Significant site upgrade

[zeroaccess]

The Preview button was moved from below the box, to in the box.

Shades of Grey theme changed to blue.

 

[theDBguy]

I've just added code and inline code buttons. Would anyone use the inline code buttons? Someone want to try it?

inline code test

Re: Preview button, I guess it's a Toggle button. You have to click it again to go back to edit mode.

 

[Jon]

What was it before: Shades of Grey or Shades of Blue?

 

[Isaac]

Hey, was the Preview button on the right in existence before? I think I've just clicked it for the first time. Pretty cool!

There's always been a preview button but it used to show you a preview in a totally separate area below where you were typing. This new version tries to render the exact area where you're typing as if it's a preview. I think it falls a little short, but I do give it credit for using the same space which is kind of cool in a novelty way.

 

[Jon]

In what way falls short?

 

[The_Doc_Man]

An oddity - my post didn't show up when I came back to this thread.

And then suddenly it DID show up. Bizarre.

 

[Jon]

Doc, clear your browser cache. I had all sorts of issues like no toolbar until I did that.

 

[The_Doc_Man]

Cleared. Now we will see what happens for a while.

 

[Jon]

There are many feature improvements with this version of Xenforo. Think I need to post a list.

 

[Jon]

Here are the main new features:

 

[Jon]

Here is a new format for questions, where you can choose best solution etc.

 

[Gasman]

Are you getting the bar at the top of the screen going from left to right in a loop?

I cannot see any bar

 

[Jon]

It was a browser cache issue. I cleared my cache and all is good with the world again.

 

[Uncle Gizmo]

I can't fault it, all working fine so far .... I like the new colours of the dark Style..

 

[Jon]

Ah yes, the new blue dark colours. I like it tool I think that was a mistake on my part! I might give 3 template choices. Shades of Grey (the original dark style), Shades of Blue (this one) and the default Xenforo theme.

 

[Isaac]

In what way falls short?

https://www.access-programmers.co.uk/forums/threads/significant-site-upgrade.314111/post-1723358
When it previews, it sort of keeps your text the way it looks in the text editor, not the way it will look precisely on the background as a real thread post. Can't go back and take a screenshot of old vs. news. It's alright though - it does catch the basics, like rendering the results of tags - quotes, code, etc.

 

[Jon]

If it looked the same as in the thread, then how can you tell its a preview? It would also require the text to jump around the screen to move it into the "correct" place. I think what they did was perfect, IMHO.

 

[The_Doc_Man]

Not that it matters an awful lot, but my alerts came back as though it forgot that I had viewed the associated posts already.

 

[Jon]

I think many of these issues will resolve themselves as the caches get cleared.

 

[pbaldy]

It seems like the icon that indicates you've responded on a thread is not as distinctive as it used to be. I want to say it used to be a blue eyeball? Now it's harder to notice: