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Title: Forum is gonna look a bit different for a while
Post by: Titan on April 12, 2020, 12:15:35 PM
 Happy Easter all! I'm aware of the "new look" of the forum right now. We just had a major update done that appears to have changed some things. Not to worry. I'll work on it this week to get things changed back to where they need to be changed. Also since I'm furloughed and have the time, I'm planning on changing the look of the site a bit. Hang tight! I can't look at things today (on my phone and out of the house for the day) but I'll check things out tomorrow :)
Title: Re: Forum is gonna look a bit different for a while
Post by: Kurt Angle on April 12, 2020, 12:44:14 PM
I just logged on and WHOAAH! but the main thing is we are now on the latest software :D
Title: Re: Forum is gonna look a bit different for a while
Post by: Paul2 on April 12, 2020, 01:55:31 PM
good to know we are getting forums update or overhaul.  i don't mind waiting till we get back to the old look.  so take your time titan.
Title: Re: Forum is gonna look a bit different for a while
Post by: §ôµÏG®ïñD on April 13, 2020, 02:11:33 AM
I just removed a crap load of spammed topics.   
Title: Re: Forum is gonna look a bit different for a while
Post by: Titan on April 13, 2020, 08:25:20 AM
Yeah. I removed a couple myself too. The person I hired to fix and update the site did warn me that if the install was too broken, they would have to do a fresh install. It appears that was indeed the case (it was really really broken lol). If you see spam, just delete it. I'm working on getting the antispam back up today at the very least. I probably should have screen shotted all our mods lol. But hey, this gives a great opportunity for a blank slate :)


EDIT: I installed a new spam filter that's compatible with the new forum version. Any issues with spam, PM or email me :) Now onto fixing other things, like the smilies lol
Title: Re: Forum is gonna look a bit different for a while
Post by: Jumpman on April 13, 2020, 09:37:43 AM
Looks awful!

I miss the old style. Very 2000ish
Title: Re: Forum is gonna look a bit different for a while
Post by: Titan on April 13, 2020, 09:43:27 AM
Looks awful!

I miss the old style. Very 2000ish

This is the default theme. It is pretty awful. Unfortunately we can't use the old one anymore. Over time it became very incompatible with the site. But there's some really cool new ones out there that work a lot better. I'm going to be looking extensively at new ones. Definitely looking for one that works well on mobile devices. That's kind of a requirement today.

In the meantime, what do you guys want to see in a new theme for the forum?
Title: Re: Forum is gonna look a bit different for a while
Post by: §ôµÏG®ïñD on April 13, 2020, 10:17:41 PM
I personally prefer it black, easier on the eyes.
Title: Re: Forum is gonna look a bit different for a while
Post by: Kurt Angle on April 13, 2020, 11:52:43 PM
Dark themes FTW  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Forum is gonna look a bit different for a while
Post by: Paul2 on April 14, 2020, 12:42:16 AM
count me in.  me three.
Title: Re: Forum is gonna look a bit different for a while
Post by: Titan on April 14, 2020, 07:10:28 AM
Haha. I guess I'm the only one who prefers a lighter theme. But I found this theme. It's free and supposedly should work fine on mobile (claims it's adaptive. Worst case, I still have the files for the old mobile theme). Let me know what you guys think. It has a button on the right hand side to tobble between a light and dark theme so you can choose what you want. Think it's a good middle ground and I'm sure I can manipulate the colors as needed. I also like the simplistic design. If you like it, I'll try to get this up this week.

Here's a demo you can play with
http://smftheme.byethost18.com/index.php?theme=6

(https://i.ibb.co/d5K4npQ/wegame.jpg)
Title: Re: Forum is gonna look a bit different for a while
Post by: Kurt Angle on April 14, 2020, 08:19:38 AM
Thats actually a nice theme and with the switch toggle you can choose to have the lights on or off.  B)

Thumbs up from me.
Title: Re: Forum is gonna look a bit different for a while
Post by: Paul2 on April 14, 2020, 01:41:57 PM
much better with the dark theme. i like that you can switch between light and dark theme. :)
Title: Re: Forum is gonna look a bit different for a while
Post by: Titan on April 14, 2020, 04:48:54 PM
I made some progress on the theme tonight. Got some work to still do so hang tight guys! I'm shooting for the end of this week but may take longer.

I'm actually posting and browsing the forum on it right now looking for weirdness and glitches. Found a few that may take me time to figure out. I'm liking it so far though. And I'm using the dark theme you guys seem to like so much. I have the light theme good enough :) I'll look into seeing if I can set specific people on it so if anyone wants to beta test it with me, that'd be awesome :)
Title: Re: Forum is gonna look a bit different for a while
Post by: Jumpman on April 17, 2020, 04:30:28 PM
How do you switch themes?
Title: Re: Forum is gonna look a bit different for a while
Post by: Titan on April 17, 2020, 08:13:57 PM
How do you switch themes?

You can't yet as a user :) I'm still working on it. There's a couple hiccups I'm trying to work through and they bother me enough for me to not launch it yet. But I do admit Kurt and I are beta testing it and it's overall pretty sweet  :3some You wanna beta test it? I can set you to it. Only catch is you have to give feedback and let me know if you find any glitches  B)
Title: Re: Forum is gonna look a bit different for a while
Post by: Jumpman on April 18, 2020, 03:42:43 PM
I have to do something then?

Pass.

I'll live with the new theme. Feels like a boring afterlife.
Title: Re: Forum is gonna look a bit different for a while
Post by: Titan on April 22, 2020, 07:55:09 AM
The new theme has been assigned to everyone. I'd say it's at 98% with a couple minor details that may have been missed. If you see anything that needs fixing or have any suggestions, please send a PM or reply in one of the theme threads, or make a new thread in Suggestions or whatever :) Any questions, let me or Kurt know. Enjoy!
Title: Re: Forum is gonna look a bit different for a while
Post by: Jumpman on April 22, 2020, 10:26:45 AM
I miss the old style.

Dont like how the posts are arranged.
Title: Re: Forum is gonna look a bit different for a while
Post by: Paul2 on April 22, 2020, 11:02:35 AM
thank you titan.  i like that i can switch to dark theme and its much better now.  easier on the eyes.

oh jumpman, you can toggle to dark theme on the switch on the upper right hand side corner of the forums.
Title: Re: Forum is gonna look a bit different for a while
Post by: Titan on April 22, 2020, 12:32:09 PM
I miss the old style.

Dont like how the posts are arranged.

Specifics? I mean, they go in order of when they were posted like any other time :D
Title: Re: Forum is gonna look a bit different for a while
Post by: Paul2 on May 06, 2020, 05:02:02 PM
i have a suggestion.  how about make a link to all new unread posts for the entire forums instead of just section of the forums like how the old forums were.
Title: Re: Forum is gonna look a bit different for a while
Post by: Titan on May 07, 2020, 02:52:33 PM
i have a suggestion.  how about make a link to all new unread posts for the entire forums instead of just section of the forums like how the old forums were.

If you click your name in the upper right hand corner, it'll make a drop down menu. You can click it there :) For me to add in just a link would likely require me to rewrite the whole theme. What I can look into is making it so the drop down appears when you hover over it instead of clicking on it :)
Title: Re: Forum is gonna look a bit different for a while
Post by: Paul2 on May 07, 2020, 03:26:19 PM
thank you titan for showing me to click on my name in the upper right hand corner of the forum to show recent unread topics.  now i can use it to make it more convenient than clicking on the unread posts of each sections.

if you could, you can make the drop down menu appears when you hover it.  take your time. i don't mind waiting as i can click on my name for it to appears which is already very convenient.  B)
Title: Re: Forum is gonna look a bit different for a while
Post by: Titan on May 07, 2020, 03:54:12 PM
thank you titan for showing me to click on my name in the upper right hand corner of the forum to show recent unread topics.  now i can use it to make it more convenient than clicking on the unread posts of each sections.

if you could, you can make the drop down menu appears when you hover it.  take your time. i don't mind waiting as i can click on my name for it to appears which is already very convenient.  B)

Yeah. It's a learning curve I guess. All the features of the old theme should be there. Just a matter of getting used to the new layout :)
Title: Re: Forum is gonna look a bit different for a while
Post by: Cerberus on May 08, 2020, 07:20:33 PM
that's a lot of white.
Title: Re: Forum is gonna look a bit different for a while
Post by: Paul2 on May 08, 2020, 07:36:58 PM
welcome back cerberus.  i just toggled the switch and now i realize the board is whiter than the previous time i toggled it.  you can switch to dark theme by toggling the switch on the upper right hand side of the forum.

btw, i made a birthday thread for you late last year.  hopefully you can visit it and chime in.
Title: Re: Forum is gonna look a bit different for a while
Post by: Titan on May 09, 2020, 07:41:39 AM
that's a lot of white.

Click the toggle button below the banner. Wish I could add text and an arrow to it to click there for dark lol.
Title: Re: Forum is gonna look a bit different for a while
Post by: GmanJoe on November 21, 2020, 03:39:02 PM
I was like....hmmm...I wonder if PSX2Central is still around. So I searched. Zip. Tried PSX3Central. Then 4....nothing. Added "forum" and BAM! FOUND YOU GUYS!  :bounce:
Title: Re: Forum is gonna look a bit different for a while
Post by: GmanJoe on November 21, 2020, 03:40:07 PM
I still get kicked out of the thread I just posted in.
Title: Re: Forum is gonna look a bit different for a while
Post by: Titan on November 23, 2020, 09:07:43 AM
Update those bookmarks lol. Plus, I'm pretty sure you've been here when it was PSX4Central. I have a redirect now. But yeah. I got laid off like 7 months ago and redesigned the site. You can also switch between light and dark themes which is cool. There's a button below the banner.

I've always hated that it kicks you out of the thread. But that's how the forum software works. I don't know of a workaround.