Hey. We recently got a nice update to the forum background, which is refreshing, but wouldn't it be nice if there were a few more aesthetic updates around the forum itself? I have a few ideas in mind, but if you feel like these aren't good or you have something better, then feel free to reply!
Change Locations of Forum Logo and Search Bar
I think that it would be nice to have the forum logo centered at the top of the page and move the Search Bar below the Member name. It would probably look better with an updated forum logo though. The reason why the Search Bar is moved is to keep the banner area less cluttered.
Example:
Update Community Logo
The current logo is nice, but could be refreshed. Same fonts? New arrow? I never understood why the Community's website was under the logo when we're already in the website itself, but I think that it could be replaced with a nice slogan related to the Community. Slogan Community vote?
Archive Unused Subforums
The Gaming Section has four subforums which haven't been used in over five months - Guilds, League of Legends, Counter-Strike, and Hearthstone. I'm sure people would be opposed to removing them, but right now they seem useless and could be replaced with current games that members are playing. New Subforum Games vote?
Discord Integration
The Discord server is used quite frequently by Community members and I think that it would be nice to see something related to it in the Forum Sidebar instead of within the Chat section. Would it be possible to remove the Chat Section if a Discord sidebar was added? The TS and Discord info are already added under the Community Info sidebar.
Some Resources from Xenforo:
https://xenforo.com/community/resources/ah-discord-widget.5550/
https://xenforo.com/community/resources/8wr-discord-integration.5399/
New Forum Style Options
I was looking at Brivium resources and remembered that this forum uses one of them. I saw a couple that look interesting. Maybe they could be added to the Style Chooser at the bottom so members can use a different style instead of default.
https://brivium.com/resources/silver.307/
https://brivium.com/demo/chlorine/
If you guys have any objections and prefer the old forum style, then y'all need help. That's all I have for now.
What do you guys think?
Change Locations of Forum Logo and Search Bar
I think that it would be nice to have the forum logo centered at the top of the page and move the Search Bar below the Member name. It would probably look better with an updated forum logo though. The reason why the Search Bar is moved is to keep the banner area less cluttered.
Example:
Update Community Logo
The current logo is nice, but could be refreshed. Same fonts? New arrow? I never understood why the Community's website was under the logo when we're already in the website itself, but I think that it could be replaced with a nice slogan related to the Community. Slogan Community vote?
Archive Unused Subforums
The Gaming Section has four subforums which haven't been used in over five months - Guilds, League of Legends, Counter-Strike, and Hearthstone. I'm sure people would be opposed to removing them, but right now they seem useless and could be replaced with current games that members are playing. New Subforum Games vote?
Discord Integration
The Discord server is used quite frequently by Community members and I think that it would be nice to see something related to it in the Forum Sidebar instead of within the Chat section. Would it be possible to remove the Chat Section if a Discord sidebar was added? The TS and Discord info are already added under the Community Info sidebar.
Some Resources from Xenforo:
https://xenforo.com/community/resources/ah-discord-widget.5550/
https://xenforo.com/community/resources/8wr-discord-integration.5399/
New Forum Style Options
I was looking at Brivium resources and remembered that this forum uses one of them. I saw a couple that look interesting. Maybe they could be added to the Style Chooser at the bottom so members can use a different style instead of default.
https://brivium.com/resources/silver.307/
https://brivium.com/demo/chlorine/
If you guys have any objections and prefer the old forum style, then y'all need help. That's all I have for now.
What do you guys think?