Upgrading a LITTLE

[Riho]

First off, I'm new here and so being new, I tend to notice different and small things. Though to begin, I'd love to tell yall I'm REALLY impressed with how long this board has been going on and that it's to some extent (as far as I've seen I mean) still pretty active.

A few instant suggestions hit me, but so that I didn't repeat any I went over all other suggestions threads and read about them and the comments and why or why not yall did or didn't follow up with it. SO if I'm repeating anything, it must be because I accidentally missed a thread or two and I apologize if that is the case.

Now, for my idea(s), they're just small ones that aren't over-doing anything and such.

I noticed that yall, the board people, didn't want to upgrade the color and graphics of this site, and I respect that decision, however I must ask/suggest that instead of going to extreme make-overs, why not do small little things to make the site different from any other proboards site (in looks at least) and yet remain simple?

Basically, I'm suggesting small changes like new buttons (ya know the whole "home", "help", "search", "login", "members", "new thread", "reply", and so on and so forth. There are plenty of matching buttons that can be found all over the wed for it that would be as easy as just downloading, uploading, and then applying. It is a little work, but if yall like the idea and no one wants to do it, then I can download and upload them...or if ya like I could just make new ones that match the whole yellow-black theme (or detective conan theme) and we could use those.

Downside to this, I'm unsure if the current holder of power (from what I understand no one actually uses the admin account) has the power to do things like that. If not, then just dismiss the idea. *shrug* I just thought it'd be a nice little upgrade that didn't overdo the site or change the colors or attract noobs, but just made it a tad more nice.

Now then...um...let me know whatcha think and stuff; good idea or bad, thanks for yalls time in reading and responding to my thoughts.

At the moment that's all the suggestions I really have...>.> Not too much, but not too little...heh...

I'll be seein' yall around the forum, regardless of yalls decisions on my idea ^-^

Adios![/color]

[Chugoku-jinko]

I think your ideas are good suggestions. i agree that the layout of this forum is a bit plain. but it's also simple and the colors aren't blinding and hard to see like some other forums and site's i've been to.

as for buttons, I don't really think they need to be changed. I mean they aren't ugly and it's noticable I guess and easy to read. i think they're just fine the way they are and there's much more buttons than the "home, member, login, repl, new thread, etc. buttons that you usually especially to the staff members. we see alot more buttons than regular members.

I think the only problem when trying to upgrade this site is just time. does the admin have the time/effort to improve the forum. she has school and other stuff in her life beside the forum and i'm sure you do too and so do I. but don't blame the layout/design of the forum on our current admin and our other staff members. it wasn't their choice in the color scheme/layout. the original admin is the one who choose the colors and i guess she didn't want to put too much effort on the forum when she first made it.

i thank you for telling us your suggestions. but I think just leaving the forum the way it is, it has already attracted over 3,000 and almost 4,000 members already. and most likely 90% of them have 0 post.

[Riho]

*nods* That's understandable, the whole school thing for the admin and stuff and I don't blame her even if she does or doesn't have time. Real life takes priority over anything else and that's just how it should be.

As for the original admin being lazy xD maybe, but the colors we have now are the default colors that comes with any proboards site that's newly made and stuff, that's probably the only reason I thought a little updating would be nice. But if it's better off as it is, then leave it as it is. ^-^ Whatever pleases the board people and works for the admins. *claps*

Though, thanks for taking the time to reply and stuff. I appreciate it.