Where's the Navbar on vbulletin.org?

[memobug]

Did someone take the navbar off the index page at http://vbulletin.org/ ? It's a little hard to get to the forum index without that. I don't know, maybe there wasn't a full navbar, but it sure looks different!

Regards,

Matt

[Zachery]

Originally Posted by memobug

Did someone take the navbar off the index page at http://vbulletin.org/ ? It's a little hard to get to the forum index without that. I don't know, maybe there wasn't a full navbar, but it sure looks different!

Regards,

Matt

Theres that big FORUM button in the header at least in smooth blue, what style are you using?

[peterska2]

Theres actually nothing at all in the purple skin

[Zachery]

The logo on the frontpage brings you to the forum.

[memobug]

Originally Posted by Zachery

Theres that big FORUM button in the header at least in smooth blue, what style are you using?

I am using the (broken purple) style, I thought it was the default, styleID=1

Anyway, ATM it looks like attachment 1. Maybe it needs a navbar, or perhaps the entire style just needs to disappear?



Regards,

Matt

[Dean C]

Yep the navbar probably needs to be introduced on that style

[Xenon]

we've had the navbar on the index page once, and it looked horrible, so it was removed again.

As there is a big logo which leeds to the forumhome (as it's vb default), it's not that needed to get an extra link to the forums i think.

[memobug]

[quote by Xenon]we've had the navbar on the index page once, and it looked horrible, so it was removed again.[/quote]I don't understand what you mean, Xenon, there are six supported styles and most of them do have have navbars on the homepage.

With Navbar
1. Dark Blue Home Forum Chat UserCP Members FAQ New Posts Search Logout
2. Stylish Green Home Forums Chat User CP Private Messages Member List View New Posts Search Logout
3. Plain Green Home Forums Chat User CP Private Messages Member List View New Posts Search Logout

Without Navbar
1. Vb3 Grey (Main logo only)
2. Purple (Main logo only)

Mini Navbar
1. Smooth Blue Home Forum Chat buttons (This is the default style)

Anyway, the two without any form of Navbar have, IMHO, poor navigation, because of the following:

1. there is no ready access to: Chat UserCP Members FAQ New Posts Search Logout and the Forums link is an unlabeled logo.
2. You have a relatively experienced site user asking you how to get around because they can't find the links.

I am one that believes form follows function, but there is a solution: in the future, I'll just avoid those functionally limited styles.

Regards,

Matt

[Logikos]

Well if your worried about newbies coming to vb.org and not finding the forumhome. Well Smooth Blue the default style has the forum button on it so the newbies and guest can easily navigate to the forums. As for the optional styles, well we assume since your using that style then your obiously part of the vBulletin community and are smart enough to click the big logo.

[memobug]

Originally Posted by Live Wire

Well if your worried about newbies coming to vb.org and not finding the forumhome. Well Smooth Blue the default style has the forum button on it so the newbies and guest can easily navigate to the forums. As for the optional styles, well we assume since your using that style then your obiously part of the vBulletin community and are smart enough to click the big logo.

Will the big logo take me to

Chat User CP Private Messages Member List View New Posts Search Logout AND the cmps homepage?

I want one of those logos on my homepage!


What is this, National Pick-on-Matt-for-pointing-out-an-inconsistency-in-the-templates Day?

Nevermind, OK?

Matt