For The Love Of God, Change The Forum Skin

[Yasoob Al Deen]

Salamun alaykum.

This new forum upgrade has resulted in a mass of problems that simply do not justify the upgrade if the upgrade was to gain these new features that are unnecessary, time-wasting, and sometimes lame imitations of the style of facebook.

Examples of poor colouring, other poor style formatting choices while browsing a board, and other problems

Browsing the forum, and reading topics, with this new skin has turned from a quick and enjoyable activity into something not so. The colours are so light, they seem to blend in confusingly/irritatingly.

Let's take this board as an example: http://www.shiachat....eeth-dua-forum/

The "mark this forum as read" button image appears to be missing.

The text in the Shiachat logo is too similar to the surrounding blue colour and therefore unnoticeable.

The three key topics/announcements on top of the posts, such as the Live Chat topic, there is no real distinction between the three topics. Furthermore, the colour of the words is similar to the background colour and light enough to easily nullify the intended easy-reading. The colour of the board description "Discuss Allah's holy book, Hadeeths..." is also so light, one would easily miss it. The same major problem exists for the information underneath the topic (e.g."Started by ruru, 03 Aug 2011"). The same major problem exists forthe page numbers of a topic.

Examples of poor colouring, other poor style formatting choices, and other problems while browsing a topic:

Let's take this topic as an example: http://www.shiachat....the-holy-quran/

The "report" button image appears to be missing.

The title of the post at the top is too large, while the description is too small.

The text in the "like" button is far too light. And the background of the quote buttons are too light, and the text is not dark enough.

The post number "#1" is also far too light and easily missed.

Scroll down to post #2, and see how the new skin has poorly formatted Hameedeh's information underneath her avatar (which was ruined by the upgrade). When Nader Zaveri posts, you can see that the link to his website underneath his avatar goes onto the post; another example of poor formatting by the author of this skin; see

The white background is too light and makes reading the post uncomfortable and more difficult.

If you go to the end of Hameedeh's post, underneath the "like this" button, there is a poorly-placed, lightly-coloured, X button.

Scroll down to post #3, and you will see the formatting of the post has been ruined, because Hamed Agha pasted some Arabic text in.

Scroll down to post #5 and see the signature. Now a standard colour, and standard small size, has become too light and too small.

Scroll to the end of the topic and see the following links: "Back to Quran, Hadeeth & Du'a Forum · Next Unread Topic →". Far too light. Far too small. Don't even look links.

The quick reply box is not distinct due to the phobia of shading anything with a sharp, dark colour.

The "up" button at the end of the page is also far too light.

Examples of the theme's confusing indicators:

The topic icons are uninformative and confusing. What does that star mean? I assume it means that I started the topic or that I posted in the topic or something like that.

Why is the pinned topic "Hadeeths About Crimes Of Enemies Of Ahlul Bayt" surrounded by white instead of the very light blue that the rest of the topics are?

I could go on and talk about other irritations such as when trying to post a topic, but I've said enough.

This new skin is frankly hideous, and unappealing. Yes, I know there will be oddballs who say they like the new skin. But I don't. And I'm sure there are others who don't. It makes trying to browse the boards and trying to read topics annoying.

At the very least, please install another skin into the forums, so that we have choice.

Please voice your agreement or like my post.

Edited August 8, 2011 by Yasoob Al Deen

[DoubleAgent4]

I agree with you...I feel as though I'm on facebook with the 'notifications', being able to comment on peoples comments on your profile. I think they'll get around to changing the skin of the forum!

[Kamranistan]

come on.. Just get used to it, It would be hard on the changers :( Dont u feel bad! lol

[Al-Hadi]

Im with kam... theres no point being picky on minor details.. just look harder :P theyve gone through the effort theres no point changing it again.

[Shia_Debater]

Im with kam... theres no point being picky on minor details.. just look harder :P theyve gone through the effort theres no point changing it again.

yh and in the process the chatroom is down :(

[Al-Hadi]

Yes it'll be back soon. then lets face it SD all your troubles willl be washed away :P

[Blissful]

Im with kam... theres no point being picky on minor details.. just look harder :P theyve gone through the effort theres no point changing it again.

