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    Re: new look for computerhope.com
    « Reply #30 on: September 19, 2006, 11:56:11 AM »
    im only a few months old here.

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    Re: new look for computerhope.com
    « Reply #31 on: September 19, 2006, 01:05:18 PM »
    We know. ;)
    Only able to visit the forums sporadically, sorry.

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      Re: new look for computerhope.com
      « Reply #32 on: September 19, 2006, 01:06:01 PM »
      lol

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        Re: new look for computerhope.com
        « Reply #33 on: September 19, 2006, 02:51:31 PM »
        dont trust it

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        Re: new look for computerhope.com
        « Reply #34 on: September 19, 2006, 02:58:35 PM »
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        It appears to have worked for me i deposited £10 into jackpotjoy, played deal or no deal then withdrew money now it says offer complete.????
        Why the totally off-topic post?
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          Re: new look for computerhope.com
          « Reply #35 on: September 19, 2006, 03:01:55 PM »
          so far thats the only thing his posted I say spammer!!!!!! but if he really is curious the he should stick with his orginally post and not keep repeating it over and over again

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          Re: new look for computerhope.com
          « Reply #36 on: September 19, 2006, 03:08:08 PM »
          This is doubtless an automated spambot.  Please ignore.
          Only able to visit the forums sporadically, sorry.

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          « Reply #37 on: September 19, 2006, 03:25:38 PM »
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            Re: new look for computerhope.com
            « Reply #38 on: September 19, 2006, 03:33:56 PM »
            well u go ahead and sign up and tell us what you get :P

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            Re: new look for computerhope.com
            « Reply #39 on: September 19, 2006, 04:47:05 PM »
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            Yes, and I thought a spyware company had taken over. It's bloody horrible.
            Thats the Ticket!

            I liked the old one, but time will pass, and I shall adjust.

            (I'm starting to like [highlight]this newbie[/highlight], now I have two people agreeing with me about Macs and their queer keyboards and single button mouses)

            I know that CH has been planning on changing their site for a LONG time, but they needed to find something that fit well.

            Noooo... Nathan I want my 10.000 posts back!  :-[
            Now your name sounds familiar. I am confusing you with Backdated too!

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            Re: new look for computerhope.com
            « Reply #40 on: September 19, 2006, 04:48:18 PM »
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            Re: new look for computerhope.com
            « Reply #41 on: September 20, 2006, 12:20:12 AM »
            The site has changed and I've finally managed to change all sub pages not simply the main page. This change was done because I needed to do a lot of fixes and updates on every page and thought since the page has been the same since January 2000 it was time for an update. As I mentioned in this weeks newsletter some of the major changes  to the main page include:

            In the news:
            An up-to-date live post of our news section featuring recently posted news articles that link directly to the news page.

            Visitor favorites:
            Listing of visitor favorite pages on Computer Hope based off how many visits the pages receive. These results are based off the previous days hits so will be automatically updated daily and give visitors a direct link to the most popular sections of Computer Hope.

            Recent forum posts:
            Listing of the five most recent posts from each of the main sections of the forum. This section will be updated frequently and allow forum members and non-forum members a quick easy way to see what’s going on.

            What’s hip:
            List of the 15 most recent what’s hip posts made each week on the Computer Hope newsletter.

            In addition to these main updates all sub pages were changed to include the company name "Computer Hope.com" and not just the Computer Hope logo that they all sorely needed.


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            Yes, and I thought a spyware company had taken over. It's bloody horrible.
            No a spyware company has not taken over. You were always hard to please Raptor so I'll just reply to this with any suggestions on how to make it not so bloody horrible?

            Quote2: There's too much scrolling that you have to do.

            Agreed. The site is formatted how it is to accommodate the 800x600 users if everyone ran a default resolution of 1024x768 I wouldn't have a problem with stretching it out and moving some of the bottom content boxes to the sides.

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            Sorry you're the one that deleted your account originally. :(

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            Nathan hath forsaken us!
            Sure hope not. None of the content has changed just the template.

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            I think it looks good. :)
            Thanks.

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            It would be better if the whole site looked like that tho!
            Done.

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            Was it broke or just fixed for the sake of "it" :-?
            Changed because several changes needed to be done throughout the whole site that I've been putting off for a long time.

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            It looks like a link farm.  Yuck.
            An interesting remark that I can't dispute and that after looking at I agree with. My only alternative solution to this would be to add some more nice images/buttons or other elements to help break up the site. Of course doing this will increase load time.

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            You can always click the users name and see their last posts.

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            It appears to have worked for me i deposited £10 into jackpotjoy, played deal or no deal then withdrew money now it says offer complete.????
            Why the totally off-topic post?
            Spamming user, post removed, user banned.
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            Re: new look for computerhope.com
            « Reply #42 on: September 20, 2006, 12:48:42 AM »
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            No a spyware company has not taken over. You were always hard to please Raptor so I'll just reply to this with any suggestions on how to make it not so bloody horrible?

            I'm not hard to please!

            Well, ehm, I really liked the old look because it was soothing to the eye and it looked very friendly. Rob said it looked like a link farm now and I agree.  

            Although I do think the rotating pictures are neat, you should keep that.

             
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            Agreed. The site is formatted how it is to accommodate the 800x600 users if everyone ran a default resolution of 1024x768 I wouldn't have a problem with stretching it out and moving some of the bottom content boxes to the sides.

            What was wrong with the old set up? It seemed to work fine on any resolution I'd use.
             
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            Sorry you're the one that deleted your account originally. Sad
             

            I know. But I'm no longer a newbie now. Ok, to some, anyway.  ;)

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            Recent forum posts:
            Listing of the five most recent posts from each of the main sections of the forum. This section will be updated frequently and allow forum members and non-forum members a quick easy way to see what’s going on.
             

            Perhaps you could build on that and show the time and poster as well.
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            Re: new look for computerhope.com
            « Reply #43 on: September 20, 2006, 01:22:13 AM »
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            I'm not hard to please!

            Well, ehm, I really liked the old look because it was soothing to the eye and it looked very friendly. Rob said it looked like a link farm now and I agree.  

            Although I do think the rotating pictures are neat, you should keep that.
            I agree with the link farm comment and maybe I can fix that. Just not sure yet what would be the best solution. Your main page should point to most of the main sections of your site. However, having a lot of links like the page currently does can overwelm the users.
             
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            What was wrong with the old set up? It seemed to work fine on any resolution I'd use.

            Nothing was wrong with the original main page layout of the old one. In fact it was actually the same size, I guess it just makes it more apparent when it's centered.

            Here is a copy of the older version:
            http://www.computerhope.com/index2.htm

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            Recent forum posts:
            Listing of the five most recent posts from each of the main sections of the forum. This section will be updated frequently and allow forum members and non-forum members a quick easy way to see what’s going on.

            Perhaps you could build on that and show the time and poster as well.
            I definitely could add that, because this feature was not available in YaBB as of yet, I had to write the script to parse this information. Unfortunately however this could potentially cause more scrolling unless of course I was to shrink the message subject. Most of the scrolling on the page is actually caused by this feature. However, because a lot of users wanted this and it will help bridge the gap between the forums and the page some more I thought it would be best to have it.

            Thanks for the effective feedback.  ;D
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              Re: new look for computerhope.com
              « Reply #44 on: September 20, 2006, 08:16:14 AM »
              its nice you have you back here.. :D