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[adz]

Hey all,

I know it's been a bit quiet on the development front for a long time - life has a way of pulling me in different directions. But I wanted to share a quick update on where things stand and give you a sneak peek at the new home page design I'm working on.

As some of you know, we're currently running the site on XenForo, a commercial platform that has served us well for many years. However, I've found it increasingly restrictive when it comes to adding new features and making custom changes. That's why I'm looking at a migration to Flarum, an open-source forum platform that will give us much more flexibility. With Flarum, I'll be able to develop custom extensions tailored specifically for our community, and maybe even offer these to other communities in the future.

Now, about the design—it's still a work in progress and needs some refining, but I wanted to share it with you all to get your thoughts on the direction I'm taking. There are some placeholders like menu items and stuff but it's got the general idea. Check out the screenshot below and let me know what you think!

Looking forward to your feedback and hoping to bring more updates soon.

Cheers!

 

[sydmariner]

Love it!.

 

[FFC Mariner]

Looks nice @adz

 

[Big Al]

Hey all,

I know it's been a bit quiet on the development front for a long time - life has a way of pulling me in different directions. But I wanted to share a quick update on where things stand and give you a sneak peek at the new home page design I'm working on.

As some of you know, we're currently running the site on XenForo, a commercial platform that has served us well for many years. However, I've found it increasingly restrictive when it comes to adding new features and making custom changes. That's why I'm looking at a migration to Flarum, an open-source forum platform that will give us much more flexibility. With Flarum, I'll be able to develop custom extensions tailored specifically for our community, and maybe even offer these to other communities in the future.

Now, about the design—it's still a work in progress and needs some refining, but I wanted to share it with you all to get your thoughts on the direction I'm taking. There are some placeholders like menu items and stuff but it's got the general idea. Check out the screenshot below and let me know what you think!

Looking forward to your feedback and hoping to bring more updates soon.

Cheers!

Looks great

Change 🤮😂

 

[Hello Sailor]

Happy with whatever you do. Thanks for your effort.

 

[VonBowellski]

Looks amazing

 

[adz]

Change 🤮😂

stressful, I know

 

[Melange]

Looks great, thanks for all the effort you put in @adz

 

[marinermick]

Thanks Adz. Whatever you do can you please keep it simple and easy to navigate?

 

[JoyfulPenguin]

Looks very snazzy and might help some the lesser visited sections of the forum get more attention.

 

[booney]

Looks easy to navigate.

 

[adz]

Looks very snazzy and might help some the lesser visited sections of the forum get more attention.

Yeah I think with the way we have been using the forum for quite a while now, most of the posts go into the Central Coast Mariners bit, I think a lot of people only read that section too, so the idea is to hopefully get things categorised a bit better for people - and search engines - to find stuff.

 

[Ironbark]

I just hit the What's New button to navigate