Re: Stuff for playing with (here be mutants)

Been playing with it some more (not the drop menus, other stuff). If this separation of user stuff and site stuff is the go, which seems to make a certain amount of sense, then I reckon something like this is pretty good for layout.

Obviously the "Personal messages" text is linked to PM's. The new PM's notification is wrapped in the same link. Avatar is already linked to profile, so no need for the old "My Messages" and "Profile" buttons in the main menu (I've just hidden those with CSS for now).

Since the moderation notifications and maintenance mode warning are really "site stuff" I figured give them their own buttons, styled like the menu buttons, and shove them down where site stuff belongs. Moderation reports are still linked to the usual pages. Maintenance mode warning is now linked to admin server settings page for convenience.

Oh and funnily enough, the Tips and Tricks stuff I did for full-width banners still mostly works if you disable the banner (forum name just needed a slight left padding tweak). Having the SMF logo and upshrink absolute positioned is fine with or without a full-width banner, which is kinda handy.