New Forum Version

[ivconic]

I like the "Cool Blue" but it is "narrowed":

Now is ALRIGHT!
THANKS!

[ionut_mtb]

On the old forum, if you searched, for example, "delta puse" the results came also with the number of pages of that thread. And that's how you know it is the main thread for that project. Carl, it is possible to add pagination near the thread name in search window? (ex: 1,2,3...70,71,72) The same i see for "what's new" or "tech forum", looks like for all the pages. thanks

[ivconic]

I like the "Cool Blue" but it is "narrowed":

[Carl-NC]

One other thing... I cannot bring back the vB4 blue style you seemed to like, it was not included in the vB5 update. However, they included some other color styles and they are in a pop-up list at the lower left corner. If you don't like one of those, then there are lots of vB5 styles that people have created. If you can get the XML file for one you like then I will install it. See the forums on vbulletin.com and vbulletin.org, make sure you consider vB5 styles only.

[Carl-NC]

I'm not sure I can add a "dislike" option. But at least "Write something..." is gone.

[ivconic]

...The whole 'like' thing is new and maybe I should just turn it off...

Not! On the contrary!
I think it's a neat thing, it just needs to be rearranged, if possible.
Let it be expanded to have "likes" and "unlikes" with numbers in front of each.
It's nothing important to the forum. But over time it may serve some statistics.
And maybe one day there will be a vote for "this and that"... some prize game, etc.
It's just good to have it as an option.
Like on Facebook (which I don't really like, but I go there sometimes to see who is gossiping about me and why) ...
(the truth is different, I go there secretly to look at photos/videos of hot girls and younger milfs) ...
(unbelievable is what these women and girls of today are all ready for!!!)...
khhm...
so there on Facebook I saw that those "likes" and "unlikes" are sometimes indicative, they show something,
they build self-confidence, or vice versa,
sometimes they point out some personal mistakes, etc.
In this way, the public will let you know that you were wrong or that you are on the right path.
A very discreet way to warn you and keep in mind the mood of the majority.
Keep it!
Expand it if there is options for that.

[Carl-NC]

This is as it should be:

This is not:

Sorry, can't do much about that. I also don't care for it but not seeing any mods that will fix it.

This annoys:

Cursor alone would do.

That might be an easy fix.

This makes no sense:

It does not tell that I liked your post, it rather tells; "there is 1 unlike on this post"...

I think it tells you that there is 1 'like' for the post, it is your 'like', and you can retract it if you want. The whole 'like' thing is new and maybe I should just turn it off.

[ivconic]

This is as it should be:

This is not:

This annoys:

Cursor alone would do.
...
This makes no sense:

It does not tell that I liked your post, it rather tells; "there is 1 unlike on this post"...

[ivconic]

As I said before, the old forum was running on borrowed time. It has already gone down twice in the last year or so, both times because my hosting service upgraded me to PHP 8 which the old forum does not support. They manually downgraded me to PHP 7.4 but told me this would soon become impossible. So I decided to upgrade before another shut-down. But I did keep the logo exactly the same, just like Mercedes.
The red/gold color scheme is very close to the old forum. I've tried to improve contrast where it is most important. If you were using the blue/gray vB4 color scheme, sorry, that was not included in vB5. But there are several other color schemes you can use if you don't like the 'Geotech' colors.

Yes exactly. These were the colors when you weren't logged in, when you logged in, they were light blue white... something like that.
And the eyes "rested" with such a combination.
Ok, I probably didn't follow your reasoning before, now that you've said it again; it is clear that you were forced to make these changes.
I hadn't seen that before... clearly why. In the same way, I'm afraid, I will miss a lot to see in the future, from the posts.
The analogy with Mercedes turned out badly! But the point is clear.
Look at this post, the text, somehow the letters don't come out naturally like before. It looks weird.

[Carl-NC]

The old web site is full of dead links. It's all going away eventually and will end up in the Articles section, I'll deal with dead links as I go.

[David_1]

broken link

[Carl-NC]

As I said before, the old forum was running on borrowed time. It has already gone down twice in the last year or so, both times because my hosting service upgraded me to PHP 8 which the old forum does not support. They manually downgraded me to PHP 7.4 but told me this would soon become impossible. So I decided to upgrade before another shut-down. But I did keep the logo exactly the same, just like Mercedes.

The red/gold color scheme is very close to the old forum. I've tried to improve contrast where it is most important. If you were using the blue/gray vB4 color scheme, sorry, that was not included in vB5. But there are several other color schemes you can use if you don't like the 'Geotech' colors.

[ivconic]

I'm sorry to say it this way; but the new look of the forum is unbearable. It tires the eyes very quickly.
And it's hard to navigate. It's hard to keep up with threads, new posts, etc.
Maybe I'm too used to the old look.
But than again... why change if it has worked well for years and we are all used to it?
Why doesn't Mercedes change its trademark, for example?
Maybe time has overtaken me, I'm not the oldest here, but I feel very old and tired.
I'm not for such visual/mental acrobatics anymore.
If sometimes I manage to find the right topic at the right time to post something... ok, but if I'm not there
it just means that I'm lost in these contrasts and colorfulness.
Not only that, every time I visit a "new" forum and open something to look at; some new "irregularity" in behavior occurs. I'm more bored to follow and count them.
It is obvious that the script is very "dynamic" and that by changing one; you affect a lot of other changes. You patch one hole... and 5 others open up!
I am not obliged to suffer someone to forcefully train me. At the same time, my vision and nerves suffer.
I am truly sorry that I have to write all this like this. But just to explain, so that no one would misunderstand my resignation.
Carl, you should have bought yourself a "Porschaaa" two seater, found a young girl, gone to Vegas and spent some money...anything was better than this!

[lucifer]

I am a full time web developer as well, both frontend and backend. I'll be glad if I can help in any way, for free of course, as a thank you for all the knowledge I gathered from this forum over the years.

[eclipse]

I work as a web developer Carl. Started working some 12 years ago by doing CSS/HTML for couple of years then moved to PHP and JS and a little bit of this and that. Will gladly help with the new forum clothes.