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Posted on 08-06-07 06:05:10 PM Link | Quote
After witnessing the disaster of a certain profile, I thought it'd be a great idea to have some general rules about layouts put into place. If just to prevent really awful ones from being created (again.)

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Posted on 08-06-07 06:09:50 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by the old FAQ
There are a few simple rules which all users should follow in their layouts:

- No flashy backgrounds which make text difficult to read. This doesn't mean you can't have a nice background, but at least make sure that the area where the text is doesn't make a post hard to read.
- No huge pictures or excessive amounts of GIFs. Huge pictures just make threads longer to load and having too many GIFs can slow down some computers.
- No broken tables. If you're working with tables and feel that you might be messing up, check your post in your user profile. If the profile seems to be messed up, then the layout is as well. Broken tables can wreck havoc with threads.

If you have any questions about layouts in general or need help, visit the Modern Art forum.

They're common sense, really.

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Posted on 08-06-07 06:17:32 PM Link | Quote


No idiot's going to read the FAQ. It needs to be in plain sight, and it has to be forcefully pressed upon newcomers.

And just for the record...



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Posted on 08-06-07 06:20:04 PM Link | Quote
No idiot's going to bother reading guidelines either

Just as long as the Admins are liberal in nuking terrible layouts, we should be fine.

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Posted on 08-06-07 06:20:40 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Doritokitty
No idiot's going to read the FAQ. It needs to be in plain sight, and it has to be forcefully pressed upon newcomers.

I'm going to try asking Xk if he won't mind adding a link to a guidelines thread containing BooUrns's suggestion, and possibly sticking the link in the header.

I was thinking like "New members: Read This!" in the header...

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Posted on 08-06-07 06:44:44 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by hydraphelinez
Originally posted by Doritokitty
No idiot's going to read the FAQ. It needs to be in plain sight, and it has to be forcefully pressed upon newcomers.

I'm going to try asking Xk if he won't mind adding a link to a guidelines thread containing BooUrns's suggestion, and possibly sticking the link in the header.

I was thinking like "New members: Read This!" in the header...

Actually, the mass of bad signatures and headers is making me want to fetch BMF's post on the matter

In fact, I think it's time to rewrite it.

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Posted on 08-06-07 09:43:36 PM Link | Quote
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Originally posted by hydraphelinez
Originally posted by Doritokitty
No idiot's going to read the FAQ. It needs to be in plain sight, and it has to be forcefully pressed upon newcomers.

I'm going to try asking Xk if he won't mind adding a link to a guidelines thread containing BooUrns's suggestion, and possibly sticking the link in the header.

I was thinking like "New members: Read This!" in the header...
Speaking of layouts, this post is unreadable.

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Posted on 08-07-07 12:28:40 AM Link | Quote
Okay, here's my attempt at some layout guidelines.

Hey, I've been seeing some really crappy text-only layouts recently. I'm here to tell you all about what to do and what not to do. Check out the following examples...

Confucious say:
Haha, that's pretty funny!

Keep up the good work!
Man who fart in church sit in own pew.
Good. This layout has clear demarcations between the header, post text, and the footer.


Hi, I have this to say:

Wow, that's creepy...

That's all folks!
Bad. This layout has no clear boundaries between header, post text, and footer.


KOOPA VON CRAPSALOT, POST #12hurf durf hey a stick of butter glomphlksjlksjflsllllGOOOOOOOOOOOALLL
Oh HELL no. When your header, post, and footer run together like THAT mess, you're banworthy. (credit for this example goes to BMF54123)


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Posted on 08-07-07 05:56:35 AM Link | Quote
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Posted on 08-07-07 04:33:20 PM Link | Quote
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im 4w350m3m4r1064h4x0r and i want to sayDon't let your header/sig and your post run together like this, I'm assuming.check out my cool website its here

(Or: )

im 4w350m3m4r1064h4x0r and i want to say
This is also annoying, it's difficult to tell where the post begins and ends.
check out my cool website its here

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Posted on 08-09-07 07:21:56 AM Link | Quote
People don't want to read on the internet.

Nobody is going to read shit. "Guidelines", "Rules", "Frequently Asked Questions" or whatever you want to call it -- not going to get read.

How much do you read on the internet? Do you read anything that doesn't interest you? Bet you don't even read things that sites attempt to "force" you to read and agree to, do you? I know I sure as fuck don't.

The only way you are going to ensure that bad layouts don't go "live" on the forum is to have an approval system coded into the forum so accounts MUST be approved to become "live". It's the only way to idiot-proof it. And that has its own downsides, of course.

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Posted on 08-09-07 08:58:42 AM Link | Quote
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Originally posted by Doritokitty
No idiot's going to read the FAQ. It needs to be in plain sight, and it has to be forcefully pressed upon newcomers.

And just for the record...

*Gigantic WTF image*


Eh, if one just deletes idiotic layouts on sight, the number of incidents with them should be minimized.
Also... that's one of the worst layouts I've ever seen... thank goodness Shadowyoshi's layout was eliminated.

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Posted on 08-09-07 11:43:14 AM Link | Quote
Are you all glad I noticed him before he had a chance to post?

I alerted y'all in IRC. I'M THE HERO!

Anyway... I see the board has no issue with stupid animated layouts?

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