Not as visually appealing. Lacking the unique icons that also serve as visual indicators of the category. Crunched too close together, making it difficult to read.Might as well just do this then.
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You have 10 minutes starting now....GO!That's just styling.
I could make the XenForo home page look like that in 10 minutes.
The information conveyed in both is the same though, i.e. zero.
I like seeing the last post, last post time, number of threads, etc.
It provides more context on each forum as to how busy it is.
XenForo Admin CP is useless then, right? Wrong. The icons used are visual indicators that help me find what I'm looking for much faster than searching for the text.A link, even if it is styled as a block of colour, provides nothing other than a link.
Indeed, that would be interesting.I wouldn't mind seeing a mockup with a hybrid of both mind sets.
Miner from MinerSkinz accomplished this quite nicely with his original Metro theme.I think you can be more visually appealing while still displaying some of the last post stuff and icons in an attractive way.
I don't think that stuff is that important for a forum home (like I mentioned earlier, recent posts has all that information), however, as I mentioned above, it can be done quite elegantly.The current way is a bit bland. The site shown recently isn't there yet either. It is very lacking without some hover-over effects on the box displaying some important information like counts, last post author, time stamps, icons, etc. I think there is a way to do this while maintaining a cleaner view.
I agreeI think there is some creative work to be done in this regard for designers to really do something new.
A lot of things in this world WORK, Adam. It doesn't make them the only way or the right way. A perfect example of this are people in the office that use Excel as a "database". It works...but it could be much better.I'm going to attempt to speak for the silent majority.... The forum index page WORKS!
Look, the index on every forum software hasn't changed because developers lack an imagination. It hasn't changed because it works and it is what people have come to expect from forums.
I've not see any forum development with a different index, attract a large range of large communities. If you want the index changed, you should contact a designer.
Now a portal would be a game changer and I would love to see a XenForo Portal / CMS. And of course that would become the root index, but the forum index should be kept overall "as is"
I'll agree on that. And having seen NodeBB, I kind of like the forum index, but they seem to have gone a different route when it comes to threads and post, which I don't think looks anything like a forum.A lot of things in this world WORK, Adam. It doesn't make them the only way or the right way. A perfect example of this are people in the office that use Excel as a "database". It works...but it could be much better.
A nice thing about nodeBB is that it DOESN'T look like a forum on the home page. It's lacking the hideous navigation menu that just about every other forum software has. Finding things on NodeBB is so simple. It's a refreshing change.
But arguing all these things doesn't really make sense. Different people - different tastes. Having more options is a good thing.
What is it that gives you that impression?I'll agree on that. And having seen NodeBB, I kind of like the forum index, but they seem to have gone a different route when it comes to threads and post, which I don't think looks anything like a forum.
What you see in that image is exactly what I see on the demo. The replies ARE pushed to the right in both. Not too sure how I feel about auto scroll. It's convenient in that it doesn't require me to click somewhere to go to a new page. Just wondering how it's handled for search engines.This is what they show on
https://github.com/designcreateplay/NodeBB/
^^^ However, this is not how it seems to be on their working demo. Their replies seem to be pushed to the right. And for course the thread index has that forever auto scroll function, but most importantly does not detail if anything has been replied to.
not what I see... see screen shotWhat you see in that image is exactly what I see on the demo. The replies ARE pushed to the right in both. Not too sure how I feel about auto scroll. It's convenient in that it doesn't require me to click somewhere to go to a new page. Just wondering how it's handled for search engines.
I noticed that your screen shot doesn't show the avatars that are on the left side of each post.not what I see... see screen shot
I could see clever hover-over effects to fit icons necessary, last post info, all sorts of things in my MIND but I am not a mockup artist and can't convey it unfortunately... In my head, a site with 15 forums would scroll very little to get all information across. Definitely much less than in the typical forum home fashion.
I don't want tons of wasted space, but that grid can be enhanced dramatically with much more useful information.
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