I used to have my forum options set to a much larger font size as well as a white text on black background color scheme, because that is much easier on my eyes. Will this options come back or are we stuck with the default color scheme now ? If at least I would be able to resize the font in my browser to make it easier readable, but the site just ignores my IE settings. stahlratte

I don't mind the default colors (white font on black is my least favorite viewing next to yellow on black), but I do wish I could change the menu to the left side and see that I have instant messages waiting. I do agree I'd like to beable to resize the font...not all of us have equal ability to see. I just noticed I can't change the subject heading either, which was kind of nice when I wanted to highlight a topic change in a thread. I like the smilies :thumbupboth: but I don't like having to copy and paste the coding. Grump, grump. I guess, as with everything, I get used to it. :b_confused:

I didn't realize they got rid of the message notice.

You can resize the font with ctrl+mouse scroll..and the quote thing...well you just highlight the area you want and then click 'quote' under someones post...{least thats how I think it works..} right? I also would prefer my ol standby black background..but we shall see what happens once all the bugs are worked out :) Edit: huh....I clicked 'messaging' on the top of the screen, and I get the IM window..and all my old colors are there...just not here...how weird is that?

well..aint change a bitch,I feel like I've woken up & someone stole my favourite coffee cup :(

You can resize the font with ctrl+mouse scroll...< Umm, no. If you read my post youll notice that I mentioned that my IE settings are ignored. Im now browsing with Firefox which can override a websites settings so Rendo looks like this for me now: Still would be nice to know if the old customizability will be back, as I prefer the white on black color scheme for messageboards only. stahlratte

So sorry Stahlratte..there is another thread where members had the same problem..with IE AND Firefox...it was just a suggestion that worked for most of them...:mellow:

What tha....:glare: Now I find that I cant delete or edit a post if someone has posted after me??..I can understand the no editing..but if I want my post 'gone' I should be able to delete it :mad: Do we still have that 15 min. cut off time on the posts?? That needs to go farrrrrrr away imo

Quote - "Well...I got my own dang coffee cup LOL {btw, I modeled this ugly thing myself..so dont laugh..Im just starting out modeling and Im proud of my ol ugly coffee cup} and I get to test the image upload thingy here too, and then see about taking it back off hehe"

Pretty good for a newbie moder jumps, pretty good if I don't say so myself. I mean we all know what a master I am at modding. LOL

Thanks BDC Bet'cha cant guess what the 'coffee' in that cup is...:biggrin:

swiss moca cappacino

I don't like this online thingy sometimes one might want to pop in, get a freebie and get out without being waylaid by someone full of questions and how too's like me for example.

I tried control+mouse scroll and my text stays the same. Using built-in magnifier from WinXP...sob. Don't know how to get smilies either...sob, sob. I'm outta here so I can bawl.

Blu, what browser are you using? Firefox is doing pretty good from what I can tell from others for font size..use that and the mouse scroll feature and see if that helps :) And the smilies...click that smilie link right on top of the reply window there..then in the next window that pops up, just highlight the words under the smiley you want, copy, and paste into the reply box... Words like so..{ :thumbsup both: without spaces}

jumpstartome2, thank you. I'm gonna try it... :biggrin: It works in the preview. :thumbupboth: My browser is Yahoo Explorer. It is set for largest font now but I wish it was a size larger.

Hmm, didn't see where to edit previous post so I'll add new one. I just re-installed Firefox and got the latest one. Now I can increse my text to a better size... :b_grin: I love the new set-up on Firefox. And now I don't have to skip reading the forums. :b_smile:

Glad its working for you Blu :biggrin: And I think the edit post feature is still limited to 15 minutes...after 15 mins, say bye bye to editing anything you posted....{which I dont like}

So has there been any answer from the ptb about changing the background color schemes etc... like the old forums? P.S. Ok how do we do smiley's?

Havent heard anything yet...would be nice to tho. What is strange, is that I can come here from a bookmark..which automatically takes me to my artist homepage..and all my colors and settings are there...but when I click on forums at the top of the page, everything ends up like this...Im guessing everything hasn't happened yet that is going to happen... *smilies...click that smilie link right on top of the reply window there..then in the next window that pops up, just highlight the words under the smiley you want, copy, and paste into the reply box... Words like so..{ :thumbsup both: without spaces}

Hi all, The default colors will stay so that we can be uniform throughout the site, Marketplace and the Community once everthing is converted. You can create your own style sheet to over ride the default colors for instance in firefox. http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/menu#viewpagestyle http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/edit http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/options We may on down the road see about setting up one or two predefined style sheets that members can choose from on their profile page. Hope this helps some:)

"Hope this helps some:)" nope.

..so will the gallery will be white next?

So, if you can override the default using fancy wossnames in firefox, what is the problem with letting us customise our settings still? And for the record, I don't especially want someone elses idea of what I should have on the potential new style sheets either. Gads, guess I'm gonna have to grit my teeth and deal with firefox. It's ridiculous that I have to change browsers just to get my old settings back on a website :(

Quote - "Hi all, You can create your own style sheet to over ride the default colors for instance in firefox. Hope this helps some:)"

no. :) a friendly bit of advice for the PtB: you really don't want to force people to view things your way these days; those days are long gone, and you just piss people off if you take options away from them. and you can't be serious in suggesting that the only way to get a choice of different styles is to switch browsers! while i am all in favour of ditching crappy browsers, that's simply not good customer service.

ok Warning to all. following Stacy's advice will change ALL websites you visit. eg while you make this site how you want it, you'll do the same to Google or BBC News or ....

