Big Forums Changes Coming Soon!!!

[Technoviking]

The Ubuntu Forums will soon have a new look (see attached screenshot) and will be upgraded to this latest version of the vBulletin software [1]. The final roadblocks have been discussed at the Ubuntu Developer Summit, currently happening in Budapest Hungary, and after those problems have been addressed the upgrade and theme change can proceed.

If you want to check out some of the graphics for the forums, they maybe downloaded from Launchpad using bazaar[2]. We would love our forums community to contribute some artwork to the new look of the forums. More detail to follow on how to do this.

Thanks and more news on the forums upgrade soon.

Cheers,
T-V

Endnotes:
[1] It was considered if the forums could be convert to an free web forums solution, but a way could not found to convert the database of this size from vBulletin to another web forums format.

[2] bzr branch lp:~mike.basinger/ubuntuforums.org/rebranding

[Thewhistlingwind]

Endnotes:
[1] It was considered if the forums could be convert to an free web forums solution, but a way could not found to convert the database of this size from vBulletin to another web forums format.

At least you tried. I remember a project ESR started back in like, 2008, to get peoples code out of sites like sourceforge so the authors could have a copy on hand.

So this is a problem without a solution? Or is there just a snag with existing ones?

[Technoviking]

Smiles:

Here are some examples of some of the new smiles that will be using in the new forums theme.
http://www.mikesplanet.net/ubuntuforums/biggrin.png
http://www.mikesplanet.net/ubuntuforums/confused.png
http://www.mikesplanet.net/ubuntuforums/cool.png
http://www.mikesplanet.net/ubuntuforums/eek.png
http://www.mikesplanet.net/ubuntuforums/frown.png
http://www.mikesplanet.net/ubuntuforums/grin.png
http://www.mikesplanet.net/ubuntuforums/indiffernt.png
http://www.mikesplanet.net/ubuntuforums/mad.png

If want to contribute any smiles please upload them to the forum rebranding bzr branch (lp:~mike.basinger/ubuntuforums.org/rebranding) or email to mike.basinger@ubuntu.com. The smiles should be 16x16 png files with a transparent background or a SVG file. The color orange used in the other smiles is #DD4814. We will consider adding animated gifs but they need to be tasteful and match the new theme (color and style wise).

Thanks,
T-V

[~Plue]

Question: Are the current user titles/ranks getting replaced? Or are the icons just an addition?

[Technoviking]

More smiles.
http://www.mikesplanet.net/ubuntuforums/meh.png
http://www.mikesplanet.net/ubuntuforums/redface.png
http://www.mikesplanet.net/ubuntuforums/rolleyes.png
http://www.mikesplanet.net/ubuntuforums/smile.png
http://www.mikesplanet.net/ubuntuforums/surprised.png
http://www.mikesplanet.net/ubuntuforums/tongue.png
http://www.mikesplanet.net/ubuntuforums/what.png
http://www.mikesplanet.net/ubuntuforums/wink.png

[Technoviking]

Question: Are the current user titles/ranks getting replaced? Or are the icons just an addition?

The title ranks are being replaced since the coffee theme of the ranks does not match the new Ubuntu brand.

T-V

[Technoviking]

Some example user ranks:
http://www.mikesplanet.net/ubuntuforums/rankforumuser.png
http://www.mikesplanet.net/ubuntuforums/rankseniorforumuser.png
http://www.mikesplanet.net/ubuntuforums/rankubuntumember.png

[mhgsys]

I've worked so hard to gain my rank and now it's all getting different

Gimme modpower to make it up to me

[Throne777]

OMG IT'S JUST LIKE UNITY!! FALSE GODS!! SATANIC MESSIAHS!! CANONICAL ISN'T LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY!! FASCISTS!!

/jk

[Technoviking]

I've worked so hard to gain my rank and now it's all getting different

Gimme modpower to make it up to me

There will be many different user ranks, just not as many.

T-V

[mhgsys]

I always liked the coffeebeans though.

but ok; changes are good once in a while...

[Throne777]

I always liked my coffeebeans though.

I personally never understood it. What's the link between Ubuntu and coffee?

[mhgsys]

I personally never understood it. What's the link between Ubuntu and coffee?


for me it's unable to see those things apart.

I drink liters of coffee while working with and on ubuntu.

[Technoviking]

I've worked so hard to gain my rank and now it's all getting different

Gimme modpower to make it up to me

We will also consider using user contributed user rank art. Please use the new Ubuntu font (12 pt size) and aim for 80ish pix wide and 14 px tall.

T-V

[Technoviking]

I tried to make a some coffee theme graphics to match the new theme and it turn out so so wrong :rolleyes:.

T-V

[Throne777]

for me it's unable to see those things apart.

I drink liters of coffee while working with and on ubuntu.

It always just struck me as, and I hope you'll forgive me for using this word, random. Might as well have been collecting horse shoes (why not?), or tears (of joy/frustration).

For the record, I drink lots of tea whilst using Ubuntu. There should be a British Ubuntu Forum theme, changing coffee beans to tea leaves :D

[mhgsys]

I like to gain beans, not creating them
in fact; I like the coffee...thats what those beans are for.

edit: tea leaves should be an option

[coffeecat]

The title ranks are being replaced since the coffee theme of the ranks does not match the new Ubuntu brand.

Does that mean I have to change my name as well? :(

It blended in so well with all the forum coffee-oriented stuff. :sigh:

/jk :wink:

Perhaps we could have orange-pips instead of beans!

[Technoviking]

Does that mean I have to change my name as well? :(

It blended in so well with all the forum coffee-oriented stuff. :sigh:

/jk :wink:

Perhaps we could have orange-pips instead of beans!

The current plan is to change the Beans to Posts.

T-V

[~Plue]

The title ranks are being replaced since the coffee theme of the ranks does not match the new Ubuntu brand.
ಠ_ಠ
I guess coffee doesn't go well with orange..Thanks for at least keeping a mug :)

[Technoviking]

ಠ_ಠ
I guess coffee doesn't go well with orange..Thanks for at least keeping a mug :)

Working on a slice of pizza rank also:).

T-V

[ranjank]

VBulletin? I was expecting an opensource software like MyBB/Phpbb as we discuss here about an open source software [Ubuntu].

[s.fox]

VBulletin? I was expecting an opensource software like MyBB/Phpbb as we discuss here about an open source software [Ubuntu].

Please see this (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=724506) sticky on why the forum uses vbulletin

[ranjank]

Sir,

I run a MyBB powered forum [not big as this one]. Before 2-3 years Open Source Softwares were not secure as paid ones. Now I can't see any major loops in MyBB 1.6.x series. After Kier and Mike left Vbulletin and started xenForo, Vbulletin is loosing its popularity.

I just said "expecting", I have no problems about using of paid software here. If I said something against rules Sorry!

[jeffathehutt]

Working on a slice of pizza rank also:).

Maybe you could make a whole pizza rank for my cousin, Pizza the Hutt :)

[MaxIBoy]

Will this break my userstyle theme for the forum?

[Irihapeti]

OMG IT'S JUST LIKE UNITY!! FALSE GODS!! SATANIC MESSIAHS!! CANONICAL ISN'T LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY!! FASCISTS!!

/jk

I was going to say, "Let the wailing begin..." But you beat me to it. :)

[ikt]

Where is the big forum changes?

I was expecting something like going from the current theme to something like this http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/

eg, bigger individual forum icons, clearer more focused forums, forums that are important to me showing up first, etc

It's good to see it fit into the new ubuntu theme though, so good work there :)

[rich52x]

The current plan is to change the Beans to Posts.

But that's so ordinary! XD

[Joeb454]

I run a MyBB powered forum [not big as this one].

The emphasised section is one of the main reasons we use vBulletin. The forums originally ran on PhpBB, but started to struggle at around 10,000 users I believe. Besides, as Technoviking said, there's no immediately visible solution that would allow us to migrate the vast amount of data to another forum software package.


Will this break my userstyle theme for the forum?

Probably. Do you have a link to the UserStyle? If so let me know, and I'll try it on the test forum and let you know ;)

[lovinglinux]

Great news. I use a custom style, but will be nice to see the forum with the new official theme. Any idea how soon it will be upgraded?

[Shmantiv_Radio]

The Ubuntu Forums will soon have a new look (see attached screenshot) and will be upgraded to this latest version of the vBulletin software [1]. The final roadblocks have been discussed at the Ubuntu Developer Summit, currently happening in Budapest Hungary, and after those problems have been addressed the upgrade and theme change can proceed.

If you want to check out some of the graphics for the forums, they maybe downloaded from Launchpad using bazaar[2]. We would love our forums community to contribute some artwork to the new look of the forums. More detail to follow on how to do this.

Thanks and more news on the forums upgrade soon.

Cheers,
T-V

Endnotes:
[1] It was considered if the forums could be convert to an free web forums solution, but a way could not found to convert the database of this size from vBulletin to another web forums format.

[2] bzr branch lp:~mike.basinger/ubuntuforums.org/rebranding

Looks good.

[tjeremiah]

there needs to be a darker theme.

[Oxwivi]

there needs to be a darker theme.
++

[Lisimelis]

Looks really really great!!!! When is it going to go up???

[sffvba[e0rt]

Do want... I think it is going to look awesome!


404

[MaxIBoy]

Probably. Do you have a link to the UserStyle? If so let me know, and I'll try it on the test forum and let you know ;)
Lightly customized version of this:
http://userstyles.org/styles/3440/ubuntuforums-org-grey
I changed some of the grays to blacks. (I would have used another dark theme by the same person, but it's not up-to-date and doesn't work anymore. So I adapted the light-gray one instead.)

[TheNerdAL]

Awesome! Been waiting for this for a long time. Wondering when it will go up.

[Rasa1111]

Great news. I use a custom style, but will be nice to see the forum with the new official theme. Any idea how soon it will be upgraded?

Me to, ~ Yours! lol
191789
I love this look man, you took the cake on this one! lol :lol: :KS

That new look looks nice to though,
Much nicer than the current!
Nice work guys! :guitar:

[lovinglinux]

Me to, ~ Yours! lol
191789
I love this look man, you took the cake on this one! lol :lol: :KS

Thanks. For the record, I had some help. The original I made was greatly improved by kyleabaker. :-)

BTW, http://userstyles.org/styles/40915/ubuntu-forums-new-theme

[Idaho Dan]

I like the looks of it.
Thanks Technoviking.

[_outlawed_]

Please keep the option to use the current theme.

