Simple Machines is proud to present its new website. After months of planning, sketching and painful slave labour under the constant cracking of a whip we're finally able to let all of you enjoy the rich, full flavor of XHTML and CSS. We're confident that you will find the new site to be a lot more usable than our old one.
A refined mod siteBesides a redesign the mod site (http://mods.simplemachines.org) has been completely recoded and several categories were added in order to help you find modifications more quickly then ever before. A big thanks goes out to Mike Mill from the mod team for sacrificing so much free time to make all these changes possible.
Getting in gearA new addition the website is our very own Swag Shop (http://www.simplemachines.org/swagshop/). Show off your SMF pride by wearing the official gear. There's something for everyone so hop on by, order an item or two and support your favorite project. In order to present you with the lowest prices we've decided to hold runs so we can buy in bulk. Be sure to check out the FAQ.
The best is yet to comeOver the next few weeks you'll notice some great things happening here at simplemachines.org. So be sure to check back regularly so you won't miss a thing!
Show off your Simple Machines pride with matching wallpaper!
(http://www.simplemachines.org/wallpaper/preview.jpg) | Simple Machines Wallpaper:
800x600 (http://www.simplemachines.org/wallpaper/simplemachines800x600.jpg)
1024x768 (http://www.simplemachines.org/wallpaper/simplemachines1024x768.jpg)
1280x1024 (http://www.simplemachines.org/wallpaper/simplemachines1280x1024.jpg) |
Woo Hoo!
There is only one thing better that SMF.... Joomla! but I am a little biased. ;)
Good work everyone :)
Nice face lift!
Looks very, very good.
Great job!
Side note, there are 2 pages that don't load on the about section ..
Very good ;) i love this community ;)
Quote from: zombiemanx on February 03, 2006, 09:00:37 PM
Side note, there are 2 pages that don't load on the about section ..
Which pages would that be?
http://www.simplemachines.org/charter/index.php
this page i think ;)
I'm Lovin it!
The site looks great !!!! :)
Too bad the mods section is down :-[
It's up again it seems ;D
And how!
http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.simplemachines.org%2Fcommunity%2Findex.php
I think someone better fix that error.
And also, NICE JOB!
-Mini
Quote from: copfirearms on February 03, 2006, 09:25:36 PM
The site looks great !!!! :)
Too bad the mods section is down :-[
Hmmm, I see it doesn't work for guests or non-team members.
Quote from: copfirearms on February 03, 2006, 09:25:36 PM
The site looks great !!!! :)
Too bad the mods section is down :-[
Union negotiations take time. We're making some good headway though.
Excellent work guys! I love the new styles!
I hope you fix or add all the download categories or make 'em done. :)
Quote from: Klozi on February 03, 2006, 09:32:00 PM
I hope you fix or add all the download categories or make 'em done. :)
What do you mean?
Congratulations, it really looks excellent and a vast improvement over the old theme and site layout!
Quote from: Tim on February 03, 2006, 09:34:01 PM
Quote from: Klozi on February 03, 2006, 09:32:00 PM
I hope you fix or add all the download categories or make 'em done. :)
What do you mean?
Ah! Now it's okay! I got a notfound error message by opening the modifications site, last check. So okay :)
Looks great... can't wait for the mod site to go back up...
What demands still need to be met??
Mike's negotiating with them as we speak :P
Getting very close. I think they are about to fold on their world domination demand. Once thats done we should be back in business.
And we are done. The mods have agreed to resume their normal duties. To get them to drop the world domination demand we had to promise to make sure the site said up to date. To that end don't be surprised if you see more features creep into the site.
Mods site is back up and running :D :D
Sweet!! Glade to know things are settled.. Looks great...
small detail:
the icon links on the home page (download, customize, features, and support) still go to the sitetest directory. They work, but it seems splintered to me now that the change is live.
2 thumbs way up.....nice job team smf :)
Quote from: hebxi1 on February 03, 2006, 10:05:26 PM
the icon links on the home page (download, customize, features, and support) still go to the sitetest directory. They work, but it seems splintered to me now that the change is live.
