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bachphi

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New year, new looking website
« on: January 01, 2019, 08:21:56 AM »
Hey it's new year and I appreciate Archie taking the bold initiative  to change the website !!

I think the background color and font type that you had before is nicer and make it easier to read and follow.
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Re: New year, new looking website
« Reply #1 on: January 01, 2019, 08:59:40 AM »
The primary purpose of the change is to make it more mobile friendly. I am working on the fonts and colors to make it easier to read.

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Re: New year, new looking website
« Reply #2 on: January 01, 2019, 09:17:20 AM »
When logged in under your account, you have the ability to change to the theme of your choice including the back to original core theme.

In the upper right, select Profile->Forum Profile
Then in the menu of that page Modify Profile->Look and Layout

You will see Current Theme. Just to the right is a link for (change)

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Re: New year, new looking website
« Reply #3 on: January 09, 2019, 08:53:51 AM »
Archie, thanks for the instructions to change the layout back to the original.  I have given the new look a try for a little while to make sure it wasn't me resisting change but I found the new layout wasn't very easy to use.  I was having a hard time determining if there were new posts when viewing from a mobile device and some pages didn't resize which forced me to have to scroll side to side.  IMHO, the new colors are very bold and look nice initially but tend to overload the senses after a short time.  Kinda like when you try new food and the first bite is amazing but its too rich to finish the entire piece.  For me, the old softer look allowed me to see a new post at a quick glance and that ultimately let me stay up to date with the product....which I think is the objective.  These are just my 2 cents but I am trying to give honest feedback.  Thanks Archie for all your hard work.  Keep it up!!   

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Re: New year, new looking website
« Reply #4 on: January 09, 2019, 11:06:14 AM »
Plus one.
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Re: New year, new looking website
« Reply #5 on: January 09, 2019, 03:16:03 PM »
Thanks for the feedback. If you have any color suggestions, I will certainly give them a try. This is a bit of an experiment to become more mobile friendly, but I don't want to sacrifice usability in the process.

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Re: New year, new looking website
« Reply #6 on: January 12, 2019, 07:59:28 AM »
How can I go back to the new layout?

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Re: New year, new looking website
« Reply #7 on: January 12, 2019, 08:25:19 AM »
How can I go back to the new layout?
The steps are in this thread! Go up and read.

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Re: New year, new looking website
« Reply #8 on: January 12, 2019, 10:03:51 AM »
How can I go back to the new layout?
The steps are in this thread! Go up and read.
I am on the old layout and want to go to the new. There is no layout in the old layout profile screen.

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Re: New year, new looking website
« Reply #9 on: January 12, 2019, 10:54:55 AM »
Yes there is, on my mobile phone I was able to change themes to the old, and then to the new.
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Re: New year, new looking website
« Reply #10 on: January 13, 2019, 07:59:59 AM »
Yes there is, on my mobile phone I was able to change themes to the old, and then to the new.
Thanks so much, You were right I found the setting thanks again.

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Re: New year, new looking website
« Reply #11 on: January 16, 2019, 07:20:10 PM »
Perhaps, SE is little bit old like the PLC2 & 5, I dont have any problem with mine.
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