Personally, I prefer the current UF theme over that one you posted TV.

[Bandit]

I like the new look.. /Thumbs Up!! :KS

[ranjank]

xenForo is a very good alternative of Vbulletin. It has very good social network integration too!.

[Technoviking]

Great news. I use a custom style, but will be nice to see the forum with the new official theme. Any idea how soon it will be upgraded?

We need to fox the Launchpad login plugin to work with vBulletin 4.x. Hopefully mid-summer.

T-V

[Technoviking]

there needs to be a darker theme.

The new theme is based off of the Ubuntu branding guidelines (http://design.canonical.com/the-toolkit/ubuntu-brand-guidelines/) to be inline with other Ubuntu websites. I will see if a darker theme could be a secondary choice for people if they prefer that, no promises.

T-V

[Technoviking]

xenForo is a very good alternative of Vbulletin. It has very good social network integration too!.

If we could ever switch from vBulletin, it would be to an open source solution. But I don't ever see that happening.

T-V

[Technoviking]

Please keep the option to use the current theme.

Personally, I prefer the current UF theme over that one you posted TV.

Sorry, that will not be an option.

T-V

[Rasa1111]

Sorry, that will not be an option.

T-V

Yay! lol

Seriously though, Nice work! thank you. <3
:KS for you T.V.!

[baizon]

Looking great, lovin it! :KS
Thank you :)

[PhantmKllr]

The Ubuntu Forums will soon have a new look ... and will be upgraded to this latest version of the vBulletin software.


I absolutely love it, can't wait!

[spynappels]

Looks fine to me too!

[Spice Weasel]

The test forum looks much nicer than that screenshot makes it out to look. :)

[Sand & Mercury]

Way overdue, but looking really ace. Looking forward to it :KS

[roddie]

Will be sad to see the coffee aspect gone but the new theme in line with the current branding looks great and is long overdue.

[malspa]

The test forum looks much nicer than that screenshot makes it out to look. :)

I hope so. I'd prefer a darker theme, or even what we have now, but it looks like I'm in the minority.

[cariboo]

Here we go again, more change for the sake of change. :) :) :)

[lotharmat]

I, for one, welcome our new 'in-keeping with Ubuntu branding' clean-looking, modern overlords!

Seriously - It looks awesome!! Can't wait to see it.

[Claus7]

Hello,

I could not restrain myself from mentioning that the original classic ubuntu forums theme is one of the best I have encountered so far in the whole net.

Nice pale colours (gradually fading) dressed with vivid ones very pleasing to the eye! The design and user friendly interface is second to none! Kudos then to the original designers of the forum and all the work they did, do and will do for the forum to be accessible and to remain in this high level of usability.

I'll never forget an April fool's day change of colours a couple of years ago that caused a smart surprise "shock"!

Just an attachment of the original one, that soon will be a past memory...

Regards!

[PhantmKllr]

Does anyone know if the update will add support for Ubuntu Single Sign-on?

[cgroza]

I will miss this theme. Anyway, I like the new one, matches the Ubuntu colors.
Hope this will not create a "Unity" effect around.

Good luck.

[Irihapeti]

The current plan is to change the Beans to Posts.

T-V

That should stop the "What's with the beans?" posts in FFH. :-|

[Technoviking]

Does anyone know if the update will add support for Ubuntu Single Sign-on?

The forums should currently have Launchpad login, which close to Ubuntu Single sign-on. The Laucnhpad team and Canonical IS with getting that working or Ubuntu SSo.

T-V

[Technoviking]

Here we go again, more change for the sake of change. :) :) :)

Change is hard, cruft has pathos.

T-V

[meborc]

We will also consider using user contributed user rank art. Please use the new Ubuntu font (12 pt size) and aim for 80ish pix wide and 14 px tall.

T-V

I did send you my contribution, but keeping into 80 px for width is really tricky. I had to make it a 100 px.

Any ideas for improvement?

[Oxwivi]

I don't know how much customizable the new forum would be, but I would like to suggest that we use formatting tags that Ask Ubuntu/Stack Exchange network uses. They're really simple and very easy to use without bothering to use the mouse for longer tags.

[ubume2]

I really don't understand those dark red smiley faces. Keep with the current yellow smiley faces. Don't change it unless it's broke. That particular change seems to be change for change sake.:confused:

I guess I will have to get used to it.

[Oxwivi]

I really don't understand those dark red smiley faces. Keep with the current yellow smiley faces. Don't change it unless it's broke. That particular change seems to be change for change sake.:confused:

A red face? That would imply embarassment.:D
Not exactly red, but the orange you see plastered all around Ubuntu sites nowadays,

[VOT Productions]

I'm in the progress of making "beans"

Edit: Done! By the way, it took me long since Clippy the paperclip is on the edit message thing.

[grahammechanical]

I am glad that you are getting rid of the Absolute Beginners Talk support section. It was being abused. Many of the questions were not absolute beginners questions. I might be a beginner in many areas but the subject that I may want help with will not be a beginner's subject. And so, should be asked in the appropriate sub-forum.

I also do not like the way that some people use the support sections to post rants, complaints and opinions thinly disguised as questions.

I am not a great fan of bright orange, but I guess that we are stuck with it. Can we keep this smile this colour, just to be awkward? ](*,)

Regards.

[Bart_D]

Dude, I am waiting for the changes!!!