Thanks, fixed now :)
Quote from: Thantos on February 03, 2006, 09:54:40 PM
And we are done. The mods have agreed to resume their normal duties. To get them to drop the world domination demand we had to promise to make sure the site said up to date. To that end don't be surprised if you see more features creep into the site.
The new and improved search feature for mods works great :D However, if a page has more than one mod, is the title (field) of the first one supposed to use a different style class than the others? It's even more strange that it only happens on page one: http://mods.simplemachines.org/index.php?action=search;type=2 vs http://mods.simplemachines.org/index.php?action=search;type=2;bool=and;sort=;start=10 (http://mods.simplemachines.org/index.php?action=search;type=2;bool=and;sort=;start=10).
The darker background are new mods
Awesome job guys.
Ah... what's the definition of new then?
I'd have to look but I think its submitted within the last 7 days.
Top Class Layout :D
beautiful new look... was long overdue but now that the results are here, it looks like it was worth the wait!
Hello. Congrats.
What most of us want to know... Are you using any CMS/portal system?
If so, which one? And will you release it as a mod? ;D
Regards,
k
P.S: Plz don't do like joomla.org Everyone wants their layout but they won't' share it! Is that open?
Beautiful, Just Beautiful! I like it! GREAT JOB!
I think most of it is done with SSI.php ;)
Quote from: Thantos on February 03, 2006, 10:42:06 PM
I'd have to look but I think its submitted within the last 7 days.
Maybe it would be better if it reflected last edit or worked like it does for new posts in topics (i.e. new/edited since last visit).
Quote from: eldacar on February 03, 2006, 10:56:03 PM
I think most of it is done with SSI.php ;)
& CSS... :D
Quote from: klaus3 on February 03, 2006, 10:48:16 PM
Hello. Congrats.
What most of us want to know... Are you using any CMS/portal system?
If so, which one? And will you release it as a mod? ;D
Regards,
k
P.S: Plz don't do like joomla.org Everyone wants their layout but they won't' share it! Is that open?
Well the theme for the forum is the stock theme for SMF 1.1RC2.... (from what I see anyway...)
I don't think the rest of the site is avalable for D/L...
What the deuce! I thought I was at the wrong website at first. Looks great though!
Amazing, I love. Nice job 8)
Quote from: rickc on February 03, 2006, 11:01:35 PM
Quote from: eldacar on February 03, 2006, 10:56:03 PM
I think most of it is done with SSI.php ;)
& CSS... :D
obviously. that has absolutely nothing to do with the "portal" this site is using.
An excellent update and reformat. Bravo! ^^
As to the 'portal', I think it's just using the layer system of SMF.
So glad to see the new site up and rolling. I think it looks great and much better than the old one. The modsite is much better also! :)
what I had been asking around has finally been answered.
Thank you, site looks great!
Very nice site. A huge improvement in the visual look etc, and also, from a coding point of view, good to see complete XHTML and CSS compliance on the main site :D
The site is well done, great job devs. As maCe said, it really is a visual improvement. 8)
Nice look...has anyone noticed a lot of the posted code frames are now empty? I had a pic...but can't add attachments...
Jim
great job team. a lot of time and effort has been put into the new site, and it looks simply amazing.
thank you
Looking way better! :o
Great job! ;)
Its simply AWESOME..... Hats off to you.... Gr8 Work Done... Loads of Applauds... Celebration time on SMF. 8)
Great job!!!!!!!!
The front side looks nice..
Keep up the good work :D
Looks good, but with the new theme I keep getting ActiveX warnings on every page. After switching back to the YabbSE Classic Theme, the warnings are gone...
Great job folks. Looks cool 8)
And I was just gonna suggest that you organize the mods page better.
I'm probably going appear unfashionable, but I've never been a fan of fixed width (centralised content) sites. What's the point of having a high-res monitor when a third of the screen width is just colour filled?
AT LAST!!! Perfectly theme in this forum!!! Beautiful...
