New Layout - Your Comments

[George@Kirrin]

A place for your comments and feelings about the new look

Personally I am unsure of the colour - looks cold compared with the lovely reds and having PHPBB at the top rather than the society picture isn't as nice, thou I expect Matt will change this...

Not had a proper look round yet, so will comment further when had a poke.

[Lucky Star]

Dreadful. Sorry i dont like it at all, can we have our old one back please? I suppose I might get used to it but as Zoe said the old colour scheme was nice and warm and we had the beautiful picture collage across the top, this feels like a corporate company's financial forum.

[Petermax]

Hmmm, the new board certainly has a few new features and no doubt security has been improved. However, I cannot get used to the blue colour scheme, it seems to clash with the rest of the site. Can it not be tweaked to give a more homely feel?

BTW, Will the last ten postings continue to be displayed on the EBS homepage? This feature does not appear to be working at the moment.

[Moose]

I am supposed to be testing this for another forum I mod on .. it's meant to have lots of good features. I don't much care what the colour scheme of a place is as long as I can read things . Anything light is fine with me. I presume though that it won't be that tricky to restore the old colour scheme.

[Ming]

Honestly, I don't really like it that much. The old one was so nice and homely that this one really seems so, cold.

I miss the old one already.

[Viv of Ginger Pop]

I agree with LS - to me the two tones of blue aren't quite different enough, as well as being cold.

I'll reserve judgement for a few days - me and technology always take a while to get acquainted!

Thanks Matt

Viv

[Ming]

OT.

It's good to see that Who Is Online is updated every second, instead of every few minutes. And we can see the "Bots" online too!

[Jools]

I don't feel that it has the charm of the old layout. Do like being able to see the bots, but it seems pretty cold to me. But then, I am rubbish with change...

[Ming]

It does feel a bit back to front because the "Author" of the post is on the right.

Still, I think I should appreciate the new features - obviously the Tiresome Three has worked hard to set it up.

[Matthew Roberts]

Thanks, chaps. Always nice when one's efforts are appreciated. (Irony? Me?)

No, you can't have the old one back. This is the latest, most secure and up-to-date version of phpBB. I haven't changed the layout; I have changed the forum software. This happens to be the default layout for the phpBB 3 package, and I haven't yet had time to adapt the red theme for this version. The first theme of the old forum was a cold blue until I created the now familiar red, incidentally.

Might I point you to this post in "Admin Announcements" in which I say:

I am just getting to grips with the software myself, and I am looking into creating a new, more Blytonian theme for the forums at some point, too.

I thought you would all like the new features, and I know Tony and I will appreciate the new security and anti-spam measures included in this new version.

[Ming]

No, you can't have the old one back.

Do you mean the layout or the look? I can put up with the layout forever, but I miss the old look.

Not "pressurizing" Matt - take your time to do anything.

BTW, I love the new features!

[Viking Star]

Until I saw this string, I thought the different colour and layout was due to the fact I've logged in on my work laptop while in Brussels. It was only when I came across this string that I became aware of what had happened. Presumably there is something on the front page about it?

Like everyone else I can't abide the colour.

It's dificult to comment on the layout until the colour is back!

If the new layout has extra features then I suppose one shouldn't complain, and be happy to keep up with progress. And I do appreciate your efforts/intentions, Matt.

The only thing I've noticed that I don't like is the 'phpBB creating communities' logo - but presumably we're stuck with that?

[Viking Star]

A problem I've just had is that I can't get back to the 'view posts since last visit page'.

Has something been changed please or is it just some sort of random computer problem?

[Viking Star]

And the 'Home page' link at the top right hand corner seems to have disappeared completely - I tend to use all the time.

[Ming]

If you go to the Index VS, there's a link View new posts. If you mean you can't return to the page - what's the back button on your browser for?