I Like The New Webpage Banner

[jerrel]

the title says it all, wat do u all think?

[`redoctober]

i think it needs a new font :)

apart from that it's pretty good, shouldn't we put an HSV E series up there though?

[vyssbeast]

no offence but not sure if i like it all that much .... i think an SSV might look beter ... or a hsv?? just not the image this forum associates with, being the performance imagine i mean ... or even a caprice still looks abit sportier than the calais (if thats what it is)
redoctober you have some good photoshop skills maybe you can make up a new banner for people to have a look at ??? your call

[FunkyPig]

Side view of black Caprice with 20"s and front 3/4 of a GTS :yup: ... and change the font.

[NickS]

:confused: ... am I missing something, I see the yellow Monaro, same as always ???

[Guzzles]

:confused: ... am I missing something, I see the yellow Monaro, same as always ???

I see a red Calais V with the optional 20" wheels? Not sure wether the font of "Australian LS1 and Holden Forums" is different.

Maybe you have to clear your browser cache?

[NickS]

Maybe you have to clear your browser cache?
:yup: ... thanks for that.

Personally, I liked the Monaro more. The Calais is nice, but I would have gone for the GTS, or if had to be a Holden an SS-V with 20s.

:cheers:

[seedyrom]

bah, ya sooks!

'bout time a dark red calais took centre stage!!!

I hear they are the ducks guts :D

Actually, maybe a granada mica VT/VX calais with a front mount intercooler would be a better choice, as it has style, performance .... AND an LS1 :p

just a thought, but im a big fan of the new logo :D :)

[GAL350]

just not the image this forum associates with, being the performance imagine i mean ... or even a caprice still looks abit sportier than the calais (if thats what it is)


Who says a Calais can't be performance enhanced ????

I think the logo looks great. Its showcasing the new VE, we're keeping up with the times, and its good for a change :)

[SV8.YOU]

Don't like it, prefer SSV with 20's and track strips :woohoo:

[Nobby]

I reckon the SSV would look better, The Senator is 'nice' but its pretty meh looking.

The chop with the black 20"s was, erm, phat. Ahem.

[mad_monaro]

:yup: ... thanks for that.

Personally, I liked the Monaro more. The Calais is nice, but I would have gone for the GTS, or if had to be a Holden an SS-V with 20s.

:cheers:



Thanks for the tip - now I AINT clearing my cache :p:p

[mido2k]

As long as there is a Holden up there... It's All Good!!!!
Someone mentioned a Calais before, i think a Calais looks horn, especially when they are lowered with a good set of wheels and tints, thats all ya need...

[MISSV8]

i think a Calais looks horn, especially when they are lowered with a good set of wheels and tints, thats all ya need...

I agree :D

[Sidewindr]

Well let's see .. to answer some of the comments..

Thankyou to those who like it, I personally like it alot :D .. and the designer of the logo (who remains anonymous) is also happy with the result and appreciates the praise.

The font is not changing and will not change, we need a common logo/branding for the forums plus any merchandise we produce in the future and this is it.

Choice of car.. Well I quite like the Calais-V and who said that SS-V or HSV's were the only performance vehicles out there .. I've seen some damned fast execs ... :p The point is this is not a performance forum per se but an enthusiasts community forum for the Holden Marque. Maybe I should get it redesigned with a barina .. :p Available images of the VE are fairly limited now so colour and wheel options are somewhat restricted.

In summary, the logo will change in the future and probably have a different car .. but the font will not :)

[`redoctober]

I was bored so i took a stab, sorry if it's out of my place to make a banner.

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n231/redoctober2d/stab1.jpg
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n231/redoctober2d/stab2.jpg
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n231/redoctober2d/stab3.jpg

=P =D

[NickS]

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n231/redoctober2d/stab2.jpg

That's what I'm talking about ... very nice :thumbsup:

[Sidewindr]

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n231/redoctober2d/stab2.jpg

That's what I'm talking about ... very nice :thumbsup:

Not really refined enuff .. and car is pointing the wrong way .. :p

[NickS]

Not really refined enuff .. and car is pointing the wrong way .. :p
:lol: I'm an accountant, not a designer ... then again, I'm buying a GTS and everyone else loves the Calais :confused: I thought accountants were supposed to be the boring ones :stick:

[`redoctober]

Not really refined enuff .. and car is pointing the wrong way .. :p
now i know which to do work on ;) time to get going on it :D brb with a final in like 20

[seedyrom]

http://www.oz8.org/gallery/albums/Seedyrom/osama_aljazeera.jpg

aint nothing boring about a calais

[`redoctober]

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n231/redoctober2d/forumheader2.jpg
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n231/redoctober2d/forumheader.jpg

:headbang:

[Knight Phlier]

Is it possible to have a script that uses a random image? IE have 3-5 images with different cars all facing the same way and same angle, same font and placement of the text.

