[Michael]

What 2006 Brings!

As 2005 draws to an end The Staff Lounge has decided to give its style and functionality abit of a makeover. First off the blocks is the revamp of the header template, to help include more informative, relevant, topical information for our users - hence, the display of "Latest Forum Threads". Also the Staff Lounge textual logo design has a bit of a makeover, presenting a much more informal, personal and collective representation of our mission statement to become your vBulletin resource. Also to coincide with the infusion of orange into the logo we have spiced up the image navigation too with nice little mouse-over effects to keep you entertained for a couple of minutes at least

Another big milestone The Staff Lounge has recently surpassed is the 10,000 post mark. Congratulations everyone and many more post, thread and member count milestone come our way - to coincide with our expansion the creation of a Graphics Team, and a Support Team to help ensure we are providing a sufficient level of support in our more specialised forums has been created and their positions now fully filled and we are hopeful you will be impressed with what Slash, Cole and Jennifer will provide in their relevant forums from now on

Does the below image look familiar? Oh! Why yes, this is the old profile view which The Staff Lounge and many other vBulletin forums once ran, but after a couple of hours of template changes and revamps we have got a much more ergonomic profile view design. With a couple of extra profile fields for you to fill out too.

For example, Favourite Music and Favourite Films are just a couple of examples of the new additions with Favourite Games currently being planned as well to be added at a later date. An example of the new profile template in action can be viewed * Michaelmbers/michael.html" target="_blank">here.

[Andy]

Nice job Michael...

[Slack]

I like the new look for the viewing profiles

[Michael]

Originally Posted By: Slack I like the new look for the viewing profiles

Dont forget to all update your own profiles as to make them relevant

[Cody]

They look nice, great job.

[Ohiosweetheart]

hey hey I like it! I updated mine

Michael, is this an add-on/hack for vB, or standard in the newest version?

[Michael]

Originally Posted By: Ohiosweetheart hey hey I like it! I updated mine Michael, is this an add-on/hack for vB, or standard in the newest version?

Ah, no this is a custom template modification i made myself

[Ohiosweetheart]

oooooooooh aren't you the talented one!

[Hector]

Originally Posted By: Ohiosweetheart hey hey I like it! I updated mine Michael, is this an add-on/hack for vB, or standard in the newest version?

Nice work

This is awesome Mike, thanks you sexy beast you XD

[Cody]

Everything looks great. Congratulations and Happy New Year!

[bunced]

I like it

Can I just make one comment - could we have a 'Mark Forums Read' link on the Quick Links drop down, please. It would make life easier!

[Andy]

You just changed the topic name and added stuff XD But i like the new look.

[-CP-]

looks good

Originally Posted By: bunced Can I just make one comment - could we have a 'Mark Forums Read' link on the Quick Links drop down, please. It would make life easier!

i was going to suggest this also

[Moparx]

I don't like the new header... the orange image links at the top are horrible and the latest threads on the right aren't so hot either.

Originally Posted By: Michael Ah, no this is a custom template modification i made myself

To be truthful, you didnt 'make' it entirely yourself as it is based off of this template mod:
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=101248 :p

[Michael]

Originally Posted By: Moparx I don't like the new header... the orange image links at the top are horrible and the latest threads on the right aren't so hot either. To be truthful, you didnt 'make' it entirely yourself as it is based off of this template mod: http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=101248 :p

Thanks for your feedback, any suggestions on howto improve the current header template then? Mark Forums Read has been returned to the Quick Links navigation drop down menu, and is also avaiable underneath the Whats Going On table at the forum home.