New forum - Pros and Cons

**tree_jammer** · 2012-03-13 02:28

New forum seems to be working great, was getting a few errors about reaching connection limit earlier but all seems to be running smooth and fast. love the new look. very slick and professional.

elitegamer360 · 2012-03-13 02:52

(2012-03-12 22:48)jmarshall Wrote: ....
Lastly, for those wanting more stuff in their sig, we'll be discussing this over the next week or two. Remember that these forums have a high post count, so restricting the size and content of sigs is essential to ensuring the noise doesn't swamp the content.

Cheers,
Jonathan

Thanks for discussing it Smile

(2012-03-13 01:42)da-anda Wrote:
(2012-03-12 20:56)elitegamer360 Wrote: Also I can not extend the post box horizontally but it is OK vertically
Noticed and will be fixed

Many Thanks Smile

Cheers,
EG.

lrusak · 2012-03-13 02:53

(2012-03-13 01:06)da-anda Wrote:
(2012-03-12 20:39)lrusak Wrote: what is the size of aloud pictures in a signature?

The height is currently limited to 160px - not much, but pics in signatures should not distract from the actual content - that's why we decided for this height for now.

Why does it seem that images from Trakt.tv are squished then?

there are 2 sizes for trakt images

400x100px
300x75px

both sizes seems smushed when using the BB code.

just wondering is all. Big Grin

soder · 2012-03-13 09:21

Thanks for Tapatalk support.

/Söder

**Ned Scott** · 2012-03-13 09:51

For some new pros, see here and the post below it.

macf1an · 2012-03-13 10:38

TOO few posts per page - massive pagination..will scare people off
TOO wide "Forum" column - you rarely can read the whole name in the "Last post" section, it was better before I think

otherwise it's pretty I guess

Saner · 2012-03-13 11:33

(2012-03-13 10:38)macf1an Wrote: TOO few posts per page - massive pagination..will scare people off
TOO wide "Forum" column - you rarely can read the whole name in the "Last post" section, it was better before I think

otherwise it's pretty I guess

you can change posts per page in your UserCP. - http://forum.xbmc.org/usercp.php?action=options

The Too Wide, could be changed by adding more skins, but bug solving is more of a priory I would imagine at the moment.

pecinko · 2012-03-13 12:48

Many thanks for Tapatalk support!

Only thing missing for me now is better readability.

I.e. font sizes and colors: Black,Blue,Red vs currently active Light Black, Light Blue, Grey

at least allow it as alternate not everyone has eagle eyes.

Here's comparison image:
[Image: comparisonc.png]

**da-anda** · 2012-03-13 14:13

(2012-03-13 02:53)lrusak Wrote:
(2012-03-13 01:06)da-anda Wrote: The height is currently limited to 160px - not much
Why does it seem that images from Trakt.tv are squished then?
there are 2 sizes for trakt images

400x100px
300x75px

Sorry, was in a rush and just right clicked the trakt.tv pic in your sig and read the scaled dimensions. By doing so I too the wrong dimension - height is limited to 40px

(2012-03-13 10:38)macf1an Wrote: TOO few posts per page - massive pagination..will scare people off
TOO wide "Forum" column - you rarely can read the whole name in the "Last post" section

a) Actually the records per page are the same as in the old forum: 20 threads and 10 posts per page.
b) Not sure what you mean

**da-anda** · 2012-03-13 14:20

(2012-03-13 12:48)pecinko Wrote: Only thing missing for me now is better readability.
I.e. font sizes and colors: Black,Blue,Red vs currently active Light Black, Light Blue, Grey

at least allow it as alternate not everyone has eagle eyes.

Font size on Windows is bigger then on your screenshot. Actually the font-size is set to be relative to your OS defaults, but should be calculated by the browser to something like 13px. Could you please check the calculated font-size in the developer toolbar of Safari on your OS? Check the calculated CSS font-size for a) <body> and b) the content/text of posts.

@colors - where just a quick shot so far. Most work for the conversion went into preserving all data - the theme is still WIP and might change.

tree_jammer Team-XBMC Member Posts: 50 Joined: Apr 2009 Reputation: 17	2012-03-13 02:28 Post: #71 New forum seems to be working great, was getting a few errors about reaching connection limit earlier but all seems to be running smooth and fast. love the new look. very slick and professional.
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soder Posting Freak Posts: 1,288 Joined: Feb 2008 Reputation: 1 Location: Sweden	2012-03-13 09:21 Post: #74 Thanks for Tapatalk support. /Söder GIGABYTE MA78GM-S2H, AMD ATHLON 64 X2 4850E, 4x1GB DDR2 XMS2 PC6400, Nvidia GeForce 9400GT 1GB, Panasonic TH-42PX80, MCE 2005, 3xSAMSUNG SPINPOINT F1 1TB + 1xWestern Digital Red 3TB OpenELEC 3.0.2 Aeon Nox 4.0.9
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Ned Scott Team-XBMC Wiki Guy Posts: 11,938 Joined: Jan 2011 Reputation: 131 Location: Arizona, USA	2012-03-13 09:51 Post: #75 For some new pros, see here and the post below it.
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macf1an Senior Member Posts: 273 Joined: Aug 2011 Reputation: 0	2012-03-13 10:38 Post: #76 TOO few posts per page - massive pagination..will scare people off TOO wide "Forum" column - you rarely can read the whole name in the "Last post" section, it was better before I think otherwise it's pretty I guess ATV2 4.3 8F455 Seas0npassed / XBMC 11 Samsung HT-P70 5.1 / Samsung WS-32Z419P
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pecinko Donor Posts: 3,015 Joined: Dec 2008 Reputation: 27 Location: Prague / Belgrade	2012-03-13 12:48 Post: #78 Many thanks for Tapatalk support! Only thing missing for me now is better readability. I.e. font sizes and colors: Black,Blue,Red vs currently active Light Black, Light Blue, Grey at least allow it as alternate not everyone has eagle eyes. Here's comparison image: My skins: Quartz Amber
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