roddy Posted August 20, 2011 at 01:31 PM Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 at 01:31 PM As warned here we've just had about six hours of downtime while I upgraded our forums software. Welcome back. The main changes you may notice are *Cosmetic - the look of the site has changed quite a bit. I hope you like it already, and that if you don't you'll get used to it. *Text editor - we now have a rich text editor that lets you see, eg, bold text as bold than [ b]bold[/ b]. You can use keyboard shortcuts such at CTRL+B as you might using Word. If you'd rather type the [b ] tags, click the switch icon at the top left of the editor. *Autosaving - posts are now autosaved as you type. Not sure where they're autosaved to now I think about it, but we'll figure that out. *Avatars and profile photos have been merged, you only have one image associated with your account now. *Google Site Search is now integrated into the main search box. So for all those people who've been saying 'use the one at the left' - ha! *There's a new 'popular posts' block on the front page (and perhaps on a site-wide sidebar to come soon) *'Watched' Content is now 'Followed',right hand side of the navbar. *There's a big hole for our new logo, soon to come I hope! That's all I can think off off-hand Problems at the moment I'm aware of: *Some people's avatars are broken. I suspect these are people who signed up with their Facebook IDs. Trying to deal with these when I see them. *That popular post block isn't selecting posts from the right period If there's anything you're not sure of, anything confusing you, etc, ask away and I'll help if I can. I've got a list of stuff still to work on, plus I have a long list of things to do I wrote up a few months back - I'm hoping to get through quite a bit of that this week, so now's a good time to (re)mention any changes you want to suggest. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edelweis Posted August 20, 2011 at 01:44 PM Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 at 01:44 PM I'll just start the complaint song now I switched to the Pre3.2 skin and now can't get back to the original one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted August 20, 2011 at 01:51 PM Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 at 01:51 PM Speaking of skins, is there one that has slightly less white background? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted August 20, 2011 at 01:55 PM Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 at 01:55 PM Edelweis, are you fixed now? I should have turned the old skin off, which I've now done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edelweis Posted August 20, 2011 at 01:55 PM Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 at 01:55 PM @Roddy: ah thanks, it worked. @imron: that was precisely my issue... but the Pre 3.2 was even whiter than the default theme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gharial Posted August 20, 2011 at 01:57 PM Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 at 01:57 PM One really good thing about the upgrade is that all the hanzi, and certain punctuation marks (single and double quote/speech marks), are now a lot sharper and clearer. Generally, I think the forums look snazzier, and even if one is never too keen at first, one's eyes soon adjust! So, good job, Roddy! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted August 20, 2011 at 02:00 PM Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 at 02:00 PM Thanks Gharial. Imron, try this ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted August 20, 2011 at 02:06 PM Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 at 02:06 PM Looking snazzier, for sure, but staring at an almost full-screen white background on a 21" monitor is about as much fun as staring at a light globe. try this P.S. I'm not asking for wholesale change, just wondering if there were other skins available that people who wanted a slighter less-white background could choose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gato Posted August 20, 2011 at 02:10 PM Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 at 02:10 PM Looking snazzier, for sure, but staring at an almost full-screen white background on a 21" monitor is about as much fun as staring at a light globe. That's why I use a completely black background. http://everyonedelet...white-on-black/ Accessibility: High contrast “White on Black” http://www.microsoft...ghcontrast.mspx High Contrast: Choose a High Contrast Color Combination to Improve Screen Resolution http://onlinelibrary....20543/abstract Association between duration of daily visual display terminal work and insomnia http://news.sciencem...the-bodys-.html Vision Cells Help Set the Body's Clock by Gretchen Vogel on 12 May 2010, 2:00 PM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludens Posted August 20, 2011 at 02:21 PM Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 at 02:21 PM Probably something that won't get fixed, but: the layout is to wide for netbooks. This makes browsing the website pretty annoying, as you have to scroll horizontally all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted August 20, 2011 at 02:30 PM Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 at 02:30 PM Fits fine on my netbook at 1024 - is yours a smaller screen? We have, let me see, just over 2% of users on screens smaller than 1024. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Posted August 20, 2011 at 02:33 PM Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 at 02:33 PM Probably something that won't get fixed, but: the layout is to wide for netbooks. This makes browsing the website pretty annoying, as you have to scroll horizontally all the time. On my netbook it looks perfect. No horizontal scrolling needed. As on any significant change, it will take some getting used too. My first overall impression is looks good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludens Posted August 20, 2011 at 02:39 PM Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 at 02:39 PM My display size is 10.2" at 1024 X 600, and it doesn't fit. ...Ha! Correction: it does fit! I forgot that I zoomed in to read the 汉字 Thanks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted August 20, 2011 at 03:05 PM Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 at 03:05 PM Don't get too happy, when I put the sidebar on all pages you may find it stops fitting again ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoney Posted August 20, 2011 at 03:59 PM Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 at 03:59 PM I think it looks good, but I don't see the "number of replies" for the topics shown on the home page. If I have nothing to add to a topic I will skip over it unless there are some replies I can read, but now I can't tell. Or am I just not seeing it?? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted August 20, 2011 at 04:07 PM Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 at 04:07 PM You're right, I should add that in. Could do with something to break those up a bit between items anyway. Cannot get the bloody popular posts block to work as it should - it's fine on my test server. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted August 20, 2011 at 04:25 PM Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 at 04:25 PM Ha, fixed it. Wonder how . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted August 20, 2011 at 04:43 PM Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 at 04:43 PM New mobile skin should also be up and running. Plus it also looks like you can switch between them a lot easier now. Need to sort out a front page for it though, or at least a redirect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rezaf Posted August 20, 2011 at 05:07 PM Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 at 05:07 PM Why is it so white? It's giving me a headache even when I reduce the brightness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted August 20, 2011 at 05:09 PM Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 at 05:09 PM Ok, ok, someone give me an appropriate hex value … Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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