Script just picks a random picture and displays that each time a user requests a page? But please if you do this, do NOT put up a Barina!!

Then have VE's, VY-VZ, VT-VX and concepts as well. Would keep everyone happy!

[Vulture]

Is it possible to have a script that uses a random image?

That is a top idea. I must admit, whilst I love the Calais and might even get one in the next year or two, I think a more performance orientated Holden or HSV would be better. The SS-V pics look great. The Calais one also looks great but I don't know why it was chosen. At least rotating images would make everyone happy and display the variety of our chosen beasts.:girl:

[Sidewindr]

Is it possible to have a script that uses a random image? IE have 3-5 images with different cars all facing the same way and same angle, same font and placement of the text.

Script just picks a random picture and displays that each time a user requests a page? But please if you do this, do NOT put up a Barina!!

Then have VE's, VY-VZ, VT-VX and concepts as well. Would keep everyone happy!

Funny you mention that, I mentioned this to the designer earlier today and we are considering it .. :)

[`redoctober]

Funny you mention that, I mentioned this to the designer earlier today and we are considering it .. :)
If you want I can help take some of the load off your designer and make heaps more headers :)

[jerrel]

i like the idea of having a few different pictures that display randomly.

[Sidewindr]

If you want I can help take some of the load off your designer and make heaps more headers :)

No offence but the banners you produced had shabby text.

[Firebug]

Funny you mention that, I mentioned this to the designer earlier today and we are considering it .. :)

Well here's another vote for this idea. How about a poll on it?

[`redoctober]

No offence but the banners you produced had shabby text.
I didn't have the font, i tried to reproduce it quickly to get one online. Low quality + Pen tool doesn't scream accuracy. I do all this for a living so please don't doubt my ability :)

If I had the PSD + Font I could whip up something awesome.

[jerrel]

THE BANNER HAS CHANGED AGAIN!!
and its soo much better. front on SSV looks tough and the speedo really sets it off.
now thats wat i call a banner!

[vyssbeast]

redoctober i think you've done an awesome job
those last too you posted (the SSV's) look tops!!
hopefully they take that on board

[`redoctober]

redoctober i think you've done an awesome job
those last too you posted (the SSV's) look tops!!
hopefully they take that on board
i hope i can design some things for LS1 forums but i don't think they'd like an outsider doing any design work for them :(

[Sidewindr]

I didn't have the font, i tried to reproduce it quickly to get one online. Low quality + Pen tool doesn't scream accuracy. I do all this for a living so please don't doubt my ability :)

If I had the PSD + Font I could whip up something awesome.

No worries .. as I said no offence .. the text was all smuged/blurred .. :)

pop me an e-mail and I will send you the font files ..


THE BANNER HAS CHANGED AGAIN!!
and its soo much better. front on SSV looks tough and the speedo really sets it off.
now thats wat i call a banner!

The first one was a prototype .. working on other ideas .. stay tuned :) The designer sent me another one .. tonight, they get better and better ;)


i hope i can design some things for LS1 forums but i don't think they'd like an outsider doing any design work for them :(

Outsiders do most of the design work .. My skills are rather lacking in graphic design .. however I know what I want/like :D New buttons would be nice :D Once I send ya the font maybe you can redo all the buttons on the forum with the font, the buttons are getting a little old ;)

[`redoctober]

No worries .. as I said no offence .. the text was all smuged/blurred .. :)

pop me an e-mail and I will send you the font files ..


alright mate, i sent you an email via the forum so i hope to hear from you soon :)

[HRT433]

I did buttons for a previous version of this site but I think that was before it switched over to 3.5.XX (whaever it is now), so they probably don't suit any more.

[IgottaLS1]

The new SSV one with the dash in the background is friggin great!

Just one thing.... it now looks wider, making me have to scroll across the screen to see the width of the posts.

[Vulture]

The new SSV one with the dash in the background is friggin great!

Just one thing.... it now looks wider, making me have to scroll across the screen to see the width of the posts.

Yeah, is there any chance we can change back so we can customise our own page widths?

[HRT433]

I like the new banners, but I can't help myself....

http://www.hrt433.com/design/work/banner.png

[vyssbeast]

awesome!!!

