Would you consider a new theme for the forum?

[Hoppimike]

I think this is just the default vBulletin theme in blue?

Would you consider a smoother theme... maybe with a bit more... flair? Rounded corners or gradients or... you know, other nice stuff?

It just looks a bit box-y is all, makes it harder I find to spend a long time here because it just isn't very interesting to look at. Does that make sense?

I mean, your site, your decision, but just a suggestion and I think it would be pretty quick and easy to do and make a huge difference. Lots of free and cheap themes about and that ^_^

I use MyBB quite a lot and have themed it a few times.

Thanks duuuuuudes!

Mike

 

[arn]

we're working on it.

arn

 

[Hoppimike]

we're working on it.

arn

Awesome thank you ^_^

 

[Astroboy907]

I think this is just the default vBulletin theme in blue?

Would you consider a smoother theme... maybe with a bit more... flair? Rounded corners or gradients or... you know, other nice stuff?

It just looks a bit box-y is all, makes it harder I find to spend a long time here because it just isn't very interesting to look at. Does that make sense?

I mean, your site, your decision, but just a suggestion and I think it would be pretty quick and easy to do and make a huge difference. Lots of free and cheap themes about and that ^_^

I use MyBB quite a lot and have themed it a few times.

Thanks duuuuuudes!

Mike

Rounded corners and gradients are so 2008! Squares are in now! Along with flat design and bright colors.

Actually, I've noticed some updates with the nav bar lately, especially on mobile. Pretty nice!!

 

[Hoppimike]

Rounded corners and gradients are so 2008! Squares are in now! Along with flat design and bright colors.

Actually, I've noticed some updates with the nav bar lately, especially on mobile. Pretty nice!!

lol yeah I hate this new style on things like Android L and Windows 10! SO ugly!!

I think iOS and OSX look really good though

 

[chown33]

we're working on it.

arn

Where should bugs (or apparent bugs) in the new theme be reported?

Example bug: the division defined by a CODE tag is sometimes slightly less than the actual required height. The result is that the div is vertically scrollable, and it scrolls for only about 1/4 of a line. This only started happening a little while ago, when I started seeing other changes to the theme/layout (such as larger fonts).

The first prerequisite to produce this bug is a line long enough to need horizontal scrolling. The second prerequisite seems to be "System Preferences > General > Show scroll bars: Always".

This one-liner doesn't trigger the problem.

Here's a two-line example that's fine.
The previous line is true.

This one-liner illustrates the problem: In Xanadu did Kublai Khan a stately please dome decree, where Alph the sacred river ran, through caverns measureless to man, down to a sunless C.

I've also enabled: "Safari > Preferences > Advanced > Never use font sizes smaller than 13". I turned this off and the problem is still visible, but my testing may not be comprehensive.

 

[zhenya]

I will chime in to say I hope things don't change too much. I think the current site still looks great, with a modern theme that is easy on the eyes without being garish in any way. I fear in an attempt to 'modernize' most of the visual contrast will be done away with, as seems to be the current trend.

 

[maflynn]

I don't think arn has gone over board with the theme. The VB theme here is a getting long in the tooth. Of course with any change, there will be people who think that it was a mistake.

 

[arn]

I will chime in to say I hope things don't change too much. I think the current site still looks great, with a modern theme that is easy on the eyes without being garish in any way. I fear in an attempt to 'modernize' most of the visual contrast will be done away with, as seems to be the current trend.

It's a legitimate concern. And one we are struggling with. The more modern themes do lose a lot of contrast at times.

arn

 

[grahamperrin]

Thanks. And I should probably suggest, configure things to not default to all italic for quoted text.