Questions tagged [design]
Design is a plan or drawing produced to show the look and function or workings of a program, database, stored procedure, or other object before it is created or made.
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Rendering/markdown bug with bullet and code formatting
This answer https://dba.stackexchange.com/a/274813 originally contained formatting like:
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LOG: could not receive data from client:
which renders (as intended) in preview as:
but when posted ...
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Please use different color on 'seen' anchor tag
Until recently the color of Questions in the main pages of Questions of dba.stackexchange eg had had significance. Now a Question that I have opened is the same color as one I have not yet looked at.
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Suggestions for a better headline graphic
An answer to DBA's updated site theme is ready for testing! suggests that the headline graphic ought to be more reminiscent of an ERD diagram.
Before:
Now:
In a comment, Catija asked us to come ...
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DBA's updated site theme is ready for testing!
As part of implementing the new unified themes across the network, we're gradually rolling out updated site themes for each site. As of today, we have enabled your updated site theme for testing.
If ...
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New mobile navigation got vertical scroll bar
This look not so good in the new mobile navigation. There is an vertical scroll bar.
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DBA SE graphic design: Who did it, and what else have they done?
I've always enjoyed the graphic design of the DBA SE header:
Who made it and what else have they done? I like it and want to see more.
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Should we change the formatting of backtick markdown elements?
At the moment, backtick markdown elements are rendered with a grey background. This can get a little jarring when used frequently, for example:
I have a table Widgets with columns, WidgetID, Name, ...
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What kind of DB diagram is the menu at the top of the page?
the menu at the top of the page looks like a database diagram. It isn't crows foot, so what is it?
It kind of looks like the way I map my queries out...but I use a combination of the UML and the ...
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Site Design Updates
As you can see, the DBA community site got a slight design update today. We have moved the site's CSS to a newly refactored LESS system, so it's easier for us to fix SE network CSS bugs globally in ...
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Inconsistent styling of tabs?
I'm new to this SE site, but I noticed some inconsistency in the way that 'tabs' are styled on this site.
Here's a screenshot from the questions list:
And most other areas of the site look very much ...
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Can the color scheme for similar questions be changed?
Can the orange on yellow color scheme for matching/similar questions be changed.
The contrast between the two colors is low.
I see a similar question Which color to chose for the dba.exchange site? ...
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Minor clipping on expanded vote counts
The answer to (How to make trigger code execute only for a specific application?) demonstrate some clipping that is occurring when you expand vote counts. The following shows two shots at actual size, ...
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Visited links in our meta are almost invisible
Quick, spot the link in this paragraph:
I understand that meta is supposed to be muted, but I think the brown for visited links is at least a shade too dark. Surely now that I've told you there's a ...
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Some badge pages truncate users' badges
Certain badge pages only allow a maximum width for a username + badges, and since we have some users who choose to use ridiculously long and impossible to spell usernames, this causes truncation of ...
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Moderator Election Page comments overflow on Mobile version
I know that the Moderator Election pages do not have a mobile version by design but when viewing the DBA.SE election page the comments overflow beyond the column for each nominee which does not happen ...
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Can We / Should We Strongly Encourage Users to Specify RDBMS on the "Ask" page?
More than most other sites, the majority of our questions require a specific piece of information:
What RDBMS and what version is the asker using?
If it's possible, would it be a benefit to add this ...
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Minor styling issue on edit preview for H3 headings
There's a discrepancy between how third-level headers (### Heading) are displayed in actual posts versus in the preview. (Normal display being IMO better, the other heading levels look consistent.)
I'...
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Database Administrators Moderator Business Cards
We recently printed some business cards for our Stack Exchange employees and they turned out great.
It got us thinking: our sites' moderators have been working hard to keep our sites high quality for ...
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Font style on this site is boring and not capturing eyes
Why this site's font style is not capturing the eyes or it is so blurred? Is that only me who detects or is it a common problem?
Can't it look like the stackoverflow.com's font? at least visible. ...
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The Ask Question Button expands awkwardly on hover
The very bottom of the Ask Question button expands a few pixels down on hover after a short delay. Happens on Main and Meta, in Chrome latest, FF 9 and IE8. Looks worse in modern browsers as the ...
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Tags are invisible when oneboxed
Tags for meta posts are practically invisible when oneboxed on chat:
To see this bug, click here.
Posts from the main site work fine.
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Display bug on moderation dashboard
Why is the text offset left and right? Sathya says it doesn't happen on SU
Because some mods say that they don't quite see what I'm referring to, I enhanced it a tad bit.
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Should we change the font size within code tags (it is very small)
EDIT: (jcolebrand)
Do you want to see the code block font size changed? Vote up for yes, down for no.
And comment or upvote below with a size if yes. Thank you. - jco
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Is this intentional? ...
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This site is hard for me to read
I'm having a lot of issues reading this site because of the colors it's made of. I don't know how to explain it but the way this site is set up is just hard on my eyes. I don't have this issue with ...
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Questions colored with favorite tags too light?
I realize this might be a contrast thing, but I think the questions that are colored based on favorite tags (at least I think that's how it's decided) could be a couple shades darker at least:
This ...
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I feel that the blue link-color is not comfortable to read
I feel that the lightning blue color on links (e.g. all questions) isn't comfortable while reading. Could we adjust it a bit, maybe make it darker?
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Database Administrators logo design
As mentioned on the site design thread, I don't quite understand the purpose of the blue covering (orange earlier) around the logo. IMO, it shouldn't be there.
If it has to be, don't you think the ...
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Profile Triangle Dropdown Text Spacing
The profile drop down that appears when you hover over the triangle next to your screen name has so much extra padding that it looks almost as though there is a blank line between every line of text. ...
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CSS bug in new design - profile triangle
There appears to be a small display bug with the "profile triangle" next to the user's name in the navigation bar.
There's a random smudge to the left of the triangle that changes size and shape as ...
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New Design Launched
As you can see the new design just went live. Which means this site has been officially launched! Congratulations! Thank you for your valuable design feedback.
If you're still seeing the old favicons,...
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Design for Database Administrators
I'm Jin, and I'll be working on the designs for the Stack Exchange sites as they graduate from the beta phase. Each site will have its own unique theme that will reflect its topic. However, all sites ...
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