[Fusebox]

awesome!!!

Is it also possible to have changing banners like the ads? Just to add a bit of variety :burnout:

[Shmacky]

Not really refined enuff .. and car is pointing the wrong way .. :p

I always thought that images on the edge of a page should 'face' inwards, towards the centre of the page to point peoples attention to the main area of the page, ie the middle - thus car should point right, which think looks better anyway.

Just my 2c worth.

And would be good to make it smaller or get rid of the add or move the add...
Horizontal scrolling is bad....Not everyones graphics cards will support higher resolutions - and as the average age on here isn't 16, I'm guessing not everyones eyesight is that good :) (understand that the logo is going through a change over period)

Shmacky

[Sidewindr]

I am working on the horizontal scrolling issue .. I had to make some changes to fix another issue where the posts in a thread were narrower than the heading. I will be asking vbulletin support about why it does this.

[`redoctober]

I am working on the horizontal scrolling issue .. I had to make some changes to fix another issue where the posts in a thread were narrower than the heading. I will be asking vbulletin support about why it does this.
if you placed the ad below the header, and centered both, it'd fit on 800x600 (which is the lowest res in common use besides 1024x768), and it'd look fine :)

[HRT433]

this is what I posted in the "page width" thread:

its because of the larger ls1 banner at the top.

combined width of the ls1 banner and the ad is almost 1070, which is as 'narrow' as the page will get.

if the ls1 banner is made about 600-620(max) wide then it should still fit 1024x768

[Sidewindr]

I don't know anyone using 800x600 ...

[Shmacky]

I am working on the horizontal scrolling issue .. I had to make some changes to fix another issue where the posts in a thread were narrower than the heading. I will be asking vbulletin support about why it does this.

No worries mate.

Logo looking good. Excellent job you guys do. Love this site - unfortunately, the other half doesn't appreciate it as much as I do (read: at all)

Shmacky

[jaykay]

When I use Firefox I don't get the banner on the LHS, only the words "Australian LS1 and Holden Forums" and sometimes on the RHS the Sponsors banner shows up and sometimes it doesn't. This only started happening last night.

I also can't add in the smilies since last night when I am posting, and this reply box I'm typing in goes over the RHS of the screen and past it ??? When I click in the smilies box on "more" nothing comes up. Also just noticed some people's avatars are not showing up, just "XXXX's avatar wording".

When I go through internet explorer all of the above resolve themselves except the fact that the page is wider than the screen.

Is anyone else finding this issue ? Does it mean I have to use IE as it is slower than Firefox...

[`redoctober]

I don't know anyone using 800x600 ...
It's still one of the most commonly used resolutions for the non computer savvy, most sites are tailored to fit in 800x600+. Though, I suppose you could do it as 1024x768+ because recently an article on digg showed that the most commonly used resolution (apart from 800x600) is 1024x768, with something like 50% of all people on 1024x768, 30% on 800x600, and 20% on 1280x1024+.

So go with the 1024 width if you want, but being able to fit in 800x600 is the standard site width.

PS- I'm a web designer if anyone doubts what I've just said..

[Sidewindr]

When I use Firefox I don't get the banner on the LHS, only the words "Australian LS1 and Holden Forums" and sometimes on the RHS the Sponsors banner shows up and sometimes it doesn't. This only started happening last night.

I also can't add in the smilies since last night when I am posting, and this reply box I'm typing in goes over the RHS of the screen and past it ??? When I click in the smilies box on "more" nothing comes up. Also just noticed some people's avatars are not showing up, just "XXXX's avatar wording".

When I go through internet explorer all of the above resolve themselves except the fact that the page is wider than the screen.

Is anyone else finding this issue ? Does it mean I have to use IE as it is slower than Firefox...

I use firefox and it's fine .. :confused:

[`redoctober]

I use firefox and it's fine .. :confused:
It's probably a problem with his firefox.

Update to Beta 2.0 and see if that fixes the problem

Link:
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/2.0b2-candidates/rc2/firefox-2.0b2.en-US.win32.installer.exe



PS- Have you got my email yet sidewindr?

[jaykay]

It's probably a problem with his firefox.

Update to Beta 2.0 and see if that fixes the problem

Link:
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/2.0b2-candidates/rc2/firefox-2.0b2.en-US.win32.installer.exe



PS- Have you got my email yet sidewindr?
Thanks for the advice. Have done that and it's sorted except the page is wider than the screen, have to scroll across now to read over to the RHS. Do I need to change anything ?

