Hello All, Over the past few months, there have been a lot of work on the forums, both on background and foreground aspects. Lately, I've been considering changing the appearance of the Harpoon forums. While I do enjoy our website, I think they need to be upgraded for readability, and so that we can make this a more active hub for Harpoon staff and regulars. On that note, there's likely to be a major style change in the near future. But in order for me to do that, I want to see how all of you feel regarding this, so please indicate your selection in the poll. You may also reply to comment on your choice or on the possible changes. Below is a list of things that are currently being worked on, or things we want to implement, feel free to give input on those. Possible Changes/Projects: Addition of a Forums Referral System (Allowing you to invite friends, and gain points for them/their activity) Reorganizing of the individual forums to reduce the overall amount Adding in more dropdowns/easier ways to find Reports/Appeals/Staff Apps Adding in clarified Contact form to allow for fewer misunderstandings As the Harpoon website evolves I welcome you all to be an active part, and this will be the beginning of that.
@Staff, All of you are welcome to weigh in on this also. Although for any specific features, or staff specific changes, please open a thread in the Staff Forum.
This is a good first step to get the community bonded along with allowing for more people to join and delve in the forums as well. The referral system is a good idea: giving people incentives for more members to be here as well.
I posted this in the other thread, but I'll post it here so other staff and players can see. I would like a light theme similar to the forums you've linked, Joe, they seem very clean and compact. A dark theem would also suffice, though
The Darker Theme is in my opinion very good looking. As well as it goes well with the banner which is blue. So honestly I would keep the Darker Theme.
Call me old fashioned, but I think the forums are good the way they are. I don't know if its just me, but every forum I go on that has a white/light theme to it is a little rough on the eyes. I don't know if I can say much about the layout and location of certain sub-forums and threads considering my time here and having everything memorized, but if we can get a "new player friendly" type of layout and design that will boost traffic here, I think everyone would agree that more people on the forums can boost a communities popularity, and make the forums a more "enjoyable" place for newcomers.
Don't care much about #1, things like that somehow devolve into popularity contests. Totally agree with #s 2-4. I did some similar things to the Warehouse forum (also Xen) and found a marked improvement in people posting and filling out forms in the right places. As for those commenting on light vs dark themes, Xenforo supports selecting themes per user, so it isn't out of the question to have both.
If there is a darker theme, I can check on the forums at work without getting caught. Bad reason for good purposes.
I prefer the current style as it is easier for my eyes to see. The lighter styles are just not appealing either to me. I feel as if the forums wouldnt be something i want to go on with lighter themes as the dark theme just appeals to me alot more
I like both some I'm fine with any of the choices. But I do like the idea of being able to switch between both styles with a change theme button or something.
I picked the darker cause I like darker colors over lighter but I would like red and black colors for deadpool
Personally I like dark colors and love the look of the forums as it is right now. But I do agree some reorganization should be done.
I really like the darker blue colour. I have always enjoyed the Harpoon Gaming sign and webbpage. My own opinion i'd like to keep it that way.