Comments on new SMF theme

[Thantos]

Where is  My Avatar  Half  in new SMF Theme

Well the reason is because the block that the avatar is shown is clips overflow

[LeGaS]

It's nice, but I'd have to agree that it's very square.

I agree. Make some rounded corners.

[alienine]

Google ads just don't work well in the these as it currently is.

I don't understand why locked topics are emphasised, both in font and in background. They distract the eye when vertically scanning the posts.

[ikbenivo]

I must say I liked the previous one better. But probably this one is easier to customize and I think there are some major changes made in the templates....

[Harro]

Not too fond of the brown/organe fonts.
But overall I like it better then the old one.
Just need a bit to get used to it
But good work! Looking forward to start using & customizing it!

[klumy]

Google ads just don't work well in the these as it currently is.

I don't understand why locked topics are emphasised, both in font and in background. They distract the eye when vertically scanning the posts.

yeah I agree with you. The child forums are currently also in bold letters, which is a little bit inconvenient

[shadow82x]

I think it looks very good! The post/topics looks a little messed up though. I also like the new quote box

[Thantos]

I don't understand why locked topics are emphasised, both in font and in background. They distract the eye when vertically scanning the posts.

I agree with the locked topics not needing both.

yeah I agree with you. The child forums are currently also in bold letters, which is a little bit inconvenient

That is a bug, I know it is!  Just can't seem to find out where it's happening.

[freestyler1079]

İs İt Download ?

[EdwinK]

I think that this new theme is pretty erm.. "ugly", compared to the previous one.

I really dont like this new theme.

* EdwinK agrees. At first I thought there was something wrong with styles or so. Maybe it is just getting used to though.

[Owdy]

Looking great! You should create also new topic icons etc.

[Paracelsus]

I think the sub-forums font size is way too little... I can hardy see them.

Concerning the rest, I think it has some very good details, like the "comma" image in the quote window or the top drop-down menu, but in general I feel the previous theme was more "uniform" and intuitive... this theme feels a bit like several distinct components mixed together without a really good overall "harmony" ...

[depablo]

I think the old theme was dated, this is a big improvement and as far as I am concerned first class, don't mind the square corners and the avatars are on the left 

[Thantos]

Just to give you all an update:  Some of the pages (for example the download page) still need some styling applied to them.  It'll probably be tomorrow before we get them looking really good — since a lot of the team are spending Easter with family.

[Rudolf]

This theme might be more modern but compared with the previous theme is ugly. And besides... it has a joomla-ish feeling.
And it's too much white!!!
I have the brightness of my monitor set to minimum, but when I open this website I get literally blinded.

Tip: Try collapsing categories. Try collapsing the last one too.

PS: On and off icons on the boards are too similar. It's very hard to distinguish which board has new posts. Eeek.

[HaminX]

I had to switch back to the old theme in my profile. The new theme was truncating the text at the right side of my screen while reading posts. Using IE-6. Makes no difference whether small window, or max.

Rich

[Thantos]

BTW thanks for all the replies.  Both good and bad, your comments do get read and do help us improve.

[metallica48423]

The on2.gif seems to not have been replaced yet as of this point in time, and seems to be the old one.  The on.gif and off.gif for new unread and no unread respectively seem to be in place.

Overall, and this is my personal opinion, i like the color scheme of the new theme, and such.  It seems a bit brash on the eyes due to the bright colors.  And it also seems very 'squareish'.  I like the dropdown menu. 

One other graphical thing, is when posting, the 'topic summary' that appears below the post box is left-justified instead of centered, like in previous iterations of most themes.

Overall, looks great.  

[Daniel D.]

It's nice, but I'd have to agree that it's very square.

Indeed.

[PoLlama]

Its awesome . It really is.