Forum upgrade and new look

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Forum upgrade and new look

Post by guru » Thu Apr 14, 2016 10:13 am

You may have noticed this morning the forum has a new look and feel. This is due to an upgrade to the latest version of the forum software which unfortunately is incompatible with the customised template the forum used before. As the change in template wasn't 100% expected or planned I've used the best one I could at short notice so comments and suggestions would be welcome. In addition if anyone would like to submit a new header image then please feel free. Images should be in jpg format and 1170 wide by 240 high.
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Re: Forum upgrade and new look

Post by n1tr0_9 » Thu Apr 14, 2016 11:01 am

I think it looks great

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Re: Forum upgrade and new look

Post by vito » Thu Apr 14, 2016 11:19 am

Eeeeeuuuuurrrrgggghhhhhh

It's all grey and boring like Jeremy Corben ....

But you can't fight progress ..............

I'm just an old fart who doesn't like change ..........

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Re: Forum upgrade and new look

Post by BlueRover » Thu Apr 14, 2016 6:54 pm

I quite like monochrome but it could do with a splash of Nightfire red.
Give it a couple of weeks before tweaking it as I think it will grow on a lot of people.
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Re: Forum upgrade and new look

Post by CHR15E » Thu Apr 14, 2016 7:41 pm

One huge plus is it looks great on mobile devices.

No resizing or zooming required so far.

That may help a lot of people and create more traffic?
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Re: Forum upgrade and new look

Post by midnite » Thu Apr 14, 2016 9:55 pm

i like the forum header, a rusty outdated old british tank, parked next to the real thing.
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Re: Forum upgrade and new look

Post by rovercoup » Thu Apr 14, 2016 9:57 pm

I go to the same old fart club as Gaz unfortunately so therefore agree with his comments. urrrgghhh Rover org did the same a little while back and there was a feature that you could revert to a more classic style or the monochrome.

That sort of option would be good to see here.
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Re: Forum upgrade and new look

Post by traineefarmer » Fri Apr 15, 2016 7:09 am

I quite like the new look and feel, but it's making my vintage laptop and rural internet a bit sluggish.
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Re: Forum upgrade and new look

Post by gyrobird » Fri Apr 15, 2016 9:42 am

Don't like it.

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Re: Forum upgrade and new look

Post by mjc9967 » Fri Apr 15, 2016 10:40 am

I prefer how I had it when we could choose the look, can't remember the name of the scheme. When the forum was upgraded before I chose the look that was closest to the original. It just helps me see what I want to see more easily and quickly (titles, dates, new posts etc). Looks like it doesn't really want to work at all in ie8 now...

Having said that, we should remember that James provides his invaluable work for free to us, and without it there have been times when we could have lost the whole thing! So gratitude is due in any case!
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Re: Forum upgrade and new look

Post by mjc9967 » Fri Apr 15, 2016 10:48 am

Just a bit more detail on the look I liked, alternate sections on index pages and alternate topics and posts were in mid blue and light blue, and last post date info was bolder than other text. This helped me to scan through the lists and boards easier.

I am finding light grey and slightly less light grey a bit harder to distinguish different items, so it could just be more contrast between items I am looking for (together with highlighting/bolding of post and topic date info)

I also liked member info and post data on the right rather than the left, for some reason.
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Re: Forum upgrade and new look

Post by SJG » Fri Apr 15, 2016 4:53 pm

CHR15E wrote:One huge plus is it looks great on mobile devices.

No resizing or zooming required so far.

That may help a lot of people and create more traffic?
I agree Chris
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Re: Forum upgrade and new look

Post by gyrobird » Fri Apr 15, 2016 9:00 pm

Simon Hubbard wrote:
CHR15E wrote:One huge plus is it looks great on mobile devices.

No resizing or zooming required so far.

That may help a lot of people and create more traffic?
I agree Chris
I disagree :wink:

How can it create more traffic when you lot already own them all :shock:

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Re: Forum upgrade and new look

Post by CHR15E » Fri Apr 15, 2016 10:33 pm

I don't own any, well half a one. :D

All joking aside I think someone should mention the upgrade on the Facebook group. I think a lot of people have moved over to that because the old software was a pain for easy viewing on phones.

This is very easy and the notification idea works well too.

Big thumbs up from me.
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Re: Forum upgrade and new look

Post by 820Vitesse » Sat Apr 16, 2016 4:05 pm

It is going to take a bit of getting used to but it looks good to me, probably could do with a little bit of colour somewhere on the page but maybe once the header picture is set it will look more complete, I do think it is an improvement and easier to use though, thanks.

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