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04-12-2003, 04:43 PM
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Oddworld New Layout

Undoubtedly the first thing you may have noticed when you logged on today is the new layout of Oddworld Forums. This is the "Industrial Layout". It will now be OWF's default layout and the layout most members will see.

Main additions include:
  • Ablilty to select which style you want to use
  • User Welcome panel on front screen, showing how many threads and posts since your last visit
  • New profile fields for member's gender and favorites list
Don't be dismayed if you prefer the old layout however, as you can still select it. Just go into your User CP, choose Edit Options and choose Native under "Style Set". You can select the old native from there.

Feel free to post any comments. Some small things still need to be fixed up on some of the lesser visited pages.

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04-12-2003, 04:45 PM
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realy cool!
I LOVE IT!!!!
It looks perfect, a lot better then the native one!

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04-12-2003, 04:52 PM
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I have to agree! I love the colors and the style! It's great!
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It's so good! I like it! I was surprised when I saw it first. I think it's better than the Native and the Fuzzle layout.

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Oh wow this is so much more better looking than the native one. Don't get me wrong though the native one was cool too. But this is so cool.

When I logged on today it was the native one and as I was finnishing up on a thread I did in GD, as soon as I press submit thread it changed over. I was a little confused and like whoa at first and trying to get use to it then it sunk in. Great design!


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Originally posted by paramiteabe
When I logged on today it was the native one as I was finnishing up on a thread I did in GD as soon as I press submit thread it changed over. I was a little confused at first and trying to get use to it then it sunk in. Great design!
Exactly the same for me!


Proposition: Why not add a link in the logo to reload the main page? (like on the native one)

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04-12-2003, 05:00 PM
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I'm glad everyone likes it so far.

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Originally posted by Xavier
Proposition: Why not add a link in the logo to reload the main page? (like on the native one)
Done! I'd forgot to add that. Thanks for the reminder Xavier!

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Great
(looks better without the borders of the link around the image ). It is great now.

anyway I think there can be a more usefull use for the avatar on the main page than simply lead us to the avatars section, why not lead us to our "user CP"?
It is just a proposition

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04-12-2003, 05:21 PM
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The new layout looks great! I'm definatly (sp.) going to be keeping this one up!

Would it be possible to include a link to who's online on the main page? Because i hate having to click on something I don't want to see just to have to find a link to who's online.
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04-12-2003, 05:32 PM
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I don't like it that much. I'm keepng the native one. ^ . ^ I'm such a spoil sport! *runs incase the big kids beats her up*
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This is jaw-dropping! I am overwhelmed by the brilliance in the layout of the new forum design! One word can describe this... unexpected. Great job!
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04-13-2003, 12:16 AM
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Amazing! I love it sooooooooo much !!!
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04-13-2003, 12:39 AM
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new layout

this new layout scares me

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Why? Because of the dreary look? It surprised me too!

I thought I was on a different site.
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haha...i thought i was on a different one too.

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04-13-2003, 01:21 AM
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The new design is pretty cool...
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I love the new look! Except for the fact you can't tell if you have seen a post before or not.
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It's awesome!
Except for one thing. Now I may have not just found it yet, but in the old one you could tell if you had seen a post before or not. This one either doesn't have it or it is hiding from my searching eyes.
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I like how this look makes things look so futuristic. It actually looks more professional that way. You did a wounderful job once again Abe Babe and the rest of the staff of the OWF.


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Wow, great job AbeBabe and others! I haden't been on for acouple of days but when I finally came on today I was amazed to see it like this! I love it!
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I have to say I was suprised being I was gone yesterday coming here and seeing this. I love it, you have done a wonderful job on the whole look, and feel to the new style. Cheers once again for Abe Babe for her hard work. I like this a lot better than the native, a lot due to I love the industrialist side of Oddworld/corporate side in the games.


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HOLY CRAP!!! The new design is fricking... rock... wiggy! Sweet lord, this has to be one of the coolest forum designs that I've ever seen!
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Wow ... I did not expect such great feedback! I'm glad everyone (most people anyway) like it. I like your picture atusiya!

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Originally posted by Xavier
anyway I think there can be a more usefull use for the avatar on the main page than simply lead us to the avatars section, why not lead us to our "user CP"?
It is just a proposition
Good suggestion, but we will have to wait until Alcar gets back to change it, as it involves hacking, and I don't know PHP, other than to impliment hacks which someone else has written. I did try to change it myself, but I got an error, so I put it back to how it was again.

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Would it be possible to include a link to who's online on the main page? Because i hate having to click on something I don't want to see just to have to find a link to who's online.
The link to Who's Online is still on the main page. It's just been divided from the forum listing. Look under the FeeCo Depot section.

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Except for one thing. Now I may have not just found it yet, but in the old one you could tell if you had seen a post before or not. This one either doesn't have it or it is hiding from my searching eyes.
I might be getting mixed up on what you are referring to, but are you referring to the icon that is next to the post name in the listing. If so, the image is now . Before it was a little more obvious and was . Then again, I might be right off track with your enquiry, so please correct me.

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Originally posted by Abe Babe
I might be getting mixed up on what you are referring to, but are you referring to the icon that is next to the post name in the listing. If so, the image is now . Before it was a little more obvious and was . Then again, I might be right off track with your enquiry, so please correct me.[/B]
What you are thinking of is if there is new posts in a thread, what I mean is when you are scrolling down a thread you knew which exact ones you had seen before, like this:

EDIT: Another thing is, evertime I post in a thread it subscribes me to it. Too many emails!
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04-15-2003, 09:28 AM
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Ah. You know until you pointed them out I'd never took any notice of those icons before, yet alone know what they do!

I'll see if I can impliment the concept back into the new layout. One possiblity is to change the color orange dot at the top of the post box layout (i.e. next to the date), to green or something to indicate a new post.

You had "use email notification by default" turned on in your profile. I've turned this off for you. Next time you do a post, take a note of if the Email Notification is ticked or unticked. If it's still ticked, let me know and I'll see what I can do. Must have been something that changed over in the layout change.

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Once again AbeBabe great job, I love this new layout (although I loved the others aswell) and It has all the Oddworld goodness!
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Jesus!

Abe Babe, you sure have done such a lot of work on the Industrial style while I've been away! It's even better than before! And before was awesome

I'm glad everyone loves it to bits, Abe Babe's spent a long time working on it, and it clearly shows.

About that avatar thingy, I think Xavier just wants the link to link to usercp.php instead of member.php?action=editavatar

ONE thing though, in the Private Message section the Move, Forward and Delete buttons are in funny colours, no doubt a CSS problem.

Otherwise, it's fantastic, and you've known that from me all along

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AbeBabe, this forum allways looks truely ODD(worldisch). Great job!

I like this dark, almost evil looking industrial theme versus the tranquille native one. Both are wonderful.

Maybe a little remark: could it be a good idea to place a button on top of the 'welcomepage' (or every page) where you immedatiatly can select your mood: native or industrial, so you don't have to change it in your user cp?
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