Petie Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 (edited) So, in case it wasn't obvious, I updated the forum software today. We were running the 3.x series before and we're now on version 4. There are obviously some visual changes that need to be made but, for the most part, it looks like the upgrade went well. As always, let me know if you notice anything out of place though.If you're having trouble logging in, try using your email address or whatever you had your display name set to before as the conversion set your usernames to your display names from the previous version. Edited May 26, 2015 by Petie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allamorph Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Wait what the crap what is going on WHY DOES EVERYTHING LOOK LIKE A WINDOWS 8 UPDATE CLONE AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Looks sweet. And stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 This is much better I think. It needs a bit of design/skinning, but the actual layout looks much better. Plus, it seems to be more useable now...I had real issues on my browser with the previous version.Looks nice and clean, and commenting looks good.Nice one, Petie. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petie Posted May 26, 2015 Author Share Posted May 26, 2015 This wasn't a planned upgrade for me. I went to download the latest 3.x patch and found 4.0 was now available and figured I'd give it a shot. While I'm generally happy with the results, it didn't exactly handle the upgrade as well as I'd have liked. It broke some images and turned display names into usernames (though admittedly it did warn me about this one but suggested leaving the default so as not to confuse who was who after the fact). It seems to have an entirely different structure so I'm tempted to actually back everything up, upload a completely fresh copy, and then copy back what's still needed (like the uploads folder) to clean it up a bit but I'm not sure about that yet.On the matter of skinning, it seems to be completely ignoring the fact that there were other themes even installed and I also can't tell if they've completely ditched BB code to switch to raw HTML instead so there's definitely still a bit to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allamorph Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Don't mind me, by the by, I was just being absurd. It was just a very abrupt change, is all.I do very much like how it automatically separates the unread posts from the previously viewed posts with that little blue line. That's clever, and a lot cleaner than one might expect.I would like the full size avatar back, though. The porthole image is nice and clean and modern and chic, but I'd rather have the full monty, as it were.Oh, and is there a straight WSYWIG post creator/editor mode, or do we just have the current postbox as is? I noticed the new super-/subscript buttons and I like muery much but the thought does go tickly in the back of my brain bucket.Look forward to seeing what the rest of it can do. James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 This wasn't a planned upgrade for me. I went to download the latest 3.x patch and found 4.0 was now available and figured I'd give it a shot. While I'm generally happy with the results, it didn't exactly handle the upgrade as well as I'd have liked. It broke some images and turned display names into usernames (though admittedly it did warn me about this one but suggested leaving the default so as not to confuse who was who after the fact). It seems to have an entirely different structure so I'm tempted to actually back everything up, upload a completely fresh copy, and then copy back what's still needed (like the uploads folder) to clean it up a bit but I'm not sure about that yet.On the matter of skinning, it seems to be completely ignoring the fact that there were other themes even installed and I also can't tell if they've completely ditched BB code to switch to raw HTML instead so there's definitely still a bit to do.Fair enough. I think that the result (from what I've seen) is better overall. The gain is a much improved functionality I think.Also, I know this is just the generic default skin...but I think it's better than the ones we had. We didn't have an in-house designed skin since v7.Even with the tasks left to go, you've done a good job Petie. I don't know how much easier the upgrade process is these days, but I remember that it used to take a long time and there was a lot to clean up manually. Allamorph 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Thriving. James and Petie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petie Posted May 29, 2015 Author Share Posted May 29, 2015 So, there's a tiny chance that I did something stupid and accidentally imported the backup database over the live one instead of into a separate set of tables. I restored the live version from the most recent backup (6 PM EST) which means we lost like 4 posts but otherwise, everything is good.Allamorph, I know you mentioned an issue with line spacing. This new editor translates text directly into HTML instead of using BB code and treats carriage returns as paragraph tags. You can still do single line breaks by using Shift + Enter though. (My previous explanation was probably a little better but I don't remember exactly what I said.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuja Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 (edited) The forums look very, clean, sterile. It has a certain Windows 8 charm, the only thing I'd suggest is making the header Century Gothic, with the second word bold, you know, for old times sake. :DI'd actually really like to see and old school logo, big, bold, with all the links upon it and an anime character or two... I can't type in crimson, the color tags fail me! :O Edited July 8, 2015 by Kuja Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 (edited) The forums look very, clean, sterile. It has a certain Windows 8 charm, the only thing I'd suggest is making the header Century Gothic, with the second word bold, you know, for old times sake. :DI'd actually really like to see and old school logo, big, bold, with all the links upon it and an anime character or two... I can't type in crimson, the color tags fail me! :OI miss the old headers, yeah. :(We never got the chance to implement the next "true" version of OtakuBoards (I've attached a sample of the design below). It's so old now, haha. But it was being actively designed at one stage. Edited September 24, 2015 by Ingsoc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petie Posted September 26, 2015 Author Share Posted September 26, 2015 I seem to remember when you were working on that design. It's a shame we never actually implemented it, especially now since we're currently just using the default theme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desbreko Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 Oh yeah, I still have another sample image from when you were working on that design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Haha, wow...I thought I would be the only person to keep any of those files. :PMaybe I should post up more on here from those lost archives. Haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheShinje Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 It's a shame that version never saw the light of day because that design is certifiably badass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 It's a shame that version never saw the light of day because that design is certifiably badass. Thanks! I haven't done any graphic design for a long time though. OB kind of forced me to keep my knowledge up in that area. Now I'm way behind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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