Thread: What information, services, features, etc. can BroncosForums add for our members?

Originally Posted by gnomeflinger

Oh, I thought of something! How about a timer ticker thing to the start of football season? You had one for the draft.

It was suggested to put one up leading up to training camp, which I figured I would do pretty soon, just didn't want it to be up for two long. Now that we are about a month away (not sure exactly when it starts), I figured I would put it back up soon.

Originally Posted by frauschieze

I see that. I never bother to look in there since it says there have NEVER been any posts in that subforum and there are 0 threads and 0 posts. I just think it looks kinda trashy and Town Hall seems to be where most announcements are made. Or the new way where Tned forces a giant message to you that you have to click the red x to get rid of.

Originally Posted by Midnight Blue

Those giant messages are kinda cool now that I know it isn't an indication that I've gotten myself in trouble.

Every time those come up, I get the adrenaline rush to my throat, wondering if I finally pushed Tned over the edge and I got busted for something.

Originally Posted by gnomeflinger

Every time those come up, I get the adrenaline rush

You need to get out more.

As far as features go the only thing I'd like to see is something I've requested in the past-- a work-friendly version of the lounge. I know part of the reasoning for not having one is that you don't want people to "forget" they are in the lounge... But isn't that why we have moderators? If people aren't following rules, I don't think the color of the background is going to change anything.

Originally Posted by Buff

As far as features go the only thing I'd like to see is something I've requested in the past-- a work-friendly version of the lounge. I know part of the reasoning for not having one is that you don't want people to "forget" they are in the lounge... But isn't that why we have moderators? If people aren't following rules, I don't think the color of the background is going to change anything.

I'm about to head out of town (on Tuesday), but over the weekend, I'll put up a thread just about that, and whether the red color makes people more aware so they don't pull a "ooops, I thought I was in the lounge". If the consensus is the color doesn't help, I can remove the special formatting for the lounge and it will then default to the blue or white, depending on what style you have chosen.

I think I'd like to have the colors changed to stark white with black lettering like we had on the old mania..

is there any way you can stop people from being such tremendous homers?

Originally Posted by dogfish

is there any way you can stop people from being such tremendous homers?

you may be near the top of that list

I like the red color in the lounge and have used it when about to post something... I check to see if I'm ok to do so...

Is it that the red is too eye catching for at work? Is that the complaint?

If it is... would another color be ok? So if you're paying attention, you can still tell...

Originally Posted by Buff

You need to get out more.

As far as features go the only thing I'd like to see is something I've requested in the past-- a work-friendly version of the lounge. I know part of the reasoning for not having one is that you don't want people to "forget" they are in the lounge... But isn't that why we have moderators? If people aren't following rules, I don't think the color of the background is going to change anything.

I used to get my kicks on Route 66, but then I moved to Seattle.

Originally Posted by LordTrychon

I like the red color in the lounge and have used it when about to post something... I check to see if I'm ok to do so...

Is it that the red is too eye catching for at work? Is that the complaint?

If it is... would another color be ok? So if you're paying attention, you can still tell...

Are you familiar with the "work-friendly" version of the site that you select in the lower left-hand corner drop down box?

I don't want to change the colors of the lounge, I just want to have the same work-friendly version that is available for the rest of the site to also be available for the lounge.

Originally Posted by Buff

Are you familiar with the "work-friendly" version of the site that you select in the lower left-hand corner drop down box?

I don't want to change the colors of the lounge, I just want to have the same work-friendly version that is available for the rest of the site to also be available for the lounge.

OH! Ok.

I understand now. I didn't realize that feature didn't apply in the lounge.

That makes more sense.

Sounds good to me.

Originally Posted by LordTrychon

OH! Ok.

I understand now. I didn't realize that feature didn't apply in the lounge.

That makes more sense.

Sounds good to me.

Unfortunately, you can only have 'one' overide style for a forum, like the lounge. I can't make it conditional, so there is a subtle, but different one if worker friendly is chosen, and bright red if the normal is chosen.

So, the two options are:

1. Disable the forum specific override (currently the red look -- in honor of Amsterdam's red light district), and then the lounge would either be blue or white, depending on if the default or worker friendly theme is picked.
   
2. Choose a color scheme/style that more closely resembles the worker friendly theme, but possibly with slightly different colors. However, this means that those people that are using the standard blue style, would revert to something closer to the white theme when going into the lounge.