New Default Theme

The forum has a new default theme - and one that looks a bit differently depending on the resolution you're using on your monitor. For example, here's the display in Firefox at 800X600:

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At 1024X768:

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At 1440X900:

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And at 1680X1050:

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The theme looks best on widescreen 16X9 monitors, but will also work fine on a standard 4X3 monitor. Though for those of you who hate change, the Arcane Magic Theme is still available.    However, because the forum may be upgrading to SMF 2 before too long, that particular theme will no longer be upgraded should new features be added to the forum before the upgrade, and it will in all probability be discontinued altogether after the upgrade to SMF 2.

The new theme looks good, but I'm keeping mine set to Arcane Magic for now, because I like using what I'm used to. GameFAQs changed their default theme a couple years ago and I still have my account set to use the old theme on there. 

At the moment members are perfectly free to use any of the available themes - that's why they're there.    But just so everyone will know, when the forum upgrades to SMF 2, the new theme will be the only one that will still be compatible - all our other current themes will disappear...

Of course, at this point we have no idea when we'll make the switch - that's entirely up to when the SMF developers release a stable version of SMF 2. It could still be months down the road - or it just might be weeks...

Which is why I'll use what I'm accustomed to for as long as I can. 

It's beautiful!  I love blue!

Gerard

How suprised I was to find this lovely new theme.  I visit the boards two and three times a day and it was a great surprise.   I LOVE IT!  Thanks MB and Midnite!!

The new theme is lovely, even if it is a bit bright. I'll use it when the switch occurs, but I just need a little more time to say farewell to Arcane Magic, which has been on here ever since I started lurking around here at the beginning of this year. XP

(Quick OT question to the staff, though - will the switch to SMF 2.0 result in any significant downtime?)

(There shouldn't be too much downtime. The new files and PHP scripts can be uploaded while SMF 1.1 is still running. The only thing that will require the forum to be shut down will be converting the database. But that can be done right on the server, so it shouldn't take all that long.

All that being said, though, sometimes unforeseen things do happen...)

I love it! I also love checking in and getting a nice susprize! EVERYTHINGS NEW AGAIN!

MB is a true artist!

MB is a true artist!

Here, here!!!!  I TOTALLY agree!!!  I LOVE this theme!!!!!  But for some reason, my little smiley that I "adopted" here (otherwise known as 9366) on the board looks like it's in the middle of an X and now the halo looks more like a bow or a propeller, but hey, as Gilda Radner would say (as Nadia Comaneci) it's "...STILL DARLING!!!!"

Judy

But for some reason, my little smiley that I "adopted" here (otherwise known as 9366) on the board looks like it's in the middle of an X

Yeah, whoever made that smiley didn't smooth out the edges of the circle. Unfortunately, we have a few smileys like that. 

What a great new look for the site!  Props to whoever took care of the change, it looks great!  Julie  :-)

Actually, it's always looked that way to me, regardless of the theme I was using.

This blue is great...i dont see red very well.when i see a blinking light on the road at an intersection, i cant tell if its a blinking red or yellow............but i can see this great...thnx!