I first thought SMF 1.1 Final, but not yet, hihihi...;)
Great work!
It's beautiful! :D The team has done a great job on this, congratulations! The new mod site is a huge improvement too, I'm loving it! :D
One suggestion though: woudn't it be better to use the default theme's welcome text next to the user's avatar too? The current one seems empty to me, lots of whitespace.
/me shrinks the header. ;)
I'm really loving it, great job guys! :D I can't say it enough times, lol. :P
We're using the layers system from SMF, so no CMS at all.
Thanks for all the kind words.
As to the ActiveX warnings, those are most likely from the AJAX. Unfortunatly IE doesn't know AJAX's aorta: XmlHttpRequest and those need to go through ActiveX for that "browser". If you would switch to Firefox, or add simplemachines.org to your trusted sites in IE those warnings will disappear...
To prevent the lay-out from braking up in High Resolutions we needed to use a fixed width, sorry about that. But I guess we can't please everyone...
It looks very nice, good work! :)
yet, to be hounest, I prefer the old design over this new one...
The new design is great.
Is the doc site not coming out until the final release of 1.1?
also some of the links (e.g. the faq still link to /sitetest/ which I assume is not intentional
Beautiful site! Absolutely Amazing.
Orange is a colour SMF has been lacking and its now got that!
Shops is cool too! Does remove mod work, didnt seem to.
It's great, I like it a lot :D
Nice job guys... I have to admit, it looks pretty decent.
One issue... I'm getting a headache from scrolling the boards. It seems to blur the lines a bit on my PC using FF 1.5 (It only does it on the boards, not the rest of the site). I wonder if other people have this as well.
Yay! This is gr8 news!! Altho i liked the previous theme more! but this is truly amazing! :)
Quote from: Burpee on February 04, 2006, 09:04:14 AM
Nice job guys... I have to admit, it looks pretty decent.
One issue... I'm getting a headache from scrolling the boards. It seems to blur the lines a bit on my PC using FF 1.5 (It only does it on the boards, not the rest of the site). I wonder if other people have this as well.
What do you mean with blur?
Quote from: Amacythe on February 03, 2006, 08:52:57 PM
Simple Machines is proud to present its new website. After months of planning, sketching and painful slave labour under the constant cracking of a whip we're finally able to let all of you enjoy the rich, full flavor of XHTML and CSS. We're confident that you will find the new site to be a lot more usable than our old one.
A refined mod site
Besides a redesign the mod site (http://mods.simplemachines.org) has been completely recoded and several categories were added in order to help you find modifications more quickly then ever before. A big thanks goes out to Mike Mill from the mod team for sacrificing so much free time to make all these changes possible.
Getting in gear
A new addition the website is our very own Swag Shop (http://www.simplemachines.org/swagshop/). Show off your SMF pride by wearing the official gear. There's something for everyone so hop on by, order an item or two and support your favorite project. In order to present you with the lowest prices we've decided to hold runs so we can buy in bulk. Be sure to check out the FAQ.
The best is yet to come
Over the next few weeks you'll notice some great things happening here at simplemachines.org. So be sure to check back regularly so you won't miss a thing!
Show off your Simple Machines pride with matching wallpaper!
(http://www.simplemachines.org/wallpaper/preview.jpg) | Simple Machines Wallpaper:
800x600 (http://www.simplemachines.org/wallpaper/simplemachines800x600.jpg)
1024x768 (http://www.simplemachines.org/wallpaper/simplemachines1024x768.jpg)
1280x1024 (http://www.simplemachines.org/wallpaper/simplemachines1280x1024.jpg) |
Old site was more functional, feature page had relevant links, I'm glad I saw the old site as my first impression. :D
Quote from: Tim on February 04, 2006, 09:47:03 AM
Quote from: Burpee on February 04, 2006, 09:04:14 AM
Nice job guys... I have to admit, it looks pretty decent.
