DARK SHADOWS FORUMS
General Discussions => Testing. 1, 2, 3... => Topic started by: Mysterious Benefactor on April 20, 2005, 05:45:05 AM
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As if you haven't already noticed ;) the forum has a new theme - and with it comes three differences:
- The "Show unread posts since last visit" and "Show new replies to your posts" buttons are no longer in the main menu. Instead they're text links in your Info Box and appear right underneath your "Total time logged in" listing. (The SMF developers had originally done something very similar, but when I created the previous theme, I decided to make buttons for those features.)
- Instead of a "new" icon, new posts/topics are indicated by a check mark icon: (http://www.dsboards.com/SMF/Themes/darkred/images/english/new.gif)
- And you'll now notice that instead of the search box for each individual board appearing just above the topic listings for that board, the box now appears in the page header, to the right of the forum's logo. (This is also close to where the SMF developers had originally placed it, but I'd decided to move it.) However, using this box still works exactly the same as it did previously - any search criteria that you might type in the box will only be looked for in the particular board that you're currently viewing. In order to search mulitiple boards, you must use the "Search" button in the main menu or the advanced search feature.
Other than those differences, everything else still works the same. So, take time to get used to the new look. Though you might not want to get too used to it because, well, I think I'll wait a bit before I explain any further. [b003]
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Oh no....you're not going to change the colors soon, are you? The new colors are so gorgeous - nicest colors I think I've ever seen on a board.
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Beautiful, Beautiful, Beautiful
The whole thing is crisp. Bravo Mysterious Benefactor. You've done it again.
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The colors are indeed gorgeous. I won't get attached to them because inevitably you will be making a change, but I just have to say... BRAVO.
The check for new stuff feels counter-intuitive to me. No doubt it's yet another way in which I'm "special" compared to others, but I generally check things off that have already been attended to.
It was moving very slowly when I was on earlier today, but I'm using IE (haha) so have only Bill Gates to blame for that.
G.
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Very nice, MB. Don't you ever sleep?
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I like the new look! Really sweet!
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XD It startled me at first! Very nice job though. :)
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I do love the colors. They are quite easy on the eyes. Seems so vampiric with the red and all.
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I love the colors...same colors I have in my bedroom, and it goes well with my avatar. What more can a girl want, huh? ;)
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The new colors are so gorgeous - nicest colors I think I've ever seen on a board.
Thanks - I love them too. But the truth is that this didn't start out to be a new theme for the entire forum. I originally came up with it just to use it for the older boards to set them apart from the currently active boards. However, once I saw how it turned out, I hated to relegate it to the boards that most of us rarely visit, so I decided to expand it as a full theme for the entire forum.
Oh no....you're not going to change the colors soon, are you?
The answer for now is yes - and no. How are both those answers possible? All in good time. ;) And I might add that anyone who might be missing the previous theme needn't fret - you haven't seen the end of it. Not at all.
I won't get attached to them because inevitably you will be making a change
True - but that doesn't necessarily mean that you'll ever need to make that change (he said cryptically for the time being [wink2]). Feel free to become attached to them as much as you might like.
The check for new stuff feels counter-intuitive to me. No doubt it's yet another way in which I'm "special" compared to others, but I generally check things off that have already been attended to.
Hmmm - honestly I didn't think of it that way, but you make a good point. I might rethink the check mark...
It was moving very slowly when I was on earlier today, but I'm using IE (haha) so have only Bill Gates to blame for that.
Far be it from me to let Gates off the hook for anything, but here and there the forum has been responding slowly for me, too, today - and I'm using Linux with Netscape. Our host was making some changes over the weekend that didn't affect the way the forum responded. But perhaps they're now doing some work on the MySQL database server and that's slowing things down.
Don't you ever sleep?
The staff mantra around here is "We don't need no stinkin' sleep!" [lghy]
It startled me at first!
Exactly the first reaction I was going for. [b003]
Seems so vampiric with the red and all.
That's exactly what I was going for. :D In fact, originally I was thinking of doing a few icons with a blood dripping effect or by using the blood dripping font that I'd used to create the "new" icon for this past October's Halloween theme, but then I rethought the idea. Sometimes subtlety and subliminal suggestion work better. :) (Though I haven't actually given up on the idea entirely - I *may* create an entire horror-based theme. We'll see...)
it goes well with my avatar
I noticed that last night. And the interesting thing is that I began work on this theme before you switched avatars, so, perhaps, this time you really did read someone's mind - mine. ;D
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the forum's new colors are indeed pretty.the red,brown and gray is very sophisticated.i posted this in a color(i think) to see how it will look on the new background. [blackwidow]
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The answer for now is yes - and no. How are both those answers possible? All in good time. ;) And I might add that anyone who might be missing the previous theme needn't fret - you haven't seen the end of it. Not at all.
Heh heh... ;)
I've been messing around with setting up different kinds of message boards recently - SMF included, and I THINK I know what the Mysterious One is planning.
Far be it from me to spoil his fun however. ;D
These colors are just too perfect. I'm gonna steal some of them for something. Maybe the future website I've always wanted to do.
Don't know how to do the beautiful background though - the way the dark reds fade in an out of each other.
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Very nice! :o
Nancy
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Uh-oh, I think I'm being techno-challenged. How does one reply on a thread? I can't find any place to click at the bottom. I'm doing this by clicking "quote" (and then just not quoting). I've looked all over the page of a thread, top and bottom, and can't find a "reply" icon!
Gerard (Who's Asking That You Don't Hate Me For Being A New-Message-Board-Format Dunce)
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Never mind, I just found it. Do I ever feel dumb!
Gerard (Who Thinks It's Now Very Appropriate To Hate Me For Being So Dumb)
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Well, we are creatures of habit, aren't we (rhetorical).
I generally find the answers to my own questions about three seconds after I hit the post button, lol.
But don't hate me because I'm dumb, hate me because I'm beautiful... [bow] <-- dum, I mean, dom.
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I do hope it's just still clunky because they're still doing maintenance work, or whatever...
Thanks for all your hard work on this, Mysterioso Darling. Everytime I think it can't possibly get any better, it does!
G.
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Never mind, I just found it. Do I ever feel dumb!
Gerard (Who Thinks It's Now Very Appropriate To Hate Me For Being So Dumb)
You're not dumb at all, Gerard! We'll have none of that sort of talk. ;) It's perfectly normal to need a bit of time to get used to a new look/format. :) There's absolutely nothing dumb about posting a question about something new. And like Dom said, we usually find the answers to our questions about three seconds after we hit the post button. That's one of the Internet's cruel tricks that we've all fallen victim to. :D
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I do hope it's just still clunky because they're still doing maintenance work, or whatever...
I didn't get on the forum until about an hour ago, but everything's been working fine so far...
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I noticed that last night. And the interesting thing is that I began work on this theme before you switched avatars, so, perhaps, this time you really did read someone's mind - mine.
{gasp} What kind of girl do you think I am?! Honestly... ;)
{cough} So...what are you wearing...{purrr}?
Lemmie just slip into a new sig line while I'm at it...oh - OHhhhhhhhhhhh MB! Yes...yeeeeeeeeeessssssssss... I luv that racy red. >:D
Tongue-in-cheeking-ly,
Heather