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Offline Doc B.

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on: January 31, 2013, 10:48:21 AM
Please be patient folks, we're upgrading the forum to increase functionality.

Dan "Doc B." Schmalle
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Reply #1 on: January 31, 2013, 11:02:19 AM
Oh the pain of generic powder blue!

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Reply #2 on: January 31, 2013, 11:09:29 AM
Wow, I hope we don't lose some of the old functions such as recent replies and posts. 

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Reply #3 on: January 31, 2013, 11:11:06 AM
Hoooo Weeeeee!  I just reloaded it and it is very different.  It will take getting used to.  I suppose that the look can be customized, yes?



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Reply #4 on: January 31, 2013, 11:22:05 AM
Doc,
A monumental task! Thank you for staying on top of the forum technology!

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Reply #5 on: January 31, 2013, 11:23:53 AM
Would you guys keep your pants on, please? This stuff takes some time to fine tune.

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Reply #6 on: January 31, 2013, 11:36:51 AM
Wow! This MUCH better! I can read it easily and the format makes more sense to me. I thought the old format was fine, but this has my vote now. Thanks



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Reply #7 on: January 31, 2013, 07:27:23 PM
awesome, much easier on the eyes i love it!

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Reply #8 on: January 31, 2013, 08:11:57 PM
Being newer software, then things will just get better.

It does jump out at you, seems to have more functionality, and as stated above...it is much easier to read.

I am certain that things will get nicer once all of the admin stuff is completed and the forum is fully in place. A lot of behind the scene stuff goes on in building a secure forum, stuff that I no longer even like to think about.

Good work BH!



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Reply #9 on: February 01, 2013, 01:47:13 AM
I thought that Dan was going to do an update of the old software, but this is obviously all new.  All the old functions seem to be there just presented a little differently.  It kind of wakes you up in the morning!



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Reply #10 on: February 01, 2013, 02:31:25 AM
As others have noted, I find it much easier to read. I wonder if that is because we are used to black on white or is there some other reason.

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Reply #11 on: February 01, 2013, 04:11:38 AM
Don't know if you are finished with the forum changes, but I miss the link that brought you back to the Bottlehead web site

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Reply #12 on: February 01, 2013, 04:58:22 AM
Would you guys keep your pants on, please? This stuff takes some time to fine tune.

Too late.  Pants are off.

I like the black font on while background better.



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Reply #13 on: February 01, 2013, 05:12:28 AM
ray, i am not sure why it was so hard to read. the dark, or better mostly black background and the white font looked really cool but my eyes always got kind of freaked out after a while. switching to any other site with a regular color scheme made you see these 'after pictures' from the white font that i was just reading before. i always helped myself with 'inverting' the colors on the screen. there is a keyboard shortcut on my mac: control+option+command+8  reverses every color on the screen. hitting the same combination again brings you back to normal. also when you have a total white background and black font can be hard too, in particular late at night when everything around you is dark already. for that situation i always use a little app called f.lux. it is free for mac and pc and it takes out all the blue color on the screen. that way everything looks yellowish. needs some time getting used to but it is much easier on the eye and you can sleep better.
anyways, thanks doc for putting in all this extra time and sweat to make the forum better.

Stefan Hampel
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Reply #14 on: February 01, 2013, 05:27:13 AM
Would you guys keep your pants on, please? This stuff takes some time to fine tune.

Too late.  Pants are off.

I like the black font on while background better.

Hmm, maybe we'll wait a while on that video chatroom feature...

This is not completely new software, it is the latest rev of the same simple machines forum software that we have been using the past few years. Our web host makes setting up some features tricky. But as I sort it out there should be more features showing up.

Dan "Doc B." Schmalle
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Bottlehead Corp.