One issue... I'm getting a headache from scrolling the boards. It seems to blur the lines a bit on my PC using FF 1.5 (It only does it on the boards, not the rest of the site). I wonder if other people have this as well.
What do you mean with blur?
yeah im feeling it too. Earlier when scrolling everything seemed smooth and fine. Now its blurry and harmful to my eyes, this new theme.
Quote from: musicfrisk on February 04, 2006, 09:47:59 AM
Old site was more functional, feature page had relevant links, I'm glad I saw the old site as my first impression. :D
More functional? How do you mean? We've made huge efforts to increase the usability of the site and make navigation a lot more consisten. What you're saying is the exact oposite of what we want to achieve...
Also, I checked both the features page and the old homepage and there were no links on the features page. And all the links on the old homepage are still present...
What do you mean by blurring?
Quote from: Tim on February 04, 2006, 09:54:21 AM
Quote from: musicfrisk on February 04, 2006, 09:47:59 AM
Old site was more functional, feature page had relevant links, I'm glad I saw the old site as my first impression. :D
More functional? How do you mean? We've made huge efforts to increase the usability of the site and make navigation a lot more consisten. What you're saying is the exact oposite of what we want to achieve...
Also, I checked both the features page and the old homepage and there were no links on the features page. And all the links on the old homepage are still present...
What do you mean by blurring?
There was a page with linkthroughs on key features. I like the old gray color scheme better as well for the record. This looks like an invision rip off forum now, not a unique product.
Quote from: Tim on February 04, 2006, 09:54:21 AM
What do you mean by blurring?
I think they mean that while scrolling the content doesn't just scroll smoothly like it did before, it's kind of jumping up and down a bit, some parts seem to scrool faster than others. At least that's what I'm getting when scrolling in the forum.
A different kind of scroll issue:
Most of the webpages now have a horizontal scroll bar when viewed with IE.
Edit: should have said, 768 x1024 res.
Nice change ;)
Love the new site. Great work guys.
Quote from: huwnet on February 04, 2006, 06:55:14 AM
Is the doc site not coming out until the final release of 1.1?
It will actually come out before 1.1 is out. It should be out pretty soon.
Quote from: akabugeyes on February 04, 2006, 11:02:31 AM
Quote from: huwnet on February 04, 2006, 06:55:14 AM
Is the doc site not coming out until the final release of 1.1?
It will actually come out before 1.1 is out. It should be out pretty soon.
It looks great so far :D
:P Enhorabuena !
darksteel-
Excellent new site guys! :D
Looks great. You all did a wonderful job :)
Quote from: Burpee on February 04, 2006, 09:04:14 AM
One issue... I'm getting a headache from scrolling the boards. It seems to blur the lines a bit on my PC
using FF 1.5 (It only does it on the boards, not the rest of the site). I wonder if other people have this as well.
I have the same problem. It's pretty annoying. I use Firefox 1.5 and I think I have found the source of the problem using the "Edit CSS" function of the "Web Developer" Firefox extension.
The problem seems be caused by blue "Back to the top" arrow link in the bottom right corner of the page. The "position:fixed" property seems to cause Firefox to scroll a lot slower. Changing the following line in lay-out.css from:
#toplink {
margin: -1px;
position: fixed;
bottom: 0;
right: 0;
}to:
#toplink {
display:none
}
seems to fix the display problem for me.
Wow, I like this alot better :)
This is awesome. I like the new design - great job!
One q: what exactly is this "layer" system of SMF?
It alows you to use a template file for both the regular site and the forum or any specific pages.
Simply selecting a new "layer". So you only have to change one file to change the entire site.
HOLY
Looks nice. Would be better if it wasn't fixed width though.
I'd like to congratulate for the new look.
It also pleases me to see that team is working towards meeting the accessibility standards. It is something I was pondering since months.
Hopefully the future releases will have also the themes WAI compliant.
Very well done!
