Updated forum theme

[RubberDucky]

Love the new theme! Of course, it'll take me some time to get used to it, but I already love it and actually plan to continue using it 

[Mumbling]

Well, thanks to the immediate and thorough help of the awesome @Stardisk the theme is now basically fully ready for roll-out. Because of that, I have pushed it to everyone now. Please note you can still go back to the HaleOn theme as described in the first post (sorry if you have to do this a second time now).

NEW:
News + banner up top
Functional light theme (check it out by clicking on the sun in the top right, it is pretty)
Backgrounds that scale for higher resolutions (4k now looks decent )

If it doesn't work for you, press CTRL+F5 for a hard refresh (or clear your cache manually).

Any issues, let us know!

[Littlefoot1616]

Hey hey! Loving the new theme applied here.
I might have been a bit of an old dog on these here pages but always glad to see when something gets a new look.
Nicely done gang! 

[StardustSoldier]

As I mentioned on the server, it looks good.

[Hammy]

Oh, I like this. I mainly use the forum on desktop, and I'm finding things much more readable and user-friendly.

[Sneak]

I switched to old theme yesterday. New theme is near-completed? Cool!
Would look at it in next days then, will see if there's some odd moments in it.

[Anagnos]

Is the font in the main page perhaps little too big for others? I can hardly see the full text.

[Mumbling]

Is the font in the main page perhaps little too big for others? I can hardly see the full text.

If you have this problem, please clear your cache. On your desktop browser you can press CTRL + F5. On mobile please google what is the best way to clear the cache for your browser of choice. The big text is not supposed to be that big

[Anagnos]

^Already got an answer to this in the Discord chat, but thanks nonetheless. I'll keep that in mind if/when I make the switch to the new theme. Thank you, Mumbling.

[StardustSoldier]

*presses CTRL + F5*

Ah, there we go. Much better.

[Sneak]

So, I switched to new theme minutes ago.

Here's screen and list of things I think should be fixed a little or explained to me (just my personal opinion XD)



1) Avatar's circle cut

All users' avatars are cut in circle for me, including mine. Can somebody tell me, where I can switch avatar settings so at least my avatar wasn't cut? Thanks.

2) Avatar in top panel

This one not just cut in circle, but also has disproportional resizing, if height/width is longer than width/height. Adding proportional resizing should help, I think.

3)  Link to Messages folder and mysterious number

It was said it sjows number of pages, not number of new messages, but here's two things:
- what use of showing number of pages?..
- I counted, and made a conclusion - number of pages in Messages folder is not the same as this mysterious (4). Can somebody enlighten me, what it actually is then?.. I am curious!

4) Distance between Light/Dark and Search icons and News Area.

I think some padding would be helpful.

5) Text fields' missing/dark borders.

In dark theme, lack of bright borders makes hard to detect where are borders of text fields. XD

[Mumbling]

Good feedback Sneak. Here are my answers!

1) Avatar's circle cut

All users' avatars are cut in circle for me, including mine. Can somebody tell me, where I can switch avatar settings so at least my avatar wasn't cut? Thanks.

This is not currently possible, but we can probably add that option with Stardisk's help.

2) Avatar in top panel

This one not just cut in circle, but also has disproportional resizing, if height/width is longer than width/height. Adding proportional resizing should help, I think.

Can probably also be fixed

3)  Link to Messages folder and mysterious number

It was said it sjows number of pages, not number of new messages, but here's two things:
- what use of showing number of pages?..
- I counted, and made a conclusion - number of pages in Messages folder is not the same as this mysterious (4). Can somebody enlighten me, what it actually is then?.. I am curious!

This number actually shows the number of unread messages. I have recounted the forum totals, so this should be reset to (0) now. If not, you actually have unread PMs

4) Distance between Light/Dark and Search icons and News Area.

I think some padding would be helpful.

I don't personally have an issue with this. Why is it too close for you?

5) Text fields' missing/dark borders.

In dark theme, lack of bright borders makes hard to detect where are borders of text fields. XD

I agree it is an issue. We will fix this.

[Sneak]

I don't personally have an issue with this. Why is it too close for you?

Well, on my screenshot, you can see how Stupid Claws' emote intersects with day/night button. I personally think any two forum sections should have some distance between them, and big elemets from one section, if they big enough, like this emote, should not step into other section.

А ты как считаешь, Стардиск? 

Edit:

Mystery about Messages counter remains.

Here is sceenshot :



When I DO have a new message, mysterious (4) disappears, and actual counter appears, but when I read unread message... (4) appears again... O_o

[Mumbling]

Oh hey! Mine went from 0 to 6 after the recount  We will get to the bottom of this!

It went back to zero when I pressed the button "Mark read" in the top right of the Conversations page. Does that work for you?

[Stardisk]

А ты как считаешь, Стардиск? 

Я даже не замечал этого, пока ты не указал. Я добавил туда отступ.
Also I've fixed your avatar (and all the other's avatars which are not square-shaped), and the borders for fields too. See attachment. I hope you like it.
These fixes have not been added to the live yet, so please be patient

Mystery about Messages counter remains.

If Mumbling's piece of advice won't help you, I think it is a wrong value in the database. Probably it will be possible to change it manually

[Sneak]

It went back to zero when I pressed the button "Mark read" in the top right of the Conversations page. Does that work for you?

Yes, it helped.
But it didn't when I opened every messages conversation and every page... :/
It clearly doesn't work correctly.
And why sometimes it's red circle, and sometimes - number in brackets?..
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Perfect work, Stardisk!

[StardustSoldier]

Ooh, I love the new light theme. Looks great.

Much better than Discord's light mode.

[Sneak]

Discord has light mode? :O
(well, I rarely use it)

Yeah, light theme is good.

Oh, forgot one more small request about new template: can we please return linkink to main page when you click on forum banner with mouse-middle-click? XD
Thanks!

[Stardisk]

Discord has light mode? :O

I didn't know that Discord allows to change its gray appearance at all

Oh, forgot one more small request about new template: can we please return linkink to main page when you click on forum banner with mouse-middle-click? XD
Thanks!

Will do! Tomorrow we are planning to send all the updates and fixes to the live.

[StardustSoldier]

Discord has light mode? :O

I didn't know that Discord allows to change its gray appearance at all

If you go to 'User Settings' and then 'Appearance', it'll let you switch between Dark and Light.