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Cool.
I actually have a question about the contact icons, though. Are we going to keep the new system where they're all grouped under the single icon, or is the old system with the separate icons returning? I'm asking because honestly I think this new way looks way nicer than the old row of icons. About the only thing I'd change was remove the Contact: bit entirely and just have the icon to reduce clutter, but knowing phpBB it's probably a huge pain to change anyway, and doesn't really matter.
I actually have a question about the contact icons, though. Are we going to keep the new system where they're all grouped under the single icon, or is the old system with the separate icons returning? I'm asking because honestly I think this new way looks way nicer than the old row of icons. About the only thing I'd change was remove the Contact: bit entirely and just have the icon to reduce clutter, but knowing phpBB it's probably a huge pain to change anyway, and doesn't really matter.
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The full editior's options have it covered
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No, the intent is to leave it as it is. I might revisit and style the pop-up to look more like the old style icons, but that would be the only possible change.
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"Disable BBCode" and "Do not automatically parse URLs" don't actually stop it from embedding tweets.
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Yeah, I suppose the icons are a bit more wonky-looking than the old ones. But I'm glad to know the new setup is staying.
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Noted issues (elsewhere): Disable BBCode/Smart URLs does not disable media handling
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One thing I noticed is for the main forums that have subforums, the entire icon (speech bubbles on the left) lights up on a new post, regardless of whether that happens in the main forum or the subforum.
In the screenshot below, there are unread posts in PPPP, but there are no new posts in Funland Arcade, yet both the big and little speech bubbles are lit up.
I don't have a screenshot for it, but the reverse also causes the same issue. So if there are no new posts in Applejack's Cider Stand, but there are unread posts in Twilight's Soapbox, then both the big and little speech bubbles will be lit. I'm using Race, but this issue appears to happen in all themes.
In the screenshot below, there are unread posts in PPPP, but there are no new posts in Funland Arcade, yet both the big and little speech bubbles are lit up.
I don't have a screenshot for it, but the reverse also causes the same issue. So if there are no new posts in Applejack's Cider Stand, but there are unread posts in Twilight's Soapbox, then both the big and little speech bubbles will be lit. I'm using Race, but this issue appears to happen in all themes.
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I'm also a bit annoyed whenever a subforum has a new post the parent forum's icon is lit up. To some degree it's logical but also annoying to the same degree.
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Yes, this is an unfortunate, but deliberate, change in the new themes. The method I was using to determine which variation to show (Subforum unread, forum read; Subforum read, forum unread; etc) isn’t as nicely compatible with the way phpBB encourages developers to do mods today. As a result I set the task aside and pushed forward with just trying to get Shine and the other themes out there. I can try revisiting the issue, but it’s a non-trivial problem to solve.Octavia wrote: ↑Tue Nov 28, 2017 3:07 pmOne thing I noticed is for the main forums that have subforums, the entire icon (speech bubbles on the left) lights up on a new post, regardless of whether that happens in the main forum or the subforum.
In the screenshot below, there are unread posts in PPPP, but there are no new posts in Funland Arcade, yet both the big and little speech bubbles are lit up.
I don't have a screenshot for it, but the reverse also causes the same issue. So if there are no new posts in Applejack's Cider Stand, but there are unread posts in Twilight's Soapbox, then both the big and little speech bubbles will be lit. I'm using Race, but this issue appears to happen in all themes.
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Text box for entering posts is still in Trebuchet, and we still have the (redundant, since the big icons change color if there are unread posts) red piece-of-paper icons in thread titles, which weren't in the first-gen verb themes.
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minor thing: the width of the quick reply field seems to match that of the full reply field in that it leaves blank space where the smilies pane and stuff would be:
i only noticed because it makes the full editor & submit buttons look off-center
i only noticed because it makes the full editor & submit buttons look off-center
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I'm OK with the width because it's also about the same width as the posts themselves, which in turn are about as wide as a single-column document on standard office paper. I hear it said (by graphic design and typesetting professionals) that if a body of continuous text is too wide, it gets harder to keep track of what line you were on when your eyes move back to the left to read the next line.
But that does seem a bit different from before; maybe it used to be centered?
But that does seem a bit different from before; maybe it used to be centered?
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I am aware, and elected to only remove Trebuchet from the display of posts. I don't see a huge problem with text boxes unless people do have a problem with it.
I've been debating dropping those icons, but haven't as yet.
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Due to the nature of how textboxes like that work, I couldn't get it to expand with a full width in my initial prodding at it.
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Just spent a little bit of time working with Void to fix search. It should actually be super quick again.
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I feel like they should stay. It adds consistency across the new and old themes and they're not ugly low-quality image files anymore either so there's no real harm in keeping them. Plus they contrast well with most of the themes and makes it far easier to see threads with new posts even at a quick glance.ComradeCosmobot wrote: ↑Tue Nov 28, 2017 11:45 pmI've been debating dropping those icons, but haven't as yet.
