Prostheta Posted September 22, 2012 Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 Project Guitar is being updated! We have been online for a little over ten years and to mark this the whole projectguitar.com website will be receiving a gradual overhaul plus the forum has been given a whole new look. Currently the board background uses a few "default" header images however these will soon be altered to guitar/luthiery-specific backgrounds. If you so wish, one of six backgrounds can be selected by clicking the small paintbrush icon in the top right hand part of the site.... Welcome to the next ten years. Quote Link to comment
Maiden69 Posted September 23, 2012 Report Share Posted September 23, 2012 You scare me $hitless!!! I come back from a week field excercise and see that banner and thought the site was hacked or something. I do like the lay out now better than the last iteration, how ever, I'm missing my spell check as I type with this version. Waiting to see the end version. Quote Link to comment
killemall8 Posted September 23, 2012 Report Share Posted September 23, 2012 The only thing i dont like is the font that says when the post was made is almost impossible to read. <edit: fixed...> 1 Quote Link to comment
Prostheta Posted September 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2012 Thanks for the feedback. Any minor oddities will be ironed out as time goes along however the main tasks ahead are the relaunch of the main ".com" side of the site and the integration of the new articles and content system. Certainly, Project Guitar has a lot of growth ahead and a correspondingly large amount of work (and coffee). The six selectable header images come with many thanks to ScottR as this month's GOTM winner (#1), and from gracious donation by Robert Woudsma of LoonSong Instruments (#2). Each month as we have a new GOTM winner, a new header background from the winner's photos will be chosen for the site in the default header image position meaning that all new visitors to PG and those who have the first image header selected will instantly see your creations! Quote Link to comment
westhemann Posted September 23, 2012 Report Share Posted September 23, 2012 Why do the backgrounds keep changing?Jeez as soon as I find one I like it gets removed.All of these new ones are too bright or too dark.What was wrong with the wood grain? Quote Link to comment
Prostheta Posted September 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2012 Clear your cache Wes. Ctrl+F5 normally, or CTRL and click the refresh icon. Quote Link to comment
westhemann Posted September 23, 2012 Report Share Posted September 23, 2012 Thanks.That's the only one I can read with no difficulty Quote Link to comment
Prostheta Posted September 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2012 Hah! Woke up with a sore head, Wes? Quote Link to comment
westhemann Posted September 23, 2012 Report Share Posted September 23, 2012 No,my eyes are old Quote Link to comment
westhemann Posted September 23, 2012 Report Share Posted September 23, 2012 Is there anything you can do about the size of the font in the posts?Mikro and I are finding it to be be so small and dim it is hard to pick out. Quote Link to comment
Prostheta Posted September 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2012 The default font size is somewhat difficult to alter but I'll look into it. Quote Link to comment
westhemann Posted September 23, 2012 Report Share Posted September 23, 2012 Aaaagh...that took me some serious straining to read there..you kids are mean. Quote Link to comment
Prostheta Posted September 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2012 What browser are you running Wes? Hitting CTRL+PLUS a couple of times in Chrome increases the size of the page nicely. Perhaps you are too far from the monitor. :overhere Quote Link to comment
westhemann Posted September 23, 2012 Report Share Posted September 23, 2012 I use Firefox,but it's not just me,Mikro is having it worse.It's not really age for me as much as a nearly 20 year welding career in the sun.I think it's the color more than the size.The kids that write these programs have no experience yet with bad eyes. I'll dig around in my browser,but this forum is the only one that gives me an issue,every other site is fine(stewmac,amazon,etc) Oh..my face is about 2 feet from the monitor Quote Link to comment
westhemann Posted September 23, 2012 Report Share Posted September 23, 2012 The plus-ing works somewhat,but it's definitely the low contrast of the color that is the problem Quote Link to comment
Prostheta Posted September 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2012 Oh..my face is about 2 feet from the monitor You need a bigger monitor or a smaller face. This is on my to-do list Wes, bear with me. Quote Link to comment
westhemann Posted September 23, 2012 Report Share Posted September 23, 2012 Okay I can't see any ability for me to change my own font color preferences unless it's in my own post Ironically,the "bold" setting is more like normal everywhere else Quote Link to comment
Prostheta Posted September 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2012 Okay, cool. So how's that working for you, Wes? 8pt text 10pt text 12pt text 14pt text 18pt text 24pt text It does mean however, that posts that use specifically-sized text might now be out of whack in relation to the default 14pt text size. We need to keep an eye out for that. Can you manage that, Wes? Actually, this morning I was reading an article on how DRM is making documents such as e-books, etc. impossible for visually-impaired people to use reading aids. http://www.zdnet.com/going-blind-drm-will-dim-your-world-7000004586/ I will certainly keep accessibility in mind from hereonin before the new PG site becomes too "ingrained" to change it Wes. Quote Link to comment
westhemann Posted September 23, 2012 Report Share Posted September 23, 2012 It is subtle.Honestly i have been mucking around with my own settings so I have no idea what you did but it seems much easier to read.Works for me. Quote Link to comment
Prostheta Posted September 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2012 Excellent. Good to hear it Wes. It seems however, that some people are having difficulty in posting or starting threads. I spent most of today housekeeping the backend system so if any errors have crept in, please PM me or a moderator. Quote Link to comment
The Fool Guy Posted September 24, 2012 Report Share Posted September 24, 2012 The site could use a pic of the previous months 'Guitar of the Month' as the background... Quote Link to comment
Prostheta Posted September 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2012 The site could use a pic of the previous months 'Guitar of the Month' as the background... ...it does! Quote Link to comment
Maiden69 Posted September 25, 2012 Report Share Posted September 25, 2012 Who ever fixed my Mod tab to the Iron Maiden letters kicks ass!!!! Quote Link to comment
westhemann Posted September 25, 2012 Report Share Posted September 25, 2012 Yeah,my badge looks awesome,too.Now that i am used to the change and the letters are darker I think this update kicks ass Quote Link to comment
dpm99 Posted September 25, 2012 Report Share Posted September 25, 2012 Woah! Big change. Looking forward to seeing what you come up with. Quote Link to comment
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