A Shiny New Mac-Forums!

[Kevriano]

Thanks for the direct links, much better, one thing though (grammar police alert), can we have the first letter upper case on each please, it looks nicer/proper. Thanks

 

[iggibar]

Hmm.. Having an issue and not sure if it is related to changes being made. Last night, I posted a new thread with (as I count them) 9 images. No emoticons and only two other html address links. It let me post just fine, and I was able to see all of the images as well.

I came back today and noticed that none of the images were posted, so I tried putting them back in. But when I tried to save the post, I got a message saying that I have 14 images and am only allowed to post up to 10. Again, I only count 9 images, so can you tell me if it's me or something else?

http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/ip...mpact-flash-card-reader-ipad-mini-review.html

Thanks!

Doug

Edit: And now the images are back again? Strange things are afoot at the Circle K...

The images don't work for me when going to the link provided. They show up as a square with a question mark. However, if I right click on the pic box, and tell it to open in a new tab, it works. Does the same thing on Safari, Firefox, and Chrome.

 

[Doug b]

The images don't work for me when going to the link provided. They show up as a square with a question mark. However, if I right click on the pic box, and tell it to open in a new tab, it works. Does the same thing on Safari, Firefox, and Chrome.

There is definitely something strange happening. When I go to the post directly from the forum link, only some pics make it. But when clicking on an external link, I see no photos at all. This has to be a forum bug.

Doug

 

[Demapples]

Just noticed the '"New posts" link. Nice! (Must have been missing it all along, or it was just added)

 

[iggibar]

There is definitely something strange happening. When I go to the post directly from the forum link, only some pics make it. But when clicking on an external link, I see no photos at all. This has to be a forum bug.

Doug

I'm going to try posting an image from sketch:

Seems to be working fine for me when importing photos in

format.
Maybe there's a problem with the photo site you are using?

Oh...I just realized, your links are working fine now.

 

[baggss]

I gave the new skin about a week and then I couldn't stand it anymore and went back to the old one. Ah well.

 

[I.M.O.G.]

There is definitely something strange happening. When I go to the post directly from the forum link, only some pics make it. But when clicking on an external link, I see no photos at all. This has to be a forum bug.

Doug

The images are hosted externally, not on mac-forums - they are loading fine for me now, but weren't the other day. I can't see any sort of forum bug, just looks like the external server isn't always serving up the images when the thread loads. If the images are uploaded to the forum and are not displaying, I would be more concerned.

Any other threads where anything similar is happening? I think its just the image server the poster used.

 

[iggibar]

Hey I.M.O.G.,
I've been using the new MF...might as well get used to it, and help out. I was wondering, is it at all possible to change the font colors so that it's easier to distinguish from read and non-read threads. As of right now, to me, it looks like they blend in too easily with each other.

For some reason, I think Mac-Forums works better on Google Chrome than Safari or Firefox.

 

[I.M.O.G.]

Currently, unread threads are marked by bold text, and a red icon:
Regular unread thread:

Hot unread thread:

Read threads are marked in non-bold text, and a grey icon:
Regular read thread:

Hot read thread:

Do you have a suggestion for how to change the font colors for read/unread, in a way that works with the theme? I'm not too good with colors and design stuff personally, but I like to make specific suggestions whenever possible.

 

[vansmith]

I have a general question: what makes a thread "hot"?

 

[iggibar]

I believe the "Forum" section works fine with the current color setting, and doesn't need changing.
After that, say you are clicking on Schweb's Lounge, that's where you become inundated with the red.
The new, or updated threads look fine with the bold red. It's the old one's that would look better with a different color. To me, anything in red suggests importance, which fits a new/fresh thread fine. I believe the tried and tested color of black text for ond threads/links works and looks best.

I think the folders only help to the smallest degree, at least to me because I go up and down the listings and look only at the text...to know what the thread is. I don't really read the thread title, and look to the left to check out the folder. I actually can't remember ever looking at it until the upgrade.

Also, if it were me, I would change the clickable user's name to a different color so that it doesn't all blend in on the forum section. I envision a dark blue for that would look nice, or even the same shade you see on the user's name you see once viewing a thread. I wish I could tinker with it and help you out, but I'm only a member.

What do you think?

 

[I.M.O.G.]

@iggibar: That could work. Let me give it some thought and maybe try some things out on stage to see what it looks like.

I have a general question: what makes a thread "hot"?

15 posts in the thread, or 150 views... Those may be fairly default settings for vbulletin, and may be something staff should consider adjusting to something more fitting for the amount of traffic we see here. Almost every thread here is "hot" currently.

 

[vansmith]

Thanks for the info. I'm not familiar with the ins and out of vBulletin yet.

 

[I.M.O.G.]

Me neither, its a twisted web vbulletin weaves. But I have picked up a thing or two at least.

 

[iLove]

Looks great!

 

[cptkrf]

Red Links???

I have to go with the nay sayers. Ever since CRTs hooked to some electronic device came out, red has always meant, "Uh-oh." I will get used to that, I guess, but since the beginning of time (that is, Arpanet), links have always been a shade of blue. Any Internet user with more than a month of surfing will automatically see the blue links in a document.

Now they just blend in with everything else. You have to run your mouse over the line to see if you get a pointer change.

 

[vansmith]

I have to go with the nay sayers. Ever since CRTs hooked to some electronic device came out, red has always meant, "Uh-oh." I will get used to that, I guess, but since the beginning of time (that is, Arpanet), links have always been a shade of blue. Any Internet user with more than a month of surfing will automatically see the blue links in a document.

True, blue is the most common colour (it helps being the default). However, I'd say the widespread use of CSS on links across the web has made all of us quite aware of the different colours of links. On top of that, blue would look really out of place here.

Now they just blend in with everything else. You have to run your mouse over the line to see if you get a pointer change.

How so? The body of posts have black texts with red hyperlinks - seems obvious to me.

 

[xstep]

True, blue is the most common colour (it helps being the default). However, I'd say the widespread use of CSS on links across the web has made all of us quite aware of the different colours of links. On top of that, blue would look really out of place here.

How so? The body of posts have black texts with red hyperlinks - seems obvious to me.

Looking at your post tells a different story. Your signature has links. They are gray or black, not sure, which blends in with the rest of the text. They only turn red when I cursor over them.

 

[vansmith]

I haven't modified the link colouring in my signature in the slightest and they appear red here. I can't explain why you see black links.

 

[Lifeisabeach]

Looking at your post tells a different story. Your signature has links. They are gray or black, not sure, which blends in with the rest of the text. They only turn red when I cursor over them.

That's how it looks in the old forum skin, which I'm using. The new forum skin, which I'm double-checking in another browser, has hypertext links as red, the way vansmith describes.