Change of layout in Cas City

[Marshal Halloway]

We are in the middle of changing the layout of Cas City. To avoid downtime, you will experience a mix of the old and new layout in the weeks to come. We hope you will like this change. The forum will remain the same except for some changes in the header (top of page).

The idea is to make it more user friendly and also easier to update.

You can look at the main layout on the front page (Main Street).

This work will be done from november 05 through January 06.

[Bitterwheat]

i like the new changes make it easier to go to different forums quickly.  Keep up the good work

[Marshal'ette Halloway]

Thank you Bitterwheat .
Means a lot for me and him to hear that.

Marshal has been hammering at it for about..ohhh.. going on 18 hours now.
Wouldn't stop and eat supper.. so he grabbed some summer sausage and cheese and coffee and ate while working on the computer.
 3 guesses who is still there, and the first 2 don't count!  ...
All I see is a nose pressd into the screen ..mumbling and shaking his head and doing, undoing and redoing..
and mumbling some more.

( I thnk he is talking in Norwegian, so when I hear that, I give him a wide berth ...LOL)

 I have made a few more collages for the Barracks and I think I am going to call it a night.
Again, thanks for noticing and commenting. Makes all the work worthwhile if people like it.

Marshal'ette

[The Arapaho Kid]

I have to be up front on this.  The layout is fine, but it's a little busy.  It looks like you are trying to cram a lot of stuff in a small space.  This is not good.  Too much stuff is distracting.  I've worked on military newspapers and you want to keep the front page simple.  If there is stuff you really want noticed, use what's called "Second Coming" type.  That's the large typeface.  Keep all your like things grouped together in the same area.  Put yourself in the readers position and read it they way they would.  There should be a left to right flow with items on the page.  Be conservative with graphics and pictures.  Use them but sparingly.  Keep columned items to the left.

And that's my "two bits" worth!

[Marshal'ette Halloway]

Do you think so? Hmmm.. I think it is a lot less busy than the old one... but I like change...and I'm pretty easy to please on some things. Unless I am doing it..
then I turn into a picky perfect psyco crazy woman..until I get it just right.

I think this new one is much easier to get to the forum ..and I love the way that a new profile of someone comes up different every time.
Ads aren't so crammed together either and they change faster too... but to me I see the ads better.
And it is super easy now to get on any forum that you want to visit.. i really like that part.

 Thanks for your comments Rap.  We look at everything in a positive way.

Marshal was editor of a gun magazine in Norway and he says that magazines and newspapers are very much different than websites.
Kind of like comparing apples to grapes.
But he appreciates and listens to all ideas and suggestions too.  Even mine. ((**feeling very important**))

It is just the beggining of a whole lot of work. Each section will be changed somewhat and hopefully everyone will find it lots easier to navigate and move around in.

[Rawhide Rio]

Marshal'ette...

You're killin' me...

All I see is a nose pressd into the screen ..mumbling and shaking his head and doing, undoing and redoing..
and mumbling some more.

( I thnk he istalking in Norwegian, so when I hear that, I give him a wide berth ...LOL)

P.S. Keep the pistol at the top of the header. I've always liked it. (Even though it's reversed)
... and make that man go to bed!!

RRio

[The Arapaho Kid]

Hang on there!  Don't get the wrong idea here.  This isn't a "do it my way" thing.  I like the new styling of the front page and it'll probably take a little to learn how to navigate around in it/on it, but that'll all come in time.  I was just tossing out some thoughts there.  Stuff I learned when I was a military journalist.

[The Arapaho Kid]

THE MARSHAL...WORKING ON THE NEW CAS CITY FORMAT

OYE VEY....GET THAT MAN SOME FOOD!

[Slim Silver]

I like it!  Much more user friendly access to the various forum boards.  Did I miss it or is the Misc. board not included in the quick link?  I generally check the Misc. board each time I sign on, but then I may be the exception.

[Marshal harpoluke]

 

Nice new layout, what was wrong with the old one?