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improved version of side-show

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#1 ·
Salutations All:
I liked suggestion about having a less dark back-ground and I found the suggestions to have the back-ground less light interesting so I tried to achieve consensus by using a less dark but yet, somewhat light grey back-ground. All the busy noise on the first & second attempts forced me to develop sub-level images in which I was able to maintain consistence using the same color back-ground, same font, font size and color schema throughout the document. Viewers are notified the shift into sub-images by changing font fill color to a light blue with stroke of dark blue vs. the top-level images font fill of light yellow with a stroke of even brown.

I would find it helpful when there are post that point out where improvement is in need.
Please check my grammar and spelling for correctness and offer suggestions for content improvement.

Thanks for the suggestions,
pop
 
#22 ·
Hello Boredomb;

I am glad your asking, my intention is to provide an instrument that provides information in an easily accessible manner other than reading an article. In an earlier post yungster (admin) indicated that if this concept woks and is acceptable in presentation as well as content then it may be possible to sticky the images together as a slide-show.

My goal is to help new members with information about water changes, cycling and the nitrogen cycle which might free moderators and others from always repeating general information.

The ones who make this decision are the moderators. If they (mods) choose to reject this idea then I win a stinky cigar and if they (mods) accept this concept I get a cold glass of milk with home made chocolate chip cookies.

I hope this answers your question. Do you have any suggestions for improvement?

pop
 
#23 · (Edited)
Haha, Pop! You get cookies and milk just for trying to make things easier for our beginners!


I remember very clearly how confused I was (not so long ago) when I arrived here on TFK in the middle of an accidental fish-in cycle, with NO idea why my fish were dying. Everyone on TFK was (is!) so helpful and concerned, but it's a LOT of information that we throw at newbies, so much process at once! Especially when most of the people we know IRL that have tanks don't do water changes, know nothing about cycling, and consider fish to be something along the lines of living flowers in a vase. :( I was told back then by several people IRL that when you bring fish home, it's EXPECTED that some of them die. It's just how it is. Then you move on with what you have left. That didn't' sit right with me at all. Why buy 2 fish (or kittens or. . . ANY animal!???) if you expect one of them to die? *sigh* ANYTHING we can do to get this info out there in a way easily understood by beginners is a step in the right direction, and VERY MUCH appreciated by all of us fishy friends. Don't ever think otherwise!

Keep up the good work! It's the care and concern of members like you that makes TFK the best forum I have found yet! *hugs*
 
#25 ·
Great idea to keep it easy and simple for the beginners first time in cycling a tank. I too learned how to cycle my first tank doing a fish in cycle with my Betta with the help of a couple awesome forum members. I really got lucky because when I got started I did not understand how stressful this could for my fish and just how stressful this was going to be for me and somehow we both lived to tell the tell. :-D

Keep up the good work pop !
 
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