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8 hours ago, silverwolf1 said:
Three suggestions about appearance from the past that have reached me again:
1: A banner- Acteons last submission ( <a data-fileid="2074" href="https://zoowg.org/uploads/monthly_2017_08/Actaeon_ZCF-ZWG_banner_full.png.692d562fbcabc45074dd038c4d225910.png" title="Enlarge image"></a> )
would be the preferred one to use.
2: A shout box something like the old ZF had.
3: A skin. I would prefer a simple color change to silver and black, but did see a pawprint one I kinda liked. I'll have to look for it again.
In my mind, advertising the forum is still a priority. The more members we draw in the more we enlighten and the more we learn from each other, be it in prose or debate.
sw
1) A banner is a really good idea, but considering that we were first a Writers Guild and second a Zoo forum, that banner just seems a little out of place. Especially considering that we don’t even have a “wank section” as someone put it, do we really want a banner with suggestive animals as the image that defines this forum? Maybe we can go with something a bit more sleek and professional? That one is also a bit crowded. As always, the forum has been your department, though, so we can do this if you want.
2) A shoutbox is a great suggestion. I need to see if it’s been upgraded to support this version of the forum. I really don’t have time to create one from scratch and last time I checked, the Shoutbox seemed like an abandoned project.
3) Yeah, some skin change would be nice, I agree. I’ll help you look. If you find one that is compatible with this version of the forum, we can install it and tweak some of the minor things like paw icons or color sets.
4) Advertizing is something you want to do carefully. I’m a proponent of it, but I don’t want to open the place to Google or Bing for indexing even though we are SEO’d if you will. You don’t want the crazies to swarm the place, either.
5) Some people are getting errors trying to upload images? If somebody can post a screenshot... (just kidding [img]<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/tongue.png[/img]/emoticons/[email protected] 2x" title=":P" width="20" /> ). I’ll look into it ASAP.
—Jed
