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michaelbenson
10-06-2005, 04:32 PM
A new forum released to try and help newer and less experienced staff members and administrators learn the tricks of the trade on howto become a successful and ripe forum community. Lots of opportunities to relax and run away from your internet duties and enjoy our forum Journal, Quiz, and Articles systems.

Site Name: http://www.staff-lounge.com/
Site URL: 09-13-2005
Site Theme: Administrative chat and support
TyleR
10-06-2005, 05:51 PM
not bad..seems too white, but it atleast flows all over the site nicely..so overall a 10/10 :)
filburt1
10-06-2005, 06:16 PM
Get rid of the shoutbox, or at least put it at the bottom of the page. Guests don't care about what random people like saying to be seen on the front page.
michaelbenson
10-06-2005, 06:22 PM
Get rid of the shoutbox, or at least put it at the bottom of the page. Guests don't care about what random people like saying to be seen on the front page.
So perhaps add in some conditional tags around it so that only registered members can see the shoutbox .. sounds like a good idea.

EDIT: Thanks to vbShout this is a built in feature to disable particular groups from viewing the messages, this has been enabled and guests no longer view the shoutbox.
Tony G
10-08-2005, 11:34 AM
Even so, for registered members it just makes them have to scroll to get to your forum list which is pretty annoying. The shoutbox is a sideshow to the forum, it's not the main attraction and hence it shouldn't be on top.

But I don't see one on your site so anyway. The style is very nice. Simple yet effective. Reminds me a bit of the vBT style which is why I like it.
michaelbenson
10-09-2005, 03:46 PM
Even so, for registered members it just makes them have to scroll to get to your forum list which is pretty annoying. The shoutbox is a sideshow to the forum, it's not the main attraction and hence it shouldn't be on top.

But I don't see one on your site so anyway. The style is very nice. Simple yet effective. Reminds me a bit of the vBT style which is why I like it.
I decided to remove it, guess your right in that it wasnt presenting the correct sort of professional attitude.
Tony G
10-10-2005, 06:41 AM
Good choice. There's always IM programs that fill that gap anyway. ;)
michaelbenson
10-15-2005, 11:19 AM
Good choice. There's always IM programs that fill that gap anyway. ;)
Indeed, well it seems to have been accepted generally well by the members, allows us to focus on the quality and the content of much more easily.
vBTotal
10-15-2005, 11:56 AM
I like the logo :)
Snake
10-15-2005, 08:24 PM
Looks good, especially the logo. :)
michaelbenson
10-18-2005, 03:59 PM
Looks good, especially the logo. :)
Thanks for the nice comments :)
rammbs
10-18-2005, 04:17 PM
nice site! i especially like the content news page! i wish i can get mine to show up like that. :speechless: :)
michaelbenson
10-21-2005, 06:14 AM
nice site! i especially like the content news page! i wish i can get mine to show up like that. :speechless: :)
Takes a good skin (www.vbstyles.com) a good modification (www.vbadvanced.com) and alot of hard coding and dediction :rolleyes:
Sean James
10-24-2005, 09:08 PM
very nice skin, clean and professional looking ;)
michaelbenson
10-29-2005, 01:43 PM
very nice skin, clean and professional looking ;)
Again thanks for your comments, i plan on getting a new logo from SitePoint soon to help improve our forum identity which seems to be lacking in comparison with other competitors. :surprised: