No comments?

[Administrator]

No comments on the work Ive done with the colors, top logos, buttons, etc. ???

Anyone notice the changes to the pond forum or any of the mfg sponsored forums?

???:blob4:

[Bill Davis]

um.. im sorry but next time please use the SEARCH feature that is located at the top of the screen on the right side. There are many threads discussing this :D i have always wanted to say that to the administrator:) Have a good one, bill

[SLS]

Hi Chuck!

I think the new color schemes look great.

The only thing I can think of that was maybe not so good was the Exmark forum's red background. I know that it is keeping with Exmark's color (like you did with the rest of the manufacturers) but it is very hard to read the text against it. Maybe Exmark can come up with a different color. ;)

Still, that's a small thing compared to all the rest of the changes. Good job. :)

Bill,

What's the best keywords to use when searching this topic? "Changes"?? "Colors"?? "New Look"?? I'm stumped! :D

[Administrator]

I had already changed the colors before you mentioned this. :) Im kind of color blind... I see blue as green, green as blue, etc. When Sarah took a look at the eXmark forum she color scheme looked like "puke".

Also, if you logout you will notice the new welcome message to unregistered members....

You like? Any input or ideas? All are welcome... honest opinions also! :p

[Bill Davis]

im glad you can take a little joking Mr. administrator. Have a good one and keep up the good work with the web site

[SLS]

That Sarah doesn't hold back, huh?

The gray background with the red 'Exmark" header looks much, much better...and a lot easier to read. Thanks, Sarah! :D

[Administrator]

Yea, I guess you could say we are a "blunt" family :o

[Administrator]

LGF ... no wise cracks .. lol , the term blunt in this case means "abrupt and often disconcertingly frank in speech"

[CSRA Landscaping]

To be honest, Chuck, I don't really care for the new green. It's lime green! A little darker may be ok, but I really liked the turf as the banner, too.

[plow kid]

Looks good Chuck, but I would have kept the header as a strip of grass.~NaTe

BTW. I dont visit the MFG forums, cant afford anything they sell. But in this case I will take a peek.

[Administrator]

Ha, my first car (not by choice) was a 77 monte carlo that was lime green.

Comments like "big green booger machine" were heard quite often.

A solid color header background helps the images within stand out better. Hopefully people will notice the helpful ones... ( search ) Also, in netscape the tables within the header were seperated and the stripe image was broken up.

I will tone down some of the colors.... thanks for the input.

Chuck

[Administrator]

Now, thats bright green!

Did I blind any of ya? Im changing it back now

For those who missed.. its color #, #80FC12

[plow kid]

OUCH!!! the lime is toooo bright

[Administrator]

Yea, I was just checking to see whos eyes I could burn out of their heads.

Chuck

[Lawn-Scapes]

LOOKS FANTASTIC! Appreciate this site and the work you put into it.. Thanks

Any news on the hosting package you mentioned to me about 5 weeks ago? ;)

[stslawncare]

im sorry chuck i posted my thoughts in the support forum, i like the changes, changes always make things pop out at u lol. the ariens logo on main page looks nifty also

[Premo Services]

At first, I thought my computer was messing up. As I didn`t see the stripes at the top. I think the new color does help everything stand out better. I do like the way that the links to the sponsors are spread out on one line. Always have appreciated the work that is put into this site. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!!!!!!!:D

[walker-talker]

I noticed it yesterday! I do like the fact that you don't have to scroll to the right to click the "search" button.

MATT

[MOW ED]

I like it.

Make the Gravely ad a littler bigger so you can see me leaning on that walkbehind.

[LAWNGODFATHER]

Originally posted by Administrator
LGF ... no wise cracks .. lol , the term blunt in this case means "abrupt and often disconcertingly frank in speech"

You mean "blunt" like me?

And not pussyfooting around.

Term means not dancing around and not to comment. Leave your dirty minds at home. It's in Websters.

Yes I noticed the changes. Remeber seeing me on at 3:30am when you made the one to this forum.

[Randy Scott]

Like the changes, looks good. A change is nice, tired of staring at the other look.

[crazygator]

Originally posted by Administrator
No comments on the work Ive done with the colors, top logos, buttons, etc. ???