Tis not minor. I can't even look at my screen without squinting. :dry:

yh and in the process the chatroom is down :(

[Fiasco]

Yes, please change the forum skin color. Way too much white. Need some diversity in here mayne.

[Gypsy]

(salam)

I think Ya Aba said he would change the skin color as soon as someone tells him what skin/theme we like to see for SC.

Nocturne knows all the nice skin for the forum. He has a link with all the theme and skin. They are really..really nice.

[Fiasco]

He could make the blue and grey colors more prominent. Keep the colors you already have, just a bit more balance please.

[Yasoob Al Deen]

(salam)

I think Ya Aba said he would change the skin color as soon as someone tells him what skin/theme we like to see for SC.

Nocturne knows all the nice skin for the forum. He has a link with all the theme and skin. They are really..really nice.

Wa alaykum assalam. Can it be any skin for this version of IPB, or is there a selection that you guys have narrowed it down to? Perhaps we could all vote on one we like.

Edited August 9, 2011 by Yasoob Al Deen

[Abu'l Khattab]

Let's start a riot! :mad: :realangery:

[Barabika]

Umm... ehem... I've actually liked the new skin... :unsure:

[Yasoob Al Deen]

Almost a month on and no changes. Many things are still broken with this thread, such as missing button images. Just change the horrid theme already. I thought Zareen said the admins were deciding on which theme to pick.

[Shia_Debater]

To be honest I have actually grown to like this colour, and the new design and layout. There may be a better theme but if its not changed then I will still be happy with this 1 :D

JazakAllah Khair to Ya Aba and the rest of the shiachat team ^_^

[Muhammed Ali]

Well the new skin is less painful to look at than the old one was, when it first appeared.

Edited December 8, 2011 by Muhammed Ali

[Khadim uz Zahra]

In The Name of Allah ÓÈÍÇäå æÊÚÇáì, The Most Beneficent, The Most Merciful.

May Allah (SWT) bless the developer's team of Shiachat, their families and loved ones for the hard work they do. I, personally, don't like the new, black theme and prefer the old one much more. Also, this one is much more "thorny" on the eyes; the old one's colours were much more mild and easy on the eyes. But nonetheless, this is just my opinion and we must still respect the work the team is doing! :) LIVE LONG SHIACHAT!!!!! :)

May Allah (SWT) bless us all, may He guide us to The Straight Path with His Perfect Guidance and may He forgive all our sins for, indeed, there is neithr any respite nor any refuge except in Allah ÓÈÍÇäå æÊÚÇáì.

[SD2]

In The Name of Allah سبحانه وتعالى, The Most Beneficent, The Most Merciful.

May Allah (SWT) bless the developer's team of Shiachat, their families and loved ones for the hard work they do. I, personally, don't like the new, black theme and prefer the old one much more. Also, this one is much more "thorny" on the eyes; the old one's colours were much more mild and easy on the eyes. But nonetheless, this is just my opinion and we must still respect the work the team is doing! :) LIVE LONG SHIACHAT!!!!! :)

May Allah (SWT) bless us all, may He guide us to The Straight Path with His Perfect Guidance and may He forgive all our sins for, indeed, there is neithr any respite nor any refuge except in Allah سبحانه وتعالى.

bro you can change it if you dont like it :D

bottom corner click on "change theme" then change it to "IP .Board" :)

[Khadim uz Zahra]

bro you can change it if you dont like it :D

bottom corner click on "change theme" then change it to "IP .Board" :)

Thank you Brother; I appreciate it! :)

May Allah (SWT) bless you, your family and loved ones! :)

May Allah (SWT) bless us all, may He guide us to The Straight Path with His Perfect Guidance and may He forgive all our sins for, indeed, there is neithr any respite nor any refuge except in Allah سبحانه وتعالى.

[SD2]

Thank you Brother; I appreciate it! :)

May Allah (SWT) bless you, your family and loved ones! :)

May Allah (SWT) bless us all, may He guide us to The Straight Path with His Perfect Guidance and may He forgive all our sins for, indeed, there is neithr any respite nor any refuge except in Allah سبحانه وتعالى.

and you too insha'Allah :)

[3rd June]

instead of changing theme let 'em work on Database Error 1st.