Clipshare NEON template! (3.0)

[chris]

Ok im starting a new thread because some major alterations have been done.

Recently i told you about the Clipshare Templates NEON version. Well it's going to be released for 2.6/3.0 (2.6 is now 3.0 i believe.) I doubt this one will be free for first time buyers of my template but generous discounts will probably be available for those who have paid for a previous template - This will be announced closer to the time.

To encourage feedback. If you post your thoughts on this template then you will enter a draw inwhich the winner will get the template installed for free if they agree to be a 'live demo' for the template.

This template includes:
2 main 300x250 advert spaces on index (requested.)
Login box on the header (requested)
Tabular Interface (allows more content per page and neatly done)
Unique look.

Inspiration from, Brightcove, Dailymotion & Darkside.


Here is the Preview of the Template;

[mat123slade]

Hi Chris,

Idealy, I would like to see a live version to comment better. But so far what I see on the screenshot looks like one of the best templates designed for clipshare so far.

Main critic would be the implementation of the search function, the font used looks bad, and the color contrast on this is too similar to the menu colors. Also seams weird to have a search inside a menu... Maybe by seing this live would enable to give a better ranking!

Newest Members down the bottom is nice, but is it important to have this on the front page of the website? Main reason I ask is because a majority of users don't have an avatar, espcialy new users... I think it would look bad on a main page to have lets say 3 out of 5 New members without avatars... Unless you can have it display users that only have avatars, but then it loses the point of being newest members... This is just my thought and opinion...

There are a few things I would personnaly move around : News I would put where the top right advert is. As news is something that makes people come back regularly if the website is running for a niche...

As for the way you have put the Upload button seperate from the menu this is great to invite the community to add videos. Nice work.

I look forward to seing this template of yours alive!

Good luck with the finishing!

[chris]

Main critic would be the implementation of the search function, the font used looks bad, and the color contrast on this is too similar to the menu colors. Also seams weird to have a search inside a menu... Maybe by seing this live would enable to give a better ranking!

Yes i have noticed this also. I think i will brighten up the search and move it under the menu to be above the top right advert to see how this goes.

Newest Members down the bottom is nice, but is it important to have this on the front page of the website? Main reason I ask is because a majority of users don't have an avatar, espcialy new users... I think it would look bad on a main page to have lets say 3 out of 5 New members without avatars... Unless you can have it display users that only have avatars, but then it loses the point of being newest members... This is just my thought and opinion...

Agreed. I think this section will change or be reserved for most popular members by videouploads as these people will care about their profile and will have avatars.

There are a few things I would personnaly move around : News I would put where the top right advert is. As news is something that makes people come back regularly if the website is running for a niche...

I thought this also, but the top right is prime advertising space. I may change it to advert by default but then have a tab for 'News' on the top right section. So a user can flick to news if wanted. Remember the main content of these sites is video so the news will play a small part.

Idealy, I would like to see a live version to comment better. But so far what I see on the screenshot looks like one of the best templates designed for clipshare so far.

I'll setup a live version when 3.0 is released. I dont have access to it and wont have a complete version until it's released (im a regular user i have to wait also.)

Thankyou for taking your time to reply. I'll post changes soon.

[mat123slade]

Originally Posted by chris

Agreed. I think this section will change or be reserved for most popular members by videouploads as these people will care about their profile and will have avatars.

This sounds great, as you say, members who are actif, will appreciate being on the main page and this could be encouraging for them to post more and more content.
Fabulous idea you have there, I'm sure people will like this.

Originally Posted by chris

I thought this also, but the top right is prime advertising space. I may change it to advert by default but then have a tab for 'News' on the top right section. So a user can flick to news if wanted. Remember the main content of these sites is video so the news will play a small part.

For pay per click advertising I agree, you are right, but I have adverts that Companies pay for, for the image of their company as I'm always in niche markets... So I can have them advertise where I want them too... They don't really have any equivalent websites where they can advertise... With little html knowledge and a well documented tpl, people will be able to move things around by themselves.


I really look forward to seing this in action.

Edit : A couple more things:

- I really like the way you display the date for the featured video... Nice blog/web2.0 style. Great idea to have integrated this here.

- The Video dashboard is great, this will be really nice. Have you planned to have it so it's tabbed based or are they false tabs that redirect to a video.php?category=md&viewtype= kind of page ?

- The tabs with
News | Top Channels | Top Categories
could do with a rounded effect when selected the same way you have done for "Recently Viewed". I'm saying this because I hadn't noticed at first glance that they were tabs...

- One thing I don't understand and don't think looks good is the "120" (just above the user who published the featured video). What does this represent?

All the best !

[chris]

Alright. Updated Version below.

Moved News to top. (can turn advert on or off.)
All sections where looked tabbed will be tabbed.
The video dashboard will be tabbed (i'm hoping i can achieve all this.)
There will probably be an additional 'imagedashboard' below the video dashboard or replacing popular members.

The "120" in a speech bubble is for 120 comments. To encourage discussion of featured videos.

Here is the template updated.

[chris]

The header background actually has a nice pattern applied. But the uploading software site seems to put it into lower quality (to save bandwidth i assume) meaning that the header pattern is not very visible.

[mat123slade]

-Tabs:
I don't know if you noticed my edit on my previous post, but the first thing I notice is you have changed the highlight on the Recently viewed tab (on the video dashboard). It was a lot better with rounded corners and I think you should put rounded corners on other tabs as well.

-Search
Hey search is a lot better up there, but now the Upload requires a better integration... Looks kind of not in the correct place if you see what I mean... Maybe it should be slightly further to the right? I'm not sure...

I still don't think the number of posts looks good like this, because unless somebody tells you or you do some research, at first glance, you can't really tell that it represents the number of comments.

I prefer the second version to the first, I believe a lot of it makes more sens... It'spast 2 AM here, I will do some thinking see if I can come up with some ideas.

[chris]

Revised. I changed the rounded background in the tabs because if it where rounded i would need an image (which would cause a slight delay in loading it.) With square ones i can do it via css and it will be instant.

I know it's probably possible with css but i will look into it.

Heres a revised edition version 3.

- Changed Views and Comments
- Added search button
- Moved Featured Ratings

[NeoTheOne]

Great looking theme there Chris!

Like your color combination.. Is this going to be the new style of v3?
Cause i really like those AJAX new features or the:

" Recently Viewed | Recently Added "

I suppose they will be so that when you click on them they will show movies of that category!?


1 more last question, will this be the default coding for v3, so when doing new skins we just have to change the design, cause everything else is in css/xhtml from before?



The "UPLOAD" text could be more highlighted and visible!?

[chris]

I suppose they will be so that when you click on them they will show movies of that category!?

- Yes thats the idea, It's built from Aygro's 'index' post in the new 3.0 thread.

I don't think this will be the default theme as it's not general enough - i mean it's very unique that not everyone will like it.