banner add's

by **Phil** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 1:10 pm

any chance of making the banner adds across the top a little smaller i only have a 15" screen on my laptop and its a little annoying having the scroll across some times to see what people have said

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by **surf patrol** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 10:34 am

I just turned my screen resolution right down and can see your problem.
How annoying for you.....

I have signed over the banner management to an advertising company and the most effective banner placement (read $$$ :wink:

) is this leaderboard header size.
When I have got some more time I will look at perhaps swapping the menus on the left hand side over which should resolve the problem or maybe just moving the banner down below the header.
I should really make sure that the forum posts are viewable at a minimum of 800x600 although less than 5% of the visitors have it set that low.

by **surf patrol** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 5:45 am

Ok, I have redone the layout for you Phil. I hope that it should be sufficient to solve your scrolling problem. Let me know if it is ok.

by **pkbum** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 8:18 am

wow the new format is gonna take some time to get used to .

by **greg@hoodatsurfco** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 8:40 pm

wow what a shock. but i have to say having the menu on the right makes it a more natural feel.. because we read left to right so it almost feels like theres more room there! sweet!

Gabe have you thought about doing a horizontal menu layout? it would take up a significantly less amount of room.

ahh but then again with the banners on the sides/recent topics section it doesn't matter because either way they are taking up that space.

by **surf patrol** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 10:12 pm

greg@hoodatsurfco wrote:wow what a shock. but i have to say having the menu on the right makes it a more natural feel

I feel the opposite, I am a menu on the left man myself :lol:

I am going to stop tinkering with the layout at the moment as long as everyone can see it alright. I will be changing to the new version of the forum software at some point so will think about it then.
A horizontal lay out is a good idea, or perhaps a bigger banner area at the top to put links into. Not sure yet.

by **greg@hoodatsurfco** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 8:54 am

^^i didn't mean the menu on the right feels more natural.. i meant the content of what you primarily read (forum posts) being aligned to the left feels more natural just because we read from that side to the right.. i dunno im weird.

the only thing I ever cared about getting on this site that you didn't do was the quick reply! you set that in place and after that I was happy as a .. uh.. something thats usually looked at as a happy thing.. thats what!

either way to me the site is perfect. I just have my stupid web developer thoughts here n there that kick in.