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Title: Wasted space
Post by: han16 on January 20, 2014, 12:52:00 pm
Hey good to see the forums up and running.

Just one thing that is driving me nuts:

(http://imageshack.com/a/img835/6108/xt1r.jpg)

All that empty space either side of the page is rather silly isn't it? Steam does this, it's not something i'd be copying.


han
Title: Re: Wasted space
Post by: Growler on January 20, 2014, 12:56:29 pm

All that empty space either side of the page is rather silly isn't it? Steam does this, it's not something i'd be copying.


han

Hold control and use your scroll wheel to make page bigger ;)
Title: Re: Wasted space
Post by: han16 on January 20, 2014, 12:58:28 pm

All that empty space either side of the page is rather silly isn't it? Steam does this, it's not something i'd be copying.


han

Hold control and use your scroll wheel to make page bigger ;)

Not really the fix I was looking for.
Title: Re: Wasted space
Post by: Scopey on January 20, 2014, 01:22:02 pm
Instructions for chrome:

- Hit F12
- Switch to the console tab
- Type the following

$('#wrapper').css('max-width', '126186816817926px');

- Hit enter

You'll have to do that on every page though... There's probably an extension to automate it.

IE and FF can do it too, very similar process.


Edit:

If you set the min-width to 920px and set $('#menu-nav').css('margin-left', '10px') then you get the site looking good in a half screen window (at 1920x1080).
Title: Re: Wasted space
Post by: Arseynimz on January 20, 2014, 04:42:57 pm
I think it's done on purpose to allow for all forms of browsing, and not just those with 17 screens at 1080p han ;)

I'll leave this one for prolax.
Title: Re: Wasted space
Post by: benlav on January 20, 2014, 04:48:29 pm
This is a development trend, kinda like having the sky sports watermark in the middle of your 50inch tv. Personally I think there is good space for advertisement and really handy widgets.
Title: Re: Wasted space
Post by: prolax on January 20, 2014, 05:04:24 pm
Currently the size to a width of 1024px; a small enough size to accommodate low resolution browsers but big enough to effectively display everything we wanted to display.

I'll look into adding some sort of scalability to the development version of our forums and see how that works out.
Title: Re: Wasted space
Post by: Lias on January 20, 2014, 05:37:21 pm
Most common resolution these days is 1366x768 by a long way

http://gs.statcounter.com/#resolution-ww-monthly-201312-201401-bar (http://gs.statcounter.com/#resolution-ww-monthly-201312-201401-bar)
Title: Re: Wasted space
Post by: prolax on January 20, 2014, 06:00:06 pm
Most common resolution these days is 1366x768 by a long way

[url]http://gs.statcounter.com/#resolution-ww-monthly-201312-201401-bar[/url] ([url]http://gs.statcounter.com/#resolution-ww-monthly-201312-201401-bar[/url])


http://gs.statcounter.com/#desktop-resolution-NZ-monthly-201212-201312-bar (http://gs.statcounter.com/#desktop-resolution-NZ-monthly-201212-201312-bar)

More accurate and local stats from that site ^

The lowest common resolution is 1024px wide; so we've accounted for that. 

For mobile / tablet devices, we will be implementing a custom mobile-friendly theme for the forums at some point to accommodate those users. For those with bigger resolutions that want to see space utilised better, I'll look into it.
Title: Re: Wasted space
Post by: DarkVirus on January 20, 2014, 07:24:57 pm
We could even put the chat thing as a sidebar prolax?
Title: Re: Wasted space
Post by: Apostrophe Spacemonkey on January 21, 2014, 08:17:12 am
We could even put the chat thing as a sidebar prolax?

We can insult each other in real time!
Title: Re: Wasted space
Post by: Lias on January 21, 2014, 09:17:03 am
We could even put the chat thing as a sidebar prolax?

We can insult each other in real time!

Fuck you you fucking fuck :-P
Title: Re: Wasted space
Post by: The Demon Lord on January 21, 2014, 09:19:04 am
I for one vote that we fill the blank space with Breasts

Preferably female and not Arsey's
Title: Re: Wasted space
Post by: han16 on January 21, 2014, 09:43:24 am
I for one vote that we fill the blank space with Breasts

Preferably female and not Arsey's

Quoted because best idea.
Title: Re: Wasted space
Post by: han16 on January 21, 2014, 09:45:24 am
Currently the size to a width of 1024px; a small enough size to accommodate low resolution browsers but big enough to effectively display everything we wanted to display.

I'll look into adding some sort of scalability to the development version of our forums and see how that works out.

