Hello guys,
first thanks for WPForo. It ten times better than bbpress. I always used bbpress and I hate myself for just using it because it is the most popular (because it is around for so long). I hate plugins and I code everything that is possible without it. Thats why my website is so fast 🙂 Snippets is the way to go. However wpforo is very well coded and is fast too. I haven't even done all the optimizations.
I always want to change a lot and a have vision how I want it to look like, which is most of the time ultra simplistic.
https://lifestyle.cool/community/
It is not yet done, but I'm really happy with it already. I'm using a strong sans-serif font on the Webpage, so I wanted to use a serif one for the forum. I tested a few and really liked the "freight-neo-pro" and since it is mainly used as a log section it should really show that off. That's why I deleted a lot of the function and manipulated the editor. It shall be as distraction free as possible so that why my only wish would be to have markdown implemented. I know it's not included, but I think I can get it to show trough wordpress.
How do you guys like the simplistic design?
kind
Julian
Thank you @jwpaps!
Your forum looks very nice.
The only thing I'd recommend you to change the text color of the forum/topic color of a link when you mouse over it. Currently, it's white.
https://www.screencast.com/t/RSJwQfYDkQgn
You can change it using the CSS code below:
h3.wpforo-forum-title > a:hover .wpforo-topic-title > a:hover {
color: #000 !important;
}
In case you want to say thank you 😊
We'd really appreciate and be thankful if you leave a good review on plugin page. This is the best way to say thank you to this project and support team.
There are several errors in your html code. duplicate elements, unclosed elements .....
Thanks a lot guys. As said I'm not completely done, so its also not really validated. However I thought it might be useful to show for some how simplistic you can go if that is what you aiming for. I also have to double check if I'm not using unnecessary close colors somewhere. In a design like mine less is more.
Wow, looks really good. Did you do all the coding in forums > settings > style > custom CSS code?
Wow, looks really good. Did you do all the coding in forums > settings > style > custom CSS code?
Thank you mate. Yes most of it. I only overwrote like 3 template files at most. If you haven't watched today I have done a couple of more changes and I like it even more. My Goal is to create a distraction free reading and writing experience.
Two Wishes I still have are:
I wish I would have a select and format feature (like at Medium), where you can select text and then you get the format options. And also I want to get the author name right of the avatar. Latter I should definitely achieve today :).
Most of it is just for the nature of the Forum. I really like minimalistic stuff. So removing elements was actually the biggest part of this design. Also the Font Freight Pro(serif) helps a lot in Combination with the main sans-serif font.
Then slight color change from black to 1f1f1f makes it also easier to read.