Linda, I also have a 17" LCD Flatscreen Monitor & running 800x600 resolution. I only have to scroll two small turns on my scroll wheel to see the most recent thread links & the ones below that.:confused: BJ
Linda, I also have a 17" LCD Flatscreen Monitor & running 800x600 resolution. I only have to scroll two small turns on my scroll wheel to see the most recent thread links & the ones below that.:confused: BJ
I'm running a 19in. monitor @ 1280 x 1024... looks like so.
At 800 x 600...
At 1024 x 768...
And there ya go... Pretty bad at anything but the highest resolutions.
GreenGoose1
I would be up for that (disecting some Hijack this logs). I've never used HJT so it would be interesting to try it, and then google the entries as JPNYC suggested. And then I would have some input here to see if I'm on the right track or not.
I love to learn new stuff.
I have tried to use the search engine here but I have very little success with it (it's probably because I'm doing something wrong :rolleyes: ). I just feel like I'm spinning wheels trying to come up with an answer, so I'll google it or research it some other way.
I am doing what some of you probably already do...when I come across something interesting, even if I don't need it now, I save it to a folder in my favorites. I have how-to chapters along with folders titled "HDD", "New Builds", "OS's"(with sub folders with the various OS's out there).
Let us know if you get anything rolloing, Greengoose1.
Thanks for the suggestion.
But there are only 2 ads on that homepage. The rest is links to articles, a navigation and the site header.
The two horizontals up top... and the large block to the right is an ad box...... currently showing whitepapers.....
i guess the reason i dont have a problem with that page is i dont go there, i have a shortcut on my desktop that takes me to xp forum then i just go where i want to from there.
Ok. there's 3. The very thin jupiterimages ribbon at the very top is ours.Quote:
Originally posted by Abhoth
The two horizontals up top... and the large block to the right is an ad box...... currently showing whitepapers.....
As a designer I'm really not so much bothered by the ads... it's their size! And it's not just the ads... here I am at the message post screen and I have to scroll down to get to the whole message box portion. The Virtual Dr. internet news box and the large ad box floats up there causing this. As an experienced user of the forums it's just auto now to scroll down and start typing... but for those that are new here it's probably more of a noticable pain... ;-)
The problem as I see it is that the design has no cohesivness... it doesn't flow right. Causes confusion to the eye... things look like they're just dropped out there without much thought to the look and feel.
You need a three column CSS flex design and a real navigation menu in the left sidebar... more easily said than done. Simply because you have to look at Jupiter Media as a whole, what is done here will have an effect upon other areas.
Yeah, the thin ones up top are not that big a deal really, it's when you get into the body of the site that some of the large blocks become a design/usability issue....Quote:
Originally posted by JPNYC
Ok. there's 3. The very thin jupiterimages ribbon at the very top is ours.
And don't get me wrong here, ads are necessary!
But outside of the header ribbons there's only 1 large block that is an ad on that homepage. The rest is the site's content.
True, more or less... but, with the ribbons up top, then the header with Jupiter tabs and such it really limits you. Then you throw in the Latest news from Internet.com and the huge block ad... well. Content gets pushed......
Thus my reasoning for a three column layout... right column would have the Latest news, in a scroller if you like.... the large block ad below it, but you would have to use a narrower but taller ad for the HP boys.
Content now rides in the center just below the VDr header then...
Well I must say that you have all given some very Good Ideas..
Web Design is way beyond me. (just learning that)
So whatever you do decide to do,Please remember this----
VDRs pages are FAST, at my end anyway....PLEASE Keep them FAST....I just payed your Sister Site a Visit, Second time ever since joining...I'm not Techy minded n only have a 2nd class education, but that site n the other (Datamation & Windows BBS) are way way to slow in changeing their pages...(I'm on Cable 750Mbt)..So Don't go the slow way....
I must say JP, this gota be only second time I've come across you in VDR, Hope to see more of you...
As regards Other Members poping into this Thread to give their views!! You'll probably have to get the Whip Out!..Why do I say that! Thought that would be Obvious to most of you....
Most Members tend to stay on the Forum they most Frequent at least 95% of the time, maybe 100% all I know....
When I first joined i tended to stay on Windows 98...Now it's Windows XP first, then a Trawl around the others if I got time..
As regards the ADDS, I Hate Adds unless it Interests me! Never Click em but do appreciate that VDR needs em..Put them down the Right hand side...Though like 'abhoth' I also run a 19in Monitor in 1280x1024 so tend to ignore em...
The Colour/Color of these pages is GREAT for my Eyes. so Please do not change the Color...I'm sure others will agree on that un!
OK, I'm off to change my Email Addy as I can not Access Yahoo for Email these days....Their Email is gone to the Dogs since changeing...Still all i ever got there was 1000s of Spam, lets hope they stay there..LOL---I'm not as Constructive as most of you in giveing advice, but I can assure you that if there be anything I don't like or dissagree with, I will let you know!!....
Take Care..
KEEP UP the GOOD Work ALL....
The news headlines are part of the content. And every company that runs a site has some kind of header and navbar somewhere.
I just opened VirDr and your attention does not go left to the forums nor are they marked as forums. And that is what a new viewer is looking for - the forums. How about the forums marked as forums in a bigger font and put where the news is now and then as you scroll down you would see the rest of the VirDr breakout. The news goes to the left. That way what the viewer is looking for is in the center almost with the other offerings around it.
Not trying to be contrary here... but... ;-) I don't consider the Latest news as part of the "content" of VDr. Considering the fact that it takes me away from VDr to another of JM's sites.Quote:
Originally posted by JPNYC
The news headlines are part of the content. And every company that runs a site has some kind of header and navbar somewhere.
The primary content of VDr would be the forums and that should be what is featured... in the cleanest, clearest and most usable fashion.
No problem really with the VDr header, aside that it gets pushed south, but not bad.
And the navbar to the left could easily be similar to what's in place, but it would have flyouts for the sub-forums within that group. Thus, you aren't taken to another page where you get a list of 2 or 3 forums to choose from... Usability factor, the fewest clicks to get where you're going.
Apologies for all the 2 cents worth, must be up to a buck and a quarter by now!