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Forum Requests
Would it be possible where it lists the last post in a thread, to show the name of the thread not just the name of the poster please.
Just for lazy people like me to see at a glance if a thread is active.
Cheers
Just for lazy people like me to see at a glance if a thread is active.
Cheers
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Also, I might've missed this though, but another template/layout on the forum design would be swell! But I am unsure perhaps those things needs to be installed on the forum for users to make use of it.
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It would be lovely to have another theme! You don't have to change the default -- just installing other themes gives users the option to change it for themselves only. The default phpBB theme does not agree with my eyes.
They are very easy to install! Maybe something dark from here? https://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/styl ... s/dark-17/
They are very easy to install! Maybe something dark from here? https://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/styl ... s/dark-17/
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They can be easy to install, but then you lose customisations (for example, making the quick search box appear automatically and pruning it of clutter was all done by editing the template files).
I don't want to maintain multiple themes, but I do want to make the main one more consistent with the Arelith look and feel.
I don't want to maintain multiple themes, but I do want to make the main one more consistent with the Arelith look and feel.
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In that case, I think there are a few things that could improve the current theme (note that these suggestions are, of course, all my personal opinion, and not meant to insult!):
- Limit the forum so it doesn't stretch to the entire width of the browser. It looks pretty bad at high resolution! The old Arelith forums were perfect in this regard.
- Remove the bright cyan. The old forums had a much more appealing colour! RGB 72, 91, 117, or a brighter 129, 150, 179 might be worth trying.
- Swap the user information portrait from the right side to the left side of posts, as it was before.
- On the topic of the portrait, making it more clearly defined (by a darker line, perhaps) from the main post would look better, I think.
- A way to see the topic of a post in the "Last Post" section, rather than just the username, would be an excellent addition.
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This is the big one for me. It's hard to read multi-line text blocks on a 26" 16:10 monitor, and I can't be bothered to use a half screen window.Scholar Midnight wrote:Limit the forum so it doesn't stretch to the entire width of the browser. It looks pretty bad at high resolution! The old Arelith forums were perfect in this regard.
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Yeah, that's bothering me as well. I'm glad I'm not the only one.IndifferentPerson wrote:The avatars on the right side unnerve me.
Other than that, change is always interesting.
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Done.MrKrang wrote:Would it be possible where it lists the last post in a thread, to show the name of the thread not just the name of the poster please.
Just for lazy people like me to see at a glance if a thread is active.
Cheers
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Fixed.The Rambling Midget wrote:This is the big one for me. It's hard to read multi-line text blocks on a 26" 16:10 monitor, and I can't be bothered to use a half screen window.Scholar Midnight wrote:Limit the forum so it doesn't stretch to the entire width of the browser. It looks pretty bad at high resolution! The old Arelith forums were perfect in this regard.
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It's still stretched. Did I mess something up, somehow?Mithreas wrote:Fixed.
The Beginner's Guide to Factions
New to Arelith? Read this!
This is not a single player game. -Mithreas
You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life. -Winston Churchill
New to Arelith? Read this!
This is not a single player game. -Mithreas
You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life. -Winston Churchill
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Shift-refresh.
And don't mind the color scheme, it's a work in progress.
And don't mind the color scheme, it's a work in progress.
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Wow that was quick! Cheers Mith
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Looking at the forum change every other click is funny.
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I'm going to leave it like that for now Still lots to do, of course. But there is more in life than editing CSS.
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Snazzy. Thanks.Mithreas wrote:Shift-refresh.
The Beginner's Guide to Factions
New to Arelith? Read this!
This is not a single player game. -Mithreas
You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life. -Winston Churchill
New to Arelith? Read this!
This is not a single player game. -Mithreas
You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life. -Winston Churchill