I remember reading last week that the design team will be working on the new forums this week, so I guess we just need to hang fire a little so they can finish it all off.
I don’t know if much will be changing…since we don’t have much time till the launch. There’s a lot more I’d like to do with it, but it’s unlikely to happen before launch.
Also, if you are on a forum post, scroll to little bottom and the title will stick to the header bar. I feel there should be equal spacing on top and bottom.
I thought something similar to be honest, although these forums are supposed to be for Studio and Tuts+ users too. But yeah, it certainly does feel very disconnected from everything else.
I think having the ‘New’ and ‘Unread’ buttons at the header or above / below the thread would be better too, instead of just showing it at the index / category page. I used to navigate through the ‘latest posts’ section at the sidebar of the current forum, now I need to go back to the index to see other posts.
Also, this forum really feels ‘disconnected’ from every other Envato’s website. I hope they can be integrated at the header which is currently quite ‘useless’, only showing the logo and ‘Sign Out’ button.
Yes we really need a link to home now that the Envato Community logo wont go there. I like how Webflow integrates the home link into their Discourse hover bar as well.
Agreed, we need a link in the top left that goes back to the forum default front page. We can put an image like Webflow did.
Also, the image in the top left of the black header is very low resolution right now because it’s all I had. If I can get a hi-rez version, I’ll add it.