VonDroid - critique welcome!

[Shelley]

It's the category image that I previously had, it was on the right hand side. Here's a screenshot:


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This is the code I used for it which should work unless I've missed something.

.catImage117
{
    background: url(http://vondroid.com/site-img/vnodes/tablet.png) !important;
    float: right !important;
    width: 120px !important;
    height: 47px !important;
    margin-top:-16px !important;
        margin-right:-14px !important;
}

oh I see. Are you editing templates to do this as I notice that is a custom class? because you can actually do that via css only there's some code somewhere that might help and save you on editing templates.

 

[xenTheory]

oh I see. Are you editing templates to do this as I notice that is a custom class? because you can actually do that via css only there's some code somewhere that might help and save you on editing templates.

Ah, that's why it doesn't work - after the update all custom classes were removed... yes, I'm an idiot.

I have seen this: http://xenforo.com/community/resources/category-images-for-forum-listing.1518/ which I will see if I can work on.

 

[Shelley]

Ah, that's why it doesn't work - after the update all custom classes were removed... yes, I'm an idiot.

I have seen this: http://xenforo.com/community/resources/category-images-for-forum-listing.1518/ which I will see if I can work on.

here's an example of how to do it via css and just use the extra.css if this helps.http://xenforo.com/community/threads/well-than-critique-my-site-animelon-com.16305/#post-215218

 

[xenTheory]

here's an example of how to do it via css and just use the extra.css if this helps.http://xenforo.com/community/threads/well-than-critique-my-site-animelon-com.16305/#post-215218

I fixed it by adding the span on the level 1 node template

<span class="catImage{$category.node_id}"></span>

If you check http://vondroid.com/forum/ now you'll see

 

[Shelley]

I fixed it by adding the span on the level 1 node template

<span class="catImage{$category.node_id}"></span>

If you check http://vondroid.com/forum/ now you'll see

Looking great. Style is coming together very nicely.

 

[xenTheory]

Looking great. Style is coming together very nicely.

Thanks Still a few more kinks to work out but I've done most of it, just missing the 'NEW POSTS' part I had before, however I can't remember what I edited in order achieve the result

Just incase anyone has an idea... http://xenforo.com/community/threads/adding-a-new-posts-indicator.48082/

 

[BlackCobra]

I'm new to Xenforo and this is my first forum, I've been doing design work for a while and have added quite a few addons as well as customisations.

What do you think?

http://www.vondroid.com

I was honestly expecting something dark and flashy popping up at me, kind of put me down a bit on that. I don't like your color scheme at all but I love everything else. Other than your color scheme, great job with the forum.

 

[xenTheory]

I was honestly expecting something dark and flashy popping up at me, kind of put me down a bit on that. I don't like your color scheme at all but I love everything else. Other than your color scheme, great job with the forum.

It's not to everyones liking but it's unique and, from the feedback users have given, makes it stand out from other forums. Appreciate the critique

 

[Jeff Fuqua]

I visited your site yesterday and think the icons on the menus and the way you treat your category bars are very nice.

 

[xenTheory]

VonDroid is now using xF1.2 with a new style but based on the old one. It's not yet finished but it's getting there. Further critique is welcome

 

[borbole]

It looks very nice. Did you design the style yourself?

 

[Shelley]

VonDroid is now using xF1.2 with a new style but based on the old one. It's not yet finished but it's getting there. Further critique is welcome

Congrats on upgrading to 1.2. My review is still the same you've done an exceptional job on the style and it is still look great. Nice work @Piers

 

[xenTheory]

It looks very nice. Did you design the style yourself?

Thank you, yes I did design the style myself I'm still working on creating my first community design, but not quite there yet.

Congrats on upgrading to 1.2. My review is still the same you've done an exceptional job on the style and it is still look great. Nice work @Piers

Thank you Shelley There are a few unfinished areas but it's getting there. Although I have no idea how to fix what I appear to have done to the responsive menu

 

[xenTheory]

Updated with new banner styles for user groups and a few other CSS fixes.

 

[xenTheory]

Massive new update with xF1.3 and latest add-ons. It's still a WIP but nearly there.

http://vondroid.com

 

[AndreaMarucci]

Beautiful. I like it very much. It's a custom theme or one bought somewhere?

 

[xenTheory]

Beautiful. I like it very much. It's a custom theme or one bought somewhere?

Thank you for your kind comment. It's a custom theme, using the default as a base. I'm going to attempt to port it over to IPB as I'll not be renewing either of my XF licences next month.

 

[xenTheory]

OK, I did eventually decide that, after a year, I was no longer angry at XenForo's mediocre support...

So I've started on a new design for VonDroid, here's a preview of the header.

Features:

• Fixed header
• "Retina" ready (graphics looks clearly defined when zoomed 200% on a 4k display in Chrome).
• Search - This slides to the left 300px as the user hovers over it, there is no such button - pressing 'enter/return' enables the default XenForo search function.
• A nice colour scheme, far less harsh than the present orange and black combination.

Parts not completed in the below screenshot:

• ~70% of image colours
• Hiding the notification/alert box (red) when responsive, it seems to linger... tips are welcome
• Fixing the horrible blue box/arrow combination for the Sub-forums text.
• Avatars - although I've added a blur, you can still see them. CSS first, images later.
• Find out if people who paid for XenPorta 1.6 copyright removal are required to pay for the new version.

Direct image link (1920x600)

And here's second screenshot showing the 300px search box when active

Direct image link (1920x600)

And here's a third image showing the 'News' page, this is done with XenPorta and RSS feeds.

Direct image link (1920x600)

The design is not yet public. What does anyone think?

Cheers,

Piers

 

[xenTheory]

The new version is now live. A couple of issues are still there, but the majority have been resolved.

Click here to see it live!

Any opinions?

 

[T Money]

Looks fantastic, I like the new look for sure.
One thing I wonder is if your main forum page has too many categories/nodes? I too am struggling how to be thorough but still be concise.

Question: How did you replace the node icons with company logos? This is exactly what I have been trying to do.