Neowin forums are back

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

Yeah it's amazing how much you miss that. I've just switched back too.

Is Latest Forum Activity a plan for Atlas when we finally get there?

A huge loss to the board if it's not.

[Timan Veteran]

This is no official theme! This theme has nothing to do with what we're currently doing with the forums/ipb3/etc.

It took only a few hours to do, and I'm done with updating it. Its Finity + Atlas wrapper/colors. There will be "no" LFA added to this. If you want LFA, stick with Finity. Theres a reason its not the default skin :p

[+Gary7 Subscriber²]

This is no official theme! This theme has nothing to do with what we're currently doing with the forums/ipb3/etc.

It took only a few hours to do, and I'm done with updating it. Its Finity + Atlas wrapper/colors. There will be "no" LFA added to this. If you want LFA, stick with Finity. Theres a reason its not the default skin :p

I like it, thanks :)

[Ironman273]

This is no official theme! This theme has nothing to do with what we're currently doing with the forums/ipb3/etc.

It took only a few hours to do, and I'm done with updating it. Its Finity + Atlas wrapper/colors. There will be "no" LFA added to this. If you want LFA, stick with Finity. Theres a reason its not the default skin :p

Boo! :boo: j/k It's amazing how above and beyond the staff goes for little details like this. Thank you for that.

BTW, you guys are still working on implementing IPB3 still, right?

[Snowl]

Is Latest Forum Activity a plan for Atlas when we finally get there?

A huge loss to the board if it's not.

It was always there, you didn't see it because it wasn't in performance mode.

See my screenshot - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Neowin_Atlas.png

[Steeley]

Good to have the forums back. I prefer Finity to Atlas anyway, so I'm not at all disappointed.

[Growled Member]

I like it, thanks :)

I do too. Good job. :)

[lee31]

Hold on so you could still have an atlas like theme.

I don't see why you just don't make it the default theme with the latest forum activity and preferbly with the different colour options you have on the front page ie atlish-ish blue (as the default), atlas-ish midnight, atlas-ish green, atlas-ish reddish, atlas-ish brown and atlas-ish black.

I would be really happy with that and I'm sure most users would once then get used to it. All the new stuff can wait until you get it sorted but in the mean time I really can't see why you don't do this.

If doing this would cause some sort of issue then fair enough I realise it's not the sites fault but at least give an explaination as to why it's not possible other than you simply chose not to. I think that's the least we deserve given all the time we spent waiting patiently.

Edited January 20, 2010 by lee27

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

Hold on so after all the down time and wating we users have been doing you could still have the atlas theme afterall.

I don't see why you just don't make it the default theme with the latest forum activity and preferbly with the different colour options you have on the front page.

I would be really happy with that and I'm sure most users would when then get used to it.

If doing this would cause some sort of issue then fair enough I realise it's not the sites fault but at least give an explaination as to why it's not possible other than you simply chose not to. I think that's the least we deserve given all the time we spent waiting patiently.

Uh what?

The current Atlas theme is just a hacked up theme based on IBP 2.3 or whatever the current board is on, the whole reason the moving to Atlas was to get to 3.02 or whatever they are at with IBP.

And time spent waiting patiently? It was a few days tops, quit whining.

[lee31]

Uh what?

The current Atlas theme is just a hacked up theme based on IBP 2.3 or whatever the current board is on, the whole reason the moving to Atlas was to get to 3.02 or whatever they are at with IBP.

And time spent waiting patiently? It was a few days tops, quit whining.

I know that, I'm saying they should give us a "hacked up" atlas theme with the different colour options and the latest forum activity.

I can live without the new stuff until they get it sorted.

[Iian K]

Well, your back, that's all that matters.

Sure IP3 gave you a fit, and there is a lot of work to be done, but you do what you can (as I mentioned in the comments).

[+Gary7 Subscriber²]

Hold on so you could still have an atlas like theme.