Anyone notice the changes to the pond forum or any of the mfg sponsored forums?

Sounds kinda like your fishing for a compliment!.....hahaha

Looks better, from one color blind guy to another......:angel:

[Pacific Nursery]

:rolleyes: Changes, what changes.;)

[turfquip]

great job Chuck!

[thelawnguy]

A quick observation...last week there was a discussion about website colors and such on another internet board, and the general consensus was that your present color scheme would be the LAST choice of commercial web designers, then I wake up Sunday and see this lol.

IMO its the content not the wrapper so do as you see fit.

[Charles]

I like it. Kinda new spring look to it.

[Administrator]

Thanks guys! Very much appreciated.

[Chopper Lover]

Originally posted by Administrator
Im kind of color blind... I see blue as green, green as blue, etc.

Ummm, any chance your parents taught you the colors wrong????

Hehehe, that would be funny... Mean, but FUNNY!:laugh:

PS. The site looks GREAT!

[kerr lawn]

thanks to all who make this site what it is.
i love this site
keep up the good work

[sheppard]

Is there a way for me to pull up all the logos that the members show on their postings?

Cordially,
Sheppard

[Island Lawn]

It's been a while since I've checked in and it's beautiful!

I wonder if you might be working too hard for us grass gurus.


One suggestion, if I may be so bold:

MORE "BLUNT" COMMENTS!



:cool:

[kutnkru]

Missed this thread. I cant BELIEVE that so many here are willing to just kiss Chucks on this one –sheesh!!!

You want brutal honesty – here goes:

The Magna-Matic and Gravely headers are very classy and professional looking.

The green in the Commercial Forum should be closer to that of the threads in the Off Topic Forum. I don’t know of a client who begs for their grass to be lime??? or a contractor who strives to make properties look similar to this “nausea-mucous green” as you put it –LOL!!! The grass header should be here and NOT the Web Design Forum. I would think there would be some kind of cool design graphic that would be better suited here. This makes absolutely no sense to me at all???

I don’t know what kind of “flit-boy” color scheme the Homeowners Forum is –LOL!!! The W.E. Chapps and Lawn Monkey Forums have a peculiar look as well - These three ALL definitely need work!!!

I think I understand what you were trying to get accomplished with the Hustler and Pond Forums, but I think the color schemes here are too harsh. The gray that you are using in the rest of the community seems fine to me.

In the words of the old Tuna Commercial - Sorry Charlie! Id have to grade the changes around a C to a C+. :(

Kris

[Administrator]

Like my Momma told me.... "you can please some of them some of the time, most of them most of the time, but not all of them all of the time".

I will work on my graphics art and color scheme skills.

I think Landscape Management magazine said it best. (something like) "The site is plain and ugly, but works well and has an easy learning curve." .

HEY!, maybe its YOUR monitor gamma? :confused:

Thanks for the input though. :) !!

Chuck

[Shady Brook]

I am sure it looks great, but I still do not have the ability to see your hyperlinks at the top of the screen. Glad I remember where the search is even though I can't see it. :-)

Jay

[Administrator]

Travolta Quote

"Thats Like, So Weird"

Nobody else has mentioned not being able to see the hyperlinks at the top of the page. The links you are talking about are actually an image, and the links are mapped in.

http://www.lawnsite.com/banners/lsheader.gif

Can you see that image?

Chuck

[BRL]

Ditto the Lawnguy's comments.

[lawrence stone]

Originally posted by Administrator


http://www.lawnsite.com/banners/lsheader.gif

Can you see that image?

Chuck

No I cannot. This is do to the way I have settings configured in my internet security program.

[Shady Brook]

Cudos to Mr. Stone!

It was my security program all along. When you made changes, it must have been coded in a different way so that my computer thought your hyperlinks were a image, like a banner. Did not even think about that. Sorry to send you on a wild goose chase Chuck, seeing how it was me all along. Wow :eek: now I see what I am missing. I wonder what the world will be like when I go to some other sites, have heard people saying they could not stand the popups, could not figure what the ment. Bet I will if I keep this banner blocker disabled.

Thanks
Jay

[thelawnguy]

Originally posted by Administrator
Can you see that image?

Chuck

Neither can I. It is filtered out by my ad-stopping software.