JK

[`redoctober]

Thanks for the advice. Have done that and it's sorted except the page is wider than the screen, have to scroll across now to read over to the RHS. Do I need to change anything ?

JK

if you're on 1024x768 that's because of the new banner (it's too big) and it's happening to everybody else on the forums as well, sidewindr's trying to fix it at the moment so it should be fine within a day or so. if you're on a larger resolution and its still happening, add me on msn (robert'at'jusworldwide.com, replace 'at' with @) or email me at the same address and i'll try help you iron out any problems.

no problems helping you mate, any time.

[Guzzles]

not a fan of the new SS V one - the single speedo looks a bit lost without
the rest of the dash.
BTW: it's too wide :p
changing banners hmm... only if there are not too much themes

bring the monaro back and everything is OK again ;)

[SSidewayz]

I like it and it all works fine for me (firefox). My input is put a tacho with the speedo.

[Guzzles]

I like it and it all works fine for me (firefox). My input is put a tacho with the speedo.
a pic of the whole instrument cluster would be nice. it could be placed
partially behind the text to save some space too while still looking good.

[scotty]

I like the idea of muliple banners to suit different peoples tastes..

and while people are throwing ideas in the pot...

how about a members banner. Each month a member is selected and their ride is shown in the banner (also part of the random system).

Scott

[SS220]

Just to put my 2c in I like the new SSV banner. Although a tacho next to the speedo would look good. And it fits on my screen fine:headbang:

t

[MISSV8]

how about a members banner. Each month a member is selected and their ride is shown in the banner (also part of the random system).

Scott
They have a similar banner setup to this on the ########### forums. Each time you open a new page, a diff members car is shown at the top- http://www.####################

[seedyrom]

Whilst we are talking about screen resolution issues, i'll air that there's still a problem which started happening about 3 weeks prior to the site upgrade when viewing at 240 x 320. (Pocket PC resolution).

In the old days, images would compress to fit screen. The logo would shrink down and also other pictures displayed on screen, so scrolling left to right was minimal.
Now the logo and other pictures remain latrge.

Not sure if there's any discussions about that on the vbulletin forums or not.

Cheers,
Seedy

[Sidewindr]

Whilst we are talking about screen resolution issues, i'll air that there's still a problem which started happening about 3 weeks prior to the site upgrade when viewing at 240 x 320. (Pocket PC resolution).

In the old days, images would compress to fit screen. The logo would shrink down and also other pictures displayed on screen, so scrolling left to right was minimal.
Now the logo and other pictures remain latrge.

Not sure if there's any discussions about that on the vbulletin forums or not.

Cheers,
Seedy

Fixed ..

http://www.ls1.com.au/forum/showpost.php?p=709815&postcount=22

[seedyrom]

yep, perfect now.
Thanks very much Jason.

[Sidewindr]

yep, perfect now.
Thanks very much Jason.

No probs .. it was all down to a bit of a different in the templates and styles between the old version and the new version .. I missed some bits that had moved to different templates :D

[Wayne@GM Motorsport]

if you placed the ad below the header, and centered both, it'd fit on 800x600 (which is the lowest res in common use besides 1024x768), and it'd look fine :)

Now that is a great idea, then the header logo could be the width of the forum, thats an easy change in the overall_header.tpl me thinks

Its still showing up to wide for me....

[Sidewindr]

Don't want the sponsor banner under the main page banner as it means you have to scroll further down to get to the first posts etc...

I'll take a gader at dropping the size a little but seriously I don't know of anyone using 800x600 these days .. it's like people watching betamax video tapes...

[vh-holden]

I took the liberty of making up a couple more.

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b1/vh-holden/stupid%20forum%20stuff/b43banner.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b1/vh-holden/stupid%20forum%20stuff/slidingbanner.jpg

if you want the full size ones let me know.

[Wayne@GM Motorsport]

I took the liberty of making up a couple more.

if you want the full size ones let me know.

Thats the funny shit rite there !!!!!! :rofl: classic stuff VH there should be more of it.


Is it just me or is the banner still to wide for the forum ?

[HRT433]

Is it just me or is the banner still to wide for the forum ?

If you run anything narrower than 1280x1024 (ie 1024,768, 800x600 and god forbid 640x480) then Yes the combined width of the forum banner and the ad will be wider than the forum.

[Wayne@GM Motorsport]

If you run anything narrower than 1280x1024 (ie 1024,768, 800x600 and god forbid 640x480) then Yes the combined width of the forum banner and the ad will be wider than the forum.

Yeah thats what I thought, I thought it was being set for 1024x768 which is by far the most common size ?