vBulletin.org Update: Summary and Details

[Adrian Schneider]

if ($vbulletin->userinfo['fieldX'] == 'whatever')
{
    // override CSS, options, etc here
    $vbulletin->options['x'] = 'y';
    $stylevar['x'] = 'y';
}

BTW, it's good to hear you guys are thinking long term. Keep up the good work...

[Kirk Y]

Well Conditionals in Plugins... lol.

[Dean C]

In all honesty, whilst I can't say the style is bad, and it's most certainly very usable, it just doesn't strike a chord with me. One of the things vBulletin.org has always prided itself on is a graphically appealing style. This is merely a stock vB with some minor enhancements by moving things around. Thumbs up for usability, thumbs down for originality.

[Princeton]

Usability and forward compatibility (easy to upgrade) was our main issue.
I believe the stock vb buttons is a clear indication that we were not looking for "originality".

Our main concern is preparing for the new features (etc) that's coming in the near future.

Originally Posted by Dean C

In all honesty, whilst I can't say the style is bad, and it's most certainly very usable, it just doesn't strike a chord with me. One of the things vBulletin.org has always prided itself on is a graphically appealing style. This is merely a stock vB with some minor enhancements by moving things around. Thumbs up for usability, thumbs down for originality.

Our goal really wasn't to provide a heavy graphically style. We wanted to reflect the official vBulletin look while still maintaining originality with our internal customizations.

I've mostly been hearing that this style has reduced page loading times and increased usability. Personally, those are the most important aspects of a design for me.

[RedTyger]

Damn straight. I think one or two of the gradients have been overcompressed though, especially on gradient_thead and the header background there's noticable banding.

[simsimt]

Originally Posted by Danny.VBT

Our goal really wasn't to provide a heavy graphically style. We wanted to reflect the official vBulletin look while still maintaining originality with our internal customizations.

I've mostly been hearing that this style has reduced page loading times and increased usability. Personally, those are the most important aspects of a design for me.

That's fine to me. Only you've made better colored stock category icons & reply buttons. They really look so amateurish in comparison to other elements of the new style.

<== These colors are ugly.

[dutchbb]

I've got problems here, the CSS isn't working for some reason? The style is set to 950px width.

[edit]after I hit F5 is working again?

[Adrian Schneider]

Originally Posted by dutchbb

I've got problems here, the CSS isn't working for some reason? The style is set to 950px width.

[edit]after I hit F5 is working again?

That has happened to me 6-7 times now... very frustrating. It is off and on ... it even happened @ vBulletin.com

Originally Posted by SirAdrian

That has happened to me 6-7 times now... very frustrating. It is off and on ... it even happened @ vBulletin.com

Is this still happening for you? There was a problem with the web server earlier today, but it should have been fixed.