When are they coming?

PS: I liked brown. The Ubuntu 9.04 default wallpaper was the most professional wallpaper I have ever seen. And it wasn't even my favorite....8.10(the Ibex....AGAIN, brown) was!

[l-x-l]

Can't wait.

[JoelKrause]

It looks' awesome! I can't wait for it to be implemented.

[ELD]

Surprised this one has been kept on so long to be honest, it was always really dull, too much brown!

[tmette]

Orange and Brown are my favorite colors, so either way it works for me! Nice job!

[murderslastcrow]

Hah, even if you make the color scheme of this theme orange it would still be rather dull. Weren't these plans first made when 10.04 came out with the new visual style? I'm glad you guys finally found a way around it instead of just forgetting about it. Hopefully the Community Documentation will see similar rebranding (not to mentioning updating).

[IWantFroyo]

That looks nice. I'm looking forward to the update!
Are the beans still going to be here? (Sorry if someone already asked this. I read the rank part. Is that the same as beans?)

[ELD]

That looks nice. I'm looking forward to the update!
Are the beans still going to be here? (Sorry if someone already asked this. I read the rank part. Is that the same as beans?)

No the beans won't be there, will be replaced with Posts like normal forums.

[Joeb454]

From what I understand, it'll be vbulletin 4.1.x - I don't know exactly which minor release it will eventually be. vB4 also offers us features we don't currently have, as well as improvements.

In addition to this, I think vB4 is styled solely with CSS, whereas vB3.x is done using tables. This would make it pointless to upgrade the theme, then have to do it again for a software upgrade.

[Joeb454]

From what I understand, it'll be vbulletin 4.1.x - I don't know exactly which minor release it will eventually be. vB4 also offers us features we don't currently have, as well as improvements.

In addition to this, I think vB4 is styled solely with CSS, whereas vB3.x is done using tables. This would make it pointless to upgrade the theme, then have to do it again for a software upgrade.

[walt.smith1960]

I use another forum which has upgraded to vBulletin v.4.1.0. The advanced search function is absolutely useless on that forum. I do search -> advanced search -> user name and last 30 days. I've made at least a dozen posts but the search returns "no posts found" or words to that effect. The previous vBulletin version there-current version here- the advanced search function worked perfectly as it does here. I'm not sure if it's a software problem or installation/administration problem but on that site, thank goodness for google search.

[ELD]

Would have thought you would switch away from VBulletin considering the constant security issues they put out.

XenForo is the much more up to date (and cheaper!) option, made by the originals from VBulletin too so they know what they are doing.

[ikt]

Would have thought you would switch away from VBulletin considering the constant security issues they put out.

XenForo is the much more up to date (and cheaper!) option, made by the originals from VBulletin too so they know what they are doing.

I am seeing maybe potential issues already?

Is there a public testing place where we can get in on the action early to report any issues?

[RJ12]

Would have thought you would switch away from VBulletin considering the constant security issues they put out.

XenForo is the much more up to date (and cheaper!) option, made by the originals from VBulletin too so they know what they are doing.

There not switching because there is no way of moving all of the information from the databases to another platform.

[Merk42]

Can we have "M$" filter to "the best company in the world"?

Seriously though, is there an ETA for this? Is any account cleanup going to happen, like removing accounts that haven't been active in X days?

[Antarctica32]

are we still going to have the coffee thing with the carafes and cups and stuff? God i hope so. I think this change is gonna be pretty cool actually.

[Spice Weasel]

Can we have "M$" filter to "the best company in the world"?

Haha, that would be excellent.

Come on... Please let this happen.

[67GTA]

Can we have "M$" filter to "the best company in the world"?

Seriously though, is there an ETA for this? Is any account cleanup going to happen, like removing accounts that haven't been active in X days?

Me too. I haven't looked at this thread in ages. I had forgotten about the new forum theme. Is there any word on when?

[murderslastcrow]

It really has been too long. The new theme alone would make using this forums ten times more interesting. I bet we'd get a much different attitude here, as well. The new design seems more professional, more lively, and I think people may behave differently on the forums as a result.

Why have a huge sticky thread? Just to make people yearn for it? While it might tick some people off, I'd much rather it happen without me knowing in advance.

[simpleblue]

I remember the forums were going to be changed about a year ago.

Perhaps we could call this project:

Ubuntu forums forever

[Merk42]

I remember the forums were going to be changed about a year ago.

Perhaps we could call this project:

Ubuntu forums foreverSo the forums will change June 10th or 14th of this year (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_Nukem_Forever)?

[sffvba[e0rt]

I for one would like to see this happen now... enough waiting and more changing...


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[AugustinMa]

The forums should currently have Launchpad login, which close to Ubuntu Single sign-on. The Laucnhpad team and Canonical IS with getting that working or Ubuntu SSo.

T-V

The current launchpad openID login feature is broken. See:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1710567

Will the new design fix these issues?

Thanks.

[3xp10r3r|X13]

Back to the ranks:

Wouldn't it be awesome to have different types of penguins?
Such as junior penguin, senior penguin etc. .
Or even have different graphics, depending on the sorts of forums you mostly post in.
A hardware penguin, a multimedia penguin etc.

[cracker89]

Smiles:

Here are some examples of some of the new smiles that will be using in the new forums theme.
http://www.mikesplanet.net/ubuntuforums/biggrin.png
http://www.mikesplanet.net/ubuntuforums/confused.png
http://www.mikesplanet.net/ubuntuforums/cool.png
http://www.mikesplanet.net/ubuntuforums/eek.png
http://www.mikesplanet.net/ubuntuforums/frown.png
http://www.mikesplanet.net/ubuntuforums/grin.png


If want to contribute any smiles please upload them to the forum rebranding bzr branch (lp:~mike.basinger/ubuntuforums.org/rebranding) or email to mike.basinger@ubuntu.com. The smiles should be 16x16 png files with a transparent background or a SVG file. The color orange used in the other smiles is #DD4814. We will consider adding animated gifs but they need to be tasteful and match the new theme (color and style wise).

Thanks,
T-V

Hey man. Looking fwd.. do u have a smiley for : P ??

:P

[cracker89]

Haha, that would be excellent.

Come on... Please let this happen.

I agree. Vehemently.

[Dragonbite]

Cool! Look forward to seeing the changes!

[Sam White]

Don't change beans to posts!! It's too plain!! How about something to do with Ubuntu and the community, even if it is still generic, such as 'contributions'.

[AugustinMa]

The current launchpad openID login feature is broken. See:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1710567

Will the new design fix these issues?

Thanks.


Apparently, despite the fact that a moderator directed me here, this thread is reserved for minor cosmetic changes only. Beyond smilies and beans, where is the appropriate place to report broken functionality so that it can get fixed?

[Bart_D]

I'm WAITING!

Hello!!!???

You're yankin' my chain!

[sffvba[e0rt]

:popcorn:

[corrytonapple]

So what are you guys thinking of doing to replace the coffee beans? I like my coffee beans, but they will not fit with the new theme.
I guess we have to think what will go good with Orange, and has to do with Ubuntu.....
Maybe we could upload our own pics for that area? Custom text?

EDIT: I just saw this post:


Back to the ranks:

Wouldn't it be awesome to have different types of penguins?
Such as junior penguin, senior penguin etc. .
Or even have different graphics, depending on the sorts of forums you mostly post in.
A hardware penguin, a multimedia penguin etc.
I totally agree! That is what openSUSE does too! But, the different types of penguins, such as hardware penguin, multimedia penguin is an awesome idea! Can someone create those? I can try, but my GIMP skills are not much better than they used to be

[Dragonbite]

Nooooo! I love my coffee! (in life, and in Ubuntu)!

What is the Ubuntu Logo called? "Circle of Friends" or something? Maybe the coffee beans can be replaced with "circle of friends"?

But I like my coffee!

[Joeb454]

User ranks aren't something that will be high on the list. I think we're in a position where we'd rather get the software upgraded without the ranks in place - that's not to say they'll be abandoned, but just added at a later date.

As for the Launchpad login, I believe that's the only thing that is holding back the upgrade now (i.e. it doesn't work at all with vB4), once this is resolved, we can pencil in dates to upgrade the software with Canonicals IS team.

[Merk42]

User ranks aren't something that will be high on the list. I think we're in a position where we'd rather get the software upgraded without the ranks in place - that's not to say they'll be abandoned, but just added at a later date.

As for the Launchpad login, I believe that's the only thing that is holding back the upgrade now (i.e. it doesn't work at all with vB4), once this is resolved, we can pencil in dates to upgrade the software with Canonicals IS team.How will the launchpad login work? If I log in through that would it be a different account than what I'm using now? IE no more beans/posts, different join date etc. Or is it that there will be some sort of account sync? Where I could say launchpad account X is the same person as Ubuntuforums account Y?

[IWantFroyo]

Back to the ranks:

Wouldn't it be awesome to have different types of penguins?
Such as junior penguin, senior penguin etc. .


That's openSUSE forum's idea.

We could stay with beans, and just make them purple or orange jellybeans or something...

[Joeb454]

How will the launchpad login work? If I log in through that would it be a different account than what I'm using now? IE no more beans/posts, different join date etc. Or is it that there will be some sort of account sync? Where I could say launchpad account X is the same person as Ubuntuforums account Y?

It links to your current account. I haven't a clue how it works, but I know that's what happens. My LP account is linked to this forum account. If you visit your profile (or any profile, for that matter), you would see something similar to this:

OpenID
https://launchpad.net/~joeb454

Basically, you keep the same account :)

[AugustinMa]

As for the Launchpad login, I believe that's the only thing that is holding back the upgrade now (i.e. it doesn't work at all with vB4), once this is resolved, we can pencil in dates to upgrade the software with Canonicals IS team.

Thanks Joeb. It's nice to see that the launchpad login is taken into consideration for the upgrade.

Will the upgrade also fix the persistent cookie and the redirect bugs?
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1710567

Thanks.

Augustin.

[PhantmKllr]

I'm starting to think that this forum change is never going to happen.

I guess I'm just impatient. :popcorn:

[CreativeReach]

I so want the update......

[Merk42]

I so want the update......I think we'll have to wait for 11.10. The forum changes are on a new major version of vBulletin and we don't get major version upgrades mid-release.:p

[maqtanim]

The theme is awesome!! I was wondering when does the change will happen. Thank you for lining up the forum design with the other Ubuntu sites. :)

But did not like the smilies. Those smilies look so much 'unattractive' ... it seems that they doesn't express the 'feelings' like the current one :(

[Dry Lips]

I'm sorry if this has been mentioned before... (I haven't been following
this thread). Would you offer the opportunity to change the name
of a thread after you've posted it? (For a limited period of time.)
I know that you can do this in phpBB, and a couple of times I've posted
threads with typos in the title, and I've missed a way of correcting it afterwards.

