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heavyboots
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March 18, 2009
Question

Why not a flex-width forum?

  • March 18, 2009
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I see it is easily possible--just look at Jive's forum!

Some major issue I see with the 700px or so size you're currently using.
* Code blocks are practically useless for indented code.
* Put it into threaded mode and have a good laugh at the 250px wide stuff columns by the time you get down to a 4th reply.
* You're already losing 240px to the annoying "Actions" right-hand column. People with theater-proportion screens could at least ameliorate this issue slightly.
* I believe you're using a large font than they are the Jive site, so your content already flows longer.
* It's frustrating to see 300-400px of dead space that I could really be using just sitting to the right of the forum.
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    Mark_A__Boyd
    Mark_A__Boyd
    Inspiring
    March 22, 2009
    >Your Adobe.com username has absolutely nothing to do with the username used in these WebX forums.

    I think I knew that, but thanks.

    >Except if the users names are not exactly the same in both none of your previous post and comments will not be brought over to the new system. Now if they use the same link when new system, then perhaps all your previous post counts and items will be moved.

    Not a biggy. Almost all of my messages came from NNTP. That is thousands of posts via NNTP vs tens of posts via Web forums. I really don't give a hoot about such things anyway. As in many aspects of life, it is quality, not quantity that matters.
    PJonesCET
    PJonesCET
    Participating Frequently
    March 22, 2009
    Your Adobe.com username has absolutely nothing to do with the username used in these WebX forums. Except if the users names are not exactly the same in both none of your previous post and comments will not be brought over to the new system. Now if they use the same link when new system, then perhaps all your previous post counts and items will be moved.
    So I have renamed my username for the webx forums to match exactly my adobe.com user name. So while you can before the switch over change all of your user names on all the different forums (MM/webX) to exactly match before the switch over, and if you can change your email address to exactly match before the switchover.
    Cindy-
    Cindy-
    Known Participant
    March 22, 2009
    > If you're doing any web work, I highly recommend the web developer extension, a great tool for analysing a page.

    Thanks Kath, I will do that.

    Mark, thanks for that.
    Mark_A__Boyd
    Mark_A__Boyd
    Inspiring
    March 22, 2009
    Hey!

    This forum uses my prefered full name! Did I log in with a different Adobe ID when forced to login again?

    My IDs are big web of confusion for me after merging personal and company accounts from both Adobe and MacroMedia.
    Mark_A__Boyd
    Mark_A__Boyd
    Inspiring
    March 22, 2009
    I wasn't aware of this thread over here until now. If you want to get rid of the avatars on the thread index page without AdBlock, you can add this little bit to your style sheet:

    .jive-avatar {
    display: none !important;
    }

    Just don't forget to turn off the user style sheets if you want to observe any changes that Adobe might be making to the look-n-feel over there.

    Side note: These really are not scripts. They are style sheets or style sheet rules. They will still work if you have JavaScript turned off in your browsers.
    Kath-H
    Kath-H
    Inspiring
    March 22, 2009
    I use both - Safari more often because I find it quicker and I prefer the look, but Firefox is immensely useful with all the add-ons you can get. If you're doing any web work, I highly recommend the web developer extension, a great tool for analysing a page.
    Cindy-
    Cindy-
    Known Participant
    March 22, 2009
    Adblock is great!! I don't know how I ever lived without it! And Firefox...wow. Ramon, you have been saying forever how configurable it is and I just never tried things. Why would anyone use Safari?
    Cindy-
    Cindy-
    Known Participant
    March 22, 2009
    Ramon,

    I got Adblock but I don't seem to be able to make it work. In Adblock Plus Prefs do you simply ad the page as a filter that you want blocked?

    UPDATE: Sorry, I finally found the help file that talks about subscriptions. Is there a best one?
    Ramón G Castañeda
    Ramón G Castañeda
    Inspiring
    March 22, 2009
    &gt; but not on the home page. <br /> <br /> That's not the "Home" page. It's the main thread index page for that particular subforum. <br /> <br /> I got rid of the avatars there through Adblock. <br /> <br />c <a href="http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1kh7PYdJTceOSrCTQRbaifku3nd7ke1" /></a> <img alt="Picture hosted by Pixentral" src="http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1kh7PYdJTceOSrCTQRbaifku3nd7ke1_thumb.jpg" border="0" />
    Cindy-
    Cindy-
    Known Participant
    March 22, 2009
    Its funny but my script got rid of the avatars inside the threads themselves but not on the home page. I must have a variant. <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1abexBxB8k655QOVcQDux55elUvyA1" /></a> <img alt="Picture hosted by Pixentral" src="http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1abexBxB8k655QOVcQDux55elUvyA1_thumb.png" border="0" />
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