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Post by mister frau blucher on Apr 5, 2013 21:30:07 GMT -5
Hey all,
I got a mail form Proboards saying they are getting ready to implement this big board upgrade at the end of April. There was some technical stuff, but the cool thing is that we will have space to store images and photos here, rather than linking to them at another place like photobucket. Not sure how much data storage will be available yet, and I guess that is scalable by how much we pay to Proboards. (Currently: nothing, it is free to us).
We have had a lot of cool stuff attached to posts here. When available, I am going to use this service to archive a bunch of it centrally, in a separate forum.
This opens up some interesting possibilities, which I am technologically insufficient to exploit, but we'll have some fun with it anyway.
Supposedly there won't be any hiccups when the boards upgrade, but if there is and you have some problems, email me at: kabor6 at aol dot com .
From my tanning bed at our secret Antarctic base, Bret
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Post by mister frau blucher on Dec 28, 2013 12:21:23 GMT -5
I had the oppportunity to upgrade a while ago, and I resisted because I saw some other proboards forums and I didn't like how they looked afterwards. So I was hoping I could blow it off and we would retain this board as is.
Proboards says they will do an upgrade to the software automatically in the next few weeks. So this is just a heads up things may look different before I can figure it out. The colors may get screwed up, hopefully that will be the extent of it.
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Post by darkscar on Jan 24, 2014 16:19:51 GMT -5
So this is the new look. Hmm...I'll have to let it grow on me, I think.
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Post by vladtaltos on Jan 25, 2014 10:06:11 GMT -5
The colors look brighter. I definitely have to make the font size bigger. These tiny letters remind me I need glasses. Ugh! Well, welcome to the new-look boards, everyone!
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Post by Lord Inar on Jan 27, 2014 16:01:17 GMT -5
Hmm, font size seems the same to me, maybe it's a setting?
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Post by Lord Inar on Jan 27, 2014 16:02:00 GMT -5
I'll have to upload a new avatar. Mine seems so... tiny!
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Post by platimus on Jan 29, 2014 10:34:31 GMT -5
The default font size is a tad smaller. I've always found the gray, dark gray, red colour scheme of the board hard on my eyes. With the new changes, it seems even harsher.
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Post by Lord Inar on Jan 31, 2014 15:15:29 GMT -5
That's why I changed mine to white with blue highlights!
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Post by platimus on Jan 31, 2014 21:43:32 GMT -5
Me too! Much easier on the eyes. Unfortunately, I have to login for it to take effect.
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Post by mister frau blucher on Feb 2, 2014 11:21:48 GMT -5
Hey guys,
This was not a disaster, as I feared. I will mess around with the colors to make it easier on the eyes, and see if I can increase the default font size.
Hope everyone is doing well!
Bret
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Post by mister frau blucher on Feb 2, 2014 11:33:27 GMT -5
OK, guys made a few changes. I want to sneak up on this and fine tune it to being right, so let me know if the background color is better and the font size is decent.
Bret
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Post by vladtaltos on Feb 2, 2014 12:27:08 GMT -5
I think the changes are great...until I log in. Then everything gets tiny again. Oh, well. Maybe it's on my end. Maybe I can change these settings so I don't have to struggle with them when I want to post something.
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Post by platimus on Feb 2, 2014 14:05:36 GMT -5
The colour/size changes are good. They relieved my eyestrain. Those changes remain even after I log on. As said, the board upgrade changes were not a disaster but this is much easier to read. Thanks!
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Post by vladtaltos on Feb 3, 2014 9:47:31 GMT -5
I solved the tiny letter problem. It was in my settings. I had changed the board's appearance from red/gray to blue/gray, which was a little better for my eyes. When the board updated to this new format, those changes remained, even after MFB made the font larger. Profile--Edit Profile--Settings--Forum Theme and you can change it to one of three layouts.
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Post by mister frau blucher on Feb 3, 2014 14:46:57 GMT -5
Thanks for letting me know, Vlad. I checked all through the admin pages and couldn't figure out what the problem might be.
The color theme on these boards is similar to our website, but I have had some complaints about it. I will be happy to continue fine tuning it until everybody is content with it. I do not want anybody getting eyestrain from my "art!"
Feel free to give me feedback here or in a pm.
Bret
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