say, and we'll try our best to act accordingly. This is your site too, so I see no reason why your voices shouldn't be heard.

On a sidenote, what do you guys think of the new site outside of the forum?

I fully expect some teething problems, but please feel free to post your observations here, be they complimentary or not. But if you have a problem, please highlight it and the say how you would like it to change, etc.

Just give us your general likes and dislikes really.

Many thx for your time, I hope you like the new site. It's really hard pleasing everyone, but we've done our best.

And please don't tar and feather us for the pun in the 'Scene and Heard' section. (full onus on the ol' fella for that one, but I like it!)

Fire away.

I only thought you revamped the forum! The rest of the site looks really great. Easy to navigate, and lots of fantastic information.

I hate the forum color scheme, but thats the only negative, and its not a very important thing anyways.

Good job

Err....what pun?

I've written a heap more stuff & it will be in my (currently empty - sorry!) blog later tonight, hopefully. I was supposed to send it to snoops yesterday, but, well, you know how it is....

The new website is much better and the ability for people to upload their stories/articles directly will mean its worth visiting... The new forum is getting there and the blonde 2 theme has saved a lot of people headaches  ;).     good stuff

Good luck, fantastic improvement, great result from the Vic tournement. 

The tank bank (http://www.blondepoker.com/index.php?q=taxonomy/term/126) is pisch  :D

Who writes that drivel?  ;goodvevil; ;goodvevil; ;goodvevil;

Liking it.  But I nned tos ort out my monitor and get the colours sorted loks great on the bet at work but not on mine ??

Sonopy pleeeeeeeeeese check your pm's!

liking the new site. It now looks like somewhere worth visiting now and again.


The new forum is terrible. Looks like a cheap suit.

Cracking, although the black text on brown background makes it a little tricky to read sometimes

I think the new site looks great a huge improvement, and now i have my old forum colours back im happy with this too, However (you knew there had to be one) the banner is really OTT
I hate that it takes up my screen width..

But other than that i think its very very nice.... and a job well done.

I'm with Bundle, the main site is cool, very nice.
I like the forum too (now the colour has been tweaked, nice one techies), the only thing is that bloody BANNER!!
I (now) understand the reasoning behind it and it IS a necessary evil but how about putting it on top so it's out of the way??
That won't effect any revenue will it?

Ian, this was my Post aboot Banners on the "default theme" thread.

"....The Ads.

Until, literally, a few hours before the launch, we had TWO Banners on the Forum in the Beta "Test" Site - a horizontal one across the top, & a "skyscraper" down the side.

We ummed & arred & argued for hours, we could not decide which, either, or both. We plumped, temporarily, for the Skyscraper, but we can change it if it's felt the Horizontal one is better.

It's a Catch-22 really.  We don't want the Banners to be intrusive, but they need a certain level of penetration or else they don't work!

We also have the option of "rotating banners", whch change every time a Member visits a new thread.

Cybertim's "betwen Posts" idea is an interesting one we never thought about. But the Techies will read this & tell us if it's do-able.

Thanks!...."

My current pesonal thinking is that you are right - I am gonna suggest to Dave & Co that we have one across the top, but NOT the skyscraper Banner down the side.

First, let me say, I think its great all the work that is being done on the site. Serious pats on the back to everyone involved.;applause;

However, now a (hopefully constructive) negative (eek).  I feel that the forum is a serious weak spot - it is very muddy indeed, confused, with too many shades of the same colour... and much too much grey (Yu-uck). There's a reason things like phpbb, SMF, invision, mambo and other bits of forum software, come with the defaults that they have - they're clear, elegant, and easy on the eye while maintaining a bit of a colourful splash.

Blonde2 is a tiny improvement but in general its still not great - it doesn't adhere to any basic user-interface guidelines, and these are things that are vital in a potentially confusing text laden area. Similarly the main page should have a white background under the text instead of light grey - you wouldn't believe how much difference it makes to ease of reading.

