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[Dingus]

Originally Posted by Erin

Can you test this? I'm kind of new to this, so I'm not sure it's working properly:

TestMagic Forum RSS feed

It works! I am subscribed. It is giving me a list of all new posts with the link. Here is a screenshot.

[Erin]

Good, that's what it looks like to me, too.

But I guess I'll try to get it looking better (adding formatting, etc.).

[awhig]

Originally Posted by Dingus

It works! I am subscribed. It is giving me a list of all new posts with the link.

I am also subscribed.

[Erin]

Great! That makes three of us.

I added some RSS buttons in my sig for the time being.

[gforce]

Originally Posted by Erin

Great! That makes three of us.

I added some RSS buttons in my sig for the time being.

Make that four..
Btw, I think the RSS feed can be visually enhanced by using formatting and other eye candy.
Cheers!

[Erin]

Originally Posted by gforce

Btw, I think the RSS feed can be visually enhanced by using formatting and other eye candy.

Yep, that's the next step. But like I said, this is all new to me, but it's something I've been wanting to do for quite a while. It'll take me some time to get up to speed on the power of RSS.

[gforce]

Hi Erin,

I just happened to notice that the 'Add to user's reputation' icon has changed from the regular 'thumbs-up' image to something that aint too clear.

[Erin]

Originally Posted by gforce

Hi Erin,

I just happened to notice that the 'Add to user's reputation' icon has changed from the regular 'thumbs-up' image to something that aint too clear.

Yup, that's the stock image, which overwrote the thumbs-up icon when I uploaded the new files. I'm thinking of changing it to something more intuitive and unique, but I can't think of anything right now.

[gforce]

Originally Posted by Erin

Yup, that's the stock image.....

The phpBB (or is it VBulletin?) forum development team aint creative enough...
The default image sucks.
Why don't you upload the 'thumbs-up' image? It's much better.

[Erin]

phpBB? No... Not enough features. We're using vB. I really love it, except the graphics. On a side note, I'm planning to have the forum "skinned" in two months or so.

I also dislike the scales in particular, but the thumbs up didn't seem to get people to give rep. I've seen a few other rep buttons, none of which were very intuitive.

Here's a sampling: