[Testing Potassium] New Forum Style

[Malcovent]

Tl;dr, new forum background splash, new forum colour scheme.

https://brivium.com/xenforo-styles/
https://xenforo.com/community/resources/categories/other-styles.8/

Search, find any you like, discuss. Remember we can change minor things/we can also change the background splash, just as we did with this style.

Alternatively we may just want to stick with the current theme but, use a dark version, or even just stick with this theme and change the colours/splash.

https://xenforo.com/community/resources/flexile-dark.3095/

 

[superstein]

I'm just going to throw some of the ones I like down.
https://brivium.com/resources/scandium.157/ - Nice refreshing look, seems to have lots of ability for customization. I'd be willing to pay for this one (and any of the other ones)

https://brivium.com/resources/phosphorus.147/ - Free. Not a terrible choice in my opinion, a bit bland though.

Looked through a bunch of them, a lot of them seem very cluttered and difficult to work with. Our current one can work with some recoloring though if we don't want to bother with paying/switching.

 

[JtTorso]

I'm quite a fan of flexile dark, very reminiscent of the Cobalt theme from the old forums.

These few caught my attention as well:
https://brivium.com/resources/germanium.176/
https://brivium.com/resources/potassium.155/

 

[tnm]

I really like the flexile light theme, although it would be nice if we could get a theme that works well not only on desktop, but also on tablet and mobile devices. Agreeing with superstein here- the scandium theme looks pretty good as an alternative. I've had a look at the demo (https://brivium.com/demo/Scandium/) and it seems like a good choice.

 

[Ogarci]

Going to second Jt's link to Germanium.

Would it be possible to have multiple themes to choose from in the end situation? Such as a light one, dark one, pink/girly one, minecraft one, etc?

 

[superstein]

Anyone else care to take a look and share opinions on current ones listed and others?

 

[Danni122112]

I liked Jt's potassuim one

 

[Nillbugwtw]

Potassium looks nice, feels very material design-ish.
(but christ we need to pick a better colour scheme)

 

[JtTorso]

I've always liked the idea of having multiple themes like we did back on the old old forums, I don't really know what goes into web design and stuff like that though but the halloween theme went smoothly enough that I wouldn't mind seeing 2-3 optional themes that are available all year.

 

[superstein]

I've always liked the idea of having multiple themes like we did back on the old old forums, I don't really know what goes into web design and stuff like that though but the halloween theme went smoothly enough that I wouldn't mind seeing 2-3 optional themes that are available all year.

Probably possible, might require a bit of backup cleaning though. And making those themes.

I can select a theme to use myself, not sure if that is linked to another admin permission though or it can be given to players safely without giving them something else unintentionally.

 

[JtTorso]

Probably possible, might require a bit of backup cleaning though. And making those themes.

I can select a theme to use myself, not sure if that is linked to another admin permission though or it can be given to players safely without giving them something else unintentionally.

I too can select themes, can't recall of that was an available option with my previous ranks though.

 

[Nillbugwtw]

I too can select themes, can't recall of that was an available option with my previous ranks though.

Looks like it's available down through player - I tested User Permissions, and I was able to change my style via the preferences menu even as a test player.

 

[Danni122112]

Probably possible, might require a bit of backup cleaning though. And making those themes.

I can select a theme to use myself, not sure if that is linked to another admin permission though or it can be given to players safely without giving them something else unintentionally.

Halloween all year m8

 

[RyanDodd]

My personal favorite is potassium. I like the modern look of it compared to what we have now.

 

[Malcovent]

I'll buy potassium at some stage and try modify it to see if we can get some early-acceptable results, we'll then decide based on that.

What i was hoping was possible was changing the splash/forum logo based on the sub-category (so garrysmod sub = garrysmod splash + garrysmod themed logo), but that might require sure hacking about, so I may abandon that depending on how much help xenforo can help.

Will keep you posted with results.

 

[Malcovent]

Small update - theme is bought, had hoped to be able to upload & tweak with it on the train (3 hour trip there and back) but, apparently something with the trains Wifi doesn't enjoy any attempts to FTP to the webserver, so it'll have to wait.

Will let you all know when it can be tried though.

 

[SparklyMuffinz]

Small update - theme is bought, had hoped to be able to upload & tweak with it on the train (3 hour trip there and back) but, apparently something with the trains Wifi doesn't enjoy any attempts to FTP to the webserver, so it'll have to wait.

Will let you all know when it can be tried though.

Not to bother youuu but I heard a couple people tried it out with our forums and was just wondering if it's possible for us to do it too? :)

 

[JtTorso]

Not to bother youuu but I heard a couple people tried it out with our forums and was just wondering if it's possible for us to do it too? :)

If you go down to the bottom of the page and click on Flexile Fixed a page comes up where you can select different themes, Potassium is currently an option, I'm currently testing it out myself.

 

[SparklyMuffinz]

If you go down to the bottom of the page and click on Flexile Fixed a page comes up where you can select different themes, Potassium is currently an option, I'm currently testing it out myself.

Thank you! Didn't see.

 

[Ogarci]

Are there any options that are configurable to the theme? Such as text color/etc? I'm very unfamiliar with xenforo themes.

 

[JtTorso]

There's whatever this is

 

[JtTorso]

Apologies for the double post, but if you edit a rather large post, it can actually extend the edit window so much so that the "save changes" button gets cut off and you can't actually make your edits. I'm currently using pottassium test.

 

[Nillbugwtw]

Are there any options for configuring how unread threads are displayed? As it stands currently, the tiny blue dot is somewhat difficult to notice at a quick glance,and something like title bolding would work much better, in my opinion.

 

[Malcovent]

Apologies for the double post, but if you edit a rather large post, it can actually extend the edit window so much so that the "save changes" button gets cut off and you can't actually make your edits. I'm currently using pottassium test.

Could you link me to an example thread please?

 

[JtTorso]

Could you link me to an example thread please?

Either post with the long spoiler, it's possible it could just be me as I haven't heard anyone else with the same issues.

http://blocktopia.net/forum/threads/sulfuric-hyond-creation-beach-bay.17739/