thesignalman
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For scaling not so much I guess. Would a blank background work better?
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For scaling not so much I guess. Would a blank background work better?
thesignalman
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I saw. Looks more Christmas themed as opposed to traffic signal/highway themed.
Look at Aaroads, another highway themed site, it's nice and colorful but it works:
Max Taxable
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I suggest you trust good people. Forget what looks good to YOU and remember this isn't about you. It's about the audience, the visitors, the members.
Max Taxable
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You're not trying very hard. Not recognizing you're being dismissive.
If you know what you want to do, do it instead of wasting people's time?
thesignalman
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I get your poinnt. That I should listen to the designers and not myself, but I'm also contacting the members of my forum and seeing what THEY think as opposed to just you guys.
thesignalman
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Yeah, you're right. I am being dismissive. I'm thinking of just having dark mode as the default option for the forum as it looks better that way
Anatoliy
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The xF style is a grate modern user interface. On many levels. For being able to modify it and not make it worse the one should be not a noob in web design.
Now look at the picture you have - your forum is locked for several days for your design experiments. Wouldn't it be better if you post some good readings instead?
It's like you decided to open taxi business, bought a cool car, and stuck in a garage trying to paint it in a different color instead of driving people.
You should ask yourself - what do you administrate a forum for. For people? Or to show the world that you're cool as hell?
Now look at the picture you have - your forum is locked for several days for your design experiments. Wouldn't it be better if you post some good readings instead?
It's like you decided to open taxi business, bought a cool car, and stuck in a garage trying to paint it in a different color instead of driving people.
You should ask yourself - what do you administrate a forum for. For people? Or to show the world that you're cool as hell?
Anatoliy
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Amen!
Anatoliy
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I do. Away.)Don't talk... walk!
Actually I unsubscribed form this thread at some point, but when new details raised I decided to give a second try. I did. And I'm done.
beerForo
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I just took a look to see if anything changed and 
www.signalfanchronicles.com
Yeah, when people are just going to do their own thing in the end, it's best to not waste your time.
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thesignalman
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How about something like this for the logo:
thesignalman
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I just took a look to see if anything changed and
Yeah, when people are just going to do their own thing in the end, it's best to not waste your time.Namecheap Parking Page
Not the final result for the forum. I was thinking of having the day theme be competely blank while the nodes are set up like this:
thesignalman
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Thought of this as another possibility for the new logo, but worried it's too simplistic
beerForo
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Slap a logo up and open your forum. Period. Work as you go, if you keep it closed over decisions like this, you will never open. Also many here have already helped with these questions, perhaps read the thread from the start to see all the valuable info. It seems you disagree and want to do your own thing, so just do it. Nothing wrong with that! But open up your site.
PatriotGB
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Yep. Just open the forum and let people on it. You can tweak it while it's open for discussions by members. That's what I did. I got the basic framework up (nodes) and then worked on the details as we went. I even tweaked the nodes while it was open.
Nothing is written in stone. Just publish / go live! Work on the details as you go.
Instead of: Ready.... aim.... aim.... aim.... aim.... aim..... aim... fire? Nope... aim some more.
Do: Ready... Aim... FIRE! Aim... Fire! Aim, fire! Aim, fire! Reload! Aim, Fire!
Nothing is written in stone. Just publish / go live! Work on the details as you go.
Instead of: Ready.... aim.... aim.... aim.... aim.... aim..... aim... fire? Nope... aim some more.
Do: Ready... Aim... FIRE! Aim... Fire! Aim, fire! Aim, fire! Reload! Aim, Fire!
Lee
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That looks like a million % improvement. I think the longer you remain closed the less interest your existing members will have in coming back. If I were you, i'd make a little logo (even as a place holder) and get the forum back online with the default theme. Then I would build a new theme offline to switch to in the future.
PatriotGB
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I think it's very important to get listed and favorable (first page) positioning in Google's search results.
So, what do people find when they Google "your special interest forum?"
Look up "Google Search Console," and get that all set up. You'll need to add a line (Google's tag) to your website code. Then work on your Title and Description tags to include keywords that are likely to be used in a search for your forum topic.
I just got this today. Mind you, 250 clicks is nothing in the spectrum of what's out there. But my (relatively small niche) forum is brand new (3-1/2 months old). And, I started at zero.
I'm three away from 500 members at the moment. Past 8,700 messages posted in over 1,100 threads. Not bad, I think!
Get your "Google on!"
You want your forum to be FOUND.
So, what do people find when they Google "your special interest forum?"
Look up "Google Search Console," and get that all set up. You'll need to add a line (Google's tag) to your website code. Then work on your Title and Description tags to include keywords that are likely to be used in a search for your forum topic.
I just got this today. Mind you, 250 clicks is nothing in the spectrum of what's out there. But my (relatively small niche) forum is brand new (3-1/2 months old). And, I started at zero.
I'm three away from 500 members at the moment. Past 8,700 messages posted in over 1,100 threads. Not bad, I think!
Get your "Google on!"
You want your forum to be FOUND.
thesignalman
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How would this logo be. Not sure if it's too simple
PatriotGB
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First thought that came to mind...
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