A new look forum... nice

[onesoul]

In my internet explorer 6.0 it happens the same as you.

But in Mozilla Firefox it works fine.

[raquete]

new look seems ok,only need some dark colors for better contrast. one old nice feature is gone.read last posts or something like this.now we have to search the new posts, before,in the "old" way only needed one single click.can this great feature back again?

[cyberVera]

ukb008:
Yes, less space ...

niamh:
I can't say the new colours/ design appeals to me one bit ...

kolak:
It looks like WIN XP ...

Doom9:
I'm not so much a fan of the icons ...

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Swede:
at least our intentions are good

=

The road to Hell is paved with Good Intentions :-)

[Episode]

Was there any good reason for upgrading vBulletin into newer version? Some really useful features or critical bug and security fixes?

As I said earlier, I don't like this new look at all. In fact, ever since it got online, I haven't been able to browse forums much since this new look makes reading posts very diffucult. I know it is hard to fix the general look in vBulletin v3, but could you at least do something those huge icons, make them less colorful and fix forum's contrast?

[ukb008]

Any thread on it? :)

Yeah, this is it.

Regards.

[raquete]

new look seems ok,only need some dark colors for better contrast. one old nice feature is gone.read last posts or something like this.now we have to search the new posts, before,in the "old" way only needed one single click.can this great feature back again?

:rolleyes: stupid me.link to new posts is there all the time in the top. :p

[onebyside]

looks good..the info and effort are appreciated


thanks

[jeanl]

I was hoping that the makeover would be a good occasion to improve the search engine. But it's just as bad as before. Is it just me?
The search engine is practically useless. Not just because it won't let you search small (but yet quite distinctive) words like "HC", but because it will point you to a form, and if there's 200 posts on that forum, well good luck dude! You're going to have to look through every single page of that to find what you're looking for. I really dislike that.
Am I missing something?
I've seen other forums (most notably videohelp) where the search engine points you to specific posts in a thread. Much more useful if you ask me...

But OK, the new look is goood. It's a nice change, we'll have to get use to it, but it looks better, no doubt in my mind...
jeanl

[Swede]

Trust me, the change IS for the better... Or at least for us to be able to make things better...

#1: The search-engine is set at 3 lettersminimum due to performance. It takes ~9 hours to rebuild the index as of now and if we were to decrease the minimum from 3 chars to 2, well... But there's now a possibility to add 'special words' that will be included even though they are shorter ('DV' is now a searchword) so maybe we should add HC too.

#2: If you use the 'advanced search' there's an option (which has been there for a long time) "Show Results as" that you can set to Posts... This will give you the result you're looking for.

(Oh, and a search for hc* will result in every post using any word starting with hc... :) )

[Soulhunter]

EDIT: Whoops, seems Swede was faster... ^^;

Btw, my favorite innovations are the "Preview Changes" n' "View Single Post" options !!!


Bye

[jeanl]

Trust me, the change IS for the better... Or at least for us to be able to make things better...

#1: The search-engine is set at 3 lettersminimum due to performance. It takes ~9 hours to rebuild the index as of now and if we were to decrease the minimum from 3 chars to 2, well... But there's now a possibility to add 'special words' that will be included even though they are shorter ('DV' is now a searchword) so maybe we should add HC too.

#2: If you use the 'advanced search' there's an option (which has been there for a long time) "Show Results as" that you can set to Posts... This will give you the result you're looking for.

(Oh, and a search for hc* will result in every post using any word starting with hc... :) )
Thanks swede, I knew I must have been missing something. Sorry about the rant!
jeanl

[Soulhunter]

Hmm, Im no more able to post in the test forum... :\


Bye

[unskinnyboy]

Yeah, this is it.

Regards.
It wasn't when I asked. Now it evolved into that. :P

@Swede, Any chance of adding some user-selectable fast alternate skins? Something close to the older dark look of the forum? The more I browse this, the more I miss the old forum :(. If there was a skin which resembled the old look, I'd put it on and be happy.

[2COOL]

This is progress.

http://img247.echo.cx/img247/9939/screenhunter0050jn.png (http://www.imageshack.us)

[Atamido]

First, I have to agree with Sirber. While I like the look, I hate the wasted vertical space that leaves you with less viewable at once. That's minor though and I think you can set custom CSS in Firefox to fix that.

Second, the entire CSS is being put in every single page, which results in 5KB of wasted bandwidth for every single page load. Common practice is to place all of the CSS that is common for every page into a single .css file that is loaded in header. This way the 5KB is downloaded once, and then just loaded from cache. 5KB per page view can add up quickly, and be real annoying for anyone on dialup. Another benefit is that you can have multiple layouts for different situations by just adding a link to another file in the header, like a compressed layout for PDA's.

Just dump all of the CSS infor from the header into a file like doom9.css and add something like this to the header.
<link rel="stylesheet" title="Default" media="screen" href="/doom9.css" type="text/css"/>

[Swede]

Second, the entire CSS is being put in every single pageDuh, missed that... How about now?

[kurt]

HI,

what about a quzick-reply-box like this? this could be very usefull....
http://img33.echo.cx/img33/8502/image20xm.th.jpg (http://img33.echo.cx/my.php?image=image20xm.jpg)

[dani82]

too bright, did the old forum used to be this white?

this is going to take alot of ajusting to (if i don't go blind first)

[kurt]

this was an exampe from the german.doom9.board...
[http://forum.gleitz.info/index.php?]

edit: @ dani 82: decrease gamma :p

[Didée]

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Mmmmh, feels like christmas. :D

Archiving PM's was a big PITA in the past. (Ever have tried to save 100 PM's manually?!?)

[ruanova]

Realy impresive .... realy nice ...

Good job...

