Bell Tree Direct - 2.2.20

[LambdaDelta]

Hopefully the style of the forums is Minimalistic

sorry, but I'm gonna have to heavily disagree here

minimalistic website design is honestly one of the worst most bland things of the 21st century

not to say it needs to stay close to exactly like it is now or go off the walls in design features, but please have some personality to it

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just thinking, and this is really good timing for the time capsule we just closed!! starting off the new decade with a refresh sounds fabulous and getting to see what it used to look like in a couple years will be pretty cool too!

it also explains the whole "all header banners in rotation" voting back during halloween

one big hurrah for it before this style tree leaves us soon after

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If it aint broke, don't fix it.

they're doing this so it doesn't break

 

[Antonio]

sorry, but I'm gonna have to heavily disagree here

minimalistic website design is honestly one of the worst most bland things of the 21st century

not to say it needs to stay close to exactly like it is now or go off the walls in design features, but please have some personality to it

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it also explains the whole "all header banners in rotation" voting back during halloween

one big hurrah for it before this style tree leaves us soon after

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they're doing this so it doesn't break

Minimalistic website fits well with the current game coming out. Plus, it's modern and cleaner. Who says it can't be minimalistic while having personality?

 

[seliph]

sorry, but I'm gonna have to heavily disagree here

minimalistic website design is honestly one of the worst most bland things of the 21st century

not to say it needs to stay close to exactly like it is now or go off the walls in design features, but please have some personality to it

somewhat agree here, i do think minimalistic styles can look nice but on forums it just looks incredibly boring and doesn’t set them apart from each other. animal crossing is full of colour and life and cute little details, i feel like it’d be a disservice to go very minimalistic with it.

 

[Alienfish]

@LD yeah I agree, I hate when people try to do minimalistic because it's some norm and they fail badly. Just keep it nice and usable at the same time and this is not minimalism lol

 

[Antonio]

somewhat agree here, i do think minimalistic styles can look nice but on forums it just looks incredibly boring and doesn’t set them apart from each other. animal crossing is full of colour and life and cute little details, i feel like it’d be a disservice to go very minimalistic with it.

Let me rephrase my statement because I don't think minimalistic is the right word. I hope the forum uses flat color similar to the AC:NH UI and Villager UI rather than gradients and realistic wood patterns.

 

[Stella-Io]

I'm gone for 2 days and I miss so much. Wow.

Anyway super excited for the new features announced, I'll miss the blog tree since I recently started using it to record my progress in non-AC games and didn't think my long rants would fit anywhere else. Guess I'll post them on my tumblr.

Also the new banner looks amazing! Thanks for the bells as well.

Edit: for staff applications, is it not possible to apply for both positions?

 

[Dinosaurz]

I'm gone for 2 days and I miss so much. Wow.

Anyway super excited for the new features announced, I'll miss the blog tree since I recently started using it to record my progress in non-AC games and didn't think my long rants would fit anywhere else. Guess I'll post them on my tumblr.

Also the new banner looks amazing! Thanks for the bells as well.

Edit: for staff applications, is it not possible to apply for both positions?

It states in the FAQ you can apply for both!

 

[Jibby]

I love TBT's colors.
I don't want a white forum with a column down one side.

Sorry. I'll shutup now.

Hey, I don't think you need to worry! XenForo is one of the most customisable and flexible pieces of forum software out there. A forum I frequent recently made the switch, and the benefits are absolutely outstanding!

Don't use the default bland theme as any indication of what it might end up looking like. Any forum platform looks bland without a good theme (change the theme here to TBT Undercover for an example of that). I really doubt the admins are just gonna forget to make a theme for 3.0 haha

I'm absolutely certain that the upgrade will take the Bell Tree Forums we know and love and enhance it tenfold. Trust me on this one!

 

[Zura]

If it aint broke, don't fix it.

I'm sure many people said the same thing every time this site updated in the past.

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Anyone else super happy that this site is getting a makeover? Bring this site into the new decade!

 

[LambdaDelta]

Don't use the default bland theme as any indication of what it might end up looking like. Any forum platform looks bland without a good theme

this right here cannot be stressed enough, but for any sort of website design that applies just the bare basic essentials. not just forums

 

[Zura]

As a person that has done actual coding web design and used things like WordPress, I assure you that TBT will look very simular or even better then it is now.

 

[John Wick]

somewhat agree here, i do think minimalistic styles can look nice but on forums it just looks incredibly boring and doesn?t set them apart from each other. animal crossing is full of colour and life and cute little details, i feel like it?d be a disservice to go very minimalistic with it.

Minimalistic is an eyesore.
It's like the Android OS I've been looking at for years when they got rid of the good stuff and made it flat and white.

Yeah, they finally added a dark mode but the minimalistic design gets flatter and uglier with each version.

I hate being on a mobile but don't own a PC and never will, so I like to feel like I'm not on a mobile which is why I never use mobile apps and am always in desktop mode.

 

[Zura]

Minimalistic is beautiful and elegant IMO; although, I do agree with Seliph, it wouldn't work for a Animal Crossing forum or any forum for that matter.

 

[Antonio]

Minimalistic is beautiful and elegant IMO; although, I do agree with Seliph, it wouldn't work for a Animal Crossing forum or any forum for that matter.

I disagree, the new game interface has a minimalistic art style. Still though, flat colors with a soft palette would bring the forums to the modern era while still being faithful to the upcoming game.

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You can already see the soft colors in the grass via the teaser.

 

[John Wick]

I disagree, the new game interface has a minimalistic art style. Still though, flat colors with a soft palette would bring the forums to the modern era while still being faithful to the upcoming game.

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You can already see the soft colors in the grass via the teaser.

Just because it's new or modern, doesn't mean it's better.

 

[Zura]

Staff please give us selectable themes!!

 

[xSuperMario64x]

I imagine that they're gonna use the same basic designs with the forum layout that they're using now. They might update some stuff, like how they're updating the tree on the banner to a more HD-looking tree, but overall the familiar feel of the forum will very likely remain. I've seen some XenForo forums and the layout is very nice and appealing, even in mobile view


Also I just realized this, but matt's RailUK forum runs on XenForo. So that's interesting

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Staff please give us selectable themes!!

That would actually be hella cool ngl

I would love a perpetual Springtime theme :,,,,)

 

[Zura]

Just because it's new or modern, doesn't mean it's better.

Better for some and worse for others.

 

[John Wick]

I imagine that they're gonna use the same basic designs with the forum layout that they're using now. They might update some stuff, like how they're updating the tree on the banner to a more HD-looking tree, but overall the familiar feel of the forum will very likely remain. I've seen some XenForo forums and the layout is very nice and appealing, even in mobile view


Also I just realized this, but matt's RailUK forum runs on XenForo. So that's interesting

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That would actually be hella cool ngl

I would love a perpetual Springtime theme :,,,,)

That placed looks cramped, like being in a coffin.
If TBT ends up like that I will have nowhere to call home.

 

[Zura]

Same people, different UI. Would you really leave over that?