timc Posted July 26, 2018 Report Share Posted July 26, 2018 Hi All, The forum is scheduled to upgrade on either Friday, July 27th or Monday, July 30th. As this is a major revision upgrade (3.X to 4.X), this might cause a loss of access and will definitely cause a change to the look/feel including the color scheme and other aspects. Hopefully, it is back in order soon. -Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibiriak Posted July 27, 2018 Report Share Posted July 27, 2018 Oh no!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timc Posted July 27, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2018 One change of substance is that Invision Power has merged the "Log in name" and "Display name". For most people, this is the same thing. However, if they are different, the "Display name" is being kept (on the principle of least harm, since it is public facing). In that situation, the log in name changes to the display name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timc Posted July 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2018 There is a lot to fix up still (prior content, navigation). For now, the main page, https://www.crsociety.org goes straight to the forums. Likely, the colors/themes will be adjusted after getting navigation to old content restored. If anybody has login/display name change requests, just let me know. Send a personal message or post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 I really like it! It looks far more professional and inviting. The navigation/menu are not all working, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul Posted July 30, 2018 Report Share Posted July 30, 2018 I agree. -- Saul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordo Posted August 1, 2018 Report Share Posted August 1, 2018 I think it would be nice to turn on the feature that lets users react to posts without replying like they have at longecity (which uses the same forum software I believe). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul Posted August 1, 2018 Report Share Posted August 1, 2018 I like the way it is now. Gordo, do you mean something like the "Like" and "Unlike" of Facebook? . I hope not. -- Saul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Cain Posted August 1, 2018 Report Share Posted August 1, 2018 I like the new look. As Matt said, it looks more professional and inviting. I'm not a huge fan of the current color scheme for aesthetics or readability of the menu text, but overall an improvement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timc Posted August 2, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2018 2 hours ago, James Cain said: I like the new look. As Matt said, it looks more professional and inviting. I'm not a huge fan of the current color scheme for aesthetics or readability of the menu text, but overall an improvement. I am in agreement on the aesthetics. Everything in the green block above (and the white submenu just beneath) could use a refresh. It's hard to do in isolation (matching font, tab, background/gradient, logos, button colors). I just spent literally two hours trying to figure out how to put recent "Topics" above "Current Donations Goals" and "Blog Entries". These things are never where you expect them to be (I saw a magic arrow while reading your post - it wasn't a code or admin panel thing in the CMS - a GUI thingy on the live website). There will be more changes to navigation especially to re-liven some of the prior content (conference histories, resources, etc). I have found the sub-sub menus to be buggy, so I will avoid (e.g., see the main navigation button 'Activity', then 'My Activity Streams' - it can be cumbersome, IMO). Mainly the focus is still to restore functionality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Cain Posted August 2, 2018 Report Share Posted August 2, 2018 9 hours ago, timc said: I just spent literally two hours trying to figure out how to put recent "Topics" above "Current Donations Goals" and "Blog Entries". .... Mainly the focus is still to restore functionality. Of course functionality is more important, and these things always take more time than expected. Volunteer time at that. Thanks for the time and effort! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mccoy Posted August 2, 2018 Report Share Posted August 2, 2018 Tim, may I suggest to change the background color(s) if possible into something more eyesight-friendly, like some warm-hues distant from the blue light radiation. Right now it's apparently emitting more blue-light radiation than the previous version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordo Posted August 2, 2018 Report Share Posted August 2, 2018 I am fairly certain there was a "view new content" button yesterday, but its gone today (to show all new forum posts only). This is a critical site feature. Am I the only one not seeing this now? I tried logging out and back in, didn't make a difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul Posted August 2, 2018 Report Share Posted August 2, 2018 Hi Gordo! You're right. Click on "Activity", then there's the button for "New Content" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timc Posted August 2, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2018 1 hour ago, Gordo said: I am fairly certain there was a "view new content" button yesterday, but its gone today (to show all new forum posts only). This is a critical site feature. Am I the only one not seeing this now? I tried logging out and back in, didn't make a difference. You are correct. That feature was on the top AND bottom of the page - and where Saul suggested (Activity) which is at the top too. I did remove it from the top (the code is just commented out - nothing is deleted) along with what they call 'breadcrumbs' : (house icon) Home > Forums > Chitchat > Forum Upgrade (!) () Unread Content () Mark site read Those are still visible at the page bottom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timc Posted August 2, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2018 10 hours ago, mccoy said: Tim, may I suggest to change the background color(s) if possible into something more eyesight-friendly, like some warm-hues distant from the blue light radiation. Right now it's apparently emitting more blue-light radiation than the previous version. I'll keep that suggestion in mind (warmer hues). It may be that some RGB hex color codes can be swapped easily enough, RGB --> BGR (light blues become light reds). It may not be 'warm', but a 'dark theme' was added and enabled for all users (logged in or not) - "Extra Dark" (modified from a free, downloaded theme) ... not too much blue. This is at the bottom, middle. It could use a little more contrast in some areas and I'm not sure if the color/font choices are optimal for a white-on-black theme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mccoy Posted August 3, 2018 Report Share Posted August 3, 2018 Tim, I'm using the extra-dark theme now, it's perfect for health purposes, thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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