I quite like the rainbow schema. It stands out, that's what I like most, but without being obnoxious. I think a new name should be in order, and I quite like grant’s idea of Morebelith! Even if he was just being facetious…

But I think the main reason I’ve gone with these colors and the name with the addition of the beta was so that people would recognize it as a new Barbelith. Not a new board. I don’t want to make a board and have Barbelith’s members join up, I want to renovate the current Barbelith, making it fresh, clean, and snappy.

At this moment in time, I wouldn't touch a Barbelith v.2. A brand new board, yes.

My point is, it’s not going to be Barbelith v.2. and it won’t be a new board either (like I said, there are plenty of other boards where Barbelith’s members can go) It’s just going to be Barbelith with new code, and the possibility for extensions / additions / snappy fixes.

I have more to say but the bell just rang and I have to get to class. I’ll elaborate later.

Hi, have already posted about this but should probably restate here.
I've been lurking on Barbelith for many years now, VERY rarely post but read it frequently and use it as a convenient means of keeping in contact with my older brothers, who are members. I always feel a bit intimidated by Barbelith as a space, the sheer weight of existing discussions, debates and relationships makes trying to engage with it as a newcomer a somewhat daunting prospect for timid things like myself. I would be very keen to contribute to a new board built on a similar ethos to Barbelith, but I think you'd selling yourself and this board short by trying to make it a continuation of the old site.

This is without even going into the problems of using a name and design that were originally developed by someone else, and the fatigue that Barbelith as a site seems to have developed in recent times.

I marvel at your pro-web skillz and think you should take fuller advantage of them. Let's have a new name, a new design, and start from scratch.
Now if only I could come up with a useful suggestion as to what either of these could be...

The edit post feature doesn't work! Have just noticed that you intend to change the name, so the parallel universe scenario I was so concerned about is unlikely to occur. Excellent. Sorry, I'm being a crap lurker.

Here, let's try more slashes \ see, it's being silly.

Okay then, lets start suggesting names and a color schema. I see that as where we should start. But do you really want to make this a new board?

Haha, alright. Well I'm going to need some ideas from you guys. Because like I've said. I love how things look right now, but as has been said, things do need a change.

Exactly, it gives me a neat feeling to think that what I was trying to fix might turn into something more.

The first idea I have is that of a site I was working on a while ago, but never finished. The posts would look something like this.

Here

Anyway, that's just a suggestion. As for a name, I don't know....

You're doing great Breefield.
Unfortunately, I can only come up with names that are incredibly pretentious, I'm not posting any of them here. I like 'we use words'.
The stripes are lovely, we could keep stripes but work them in different colours, rather than darker and lighter shades of the same? It'd still be pretty barbelithy, perhaps we'd want to change some other aspects of the design. I'll have a think.
You should be excited! You've done a really remarkable job here. Looking forward to getting chatting.

Well, here's what I feel is happening, and I'm not too sure I like it.

I feel as thought I've gone to Barbelith, re-built their forum in hopes of fixing it for them, while adding a piece to my 'folio. Instead I've gone to Barbelith, given myself a rather large plug, and then come over here and switch things up. Making a brand new board but possibly retaining some elements of Barbelith along the way, it makes me feel cheap and skanky :p

I'm going to come up with a couple of different themes which we can discuss in here, and then I'll probably switch quite a bit of stuff as far as layout goes. I too love the horizontal bars, but they represent Barbelith, and thus they have to go.

What do you guys think of right alignment? It sounded good to me, it's fresh and thus will make us unique / trendy.

Breefield - I can see exactly where you're coming from, although I do like the bars. Right alignment might make for an interesting look, along with new colours. Perhaps just black and white and greys? The image you put up of a possible new look for the site is definitely novel, and looks like it would work nicely for casual, Late Shift-y topics - I can't see it lending itself so well to more serious discussions, though.

I agree about the subfora. Some trimming might be in order there, perhaps. I was thinking along the lines of combining the lab and switchboard (or science and politics - they'll all need new names, anyhow) into one category. Maybe one area dealing with theory, philosophy and religion, too, instead of having both a headshop and a temple? I'd suggest that, especially in the early going, it's better to have fewer, busier categories. Some of the subfora on Barbelith can seem a bit like big empty rooms at the moment, and that's probably something we should try to avoid.

Agree with Museum that we don't need to stress too much over the name right now. The layout/colour scheme issue needs some thought. I'd personally prefer some colour was kept in, but we can lose the stripes.
What's good about Barbelith's design is that the subfora feel like different spaces within one unified board. This is achieved very neatly, simply through colour. Obviously we want to avoid using exactly the same solution but I can't imagine we'd end up a million miles away from it.
I agree that philosophy and religion can be set up as a single subforum. We can probably lose the temple as I think Barbelith people are already working on a new magick forum. Games and gameplay could perhaps be merged with the Film & TV section? I do like to talk games, and I doubt we'd have to worry too much about the 1337 H4X0rZ for the time being.
'Sex, bodies and relationships' isn't my idea. There's been sporadic requests for such a forum on Barbelith for yonks. That said, I think it would be an excellent thing to have if we could.
Don't feel cheap Breefield. I think moving everyone over from Barbelith would just be too much of an upheaval, but you put in some really excellent work and we can build something new here, which is exciting.

Edited to add: and the 'digital arts' section is an excellent idea. I always find it odd that very few online discussion spaces have areas in which you can discuss websites. If we had a 'digital arts' section we could do it there!

Ohkay, well I'm inclined to come up with a plan of action now.

If everyone is an agreement that "We Use Words" is a good name I'll try and scrape up $8 and buy the domain. I'm not superbly fond of the name, I'd much prefer a one word name, simply for ease of self-referencing.

Anyhow, then I'll begin changing the board's style, which I'm not entirely sure about yet, I need to come up with a good solid design idea. I'll post some compositions here I think, so you guys can give your input.

At that point I'll begin adding some more of the features the board still needs, mainly to do with the Admin / Moderation functions, and then some other stuff we'll prolly come up with too.

What do you think of the name contemporaryfresh.com & or enjoythefresh.com

I like Charivari, Aerie (which I cannot, apparently, spell), or Lexiphanes.

Then again, I always thought These Woods was a good name for a board, as in "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening".

But do you really want to make this a new board?

YES.

Please.

I like "We Use Words" -- perhaps because it reminds me of "cheating with words".