Tay Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Hey everybody, Important head's up: we will be upgrading to a new version of our forums software (IPB 4) in the very near future, hopefully before the end of the week. Invision will be assisting us with the upgrade, so we can all feel better knowing we're in good hands. Stuff You should know: Some users' have a different log-in name than their public-facing forums display name. After the upgrade those two will be merged together, and you'll simply log-in with your display name (the name that was public-facing before the upgrade). IPB 4 can't utilize our current themes, so when the upgrade happens all our current themes will be scrapped. After the upgrade I'll start the process of uploading the new versions of the FuwaFabulous and Dark themes, but unfortunately Gravity Green 2013 is no longer supported by the Dev and will not be making the transition with us. We will absolutely take time to mourn its passing after the upgrade is complete. If you're making a meaty post, please write it offline in a word editor and then copy-paste it into the forums until the upgrade has been completed. I can't be sure we'll get much warning before Invision launches the upgrade process, and if you were to click "submit" on a big post just after the upgrade started, you'd lose your whole post. If I get a firm date of when they'll be performing the update, I'll let you know ASAP. As it stands, it could come at any moment of any day. Therefore: please take great pains to panic and form roving bands of discontent in the streets. What other questions do you have for me about the upgrade before we get this thing kicked off? ------------------------------------------------ EDIT: Answers to Questions: 1. Are we at risk of data loss? Another "rollback" catastrophe? A: There IS a risk, yes, that something could go wrong during the upgrade. With forums of our size, the best thing we can do is make backups regularly to minimize the loss we'd face in the worst-case scenario. Thus, I made full backups (database AND files) on both 10/5 and today 10/7. I will continue to make at least one backup each day from now until the upgrade is successfully completed. I hated the data loss we experienced with the two big "rollbacks" this Summer, and I want to mitigate as much of that risk as possible. 2. How will themes change in IPB 4? Can we make our own? What about re-creating Gravity Green? A: The software on the back-end of the forums is changing substantially, so a bunch of new functionality will require new/modified assets. Additionally, IPB 4 is responsive, so you'll get a much improved experience on any size of device. It may even be enjoyable to surf this place on your flip phones circa 2005. I don't know that for sure, so don't quote me on that. Smartphones and tablets, tho, will be several times better to navigate on the new themes, though. As far as making themes goes... Invision has guides for how to do that (I'm the wrong person to talk about the technical side of themes), so if you want to check out their site and learn the ropes... go for it! Remaking GG: by doing so we'd run the risk of getting in trouble with the Gravity Green theme's developer (who, it so happens, makes all our other themes) (I like them, and I'm not really looking for a blood feud atm). If there are talented coders who want to try their hands at it, however, I can help you get in touch with them. They're the ones who would make that call. ... EDIT 10/08/2015 5:10 PM EST Invision is working to upgrade the site. We ran into a small issue, but we updated a driver and we think it'll solve the problem. Suffice it to say that this may be a touch-and-go operation.... so hold onto your bootstraps. EDIT 10/08/2015 5:47 PM EST We patched the software ~5 minutes after we had the first problem, but I haven't heard back from Invision, yet. I'm really hoping they haven't gone home for the night, but if they did, I suppose they'll give this another go sometime tomorrow. That said, the support staff have been fabulous to us. All things considered, they're doing a great job. Funyarinpa, LiquidShu, Rose and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tay Posted October 8, 2015 Author Share Posted October 8, 2015 Most importantly: DO NOT FORGET TO PANIC. If you can form roving bands of discontent, all the better. Darklord Rooke, LiquidShu, FinalChaos and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flutterz Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Gravity Green 2013 is no longer supported by the Dev and will not be making the transition with us Well, it's been fun here on Fuwa with you guys, but now I have no choice but to leave forever. See you all never! Funyarinpa, Funnerific, Tenkuru and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jun Inoue Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 We shall start forming bands of discontents to bring down the update and recover Flut, the chat's tsundere trap ded chat bot! Let's goooo~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiddle Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Gravity Green 2013 is no longer supported by the Dev and will not be making the transition with us FuwaFabulous rightfully triumphs! FinalChaos, Mr Poltroon, Funyarinpa and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redpanda Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 I forgot how to panic D: *panics* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shikomizue Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 DO NOT FORGET TO PANIC. I've gathered as much panic as possible. Redpanda 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XionsProphecy Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 