wingsgirl001 983 Report post Posted June 23, 2012 I miss the news at the top me too it was very handy! 1 Lord Stanely reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
redwingfan19 293 Report post Posted June 24, 2012 (edited) Site looks great, if you cant find out how to embed vids (like me) just use this: media /media with brackets around them Edited June 24, 2012 by redwingfan19 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Stanely 39 Report post Posted June 24, 2012 My only gripe is that there are no longer links to Red Wings stories from the various media sources. I liked having all the wings headlines in one place. Other than that I like it. Was just coming on to ask about that as I relied heavily on the stories to know what was going on as an out of state Wings fan. Would LOVE to have that back!!!! PLEASE!!! Love the red theme. Franzen needs to go bye-bye (perhaps osgood in the background) 1 WizardOfOz30 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matt 1,048 Report post Posted June 24, 2012 Was just coming on to ask about that as I relied heavily on the stories to know what was going on as an out of state Wings fan. Would LOVE to have that back!!!! PLEASE!!! I'm currently looking into a way to integrate this back. If I can get it to work correctly (and not slow down the site) what I'd like to do is create an "expand for news" tab that will push down the content of the page slightly and offer headlines from a variety of sources instead of just one. (For instance, four columns of different bullet lists of news/blog articles... but will be hidden unless you select the tab to expand/view it. It would also be able to be toggled back.) However, this is VERY early in that stage. I'll see if I can get it working like I hope -- if not I'll have to shelf it for a while. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bring Back The Bruise Bros 1,029 Report post Posted June 25, 2012 Did the political discussion section get trashed? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matt 1,048 Report post Posted June 25, 2012 Yes, it did. Conversations seemed to devolve rather frequently and disagreements there tended to foster resentment elsewhere on the forums (and it showed in the confrontational nature of some posters when replying to members they didn't agree with in the political forum.) Overall it was far more trouble than it was worth, and was subsequently axed. As an update: I have the "news tab" expander working on my development install of the forums. Once I'm able to parse the various RSS feeds I'll be adding it to the forums here. So the "news headlines" that several of you have mentioned missing should be back -- barring any unforseen problems -- soon and better than ever (more headlines for more sources.) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nevermind 363 Report post Posted June 25, 2012 Everything looks great! One problem though. After last season, I think Franzen still has to earn having his picture on the top of the site. It's odd seeing him in the company of Datsyuk, Zetterberg and the Wings greats of old. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
number9 3,297 Report post Posted June 25, 2012 Me too. Without negs how am I going to know who to hate? Oh well. LGW, where everything's made up and the points don't matter! But seriously, I will miss the negs....How will I be able to identify the crazies, the trolls, and the Minnesota Wild fans without them???? 2 FlashyG and 55fan reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matt 1,048 Report post Posted June 25, 2012 One problem though. After last season, I think Franzen still has to earn having his picture on the top of the site. It's odd seeing him in the company of Datsyuk, Zetterberg and the Wings greats of old. No worries -- it was more source material than anything. I had two large, hi-res images of Franzen that fit the look of the Datsyuk/Zetterberg photos and had them both in home/away sweaters. I plan on doing some updating come July 1st, anyway. (Lidstrom left me scrambling for a 3rd "in color" player as he was previously one of the three.) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tim.D 176 Report post Posted June 25, 2012 No worries -- it was more source material than anything. I had two large, hi-res images of Franzen that fit the look of the Datsyuk/Zetterberg photos and had them both in home/away sweaters. I plan on doing some updating come July 1st, anyway. (Lidstrom left me scrambling for a 3rd "in color" player as he was previously one of the three.) There's some pre-cut Red Wings images here, if you are looking for a different player to add (Jimmy has some good ones) 1 Matt reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mmorland 16 Report post Posted June 25, 2012 Love the new forums matt. I figured this was coming soon! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
evilmrt 636 Report post Posted June 25, 2012 Awesome new layout! I love it! Thanks, Matt! Also, if Holland bombs out on July 1st, I vote to replace Franzen with Jimmy Howard on the forum image. 1 WizardOfOz30 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matt 1,048 Report post Posted June 25, 2012 Also, if Holland bombs out on July 1st, I vote to replace Franzen with Jimmy Howard on the forum image. I was very close to having Howard or Kronwall in the 3rd spot. Full disclosure: I'm waiting to see what happens after July 1st. Everything is easily editable in the original PSD files I created. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nevermind 363 Report post Posted June 25, 2012 I was very close to having Howard or Kronwall in the 3rd spot. Full disclosure: I'm waiting to see what happens after July 1st. Everything is easily editable in the original PSD files I created. Hopefully you'll have to photoshop Parise and Suter into Wings sweaters. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SouthernWingsFan 854 Report post Posted July 3, 2012 Way tardy but everything looks good! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Shoreline Report post Posted July 3, 2012 (edited) Is there a setting to disable the stuff in a thread between fast reply and "(x) users are reading this topic" from showing up? (i.e. "similar topics" and "also tagged..") I see a minimize button for "similar topics" but I want to be able to disable both entirely because 1) it adds unnecessary amounts of bloat to a page for my liking.and 2) when I close my browser I have it purposefully set to delete all cookies, which makes the minimizing thing moot, a toggle which is only available for that part and not the "tagging" section anyways. At the moment on my desktop I'm forced to adblocking those sections but for my other computers maybe there's some forum setting I hopefully overlooked so I don't have to adblock those sections on every computer. Edited July 3, 2012 by Shoreline Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dirtydangles 1,328 Report post Posted July 4, 2012 best part of these new upgrades is we can't see crymson's annoying avatar anymore. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites