Thread to Report Issues with new xenForo version 2.2

We'll test it for a while, let's see if we get more complaints ^^.

racha said:
Are you guys happy enough to just use a dark theme, or are you specifically (and understandably) wanting to then play around with it to make it fit the site? I have no idea what percentage of us need a dark theme because of eyesight or other issues. Speaking for myself, I'm happy with you putting minimal effort into it, especially if there's only a dozen of us who need it.

I run this free dark theme on my XF install. I have no idea if it would meet everyone's needs on this site.
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Thanks again racha :hatsoff:, I've now installed this theme, it's available as "Shades of Grey", pretty much unchanged.
Please let me know if this is sufficient for everyone.
 
The_J said:
We can do CSS alterations. The main issue with the number at the bell icon is that I've not been able to figure out which element the number is. Everything what I've tried so far resulted in the whole bell being enlarged, which has some not-so-nice effects on the whole navigation bar.
If you have some skills in this area, and could identify which element it must be, then this would be greatly appreciated.
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Forgot to check before clearing my notifications, but it's a pseudo-element. I'll try and grab it in the morning.
 
The_J said:
We'll test it for a while, let's see if we get more complaints ^^.



Thanks again racha :hatsoff:, I've now installed this theme, it's available as "Shades of Grey", pretty much unchanged.
Please let me know if this is sufficient for everyone.
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Just switched. So far, so good. I'll be sure to complain when that changes. :P

(Is there really no way to activate the BBcode bar when in code view?)
 
Immediate issues with Shades of Grey:

1. All post-bit information is gone, so it's just username + user title.

2. The difference between unread and read is very subtle with the current font + colour. Unread is indicated by a simple bold, which may be fine on a light background, but they look very similar on a dark background. Would it be possible to slightly tweak the colour of the unread?
 
Synobun said:
2. The difference between unread and read is very subtle with the current font + colour. Unread is indicated by a simple bold, which may be fine on a light background, but they look very similar on a dark background. Would it be possible to slightly tweak the colour of the unread?
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@The_J / Forum staff in general: I hope I'm not sticking my nose in here (and please tell me to butt-out if I am).

Adding this to templates > extra.less will let you change the colour of the thread title if its got new posts:

Code: 
/* Thread list title color */
.is-unread a {
    color: #A4F144;
}
/* Node title color */
.node--unread a {
    color: #A4F144;
}

Example:
shades of grey unread posts.png
 
I would suggest moving the navigation bar ("Home > Forums > etc) from below "Similar threads" to above "Similar threads" as it is much more used.
 
Synobun said:
Immediate issues with Shades of Grey:

1. All post-bit information is gone, so it's just username + user title.
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Kyriakos said:
Great work, @racha . But the full User info has to be added :D
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Done :).

racha said:
@The_J / Forum staff in general: I hope I'm not sticking my nose in here (and please tell me to butt-out if I am).

Adding this to templates > extra.less will let you change the colour of the thread title if its got new posts:

Code: 
/* Thread list title color */
.is-unread a {
    color: #A4F144;
}
/* Node title color */
.node--unread a {
    color: #A4F144;
}

Example:
View attachment 635931
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No, thanks, it's appreciated :hatsoff:.

Synobun said:
2. The difference between unread and read is very subtle with the current font + colour. Unread is indicated by a simple bold, which may be fine on a light background, but they look very similar on a dark background. Would it be possible to slightly tweak the colour of the unread?
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I did a slight tweak (now thanks to @racha), but I have no idea if the colour is acceptable (not a designer eye here). Please lte me know what you think.


Abaxial said:
I would suggest moving the navigation bar ("Home > Forums > etc) from below "Similar threads" to above "Similar threads" as it is much more used.
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I am not sure I can do this :think:.
 
Circles are the XF 2 standard for avatars. Shades of Grey doesn't support square / rectangle ones out of the box, though I'm fairly certain edits can be made. I can't speak to how much effort, foul language and alcohol consumption would be involved.
 
Oh, no, that is actually a standard option within the Xenforo software, let me figure out where that is again ^^ (was a not-so-obvious option).
EDIT: Done.
EDIT2: In case you're curious, this is the option "Avatar border radius", which I have now set to 10%.
 
Ireland? :/
I don't even like anything about football.
I wouldn't mind if Giannis wins the Euro 2022 basketball tournament, though. Probably the rest of the team, being crap, will make it difficult for him.
 
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Do people have to have an avatar displayed? Because everybody without an avatar just has an image loaded. It's sort of an ‘avatars are not optional’ imposition.

@racha we just want some toasted white bread, please.
 
I guess this isn't exactly an issue but I just found that posting messages on people's profile has a character limit of 420 and I feel this didn't use to be the case

and even if is it necessary?
 
Sus limit :smoke:
 
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