See for instance my famous Rouge alien planet-thread:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1766718

Otherwise I think the new forums will be great!

[cgroza]

I can't wait for the day when will log in and ... BANG! New theme, celebrate!

[zer010]

Something I've always felt was missing from the set of UF "smilies" was "ThumbUp" and "ThumbDown" icons. Now that the whole thing is getting a do over, perhaps someone with better graphic skills than I could make some and submit them.

Can't wait to see how everything comes together with the new format! ^_^d

[cracker89]

I can't wait for the day when will log in and ... BANG! New theme, celebrate!

Lol... Very true. Its like the christmas I never had... :D

[Merk42]

I don't know if this was brought up before. Will the new forums have the ability to send a custom css file for mobile devices to maker browsing easier?

[Oxwivi]

I want to help in the support section, but I see no options to do something like favorite threads so you can keep track of it. I request this funtionality in the next update.

[sisco311]

I want to help in the support section, but I see no options to do something like favorite threads so you can keep track of it. I request this funtionality in the next update.

You can subscribe to threads. Check out the link from my signature.

[lifelike27]

Finally a new look! Maybe when I tell people how cool the ubuntuforums are they might be more intrigued once the forums look better!

That's what ubuntu sometimes lacks, good icons and a consistent UI style! I'm sure it's getting there though!

[Nyromith]

Hope there will be a CLI interface for the users of Ubuntu Server.

[trizrK]

Hope there will be a CLI interface for the users of Ubuntu Server.
Umm..
Don't think that'll happen.

[sisco311]

Hope there will be a CLI interface for the users of Ubuntu Server.

Say what? The forum works well with CLI web browsers.

http://ompldr.org/tOWIwZg (http://ompldr.org/vOWIwZg)

[nothingspecial]

Say what? The forum works well with CLI web browsers.



Wouldn't view them any other way :-\"

196497

[mihalybaci]

We could stay with beans, and just make them purple or orange jellybeans or something...

+1.

As a huge fan of jelly beans, I think that's that's a great idea. I do also like counting "beans" instead of "posts", it's just a five letter word, but to me "beans" has a totally different (cooler?) feel.

If beans are totally out, what about animal ranks like the ones different version of Ubuntu use? Start off as a sloth and work your way up to "ubuntu busy bee" or something.

At any rate, the new style is a winner!

[Zero2Nine]

Say what? The forum works well with CLI web browsers.

http://ompldr.org/tOWIwZg (http://ompldr.org/vOWIwZg)

What program do you use to browse the forums within the terminal?

[sisco311]

What program do you use to browse the forums within the terminal?

w3m is installed by default in Ubuntu, but there are other CLI web browsers like: links, links2 (framebuffer support), elinks or lynx.

[handy]

there needs to be a darker theme.

++100

If not, hopefully TJ will make another user style for us?

[d3v1150m471c]

when are these changes supposed to happen, approximately?

[bapoumba]

when are these changes supposed to happen, approximately?
When they'll happen..
The launchpad login is broken on vB 4 and needs to be fixed, not on our end. I suggested we upgrade no matter what but we cannot move forward creating a regression. So be it.

[PCaddicted]

About 2 months have passed since Technoviking started this thread and this makes me think the changes won't apply too soon.:roll:
Anyway, I think the current theme is good enough.:mrgreen:

[cgroza]

Anyway, I think the current theme is good enough.
No it isn't, it does not fit the new Ubuntu branding.

[SecretCode]

What's holding up the new theme? Does Microsoft have a patent over part of it?

[bapoumba]

Please see my post #131. You can also read here :
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-branding/+bug/805429

[jcd29]

I'll miss the old look a lot, it's simple and not too bright, but I definitely like the new look!

Looking forward to using it.

[mikewhatever]

Please see my post #131. You can also read here :
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-branding/+bug/805429
Thanks for updating.

Since nobody really knows when, perhaps this thread should be renamed into something like:
Big Forums Changes Coming ..., Sometime ...

It's been about two months past soon, and trumpeting the coming change and then disappearing seems more then a bit awkward.

[PhantmKllr]

...Since nobody really knows when, perhaps this thread should be renamed into something like:
Big Forums Changes Coming ..., Sometime ...

It's been about two months past soon, and trumpeting the coming change and then disappearing seems more then a bit awkward.

I agree. My patience ran out about one week after Technoviking's post.

Will we ever feel the new theme goodness?

[realzippy]

...remember duke nukem.

[dext]

Thanks for updating.

Since nobody really knows when, perhaps this thread should be renamed into something like:
Big Forums Changes Coming ..., Sometime ...

It's been about two months past soon, and trumpeting the coming change and then disappearing seems more then a bit awkward.

vbulletin 4.1.x series is hugely buggy, just go and have a look how many bugs they have planned to fix in 4.2. fedora forum has no plans at all to use the bug riddled 4.x.x series till there all fixed

[Dragonbite]

...remember duke nukem.

You mean Duke Nukem (took) Forever!