I don't see why you just don't make it the default theme with the latest forum activity and preferbly with the different colour options you have on the front page ie atlish-ish blue (as the default), atlas-ish midnight, atlas-ish green, atlas-ish reddish, atlas-ish brown and atlas-ish black.

I would be really happy with that and I'm sure most users would once then get used to it. All the new stuff can wait until you get it sorted but in the mean time I really can't see why you don't do this.

If doing this would cause some sort of issue then fair enough I realise it's not the sites fault but at least give an explaination as to why it's not possible other than you simply chose not to. I think that's the least we deserve given all the time we spent waiting patiently.

It was explained here:

https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?show...#entry592128742

[Andrew Lyle Global Moderator]

This is no official theme! This theme has nothing to do with what we're currently doing with the forums/ipb3/etc.

It took only a few hours to do, and I'm done with updating it. Its Finity + Atlas wrapper/colors. There will be "no" LFA added to this. If you want LFA, stick with Finity. Theres a reason its not the default skin :p

But it looks great, and it will make the transition a little easier from IPB2 to IPB3

[NienorGT]

Atlas-ish is awesome, thanks for this.

Not necessary to use "Last Forum Activity" anyway, just use "New Content" to see new posts.

[Athlonite]

:D yay your back :( boohooo it old ipb2 but thats ok really because YAY your back

[carmatic]

thanks for the atlas-ish theme! now the forums actually feel like its on the same site as the front page...

its more like a sedative than a cure, but it sure is alot better than coming out of it with nothing...

[Tech Star]

I still like Finity better. :p

I hope atlas-ish get's the latest forum topics on top. :)

[game_over]

So have u totally scrapped the full Atlas style for the forum, surely you will be working on a fix? I loved it and so did many others.

Atlas-ish will do for now :)

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

So have u totally scrapped the full Atlas style for the forum, surely you will be working on a fix? I loved it and so did many others.

Atlas-ish will do for now :)

I think it's a given they'll be working on the issues, but it's obviously going to take such a length of time people like Rappy can't be without Neowin for weeks, so we got the old board back for now, with a compromise which was done out of good gesture, an atlas-ish theme.

Don't worry Rappy, me as well

[bama boy]

This is a big bummer that you guys could not get the new version working. Couldn't you guys create a mirror server and test out the upgrade on that while the forum is still 2.0 here? In that way you can get it working even if it takes weeks. No problem is permanent. Everything has a solution.

Agree with you

[Wannes]

I actually like the Atlas-ish theme more than the Atlas theme. It's good to see that the forums have returned and that the developers are doing their absolute best to fix the issue.

Ps. Why not make the posts in Verdana like on the front page? I don't quite like the current font whilst the frontpage does have Verdana.

[Timan Veteran]

I actually like the Atlas-ish theme more than the Atlas theme. It's good to see that the forums have returned and that the developers are doing their absolute best to fix the issue.

Ps. Why not make the posts in Verdana like on the front page? I don't quite like the current font whilst the frontpage does have Verdana.

We no longer use Verdana on anything, thats Tahoma.

[Wannes]

We no longer use Verdana on anything, thats Tahoma.

Ow crap, somebody slap me. :blush:

Well, I like the font more than the one I'm seeing right now. But that's just a personal opinion. The current forum font seems so "pushed together" with hardly any spacing between the letters.

[cabron]

Guys, you need to fix the mobile version of the main page, I can't access to my latest posts and topics. Why?

[Subject Delta]

I like the Atlas-Ish theme. I also would disagree with the comments that IPB is not robust enough, because it is commercial grade forum software, in my opinion the best in the business. Large companies like nVidia use IPB, so it can't be that bad. I am personally willing to be that the problem was something specific to do with Neowin's setup rather than a problem with the actual board software itself, as I know most other sites have had pain free IPB upgrades (for the record that isn't a slur against Neowin, just an observation).

Personally I love IPB3 and I hope the devs are able to fix the problem