Renaissance Forum Upgrade - Discussion & Information

I liked the old "prosilver" theme of the prior forums, with the white and light blue background, dark blue link text, and black post text. It looks like at the moment, you can just change the color of the link text here, but the background is always black.

I thing this forum style is horrible to be honest, and i relly hope you make it so, you can use the old one as well

I havent checked all new features but what Ive seen so far is nice, like previewing threads, liking post (Wodan pays 10gp per like!!) and i can upload my comics (at least up to 1mb) directly in the forum post instead of using imgur.

The design however, as stated, isnt very nice. Gives quite a playfull feeling, the old one felt more serious and was also easier to overlook. So I would prefer to have it look as much as possible like the old forums but with the new features.

I thought I was tripping out when I logged on this morning. I am still getting used to it but it seems alright thus far.

It will take a little getting used to but I like it. Quite a few excellent new features. It's also considerably friendlier to browse on my phone than the old forum. Handy thing for my Saturdays at work when I can get away with such activities.

I need to get used to the new format but good so far.

What defines: New Member, Member, Active Member.... What are Trophy points?

I love it. People just need to get used to it but I think it is a HUGE upgrade, excellent work man.

I think it looks much better. But it kills my animated GIF avatar!!

Certainly is better

Is it just me or is it hard to take this serious from a man who prances about in the most fabulous array of colored linens? I mean.. I'm just sayin'

HAHAHA.

When I first tested this, I do admit I felt an immediate "let me have my old site back" but then I realized that was just the resistance to change. I remember having the same experience when I adjusted to the old forums for the first time as well. I think we just get used to what we have, that we don't want to change.

But for the little 'missing' pieces I think out of the box this new site all but makes up for them. For instance, I no longer have to open Franz's pictures in a separate tab to view the entire picture. It's much easier for my blood to boil as I read about his relentless assaults against the newbular population!

A note for all BBC code users, You can access the BBC coding by clicking the BBC code icon located at the far right hand side of the 'Reply' dialogue box. It took me a few minutes to find it.

I want my pile of gold back. Made me feel blinged out.

Couple things I've noticed thus far:

- Forums are insanely better on mobile devices. Great upgrade!
- Hopefully this is a setting somewhere or I'm pressing the wrong button, but I do not like how it auto-quotes when you try to respond to a thread. I far prefer the old system of Reply or Quote.

The 'reply' link on everyone else's posts, is the Quote feature now. It Copies the post into your premade reply slot. I really love that the 'reply' window is just in the space where the reply will be when you click Post Reply.
I think the style and formatting of text/backgrounds leaves a bit to be desired but it is much purpler than before, so that's a win.

I personally don't care if it's an improvement in our feature set or usage, but if it helps in SEO, hell yeah. More power captain!

Things that bug so far:
Avatar size/shape leaves much to be desired. While I liked the round one you had at one point, this is nicer but still slightly cramped.
Lack of Sales Icons in the Trade Forums, in line with the Topic. I read descriptions more than anything but i know several people relied on the Gold (buy) Silver (Sell) piles for quick trade forum browsing.
Not sure on this whole Conversation thing, but maybe I'll get used to it.

All told, nice work. Now can we get that crafting patch....

Me likey so far. Gotta get used to it, but the new features I've seen look nice.

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Forum appears to be using GMT as time zone. I think staff needs to set it; doesn't seem like any individual options.

Additionally, I cannot seem to edit post titles, which is a handy feature for items that have been sold.