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[Mayers]

we have such a good design

I much like the broken no color version over the actual version. Who's with me?



Anyone want to inform them to update all links to use HTTPS so firefox doesn't go ape shit and block it?

It seems to be load fine for me on FF. Maybe it's a cache issue?

 

[Licensecart]

Doesn't look that much different to me...

Really?

 

[KwiceroLTD]

It seems to be load fine for me on FF. Maybe it's a cache issue?

Nope. HTTPS everywhere plus strict settings.

 

[devonblzx]

Holy hard on my eyes.  Have a headache tonight and WHT just turned it into a concussion.  

Too much clutter, looks way disorganized.  Glad I'm not the only one who feels like it: http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=1470726

The direction of WHT has been poor the last few years.  (Can't believe I've been a member there for almost 10 years now)

 

[sv01]

default vBulletin template?

 

[Hxxx]

really... are we doing the wht thread stuff in vpsboard?

Is a default skin.

New vb.

Extra Big unnecessary  badges. Flashy colors, like I'm blind right now.

The content is styled with tiny font size.

More unnecessary restrictions.

And yeah corporate price is +400 for 3 months, damn those people are rich.

 

[HN-Matt]

"don't worry, the badges are bigger and more flashy now"

 

[Licensecart]

Holy hard on my eyes.  Have a headache tonight and WHT just turned it into a concussion.  

Too much clutter, looks way disorganized.  Glad I'm not the only one who feels like it: http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=1470726

The direction of WHT has been poor the last few years.  (Can't believe I've been a member there for almost 10 years now)

Haha another thread there

- http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=1470010(Thursday is upgrade day)

- http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=1470761(90 seconds per post / 180 seconds per post)

- http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=1470753(New WHT Forums)

 

[libro22]

I always hated that horizontal styling for the author panel. It always drives away the continuity of the discussion. I don't need the name of every post author popping out, and that large badges are terrible.

 

[jacobg830]

Currently the quick reply box is right aligned making typing horrible.

You would think they would test any major changes before making the live on such a active website.

 

[Clouvider-Dom]

Quite frankly I don't really like this new design. Looks as ugly as the previous one and is even less functional...

 

[nixstats]

I agree it doesn't look good. That previous layout was so old, people don't like change. If you change it after such a long time you better do it right. 

I don't think they've spend a lot of time on this. When you're not logged out for example the login box looks really bad. Any front end developer would maybe need a few days to make this look sooo much better.

 

[Mayers]

Any major upgrade will have some issues but it just seems like it was kinda rushed.

 

[Francisco]

Any major upgrade will have some issues but it just seems like it was kinda rushed.

I don't have premium or corporate so I can't check but supposedly they broke the keywords/etc section.

I get the feeling the new owners rushed to modernize it, ignoring all the development time/features that are there. I just can't think of much reason to jump to vb4 when they should've gone to XenForo if anything.

Hell, why didn't they just pull the skin off http://www.freewebhostingtalk.com/and use it on the new install?

Boggles the mind.

Francisco

 

[DomainBop]

 

Penton Media 2014 Financial Summary Revenue $371MM EBITDA $137MM % Margin 37% Capital Expenditures $13MM    

...all that money, and yet they can't afford to hire a designer who can handle a simple task like making sure the thread titles aren't mutilated on the new posts page --> http://www.webhostingtalk.com/search.php?do=getnew&contenttype=vBForum_Post...sighs

 

[Clouvider-Dom]

Up until yesterday for some reason I WYSWIG editor was set to write right to left... This is fixed now.

Despite we have Corporate Membership, the shortened time between posts is not working... 

Many fixes yet to come .

 

[Mayers]

Alright they really screwed this one up big time. I can't even reply over there using firefox, had to use Opera.

They didn't take anytime at all plan this upgrade the right way. I've been running forums for over 10 years now and never damn near brought a site down to it's knees. They should have invited the corp. members to beat the crap out the test install site before upgrading a site that large.

 

...all that money, and yet they can't afford to hire a designer who can handle a simple task like making sure the thread titles aren't mutilated on the new posts page --> http://www.webhostingtalk.com/search.php?do=getnew&contenttype=vBForum_Post...sighs

Yeah Penton reminds me of Internet Brands (owners of vBulletin). They want all the money but won't spend it on getting things done right. Although even Internet Brands hasn't upgraded about 98% of their forums to vB4 and have no plans to .

For a company like Penton how hard is it to hire a designer for about $500 - $600 to come up with a better skin for the forum?

 

[drmike]

Yeah Penton reminds me of Internet Brands (owners of vBulletin). They want all the money but won't spend it on getting things done right. Although even Internet Brands hasn't upgraded about 98% of their forums to vB4 and have no plans to .

For a company like Penton how hard is it to hire a designer for about $500 - $600 to come up with a better skin for the forum?

Penton is a gigantic brand - BILLIONS income.  They have quite a big staff across companies.  Surely they have capabilities in-house.

The WHT upgrade to me feels like Penton pushed it out.