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Testing 1-2-3

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cko
Posts: 1869 - Karma: 32
Hello Again,

Well Paul has worked his magic and we now have an operational version of the new navigation bar. We wanted to give you all a little preview of how it works. You can check out a working version here: https://newschoolers.com/navbartest/navbartest.html

The major issue with this type of navigation is how easy it is to lose your spot when mousing-over the second level of links. What we've done to compensate for this is to keep the most recent sub-menu active no matter where you are on the page. This means that you can "miss" your desired link to the bottom without losing your spot.

Take it for a spin and let us know what you think...

(note: some of the submenus are still empty, and the styling has not been updated from that first mock-up I posted).
Aug 15 2007 11:05AM
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comeatmebro
Posts: 10720 - Karma: 66
oh that is sick, is it like not completely done yet? cause when i mouse over forums nothing appears down below...
Aug 15 2007 11:13AM
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snwbrdmilf
Posts: 22441 - Karma: 2,805
So cults WAS changed to crews?
Aug 15 2007 11:16AM
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Melvs
Posts: 15174 - Karma: 480
I really dig how it works, my only suggestion would be to keep the current upper level menu highlighted, cause I lost track of which I had open at times.
Aug 15 2007 11:26AM
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bp.lando
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its real nice, dont change cults
Aug 15 2007 11:32AM
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cko
Posts: 1869 - Karma: 32
yep, I just haven't filled up those sub-menus yet. soon though.

And there will be mouse-overs for the top level to tell you which menu you're in, but that will come with the final styling.

How's the spacing between the levels, could you use more on the bottom? More on the top?
Aug 15 2007 11:56AM
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Piste.Off
Posts: 11586 - Karma: 1,860
spacing seems perfect to me, and cults were officially changed to crews?
Aug 15 2007 12:33PM
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quixotic
Posts: 6937 - Karma: 2,978
Agreed.
Aug 15 2007 1:05PM
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Jwenz
Posts: 8893 - Karma: 7,633
I second your Agreed.
Cults ARE Newschoolers, Crews are GAY
Aug 15 2007 1:53PM
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bobs
Posts: 4801 - Karma: 868
keep cults and i hate to say it but i really really like the top without a random add in it
Aug 15 2007 2:14PM
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eheath
Posts: 61603 - Karma: 123,069
Me gusta. No me gusta "crews".
Aug 15 2007 2:23PM
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KyleM
Posts: 876 - Karma: 10
its sweet but i think cults is cooler than crews.
Aug 15 2007 2:25PM
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Thomson.
Posts: 4634 - Karma: 227
"So dude what crews are you in?"
"I'm in the crochet crew, ladies men crew, Build-A-Jib crew and trick tips crew"
"Sweet man"
Aug 15 2007 4:28PM
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Ryno
Posts: 31125 - Karma: 336
very sexy
Aug 15 2007 4:40PM
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Rajna
Posts: 3824 - Karma: 90
Looks pretty cool...but please keep cults.
Aug 15 2007 4:46PM
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skodeo7
Posts: 14949 - Karma: 9,234
Crews SUCK. CULTS!!!!

By the way new navigation bar IS SIIIIICKY!
Aug 15 2007 6:09PM
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anna*
Posts: 1701 - Karma: 10
nice work.
Aug 15 2007 7:59PM
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crooks
Posts: 14693 - Karma: 786
that's a super good idea. and yeah, fuck this crews shit.. it's cults nukka.
Aug 15 2007 8:56PM
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JGP.
Posts: 2785 - Karma: 474
its looks awsome, but crews suck. please keep cults...
Aug 15 2007 9:09PM
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nopoles
Posts: 2216 - Karma: 883
As requested, I changed the colour of the active first-level link to be orange so you know what menu is currently selected...
Aug 15 2007 10:11PM
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Ryno
Posts: 31125 - Karma: 336
Buttsecks.

Good stuff
Aug 15 2007 10:13PM
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andy_boy
Posts: 4434 - Karma: 107
CULTSSS
Aug 15 2007 10:33PM
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TheButterHashira
Posts: 9691 - Karma: 1,702
have you people saying cults voted?

but thats sick id like that better
Aug 15 2007 10:52PM
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P.J.S.
Posts: 1782 - Karma: 11
that looks great! can't wait until that goes up
Aug 15 2007 10:56PM
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MadSteezin
Posts: 4572 - Karma: 936
thats pretty dope. about time for a NS overhaul
Aug 15 2007 11:10PM
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Holte
Posts: 10740 - Karma: 7,814
Looks really nice. A little bit Appleish, but nice.

