Old Look- what do we tweak in setting to get the old forum look back

Going to ask that one too. I am fond of the UFC/Sherdog style layout of the previous board which gave an air of the cross between an auto repair shop and a MMA training gym. This one is a bit bland. The older one had attitude. Just my 2 cents, and I praise all the work and effort that Frank has put into keeping this place running.
 
Yeah, screw this, I quit!

No, seriously, my background was always black and never bothered me but the new setup altogether is sorta distracting to my eyes. If there was a way to make the whole thing look like it did I'd be down with that but I sorta doubt it. I'm sure I'll get used to it though.

Not trying to get Frank wound up, I know he hates it when we bitch about changes and I'm bigtime grateful for the 'Hide, the only site on the net worth a damn. Don't want more busy work for the guys that make this shit happen, but if there was a way to make changes I would like to know how.

I think a tutorial thread would be nice, then you could just say "go read that".
 
It just feels like there is less separation between shit making it blend together. Also the two colors are too close to each other in shade.

Had to change text size to large.
 
Good grief, give it a chance already. It's awesome.
My jumping shitter dude still ain't jumping....... :mad:

See? Ain't working.

I'm just kidding, it's not a real bitch post and if nothing else I can always just magnify the page. 1J has to get the jumping shitter working or it ain't the 'Hide though.
 
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We do not care.
Get out of Frank’s ass for a minute and realize that those of us that are using a phone as our primary, if not only access to the hide now have a font about size 4 to try and read. Don’t be a dumbass! Even Frank knows that after every upgrade there are sometimes things that have to be tweaked.

A human might realize that not all complaints are bitching. Some are constructive.
 
Get over yourself and lighten up. You can switch to a light background. Use your preferences. Change the template, increase the font size. Do your own work a bit, use your options and stop asking to be spoon fed every solution.
 
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Get out of Frank’s ass for a minute and realize that those of us that are using a phone as our primary, if not only access to the hide now have a font about size 4 to try and read. Don’t be a dumbass! Even Frank knows that after every upgrade there are sometimes things that have to be tweaked.

A human might realize that not all complaints are bitching. Some are constructive.


Thinking along the same line here... Frank is probably just perusing this raw new product right now and wondering what has to be buffed and sanded so that it can be a functioning and reliable layout. It's like a factory mint, out-of-the-box Colt 1851 Navy versus an 1851 that has been fine tuned for cowboy action speed shooting and quick draw. Very few competitors in this particular sport uses out of the box guns on the firing line...

ETA: Let's all take a shot of whiskey and chill for a second... I am sure there will be minor alterations in the end that will compromise with everyone. Let's try to make this so Frank can scroll down this thread and get constructive advice and feedback, not schoolyard screeching.
 
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Sorry to interrupt the catfight but I have a question... Is there a setting to tell when you have read all the posts in a thread? The old layout was easy to tell because the title was not bold if you were caught up. I can't tell on this layout. Anyone know?
 
No a fan of the black background- is there a way to change setting to make the hide look like it did yesterday?
Not exactly, but you can change the color scheme down at the bottom left where it says Snipers Hide Dark. Click on that and you have two other choices. As to font size, you have to go into your Preferences and change it to large or extra large in order to read it without a magnifying glass. Not sure what else can be done at this time.
 
Olde Style had class, this looks like a downgrade.

It's the truth.
I've noticed a distinct trend lately for forums and other social websites to change what does look like something of a downgrade. Lots of flat colors, no/few borders or fake shadows, a lack of a 3D effect, all in all a very minimalist design. Like something you'd see in an Ikea. Sometimes that works out just fine and makes the sites load faster or look better on a phone, other times it does seem like a distinct step backward lacking in style. It's alright on my computer but from what I'm seeing it's really tiny on phones. Haven't tried it yet.

Personally my only gripes are that I liked the black-black background while the new Dark Theme is more of a really dark grey, I miss the more distinct edging and borders of the threads, and that there's now extra black corners surrounding my intentionally-circular avatar that used to fit perfectly into the allotted space. Otherwise, hey if the site works better and faster (especially on my phone), that's cool. We'll get used to it sooner or later.





(Oh and there's a typo in the blurb at the veeery bottom of the page over the social media icons. Should be "its users", not "it's".)
 
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it appears they just updated the options for the skin and several are repeated name wise but there is no upgrade to them

For Dark colors use Sniper's Hide *

The Light colors were messed up with the Xenforo upgrade,

I can get them to adjust the colors as they are out of whack


Frank, at the bottom as well you use to be able to navigate back into the forum and/or subforum. Can't now without hitting back button. Also soon as you use to begin to scroll back up you'd see your PM envelope but no more unless you're at the top of the page.

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Its a color fix, super fast and easy, I wrote them we need to go through each skin again and fix the colors

This was not necessarily part of the planned upgrade, it was one waiting Xenforo did an upgrade, they installed that, which maybe they didn't do my original changes, or lost them,

Easy fix, deal with it for 24 hours or so, I will go through every skin making sure they work and are color correctly

Looks like it was overwritten
 
Similar but lite.. maybe its more monotone. Can't exactly put a finger on the difference.

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Monotone is the exact word I'd use for it... The previous layout was aggressive, and had a strong sports-entertainment or hardware store feel to it. The new layout feels more like a blog or online journal...
 
Also as I mentioned above, can't tell when there are new posts in a thread now.
I liked the old white and green even though it was missing some clip art and stuff making it look incomplete, it was easy on the eyes but really my only gripe is this ^^^

I liked when a read thread was lighter and thinner and a thread with some new posts in it were dark and bold in the sub forum sections.

Now they all look the same and the “mark thread as read” button does nothing that I can tell.

I was very intent on reading every post of every thread in a few subforums that I really cared about so I could ensure that I was efficiently gathering up every bit of info I could manage, and that allowed me to tell easily when there were some new juicy bits to read. Now it all looks the same and I don’t really want to look at any of them, it seems daunting starting over each time.
 
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