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Myrthos
May 27th, 2008, 01:10
We have updated today to the latest version of the forum software.
As there are bound to be differences in the different styles you are stuck with the default one for now, please be patient while our resident style guru fixes the issues related to all the styles.
Arhu
May 27th, 2008, 02:18
- There's now a lightbox feature built into vBulletin for attached images. (See example by clicking on the attachment). Do we keep that or use the custom one we had before? The black background is nice, but usability was better with the other one (click to close, cursors to switch to other pics, draggable).

- For those of you who are interested in which new features are available, check out the vBulletin 3.7.0 release announcement (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=268833).

- Whoot! Multiquote is working again!
Corwin
May 27th, 2008, 09:34
I want my DARK Lapis back; I hate white backgrounds!! :)
gaboru93
May 27th, 2008, 11:35
well this looks pretty well
Alrik Fassbauer
May 27th, 2008, 14:19
This just looks (in its default form) like *any* nindescript bulletin board.

I've been using at least one from time to time that looks *exactly* like the "default form".

Edit: Wait, two.
dteowner
May 27th, 2008, 14:30
Give Arhu a little time, folks, and all will be well again.

@Arhu- I think I liked the old system better, but the lightbox doesn't bother me.
titus
May 27th, 2008, 21:09
Guys I scared when I noticed the change. First I thought I was directed to an other site. Then my euro fell :p
It is strange the change but i will get used to it.
Although I have to admit that I liked the darker colours more :(
Arhu
May 27th, 2008, 21:16
The change is only temporary. What you are seeing is the default vBulletin template. As soon as I've reimplemented the RPGWatch customizations, everything will be back to normal. I think that should happen.. mm.. later tonight or tomorrow.
magerette
May 28th, 2008, 00:25
That will be good--this brightness is just so...gleaming and clean. Thanks for your hard work, Arhu. :)
Arhu
May 28th, 2008, 02:06
Done. They changed too much on the User CP and user profile page, meaning that those two will take longer to retouch.. they look really bad now, but at least it's usable. ;)
I found a nice file diff tool, which greatly helped speed things up.

Best feature IMO: Multiquote (quote+) is fixed! :D
dteowner
May 28th, 2008, 02:27
Arhu is my hero.

Thanks!
Corwin
May 28th, 2008, 05:22
Thanks mate; much appreciated that I'm back in black!!
magerette
May 28th, 2008, 09:56
Nice work, Arhu. My eyes thank you.
Alrik Fassbauer
May 28th, 2008, 13:12
I'm actually very, very glad that the old layout is back ! :)
Bartacus
May 28th, 2008, 13:27
My thanks go to you too, Arhu.
Dhruin
May 29th, 2008, 02:03
Nothing like getting jolted back to the default template to appreciate Arhu's awesome work!
titus
May 29th, 2008, 20:25
I don't think anyone can say it better like Dhruin just did.
Coodoos Arhu's
gaboru93
May 30th, 2008, 23:48
ok wtf... now it is the old template? did you do this on purpose arhu?
Arhu
May 31st, 2008, 19:36
Why yes, of course. There were too many changes made to vBulletin 3.7.0. Since a lot of the layout is customized to RPGWatch, I prefered to turn off the Watch templates temporarily and re-integrate the customizations into the new vBulletin version. What you saw for 2 days was the default vBulletin template.

By the way, Santa's long gone, gabor. ^^

Thanks everyone for the praise, but be sure to always mention my master too, Myrthos the Great. :p
Corwin
June 1st, 2008, 06:37
We bow every morning before his mightiness!! :biggrin:
VPeric
June 1st, 2008, 12:02
So what's this "Tags" stuff just above the "Quick Reply" bit? If we ain't using it, you might as well remove it (yes, that's me, I hate even the tinniest cosmetic changes :P).
Alrik Fassbauer
June 1st, 2008, 13:48
Tags are something like search words you can include.

One system I know is that you can manually add these tags top your own thread or newsbit, and this is being indexed (?) and that helps pothers finding very specific bits, because you thought about it and therefore them when you manually added them into your entry at the first time.
gaboru93
June 5th, 2008, 23:32
Why yes, of course. There were too many changes made to vBulletin 3.7.0. Since a lot of the layout is customized to RPGWatch, I prefered to turn off the Watch templates temporarily and re-integrate the customizations into the new vBulletin version. What you saw for 2 days was the default vBulletin template.

By the way, Santa's long gone, gabor. ^^

Thanks everyone for the praise, but be sure to always mention my master too, Myrthos the Great. :p

hehehe :) that doesn't matter! also I think I lost my last avatar.... I will try to find it :P