SYBINX Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 Welcome to the new default Shift theme for the forums.The forums finally take on the same style of the main page in this updated version of Shift, made compatible with all major browsers and slightly updated cleaned up code. We have had an extensive staff beta and I am sure members will find bugs here and there, these will be ironed out over the next few days. Please use Bug Tracker when submitting issues with this theme and make sure you state which browser you are using, if possible include a screen-shot of the problem. These are a few of the major changes applied to the default theme, and some what different from Swift: Forum header is cleaner, less confusing content at the top of the page The Forum navigation shows 2 levels, easier viewing when browsing forum levels The Topics and Forum categories now alternate in color, rather than alternating column colors User names now retain their formatting on forum & topic indexes (except for Last Topic by cells) New and unread Topics are now bold (this will become very helpful and takes getting used to) Recent news/forum/blog items can be viewed by hovering on the tab (this behavior can be disabled in usercp board options) One Quick Links menu allows you to view all the board options anywhere on the board, not just from the index Quick Reply now uses the new IPB 2.x editor, rather than the old 1.x style Swift has served us well! It has been the default forum theme for about 6 years now. It's fitting that this new theme launches exactly 6 years after our re-launched vBulletin forums in July 2001. We know that everything won't be perfect, so bear with us as we squash the last bugs. Different colors will be launched when we are satisfied that the theme is completed. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. This style is just oozing with the WOW factor. Great job lads, you managed to pull off one of the greatest styles I have ever seen on a website. Plain simple and full of life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apul Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 So fresh to use, thanks for this comfort. :] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DELTA75329 Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 Ya know.. now that I'm trying this mouse-over menu thing, I can't help but admit that I like it. I can go to directly to a news item from the forum without hitting the main page. This saves me time. You guys didn't just make this change because you felt like messing with a design that already worked just fine -- and it did -- you genuinely performed purposeful and thoughtful tweaks. Not too many old-schoolers like myself favor changing something that just works; I would have been against the change had it been put up to a vote without a chance to try it out. But it's the integration between the forums and the news pages that has won me over. It really feels, for the first time in Neowin's history, like a single, uniform site. Color me impressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViperSnake Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 The new Shift theme: Awesome. But, I also am digging that new IP.Board Default Theme, looks quite nice! Think maybe you could change the IP.B logo to the Neowin logo and maybe try to offer it on the front page too? It's hot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swiftie Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 Looks superb, the designers have done a wonderful job with this 1.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red. Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 I like the new forum designs. Very good work! Also, i may be blind but is there a way to view up to date recent forum topics on the front page? There used to be a refresh button, just wondering how it works now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenji Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 I love this theme, It loads so much faster than the old ones too :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echilon Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 Nice work on the upgrade. I love the new theme :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+John. Subscriber¹ Posted July 1, 2007 Subscriber¹ Share Posted July 1, 2007 Love the new theme, better than I thought it'd look. I wouldn't mind having the recent forum posts back, but I guess I might get used to it in the new position. Great job guys (Y) Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexcyn Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 WOW. I love this new theme! Great job guys! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x-byte Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 Nice work. It's been a long wait since the announchment of the Shift style. Worth the wait :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snyper Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 Good Job. Looks nice ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzz99 Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 Well done and the forum is now up to date as the main page style. Very good work. I really like it. Thanks Guys !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NetRyder Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 Looks sweet. Great job, guys. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 Some BBCode doesn't seem to be working in past threads, like https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?act=...f=180&id=22 and quotes in my pm's are broken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Veteran Posted July 1, 2007 Veteran Share Posted July 1, 2007 Chris100, post in bugs forum please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Green Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 Wow this is such a nice change to see it honestly is quite possibly the best forum on teh net now its great just takes a while to load thats all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shof Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 finally it is back how about shift black? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*John* Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 Christ, how awesome is this? :woot: I'm loving it so much i'm almost erect! :omg: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iSimx Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 wow :D - great job guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golfantastic Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 I'm loving this. Thanks NEOWIN! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardsim7 Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 Looks great!! Awesome job guys!! :D -Rich- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeroday Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 Not sure if this was intentional, but thread descriptions no longer show? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigapixels Veteran Posted July 1, 2007 Veteran Share Posted July 1, 2007 Christ, how awesome is this? :woot: I'm loving it so much i'm almost erect! :omg: :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matrix XII Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 This is way better than I even imagined! Well done Neowin staff (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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