[lovinglinux]

You mean Duke Nukem (took) Forever!

:lolflag:

[bapoumba]

:)

[waveOSBeta]

Aww... I liked the beans! :P

[Drone4four]

OMG IT'S JUST LIKE UNITY!! FALSE GODS!! SATANIC MESSIAHS!! CANONICAL ISN'T LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY!! FASCISTS!!

/jk

Oh God this made me laugh out loud.

[PCaddicted]

Where is this thread going?

[armageddon08]

....to jail....;)

[madebyjordan]

....to jail....;)

http://www.nndb.com/people/824/000096536/john-bunnell.jpg

[PCaddicted]

I guess it's going nowhere since we've seriously derailed it.

[maqtanim]

Last time when I checked the dictionary, the meaning of Soon was something like Quickly / In a short time / Promptly. Have the meaning changed already? :confused::confused:

[OldBoy44]

The title ranks are being replaced since the coffee theme of the ranks does not match the new Ubuntu brand.

T-V

What of my Username? I will simply be an outdated old fuddyduddy - :(

Edit: I was known as "aussiebean" when I created this post!

[sffvba[e0rt]

So... what changed? :confused:


404

[PCaddicted]

Last time when I checked the dictionary, the meaning of Soon was something like Quickly / In a short time / Promptly. Have the meaning changed already? :confused::confused:
They're experiencing a problem which seems to delay the date when the changes are taking place. Anyway, it's not a life and death problem. The forum can very well keep using the current theme for decades, although it will look much nicer if it switches to the official Ubuntu branding.

[lovinglinux]

They're experiencing a problem which seems to delay the date when the changes are taking place. Anyway, it's not a life and death problem. The forum can very well keep using the current theme for decades, although it will look much nicer if it switches to the official Ubuntu branding.

Meanwhile, get a stylesheet:

http://www.webgapps.org/download/styles

It looks like this:

http://www5.picturepush.com/photo/a/6212803/640/6212803.png (http://picturepush.com/public/6212803)

[corrytonapple]

Meanwhile, get a stylesheet:

http://www.webgapps.org/download/styles

It looks like this:
[...]

I wanted to get caught in that screenshot! :D :P

[CharlesA]

Last time when I checked the dictionary, the meaning of Soon was something like Quickly / In a short time / Promptly. Have the meaning changed already? :confused::confused:

Still working on stuff on the backend IIRC.


Meanwhile, get a stylesheet:

http://www.webgapps.org/download/styles



+1 to that. ;)

[Joeb454]

We're currently waiting for the LaunchPad login to be updated to work with vBulletin 4, after that we'll get the upgrade done and then work out any issues etc.

There are some things we'd like to add, and that we're sure the general forum membership would like to see, but our main aim is to get the software upgraded so that we can then begin to work these things out :)

[Dragonbite]

Can't wait.

[realzippy]

Sorry if this already was asked,but:
Will there be a bash-like autocomplete feature
when using code tags ?

(As we have in the german ubuntu forum ...)

Edit:
As I thought we had;just logged in (haven't been there for a year) and obviously
this does not work....
Shame on me,guess I mix it up with another forum,will check this out.

[recluce]

While it is great that the powers that be think about the looks of the forum, I see all efforts as moot as long as

"Ubuntu developers don't read the forums".

(Quoted from memory - a quote that in one or the other way has been used especially often on the development forums).

[Merk42]

While it is great that the powers that be think about the looks of the forum, I see all efforts as moot as long as

"Ubuntu developers don't read the forums".

(Quoted from memory - a quote that in one or the other way has been used especially often on the development forums).
Are you saying there is no point to the Ubuntu forums if the developers don't read them?
That's not what the forums are for, it's for helping other users or discussing related (and completely unrelated) topics.
If you want to talk to the developers themselves, there are many mailing lists you can subscribe to.

[recluce]

Are you saying there is no point to the Ubuntu forums if the developers don't read them?
That's not what the forums are for, it's for helping other users or discussing related (and completely unrelated) topics.
If you want to talk to the developers themselves, there are many mailing lists you can subscribe to.

I didn't say that there would be no point to the forums, they're pretty good for user support. However, the single, greatest improvement possible would be for the developers to actually read the forums, at least the development forum.

Ubuntu would be a lot better if they did and wouldn't develop the future versions of Ubuntu isolated in their ivory towers. Linux Mint proves how valuable interaction between developers and users can be.

[Merk42]

I didn't say that there would be no point to the forums, they're pretty good for user support. However, the single, greatest improvement possible would be for the developers to actually read the forums, at least the development forum.

Ubuntu would be a lot better if they did and wouldn't develop the future versions of Ubuntu isolated in their ivory towers. Linux Mint proves how valuable interaction between developers and users can be.
As I said.

If you want to talk to the developers themselves, there are many mailing lists you can subscribe to.

And there's nothing stopping the developers from doing so right now. By that I mean there's no way UbuntuForums can now say "oh hey devs read here too" because it's completely up to the devs if they want to or not.

[recluce]

As I said.


And there's nothing stopping the developers from doing so right now. By that I mean there's no way UbuntuForums can now say "oh hey devs read here too" because it's completely up to the devs if they want to or not.

I am not sure why you feel the need to repeat yourself.

Ubuntu devs don't read forums, we know. The quality and usability of Ubuntu suffers for it. That was my point.