unfortunately Gravity Green 2013 is no longer supported by the Dev and will not be making the transition with us. Can't we submit our own skins/themes? If we can, i bet some people are willing to make a new and improved version of Gravity Green. Either way, i'd like to contribute with some, if that is allowed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zenophilious Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Gravity Green 2013 is no longer supported by the Dev and will not be making the transition with us. #banTay2015 Tay, Flutterz and Tenkuru 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiquidShu Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 FuwaFabulous rightfully triumphs! You mean Dark Theme XionsProphecy and Shikomizue 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flutterz Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Also the notifications plugin doesn't work right with the other, shittier, themes, so it looks like I would have had to fix it again if I were staying Though now that I think about it, it'd probably break regardless due to the software change and all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tay Posted October 8, 2015 Author Share Posted October 8, 2015 Can't we submit our own skins/themes? If we can, i bet some people are willing to make a new and improved version of Gravity Green. Either way, i'd like to contribute with some, if that is allowed. Added this question to the OP and tried to answer it. Let me know if you want clarifications : ). XionsProphecy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rose Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 RIP Gravity Green, it was a good ride. Flutterz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redpanda Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 What about the background theme? How about some Hitler head patterns for it? Would definitely brighten up the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XReaper Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 same for me, without gravity green my motivation for visiting fuwa crumbles hard, pretty much unable to cope with the other, less clear (to me) themes Flutterz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XionsProphecy Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Added this question to the OP and tried to answer it. Let me know if you want clarifications : ). I take that as a yes then I'll start doing some work on a Gravity Green 2015 version tomorrow. And after that i'll do some more themes. I have a few good ones in mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deep Blue Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 No more Gravity green? Gentleman, it has been a privilege reading vns with you in this forum until now. Flutterz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eclipsed Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 ggez gravity green Flutterz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deep Blue Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 FuwaFabulous rightfully triumphs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Poltroon Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Fuwa Fabulous. Fabulously Fuwa. Glad to see I wasn't mistaken when I thought there was a reason I should force myself to abandon Gravity Green. LiquidShu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keisuke Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 No more... Gravity Green? Flutterz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhIThinkTheyLikeMe Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Will you get rid of that thing in the header for the new themes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFantasm Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Gravity green looked pretty meh to me anyways. *hides* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XionsProphecy Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 2. How will themes change in IPB 4? Can we make our own? What about re-creating Gravity Green? A: The software on the back-end of the forums is changing substantially, so a bunch of new functionality will require new/modified assets. Additionally, IPB 4 is responsive, so you'll get a much improved experience on any size of device. It may even be enjoyable to surf this place on your flip phones circa 2005. I don't know that for sure, so don't quote me on that. Smartphones and tablets, tho, will be several times better to navigate on the new themes, though. As far as making themes goes... Invision has guides for how to do that (I'm the wrong person to talk about the technical side of themes), so if you want to check out their site and learn the ropes... go for it! Remaking GG: by doing so we'd run the risk of getting in trouble with the Gravity Green theme's developer (who, it so happens, makes all our other themes) (I like them, and I'm not really looking for a blood feud atm). If there are talented coders who want to try their hands at it, however, I can help you get in touch with them. They're the ones who would make that call. ... LiquidShu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceris Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 I couldn't remember which one was Gravity Green at first. Though I don't use it any more (fabulously purple atm), it will surely be missed.What type of advantages will we be seeing with a new forum update? Anything not possible with our current version that will be possible with the new version?Also, totally sticking with Gravity Green now until the end. Who's with me?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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