LukeZ34 Posted February 15, 2015 Report Posted February 15, 2015 Hey all An upgrade to the most recent version of VB has broken the original default visual theme we had. The company that created the theme is no longer in business, so we must find a new one. In the mean time, this dark colored theme is the only one I had installed that worked properly, despite some visual kinks that I've found. Please be patient as I work through these problems. Luke Quote
RobertISaar Posted February 15, 2015 Report Posted February 15, 2015 if this theme got kept around, I wouldn't complain. Quote
Nas Escobar Posted February 15, 2015 Report Posted February 15, 2015 Doesn't look too bad, just the kinks are weird as hell. Quote
LukeZ34 Posted February 15, 2015 Author Report Posted February 15, 2015 Personally, I prefer the darker themes too. Quote
Heartbeat1991 Posted February 15, 2015 Report Posted February 15, 2015 Maybe it's just my age, but I find it difficult to read with these colors. Quote
tornado_735 Posted February 15, 2015 Report Posted February 15, 2015 I like the dark theme as well! I'm not seeing any issues. Quote
88red4cyl Posted February 16, 2015 Report Posted February 16, 2015 For some reason the quick reply doesn't work any longer using Chrome on my phone.. Other than that, this theme is starting to grow on me... Quote
mfewtrail Posted February 16, 2015 Report Posted February 16, 2015 (edited) Just me or is the forum displayed all kinds of messed up currently? I'm using the latest version of Firefox if it makes a difference. Edit: It's only displayed incorrectly when I login. Before I logged in, it looked fine ,but was in the dark theme as mentioned. I suppose I'll try changing to dark theme in my profile if I can even manage to find it - there are so many displays overlaid on the page it's hard to navigate, lol. I'll have to screenshot it later. Edit #2: I was able to select the dark theme at the very bottom of the page in a pull-down tab, then go into my settings and change it to the dark theme. Everything displays fine now. On the "default" theme, it was all kinds of screwy - I couldn't even access my settings when it was on that. Edited February 16, 2015 by mfewtrail Quote
Dark Ride Posted February 16, 2015 Report Posted February 16, 2015 Regardless of issues, Thanks Luke for all your hard work keeping this place running. Quote
88red4cyl Posted February 16, 2015 Report Posted February 16, 2015 I also can't seem to edit posts anymore.. It may be that I'm using the full site on my phone, but the mobile version is pretty broken now as well. Quote
LukeZ34 Posted February 17, 2015 Author Report Posted February 17, 2015 I'll be honest, I'm very tempted to just dump the whole forum and reimport the existing database and start over with a fresh install sometime. Over the past 5 years, upgrades and addons have added and removed so many things that its been causing problems for a long time. I'll also be the first to admit, that I'm pretty novice dealing with this software too, so that doesn't help matters any. I may look in to the benefits to upgrading to Vbulletin 5 as well.. Stay tuned everyone, I'll have some news soon. Quote
l67ss Posted February 17, 2015 Report Posted February 17, 2015 I'll be honest, I'm very tempted to just dump the whole forum and reimport the existing database and start over with a fresh install sometime. Over the past 5 years, upgrades and addons have added and removed so many things that its been causing problems for a long time. I'll also be the first to admit, that I'm pretty novice dealing with this software too, so that doesn't help matters any. I may look in to the benefits to upgrading to Vbulletin 5 as well.. Stay tuned everyone, I'll have some news soon. I dont know if i could survive on the fb pages alone tho...... Quote
Nas Escobar Posted February 17, 2015 Report Posted February 17, 2015 I dont know if i could survive on the fb pages alone tho...... I don't have facebook nor do I plan on getting one. The day forums die will be the day I'll end up having to find a good mechanic. Quote
l67ss Posted February 17, 2015 Report Posted February 17, 2015 I don't have facebook nor do I plan on getting one. The day forums die will be the day I'll end up having to find a good mechanic. For the right money i can travel Quote
tsilney Posted February 17, 2015 Report Posted February 17, 2015 I dont know if i could survive on the fb pages alone tho...... Omg. Been on facebook a few weeks and I wanna shoot myself and get off of any wbody group on there Quote
RobertISaar Posted February 18, 2015 Report Posted February 18, 2015 i hated to do so, but I abandoned the w-body facebook group a while ago... my brain has never felt better, but my heart still contains sorrow. the people who are a part of the facebook group but not a part of the forum blow my mind at times. Quote
mfewtrail Posted February 18, 2015 Report Posted February 18, 2015 Not a big deal, but even though I changed my settings to display the dark theme in my profile, I keep getting defaulted to the lighter theme that is really messed up each time I login. I'm having to manually select the dark theme at the bottom of the page for now. Thanks for keeping this place going Luke. Quote
Psych0matt Posted February 18, 2015 Report Posted February 18, 2015 i hated to do so, but I abandoned the w-body facebook group a while ago... my brain has never felt better, but my heart still contains sorrow. the people who are a part of the facebook group but not a part of the forum blow my mind at times. I left and forgot about such a dumb place Quote
Nas Escobar Posted February 18, 2015 Report Posted February 18, 2015 For the right money i can 3800 swap anything;) Fixed it for ya! Quote
Marshal Posted February 19, 2015 Report Posted February 19, 2015 Hey all An upgrade to the most recent version of VB has broken the original default visual theme we had. The company that created the theme is no longer in business, so we must find a new one. In the mean time, this dark colored theme is the only one I had installed that worked properly, despite some visual kinks that I've found. Please be patient as I work through these problems. Luke I like the dark theme better than the original. Quote
Nas Escobar Posted February 21, 2015 Report Posted February 21, 2015 I like the dark theme better than the original. Honestly, my only complaint with the new theme is that the font size should be one or 2 sizes bigger to accommodate the dark theme. I usually make the text bigger by using the ctrl and + trick so it's not a pressurizing thing. Just a thought more than anything. Quote
Galaxie500XL Posted February 21, 2015 Report Posted February 21, 2015 I agree. I really don't see a problem, either. i agree with Nas..enlarge the default text size, and run with what you have. Honestly, my only complaint with the new theme is that the font size should be one or 2 sizes bigger to accommodate the dark theme. I usually make the text bigger by using the ctrl and + trick so it's not a pressurizing thing. Just a thought more than anything. Quote
Euro Posted February 25, 2015 Report Posted February 25, 2015 I really don't think the W-body Members FB page is that bad. Don't go onto basically any 3800 or Grand Prix page...they are a million times worse. Quote
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