I'm using the new theme now, and will let you know of any major bugs I come across. I have a bunch of design suggestions, but they're all cosmetic and I don't have the energy to do a full list right now -- will get to that sometime soon. Basically, it may just be worth going through the theme's CSS files and replacing nearly all the font declarations with Semplicità/Source Sans and nearly all the color declarations with some version of TSP blue (the reply/quote/report buttons stand out to me right now as especially jarring).

~ Aumeltopia ~

Raccoons are bandits! First they steal your food . . . and then your heart/identity!

Reply

Theres no way to get back to the subforum when in a thread.

"...if you're normal, the crowd will accept you. But if you're deranged, the crowd will make you their leader." - Christopher Titus
Deranged in NS since 2011

One and ONLY minion of LadyRebels 
The OUTRAGEOUS CRAZY other half of LadyElysium

POSITIONS! POSITIONS, EVERYONE!!

TSP Forum & Discord Mod (4/19-Present)
Niagara Founder (2018-Present)

TSP MoRA (6/19-10/19)
TSP Asso. Justice (4/19-3/20)
TSP Deputy CoA (8/18 - 4/19)
TSP CSS (2/14-10/14)
TSP High Court Justice (4/14 - 5/14)
TSP CoA (12/13 - 3/14)
TSP Vice Delegate (8/13 - 12/13)
TSP MoS (9/12 - 12/12)
TSP MoFA (5/12 - 9/12)
TSP Forum Admin (2014)
TSP Craziest (12/12 - 3/13 -- 8/13 - 10/14 -- 2/15 - 6/17 -- 2/18 - 6/19)
Former Founder of Richmond
Former something in Europia
Former something in Balder

Quotes

5:19PM, 3/25/12
Hileville - LR and Rebel-topia are going to break the forum. 103 posts between the two of them so far today
LadyRebels - Yes we are implementing our evil plan to take over, just wanted ya'll to know that

---

[1:22 PM] Rebeltopia: *beats up the Polandar Bear*
[1:22 PM] Polandar Bear: :dizzy_face:
[1:23 PM] Polandar Bear: I'm endangered!
[1:23 PM] Rebeltopia: Endangered of being beated up!
[1:23 PM] Polander Bear: "Beated up" - Rebeltopia, 2018

---

[6:09 PM] Seraph: Who knew ORCS could be so informative?
[6:10 PM] Nakari: ORCS is truly ORChestral to our understanding of law.
[6:11 PM] Seraph: It's the ORCSue of all our legal knowledge.
[6:11 PM] Nakari: its magical. must have been created with sORCSery.

---

Nakarisaurus: islands are you just jealous of the boots
Roavin: islands is jealous of the entire package
Satan: ^ this
Islands of Unakarity: Im jealous of the wife, and that mora election a while back
Roavin: punnuendo both intended and not intended

Reply

The displayed user groups at the bottom of the forum are only "Administrators , Super Moderators , Moderators , Banned", which is kinda weird. Not sure if this is visible to all users.

No, that's me too. Is it supposed to be something different? 

Well, it doesn't exist in Island Paradise, and if it does exist, it seems really weird to only have four roles on it.

Main criticism though: it's bland. It could be a forum for anything, or like, a imitation of Facebook. I like Island Paradise's transparency, it gives a bit of personality. and the background makes it feel cosy, but bright enough to not feel oppressive. This is just so meh. The only bit of personality is the banner, which is a jungle and has basically nothing to do with TSP's themes. Like, I guess it's a nice forum, it just isn't a TSP forum to me.

Regarding blandness, the biggest pro of the theme (and why I spent money on it) is that it’s entirely and easily customizable. The sidebar can be removed or scaled down, for example.
It’s also mobile friendly right out the box.

So all that needs to be done aesthetically is to introduce that bit of quirkiness that’s usually in our themes. Like how Island Paradise has a really bad background image lol

Btw Roavin, a lot of the “bugs” here are due to how myBB processes plugins and template changes. Uninstalling and reinstalling all plugins that change templates would fix a lot of the bugs listed here.

(This post was last modified: 11-08-2019, 10:44 AM by sandaoguo.)

Reply

Ooh, it's sooooo much nicer to use on mobile than TSP! I look forward to seeing all the bugs ironed out.

Founder of the Church of the South Pacific [Forum Thread] [Discord], a safe place to discuss spirituality for people of all faiths and none (currently looking for those interested in prayer and/or "home" groups);
And The Silicon Pens [Discord], a writer's group for the South Pacific and beyond!

Yahweo usenneo ir varleo, ihraneo jurlaweo hraseu seu, ir jiweveo arladi.

Salma 145:8

translate

The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in love.
Psalm 145: 8

Reply

Sorry for the double-post, but could the region logo link to the home page, please?

EDIT: And could the sidebar be collapsible on desktop?

Founder of the Church of the South Pacific [Forum Thread] [Discord], a safe place to discuss spirituality for people of all faiths and none (currently looking for those interested in prayer and/or "home" groups);
And The Silicon Pens [Discord], a writer's group for the South Pacific and beyond!

Yahweo usenneo ir varleo, ihraneo jurlaweo hraseu seu, ir jiweveo arladi.

Salma 145:8

translate

The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in love.
Psalm 145: 8

(This post was last modified: 11-08-2019, 03:54 PM by Seraph.)

Reply

Would be nice to have sidebar either collapsible or floaty.

Artist's impression:

Reply

It seems unnecessary to have search both in sidebar and top bar.

Reply

Oversize images are squished to fit on mobile:

~ Aumeltopia ~

Raccoons are bandits! First they steal your food . . . and then your heart/identity!

Reply

It would be nice to have more contrast between forums with new posts and without. Right now they're similar brightnesses, just with less saturation, and the only forum icons that have enough contrast to stand out are the archives.

Reply

Weird compression and overlap in the header on mobile (but fine on a tablet screen).

Founder of the Church of the South Pacific [Forum Thread] [Discord], a safe place to discuss spirituality for people of all faiths and none (currently looking for those interested in prayer and/or "home" groups);
And The Silicon Pens [Discord], a writer's group for the South Pacific and beyond!

Yahweo usenneo ir varleo, ihraneo jurlaweo hraseu seu, ir jiweveo arladi.

Salma 145:8

translate

The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in love.
Psalm 145: 8

Reply