Critique of the "New" Leatherworker.net

[Dwight]

Just  a quick note to say I don't like the new setup . . . 

1.  I enjoyed seeing several of our supporters/suppliers names up at the top each time I came in . . . now there is one.

2.  I don't like the color arrangement . . . makes it look more like a tube of toothpaste or a cereal box.

3.  Whoever took it upon themselves to do this . . . seems to have forgotten that a lot of us here are well past the 40 mark . . . do not always see too well . . . and the size of the text was diminished . . . or because of the color arrangement . . .  it makes it much harder to see and to read.  There is absolutely nothing wrong with larger type . . . in fact . . . lots of people enjoy it.

4.  The perpetrator of this demolition of the site also took it upon themselves to diminish the upper right hand side where newer posts were posted.  There used to be about 10 . . . it is now knocked down to 6 . . . fifteen would be better . . . 

5.  Perhaps whoever did this is patting themselves on the back for such a great job . . . personally . . . again . . . I think it stinks.  It seems they have the mistaken idea that computer face space is costly . . . like space on a newspaper.  If this site supplier is charging you that way . . . you really missed the boat . . . because few do so.

6.  This needs to be fixed . . . period.

May God bless,

Dwight

[Hildebrand]

I agree 100% with @Dwight.  The first time I saw this I thought it was down for maintenance or something, then it just stayed.

Todd

[BlackDragon]

There is a thread why this is all happening.

In summary the website was hacked Fri and they're trying to get everything working properly, aesthetics are the least of their worries right now.

 

 

[Johanna]

I'm working on it.

[kgg]

12 minutes ago, BlackDragon said:

In summary the website was hacked Fri and they're trying to get everything working properly, aesthetics are the least of their worries right now.

@Dwight , @Hildebrand

I'm sure once things settle down @Johanna will let us know the site is up and running properly. Please keep in mind rebuilding a site after a hack can be very time consuming and we are lucky it is functioning at all.

kgg

Edited 20 hours ago by kgg

[TonyV]

Hacked?  I would be more concerned about our data security than the appearance.  Just my 2 bits.

[Gezzer]

Well different strokes for different folks I guess ........ I like it better than the way it was . I have been on some forums that offer a few choices as to skins , backgrounds, and such .

[SUP]

I, for one, really don't care how it looks. Yes the earlier appearance was nice but after a hack, getting the site up again must have been a complicated job and it was done pretty promptly. I think  @Johanna worked non-stop overnight to get it up and running again. So kudos to her and a big thank you. I am just glad it is up and running again. The rest will come. Let's have a little patience, people.

[Johanna]

Please repost. I think we both deleted the second post at the same time @fredk

[Johanna]

I will make different themes and everyone can choose how they want to see the forum. Right now the server is still doing background clean up tasks and I'm still figuring out how all the new stuff works. When I'm sure all is stable and good I will make themes. Using this one, right now, eliminates a lot of variables while I'm looking at other things. I've been using different versions of this same software now for almost 20 years and themes are not a big deal. I'll make it to where you can click a drop down arrow and select whatever you like best.

[DieselTech]

At 1 point I was able to toggle between the old theme leatherworker & the new theme leatherworker. But now it only let's me use the new theme. 

[Johanna]

I had to shut off the old theme because it kept breaking the limits of the sizes things can be. I have to make a new one that works with the current version of this software.

[fredk]

I preferred the old theme look, it was unique. Now the look is like all the other websites on www, it is cold and clinical. I preferred the adverts at the top of the page. Having them dispersed through the messages its hard to tell which adverts should remain and which are 'pop-ups' that need deleted. I'll not use an advert blocker as the website needs those adverts showing fro revenue

My thanks also to Joanna for keeping things going and working through this problem

All this reminded me I'd not sent a donation for a while. Its done now, so fresh coffee can made on the stove

[Dwight]

 Thanks, Johanna . . . 

I looked for some "explanation" . . . didn't find one . . . so I did my usual . . .  I mentioned it.

Sorry if I sounded rough on you . . . didn't have a clue as to what you were dealing with . . .  other than I couldn't get on the other night . . . must have been when you had it down and were working on it.

Anyway . . .  good job getting it back up . . . 

May God bless,

Dwight

[TonyV]

Thanks for your hard work Johanna