[Doom9]

what about a quzick-reply-box like this?It seems to be disabled by default but that's one thing I will definitely turn on as I use it quite a lot myself.

I've seen other forums (most notably videohelp) where the search engine points you to specific posts in a thread. Much more useful if you ask me...I'll check if we can't make this the default even for the quicksearch.. pointing to a thread is useful if the thread is under two pages, but anything above it is a major pain in the ass. Fortunately I only use the advanced search anyway and there you have the "search by post".

too bright, did the old forum used to be this white?Actually, yes it did. We're using the exact same colorscheme. But, because of the low contrast of the icons on the frontpage, it gives you the illusion of being a lot brighter. But it really isn't.. I've been going back and forth from old to new to make sure I got all the colors right and they do match.

[Inventive Software]

Nice lookin forum. Very stylised. Better than the previous version.

Better than my bloody forum! :(

[Swede]

I'll check if we can't make this the default even for the quicksearch.. pointing to a thread is useful if the thread is under two pages, but anything above it is a major pain in the ass. Fortunately I only use the advanced search anyway and there you have the "search by post"It's actually not *that* easy to set it as default for the quicksearch. :( On the other hand, if you're using the advanced search then you can set anything as default by using the 'Save search preferences'-menu at the bottom of that page.

[mg262]

But, because of the low contrast of the icons on the frontpage, it gives you the illusion of being a lot brighter.
Also because every other post used to be dark grey?

[SeeMoreDigital]

Where did that quick reply box come from... so quickly?

Nice!


Also because every other post used to be dark grey?Yes this is true... but personally speaking I prefer how it is now!

That said, over on the AVS forum they offer you the ability to choose between two colour schemes: -

http://img33.echo.cx/img33/2730/untitled4ke.png

But this is probably a hack


Cheers

[bill_baroud]

hmm like said previously, gonna take some time to get used to, but at least, sticky threads are really separated from the rest, hopefully, people will read them now :)

[mg262]

I just found the calendar (via user cp/event reminders)... :eek:

the user cp is proving really useful.

[Pyscrow]

Nice and uncluttered - I like it!

[ac-chan123]

Is it posseble to at "posting Rules" and the quick reply on the same line?

[Leak]

When clicking "Vew Forum Leaders" I can see a super moderator named Bach_RIP, what is this supposed to mean? Is the Bach that we know?

While on that topic - "View Forum Leaders" currently lists the Moderators section 2 times...

[Leak]

Sorry, they are working but for signature only, and it not so bad, or I am doing something wrong?

Yes, you're using what's probably the only browser that's unable to scale font size attributes made via CSS - Internet Explorer.

It works fine in Firefox.

[reepa]

I like the new forum because it actually updates the new post icons. With the last version unless I manually clicked on Mark Forum as Read every post was marked as new. Now it's fixed.

[wmansir]

Speaking of icons,

http://forum.doom9.org/images/buttons/sendpm.gif

At first I thought this icon was giving a Sieg Heil salute, but a closer look reveals it's just someone getting stabbed in the back by a giant pencil.

[Swede]

While on that topic - "View Forum Leaders" currently lists the Moderators section 2 times...
Duh... Did some more tweaking... :) Thnx.

[SeeMoreDigital]

Okay... I'm going to put my neck-on-the-block and say, how about a new slicker looking "forum header" to go with the new slick looking forum layout?

The current "forum header" is looking a bit "lost" now: -

http://img98.echo.cx/img98/3271/doom9header3hz.png


Maybe the "Forum Rules" link can be moved into the same title bar as the, User CP, FAQ, New Posts etc...


Cheers

[WingCommander]

Looks great!

[Doom9]

Maybe the "Forum Rules" link can be moved into the same title bar as the, User CP, FAQ, New Posts etc...Yes it can and from a screen real-estate point of view it makes sense (at least for those using a very small resolution), but is it advisable? It would mean the rules are much less visible and easier to miss.

[SeeMoreDigital]

How about placing the "Forum Rules" link, smack in the centre of the tool bar?

http://img123.echo.cx/img123/2202/doom9forumrules4rk.png


Cheers

[ppuschelp]

Hello !

Nice Design

and Question:
How i make on display "Printable Version" and "Show All Pages" ??

Thanks !
:-)

[Doom9]

"Printable Version" Is under the Thread tools in each thread. I don't know what you mean by "Show all Pages". If you mean that a thread should be shown on one page.. you can configure the number of posts to be shown per page in your user control panel.. but the number is limited for performance and bandwidth reasons (it makes no sense to load a MB worth of data if you're only going to read 3 posts).

[ChickenMan]

Well done guys, about time you upped to ver 3 of vBB. I like it :)

[hulkenstrong]

Really nice looking. But as others Id love to se more color schemes.

[jggimi]

Excuse my ignorance, but where did the "Mark This Forum As Read" link go? It used to be in the upper right in the old VBB ... now it appears to be missing. I've found the "Mark Forums Read" in Quick Links and at the bottom of the main page, but that does every subforum, not the one I'm currently in.

[Atamido]

Duh, missed that... How about now?Looks great, thanks. :)

Now to start a thread about custom CSS for Doom9... ;)

[ppera2]

Yeah, it looks very cool ...
:helpful:

[Doom9]

Excuse my ignorance, but where did the "Mark This Forum As Read" link go? It's in the forum tools ;) Didn't know that either but there's so much to try out..

[jggimi]

Thank you!

[onesoul]

When clicking "Vew Forum Leaders" I can see a super moderator named Bach_RIP, what is this supposed to mean? Is the Bach that we know? Now there aren't any super moderators... gone with the wind again?

[kurt]

quick reply has always to be activated... would it be possible to activate it by default?

edit: after quick reply there is no signature although it was checked ..