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03-21-08, 04:19 AM
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| | Paul B Gold Supporter
Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Epsom,UK GT40: GTD40
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Rep Power: 5  | New View
WOW!!
Ron what have you done, I could not believe my eyes, a great new look to the Forum!
Is it just a visual change or is there more functionality?
Paul
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03-21-08, 04:37 AM
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| | MagnetiCat Administrator
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Italy
Posts: 13
Rep Power: 1 | Re: New View
Hello!
We are the authors of the custom skins that Ron wanted for the forums; we have also worked many times on tech tasks in the forums, like forum upgrades.
Today we upgraded the forums to vB 3.7, which adds many great functionalities; but I think Ron is still planning things, so I do not know what will be activated/implemented.
About the Skins, there are actually 4 new ones! Go at the bottom of the page and choose the ones you prefer. And since we do not want to take all credits, the yellow skin color scheme is mostly Ron's. We had used a much lighter color scheme (well, it was almost green), but it was not powerful enough for a website about GT40s!
We are still looking around the forums for things we can retouch. vB 3.7 first RC release came out yesterday, so we might have missed something. We will upload later new smilies and substitute the old ones that have bad edges or that do not fit the new skins - plus, we will add many more smilies.
I am also activating thumbnail creation, as it can save a lot of bandwidth , reduce loading times, and even server load. To make up for this, vB 3.7 includes lightbox. I know you are used to inline images, but maybe you will like the thumbnail+lightbox solution better. If you prefer, we can setup it to show the bigger image automatically when you go with your mouse over the thumbnail. Please wait a bit since thumbnail generation may take many hours.
But for the rest, I will leave the post to Ron, the one who hired us to do this.
P.S. Please do a full reload of the page or even delete your cached images; some browser will keep the old images and icons until you trigger them to fully reload the page. | |
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03-21-08, 04:38 AM
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| | kenshiro8 I Have No Life
Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Milano,Italy GT40: Fujimi 1/24
Posts: 2,166
Rep Power: 27 | Re: New View
bravo Ron!
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03-21-08, 05:28 AM
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| | wealdenengineer 10 tenths
Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: East Sussex, UK
Posts: 1,041
Rep Power: 17 | Re: New View
Sorry, I find it hard to read and uncomfortable, go back ------ | 
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03-21-08, 05:45 AM
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| | Keith1 10 tenths
Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: United Kingdom GT40: Uh uh
Posts: 1,871
Rep Power: 25 | Re: New View
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Originally Posted by wealdenengineer  Sorry, I find it hard to read and uncomfortable, go back ------ | Just click the "Classic" view at the bottom of the page Frank...bottom left..
I agree though, the colours are a wee bit strong for me. Getting old I guess, but the new style is fab....
On second thoughts, I quite like the Red MK 1
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03-21-08, 07:15 AM
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| | MikeP 2 Tenths
Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Oldham England GT40: GTD + GTD
Posts: 206
Rep Power: 5 | Re: New View
Once again thank you Ron and team for all your efforts on our behalf. Much appreciated.
Cheers
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03-21-08, 07:31 AM
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| | Big-Foot Gold Supporter
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Minneapolis, MN GT40: Replica
Posts: 1,231
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WOW.. I like the different skins. The Black/Gold was shocking to see for the first time. I'm back to the classic view right now although the Red is a close second. I can't do the really dark or black background with white text. Too hard on the old eyeballs...
Thanks for the upgrade and choices!!!! | |
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03-21-08, 07:32 AM
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| | Big-Foot Gold Supporter
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Minneapolis, MN GT40: Replica
Posts: 1,231
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Hey wait a second - Why is it now showing my location as RCR-40 #45? That's my car! | |
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03-21-08, 07:45 AM
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| | wbmusarra 10 tenths
Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Snellville, Ga. "Everybody's somebody in Snellville" GT40: DRB#5
Posts: 1,114
Rep Power: 19 | Re: New View
I love the new look!!! I especially like the choices. Can't decide between the Black Mk II and the Red Mk IV.
Bill
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03-21-08, 08:07 AM
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| | 550spydr A Tenth
Join Date: May 2006 Location: Millbrook,NY GT40: GTD
Posts: 169
Rep Power: 4 | Re: New View
Overall,I like the new look.This is the second time I've logged on and Im getting used to the change...Nice job Ron!
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03-21-08, 08:20 AM
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| | RacerDave Bronze Supporter
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: North Carolina GT40: scratch build
Posts: 81
Rep Power: 1 | Re: New View
WOW!!!!!! Awesome new look Great Job!!!!!!
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03-21-08, 08:25 AM
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| | CraigW RCR Australia
Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Gold Coast
Posts: 519
Rep Power: 9 | Re: New View
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Originally Posted by Big-Foot Hey wait a second - Why is it now showing my location as RCR-40 #45? That's my car! | Looks like a small bug, doing the same thing for me. I've now deleted my car type, so it's blank now. I expect it will be fixed soon. | |
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03-21-08, 08:34 AM
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| | 550spydr A Tenth
Join Date: May 2006 Location: Millbrook,NY GT40: GTD
Posts: 169
Rep Power: 4 | Re: New View
My location is listed as my car also, however it is kind of nice to see what type of GT40 people have without having to click on thier profile.
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03-21-08, 09:02 AM
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| | Dlampe Silver Supporter
Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Centralia IL GT40: RCR GT 40
Posts: 518
Rep Power: 9 | Re: New View
I really think the red is best!  | |
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03-21-08, 09:38 AM
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| | Mark Clapp Bronze Supporter
Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Kansas City, Missouri USA GT40: Mark I (South Africa)
Posts: 439
Rep Power: 11 | Re: New View
Ron and Carlito, great looks and makes the site even more exciting to visit. The main GT40s.com banner is cool. I just can't seem to figure out why Dean Lampe's favorite is the red skin?
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03-21-08, 09:41 AM
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| | wealdenengineer 10 tenths
Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: East Sussex, UK
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Rep Power: 17 | Re: New View
Thats better, gone back to classic view, much easier to read, Frank | |
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03-21-08, 09:43 AM
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| | Ron Earp Site Administrator
Join Date: Sep 2001
Posts: 3,845
Rep Power: 54  | Re: New View
Lots of different views for all different types of flavors. I knew some folks would like the new look, and others would want to simple look with no frills. I'll write some more about the features and so forth that Carlito's team has done for us, but I just want to say, thanks Carlito and the development team, nice work!!!!!
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03-21-08, 10:14 AM
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| | Bill D I Have No Life
Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Camarillo, CA
Posts: 2,355
Rep Power: 32 | Re: New View
WOW!! I get up and come to the computer to check out the forum, and I'm greeted by this incredible new look!! This is slick, classy, and great!!
Way to go Ron. It's a "10"!!!
Bill D
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03-21-08, 10:48 AM
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| | john_douglass Bronze Supporter
Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Rockville, Md. GT40: KVA
Posts: 136
Rep Power: 4 |  Re: New View
I like the classic look - the new one is too hard to read! Thanks thought for gussing up the site - the options let the user choose!
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03-21-08, 10:51 AM
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| | EGLITOM 2 Tenths
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Germany GT40: RCR 40
Posts: 293
Rep Power: 4 | Re: New View
Congrats RON,
great new skins. I like the black ( because No 2 is one of my favorite GT40´s), from a color perspective, although it is a little more difficult to read.
But one has the choice an dthis is great as well
Thanks for making a good site even better
TOM
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