Minehut Forums Revamp

Feature request

Checklist

• I have read and agree to the README (found on https://github.com/Minehut/Meta)
• This is not a bug report, support request or plugin request
• I have searched the Issue Tracker to make sure this is not a duplicate issue
• This issue does not contain any sensitive information

Platform

Website

Describe the feature

Minehut forums needs a revamp in regards of design and layout. Also needs work done to dark & light mode as some text is not visible (search box) whilst in light mode.

How the feature is useful

Minehut’s website (minehut.com) is probably the first thing new players go to, especially since their server panel is located there. As they’re exploring the website, they most likely will come across the forums to read the rules, privacy policy, post a thread etc. The look & feel of the forums can be improved dramatically to better Minehut’s first impression.

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[recal]

Could you clarify on what you mean by "improved"? I think specifics would be better and help them understand what to change/add.

Changing the way it feels and looks to something similar to forums.gg is a common wish throughout the Minehut community.

[drtshock]

Can you give some specific feedback? Maybe specific examples of what you like?

[farwl]

@drtshock

Everything about the forums is "bad" to say the least. The UI / UX design is horrible, dark theme is terrible, overall layout is horrendous. The entirety of the new forums feel cluttered, hard to use, difficult to navigate, and pretty bad overall. The old forums.gg forums had a simple and clean design. It's easy to see where everything is, and how to get to it. I used the old forums several times every day. Nowadays I barely ever use the new forums. The fact that panel accounts are linked to forums accounts is a big security issue where sharing accounts is concerned. The styling of the panel is very cluttered and generally just poorly made. There are lots of visual bugs, especially with dark mode. The themes don't even look the same in some places. I feel as though the forums are way overcomplicated and should be completely revamped. I haven't seen any suggestions regarding the forums actually get implemented. It could be tiny things like changing a color on dark theme for consistency, and they still don't even get looked at..In my personal opinion, Markdown is better than rich text editor. Was much simpler, and common knowledge since people already use discord (which uses markdown). It would also solve the issue of font size 30 and whatnot. Pretty much rambled here, but the general point I'm trying to get across is simple; The forums are cluttered and overcomplicated. They should be made more simple.

@drtshock

Everything about the forums is "bad" to say the least. The UI / UX design is horrible, dark theme is terrible, overall layout is horrendous. The entirety of the new forums feel cluttered, hard to use, difficult to navigate, and pretty bad overall. The old forums.gg forums had a simple and clean design. It's easy to see where everything is, and how to get to it. I used the old forums several times every day. Nowadays I barely ever use the new forums. The fact that panel accounts are linked to forums accounts is a big security issue where sharing accounts is concerned. The styling of the panel is very cluttered and generally just poorly made. There are lots of visual bugs, especially with dark mode. The themes don't even look the same in some places. I feel as though the forums are way overcomplicated and should be completely revamped. I haven't seen any suggestions regarding the forums actually get implemented. It could be tiny things like changing a color on dark theme for consistency, and they still don't even get looked at..In my personal opinion, Markdown is better than rich text editor. Was much simpler, and common knowledge since people already use discord (which uses markdown). It would also solve the issue of font size 30 and whatnot. Pretty much rambled here, but the general point I'm trying to get across is simple; The forums are cluttered and overcomplicated. They should be made more simple.

Current forums also aren't mobile friendly.

[jellz]

It works for me on mobile

It works. But it could be a lot cleaner.

[Sniped]

The light and dark themes have been updated since August, do those look/work good?

[Vocallity]

I use the forums pretty much daily. It really isn't as interactive as staff and active members would hope for. The original design isn't bad but if you look at other servers it's pretty bland and straightforward an example of this would be the rules section I think information sections we put on the forums could really use a re-write and re-design to make it more colourful and attentive to the user reading it.