Rudolf
Nice face, great job! :)
Quote from: ElijahLofgren on February 04, 2006, 12:35:50 PM
Quote from: Burpee on February 04, 2006, 09:04:14 AM
One issue... I'm getting a headache from scrolling the boards. It seems to blur the lines a bit on my PC
using FF 1.5 (It only does it on the boards, not the rest of the site). I wonder if other people have this as well.
I have the same problem. It's pretty annoying. I use Firefox 1.5 and I think I have found the source of the problem using the "Edit CSS" function of the "Web Developer" Firefox extension.
The problem seems be caused by blue "Back to the top" arrow link in the bottom right corner of the page. The "position:fixed" property seems to cause Firefox to scroll a lot slower. Changing the following line in lay-out.css from:
#toplink {
margin: -1px;
position: fixed;
bottom: 0;
right: 0;
}
to:
#toplink {
display:none
}
seems to fix the display problem for me.
I don't like the arrow, too. It's placed badly. But I did mention this before. Let's see...
Great to see htis site is being much better. Just a few weeks user of the RC2 and including the programm I;m happy with all you bring guys.
Keep up the goodies.
:D
Quote from: Tim on February 04, 2006, 06:24:45 AM
...If you would switch to Firefox...
Or
OPERA, let's
not pretend there are only two browsers on this planet (IE + FOX).
Oh and the new look is superb btw... ;)
Wow. Excellent work to all involved with the new SimpleMachines design, and congratulations to the team.
This professional new image for SMF gives it a slick look that people associate with the powerful and popular open source products on the web, such as Firefox, Drupal, and Joomla. Ok, I had to throw that last one in ;)
My only gripe would be that a few small things could make the site more accessible, such as access keys and source ordered so that content comes first.
Again, just amazingly well done and I'm sure gives all SMF users a bit of warmth in the cockles of their hearts 8)
Quote from: loldaolda on February 04, 2006, 05:51:09 PM
Quote from: Tim on February 04, 2006, 06:24:45 AM
...If you would switch to Firefox...
Or OPERA, let's not pretend there are only two browsers on this planet (IE + FOX).
Oh and the new look is superb btw... ;)
I love Opera. I love Firefox, too. I hate IE though. :-[
Absolutely LOVE the new look! Really great!
I like it except I can't see the stats anymore.
Quote from: scottb on February 04, 2006, 10:35:22 PM
I like it except I can't see the stats anymore.
Yeah I noticed that too. I had to switch back to the old theme to see them(the stats)... then change back.... My question is about the comic theme... IT sez' there is one user who currently uses that theme? Who is it? :D
Excellent work I can breathe now he he SMF rocks for now!!! ;D
If I might add, this current theme you are using, I really like it but there's just one small thing that prevents me from using it, the nav bar image, if you observer the edges it really makes me want to reach out and smack someone for having such a clean awsome looking template but then they left the navbar hanging...
The nav bar edges looks really rough (unpolished ?) and unprofessional like, or am I the only one who has noticed ?
Seriously, though I hope someone will clean up the nav bar for this template it would make it look so sharp and awsome
all it needs is a once over clean rounded edges or what that intended as part of the design ?
Does this new fantastic theme will be released?
Thanks
Quote from: Zenigata on February 05, 2006, 06:42:38 AM
Does this new fantastic theme will be released?
It already has been. From 1.1 RC2, Core is the new default theme :D
it looks awsome i love it better looking then old one. more profftional.
but i cant find the avas did u still have them>>?
very nice :)
well done ;)
but I doesn't look so nice on my 1680x1200 as the margins are too wide IMHO
http://www.simplemachines.org/about/donations.php is not exist?
http://www.simplemachines.org/about/donate.php
where did you find that link?
What kind of CMS system are you using? It looks awsome! Great work!
Quote from: Benqo on February 07, 2006, 12:56:47 PM
What kind of CMS system are you using? It looks awsome! Great work!
I don't believe this site uses a CMS but I may be wrong.
If it does use a CMS then it is certainly custom made ;)
Quote from: huwnet on February 07, 2006, 01:27:00 PM
Quote from: Benqo on February 07, 2006, 12:56:47 PM
What kind of CMS system are you using? It looks awsome! Great work!