And dammnit cults not crews!!
Aug 16 2007 12:04AM
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TheButterHashira
Posts: 9691 - Karma: 1,702
the search bar is turning me on
Aug 16 2007 2:11AM
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asceranova
Posts: 108 - Karma: 14
never forget the copyright info within the source!
Aug 16 2007 7:24AM
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*cowboy*
Posts: 8830 - Karma: 214
Looks awesome! I love it.

I also like how the searchbar is *finally* normal sized. However, I do think u can make the word "search" a little bigger inside the button. don't change the size of the button though. It's perfect.

GREAT work!
Aug 16 2007 1:26PM
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toominator
Posts: 4792 - Karma: 120
yea lookin sick,

only suggestion would be to use on Click rather than mouse over. I say that because its far to easy to roll over another menu item on the way to 2nd tier menu item, for example, if you select my ns and then go messages, it is likely you will roll over news or interact on the way there. then you have to go back and roll over my ns and try again.

oh and keep cults!
Aug 16 2007 6:17PM
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*cowboy*
Posts: 8830 - Karma: 214
A lot of websites actually have a mouseover AND a click. When you mouseover you can see it, but if you click you "lock" the menu in place until you click something else.
Aug 16 2007 6:19PM
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JGP.
Posts: 2785 - Karma: 474
yes thats exactly what I was going to suggest. perfect compromise. that way, if you think your going to be in a section for a while, you can click to keep it there. but if you only want to check something quickly, you can just roll over it.
Aug 16 2007 6:21PM
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T*Ski
Posts: 759 - Karma: 33
looks sick, but cults.
Aug 16 2007 8:29PM
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Peter.
Posts: 23796 - Karma: 13,014
yeah the bar is sick but keep cults the way they are, maybe add power for leaders to sticky stuff
Aug 16 2007 11:13PM
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Jorgen.
Posts: 1361 - Karma: 35
Good idea. Also move the more popular sub-link things so that there under the main headings eg. With 'My NS' have messages and my threads directly under My NS for easier access. With media mabey move the list over so it's directly below media. Thats my 2 cents.
Aug 17 2007 12:45AM
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bobs
Posts: 4801 - Karma: 868
just out of curiosity whys tehre a forums tab and a tab for forums under interact?

i dig how clean it is, i hope the add (if it has to be put up) can be integrated in a little cleaner cause that header is sick right now

also cults > crews i dont know where the fuck i was when that poll went up but........

and the moving more commonly used tabs directly underneath was a good sugesstion.  makes even less worry about "losingg your place" if the most common tabs are directly down. either way its pretty easy to use as is

i like
Aug 17 2007 12:51PM
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holyDINOSAURS
Posts: 7038 - Karma: 639
yeh looks really good but we REALLY have to deal with that ad up top.. it looks so horrible
Aug 17 2007 3:40PM
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Jhorski
Posts: 648 - Karma: 45
I like it, Cults do sound more badass
Aug 17 2007 8:00PM
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Bangor
Posts: 9599 - Karma: 129
I like the navigation of the new one a hell of a lot better than the current, but.... I prefer the current visual style of the menus. The grey steel psudo Mac look isn't doing it for me.

Still, Paul and Chris, sick work!
Aug 19 2007 3:23AM
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michelle
Posts: 6290 - Karma: 428
cults for the win
Aug 20 2007 12:38AM
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nashbuck
Posts: 2723 - Karma: 39
this thing is better than porn
Aug 20 2007 7:04AM
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ijibgoremtn
Posts: 4221 - Karma: 13
its definitly really sick but i agree that cults is better than crew's
Aug 20 2007 11:15AM
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freeski1620
Posts: 5670 - Karma: 1,718
thats sweet, good job paul, i cant wait for that to come online :)
Aug 21 2007 12:35AM
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FUUUCK
Posts: 18426 - Karma: 4,888
looks good, i like ns either way
Aug 27 2007 1:15AM
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hurrisun
Posts: 6284 - Karma: 49
that looks sick
Aug 27 2007 1:47AM
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SkierX
Posts: 16253 - Karma: 538
The old layout, with the exception of the huge searchbar, is more visually appealing.

Might be the image and color scheme that I am not feeling.
Aug 27 2007 5:51PM
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ijibgoremtn
Posts: 4221 - Karma: 13
i like the new one a lil better
Aug 27 2007 11:16PM
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Holte
Posts: 10740 - Karma: 7,814
When is the new site going to be implemented? Sept 1st was a few days ago...
Sep 3 2007 11:25PM
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eyes.a.fire
Posts: 1238 - Karma: 13
sick, but might take some getting used to. might be tricky on a laptop too.
Sep 4 2007 1:56AM
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Microcosm
Posts: 4765 - Karma: 153
thats amazingly great. I'd say go with it.
Sep 6 2007 10:10PM
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