[Merk42]

I am not sure why you feel the need to repeat yourself.

Ubuntu devs don't read forums, we know. The quality and usability of Ubuntu suffers for it. That was my point.
I'm just saying you can't fault the forums for something the devs chose (not) to do.

The quality and usability of Ubuntu suffering because of that is debatable though.


EDIT: If the forums could somehow connect to some of the more popular/relevant mailing lists like Ayatana and GNOME Shell and display them in a forum view then that would be cool.

[meborc]

I am not sure why you feel the need to repeat yourself.

Ubuntu devs don't read forums, we know. The quality and usability of Ubuntu suffers for it. That was my point.

I don't always agree with everything is said on the development forum section. So I am sometimes quite happy that the DEVS don't read the forums. :)

[nec207]

When is this forum going to get the new look? And how long will this site be down to every thing is over to the new message board?

Anyone know what the new look will look like ? Will are cool smillies and avatar stiill be the same?

[dext]

When is this forum going to get the new look? And how long will this site be down to every thing is over to the new message board?

Anyone know what the new look will look like ? Will are cool smillies and avatar stiill be the same?

refer to this link http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=11105933&postcount=154 search through the thread on your other questions as they have already been answered

[Henkdroid]

Could there be a 'thanks' meter like on XDA?

[castrojo]

Ubuntu devs don't read forums, we know. The quality and usability of Ubuntu suffers for it. That was my point.

Plenty of ubuntu developers read the forums.

[Joeb454]

Could there be a 'thanks' meter like on XDA?

It's something we may look into in future, as we used to have a thanks feature that many users liked. It isn't the highest priority for us right now though, especially as the old one was removed due to it causing database issues.

[M!SF!TS]

I think it would be nice for ubuntuforums.org to get a overhaul.
Been looking at the same old page layout since 2007. That might
as well be 1947 in the computer world.

[ScionicSpectre]

Yes- in internet terms, this layout reeks of musty old age. This, along with some of the community pages, are in desperate need of rejuvenation. Let the phoenix rise from the ashes, I say!

[jprobe]

If the forums are going to be that hard on the eyes, I at least hope that the upgrade in vBulletin software means that the forums will get Android "tapatalk" compatibility.

[Elsifer]

Tapatalk = mobile forum goodness!

[dext]

i would think people will have to buy vBulletin Mobile Suite to use vbulletin on there Mobile

[PhantmKllr]

Still Waiting. I guess soon = 3+ months. Sigh...

But seriously though, what's the problem again? Something about the Launchpad login? I don't understand.

Hey, mods, me thinks it's high time to close up this thread. It's pretty much useless.

Regards,

[Merk42]

Still Waiting. I guess soon = 3+ months. Sigh...

But seriously though, what's the problem again? Something about the Launchpad login? I don't understand.

Hey, mods, me thinks it's high time to close up this thread. It's pretty much useless.

Regards,
At the very least I think the thread title should be changed to reflect the issue and the first post explain it in detail.

[PhantmKllr]

at the very least i think the thread title should be changed to reflect the issue and the first post explain it in detail.
+1

[as2000]

The new look is awesome. The smiley's, not so much...

[Nisal]

may be u need to consider about adding more user ranks other than , forum user and senior forum user :)

[dext]

they wont Add the new board yet, they just realised vb4 ss still rather bug riddled, it has nothing to do with Launchpad

[hakermania]

Sad to realise that somebody's using Windows :/
http://i.imgur.com/gCv5R.png

[snip3r8]

When are these changes happening?

[haqking]

When are these changes happening?


Still being tested as far as i know. Was planned for mid to late summer this year, not sure if its been put back, i think there has been some issues ?

[CharlesA]

The issue is with the launchpad login and it's being worked on.

[haqking]

The issue is with the launchpad login and it's being worked on.


Do you mean SSO ?

Cos i was having issues with that otherday for wiki/launchpad and forum ?

[CharlesA]

Do you mean SSO ?

Cos i was having issues with that otherday for wiki/launchpad and forum ?
I'm not sure how it works exactly, but I think it uses OpenID like the login at the top of the current forums.

[wildmanne39]

Hopefully it will all get worked out soon.

[vpharry]

I have a recommendation: also please make a mobile site and make it faster to load

[haqking]

I have a recommendation: also please make a mobile site and make it faster to load

ubuntuforums loads just fine and as fast as any other site on my google nexus.

[Merk42]

ubuntuforums loads just fine and as fast as any other site on my google nexus.
But it could use a much more mobile friendly layout (not sure if vBulletin supports that)

[Bodsda]

As long as the mobile version can be bypassed, thats fine. Don't force a mobile site on us.

http://xkcd.com/869/

Bodsda

[sgtguthrie]

I have a recommendation: also please make a mobile site and make it faster to load

Or not to beat a dead horse, but TAPATALK SUPPORT WOULD BE GREAT!!!

[ELD]

Any update as to when this is happening?

[CharlesA]

We are still waiting for the openid login to get sorted out.

[Merk42]

We are still waiting for the openid login to get sorted out.Well with DNF released, I guess we'll get the openid login settled just in time for HURD users.

I wish my mod powers were enough to change the title of the thread...
"BIG FORUM CHANGES COMING... As soon as we figure out Single Sign On"

[CharlesA]

Thread closed for now. We'll reopen it when we have more information.