Vertical space
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@charly2008 said:
Why is there so much free vertical space at both sides?
Charly,
Consider it a free bonus.
I get a lot of space on the sides with my 30" screen but the forum fits about right on a 17" notebook. Your screen looks really wide. I was more concerned that in the screen space that they are using (probably based on an optimal width for a variety of screens) the vertical space between buttons and boxes seems high, and it would be nice if these things can be stacked more efficiently. For example there is a lot of space left over in the upper right on the page I am typing on.
I have no idea what is possible with the SCF setup. Just commments.
Peter
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@unknownuser said:
Why is there so much free vertical space at both sides?
To match the main site. Having a fluid width that adjusted to browser widthe didn't look right. We had it set for about a month.
The main site couldn't be set to fluid width so we have a fixed width on both.
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If you remember the old forums, the text width insidethe the forums width was also set to a relatively narrow, fixed width (some 640 pixels as far as I remember) for easier reading. Now the "full width" of the current posting area is about the same size so practically speaking, nothing has changed as you see the exact same width of text and attached images.
What has in fact changed is that now external images embedded with the [img] tags are also resized to fit in the forum area (and are clickable to display full size). This is IMO an improvement though as previously some of these images broke out of the forum frame and forced the browser to side scrolling which is a very annoying thing.
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Well my comment is not so esoteric. I just find everything is spread out on the page and it takes scrolling and scrolling to make a post--except the Quick Reply : ).
"Viewing Profile" is also an example of expansive layout needing a lot of scrolling and searching for what used to be right at the top.
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Yeah, the "View profile" page is something very exoticly spread. I was trying to tweak it today but to no avail.
The other thing is the "Post Reply" page which would definitely profit something if I could find the way to append a "bookmark" to the "Post Reply" link (try this to see...)
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Gai,
Yes that'd help, though you miss another chance to view the ad!Peter
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OK, what about this link now?
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Up to me? I'll take the first one!
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I notice that on a 17" monitor (wide format laptop)(1280x800), Mac / Firefox, I need to scroll for the last bit to see the next page buttons (at the bottom of the page). Didn't ever see that before. This is sort of the opposite of the width issue noted above. Shouldn't most elements be within a standard window width? 15" or 17"? Especially navigation buttons? Just being helpful....
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Didn't you incidentally zoom in? Press Ctrl+0 (zero) to zoom 100% on the website. The whole width is 960 pixels altogether so should fit on a 1200 something monitor.
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It's a Mac Gai,, anything is possible.
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Well, Mac or not, 960 pixels (or 940 with 10 pixel margin on each side) is just 940 pixels.
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vertical space? 2 lines of post fill a screen
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I like the space. I have a 1920x1080 LCD and keeping everything in that nice little strip down the middle makes it easier to read. With web pages that go edge-to-edge I have to sit way back from the screen to see everything.
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That's not the space OP (I) was speaking of
I mean the waste of space (loose grouping of buttons, line spacing, extra features etc.) requiring much more scrolling down the page than before.
I think you DO have to have sufficient side buffers so everyone doesn't have to scroll sideways on regular screens. (As a matter of fact, on a wide 17 in screen, I have to scroll sideways to use this forum now as well.)
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That's true. I do find myself hunting for things that are a little spaced out, but I just blame myself for needing time to get used to the new layout.
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@dan rathbun said:
I also wonder why the forum Title needs to be so large it's uses 33px and has a 15px bottom margin, for a total of 48px in height.
OK.. thanks Gai or Rich, I see someone added a specific CSS rule to remove the unneeded 15px bottom margin.
Well 15px is a start for ya', Peter.
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Also try the Page Eraser Chrome Extension if space is an issue
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Peter,
Another option for saving vertical space and reducing scrolling, in topic pages:
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Goto User Control Panel
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Choose the Board preferences tab
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Select the Edit display options panel
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Turn OFF signatures
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Turn OFF avatars
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(Your choice) to also turn OFF images in posts
etc... click the Submit button, when done.
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