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RE: Very simplistic Lifestyle Log Forum

jwpaps — Thu, 12 Sep 2019 02:03:41 +0000

Posted by: @zeeshan333
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.

RE: Very simplistic Lifestyle Log Forum

zeeshan333 — Tue, 10 Sep 2019 14:24:54 +0000

Wow, looks really good. Did you do all the coding in forums > settings > style > custom CSS code?

RE: Very simplistic Lifestyle Log Forum

jwpaps — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 18:01:23 +0000

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.

RE: Very simplistic Lifestyle Log Forum

Anonymous20 — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 08:51:50 +0000

There are several errors in your html code. duplicate elements, unclosed elements .....

RE: Very simplistic Lifestyle Log Forum

Sofy — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 08:00:19 +0000

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;
}

Very simplistic Lifestyle Log Forum

jwpaps — Sat, 07 Sep 2019 17:13:53 +0000

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