I mean all of this constructively, so please don't take it as though I don't appreciate your hard work!  Once again - great work on the code, the site, and the amount of good content is just fan-bloody-tastic! Keep up the great work guys :)

Thanks Jammer. All this feedback is excellent, we are having a Team Conference to review the changes later this week, so keep it coming.

Did you used to be Chesney?

Very well put!

Looking at the forum is hurting my eyes...

I have the same problem with mirrors

But what do you think of the new site?

Is it okay? Is there anything you don't like? Things you want to see changed? etc

The front page looks 'cluttered'.

What would you like to see removed from the front page?

Gott give me more to go on here.

Maybe each article should be boxed? The title(s) and text are too close together. Who designed the new site?

depends what you mean by the term 'designed'?

 ::)

Is that better? Top 4 news items. You may need to refresh.

okay, now I'm confused.

I agree with Nem here, It does look a bit "cluttered".
I think the central Colloumn should have been wider than the two outer ones, nothing takes priority on the page if that makes sence??
And maybe a slightly larger font in the main colloumn, apart from that i like it.

You should use a different text font and colour.

Thanks Tractor. Much appreciated. These things can't be altered by me, that's the techies job. I'm just responsible for the content, etc.

What I can do tho is pass on the feeback.

Do you think the news items should be in the middle then?

for what?

Latest forum topics need to be in bold.

Blonde coloured font maybe... You're using Aerial I take it, maybe a different text?

noted ta

Once again, I can't change this but I'll pass on your thoughts.

The articles definitely need to be boxed IMO

Personally i think the main news should be central and a bit wider at the moment to give more emphasis on it, as this is where the freshest information should be and where people look at first.
AS i said its only my opinion, i do like the colours , content etc ...Good work!

Thank you for the advice, much more helpful.

I don't mind the critism, but when it's not constructive critism then it's just a whinge.

Keep em coming  :)up

We've only been up a couple of days, so it's still early stages. Changes CAN be made.

It's only ever an opinion. The current design is just an opinion in the end.

We can always modify the design.

as in a simple black line frame?

I for one think it's great.

especially that dashing mug that's staring back out at us, huh?   8) :D

Maybe.

Even something 3D looking?

Trial and error.

I keep typing in www.blondepokerleague.com and getting the OLD site at home but the new site at work. What is wrong with my home PC?

 :blonde:

not sure

have u tried deleting cookies, cache, etc in your internet options?

Sorry mate, sorted. I used the link to the bumper quiz and I've saved it in my favourites.

Thanks anyhoo. I'm away tae read up on all that's Blonde. :)up

Excellent work stoops, no excuses for not turning up to the Gala on Thursday now!

 ;applause; ;applause; ;applause; ;applause; ;applause;

The main site is great, well done all those involved.

When I first logged on to the forum yesterday it looked pretty grim, but the improvements have made it easier on the eye.

I'd still prefer it to be lighter, there's too much grey, but it's tolerable as it is.

General layout is a vast improvement seems to flow better, but all the grey is giving me a headache any chance of a white background to the posts

All this feedback is great, & is exactly what we need.

We will not knee-jerk into changes, but we will gather all the comments & change it if need be once the dust has settled.

It's better than it was - overall - I think, but we still gotta lot of work to do to make it "just so".

Apologies if I have missed a post on this as I am still way behind on everything that has happened while away. On the website there is a section for blondeite profiles. Is there a way of searching these if you want to look for a particualr profile?

Not yet, but we're working on it.

I'll see what I can do.

Just go to the search option and enter the name of the person you are looking for and it will return it along with any other references

ifm said it for me. The whole site is indexed now so you can search for anything within the site (excluding the forum which has it's own search).  Search is available from the Home menu.

sparks will it be possible for blonde forum members to have blonde blogs

then all our members who currently have blogs can migrate to blonde

and we might get writers like red dog opening up a blog which would be worth its weight in gold

How much do blogs weigh?

Well yours weighs about 8 tonnes!

depends on the weight of the paper you print them out on