K9 Krew Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 i was wondering if you could have a direct link to your gang private forum but it only occurs when you are in a gang so like i could just click it and go strait to the LCF Private forum or would this be too complicated or am i just being lazy?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pandora Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 Your being lazy It just takes 1 extra click going to your private board via the homepage. If you really want to be their quick, use favorites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 I was thinking myself, of doing a forum navigation bar to the left of the board, where it lists all category forums the sub forums. Would that help you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciaran Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 Yeah I have seen that and it looks good on all the forums I seen it on. Would it just be a Nav bar on the left or would you also sort of blend it into the Banner as well? I would agree either way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 We could have it as a banner with each parent cat a drop-down menu. But it may not look as good. I'll try with the Left Nav first, and see what Chris thinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K9 Krew Posted February 17, 2007 Author Share Posted February 17, 2007 ok kewl coz like it would be really helpful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerard Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 Well right at the bottom of the page is a dropdown list of all the forums - that could go at the top for all the lazy sods out there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 Well right at the bottom of the page is a dropdown list of all the forums - that could go at the top for all the lazy sods out there? They might argue they need to click the arrow and scroll though a list to find it then . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvi Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 If you truly really want a left nav, it wouldn't be too hard to use, dare I say it, frames to do everything you wanted. That is unless Chris actually wants to incorporate such a feature into the design, I doubt it would be that time consuming to work in an option in the User CP to toggle it on or off either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 Yeah, it wouldn't be to difficult to do. Once I find the forums trigger in the IPB source that is... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K9 Krew Posted February 18, 2007 Author Share Posted February 18, 2007 yeah it would be alot easier and less of a hasle clicking through all the other pages to get to your gang forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 Chris likes the idea so far, were brainstorming how we're gonna do it. We don't wanna have it as a navigation menu to the left as obviously, many others do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K9 Krew Posted February 18, 2007 Author Share Posted February 18, 2007 yeah TGTAP wants to be different Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 yeah TGTAP wants to be different Yeah, we don't follow fads, we like to be unique . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K9 Krew Posted February 18, 2007 Author Share Posted February 18, 2007 yeah by the end of this year i want us to be more popular than GTAF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvi Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 *fights temptation to call him ^ an idiot* You do realise that Gtaforums is around 20 times the size of of tgtap in terms of members and posts, in fact theres more members at gtaf than posts at tgtap. Gaining 2 and a half million posts in a year would be a massive achievement for spammers alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 If we put it on the left then we'll be subject to a raid by GTAF users. If we put it on the right then we'll be subject to a raid by GTAGaming users (when it used to be on edgenetwork forums) Meh... We can just experiment with it I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 At the same time though Chris, do we really care that much? I mean, we obviously not doing it for anything more then to make navigation easier. It's no illegal to have a layout thats in places you can stick something. Same with this situation, theres only so many places we can place them navigation menu, and either way it may look similar to another sites. So my question to everyone is, do we really care what others think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 That wasn't really my point. I don't really care what others think when it comes to something as small as adding a menu, it's the immaturity of members from other forums I'm concerned about. I've seen these things happen before and it's a pain in the arse dealing with the crap dealt by them to mess up a forum. So my question to everyone is, do we really need a navigation menu? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerard Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 I cope perfectly well with the main forum layout. I open a new tab for the subforums I want to read (thats ctrl+click in Firefox or IE7) and then open any topics. Easy. The reason TGTAP Forums have been so successful is because they are simple, decent forums. No flashy gimmicks or unneccessary mods. No fancy multicoloured skin or fifty types of member group. No donations, not overrun by adverts. I know a little menu won't upset the balance of the entire forum, but its just not what we're about. I've been here a while, I've seen these forums from every angle. Heck, I even created half the subforums and member groups - not to mention wrote the rules, guidelines and mod handbook. I'm attached to them, and I don't think we need to change. Not much... not yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pandora Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 Agreed, there's no need for moving the nav anywhere. About the skins part. When will the other ones come back (those that where here before the upgrade)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K9 Krew Posted February 19, 2007 Author Share Posted February 19, 2007 (edited) ok guys it was just an idea and mvi if you didn't know me and jared were joking about all that of course we wont be as big as GTAF it is massive Edited February 19, 2007 by Wu-Zi-Mu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 Wu-Zi-Mu, there's no need for that thanks. Anyway, we can certainly experiment with this, see how it goes, then decide. I'll keep you posted, I'll work on it, as I know Chris is busy with other things currently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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