I don't believe this site uses a CMS but I may be wrong.
If it does use a CMS then it is certainly custom made ;)
Well, I took a look at the current Joomla! site and to be honest, I think they both work very close together and so I can imagine that we have a Joomla! CMS in front. :)
No CMS is used on this site. Its all about the SMF layer system.
I like the theme and the look but not bing able to view the mods in order of release blows :-X
http://mods.simplemachines.org/index.php?action=search;sort=submitted;desc;type=0-
:P
COOL! This is wayyyyy better than the old site :)
Spanish comments. (http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=69370.0)
darksteel-
great new look. much better.
Love the new look, very sleek!
Guys, great site and great look! Seeing forward to great product! :)
Thanks!
Is there a chance that us users will be able to utilize XTML in our sites with a patch, mod, or upgrade? This site looks great and I am sure that most of us would like our sites to look the same.
jfertic
This template will be available in the 1.1 release
i think a cms isnt really nessesary.. forum is big enough.. :) nice work this way..
Hi Guys been on Hi-adios for a few weeks.
Wow, this is just too cool.
Just when you think SMF cant get any better you guys
go and add Class to it.
No more beer and pretzels huh guys?
Most Excellent Keep up The Great Work.
( noticed and earlier post about Joombla by a user)
Seen allot of back door issues disccused in telnets about Joombla
not to sure about it yet !
Cozmo
Under the cover of night, 1 of your virus's sneak into simplemachines.org's server. Your virus's move stealthily through simplemachines.org's server undetected. They are able to gather many documents recording these documents. Your Chief of Intelligence provides you with the information gathered:
hrm it seems Amacythe also known as My Chief of Intelligence forgot to provide me with my info!
:/ give me info on (the best to come)
:D
/me Asks amy to make her whip ready, to give uberjon the best to come :P
hehe i think id like to know about it now. i hate waiting.
Okay ill upload the whip ;)
(http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=69359.0;attach=13644):) wand more? :P
Hey, How come I don't see the whip?? ITs funny though, to see the whip & a santa hat... I still have the X-mas smiley set :D oh well Guess I'll have to wai for Amy to bring it out...
on the new site the language packs now have thier own section, but the description for some of the SMF downloads still say to check below.
Hi,
Just a minor error: On the main page at http://simplemachines.org/, there is a PM link near the bottom ('You have 1 new message.'). If you click that, a 404 error results. The link is trying to go to
http://simplemachines.org/forum/?action=pm
when it should really go to
http://simplemachines.org/community/?action=pm
Thanks daniel its fixed now.
Sorry rickc, I only display it in private. ;)
Quote from: Amacythe on February 19, 2006, 03:24:11 PM
Sorry rickc, I only display it in private. ;)
ARG! Not fair... not fair
<------------------------ Throws a temper tantrum WAH!
Oh well..
I love the new site guys. Looks very professional and works superbly. Excellent job.
WOW!
Um I am usually very late in noticing stuff. Because of simple machines forum I set up my forum and just let it run--- it's that easy.
I'm not the best at stuff, but I recommend SMF over others out there. You see- since SMF is easy! That also means I don't come around here often enough!
Great new layouts, and big Thank you to those who have put so much of their time into this!!
What's the deal with the swagshop and run orders ? What happens if a run takes several months because they didn't reach their minimum is SMF going to keep people who paid hanging ? This doesn't seem like a good way to do a shop.
Sounds funny unless i'm not understanding it ;D
i wouldn't want to pay for someting and receive it months later at the latest 3-5 days, a week tops
to pay in adv just to fill a quota/min seems not a good practice is it legal ?
Quote from: Tim on February 13, 2006, 02:31:01 AM
This template will be available in the 1.1 release
Do you mean the whole simplemachines.org template?
The forum theme.
Quote from: Ben_S on April 03, 2006, 08:57:19 AM
The forum theme.
Eh? The theme is already availible in the 2nd RC?!?
Um, why are you posting here?