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[GeN1e]

I can only hope to accomodate in time with the new look.

Is it just me, or there's no global search function in a visible place? It's not that I use it that often, but strange nonetheless.

IT IS TOO DAMN BRIGHT!!! Guys, please, do something about this, it almost hurts eyes.

PS Yes, and I have a feeling fonts are too large as well.

Edited by GeN1e, 02 January 2010 - 11:33 AM.

[Jarno Mikkola]

GeN1e, on 02 January 2010 - 11:30 AM, said:

Is it just me, or there's no global search function in a visible place? It's not that I use it that often, but strange nonetheless.

Push the 'Advanced' near the Search button. Or the 'Search' without anything on the tab, so you'll advance to the 'Advanced'... but then that might take the forum resources more...
The search button is of course in the top right corner on any window, on the same line as the * Website * Forums * Members * Donate buttons are.(using the Mozilla Firefox 3.0.something)

I kinda like the new, more and more. Now, if only the letters were made of fire...

Edited by Jarno Mikkola, 02 January 2010 - 12:56 PM.

[GeN1e]

Guess it's a browser thing then - can see no button whatsoever. Had happened a couple of times before on other sites, except I don't regular them, unlike SHS. Been using IE6 for years.

[marceror]

Hello to the SHS community, and to the admin team, good luck on your upgrade!

I was wondering, while the downloads are unavailable, if anyone happens to have an alternate link to the latest version of the Rogue Rebalancing mod. My main PC had a series of component failures, and one of the parts I need (the motherboard) is on back order. So that sort of kills my in progress BG2 runthrough for the holiday weekend. Well, actually, what I'm trying to do instead is get a new game up and running on an alternate PC. I'd love to include RR, if there's a chance in hell of getting it in advance of site maintenance at SHS being completed.

Sorry to include a request in my first post here... but that's just the way it goes sometimes.

[berelinde]

@GeN1e: I use IE, too. Please see attached.

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[Daulmakan]

marceror, on 02 January 2010 - 01:35 PM, said:

I was wondering, while the downloads are unavailable, if anyone happens to have an alternate link to the latest version of the Rogue Rebalancing mod. My main PC had a series of component failures, and one of the parts I need (the motherboard) is on back order. So that sort of kills my in progress BG2 runthrough for the holiday weekend. Well, actually, what I'm trying to do instead is get a new game up and running on an alternate PC. I'd love to include RR, if there's a chance in hell of getting it in advance of site maintenance at SHS being completed.
Sorry to include a request in my first post here... but that's just the way it goes sometimes.

http://www.shsforums...post__p__473517

[marceror]

Bless you Daulmakan! And aVenger too!

Now the only mod I'm missing is 1PP, but I can live without that until the download functionality is working again!

[Scipio]

This new look is great. It's crisp, clean, neat, lively and legible. The colours are fine, the font size is fine, the layout is fine. Please note that I am using a Duergar slang word, "fine", which means "excellent" in English.

I come from a long career in print publishing. Because I am ancient I believe there's no more legible text than black on white (or, at SHS now, very expensive ivory stock?).

The little picture of me at the top of the page is useful. It tells me that I'm me, not someone else pretending to be me. Such a person would be scary and more than a little unbalanced.

I'm going to have fun exploring the new functions, although I haven't been spending much time at SHS or doing anything else for a while. The first thing I must do is find out why the Profile page thinks I haven't set my status. i set it 33 years ago and it remains unchanged since then; it is still "Married".

It will take time for some people to get used to the new layout and colours. I accept and am happy with the fact that it may take some days to get everything running perfectly -- look how long it took Einstein to go 100 years into the future and come back as his older twin brother.

Seb and Liam, spot on, chaps!

[Galsic]

SConrad, on 02 January 2010 - 04:11 AM, said:

We discovered with Slayer (the dark alternative to Asylum) that very few of our members actually used it.

Seriously? Slayer was so much easier on the eyes for me. You sure you weren't taking all those other unused accounts into consideration or something? Didn't realize I was part of such a small minority :/.

Meh, I suppose the look is only one of many changes. Dunno how many of those'll affect me (positively, negatively, at all; still looking through it). Hope it all works out for the best, though!

Edited by Galsic, 02 January 2010 - 02:26 PM.

[Shaitan]

I like it.

[GeN1e]

Edited by GeN1e, 02 January 2010 - 03:30 PM.

[K'aeloree]

IE6 won't work with virtually any recent forum software, sorry. That's not something we can fix for you--the only suggestion I can make is to use a different browser. A lot of web developers are trying to phase out the use of IE6, because it's become so outdated.

[Mike1072]

berelinde, on 02 January 2010 - 04:43 AM, said:

Would someone mind writing a tutorial on how private conversations work? I'm more than a little unclear on it, at present. I see only two buttons under a member's avatar: friend status and PM. Is there a third I'm not seeing for some reason?

I found a tutorial here in the board's "help topics". Unfortunately, it doesn't seem that all users have the ability to add new participants to a conversation.

[SConrad]

Mike1072, on 02 January 2010 - 07:43 AM, said:

K'aeloree, on 02 January 2010 - 12:28 AM, said:

"View New Posts" forum filter
A feature that people have been requesting for some time, View New Posts can now be filtered! Simply click on the drop-down box in the top right-hand corner, and go to My Settings > Forum > Block Forums.

Can anyone verify if this does or doesn't seem to be working at the moment? I tried turning some forums off earlier, and I still appear to be getting updates from them.

There was a slight issue with the installation of this. Fixed now.

[Jarno Mikkola]

Yey, the download manager is open again(didn't download yet, for there was no need). So Was it 15 days of Christmaka? Yey, I got to edit my first PM conversation. After I had deleted the 460 that were there already.

[Lollorian]

About the new messenger, is there a way to batch delete conversations?? Or maybe merge 2 conversations?? The check box changed sides

Cheers,
Lol

Edited by Lollorian, 02 January 2010 - 07:02 PM.

[theacefes]

Nice job with the upgrade...I don't imagine it was a walk in the park.

I actually enjoy the new color scheme. For someone that has terrible eyesight when it comes to reading anything on a screen, it's nice to see bigger fonts and an easy to navigate interface.

My only complaints would have to be the new "Spellhold Studios" logo as it looks a little too modern for a modding community that is primarily fantasy RPG-based, and that the donation stuff is on the main page and is sized, phrased, and situated in a way that kills the gentle "We'd appreciate any donations, but they are not mandatory, thank you!" gesture and replaces it with something that reads to a first time visitor (this was the first time I checked out the new scheme): "OMG GIVE US MUNEY PLZ - THIS IS HOW MUCH WE NEED".

But good job nonetheless.

Edited by theacefes, 03 January 2010 - 12:12 AM.

[FumY]

I preferred the old skin

[Lava Del'Vortel]

I used to be confused when I this one had appeared, but now I think it looks clear and stylish, FumY. Also this change is followed with interesting features. Believe me