IndyGuy4KI Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 Our wonderful @malemupdated the forum software last night. One of the key features of the update was an update to the design of the forum. Key elements they worked on for this uopdate was the following: A brighter UI with more saturation & contrast and simpler overall color scheme Improved typography Better, more consistent, spacing around and between elements, especially on mobile Better logical grouping of sections of each page Reducing underutilized links/buttons on the page and finding alternative ways of making them available Improving how post states are displayed Modernizing and enhancing the underlying code that powers the default theme We hope you enjoy the new updates! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThrillKingsFitzy Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 I can tell the difference! The website feels much more clean. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonofBaconator Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 This KIC on my phone currently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeltaFlyer Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 This is how my sub-topics have started formatting: Windows 10 Pro, Chrome Version 85.0.4183.102 (Official Build) (64-bit) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB1 Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 On Chrome Win 10 the avatar on the top ribbon is squished together, and on regular posts the avatar circle is hyper imposed over the rank/role. (Over a few points right and down) Also, you can't see the post reply number on the right hand side with the posts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyGuy4KI Posted September 17, 2020 Author Share Posted September 17, 2020 @malem will be working on the skin formatting. The skins usually have a few issues, especially when there is a design update. Thanks for reporting them. I noticed that the notification bar is under the logo in dark mode, but fine on the bright theme. Dark Bright Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIghostguy Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 I appreciate the time and effort that went into this. However, clicking the topics on the right-hand sidebar no longer brings you to the newest/first unread post. Is anyone else experiencing this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyGuy4KI Posted September 17, 2020 Author Share Posted September 17, 2020 10 minutes ago, KIghostguy said: I appreciate the time and effort that went into this. However, clicking the topics on the right-hand sidebar no longer brings you to the newest/first unread post. Is anyone else experiencing this? Can you add a screenshot of what you are talking about? I have found no one seems to browse the forums the same. Also, what theme are you using? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIghostguy Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 5 hours ago, IndyGuy4KI said: Can you add a screenshot of what you are talking about? I have found no one seems to browse the forums the same. Also, what theme are you using? Everything seems to be working fine now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyGuy4KI Posted September 18, 2020 Author Share Posted September 18, 2020 1 hour ago, KIghostguy said: Everything seems to be working fine now. Malem worked on some of the issues we were seeing. Hopefully he got everything working again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonofBaconator Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 3 minutes ago, IndyGuy4KI said: Malem worked on some of the issues we were seeing. Hopefully he got everything working again. Yeah the screen seems super zoomed for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyGuy4KI Posted September 18, 2020 Author Share Posted September 18, 2020 6 minutes ago, SonofBaconator said: Yeah the screen seems super zoomed for me We're looking to see if there's an update to the themes as well, to hopefully fix any remaining issues. Please be patient as we finalize the bugs of the upgrade but keep reporting issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixflags82 Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 not an issue but I just want to say that I love the new background choices 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyGuy4KI Posted September 23, 2020 Author Share Posted September 23, 2020 @malem updated the themes last night. This should give your some more features and fix some of the issues. Let us know if you see any problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stitch Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 Not a glitch or anything in that vein but I must say that I dislike browsing the threads when it shows the pages available to choose from. IE, pages one through four and then the last page. For me, it makes browsing the different threads more difficult and overall more clunky. I am using the default theme. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyGuy4KI Posted September 23, 2020 Author Share Posted September 23, 2020 3 minutes ago, Stitch said: Not a glitch or anything in that vein but I must say that I dislike browsing the threads when it shows the pages available to choose from. IE, pages one through four and then the last page. For me, it makes browsing the different threads more difficult and overall more clunky. I am using the default theme. Can you add a screenshot? I am not sure I am following totally what you are saying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stitch Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 Certainly, if you look at the topics that have multiple pages to them, I think that the way it stretches the forum to accommodate for the page numbers is generally clunky. Nothing about it is defective or misused, just unpleasant to browse around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeastFarmer Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 Since the update, every time someone posts in a thread I have commented in, I get a notification. Before, I would only get notified if someone quoted me. Is there a way to change notification notifications? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyGuy4KI Posted September 23, 2020 Author Share Posted September 23, 2020 1 hour ago, Stitch said: Certainly, if you look at the topics that have multiple pages to them, I think that the way it stretches the forum to accommodate for the page numbers is generally clunky. Nothing about it is defective or misused, just unpleasant to browse around. Thanks, we do want that fixed. We are still working on the bright theme. The dark theme we updated fixed this issue. 35 minutes ago, BeeastFarmer said: Since the update, every time someone posts in a thread I have commented in, I get a notification. Before, I would only get notified if someone quoted me. Is there a way to change notification notifications? In just one thread or all threads? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeastFarmer Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 1 hour ago, IndyGuy4KI said: Thanks, we do want that fixed. We are still working on the bright theme. The dark theme we updated fixed this issue. In just one thread or all threads? It's all threads for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyGuy4KI Posted September 23, 2020 Author Share Posted September 23, 2020 45 minutes ago, BeeastFarmer said: It's all threads for me. I cleared them all, so if you were following any you will need to re-follow those threads. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnakePlissken Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 The font for polls is hard to read now. It appears to be a light gray and blends in with The Beast photo being used. There is so many issues on mobile too like when I press the tab for notifications, I have an x covering up my options. I usually say if it isn't broke don't fix it. Editing to say switching to dark mode fixed all my issues. I didn't even know there was a dark mode or themes until yesterday. It was hard to find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver2005 Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 I'm a bit annoyed that notifications for both being quoted and getting stuff liked are put together. I like the former but not the later. Also moving the edit post button is a bit annoying. I've been almost accidentally quoting my posts instead of editing them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKIDelirium Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 There doesn't seem to be a way to access the AIM username field when editing user profile. I was trying to remove it since AIM is, well, kaput, but it's not visible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDMC01 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 On 9/27/2020 at 10:28 PM, silver2005 said: I'm a bit annoyed that notifications for both being quoted and getting stuff liked are put together. I like the former but not the later. Also moving the edit post button is a bit annoying. I've been almost accidentally quoting my posts instead of editing them. You're not the only one; It took me a sec to find the Edit button as well (I was so used to having at the bottom). In fact, the first time I tried to edit a post since switching to the new format, I thought the feature had been removed (as I couldn't find it right away)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowball Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Haven't been on the forums much lately because of life stuff. I just came back and it has a new look! It looks great! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malem Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 We attempted to do a software upgrade last night, but it ended up breaking replies. Sorry about that. I restored the previous version until we can figure out what went wrong and apply the updates again. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dane Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 I'll also let the cat out of the bag that we are working on replacement themes as the current ones have some hiding and displaying issues some of you have messaged me about. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyGuy4KI Posted October 16, 2020 Author Share Posted October 16, 2020 After reviewing our themes post forum upgrade, we have purchased a new theme to get the dark/bright working properly. The bright/dark themes are the same now, and you can click the lightbulb or the moon at the top of the page to swap between them. The toggle button at the top of the page next to the search button is how you will select your background and other customizations Along with this upgrade of the forum and theme, KIC now has an even cleaner look and feel. We hope you enjoy these new updates. Let us know if you see any issues that we need to address in this thread. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FUN&ONLY! Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 The new update looks great! I now am noticing no problems with the formatting, and the new interface looks cleaner than ever. Great job to all who helped work on it! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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