Thanks, there is a huge amount of blank space when browsing at 2560x1440. First world problems etc.
Title: Re: Wasted space
Post by: benlav on January 21, 2014, 01:09:29 pm
other forums I frequent use the space to show the mumble/teamspeak server status (i.e who is in). So it's a good reminder to jump in.
Title: Re: Wasted space
Post by: mattnz on January 21, 2014, 03:59:26 pm
Why would you want the information confined to the two ends of the screen? I just use a smaller window, the rest of the screen is for doing other stuff.
Title: Re: Wasted space
Post by: DarkVirus on January 21, 2014, 05:35:31 pm
other forums I frequent use the space to show the mumble/teamspeak server status (i.e who is in). So it's a good reminder to jump in.


Not a horrible idea :D
Title: Re: Wasted space
Post by: han16 on January 21, 2014, 06:39:22 pm
Why would you want the information confined to the two ends of the screen? I just use a smaller window, the rest of the screen is for doing other stuff.


Personal preference, I have space to burn (http://imageshack.com/a/img202/1561/qsba.jpg) so I well...burn it.
Title: Re: Wasted space
Post by: Clin on January 21, 2014, 06:55:49 pm
A pox on thee, and all you love. (http://i.imgur.com/GeijGEB.jpg)
Title: Re: Wasted space
Post by: Speakman on January 21, 2014, 08:32:56 pm
other forums I frequent use the space to show the mumble/teamspeak server status (i.e who is in). So it's a good reminder to jump in.

I should really get around to putting that back in to the BW site...
Title: Re: Wasted space
Post by: benlav on January 21, 2014, 09:37:54 pm
other forums I frequent use the space to show the mumble/teamspeak server status (i.e who is in). So it's a good reminder to jump in.

I should really get around to putting that back in to the BW site...

would be good. We have 8 on right now.
Title: I mean no harm, I come in peace
Post by: Xenolightning on January 21, 2014, 11:41:01 pm
I HAVE DONES IT. I wrote a style override using Stylish extension for Firefox. It now looks like: Slightly less painful on the eyes, and increased the max width.

(http://iforce.co.nz/i/3zi0vlm1.q0y.jpg) (http://www.iforce.co.nz/View.aspx?i=3zi0vlm1.q0y.jpg)


Code: [Select]
@namespace url(http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml);

@-moz-document domain("www.getsome.co.nz") {

    body
    {
        background-color: #2A2A2A !important;
    }
   
    #wrapper{
        max-width: 1200px !important;
    }
   
    #content_section{
        background-color: #F2F2F2 !important;
    }
   
    .post_wrapper{
        background-color: #FEFEFE !important;
    }
   
    .windowbg, #preview_body{
        background-color: #FEFEFE !important;
    }
   
    .windowbg2{
        background-color: #FEFEFE !important;
    }
   
    .topic_table td.subject p, .topic_table td.stats{
        color: #2C2C2C !important;
    }
   
    table.table_list tbody.content td.stats{
        color: #2C2C2C !important;
    }
   
    div.cat_bar{
        background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #FEFEFE !important;
    }

}
Title: Re: I mean no harm, I come in peace
Post by: The Demon Lord on January 22, 2014, 08:40:29 am
I HAVE DONES IT. I wrote a style override using Stylish extension for Firefox. It now looks like: Slightly less painful on the eyes, and increased the max width.

([url]http://iforce.co.nz/i/3zi0vlm1.q0y.jpg[/url]) ([url]http://www.iforce.co.nz/View.aspx?i=3zi0vlm1.q0y.jpg[/url])


Code: [Select]
@namespace url([url]http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml[/url]);

@-moz-document domain("[url=http://www.getsome.co.nz]www.getsome.co.nz[/url]") {

    body
    {
        background-color: #2A2A2A !important;
    }
   
    #wrapper{
        max-width: 1200px !important;
    }
   
    #content_section{
        background-color: #F2F2F2 !important;
    }
   
    .post_wrapper{
        background-color: #FEFEFE !important;
    }
   
    .windowbg, #preview_body{
        background-color: #FEFEFE !important;
    }
   
    .windowbg2{
        background-color: #FEFEFE !important;
    }
   
    .topic_table td.subject p, .topic_table td.stats{
        color: #2C2C2C !important;
    }
   
    table.table_list tbody.content td.stats{
        color: #2C2C2C !important;
    }
   
    div.cat_bar{
        background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #FEFEFE !important;
    }

}


I went to Rep, but I couldn't find the Rep button - I feel special
Title: Re: Wasted space
Post by: prolax on January 22, 2014, 09:03:52 am
It's the heart icon under the avatars.

Yea there is always the option of custom styles if you really wanted to change something.
Title: Re: Wasted space
Post by: The Demon Lord on January 22, 2014, 09:52:23 am
It's the heart icon under the avatars.

Yea there is always the option of custom styles if you really wanted to change something.

I would like something Manlier - like Bacon

You can Give Bacon and you may be lucky enough to recieve Bacon in return
Title: Re: Wasted space
Post by: Arseynimz on January 30, 2014, 11:42:30 am
Flexible or fixed width options are being looked at. In the meantime, Ctrl + Scrollwheel, or get a smaller screen.