Loving the new design

[Temerity]

Much cleaner, less cluttered, pleasant use of colors, buttons, header and fonts. I'm sure I'll love it even more when all of the features become available again.

I'm digging it a lot. Nice work.

 

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[MJ DeMarco]

Thanks, I'm still a bit away from getting it to where I like. Lots of new things, missing things, and different way of doing things. Hopefully we will be back to normal in a few days.

 

[niftyg]

I really hope we get TapaTalk if we don't already (Haven't tried it out yet.) What prompted you to move away from vBulletin? (That's what you were running right?)

 

[jon.a]

Where's the selection to reverse the post order within a thread?

 

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[Darius]

The new design is coming together nicely. Looking forward to see it once things are complete.

 

[Dom117]

I must say that this is the first time i've seen a forum change it's layout without it feeling weird at first, good job!
I don't think the change will impact your visitors and/or engagement on short term and that it will be beneficial on long term.

 

[dknise]

The new site and forum software looks AWESOME. By far the coolest forum skin I've ever seen. Great work, MJ.

 

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[Phones]

It will take a bit to get used to.
Tapatalk isn't working.
Avatar resolution should be improved for the new sizes, looks awful right now.

 

[bensonj]

Love the new look! Great Job! Very clean. Looking forward to seeing all of the new features!

 

[Ravens_Shadow]

Looking forward to seeing the finished site! Loving it so far.

 

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[McCoyH]

Glad to see you switched to Xenforo (I assume you were using vB before? Xenforo has a much better price package and also looks much sleeker and up to date in my opinion. Looking good so far!!

 

[JAJT]

I could get used to it.

I do think that the avatars are a little large though.

 

[ralphT]

Am I the only one who's not very happy with the serif font? It makes posts significantly more difficult to read...

 

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[smarty]

Thanks, I'm still a bit away from getting it to where I like. Lots of new things, missing things, and different way of doing things. Hopefully we will be back to normal in a few days.

I think it needs a "recent posts" section like the old one had, so we can immediately recognize new posts. with the current layout we can't see recent posts anywhere unless we actually check each forum section separately. Other than that, the new design/software is awesome. P.S.: I think I have always has a crush on XenForo forum software though

 

[JAJT]

I think it needs a "recent posts" section like the old one had, so we can immediately recognize new posts. with the current layout we can't see recent posts anywhere unless we actually check each forum section separately. Other than that, the new design/software is awesome. P.S.: I think I have always has a crush on XenForo forum software though

 

[smarty]

It will take a bit to get used to.
Tapatalk isn't working.
Avatar resolution should be improved for the new sizes, looks awful right now.

patience, patience, patience... I think MJ has a pretty good sense of what needs to be done, it just needs a few days to get sort them all. Also I'm waiting for Tapatalk to work again which should be as simple as installing the Tapatalk plugin on the forum.

 

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[smarty]

Oops, didn't notice that. Thanks

 

[DeletedUser394]

I log in two dozen times a day to watch the Progress Meter change, and it finally upticked 5%!!! I'm so excited.

 

[Temerity]

MJ, what got you interested in XenForo over vBulletin? Curious because I'm a vbulletin guy.

 

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[timmy]

Thanks, I'm still a bit away from getting it to where I like. Lots of new things, missing things, and different way of doing things. Hopefully we will be back to normal in a few days.

Like it aaaaaalot.Big time.

 

[RHL]

It looks like the forum warped ahead in time five years. Looks like MJ learned a lot since the days of that ill-received limos.com redesign; this revamp is all aces.

 

[jon.a]

I'm looking for the setting to reverse the post order within a thread. I had the old platform set to display the most recent posts first.

 

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[MJ DeMarco]

I'm looking for the setting to reverse the post order within a thread. I had the old platform set to display the most recent posts first.

That's not an option with the software but there is a plugin available that I should have installed by the end of today or tomorrow. That will give you that option.

 

[jon.a]

That's not an option with the software but there is a plugin available that I should have installed by the end of today or tomorrow. That will give you that option.

YESSS, thank you

 

[Vigilante]

Formatting new posts is so clean and intuitive, like Microsoft Word. Simple tools, simple layout. Awesome.

 

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[MJ DeMarco]

Also, as a recommendation people should upload new avatars to get rid of blurriness. The old avatars were imported in a smaller size and have been scaled larger to create the blurriness. I've set the avatar large enough so you can actually READ the avatar -- its your opportunity to have it be a reflection of your personality. (I finally MADE OUT ZendDolphin's avatar, I never knew what it was until the resolution cleared up, lol.) Once your new avatar is uploaded, or even the older one, the blurriness should disappear.

 

[RHL]

Is there an ideal aspect ratio/size for the new avatars to avoid distortion?

 

[davedev]

Brilliant redesign. Very readable, especially on my Nexus7. Home run!

Best of luck for the rest of the updates MJ!

 

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[sethnejame]

Digging the new look. Comes out really clean especially at high resolution on my laptop. How do I add the "read millionaire fastlane " button to my profile?

 

[TJPB]

Very nice upgrade! I like.

I do miss the section towards the bottom of each thread that shows who is viewing it.