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Doubleposting again, because something strange is going on with how things are laid out in my profile:
I think the gangtag/custom title might be down to me using the center bbcode tag in the text (it seems to happen to anyone using that tag), but I've got no idea what happened with the signature being offset by x amount of pixels. It's like that in the signature editor preview as well.
I think the gangtag/custom title might be down to me using the center bbcode tag in the text (it seems to happen to anyone using that tag), but I've got no idea what happened with the signature being offset by x amount of pixels. It's like that in the signature editor preview as well.
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Problem with Play:
I'm guessing the postprofile border colour should be the same for both bg1 and bg2, since it looks weird having it change like this.
I'm guessing the postprofile border colour should be the same for both bg1 and bg2, since it looks weird having it change like this.
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Now that you've mentioned it, I think all the themes do that. I know Race does, and it looks a little wonky, but I imagine for Race it's so the border doesn't get lost in the darker alternating postbody color.
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Some subtle alternation would probably be alright, but this looks like the bg1 colour was intended for Play while the bg2 one was copied from a different theme.
Also, the "wrote:" text in quotes is pretty hard to read:
Also, the "wrote:" text in quotes is pretty hard to read:
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That separator is supposed to alternate, but it's supposed to be subtle. That should get fixed.
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Play issues and signature margins have been fixed.
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Two other things I've spotted: The whitespace around avatars is part of the profile link. That was not the case in the before times. And the separator line between profile and post doesn't go all the way down if the post is longer than the profile. Pretty sure it used to, but I can't be positive about this one.
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No, I think the separator line always cut off at some point. I dunno why but yeah pretty sure about that one.
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Oubliettes and Ogres updates like every 5 minutes and it always makes me think there's a new post in Applejack's Cider Stand and it's driving me nutsComradeCosmobot wrote: ↑Tue Nov 28, 2017 4:53 pmYes, this is an unfortunate, but deliberate, change in the new themes. The method I was using to determine which variation to show (Subforum unread, forum read; Subforum read, forum unread; etc) isn’t as nicely compatible with the way phpBB encourages developers to do mods today. As a result I set the task aside and pushed forward with just trying to get Shine and the other themes out there. I can try revisiting the issue, but it’s a non-trivial problem to solve.
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Is there anyway to have the egosearch link back? Right now the only way you can get to it is if you have it bookmarked. I remember it being available on most if not all pages, or at least on indexes
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It's under the quick links menu in the top left.Sailor Yue wrote: ↑Fri Dec 01, 2017 9:25 amIs there anyway to have the egosearch link back? Right now the only way you can get to it is if you have it bookmarked. I remember it being available on most if not all pages, or at least on indexes
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Aaah did not know about that. Thanks!
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The notifications drop down is not mobile friendly.
And half the time it won't load. It will blink into existence then vanish..
And half the time it won't load. It will blink into existence then vanish..
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This does not appear to be a trivial fix, if it's even doable.Sailor Yue wrote: ↑Fri Dec 01, 2017 10:08 amThe notifications drop down is not mobile friendly.
And half the time it won't load. It will blink into existence then vanish..
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There are no more sub-subforums.
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Rejoice! No more false-positive "new post" indicators!
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Only dom-forums now.
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I'm using Shine but I think the problem might be broader:
Clicking the Notifications hides it. This makes it unable to be shown on mobile as you can't do a mouseover without a tap. It's also annoying on desktop because if you click it, you can't get it back until refreshing the page.
Clicking the Notifications hides it. This makes it unable to be shown on mobile as you can't do a mouseover without a tap. It's also annoying on desktop because if you click it, you can't get it back until refreshing the page.
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It's because there's no such thing as a vertical line object in HTML. The easiest thing to do is to just give one of them a border on one side, in this case the user info box. You could also give the area surrounding both columns a background image that looks like a vertical line when it's stretched, and it might look fine as long as it's an SVG, but I don't know if anyone here is adept at creating those.RIP Syndrome wrote: ↑Fri Dec 01, 2017 7:40 amNo, I think the separator line always cut off at some point. I dunno why but yeah pretty sure about that one.
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Nothing I can do about this. The Notifications link is supposed to actually link you to your notifications page, but the click event gets consumed before that happens. However, the click does screw with the hover events such that they can’t come back.Factory Factory wrote: ↑Mon Dec 04, 2017 7:04 pmI'm using Shine but I think the problem might be broader:
Clicking the Notifications hides it. This makes it unable to be shown on mobile as you can't do a mouseover without a tap. It's also annoying on desktop because if you click it, you can't get it back until refreshing the page.
There may be some JavaScript error that kills event handling on the page, but so far I haven’t found it or found a way to fix it. Even adding onclick event handlers and using them to suppress the event before it hits the actual link doesn’t prevent the drop down from being permanently disabled.
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The "mark all topics read" link is where the "view unread topics" link used to be