Member AgentSam Posted May 25, 2016 Member Report Share Posted May 25, 2016 (edited) Looks like the 3D-Coat forums are being updated silently in the background even as I'm writing this. Webmaster, which version of IP.Board have you updated to? Cheers, AgentSam Edited May 25, 2016 by AgentSam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlosan Posted May 25, 2016 Report Share Posted May 25, 2016 Hi Forum was upgraded to V4. Webmaster is working on it. We are sorry for any inconvenience caused. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member Ballistic_Tension Posted May 25, 2016 Advanced Member Report Share Posted May 25, 2016 I also was what the heck is happening. good to know its on there end working on it . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member AgentSam Posted May 25, 2016 Author Member Report Share Posted May 25, 2016 (edited) @Carlosan: Does your own post look like this on your screen? EDIT: Noticed you just fixed your post... now it looks normal. (The picture above no longer reflects the latest situation.) Edited May 25, 2016 by AgentSam Updated to reflect current status... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member AgentSam Posted May 25, 2016 Author Member Report Share Posted May 25, 2016 Looks like the new version supports BB-code directly, without having to switch to BB-Code mode. I wonder what new BB-code tags are supported... Also, is the new version fully backwards compatible with the previous version? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlosan Posted May 25, 2016 Report Share Posted May 25, 2016 Webmaster will continue the upgrades tomorrow. we need to wait a little more to be fully backwards compatible with the previous version ty ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member AgentSam Posted May 25, 2016 Author Member Report Share Posted May 25, 2016 @Carlosan: OK, no worries, I'm sure he's doing his best. He should propably reset or delete some of the bug reports concerning forums, on the Mantis website too. (Although there's only one, and it was reported by me a few weeks ago. Now that report is no longer valid, because everything has changed.) One additional question comes to mind... Does the webmaster intend to restore the legacy "Dark 3D-Coat Theme", which was available in the old forum version? I loved that dark theme. Cheers, AgentSam 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contributor Michaelgdrs Posted May 25, 2016 Contributor Report Share Posted May 25, 2016 Love the new look , great job 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contributor Tony Nemo Posted May 25, 2016 Contributor Report Share Posted May 25, 2016 I look for the return of the dark theme. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member AgentSam Posted May 25, 2016 Author Member Report Share Posted May 25, 2016 @Tony: I sort of understand if the Webmaster doesn't want to implement additional themes, because it will require more maintenance, and there are other problems with the themes also.. One of which is "font colors".. the rich text editor allows users to set background and foreground colors for the text that they write, and if someone uses the light theme, but sets a dark font color, then people using the dark theme will be having a hard time seeing that text... And vice versa. But - I don't think I could live without the dark theme (this bright color hurts my eyes), so I'm considering implementing some custom dark forum styles as a Greasemonkey script that anyone can install and use if they like. Cheers, AgentSam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contributor ajz3d Posted May 25, 2016 Contributor Report Share Posted May 25, 2016 3 minutes ago, Tony Nemo said: I look for the return of the dark theme. Me too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member Ballistic_Tension Posted May 25, 2016 Advanced Member Report Share Posted May 25, 2016 dark theme 100% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member AgentSam Posted May 26, 2016 Author Member Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 Applying the attached stylesheet will give you the following. I didn't remember exactly what the old dark-theme looked like, so I just tried to get it as close to it as possible. This was tested in Firefox. To apply the user style-sheet, you need to save the attached .CSS as "userContent.css" into a "Chrome" subfolder inside your Firefox profile folder. Note: This was just a quick fix for my personal use; and I'm sure I didn't catch all of the new IP.Board color-definitions yet. It may be better to wait for the official Dark-Theme. This is just for those people who know what they're doing. Cheers, AgentSam userContent.css Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webmaster Posted May 26, 2016 Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 I have installed dark theme - Titanium 4x. You can choose it at the bottom of the page. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member arumiat Posted May 26, 2016 Advanced Member Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 39 minutes ago, webmaster said: I have installed dark theme - Titanium 4x. You can choose it at the bottom of the page. Much appreciated, easy to apply and much easier on the eye 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reputable Contributor AbnRanger Posted May 26, 2016 Reputable Contributor Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 38 minutes ago, webmaster said: I have installed dark theme - Titanium 4x. You can choose it at the bottom of the page. Please make dark theme the default, because bright white is incredibly hard on the eyes. It is why more and more CG apps are going with a darker grey theme. More light blasting the eyes punishes the eyes when you are sitting behind a monitor all day. AJZ had an awesome theme. Dark Grey with the accessories in Teal like the rest of the website. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contributor Malo Posted May 26, 2016 Contributor Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 Same here, the Dark theme is much better for the eyes. Anybody else cant see the images from the top row gallery? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member AgentSam Posted May 26, 2016 Author Member Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 This new version of IP.Board is great! My thanks to the webmaster for doing the update. There are so many small things that make this version better; like that visual separator between read and unread content. The new "Activity" displays are pretty decent also... However, I just had to minimize some of those margins and padding, because they were just crazy - so much empty space taking up my screen real-estate. Just had to. But all in all, I have to say this forum update was worth it from the end-user perspective. Cheers, AgentSam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member AgentSam Posted May 26, 2016 Author Member Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 QUESTION: Is it possible to limit the size of images when posting? For example, when posting screenshots using embedded IMGUR links, the images look huge in the post. It would be nice to be able to scale them down a bit; in a way that they are shown smaller in the posting, but become larger/fullsize when clicked. Can this be done? Without using the built-in attachment feature, which has a limited size quota per user. Cheers, AgentSam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webmaster Posted May 27, 2016 Report Share Posted May 27, 2016 Quote QUESTION: Is it possible to limit the size of images when posting? For example, when posting screenshots using embedded IMGUR links, the images look huge in the post. It would be nice to be able to scale them down a bit; in a way that they are shown smaller in the posting, but become larger/fullsize when clicked. Can this be done? Without using the built-in attachment feature, which has a limited size quota per user. Cheers, AgentSam Please post here some big screenshots using embedded IMGUR links. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member Ballistic_Tension Posted May 28, 2016 Advanced Member Report Share Posted May 28, 2016 my thoughts on the web page layout. I would like to be able to collapse the Images, Topics, and Post headers. The Topics and Post Headers I don't need at all. Having the same information in 3 different areas is redundant . thank you for the dark theme Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member AgentSam Posted May 28, 2016 Author Member Report Share Posted May 28, 2016 (edited) 36 minutes ago, Ballistic_Tension said: My thoughts on the web page layout. I would like to be able to collapse the Images, Topics, and Post headers. The Topics and Post Headers I don't need at all. Having the same information in 3 different areas is redundant . thank you for the dark theme I think you just got your wish granted... Because I can no longer see the "5 Latest Topics" and "5 Latest Posts" panels at all. And I agree they were a bit redundant, because the easiest way to check for latest content is still by using the "Unread Content" stream, which is what I use all the time. The Images banner should be collapsable. If I remember correctly, in the old V3 forums, the latest Topics and latest Posts panels were collapsable.. (there was a triangle button that collapsed the entire side-panel section). Edited May 28, 2016 by AgentSam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member AgentSam Posted May 28, 2016 Author Member Report Share Posted May 28, 2016 On my screen, the forum index now looks like this (with some custom CSS tweaks): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member Ballistic_Tension Posted May 28, 2016 Advanced Member Report Share Posted May 28, 2016 oh wow it is back sweet deal. Now I am wondering how to " Mark As Best Answer " to a post ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member AgentSam Posted May 28, 2016 Author Member Report Share Posted May 28, 2016 (edited) @webmaster: There's something weird going on with the quote you used earlier. Take a look: There are a couple of easy ways to fix it... Either set max-width to 100%: .ipsType_richText .ipsContained { max-width: 100%; } Or enable scroll bars on overflow, in the container: ipsQuote_contents { overflow: scroll !important; } Edited May 28, 2016 by AgentSam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlosan Posted May 28, 2016 Report Share Posted May 28, 2016 I see the quote ok using the default theme Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member AgentSam Posted May 28, 2016 Author Member Report Share Posted May 28, 2016 (edited) @Carlosan Yepp, it will look normal, when viewed with a browser on a desktop computer. But try using a mobile device and turn the screen to portrait orientation. The "responsive mobile layout" is enabled only when the browser screen width is reduced, like it is on many mobile devices, or if you manually make the browser window smaller in width on a desktop computer. Cheers, AgentSam Edited May 28, 2016 by AgentSam Added @ prefix to post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member AgentSam Posted May 28, 2016 Author Member Report Share Posted May 28, 2016 (edited) @webmaster: Please post here some big screenshots using embedded IMGUR links. Thanks. That's a rather general request. =) Did you want me to show you some examples of what I was talking about, when I wrote: Is it possible to limit the size of images when posting? Well, let me clarify, I already know about the automatic image scaling (max-width: 100%) and lightboxing that IP.Board implements. I was asking, can I limit the width of linked images manually, for example, by using BB-code tags with attributes, like: [img width={width} height={height} ...]{url}[/img] Because - sometimes the linked images look quite large, especially since the IP.Board scales to 100% width... So, is there any way to set the image width manually when adding image links to a post? (Of course, without having to resize the original image bitmap!) Cheers, AgentSam Edited May 28, 2016 by AgentSam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolyHertz Posted May 28, 2016 Report Share Posted May 28, 2016 Ever since the update, every single page I visit pops up a "would you like to receive notifications from this site", and I can't seem to turn it off. As a side note; Why are "Contributor" and "Moderator" titles in blue, but not "Applink Developer" ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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