Changing the look
 

Well,

Since the site is dead, I thought I would take this opprtunity and try to change the look and feel.

Also, since the site is dead, I would like to have an image of a Boxster surrounded by tumble weed :) If you can do this with a graphics program feel free to do so :)

New look
 

Looks too busy in my opinion. I can't say that I like it very much like this. I realize this is just your dev environment, so it may change with some input from forum members.

Anyway, my 2 cents -- the way it was looked nicer and had less clutter.

Anyone else (I know you are lurking!) have any input?

Better
 

OK, things are better now. But, not all that different from what you had before. Other than changing the header graphic, it is not that much different that I can see. Needs some kind of graphic though with a Boxster in it.

Tumbling along with the tumbling tumbleweed
 

I will see what I can do in the way of tumbleweed Jorge.

I like it, and I think it's great you put so much work into it!

Not all together there yet. I screwed sometyhing up and have the default forum going. I will modify it shortly. But, better like this than none for now.

Give me time. I have been working on www.hometheaterdiscussion.com and thats the look I wanted here. however, our defacto graphics artist does not like it :( So, lets see what the outcome is .....

OK guys,

I have been traveling a bit for the past month and have just got home --


what is this "dead ****************?" Come on, lets get with it! This is a great site and has good information, along with some great people!


I think the "new look" is good and easy to use. I am not really into "looks" of web-stuff, but am into the utility and information/knowledge factor.

jorge, Please keep it up, your dedication and energy is greatly appreciated by this p-car person.

thanks for the support.

Dont worry about the site. Its not going anywhere. Its on a server that I run another site at and its not costing me anything to keeo it going. All that said, I the site will look normal again this weekend when I 'm done. I can makle it look like www.hometheaterdiscussion.com but I have been told by a user here that he prefers this look.

So, the jury is still out.

JT

Look and feel
 

Your HTD forum site looks fine, that would work here too. Although I can't say I like the yellowish tone of it over there at HTD forum. Should be something more neutral, like a light greyish look. Needs some kind of Boxster grapic of course too or else it just would really suck.

I have been super busy lately, no time to work on any graphics yet. I am going to try and incorporate some tumbleweed into a graphic with a Boxster. Maybe this weeend.

If you are going to keep this general look and feel here, the purple (main center area) and blue (left navigation area) really clash, they should at least be one or the other. Personally, I can't stand purple.

Tumbleweed
 

OK, so how does this work for you Jorge? You wanted some tumbleweed.

You can find this in my Public filesharing folder at http://homepage.mac.com/bliemel/FileSharing.html where you can download the image. Look for the one that starts with 986logo....

EDIT: Couldn't attach the image for some reason. I will email it to you.

I love it !

I will have it up with the revamped site really soon :)

Thanks for the contribution.

Looks very good! Your computer guys continue to amaze me! PLEASE, keep up the stuff for us non-computer guys!

Cool Jorge!
 

Look forward to seeing the new logo and the revamped site up soon.

Newest New Look
 

I like the look with the tumbleweed blown away and a nice AS Boxster on display. Keep up the good work.

How about this Jorge?
 

OK, had a bit ot time to play with it. How about this for the forum graphic?

http://homepage.mac.com/bliemel/.Pic...as_logoweb.jpg

Not bad, actually, I like it a lot. Perhaps a bit more contrast in the text? Is this a car from a Porsche ad, or an actual car?

Forum graphic
 

I think this looks better with the text extended out over the image. Final call is up to Jorge of course.

That is an actual car, not from any Porsche site to avoid legal problems with the legal folks at Porsche.

So whaddya think folks?

http://homepage.mac.com/bliemel/.Pic...logo227web.jpg

Possible Site Logos
 

Given the idea to do rotating/randomly selected photos (like ehljags current pic) why not just go to some stylized text-based logo for the site? I've attached a few just to provide ideas of what I mean...

No offense, but....
 

No offense, but I don't like those at all. They are too flat and lifeless IMO. Of course this is all up to Jorge in the end. I also don't think we want to go changing things too often. I'd like to see us stick with one forum graphic for a few months at least before we change it again. Just my 2 cents.

If we want just a text logo, we could definitely come up with something better than those using Photoshop that has some depth and dimension.

Somehow, I just think having a Boxster image as part of the forum graphic just makes it look like it belongs.

No offense taken - I don't have a copy of photoshop, so these were created with some open source tools. They're just ideas - that can be used if desired or improved upon, by those with the tools. Depth, texture: great idea - add it if you've got the power!

On another front, I tried teaching myself how to do some animated gifs and here are the results. Same offer - improve if desired... discard if unwanted, etc.

Previous post plays once, this and next one repeat as long as your browser settings allow...

last one...

My 2 cents -- I like the photos of members/partipants cars. It looks great, very professional, and has a bit of a reward for our hard labor in keeping our cars "buffed!"

donv
 

Yeah those are kinda neat, but animation on a site is generally not that well accepted in the world of web design. Best to keep things simple IMO.

I'd position things about like this
 

I'd position things about like this. I painted over the blue lines around ehljags car, but that was just because I had to. I am not against having the member photos with a border. In this case perhaps the member photos would need to be a bit smaller to give more emphasis to the forum graphic since that is the primary focus first time you come here.

http://homepage.mac.com/bliemel/.Pictures/986pos.jpg

I agree with the last couple of posts re: simplicity and the car photos. My intended suggestion was only to focus on that by simplifying the overall appearance (to not distract from the members' cars photos) through making the current left hand image (a.ka. "site" logo) be stylized text alone.

FWIW, below image was my original thinking.

In all truth, it is the site content I'm most interested in (vs. the look, per se), so I'll just back out of this politely and leave the look to others... keep up your good work!

Another take on that
 

How about something like this then? I think with some more depth, drop shadow, plus some other touches, your idea is not looking too bad doing it this way.

So, the envelope please Mr. Jorge! Jorge, wake up!

http://homepage.mac.com/bliemel/.Pic...lulogo3web.jpg

Jorge,

Looking good!... Real Good!!!

Yeah!
 

Yeah, I like the way it turned out. Donv had a good idea after all with his suggestion for an all text forum graphic.

If anyone else has a shot of their Boxster they want to add to the gallery so Jorge can rotate them out now and then, let me know and I will take your image and do the Photoshop magic on it.

Just send me a PM if you are interested.

Glad you like it. The only thing I would like to see different is smaller images of member autos. Which by the way, I am waiting for more submissions.

JT

Smaller images
 

I agree Jorge, the pics for the member's cars could be smaller.

Smaller pics
 

Jorge, I resized ehljags member pic, check your email. 66% of what it is now. Should work fine.

The "since the site is dead" topic should go away
 

The "since the site is dead" topic should go away. I don't think we are helping attract anyone by having that stuff up there anymore.

We have changed the look, it looks great. So let's get rid of the references to the deadness and the tumbleweed.

Can we put something up there that is a bit more positive and relevant?

Just my 2 cents. Anyone else care to comment?

ok then. who want the forum? I give up :(

My 5 cents -- THIS FOURM ROCKS. We need a bit more "involvement." The infor is always good, informative, and humorous (at times). I like the new look, especially the lapis blue car at the top.

Jorge,
What do you need from us? You seem to "give" a lot, but......

I recommend we need to "market," perhps in local chapter P-car fish wraps.......