tobyd Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 Need to apply a forum update so this Thursday (1st October) at 11 the site will be down briefly. Since the migration reboots of the server are now quite quick so i don't expect more than a minute or twos outrage. You may have also noticed the beloved 'Autoshite Default Theme' is a bit wonky - there is a new theme called 'Beige' accessible from the selector at the bottom of the screen which I think should resolve a number of the upgrade breakages and is slightly simpler so future upgrades might not break things as badly. So, my proposal is to set 'Beige' to be the sites default theme. Unless you all vote against it. Changes and tweaks to the newer theme are a little easier to make so the couple of oddities left in the theme should be simpler to wob up. LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 I do personally prefer the general atheistic of Autoshite default theme, but tbh my only major gripes with the beige theme is the round profile pictures and the font does not quite work on a normal desktop computer monitor its OK on a high pixel per inch mobile device screen, but it looks a bit funky on a regular desktop monitor, I think its a little bit too thin if that makes sense? and makes it a little ticker to read heres a couple comparison shots if it helps autoshite default theme autoshite beige theme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 30 minutes ago, tobyd said: I don't expect more than a minute or twos outrage. No, only minor outrage expected here when I can't get on the forum eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 I second what LBF said. Not a fan of the font at all, it's really not that easy on the eyes. Can't we just have something basic like Arial? loserone and strangeangel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 Due to colourblindness I find the beige theme much easier to read as it's slightly better contrast. I would prefer the square avatars of "Autoshite theme" but I do not have an issue with the typeface. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 1 hour ago, Ghosty said: I second what LBF said. Not a fan of the font at all, it's really not that easy on the eyes. Can't we just have something basic like Arial? Prayers answered it seems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobyd Posted September 28, 2020 Author Share Posted September 28, 2020 Changed the font to 'Lato' which seems nice enough? I've made the large avatar icons square and left the small ones alone. Thoughts? scdan4, Mrs6C, brownnova and 2 others 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 Bloody hell, that was quick. Nice job. Profile pics are still showing up circular on the reply box though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 13 minutes ago, tobyd said: Changed the font to 'Lato' which seems nice enough? I've made the large avatar icons square and left the small ones alone. Thoughts? its better but still a bit funky in some places (especially where the text is of a smaller size like in signatures and ranks) out of curiosity is there a reason the old font/font set cant be used with the new theme or such? (thinking about it might not just be the font, but the fact certain things that where bold faced are no longer?) hope im not being too picky! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobyd Posted September 28, 2020 Author Share Posted September 28, 2020 I think the old font was Dosis which is what I imported into the previous iteration of the theme? It got removed when the forum updated* the old theme but that appeared to be the font? I think I've always used the blue theme because I found the AS one hard to read? @Ghosty Should be squares all the way down now. Mrs6C and Ghosty 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 I voted beige as I assumed my phone was already running it. Turns out it was running default theme. I've since had a quick look at beige and I'd like to draw an X though my previous ballot paper please. Default is much easier on the eye. Thanks for your work @tobyd. This forum remains my number one daily drop in destination and it's reassuring to know there remain folk out there who are happy to plough time and effort into keeping the wheels turning purely because they're decent people. Cheers. LightBulbFun, Twiggy, 95 quid Peugeot and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 Oooh the beige theme is nice! I'm on my phone, chrome in mobile view but of the desktop site. Everything works! Stuff that's always been a brown box even on the old theme has icons now! It wraps nicely too. The icon padding is nicer too. But I do agree on the font, it just isn't easy on the eye. Does Arial not look OK? Or Helvicta? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 Beige looks good to me, easier to read IMO. BTW I've only just realised that I can switch from a mobile optimised view to a desktop view by simply rotating my phone- brilliant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twiggy Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 12 hours ago, Dick Longbridge said: Thanks for your work @tobyd. This forum remains my number one daily drop in destination and it's reassuring to know there remain folk out there who are happy to plough time and effort into keeping the wheels turning purely because they're decent people. This x 10. May I ask for one change please ? The date format on quotes is in the American form of MM/DD/YY, which I find quite confusing. Can you change it to the English version of DD/MM/YY please ? Thank you in advance. BeEP and egg 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 12 hours ago, Split_Pin said: Beige looks good to me, easier to read IMO. BTW I've only just realised that I can switch from a mobile optimised view to a desktop view by simply rotating my phone- brilliant! I didn’t know that either!!! You learn something new every day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 44 minutes ago, Twiggy said: This x 10. May I ask for one change please ? The date format on quotes is in the American form of MM/DD/YY, which I find quite confusing. Can you change it to the English version of DD/MM/YY please ? Thank you in advance. go to the bottom of the page and click on Language and change it from United States to United Kingdom (even tho the UK is Default, it was not always like that, so for older members it might be still on the US setting it was for me until a few months ago when I changed it and now dates are in the correct and proper format ) BeEP, Twiggy, egg and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twiggy Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 1 hour ago, LightBulbFun said: go to the bottom of the page and click on Language and change it from United States to United Kingdom (even tho the UK is Default, it was not always like that, so for older members it might be still on the US setting it was for me until a few months ago when I changed it and now dates are in the correct and proper format ) Thank you ! I`m almost computer illiterate... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 I prefer the Default blue scheme...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve79 Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 Definitely beige, Default on my galaxy s7 generates issues where you can't see the text in the boxes with arrows pointing to them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobyd Posted October 1, 2020 Author Share Posted October 1, 2020 Beige is now the default, Upgrade run in and site rebooted. Vantman, Banger Kenny, mercedade and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 Look much crisper and legible on my phone. Excellent! Thanks...😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston Martin Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 The font is a bit dark. 🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 Looks much better now, button labels etc all nice and clear now Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scdan4 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 Much better on eye pad. Thanks for your efforts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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