Surfing Waves

any chance of making the banner adds across the top a little smaller i only have a 15" screen on my laptop and its a little annoying having the scroll across some times to see what people have said

I just turned my screen resolution right down and can see your problem.
How annoying for you.....


I have signed over the banner management to an advertising company and the most effective banner placement (read $$$ ) is this leaderboard header size.
When I have got some more time I will look at perhaps swapping the menus on the left hand side over which should resolve the problem or maybe just moving the banner down below the header.
I should really make sure that the forum posts are viewable at a minimum of 800x600 although less than 5% of the visitors have it set that low.

Ok, I have redone the layout for you Phil. I hope that it should be sufficient to solve your scrolling problem. Let me know if it is ok.

wow the new format is gonna take some time to get used to .

wow what a shock. but i have to say having the menu on the right makes it a more natural feel.. because we read left to right so it almost feels like theres more room there! sweet!

Gabe have you thought about doing a horizontal menu layout? it would take up a significantly less amount of room.

ahh but then again with the banners on the sides/recent topics section it doesn't matter because either way they are taking up that space.

greg@hoodatsurfco wrote:wow what a shock. but i have to say having the menu on the right makes it a more natural feel

I feel the opposite, I am a menu on the left man myself

I am going to stop tinkering with the layout at the moment as long as everyone can see it alright. I will be changing to the new version of the forum software at some point so will think about it then.
A horizontal lay out is a good idea, or perhaps a bigger banner area at the top to put links into. Not sure yet.

^^i didn't mean the menu on the right feels more natural.. i meant the content of what you primarily read (forum posts) being aligned to the left feels more natural just because we read from that side to the right.. i dunno im weird.


the only thing I ever cared about getting on this site that you didn't do was the quick reply! you set that in place and after that I was happy as a .. uh.. something thats usually looked at as a happy thing.. thats what!

either way to me the site is perfect. I just have my stupid web developer thoughts here n there that kick in.