What's the main purpose to have colors when it comes to the rankings?
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I guess it comes like this?
Parking Lot - light gray
Dirt Road - light gray
Frontage Road - dark gray
Arterial - dirty blue
County Road - light blue
State Route - dark blue
US Highway - purple
Expressway - black
Turnpike - dark green
Freeway - green
Interstate - light green
Likes this forum way way too much - gray and blue?
Regional Mod - Orange
Global Mod - Dark Red
Admin - Red
so are these just random colors selected for rankings? I get the moderator and admin part but the normal users? Is there any reasons why those specific colors were chosen or was it just random?
Also, I find it interesting that I don't see rickmastfan67 or SSOWorld even when they are logged in.
-Tolbs
Aren't there better things to do than obsess over minute details of the looks of an Internet forum? Then again, when was 17 the answer probably was "no" this time of year.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on December 22, 2019, 02:53:48 PM
Aren't there better things to do than obsess over minute details of the looks of an Internet forum? Then again, when was 17 the answer probably was "no" this time of year.
This is a question, i'm not obsessing over anything. I just want to find out why that is. Just asking why those specific colors were chosen.
Quote from: tolbs17 on December 22, 2019, 02:56:00 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on December 22, 2019, 02:53:48 PM
Aren't there better things to do than obsess over minute details of the looks of an Internet forum? Then again, when was 17 the answer probably was "no" this time of year.
This is a question, i'm not obsessing over anything. I just want to find out why that is. Just asking why those specific colors were chosen.
The point I was trying to make is "does it really matter?"
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on December 22, 2019, 03:00:04 PM
Quote from: tolbs17 on December 22, 2019, 02:56:00 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on December 22, 2019, 02:53:48 PM
Aren't there better things to do than obsess over minute details of the looks of an Internet forum? Then again, when was 17 the answer probably was "no" this time of year.
This is a question, i'm not obsessing over anything. I just want to find out why that is. Just asking why those specific colors were chosen.
The point I was trying to make is "does it really matter?"
I guess not? Ok?
Heh, I kind of wonder this every so often...knew that red was for mods, but there's a darker shade for Global Mods, but then the colors are all other the place.
US Highway appears to be a purple-blue color.
DOT Employee is dark gray in color; seems to override the ranking.
Quote from: tolbs17 on December 22, 2019, 02:56:00 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on December 22, 2019, 02:53:48 PM
Aren't there better things to do than obsess over minute details of the looks of an Internet forum? Then again, when was 17 the answer probably was "no" this time of year.
This is a question, i'm not obsessing over anything. I just want to find out why that is. Just asking why those specific colors were chosen.
Someone had to type that in, so an admin took it seriously for at least 5-10 minutes...
I wouldn't be surprised if at least part of it is SMF default, from what I've observed on other forums
Quote from: tolbs17 on December 22, 2019, 02:41:04 PM
Also, I find it interesting that I don't see rickmastfan67 or SSOWorld even when they are logged in.
Intentional. Nobody but other Admins can see me & SSOWorld when we're online.
Quote from: rickmastfan67 on December 22, 2019, 11:02:26 PM
Quote from: tolbs17 on December 22, 2019, 02:41:04 PM
Also, I find it interesting that I don't see rickmastfan67 or SSOWorld even when they are logged in.
Intentional. Nobody but other Admins can see me & SSOWorld when we're online.
And there's no way that you can make it so someone can't see that you're online?
Quote from: tolbs17 on December 22, 2019, 11:24:19 PM
Quote from: rickmastfan67 on December 22, 2019, 11:02:26 PM
Quote from: tolbs17 on December 22, 2019, 02:41:04 PM
Also, I find it interesting that I don't see rickmastfan67 or SSOWorld even when they are logged in.
Intentional. Nobody but other Admins can see me & SSOWorld when we're online.
And there's no way that you can make it so someone can't see that you're online?
Why do you think I said 'Intentional' above? I prefer to be hidden. Why do you think I gave my account the custom title of "The Invisible One"?
Quote from: tolbs17 on December 22, 2019, 11:24:19 PM
Quote from: rickmastfan67 on December 22, 2019, 11:02:26 PM
Quote from: tolbs17 on December 22, 2019, 02:41:04 PM
Also, I find it interesting that I don't see rickmastfan67 or SSOWorld even when they are logged in.
Intentional. Nobody but other Admins can see me & SSOWorld when we're online.
And there's no way that you can make it so someone can't see that you're online?
Go to the Profile tab (below the News bar) > Modify Profile > Account Settings > Uncheck "Show others my online status"
Quote from: rickmastfan67 on December 22, 2019, 11:41:45 PM
Quote from: tolbs17 on December 22, 2019, 11:24:19 PM
Quote from: rickmastfan67 on December 22, 2019, 11:02:26 PM
Quote from: tolbs17 on December 22, 2019, 02:41:04 PM
Also, I find it interesting that I don't see rickmastfan67 or SSOWorld even when they are logged in.
Intentional. Nobody but other Admins can see me & SSOWorld when we're online.
And there's no way that you can make it so someone can't see that you're online?
Why do you think I said 'Intentional' above? I prefer to be hidden. Why do you think I gave my account the custom title of "The Invisible One"?
Oh, I see what you did there... haha it's nice that you prefer to be hidden. You did it intentionally.
Quote from: DaBigE on December 23, 2019, 12:16:22 AM
Quote from: tolbs17 on December 22, 2019, 11:24:19 PM
Quote from: rickmastfan67 on December 22, 2019, 11:02:26 PM
Quote from: tolbs17 on December 22, 2019, 02:41:04 PM
Also, I find it interesting that I don't see rickmastfan67 or SSOWorld even when they are logged in.
Intentional. Nobody but other Admins can see me & SSOWorld when we're online.
And there's no way that you can make it so someone can't see that you're online?
Go to the Profile tab (below the News bar) > Modify Profile > Account Settings > Uncheck "Show others my online status"
Ok, thanks.
It's just something the forum software does. Why is that feature there? Why did they choose the colors they did? Don't know.
We get questions like this a lot from a decent number of users, and it's important for everyone to understand that for the most part the forum works a lot like the Web browser you use to access it. We can install themes and extensions, and change the settings that are available to us, but the programming was done by a team of people that had a goal in mind of creating a general software package that can be used by thousands of forums across the Internet. It's not a custom job just for AARoads.
So we don't have fine-grained control over it. If there's a change that someone thinks would be a good idea, that's something we can look into, but it needs to be a setting we can change or an extension we can install. Mucking around with the actual code that runs the forum is a bad idea because unless you understand how all the various parts work, a seemingly minor change or addition can break things or cause security issues. This is why, while we appreciate suggestions or questions about forum features, we very rarely can actually implement them.