SITE UPGRADE

Arkady

Back to normal next week I hope.

sophie

Trying to start a new discussion (re: book group) and it won't let me post because a category is required, but I can't select a category (all greyed out). On Chrome. IE won't let me sign in at all (says password is required even when I have entered my correct password). Not complaining just bug-reporting in case it's helpful! Thanks for looking after the site @Arkady!

krappyrubsnif

No, not working. Can’t post a new discussion without ‘selecting a category’ - and it won’t allow me to do that. Temporarily defecting to HoL

Arkady

Working on it. Hard when one relies on people doing tech work for free. Might come to the point where I need to do a kickstarter campaign or something.

Arkady

Getting there.

gardener-joe

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Arkady

I'm going to play around with a few more themes to find the best fit, then I'll restore the added functionality. Thanks for your patience.

Sutent

Lots of easyjet orange on the desktop site

_Bee

I like the hot pink!

conformable_kate

Hot pink? None on my view - though a fair amount of orange.

gardener-joe

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_Bee

Oh. Hmm. Visited links show up in hot pink for me, a nice complement to the cyan. I see no orange! But I'm on mobile.

Sutent

Maybe Arkady has chosen hot pink for his special memebers

Arkady

Do people like this theme? Looks good on desktop I think. Need to find a better mobile theme though.

Sutent

I like the green, and its a calming natural colour. The orange may not be good for people here who get angry on here

HolbornFox

The text barely stands out from the background.

Arkady

Only an issue in threads where you have already read all the posts, but I'd like to sharpen it up a bit too.

HolbornFox

Can you access the CSS files?

Just change the colours (color) as you see fit.

Arkady

Possibly. I'm on a steep learning curve. I have Filezilla now and everything.

vetski

Ooh, green! Now makes me think that maybe the background colour should change every quarter to mark the seasons - green for spring, yellow for summer, bronze for autumn & ice blue for winter! *ducks the airborne contents of Arkady's desk*

Arkady

Feasible. Colour options with this theme are: Default Blue, Chocolate Brown, Strawberry Red, Banana Yellow, Grapefruit Pink, Carot Orange, Lime Green, Coconut White. But we don't live in Stroud Pink.

HolbornFox

Have a look at firebug on firefox, you can change things in the browser instantly.

You'll be using Sublime, guessing hex colors and turning into a font whore before you know it.

Arkady

Is there something similar for Chrome? I just rediscovered the old banner and favicon, which is nice.

Arkady

Also the new mobile theme is working. Apart from needing to change the text colour in places, I think it looks pretty boss.

HolbornFox

For Chrome web tools just hit F12!

HolbornFox

Doesn't like paragraphs now!

Arkady

That lets me see it, but not edit it?

HolbornFox

You can edit the css in the tools section, i do it every day.

You have to install firebug but i am pretty sure you dont have to in Chrome as it is standard.

krappyrubsnif

*Puts on sunglasses* I like it.

gardener-joe

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