Wow, yellow writing appearing!

Stan_Lite · 24 Oct 2007 at 20:28

8igdave said:
Seems to uneedly clutter the forum. If you want to buy something from ocuk having taht there isn't going to sell it too you. Most people post spec topics etc constantly browsing the shop and updating their basket. I fail to see how its much of a selling point?

It might not appeal to you but others (including myself) will find it handy. It might not induce me to buy something specific in the way that a direct advert would but it will certainly make it easier to browse to the correct location once I've done my research.
I have bookmarks for other online stores and it would be as easy for me to click on one of those and navigate to the product I want as it would to click on the OcUK logo and navigate their shop. If there is a handy link to the correct section of the shop, I am more likely to click on that since it saves me the hassle of navigating through the shop.

At the end of the day, it won't put people off buying from the shop, it doesn't cost anything to implement, it doesn't really inconvenience anybody and it may get the shop a few more sales - so why not do it? As for it "uneedly" cluttering the forum - tosh and piffle. The main page is a gateway to the rest of the forums, most people only look at it for a few seconds at a time. Are you, and all the other detractors really trying to suggest that it lessens your enjoyment of the forums?

Mr_L · 24 Oct 2007 at 20:31

paradigm said:
Black and white?

The forums aren't black and white to begin with :/

For some people they are.

Nix · 24 Oct 2007 at 20:36

Honestly, why do people care so much?

Vai · 24 Oct 2007 at 20:58

JIM_BOB7813 said:
i thought exactly the same thing!

just here

Perfect idea.
I wouldn't mind either way if it wasn't yellow though. Yellow is just makes it look ugly, so why use it :confused:

MumboJumbo · 24 Oct 2007 at 20:59

Bigstan said:
Are you, and all the other detractors really trying to suggest that it lessens your enjoyment of the forums?

I dont like people trying to sell things to me for one. And why does it have to be in yellow which sticks out? You say your self that no one spends time on that page. Then surely it would be just as quick to click the ocuk logo then click processors then go back to the main page?

HangTime · 24 Oct 2007 at 21:29

markyp23 said:
I think it's a good idea to have it except yellow on blue is an absolutely disgusting combination and is not very aesthetically pleasing.

I disagree, nothing wrong with yellow on blue - it's fairly easy to read when done correctly. For example my old Amstrad CPC used Yellow-on-Blue as the default colour scheme on boot for BASIC, and I liked it so much that I still use it to this day for telnet sessions.

KNiVES · 24 Oct 2007 at 21:30

Looks perfectly fine to me.

Ripper · 24 Oct 2007 at 22:10

Urgh, please make it white, horrible on my eyes

Angilion · 24 Oct 2007 at 22:15

Nathan said:
Bit poo, If i wanted to see ocuk products I would click on the link at the top of the page

It doesn't bother me. It's a bit intrusive, but if I definitely didn't want to see links to OcUK products, I wouldn't use forums on their site, paid for by them.

It's advertising. It could be a lot worse.

Wicksta · 24 Oct 2007 at 22:17

Nix said:
Honestly, why do people care so much?

We're on the forum of a business. A small link to a relevant shop section is not exactly a huge pop up flash advert and it's not like it's taken up space that was used by something else.

deuse · 24 Oct 2007 at 22:19

Please change the color

Its killing my eyes

5tephen · 24 Oct 2007 at 22:55

deuse said:
Please change the color
Its killing my eyes

Well click a link to the subforum before you go blind.

Amazing how a wee bit of text can spawn 4 pages of discussion

jas72 · 24 Oct 2007 at 22:57

markyp23 said:
I think it's a good idea to have it except yellow on blue is an absolutely disgusting combination and is not very aesthetically pleasing.

was that a dig at the sig above you.... lol

SideWinder · 24 Oct 2007 at 22:58

jas72 said:
was that a dig at the sig above you.... lol

I bet it was!

memyselfandi · 24 Oct 2007 at 23:02

Personally I have no problem with the yellow colour (red on blue would be awful from a readability point of view). I would also agree with the addition of a link at the top of the relevent forum as suggested above.

The change I would make on the front forum page would be from:

Check out the OcUK Case Range

to just

[OcUK Case Range]

and that would look less cluttered.

snowdog · 24 Oct 2007 at 23:20

I'd reather have another ad on top than annoying yellow text in the center of my monitor, Yellow reminds me of road works

( they always overwrite the white with yellow lines then ).

Also the dons always use this colour, makes me feel uncomfortable

gambitt · 24 Oct 2007 at 23:25

first the ocuk track car is for sale and now this

sales must be down this year

Mr_L · 24 Oct 2007 at 23:26

If the yellow annoys you that much, download stylish for Firefox and stick the following code into it...

Code:

@-moz-document domain(forums.overclockers.co.uk) {
    /*
    ** OcUK change yellow adverts
    ** Barney Lockwood
    */
    .smallfont a:link font{color: #fff !important;}
    .smallfont a:hover font{color: #eecc00 !important;}
}

Spie · 24 Oct 2007 at 23:27

gambitt said:
first the ocuk track car is for sale and now this

sales must be down this year

Of course they are. Well spotted.

DarkShadow · 24 Oct 2007 at 23:29

Mr_L said:
If the yellow annoys you that much, download stylish for Firefox and stick the following code into it...

Code:

@-moz-document domain(forums.overclockers.co.uk) { /* ** OcUK change yellow adverts ** Barney Lockwood */ .smallfont a:link font{color: #fff !important;} .smallfont a:hover font{color: #eecc00 !important;} }

Good man

Wow, yellow writing appearing!

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