Our Third Impact is Nigh -- Upgrade Incoming

Postby **Monk Ed** » Sun Nov 29, 2015 7:19 pm

The difference will be very obvious. We'll all probably be fumbling around for a while.

Arcadia's legacy · Postby **Arcadia's legacy** » Sun Nov 29, 2015 7:25 pm

Could've warned us about Arael

Postby **pwhodges** » Sun Nov 29, 2015 7:27 pm

Just did, it seems!

Postby **cyharding** » Sun Nov 29, 2015 10:28 pm

pwhodges wrote:This is how it looked this morning

I don't like it. Something feels off about it.

TheFriskyIan · Postby **TheFriskyIan** » Sun Nov 29, 2015 11:27 pm

cyharding wrote:I don't like it. Something feels off about it.

Aye, it looks like a standard internet forum. Call me picky but I prefer layouts that deviate from what is usually found.

A.T. Fish · Postby **A.T. Fish** » Mon Nov 30, 2015 12:07 am

That's a natural reaction to change, especially in this case since evageeks has been the same for so long. Once you get used to it you won't even remember what it looked like before.

Also, new banner spoiler.

Postby **pwhodges** » Mon Nov 30, 2015 12:15 am

phpBB v3 is the commonest forum software, and its current default layout is considerably different (avatars on the right of posts, for instance) from what we're used to. Of all available styles, that was the closest to EGF's present one, before I made changes to make it closer, only some of which have been done in that picture. In any case, the EGF layout as it stands is extremely "standard", I'd say, apart from the menu box in the banner, which will be replicated soon. I haven't decided whether any colour tweaking would be worth the effort, given that EGF currently is distinctly on the bland side.

Postby **FreakyFilmFan4ever** » Mon Nov 30, 2015 2:25 am

There is a beauty to simplicity, and yet...

Is there a way to make the forum feel like Evangelion? Fonts for thread titles that mirror the English title for the show and all that?

Postby **NemZ** » Mon Nov 30, 2015 2:53 am

Times New Roman Bold Condensed. Meh.

xPearse · Postby **xPearse** » Mon Nov 30, 2015 3:50 am

NemZ wrote:Times New Roman Bold Condensed. Meh.

At 79% horizontal if I remember correctly.

pwhodges wrote:Ten years and two major versions of interface changes... I'll be trying to make it much like the present, but some things will inevitably end up a bit different. This is how it looked this morning; I'm just getting the menu box programmed in at present:

SPOILER: Show

Looks very bland to say the least. I prefer the interface the way it is now. Unless, there's some way to edit that default interface to be more Evangelion. I hope so.

Stillborn · Postby **Stillborn** » Mon Nov 30, 2015 3:58 am

FreakyFilmFan4ever wrote:Is there a way to make the forum feel like Evangelion?

Have it constantly going out of control and admins shouting about system not responding? :tongue:

Postby **NemZ** » Mon Nov 30, 2015 4:10 am

"Every single banhammer hit the target!"

Postby **pwhodges** » Mon Nov 30, 2015 4:30 am

xPearse wrote:Looks very bland to say the least. I prefer the interface the way it is now.

As I say, there is more to do (that screenshot isn't even from my current test system). But I'm puzzled at the idea that an interface which is almost identical but with stronger colours and more clearly delimited edges gets described as blander.

Postby **robersora** » Mon Nov 30, 2015 5:32 am

Poor Paul, there he is, working for free and treating us with a sneak peek. The only thing he gets for it are reactionary comments afraid of change.

Postby **FreakyFilmFan4ever** » Mon Nov 30, 2015 9:57 am

Oh, don't mind me. I don't mind about the forum appearance either way, just so long as it gets the job done. It was just a question of vain aesthetic. If it's too much trouble and no fun to do, then there's no point in doing it.

Postby **pwhodges** » Mon Nov 30, 2015 10:28 am

Heh! I find it fun, but it's also work to do (not quite the same as trouble), and I have a very full life. I've spent the past few days in Germany for the wedding of my son (to a Japanese woman), so I'm trying to fit this in around my fulltime job today. What you see tomorrow will definitely not be the final form!

But equally, when I made a new theme for another forum, and provided two alternatives (one aping the old theme very closely), I had vociferous complaints for about three days, but in the end only a single-figure number of people actually selected one of the provided alternatives.

Bagheera · Postby **Bagheera** » Mon Nov 30, 2015 12:16 pm

I'll be the voice of dissent and say I like the new look well enough, as I'm used to it from elsewhere. Also, I like bland in my forum software, as I don't want it to get in the way of whatever I'm trying to do. There will be plenty of time to tinker with things, so as long as we have basic functionality in the near term I'll be quite content. Many thanks to Monk for the enormous amount of work he's put into making the upgrade happen, and to Paul for being master of themes!

Iuvenal · Postby **Iuvenal** » Mon Nov 30, 2015 3:04 pm

A.T. Fish wrote:That's a natural reaction to change, especially in this case since evageeks has been the same for so long. Once you get used to it you won't even remember what it looked like before.

I still haven't gotten used to the Gmail changes from November of 2011 that took away the real terminal theme (as well as making a bunch of other dumb changes with no long-term opt-out). Such is the way of web (and increasingly, mobile and desktop) software.

Postby **Sailor Star Dust** » Mon Nov 30, 2015 3:10 pm

I thought the site was eventually planned to get a huge redesign via EM, no? This should be good for the time being.

I'm fine with the new look (as long as the Wide w/Highlights option's there), though like anything else it'll take some getting used to.

TehDonutKing · Postby **TehDonutKing** » Mon Nov 30, 2015 3:53 pm

Bagheera wrote:as long as we have basic functionality in the near term I'll be quite content.

Add in speedy reimplementation of the ugly style and i agree.

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