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[The Admiral]

I upgraded the forums to the latest version today, and due to the crappy update tool, it appears as though the CBn forum theme customisations that I had spent a good few days on have been lost.

I do have a backup, but our webhost is currently working on the backup system so I can't restore it until April 4th. That I'm quite annoyed about! What's the point in letting me backup the site if I can't restore it in an urgent scenario!! grrrr.

I'm actually getting quite fed up with the tedious upgrade process for IP.Board. It shouldn't take as long as it does, and it shouldn't require updating the themes so often.

I'm going to look at alternative forum applications, and maybe we can migrate to something more reliable and admin-friendly.

Sorry for the lack of theme in the meantime!

[Mr Teddy Bear]

Thanks for the update. I'm glad the familiar style will return!

[x007AceOfSpades]

At first I was thinking this was the default custom one, but glad to hear the good old fashioned theme will be back.

[Dustin]

Thanks for investing this time and work, Admiral. Much appreciated!

[thecasinoroyale]

I thought Windows 95 theme had been used for a momeny! Not problem Admiral, keep up the good work!

[Messervy]

Thanks a lot Admiral for your great work which obviously is quite time consuming!
No problem whatsoever for me, as I enjoy chatting here irrespective of the theme itself anyway.

[Harry Fawkes]

Thanks for the update Admiral and thanks for keeping this place running!!!!!

[The Admiral]

So you've probably noticed the theme is back. I've noticed a few issues, like the tabs at the top of pages being blue. Anyone spotted any other quirks that need fixing up?

[Dustin]

The display of polls (see Carte Blanche review thread for example) is still downright impossible to discern.

[The Admiral]

The display of polls (see Carte Blanche review thread for example) is still downright impossible to discern.

How's that looking now?

[Dustin]

Am walking my dog right now; I'll get back to you within the hour. Mobile version is fine.

[DamnCoffee]

Enjoy your walk!

[Dustin]

Thanks, will do!

[Dustin]

Perfect now, as far as I can see. Down to the little blue star that indicates what your own vote was in case you've forgotten about it. Fine, thanks for fixing this!

[Vauxhall]

The only real issue I'm still having is an inability to quote posts when using some of the mobile versions. Not sure if this is something that is easily fixable.

[MkB]

Piggybacking this thread since I cannot create a new thread in this part of the forum... 
 
Since a few days ago, I noticed a sudden and very annoying change in the CBn forum theme: quoted bits of posts are displayed on a white background, instead of the usual dark background, and since the colour of the font stays a light yellow, the quoted bits are impossible to read unless you highlight them. 
If you are the creator of a post containing a quoted bit, there is a workaround: select the quoted text, and choose "automatic" as the colour. Otherwise, if you're just a reader, your only option to be able to read is to highlight the quoted text, for instance by selecting it or the whole page (Ctrl + A). 
 
For instance, I'm quoting the latest message before this one: 
 

The only real issue I'm still having is an inability to quote posts when using some of the mobile versions. Not sure if this is something that is easily fixable.

 
If something could be done admin-side to get back to a readable theme, it would be much appreciated!

[Dustin]

We've had a number of glitches with the last update of the forum software, this one amongst them. We currently are sorting out these but as far as I remember a clearing of your browser cache might already be the answer, MkB. Please let us know if that works for you.

[MkB]

It worked for me indeed, Dustin, thanks!

[Dustin]

You're welcome!

[MajorBoothroyd]

Is it normal for the quoting system on a mobile device to turn into HTML code instead of the more graphical computer version?

[Dustin]

Is it normal for the quoting system on a mobile device to turn into HTML code instead of the more graphical computer version?

 

Apparently, yes. If you use a mobile, but use the full version instead of the mobile one, the quotes appear in HTML.

[MajorBoothroyd]

Not mobile, just iOS.