vBulletin 4.0 Installed

[iacas]

Yes, things look different. I've installed vBulletin 4.0 and the old skins are not compatible, so they're disabled.

Over the next several hours I'm going to update any preferences and settings to make sense. Then perhaps I'll tweak the style a little bit (though I kind of like this style for now).

Post any questions here, and I'll post any changes I make to the settings (etc.) here as well.

P.S. Two plugins are also disabled: the "ignore threads" and the "reputation checks" plugins. Reputation comments are currently disabled so that people can't give others reputation of -38 or +31 or anything silly like that.

P.P.S. For now, everyone should go to http://thesandtrap.com/forum/profile.php and make sure they like their settings.

[DaSportsGuy]

I like the layout...

Not a big fan of the skin...

Any way the banner and icons of the old skin can be transferred?

[iacas]

First thing I don't like is the on-top postbit (the username, avatar, etc.). There, fixed that.

Any way the banner and icons of the old skin can be transferred?

In time, and perhaps.

[iacas]

Still tweaking the options. Nothing anyone should notice thus far... some minor tweaks here and there.

[iacas]

There seems to be a new "video" tag:





It supports video from Hulu, YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion, Metacafe, Google, and facebook. Cool.

Please discontinue using the old "youtube" codes. They'll still remain active so that old images work.

[iacas]

I believe I've set up blog permissions now. If you're an Established Member, you have your own blog.

[Bastid]

What do you have to do to be established?

New board looks good, slightly Halo-ish but good nonetheless.

[DaSportsGuy]

What do you have to do to be established?

Established Member Criteria

[James_Black]

I preferred the old skin.

Don't like this one at all

[iacas]

I preferred the old skin. Don't like this one at all

Sorry. Until vBulletin 4 skins become more widely available, this is what we have. I may change some of the colors out later.

There was 100% no way to keep the old skin unless we also kept vBulletin 3. vBulletin 4 is a compelling upgrade and it's well worth having a slightly less cool skin for awhile.

[iacas]

Also, reputation is re-enabled as the plugin seems to work just fine with vBulletin 4.0.

[Zeph]

Cool, I like like forum upgrades.

I really hope the old skin can return, or at least one similar. The new one give far less overview and ease of reading. Especially in the thread view, but also in the threads themselves. I like forums where each part of the site is divided so the eyes easily can focus on the posts, without the entire content being mixed together.

[iacas]

I really hope the old skin can return, or at least one similar. The new one give far less overview and ease of reading. Especially in the thread view, but also in the threads themselves. I like forums where each part of the site is divided so the eyes easily can focus on the posts, without the entire content being mixed together.

I liked the old style too. But this also gives us a chance to find a new style.

The old style was a fairly heavily modified version of Aria, and the folks who developed that style seem to have disappeared months ago, so... we may not be able to do that same style, though obviously that'd be the first choice. (Aria is from http://vbstyles.com/ .)

[James_Black]

Oh yeah the userCP thingy isn't here anymore either

[iacas]

Yes it is. Same URL, in fact: http://thesandtrap.com/forum/usercp.php .

If you mean the link called "User CP" in the toolbar, it's called "Settings" and it's in the top right now.

[James_Black]

yeah that's what I meant.
thanks.

[joshiemac25]

Really enjoy the update, I have seen this used on a few other forums and it is nice.

Are Online Scorecards going to make a re-appearance?

Thanks for everything,

Josh

[flopdarock]

there are plenty of computer ppl in here... maybe one of the design guys can come up with a skin for free?

this new deal will take some getting used to but newer is better most of the time