Having some problems with the Forum

Arryn · #1 March 5th, 2005, 08:53 AM

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tinkthank said:
Hm ... still having problems, but now I have this ... "facelifted" banner thingy on the left side of the screen, which does sort of distract from the forum. Is there a way to remove this^?

Not that I can find. This new "feature", ostensibly "news", is implemented as HTML table code rather than as a more traditional frame. Thus you cannot use browser add-ons like Firefox's Adblock extension to strip the side pane away. I guess we're stuck with losing roughly 140 pixels (at 1280 res.) of our browser window's width to advertising.

Chazar · #2 March 5th, 2005, 08:59 AM

This 'facelift'-new sidebar is really annoying if you're stuck with a low resolution laptop display like I am!

alexti · #3 March 5th, 2005, 12:33 PM

Probably this new "improvement" is in some transitional state. Just this page alone contains 270 errors. Hopefully, when the errors are fixed everything will be ok

Boron · #4 March 5th, 2005, 03:37 PM

It is extremely annoying . And i don't think that the ingenious sidebar will net in additional sales anyways

. It is so annoying that you rather boycott shrapnel then buy another game from them

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Hopefully it is away in a few hours

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Endoperez · #5 March 5th, 2005, 03:48 PM

I agree that the sidebar is little too much, but something similar would be ok. The forums are always buzzing when a patch appears or official mod/scenario is added, but it is always nice to read the official Shrapnel news. And it is nice to know about special offers.

Besides, when we had a discussion about "what is SE4?" in the forum, I have to say that the sidebar might net them quite some more sales. Shrapnel Games has many interesting titles, and by reminding me of the other games every time I visit these forums might make me buy one.

Gandalf Parker · #6 March 5th, 2005, 05:01 PM

If an off-topic post was moved to the shrapnel general forum where it belonged, some people complained that they come straight to the forum of choice without ever seeing the other forums or the front page of the shrapnel site. I always said that was a bad thing to declare. Well actually, in the Dominions forum we had less of that than some other forums here. And I already see some of those gripers suggesting ways to block the new format from being seen! And they are suggesting it IN THE FORUMS! (can we say "shoot self in foot"?)

As to the size, Im guessing they are going for ease of use. Something where creating one to go on the main page www.shrapnelgames.com works for the sidebar at the same time.

Richard · #7 March 5th, 2005, 10:13 PM

Speaking of the backup issue, that is something I am working to resolve tonight. The process that was installed with out server to do daily backups leaves a lot to be desired, so I am working on modifying it so we do not have these issues in the future.