We completely understand how you feel about the standardized forum colors. The look of the new forums will take some getting used to. It was fun that we used to be able to change colors with the old EZ format. But, the new PHP platform will give us a wider range of features in the long run. Unfortunately, customized colors are not one of those options at this time Thanks

Stacey, no you don't. You don't know how it feels to be me at all. J/K.

Id love somebody to be me for a day....then I could take the day off and float in oblivion....any takers? Hey!!..I just noticed that earlier, when I got ready to reply..the little tick box 'Notify me when someone replies' was unchecked by default...I thought COOL!! now its back checked again...:glare: Those little server sprites are at it again...

You have got to be kidding me with the lack of options taken from the user regarding color preferences. When you look at a black contact sheet versus white, you can actually see thumbs quite a bit better without the blasting white (or whatever cream color you call it). We have heard nothing but how the site is going forward and changing for the better, yet you are lapsing into an area where the user has no control and is forced to use a new web browser?? Am I reading this correctly?? You force a new window to open when viewing an image in the gallery with no option to turn that off. That is bad enough and eats up ram with some browsers like crazy and is terribly cluttered. Now you are forcing an unwanted default color scheme globally for all users?? You call this advancement for the better? Are you paying $6 per hour for web developers or just really have no idea what is out there for site design? PHP doesn't offer any options to the user whatsoever? I think not. Have your default GUI all you want, but this obviously enforcfes the notion that you don't consider the end-user at all. When you change the community side over to this blinding white, I'm not changing my web browser due to lazy and faulty coding and site design. My lighting scheme in my computer area has been well more thought out than this changeover here, and I will not be forced to change my system due to problematic design on this site or any other. Either reconsider this foolish development approach or watch users drop off this site to the point where your merchants are screaming at you to fix it. Even Daz has some GUI 'skins' for their site, and I'd rather look at a Dragonworld interface than your stark white and basic look as the MP has shown. It's just plain fugly still with no options to the user to change it whatsoever. I still see no dates a product is released! Your idea of change is not mine, and so many here, so why force this mentality on us all?? Change is good? Well, then show me the money, cuz it's not happenin' from where I stand. If this was Communist Russia back in 1965, I might be able to understand, but it's 2006 people!! Technology marches forward, not backward, and if this is your idea of improvement, I'll be elsewhere. Sorry to sound rash or bitter, but you just went from a customizable site to something sterile, ridiculous, user unfriendly, and downright dumb. When the galleries shift to blinding and irridescent white, I'm outta here. Period. Change this, -Shardz-

Quote -. When the galleries shift to blinding and irridescent white, I'm outta here. Period. "

I really do hope the galleries aren't next in line for this treatment..as much as I don't like the forum changes(or the marketplace change a while ago) it's not enough to warrant leaving altogether.. .if the galleries are next though..well..chances are I'll post all my work elsewhere too. "Community"..that word has connotations that decisions are based on what the majority want,are you guys listening? Cheers Stefan

Ya know guys..its only day 2..why not give it a few days so the programmers can get the bugs out of everything before you start ranting and raving about 'leaving forever' {God, not some more of that..} I dont care for the bright white myself, in fact there are a few things I would prefer changed...and they might get changed on down the road..who knows....but there's no sense in getting all lathered up over stuff like this when a change happens.. Stacey and Sndcastie and the programmers are doing a pretty good job so far imo, trying to keep everyone informed of whats going on....its not "just" YOU here ya know..:glare: Sorry for being such a wasp...actually, no, Im not...

"why not give it a few days" because Stacey said on the previous page that the colours are here to stay,I doubt giving it a few days will change that. if enough people complain about the colour change now they may just change it. don't just quietly wait & hope it all works out...or accept whatevers given to us like lemmings...If you dont like it..speak up

If Stac said that its going to stay that way..then more than likely 'somebody' higher up than she, said so. I have stated I dont 'care' for it really..but its not going to kill me..and something like a color is not going to make me leave...If it bothers my eyes {which it does to a certain extent} and I plan on being here awhile..I can change it in FF until I decide to go elsewhere on the web...annoying, yes, catastrophic..no. Wanna know what bothers me most? I have seen so many people, starting new threads..all saying the same thing..the color, the PM's, the sort order of threads, the stars..{good Lord the stars}...trust me, the PTB sees this stuff..the mods see this stuff..why must we all have a new thread to voice our complaints.... Can I do anything about it but complain? no. Can I try and make light of a situation that could possibly turn hateful? Yes. I much prefer the latter.. Im not sitting quietly..Im speaking my mind..the staff see it...if they 'want' to change things here..its their baby... Im not saying dont voice your opinion on things..but dont demand things change or you're leaving..You already know what the PTB will say.....;) C'mon Stone...:)

I have seen so many people, starting new threads..all saying the same thing..the color, the PM's, the sort order of threads, the stars..{good Lord the stars}...trust me, the PTB sees this stuff..the mods see this stuff..why must we all have a new thread to voice our complaints...."

I say keep complaining & keep starting these new threads,make your voice heard,the more threads that start piling up asking the same thing ..eventually they may just change it. "its their baby..." yea I'm starting to see that,maybe I'm naive in thinking it was our baby,that 'community' word always throws me into thinking we have a say. & a right to say it

I say keep complaining & keep starting these new threads,make your voice heard,the more threads that start piling up asking the same thing ..eventually they may just change it. