Site keeps going to darkside?

[neufuse Veteran]

Anyone else seeing this? Every time I go to the site it switches to darkside it started about 2 or 3 days ago... i switch it back to Orion and its fine for a while then it's back to darkside again later on its own

[cork1958]

Just as I went back to the front page I saw this happen. Don't want anything darkside as that looks horrible, to me.

[+InsaneNutter MVC]

I suspect the theme on the news CMS is remembered via cookies, where as the forum colour theme seems to be associated with your account when logged in.

 

In a private browsing window the news CMS defaults to the dark theme even when I log in, when logged in it does seem to randomly revert, where as the forum seems to remember my choice.

 

Personally I dislike the dark theme as the default, I'm probably in the minority however I can't read the site with that theme.

 

The "but its not" in the image below is how the default homepage looks to me:

 

 

More info: Accessibility for People with Astigmatism

[Mindovermaster Global Moderator]

I always thought the darkside theme was easier on the eyes, No?

[SnoopZ]

The Darkside theme is now default when not logged in.

 

I prefer the light theme too that the site has used for around 15 odd years as default since I joined.

[Mindovermaster Global Moderator]

On 07/08/2021 at 11:13, SnoopZ said:

The Darkside theme is now default when not logged in.

 

I prefer the light theme too that the site has used for around 15 odd years as default since I joined.

That's what I hated, though..

 

Going from a dark themed forum to a white CMS isn't really appealing..

[neufuse Veteran]

On 07/08/2021 at 12:13, SnoopZ said:

The Darkside theme is now default when not logged in.

 

I prefer the light theme too that the site has used for around 15 odd years as default since I joined.

I am logged in though and it keeps switching back

[SnoopZ]

On 07/08/2021 at 19:55, neufuse said:

I am logged in though and it keeps switching back

Mine switches back when i logout on desktop so i am guessing cookie related.

[+Random Stranger Subscriber¹]

I like it - took a while but I cannot think about going back to white now

[cork1958]

On 07/08/2021 at 14:55, neufuse said:

I am logged in though and it keeps switching back

Same here

 

Edit: I just noticed it only switches back to the dark theme when I use the back button and not the Neowin logo at top of page. That was how I did that yesterday also (hitting the back button)

[+Biscuits Brown MVC]

On 08/08/2021 at 08:22, cork1958 said:

Same here

 

Edit: I just noticed it only switches back to the dark theme when I use the back button and not the Neowin logo at top of page. That was how I did that yesterday also (hitting the back button)

I confirm that your description is spot on. While I normally have everything set to darkside, I switched in order to test this and duplicated your experience. If I didn't want darkside as my theme, I'd find it a bit annoying. 

[neufuse Veteran]

Yeah it keeps going when you click on certain links and stuff like the logo

[Riggers]

Doimg it for me as well [Firefiox], I also keep getting a massive box pop up for a milli second now and then...

 

Just realized it`s my avatar thingy but square!

 

 

[Steven P. Administrators]

Sorry guys, the main news site themes were being worked on today, it should now remember which theme you prefer (light or dark) and it is now in the header:

 

 

[Michael Scrip]

I'm seeing the header covering up the category links.  Looks like the sticky header is stuck.  😛

 

The problem is only in Chrome 92.  It works fine in Edge and Firefox.

 

EDIT:  Problem appears when logged in on any browser.  Looks like the added Darkside icon is pushing the Twitter and Facebook icons down to another line.

 

 

Edited August 8, 2021 by Michael Scrip

[Steven P. Administrators]

On 08/08/2021 at 23:28, Michael Scrip said:

I'm seeing the header covering up the category links.  Looks like the sticky header is stuck.  😛

 

The problem is only in Chrome 92.  It works fine in Edge and Firefox.

 

EDIT:  Problem appears when logged in on any browser.  Looks like the Twitter and Facebook icons are pushing the header down to another line.

Confirmed, I have reported this to the devs.

[cork1958]

On 08/08/2021 at 13:10, Steven P. said:

Sorry guys, the main news site themes were being worked on today, it should now remember which theme you prefer (light or dark) and it is now in the header:

 

 

Still switches back to dark theme when using the back button.

 

Edit: Oops! Posted that to quickly. Only switched back to dark theme the 1 time when going back to front page from this story. Just tried using back button from a couple other stories on front page and it didn't revert back to dark theme.

Edited August 9, 2021 by cork1958

[Steven P. Administrators]

On 08/08/2021 at 23:28, Michael Scrip said:

I'm seeing the header covering up the category links.  Looks like the sticky header is stuck.  😛

 

The problem is only in Chrome 92.  It works fine in Edge and Firefox.

 

EDIT:  Problem appears when logged in on any browser.  Looks like the added Darkside icon is pushing the Twitter and Facebook icons down to another line.

 

 

Should be fixed now.

[Michael Scrip]

On 09/08/2021 at 14:42, Steven P. said:

Should be fixed now.

 

Can confirm... fixed when logged in.

 

Thank you!  ❤

[+Warwagon MVC]

What have been so much cooler if the thread title was "Site keeps going to the darkside"

[neufuse Veteran]

maybe it's just me but this still is happening randomly... the forum part is light the main page is dark

[Steven P. Administrators]

On 13/08/2021 at 19:17, neufuse said:

maybe it's just me but this still is happening randomly... the forum part is light the main page is dark

That's because those preferences are independent of each other.

[neufuse Veteran]

On 13/08/2021 at 14:21, Steven P. said:

That's because those preferences are independent of each other.

but why is the main page still switching back to dark? clearing all browser data doesn't seem to help

[Steven P. Administrators]

On 14/08/2021 at 00:12, neufuse said:

but why is the main page still switching back to dark? clearing all browser data doesn't seem to help

the main page theme relies on a cookie, if you block cookies then the preference isn't saved.

[neufuse Veteran]

On 14/08/2021 at 04:45, Steven P. said:

the main page theme relies on a cookie, if you block cookies then the preference isn't saved.

I'm not blocking any cookies