Originally posted by Quizzical

Did you fix whatever it was that caused the site to frequently not finish loading so that one had to click the button to stop loading the page in order to make it display anything at all?  It was only intermittent, so that it isn't doing that right now doesn't necessarily mean it's fixed. 

We tracked that issue down to our compression software.  We have new compression appliances being installed this week so the site isn't so burdensome to our more bandwidth challenged users.

If you do see this issue again please send me the specifics.

eh im not feeling the new setup too much it looks nice and all but i just liked the older version more for me personally. it was much easier to navigate to me and this is just over the top. if you changed the color from grey to black or blue i think i would like it more, but i still prefer the older version more

 Ok, the mouseover feature on the blog and news area is actually pretty cool. PS: Your image for the logo appears to be broken in the upper left <_<

Originally posted by tkreep

A drop down list of the games would better like they were a long time ago. But still have the option to go to another page.

While I agree with your feeling, you would REALLY be surprised how many people could not find that dropdown.  The new placement on the right has better eye space and stands out as part of the forum navigation.

I will see about putting it in the left menu.

Great design ! Only thing in my opinion is the background blue/purple is clashing with the gray/brown.

Think you will need to go all the way  to black, or to a neutral cool color to ease the contrast.

Great job none the less

Originally posted by AmazingAvery

On the front page personally I would swap the blog part for the recent news part - unless you want to promote blogs more so.

Agreed.

For me, the blogs are a minor part of this site. I'd rather see the recent news and forum activity displayed more prominently. Just my $.02, of course. 

The page navigation section on the top an bottom which reads for example  "3 Pages  1  2  3  Search" has no indication which page you are currently on. When I am on page 3 of a thread I would recommend removing the page 3 hyperlink which I assume would also change it's color so I could tell what I'm looking at.

Originally posted by jamesd129

The page navigation section on the top an bottom which reads for example  "3 Pages  1  2  3  Search" has no indication which page you are currently on. When I am on page 3 of a thread I would recommend removing the page 3 hyperlink which I assume would also change it's color so I could tell what I'm looking at.

Good suggestion, we'll do something to remedy this

Oh yeah, is the Gaming History feature broken? When I attempt to update the games I've played/am playing I keep getting "Error!" 

in the member galleries, if you 'bury it', the text states 'You burried it!'.... which is one too many R's. 

Voting in the poll returns an error:

The following information is meant for the website developer for debugging purposes.
Error Occurred While Processing Request
corrupt table

The error occurred in D:\resources_new\mmorpg\components\blogs.cfc: line 547
Called from D:\mmorpg_new\inc_home.cfm: line 209
Called from D:\mmorpg_new\inc_home.cfm: line 1
Called from D:\mmorpg_new\index.cfm: line 30

545 : <cfstoredproc datasource="#this.globals.datasources['main']#" debug="false" procedure="usp_GetNewUserBlogPostsForHomepage" cachedwithin="#CreateTimeSpan(0,0,5,0)#">
546 : <cfprocparam type="in" cfsqltype="CF_SQL_INTEGER" value="#arguments.userId#" null="#(not Val(arguments.userId))#" />
547 : <cfprocresult resultset="1" name="posts">
548 : </cfstoredproc>
549 :

I like the layout mostly.  would like to see more 'tinting gradients' on the front page to help break up the sections more.
 

Originally posted by DeadDingo

in the member galleries, if you 'bury it', the text states 'You burried it!'.... which is one too many R's. 

Dammit not this issue again   We'll fix it up.

The Alphabetical Games Forums on the left you can open/close are massive and its difficult to find and switch forums quickly.  Is it possible to add a personalized tab above the A-C that we can populate ourselves with our own favorite or most frequently visited MMO forums?

Oh and I think Blogs should be bumped down one more time and move News up 1 and under recent forum activity!  Blogs are eh, I never visit them....MMO news is way more important!

Originally posted by Lydon

Oh yeah, is the Gaming History feature broken? When I attempt to update the games I've played/am playing I keep getting "Error!" 

This should be fixed.

I'm diggin it,

I did get an error after logging in tho

545 : <cfstoredproc datasource="#this.globals.datasources['main']#" debug="false" procedure="usp_GetNewUserBlogPostsForHomepage" cachedwithin="#CreateTimeSpan(0,0,5,0)#">
546 : <cfprocparam type="in" cfsqltype="CF_SQL_INTEGER" value="#arguments.userId#" null="#(not Val(arguments.userId))#" />
547 : <cfprocresult resultset="1" name="posts">
548 : </cfstoredproc>
549 :
 

I have to say I am not getting this grey look at all,I dont think it is at all easier on the eye,maybe in time I will get used to it but I think I will always prefer the black.

Originally posted by daylight01

I have to say I am not getting this grey look at all,I dont think it is at all easier on the eye,maybe in time I will get used to it but I think I will always prefer the black.

It sucs...sorry MMORPG.com...but this new layout is...

I agree also with the above poster.   This grey has got to go.   Please give us back our black...please, please, please...

Originally posted by daylight01

I have to say I am not getting this grey look at all,I dont think it is at all easier on the eye,maybe in time I will get used to it but I think I will always prefer the black.

There will be new themes coming.  If we leave it black people complain, if we change it to please those people other people complain... we can never escape   Anyway we're gonna be working on a dark theme this week to help you people out that love the dark.

I like it very much.

Cleaned up a bit and stream lined.

Eh, the color is bad and the forum organization is yuck.

But hopefully its less buggy than the last one. 1 out of 10 times I would get a wall of ColdFusion code when clicking something on the forums.

Originally posted by Netzoko

Eh, the color is bad and the forum organization is yuck.

But hopefully its less buggy than the last one. 1 out of 10 times I would get a wall of ColdFusion code when clicking something on the forums.

When you see walls of ColdFusion code please copy and paste them to me so they can fixed.  Just leaving those walls sitting around with nobody giving them some attention won't help us tear them down at all

Originally posted by vknid

I'm diggin it,

I did get an error after logging in tho

545 : <cfstoredproc datasource="#this.globals.datasources['main']#" debug="false" procedure="usp_GetNewUserBlogPostsForHomepage" cachedwithin="#CreateTimeSpan(0,0,5,0)#">
546 : <cfprocparam type="in" cfsqltype="CF_SQL_INTEGER" value="#arguments.userId#" null="#(not Val(arguments.userId))#" />
547 : <cfprocresult resultset="1" name="posts">
548 : </cfstoredproc>
549 :
 

I believe this has been fixed up.  Please post up if you see this again.

I miss the old one. This new site is a mess. Design, colors... no thanks!

Meddle I sent you a PM with a few errors :)

The Hype meters display seems to be something wrong with. It only shows half of it.

Great thx for moving the News up and blogs down and outa the way!  What about the other suggestion I mentioned?