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Freekoid

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Revise tabs / category display

Main arcade page

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Favourite tab

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I had a look around a few sites at category ideas, I had another look Ozzy47 site and its a bit of a mess (no offense Ozzy, the way the tabs are getting wayyyy out of control.

I had a mess around in photoshop and came up with this idea.

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The import categories will now go into the dropdown, the 'All' - 'Favourite' tabs would always be here, and the next 6 tabs would be editable in ACP allowing you to have any category you desire in that space.
 
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I know the tabs are way too much, I really don't like the dropdown idea though, IPB has that and this should look different, although the dropdown is better that 87 tabs lol.
 
I was kinda thinking to have the tabs in a collapsed state, only showing one row, and when you hover over any of them, it explodes and shows all, and when you move from hovering it auto collapses again.
 
I dunno... seems to me that you shouldn't make things different, just for the sake of being different. If something was done right, you take that, and then do your own thing with it. If dropdowns solve the problem, until a better idea comes up, use dropdowns. If/when another solution is found, then use that. But otherwise, you could just be hurting yourself to remain "different".

I'm not saying dropdowns are the better solution, what I am saying though is that solutions shouldn't be disregarded because someone else did it that way. It might be the best way and make your product shine in the areas their product doesn't and you'll have a fully rounded product in the end that's much better than theirs.
 
As Trekkan said its not the end all and be all..

But this isnt what I envision a nice arcade category tab system.

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Although you could argue that the admin would sort it after import to look nicer..
 
Freekoid said:
The import categories will now go into the dropdown, the 'All' - 'Favourite' tabs would always be here, and the next 6 tabs would be editable in ACP allowing you to have any category you desire in that space.
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Lol, I'm surprised I didnt just think of that. I was struggling with trying to make it use javascript to measure the widths of the tabs and convert the ones that didnt fit into a dropdown. I guess I can make the admin configure that!

Ozzy47 said:
I was kinda thinking to have the tabs in a collapsed state, only showing one row, and when you hover over any of them, it explodes and shows all, and when you move from hovering it auto collapses again.
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That sounds difficult to code, and would still look ugly in "exploded" state.

Trekkan said:
I dunno... seems to me that you shouldn't make things different, just for the sake of being different.
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Generally, I try to improve on the original concept and pretty it up :p or you get Kevin at v3arcade subtly implying that i ripped off his addon everywhere.
 
Well I played around a little and made it a bit more eye pleasing.

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Basically put a block around the tabs.

But what I am trying to figure out, is how to have all the tabs the same size, and the cat names in the tabs have a position of relative in the tab, Also have some sort of break in the rows, something transparent not a border, so they are not on top of eachother
 
Ok I got sorta break around the tabs, I changed the tabslight_border color to a darker color to better flow with the skin.

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Now if I could just get the tab size sorted.
 
I have got it even closer now. I think it looks loads better than it did, I like the 5 column look, makes it look more professional, and unlike any other arcade.

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:p im sorry - i appreciate the effort you are putting into it, but that just still looks like too much to me. a single line is all i envisioned...
 
Trekkan said:
Would be good to keep it and offer it as a different display style (unsupported) after release.
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O.o an option included that is unsupported?

Freekoid said:
Looks like an IPB category arcade :\
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exactly :p

however, i like your earlier idea of having the admin mark off the ones to make collapsed. i guess then, if they mark off nothing, that the current effect would still occur (spilling onto additional lines) thus allowing ozzy's version to still exist, so i guess it can still happen anyway. i think ill go with that since i think it can make everyone happy (especially me lol).

So now we are at...

[Sort dropdown] [All][Favorites][Search]
[List of tabs][Dropdown of collapsed tabs]

i dont want the collapsed tabs to look the same as the sort dropdown (and more like the tabs) so i have to work on that. still have to figure out a nice way for the category/count junk
 
just tossing this in here:

hornstar;bt508 said:
When I am saying busy, I am referring to the page being cluttered, just information overload. What is Design Clutter? | Pro Blog Design

There is nothing in particular that is being emphasized, and I really need to work hard to work out where the fun is. I have to scroll down to find all the games. Instead I want to be shown the games straight away, and the sidebar can be the information overload section. Maybe have a random game shown when the arcade main page is loaded, which has a slightly bigger thumbnail. I am no expect, and am just giving my advise on what I am feeling when I visit the arcade. Maybe I am alone, but I just know that younger viewers like things to be simple and easy as they are too lazy to read.
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Well I still disagree with hornstar's feeling that you have to work too hard to get to the fun is, he is only looking at the arcade here on DBT and it does not take too much scrolling at all to get to the games.
 
Darkwaltz4 said:
So now we are at...

[Sort dropdown] [All][Favorites][Search]
[List of tabs][Dropdown of collapsed tabs]

i dont want the collapsed tabs to look the same as the sort dropdown (and more like the tabs) so i have to work on that. still have to figure out a nice way for the category/count junk
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I have been working on the dropdown box, I got it close, but I cant make it a scroll box yet, only a popup box.

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:p that page isnt working in firefox due to some javascript error. judging from its apparent age, im assuming it works only in ie, which i dont have access to right now, and im not interested in the explode effect anyway. sounds startling!
 
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