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***PLEASE READ: New Charlton Life look and feel coming...
LoOkOuT
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Changes: What’s happening?
We are implementing changes to our forum theme (the look and feel) that you will be sure to notice. These changes are necessary to keep things working with updates to our underlying forum software. In implementing these changes we have tried to keep to the spirit of our current site as much as possible so that there is as little annoyance and disorientation as possible. Nevertheless, there will be some changes that are necessary; some that make things clearly better and some that will likely be more debatable.
For mobile-heavy users, the changes will be more obvious. Currently, we’ve had a theme for large screens and a completely separate theme for mobile. The new theme is fully responsive, meaning that the theme responds to changes in screen sizes. One theme that adapts from mobile to desktop and everything in between. This is a positive step but, no doubt, there will be a period of adjustment.
Why?
Earlier in August we passed our 19th anniversary. We’re old and like Johnnie Jackson, our legs have gone. The current forum theme (look and feel) evolved from the very first iteration of the site in 2006. For the past ten or twelve years we haven’t changed much at all (for better or worse!). This provided stability but at the cost of any (and all!) innovation. But we can no longer simply evolve. Updates to our forum software now necessitate a change to the theming structure, which means changes to the look and feel of our site.
When?
These changes will be made late on Sunday. We expect to implement the new theme over night (GMT) to lessen impact on the site’s availability. There should be no downtime for most.
TLDR: The look and feel of Charlton Life will change next week. Some things will be in new places, some things will look a little different, but functionality is the same. The core of how the site works, how it looks, and how it feels, will remain more or less the same. Golfie will still say we need three new themes, Oggy will see the positives in the new themes, LetTheGoodTimesRoll will post something bizarre and Henry Irving will want the old theme for the museum.
These changes are absolutely necessary and, whilst they may bring some minor annoyances, we expect a better longterm experience. And we’ll tweak as we go. Hopefully, we will be in a better position to move the site forward without breaking things and will look to address issues and implement new features over time.
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To the uninitiated...ie me, What does the TLDR signify, please
Also , is this change anything to do with the squashing of images we are experiencing2 -
Sorry @eastterrace6168: Too long, didn’t read. Basically, that’s the summary of the important bits.1
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Sometimes it is necessary. Hopefully it goes well and smoothly.
The death of the TeamTalk "Your Say" forum still haunts me to this day, however... 😳😀
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Is this why my subscription has gone up by £1/month ?27
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Bring back NetAddicks.5
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RIP display0
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Maybe all my backdated Promotes will appear now...12
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Hope the Roland Out Forever! Button is staying. Still gives ne a little bit of happiness every time I press it!17
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I’m sure this is a lot of work so thanks @LoOkOuT14
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I've noticed a more "blue" looking banner to the forum whenever I have to delete my Drafts, is that the sort of look & feel that we can see the site moving to - If so I already want to raise concerns about the colour scheme...1
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I’m sure this has been asked before but I’ll ask again - all this costs - hosting, software and whatnot - is there somewhere I could drop a contribution to5
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I literally only just realised I can click on that! Thanks Canters!cantersaddick said:Hope the Roland Out Forever! Button is staying. Still gives ne a little bit of happiness every time I press it!6 -
No more blue, anywhere.ForeverAddickted said:I've noticed a more "blue" looking banner to the forum whenever I have to delete my Drafts, is that the sort of look & feel that we can see the site moving to - If so I already want to raise concerns about the colour scheme...12 -
We’ll bring it back, maybe not day one though.cantersaddick said:Hope the Roland Out Forever! Button is staying. Still gives ne a little bit of happiness every time I press it!3 -
Just one question from me.
Will Tingles be banned ?12 -
Can be have a nice big screen in the corner and new advertising on the CL control tower too?5
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Can we all get a free promote for the inconvenience?12
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Thank good he didn’t notice the roaring lion @LoOkOuTForeverAddickted said:I've noticed a more "blue" looking banner to the forum whenever I have to delete my Drafts, is that the sort of look & feel that we can see the site moving to - If so I already want to raise concerns about the colour scheme...
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Tingles are always encouragedFanny Fanackapan said:Just one question from me.
Will Tingles be banned ?4 -
BooooLoOkOuT said:
No more blue, anywhere.ForeverAddickted said:I've noticed a more "blue" looking banner to the forum whenever I have to delete my Drafts, is that the sort of look & feel that we can see the site moving to - If so I already want to raise concerns about the colour scheme...0 -
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Looking forward to the return of the flag button! 😡😉4
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TelMc32 said:Looking forward to the return of the flag button! 😡😉
You beat me to it, can this facility be reinstated please.
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I blame the Ruskies.0
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That’s it, I’m going back to CAFCBabes6
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Still think that there should be three buttons: like, dislike and lol. The current lol can be misinterpreted as a dislike or a laugh.
Will the new Charlton Life be a substitute or ........................... a game changer?5 -
This site is a life line for so many of us. Thanks for all the hard work the mods put in to keep this superb forum running. I hope the changes go smoothly for you.28
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ozaddick said:This site is a life line for so many of us. Thanks for all the hard work the mods put in to keep this superb forum running. I hope the changes go smoothly for you.
It's my pleasure, think nothing of it.
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Tingles allowed, especially when you are in the presence of Johnnie Jackson.Fanny Fanackapan said:Just one question from me.
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Do feel similar, but a dislike button could cause more ructions than normal and some can be a bit over sensitive on here sometimes.jimmymelrose said:Still think that there should be three buttons: like, dislike and lol. The current lol can be misinterpreted as a dislike or a laugh.
Will the new Charlton Life be a substitute or ........................... a game changer?4 -
Will there still be the elite members only section?And will access still be via the camouflaged ‘lol’ button on any of my posts?11
