stevee1966 said:E minus.
Truely awful.
bonzo101 said:Please tell me. Why should I adjust my browser settings just to come on to "amateur valley" when all other sites and forums work well with my existing settings. I was looking at the EB Acoustics website yesterday. Bland, yes but at least it doesn't jump out of the screen and grab you by the throat. By these standards, it looks educated.
kikiso said:It's a shame what's happened here. This has been a truly great place to visit and get hints and tips on how to get great results from kit and what kit people think is worth buying. It's now gone backwards in terms of design and ease of use. Ironically I'm not sure if many will read this or any other posts from now on. I think I'll occasionally have a look to check if sanity has returned and some grown ups have improved the look and feel, useability and performance but for now, this is an example of how not to move forward. Perhaps an ex-Windows designer was involved???? Oh yes, and has anyone mentioned the signatures have gone.... WHF reminds me of three other letters, starting with "W" and ending with "F". Sorry and BFN.
dap33 said:avforums website got it about right imo
daveh75 said:dap33 said:avforums website got it about right imo
Your kidding? Thats another example of a hideous redesign.
Quite a few regulars abandoned AVF because of it.
Vladimir said:Some websites use ready made platforms like vBulletin, phpBB, Simple Machines, XenForo, Bulletin Board etc. That is the simplest option to go with. What Hi-Fi? has done an integrated custom made magazine portal and forum which do not look like two different websites with just a matching logo and colors changed in the forum section. Fully integrated website is the hardest, best, most expensive solution to go with and as we can observe it has its challenges.
RedCafe is a 10 minute website. Just install XenForo, change header logo and color scheme and you have a forum community. If you want a front home page that serves as a portal, you can butcher the php a bit like HiFiWigwam did, but it is not a proper portal with integrated forum community. As fugly new WHF is, it is ahead of most, in principle at least.