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  • ManagerJosh
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    According to Kier (or was it someone else..) It isn't completely about compatibilty right now that's preventing a fully functional tableless design from being deployed in vBulletin 3.6. It's currently limitations to the template system that's preventing a migration which is requiring us to wait till vBulletin 4.

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  • AlexanderT
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    Originally posted by MRGTB
    Well I must differ from others here, because I don't like the new look of phpbb over the old style. And the post icons are nowhere near as nice as the old ones. I'm also not much of a fan of rounded off corners also.

    Yeah, the new web coding is a big leap forward for them and great news. But the new style leaves a lot to be desired if you ask me
    Originally posted by Wayne Luke
    You're not the only one. Personally I don't like the new style with all of its "rainy day" gray everywhere. Hopefully it sees a lot less use than Subsilver but most people don't edit the look and feel of a forum.
    Originally posted by Wayne Luke
    Wow.. now I don't know which is worse. I don't really like either style.
    Well even without knowing, you guys just made the point... whether you like a design or not is most subjective. Hence the importance to offer a product with semantically correct XHTML, so that designers everywhere can easily change the look and appearance without going through the hassles of ugly table hacks.

    This is NOT about whether the vBulletin style looks outdated or not, or about whether you like the look of the new phpBB style, - it's about providing clean and structured XHTML code that is easy to understand and easy to reuse -- neither of which you can say about the current HTML table mess in vBulletin.

    DirectPixel raises another important point:
    Originally posted by DirectPixel
    What's the most annoying, for me, is the constant template updates between minor versions.

    Switching to a CSS-based layout will mean I won't have to update a bunch of templates to make a single minor correction every time vBulletin gets updated.
    It was mentioned earlier by a Jelsoft staff that we'd have to wait at least for the release of vB 4.0 to see something similar like in phpBB 3.0. Ensuring compatibility with existing modified vB boards was mentioned. Sure enough, compatibility is important, but why should this be a reason not to offer an updated style with structured XHTML code? If you buy vBulletin today and start a new forum, wouldn't you prefer clean XHTML over messy tablehacks? Why not give us the option to use a master style with semantically correct XHTML while keeping the old master style in place for those who cannot or don't want to immediately upgrade?

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  • ---MAD---
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    Originally posted by DirectPixel
    What's the most annoying, for me, is the constant template updates between minor versions.

    Switching to a CSS-based layout will mean I won't have to update a bunch of templates to make a single minor correction every time vBulletin gets updated.
    Yeah I guess although minor updates don't always have template updates.

    MAD

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  • DirectPixel
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    Originally posted by ---MAD---
    Tbf, no-one would use a default skin because it makes the site boring. Forums need to be unique. Very few forums actually bother going further beyond than editing the colours of a skin probably because they will have to suffer when it comes to upgrading. This is one reason why having a time plan for a new major version is handy. If say you were making a very unique skin today, and tomorrow the announcement of 4.0 beta was announced, you would be quite angry, even if the beta stage + RC stage will last a few months. You would much rather wait and use the skin you currently have.
    What's the most annoying, for me, is the constant template updates between minor versions.

    Switching to a CSS-based layout will mean I won't have to update a bunch of templates to make a single minor correction every time vBulletin gets updated.

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  • ---MAD---
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    Tbf, no-one would use a default skin because it makes the site boring. Forums need to be unique. Very few forums actually bother going further beyond than editing the colours of a skin probably because they will have to suffer when it comes to upgrading. This is one reason why having a time plan for a new major version is handy. If say you were making a very unique skin today, and tomorrow the announcement of 4.0 beta was announced, you would be quite angry, even if the beta stage + RC stage will last a few months. You would much rather wait and use the skin you currently have.

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  • Wayne Luke
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    Originally posted by Cap'n Refsmmat
    That's not the default color, that's phpbb.com only.

    Try http://area51.phpbb.com/phpBB/
    Wow.. now I don't know which is worse. I don't really like either style.

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  • Floris
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    Originally posted by Dream
    I know this is a bit off-topic, but where can I get this



    style from? Someone said CVS, I couldn't find it anywhere in the CVS. What exactly should I download?
    For support on phpBB please go to their web site .. we have no problem with discussing their new style here, but giving support for it is a bit beyond.

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  • forumguy
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    I think it's just custom for the site.

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  • Dream
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    I know this is a bit off-topic, but where can I get this



    style from? Someone said CVS, I couldn't find it anywhere in the CVS. What exactly should I download?

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  • Cap'n Refsmmat
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    Originally posted by Wayne Luke
    You're not the only one. Personally I don't like the new style with all of its "rainy day" gray everywhere. Hopefully it sees a lot less use than Subsilver but most people don't edit the look and feel of a forum.
    That's not the default color, that's phpbb.com only.

    Try http://area51.phpbb.com/phpBB/

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  • MRGTB
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    Originally posted by Discussions
    No, I have never claimed it was PhpBB 2...with a new skin. I was speaking of vBulletin becoming outdated in the style arena with their default style when compared to the new PhpBB skin. Thus I was giving PhpBB a great compliment - so I have no idea where you are getting these absurd notions from, of my attacking or belittling PhpBB or vBulletin (especially considering that I own vBulletin and have ran vBulletin since 2004.)

    I also want to add that since you decided to post a rather retarded comment, that I find you and your lack of comprehension of text to be rather annoying - like a child who never understands what is being taught to it.

    I did not attack any single person or group, merely mentioned something most people understand...that vBulletin's default style needs a revamp. Go back to school & before you run your f'ing mouth off - rethink that strategy..especially when you have no idea what you are speaking of.

    Sorry, but I don't agree that the vBulletin skin looks outdated compared to the new phpBB look. But thats my own personal opinion only

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  • Wayne Luke
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    Originally posted by MRGTB
    Well I must differ from others here, because I don't like the new look of phpbb over the old style. And the post icons are nowhere near as nice as the old ones. I'm also not much of a fan of rounded off corners also.
    You're not the only one. Personally I don't like the new style with all of its "rainy day" gray everywhere. Hopefully it sees a lot less use than Subsilver but most people don't edit the look and feel of a forum.

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  • Comtech
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    Originally posted by Drexion

    Dream>> its in the CVS repository.
    Yes that it is! I've been playing around with it a while last night on one of my "non vBulletin forums" and while it needs some work to be customized to each site's preference in color, graphics..etc - I really do like the new style and I actually like the new Administrator Control Panel as well.

    They've done a great job at catching up.

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  • Drexion
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    Originally posted by Quillz
    Sorry, I don't get what you're saying. Are you saying that the vB style isn't available for phpBB or something?
    I believe he has made the mistake of thinking the style linked in the first post is not the phpBB3 default style (he must have mixed it up with the style used a while back during their development of phpBB3)
    (Well technically the style you see on phpbb.com is not what users will be getting out of the package, as what you see there is modified a bit to fit the theme of their site. If you want a closer idea of what it is look at this template. (pretty much the same really, except its liquid by default)

    Dream>> its in the CVS repository.

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  • Quillz
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    Originally posted by Dream
    The default phpBB 3 style is rather ugly, compared to the phpBB 2 default style.

    It's nothing like the style on the first post of this thread. And that style is nowhere to be found.
    Sorry, I don't get what you're saying. Are you saying that the vB style isn't available for phpBB or something?

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