The Shape of Things to Come

[Nine Volt]

all of this happenings reminds me when is mlr supposed to get the face lift?

Circuitfry was in charge of this and he was showing off several different coloring schemes and different styles that he was working with the forum designer. This didn't come to fruition and I don't know if any of that is still possible to be implemented at this time (or how far along it was). As much as I'd like a new coat of paint on this barn we'd really have to see how that would be possible at this moment as we weren't directly involved with those actions. We have done various new subforums and outside actions (fimmusic, etc) to make subtle changes in the forum and we can and will continue to do that.

Again I urge people not to target Circuitfry anymore (and we will not tolerate that on mlr) as we're personally worried about him and he does not need to feel anymore ganged up upon. Let's move on this discussion to more positive actions and what we can do to get mlr back in order.

Weren't the Seaponies, like, our themers? Don't they have power over some of this?

I think they were friends of Circuitfry. Not to mention that they didn't really ever come online.

[Makkon]

Aw, well, maybe a temp coat of paint is in order. I'll take a bit of time tonight and see what I can do. No promises though. It's been a while since we've changed it.

[Makkon]

Done for now, could use some tweaking later down the road. I'd like to have the avatars on the left, but I'll need help from PHPony. Until then, let me know what you think.

[Nine Volt]

I'm sorry Makkon but I really do not like the new layout/look. It's a lot less user friendly on mobile, it's unappealing to look at, it's generic, and I don't like how the view your posts isn't there anymore (or I just can't find it).

[Makkon]

Sorry it doesn't work on mobile, the last theme was just as bad. I think it is more appealing and less generic than the previous theme, and your posts are clear as day under your avatar. If you dislike it that much, you can switch it back in your user preferences to Xand_Pony.

[Nine Volt]

The view your posts option. The one that let you see what threads you had posted in. Not the post count.

E: how do I change it back? I couldn't find anything in the user control place

[Makkon]

[edit] It's under search. Just hover over it. I realize that's nearly impossible on mobile, but like I said our current setup for PHPBB3 isn't really optimized for mobile. We can look into that soon.

FYI, we are messing with some things, so it's likely to go derp for a bit.

[Nine Volt]

But how do I change the layout back to the old one?

[Callenby]

Immediate reaction: not really digging it. Things feel just a bit less intuitive, if that makes sense. The color scheme/layout feel a tad on the generic side to me as well :/ Sorry. I do appreciate the effort.

Take that with a grain of salt, though. It may just be a matter of getting used to it.

[Makkon]

Nine Volt: looking into that now.

Callenby: Of all the presets that I've gone through, this one has all the elements I was looking for, mostly everything that it shares in common with the old theme in terms of functionality. The "layout" is nearly identical to the old, few things have been moved around. I don't know how that can be less intuitive than the barebones XAND preset we had earlier. These color scheme is light blue and magenta, exactly like before, with the addition of cool grey to tone down the overall brightness and make it less jarring. I'm sorry that it doesn't jive with you, I did say it's temp and that we are going to tweak things as time goes on. I made the backgrounds and logo myself.

eery: Good feedback, I'll look into those. I'm bothered by the quotebox too,

[Makkon]

Nine Volt: in your profile settings, board preferences. You can switch to any of the themes we have there. The one you are looking for is Xand_Pony. We're improving this one as we go, I would appreciate it if you'd be willing to give this a try when you are not on mobile.

Thanks to PHPony, the avatars are now on the left side, and the posts now have 5 more pixels of padding.

[Mr. Bigglesworth]

Just a thought, it would be nice if we could see what thead is being posted in displayed with the most recent poster.

EG: TheOccularInvisible in The Bragging Thread. Or something similar. It'd be nice to know what the thread is instead of finding out that it was a thread you weren't interested in when you check the subforum.

[Makkon]

That's a plugin I can look into installing. Also a good suggestion.

[Mr. Bigglesworth]

Also it doesn't display whether people are online or offline when they post. I kinda like knowing that.

[Makkon]

Looks like it's still there, on the right. We're working on fixing that. I've spent all the time I have and need to go to bed now, I'll have the staff look through some plugins and fixes and see what we can do.

[Callenby]

Callenby: Of all the presets that I've gone through, this one has all the elements I was looking for, mostly everything that it shares in common with the old theme in terms of functionality. The "layout" is nearly identical to the old, few things have been moved around. I don't know how that can be less intuitive than the barebones XAND preset we had earlier. These color scheme is light blue and magenta, exactly like before, with the addition of cool grey to tone down the overall brightness and make it less jarring. I'm sorry that it doesn't jive with you, I did say it's temp and that we are going to tweak things as time goes on. I made the backgrounds and logo myself

Okay okay, I wasn't attacking anything. I did say that it was only my immediate feedback.

For me, the avatars are still laid out on the right and the color scheme is most certainly not exactly like before. Everything is white, black, or gray.

[Acsii]

Looks like it's still there, on the right. We're working on fixing that. I've spent all the time I have and need to go to bed now, I'll have the staff look through some plugins and fixes and see what we can do.

I HIT REFRSH AND WAS NOT READY FOR THIS AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

[Acsii]

Also there's no quick reply

[Makkon]

Now you hit a button that immediately brings up a quick reply. But I would like to have the box open all the time.

Also, Callenby, that's really strange. You should be getting color and graphics. Sometimes hitting refresh solves it.

I need to go to bed. Goodnight!

[Acsii]

Now you hit a button that immediately brings up a quick reply. But I would like to have the box open all the time.

Also, Callenby, that's really strange. You should be getting color and graphics. Sometimes hitting refresh solves it.

I need to go to bed. Goodnight!

Cheers I didn't see the button.

[Acsii]

Callenby: Of all the presets that I've gone through, this one has all the elements I was looking for, mostly everything that it shares in common with the old theme in terms of functionality. The "layout" is nearly identical to the old, few things have been moved around. I don't know how that can be less intuitive than the barebones XAND preset we had earlier. These color scheme is light blue and magenta, exactly like before, with the addition of cool grey to tone down the overall brightness and make it less jarring. I'm sorry that it doesn't jive with you, I did say it's temp and that we are going to tweak things as time goes on. I made the backgrounds and logo myself

Okay okay, I wasn't attacking anything. I did say that it was only my immediate feedback.

For me, the avatars are still laid out on the right and the color scheme is most certainly not exactly like before. Everything is white, black, or gray.

Try clearing your cache under your browser settings, the restarting your browser.

[Callenby]

Tried refreshing and clearing the cache. It didn't do anything.

[Acsii]

Tried refreshing and clearing the cache. It didn't do anything.

Could you screenshot what it looks like for you?

[Callenby]

It's like this everywhere and it doesn't sound like it's supposed to be this way. The only color is from the "unread message" or "Site Admin" signifiers. Can you post a screenshot of how it looks to you?

Avatars are magically on the left now, though. So at least there's that.

Also, none of the buttons to alter your post, like Quote or Img, are working. Good thing they aren't hard to remember.

[Supersaw Hoover]

Hey, for people like me who prefer the old board theme, can you at least make sure Xand_Pony isn't broken? I can't view or reply to threads anymore in Xand_Pony because there's some missing end bracket.

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