I think i like the new layout of vf.org!*

422

Everything seems big and punchy and vibrant... But looks great

Ste

peregrine

I agree. Looks nice.

But I think the comment box should default to a greater height. I know I drag it bigger. but it would be nice if it were a bit bigger in height from the get-go

mcu_hq

Exciting to say the least. I still see that the main download is at v2.0.18.4 and not 2.1.

422

Yeah theres a few things id change but , looks cool. Different but definitely more up to date. I dslike sidebar blocks... But its good

422

mcu_hq said: Exciting to say the least. I still see that the main download is at v2.0.18.4 and not 2.1.

Quotes doesnt expand comment box enough on ipad. Perhaps we are guinnea pigs ;)

peregrine

I really like the 4 icons on the top upper right. Easy to see notifications and mail. Assuming they are new, I never used them before.

422

Can attach files now too, so wonder when we get heads up to start developing on it.

422

A lot of external files loading. Weird the sidebar looks brown on ipad and gray on pc ( background color ) that is.

422

I see quite a few validation errors, and rdfa core warnings ( we are getting these on a twitter bootstrap site we are making ) Like the dynamic meta title and descriptions, I am sure thats all new

mclovin

It looks bulky, amateurish and dull.

422

Yeah but thats exactly what I want, lots of issues. So I can put together a new theme that people will buy. Hopefully.

fh111

first impression: it's cool, a little ugly and quite nice at the same time. i really like the blue color that punched me in the face .. but still .. it hurt a bit

nice 'fold out' solution with the messages and notifications

i think i like it

so what version of vanilla is this? is that the 2.1?

Tim

This is 2.1a22

Platon

I have mixed feelings about this. Either it'll grow on me, or I'll say screw it and edit it. Maybe a background would be nice.

aery

I am liking it at first instance. But a closer look reveals -

1. Comment box should be made bigger

2. Why not floating toolbar at top like other custom themes have done. Its easy and its useful.

3. Profile pic is not in between the navigation bar. Slightly need to increase bottom padding.

4. Need larger and noticiable bookmark icon.

5. Addon warning is too loud. Need soft red for this theme.

6. View and comment boxes should be aligned to row height.

7. Sidebar boxes seriously need a change.

That being said, Can we get old vanilla theme as vanilla team goodie? (link)

422

Ok keep popping back, my final word at present lol.

It isnt very nice to use. Far too many font sizes, and inconsistent color schemes. The forum itself seems squeezed into the left hand container. The voting ( view counts , new ) boxes , really are way to big.

The font family, really seems old for this kind of layout.

The messy href links under comment boxes, is just badly designed.

Those sidebar boxes, really irritate me lol.

The weird container width causes some really weird constraints when resizing window , width wise.

As an example: those little icons at the foot of a hovered post by a user, if you then contract window width, but not to within the container size, it seems to re render those icons to a new line. Not sure if it a pseudo attempt at responsive design .. but it doesnt work. Not for me anyway. As the amount of whitespace to the right of the content pane, seems to remain no matter what I resize the width to. Kind of weird, because I still hve the same white right hand margin, but an ever decreasing content panel width.

Sheila

Agree with @peregrine and @aery, the comment box is too small as a default.

I think quote button should be visible all time. I understand the need to hide the clutter, quote is not one of it. Only kids usually like minesweeping and that's why it's not good usability to hide most important pieces.

Paging at the top improves usability, very good. But from where I navigate to All discussions? Absolutely no idea.

With reactions I have very mixed feelings. If a post has 10 likes, will there then be 10 avatars in a row underneath the post? That will not look very good. In fact...

With the discussion view, I think the indication of read topic is bit dominant and the contrast with it's font and background color too weak. There must be the séance plugin in effect? Previous way was much more subtle, thou personally I don't see this to be even important feature at all.

Also contrast between links and text is too tiny.

That said this was a nice surprise! And colors are very Vanillaish and pretty to my liking.

x00

I think it is right to differentiate the open source site. This looks like an OS site now.

It can improve but the overall branding is right.

Tim

aery said: 1. Comment box should be made bigger

I'll be working on this, I want to make it default-inline-expand when you focus it, to a bit larger than it is right now. I like it to be small when initially blurred though.

1. Why not floating toolbar at top like other custom themes have done. Its easy and its useful.

Because we didn't do it that way.

1. Profile pic is not in between the navigation bar. Slightly need to increase bottom padding.

Fixed.

1. Need larger and noticiable bookmark icon.

I don't think so, it looks fine.

1. Addon warning is too loud. Need soft red for this theme.

Fixed.

1. View and comment boxes should be aligned to row height.

We tried this initially and it looked dumb.

1. Sidebar boxes seriously need a change.

I like them actually.

peregrine

Where is the activity link located on this page? either its not there or I am "link blind".

http://vanillaforums.org/activity

indianfootynet

I like the plethora of options to react on a post. This looks promising!

peregrine

I don't know if it is my imagination or if the "Accepted" answers slide to the top of the discussion thread. It seems so, and take the answer totally out of context in the thread. I find it not a good implementation - if what I think is happening is the case. I

peregrine

interesting new feature the discussion topic turns gray if you made a comment in the topic discussion and is white if you haven't. All my topics are gray :).

peregrine

peregrine said: interesting new feature the discussion topic turns gray if you made a comment in the topic discussion and is white if you haven't. All my topics are gray :).

Sorry peregrine - you are wrong on that one.

it turns gray if you read the discussion. good try though :). But it would be interesting if there was an icon or a color that was represented in the discussions topics that was show if the logged in user (you) had made a comment on a discussion topic.

In that way you would know all discussion topics - that you had previously made comments on.

Tim

peregrine said: But it would be interesting if there was an icon or a color that was represented in the discussions topics that was show if the logged in user (you) had made a comment on a discussion topic.

In that way you would know all discussion topics - that you had previously made comments on.

The database query for that, and resultant performance hit, would result in people whining about how "Vanilla is slow and doesn't scale". So that's something we're not able to do at this time.

Todd

peregrine said: Where is the activity link located on this page? either its not there or I am "link blind".

http://vanillaforums.org/activity

Good catch. Activity link got lost in the shuffle.

422

The red colored box on index page for comment count you have rounded corners with the blue bg showing behind..is that an oversight?

422

Couldnt re edit previous comment and then add file.

aery

That all being said and criticised.....

I just wanted to congratulate and appreciate Vanilla team for making these intuitive and immersive changes.

This theme truly reflects the true color of Vanilla. Plain, simple yet highly customizable.

PS: Thanks @Tim for making those changes. Just a clarification, is profile pic at center of navigation bar coz from IE9 it doesnt look like that?

mcu_hq

I like the reactions and how your profile has all the stats associated with them. I also like the quick links on the nav bar next to your username. Also the breadcrumbs are more intelligent. However, I am an advocate that a table setup for forums is the way to go if the community is large enough. It is good that 2.1 incorporates this traditional setup as an option.

aery

Am I missing "Ask a Question" button CSS/Image in individual plugin page?