
I've grown to like it throughout the last 20 something years, it's just not the same without it.
Yes, because sticking with a cruddy old software that no longer gets security updates, and actively blocks you from installing extremely critical backend software updates because it would break if you did, is a huge, massive step backwards .....Hexereticdoom wrote: ↑Fri Aug 26, 2022 12:43 pm (In my opinion, this applied global change in phpBB forums has turned out to be a step backwards...)![]()
Have you tried any of the other installed themes, in your User Control Panel -> Board Preferences? We do have the default SubSilver theme among a couple of others that might be more useful to you.Sarah wrote: ↑Sun Aug 28, 2022 10:07 amAnd lastly the amount of blue light hurts my eyes too. Now the default forum theme is mostly blue, even when not logged in, which is extremely hard on my eyes. I wear blue-blocking glasses, but this theme is about as hostile to my sight as staring at the sun.
I have actually been distancing myself from the forum of late due to this theme - I can't look at the forum for very long. Low seizure threshold, and extreme sensitivity to blue light - suddenly the ZDoom forum is actively repelling me.
Oh thank you for reminding me of that, now my eyes aren't melting as I type this. But that's only going to apply when I'm logged in, which the vast majority of the time I am not when I stop by, I'm just checking if there's any relevant posts, so I'm stuck with the new blue theme unless I log in - and out of habit that only happens if I am going to post something.wildweasel wrote: ↑Sun Aug 28, 2022 10:28 am Have you tried any of the other installed themes, in your User Control Panel -> Board Preferences? We do have the default SubSilver theme among a couple of others that might be more useful to you.
Actually yes - if you have the ZDoom forums bookmarked, edit your bookmark to add a ?style=21 to it, for example, index.php?style=21 - this will make the forum use style number 21 (ProSilver) for the duration of your visit. This is also how the old forum's "Mobile Friendly" button worked. It should work regardless of whether you are logged in or not.
Ooo there we go! I'll take that - that was simple enough to set up and avoids needless plugins. Yes, I'm the weird old person who can't handle dark mode - I really need to get my eyes checked. Thank you WW that's much betterwildweasel wrote: ↑Sun Aug 28, 2022 10:52 am Actually yes - if you have the ZDoom forums bookmarked, edit your bookmark to add a ?style=21 to it, for example, index.php?style=21 - this will make the forum use style number 21 (ProSilver) for the duration of your visit. This is also how the old forum's "Mobile Friendly" button worked. It should work regardless of whether you are logged in or not.
If you prefer the brown version, that is style 24.
[edit] Also there's a number of plugins for Chrome that are normally intended to turn websites into "dark mode" versions, but a decent number of them can also be used to simply invert the colors to turn dark websites into "light mode" versions. You might look into those - I, unfortunately, use Firefox, so I can't be a ton of help there.
An ETA for the option to put a post's user avatar on the left, like it used to be with the old forums, is one thing I'm waiting for. Though I guess that's not really about the theme per-se (and I don't want to pester about it since I know there's been a lot of work being done on the forums since the upgrade, and they've said it'll come back).