My board style

[jamie]

Is there any way to change my "My board style" from Carbon to something else? At the moment it is the only choice listed in my user panel although the option is available.

Thanks for assistance.

 

[katink]

No, sorry, no choices. But I heard Smokey Joe is planning to change the whole colourtable in a few weeks (I think he's planning to go for a light background then). So hang in there

 

[Michelle]

But I heard Smokey Joe is planning to change the whole colourtable in a few weeks (I think he's planning to go for a light background then). So hang in there

Thanks god, I hate that dark background-light text combination, it hurts my eyes.

 

[Klaue]

Try the Zap colors bookmarklet then. Go to https://www.squarefree.com/bookmarklets/zap.html and drag the grey zap-colors-box on your bookmarks toolbar. then go to the forum and on any thread you want to read, click on it and voilà - black text, white background. Note that it also removes the "post reply"-button, so if you want to reply, you have to reload the page. But in my opinion, it's worth it for the much better reading experience. I'm gonna make a screenshot and attach it here..

EDIT: here it is:

 

[leaford]

I bet the button is still there, just invisible.

 

[Klaue]

yeah, it is. but becaue I tend to forget where it is, the outcome is the same

 

[jamie]

Thanks all. I do hope colors are changed if we don't get the profile option. I have been using the zap colors toolbar button shown by Klaue, otherwise I wouldn't be able to read the forum - too much strain for my pitifully mucked up eyes. It is a bit of a pain to press it for every single page though.

 

[Michelle]

I know I am going to sound like a weirdo for this , but I don't like addons that change a web page's design.
I prefer to view the web pages as their designer intended them to be.
As a web designer myself, I wouldn't want people to use such extensions for web pages I designed, so I won't do it on others.

(yes, I know that no web designer designed this site, but thats how I treat all pages)



Thanks anyway though!

 

[jamie]

I prefer to view the web pages as their designer intended them to be.
As a web designer myself, I wouldn't want people to use such extensions for web pages I designed, so I won't do it on others.

That makes sense to me when the purpose of a website is to act as an outlet for the artistic expression of the designer. There are some sites like that. I hadn't considered this before, but I suppose automobile designers would prefer I not sully their works with fuzzy dice and stacks of cds, and their careers are then rife with disappointments.

 

[Klaue]

I know I am going to sound like a weirdo for this , but I don't like addons that change a web page's design.

Well, I think that depends on the point of view. I am a programmer and like simple, clear structurised sites without too much fluff around them. For me, it's about content, not looks. It's about a fast way to find content, not a good-looking one. For example, I like this website: http://ubcd4win.com/ It's nice, simple and has much content. But I hate a website like this: http://www.macscreensavers.com/macindex.html (first one I found, could find probably much worse). It's artsy and so on, but it hurts the eyes, has way too small fonts, content is hidden more than it needs to be and so on.

But on the other hand, I'm also the type of person that prefers to use "Win+R -> edit -> enter" over clicking through the various start menu options (or for that matter, alt-f2 -> gedit -> enter in ubuntu) so I may not count

 

[Oliver]

Hi guys and girls,

Yes I admit the site is pretty hard to look at and I will change it as soon as I have the time(next few days hopefully), I'm not a designer so never quite appreciated how others might find it - ah well, you live and learn.

The main problem is that the mods I have applied to the forum required quite extensive code edits to the templates. The default ones in PHPBB3 do not format properly after the mods are applied and I never had the time to change their code, so I disabled them.

Anyway, I have chosen a very nice theme that I think you'll all like (from feedback received) and I will edit it ASAP. Carbon will remain alongside so if anyone prefers it they can keep it!

Thanks for your patience and all the feedback.

SJ

 

[Michelle]

I know I am going to sound like a weirdo for this , but I don't like addons that change a web page's design.

Well, I think that depends on the point of view. I am a programmer and like simple, clear structurised sites without too much fluff around them. For me, it's about content, not looks. It's about a fast way to find content, not a good-looking one. For example, I like this website: http://ubcd4win.com/ It's nice, simple and has much content. But I hate a website like this: http://www.macscreensavers.com/macindex.html (first one I found, could find probably much worse). It's artsy and so on, but it hurts the eyes, has way too small fonts, content is hidden more than it needs to be and so on.

But on the other hand, I'm also the type of person that prefers to use "Win+R -> edit -> enter" over clicking through the various start menu options (or for that matter, alt-f2 -> gedit -> enter in ubuntu) so I may not count

Lol, I would also prefer the first one. Design doesn't always have to do with a lot of graphics. For instance, I think that facebook.com or wakoopa.com have great designs.

@Smokey Joe: Have you considered vBulletin? Most of its mods require no code edits (and a great portion of them don't even require template edits). Its also a great forum software, with great code (although its quite behind in design, compared to phpBB3).

 

[Klaue]

vBulletin costs - phpBB does not. I assume the cost wouldn't be so much of a problem with all the advertising here (sorry, had to mention that ) but if a payware, then woltlab burning board, please

 

[Michelle]

Although I can't be objective about vBulletin (I've worked so much with it that I have fallen in love with it over the years ), why would you recommend woltlab burning board?

 

[Klaue]

Of all of the forums I ever used, the one using wbb was the best. Not content-wise but usability-wise. Also, phpBB has proven to be quite insecure and I could also find quite many security holes in vBulletin but, as far as I remember (I admit, I diddn't check it for quite some time), Wbb had far less holes.
By the way, rapidforum (from the same people that made rapidshare) was by far the worst.

 

[Michelle]

Security holes in vBulletin?? :?
Can you remember how much time ago that was?

Could you pm me perhaps about the type of the security holes, if you remember? (sql injection? XSS? etc)

I know phpBB is/was insecure, but ...vBulletin?

 

[Klaue]

well, I made a quick (1 minute ) check on packetstorm and the newest version with a flaw I could find was 3.6.8 (actual version: 3.7.1). Note that most entries diddn't have a version number in the title, so I skipped them. I like packetstorm, but it's search engine sucks big time
I'm pretty sure you could find more and some for the actual version, if you wanted to. Just because it's payware doesn't mean it's secure

(The one I found which could be used on many pages)

 

[Oliver]

Wow, I like the look of vbulletin!......

SJ

 

[Michelle]

well, I made a quick (1 minute ) check on packetstorm and the newest version with a flaw I could find was 3.6.8 (actual version: 3.7.1).

vB3.6.8 was released about a year ago. You could find a hole in ANY software if you looked for one for a year!

I'm pretty sure you could find more and some for the actual version, if you wanted to. Just because it's payware doesn't mean it's secure

Where did I say that payware == secure?
I consider vBulletin secure because of its code, not its cost

(The one I found which could be used on many pages)

I highly doubt that this would work, as vBulletin's input cleaner always cleans any $_POST, $_GET, etc variables from any html (with a few exceptions, but these aren't one of them).

@Smokey Joe: Are you sure you're talking about its default theme?

 

[Oliver]

@Smokey Joe: Are you sure you're talking about its default theme?

Haha! No, I was talking about the features. I have had some doubts about PHPBB3 for a while now and vbulletin seems to offer the solutions to my doubts.

Only problem is how to import the database..............