New MacRumors Theme FAQ, Including Dark Mode

[redheeler]

Oh, by the way,

Spoiler

did anyone notice we can do these now?

OS X 10.11 All The Little Things! makes good use of them

 

[Sydde]

Better yet, unlike non-flat themes

Spoiler: ardchoille50's post I quoted

I had heard about them but never saw them in action until now. Thank you for posting this.

they can be self-titled.

 

[Imac Sam]

Is there a way to get the "Daily Email Notifiction" feature back rather than "watch a forum", and receive a separate email every time when someone posts inside it?

 

[grahamperrin]

removing the down vote?

That was not a feature of the previous theme. Please see https://forums.macrumors.com/post/21456700

 

[Sydde]

Is there a way to get the "Daily Email Notifiction" feature back rather than "watch a forum", and receive a separate email every time when someone posts inside it?

Better yet: could we have a preview of the watched forums in the linked page? Like, for each watched forum, show me 3 top or newest threads. Or a pop-up thread list. I have watched forums with no notifications because those are busy ones, but it would be nice to have something more than just a forum link page. Ideally, the watched forum link should produce a menu of forums, each with a submenu of a few new/top threads.

I mean, if it could be done

 

[rhett7660]

Any plans on bringing back the average daily post count?

Kudos on the new look. I am actually digging it the more I use it. Very clean.

 

[Madonepro]

Not wanting to be negative, loving the look, but! Why oh why do we have to have all the Phone, iPod, iPad, Apple Watch forums before the Macs ones? is this not a Mac forum anymore? Please bring in some tool to allow us to reorder the list. Or maybe you need to create an applespersonalgearrumors.com

 

[grahamperrin]

…order …

Related: Hierarchy of sub-forums, and some related permissions

 

[redheeler]

Does anyone know of an alternative to the [tIMG] tags on Xenforo?

 

[OllyW]

Does anyone know of an alternative to the [tIMG] tags on Xenforo?

I don't think we need them as the XF auto sizes large images to fit the page.

 

[redheeler]

I don't think we need them as the XF auto sizes large images to fit the page.

I would have liked that Retina screenshot to be quite a bit smaller, but instead it is being shown full size (keep in mind this is with the expanded width):

If there is any way to fix this without turning the image into a simple link, I'd be happy to hear it.

 

[OllyW]

If there is any way to fix this without turning the image into a simple link, I'd be happy to hear it.

I think that's one for @arn to answer.

 

[Geekazoid]

Hey! I just wanna say that I love this new theme and layout for this MacRumours forum. Great work guys!

 

[jwhite4304]

Looks like this would require a plugin. So maybe.

Amen! Miss having the ability to review forums with newest first. Some threads get quite long and hard to find the newer posts.
Jimbo

 

[grahamperrin]

… to find the newer posts …

If I understand correctly, the plugin would be to optionally reverse the chronological order of posts within a topic.

With or without reversing things in a topic, there's Go to First Unread – on each page, the button beneath the title, the button again near the foot of the page (screenshot below). That first item should be the ideal starting point for finding newer items.



If instead you'd like to change the sort order of topics – with attention to the most recent topic – that's already possible in some interfaces. An example (in the area where you made most posts):

 

[beachmusic]

Is there anyway to stop the red box with arrows from flashing on and off as I scroll up & down? Very distracting when trying to read.

 

[redheeler]

Is there anyway to stop the red box with arrows from flashing on and off as I scroll up & down? Very distracting when trying to read.

Look here: Is there a way to turn off that red up and down arrow that flashes on screen

 

[mariusignorello]

What software does MacRumors use for the forums? Sorry if I missed it somewhere inside the FAQ.

 

[redheeler]

What software does MacRumors use for the forums? Sorry if I missed it somewhere inside the FAQ.

Xenforo.

 

[AmazingHenry]

We've made some changes to improve this, and we are looking into a darker option as a possibility.

Hello, is there any news for this? I use a dark theme for my whole OS (and Firefox!) so this would fit in nicely.

 

[Mr. Unko]

It's too bright, is there a darker option?

We've made some changes to improve this, and we are looking into a darker option as a possibility.​

I can't login

If you had an existing account and can't login, please reset your password. If that doesn't work or you don't get the email, please contact support.
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Can I have an avatar?

Yes, everyone gets an avatar.
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Where are my Subscribed Threads?

These are called "Watched Threads" and can be found at https://forums.macrumors.com/watched/threads

To perform bulk management (unsubscribe multiple), go to:
https://forums.macrumors.com/watched/threads/all​

I don't understand why I'm getting certain notifications

Alert Preferences lets you specify which notifications that you will get alerted to. An "alert" puts a small notification at the Flag icon on the top right of the forum page.

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Preferences allows you to specify when you Watch a thread and if you get emails

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I Keep Getting Emails I don't want

1. Turn off the individual subscription by clicking on the unsubscribe link in the email. There is also an option to unsubscribe to all thread emails.

2. Uncheck the "and receive email notifications of replies" in Preferences.
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Where is Spy?

We are looking at bringing it back
Early version is here: Forum Spy for Early Use​

It's too narrow on my large monitor

There is a small toggle icon on the bottom left that will widen it to full width.
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Can I exclude forums from New Posts?
Can I view more posts per page?

We are looking into adding these features back shortly.
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Is there a Desktop version I can view from my iPhone?

There is only one version. Right now, there is no way to request the full sized site on your iPhone
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When can I see updates?

We have a change log that we are updating here https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/macrumors-theme-change-log.1889170/​

Soooooo. Where is the dark mode Or are you looking forward to wait until you can make the theme change automatically depending on a Macs preferences?

 

[arn]

Soooooo. Where is the dark mode Or are you looking forward to wait until you can make the theme change automatically depending on a Macs preferences?

ugh. we were working on it before the dark mode in Mojave. stay tuned...

 

[AngerDanger]

Soooooo. Where is the dark mode Or are you looking forward to wait until you can make the theme change automatically depending on a Macs preferences?

I just started this thread explaining how to add a terrible version of dark mode yourself.

 

[jdclifford]

Does anyone know how to reduce font sizing on home page? On my iPad Pro it renders too large in portrait mode. Rest of pages ( like this page) render normally as they do on my Macbook Pro and iMac.

 

[iFanaddic]

since ios 13 will support dark mode, would macrumors be kind enough to give us a dark mode as well?