Forums » Suggestions & Development Discussion » Hiding Group Names

Hullo! I've recently started heavy work on a group page, and I noticed that there is no way for me to hide the name of the group that appears at the top. I use a banner with a more embellished logo on it, and the only way I can make the page look the way I want it to is to make the background a plain color, align the group name off to the side and make it the same color as the background so that it's hidden unless someone highlights it.

This works for now, but it prevents me from using any fancier page backgrounds for fear of breaking the illusion!

I'd much love it if there were an option to turn group names off or replace them entirely with a banner.

From a web design perspective, relying on images to communicate the title/purpose of a page is considered very bad practice, and I've been trying hard to avoid encouraging this in users here. It can make it hard for people to find you through search engines - which for many people is a main way of accessing sites they use constantly - and is a disaster for accessibility issues.

I would really encourage you to find a way to incorporate the text onto the banner, which is what the current group layout is designed for. Surely there is a position that the logo could be in that would be above, below or beside the title?

Here's some examples of groups using more complex banners that still incorporate text:
http://www.rprepository.com/g/newstormcity
http://www.rprepository.com/g/exodus
http://www.rprepository.com/g/amnesiaisland/320
http://www.rprepository.com/g/ponygasm

*BIG FAT STUPID GRIN FOR USING MY GROUP :DDDDDD*

for not using my group.

Although it's not public, so maybe that's why

I am personally not terribly concerned about being found, since it's the sort of group I'd rather people access directly from a link given to them through the related Furcadia dream than through a search engine or even the RPR itself. Seeing as the banner IS a stylized version of the name of the group on a transparent background, incorporating a text title in addition wouldn't work well at all unless I reworked the whole thing into something else entirely.

I do understand the broader perspective, though, and thank you for taking the Time to respond. I'll just stick with the silly fix for now!

... actually, if I may quickly bring this back up, I wouldn't mind being able to hide the title either at my own choosing.

Exodus is my lil' brainchild baby, and I'm not too concerned about people finding it via a search engine either. It's the sort of thing I'd rather snatch the link up for and show to people all, "Here, this is the setting I made/what I am working on".

Plus, I would love to be able to use my own fonts-- I've got a couple hiding on Photoshop that would look better on my banner than the ones in the list of fonts for group appearance-setting. It's just the opinion of a visual preference from a fledgling graphic designer.

This thread is rather old, but if I may throw my hat into this ring, I'd rather like to be able to hide the text at the top of the group page, as well. I am also not terribly concerned with being easily found, as the community in question is a closed one.

To suggest alternatives to all out hiding the text at the top of the page, however, what if it were possible to use a different font for the group title than is used for the other page titles? I don't believe that's currently possible, though I may be incorrect. Or, if there were more than the (I think - my memory is somewhat faulty) two title positions currently available? Upper right in addition to upper left, top and bottom centered in addition to fully centered, and et cetera? It might also be nice to be able to change the size of the banner text.

I'm still largely uninterested in offering an easy way to hide group names. However, with the advent of epic groups and custom group CSS, this is possible for the determined.

I may add the extra title positions, however!

Extra title positions and the ability to have the title font be different from the other title fonts would be great for those determined to hide it. We're quite happy with our banner and not incorporating text into it. Again, a 'don't care about being searched' group here, but if you don't want people to be able to just not have it (without determination and a sub), this would be helpful.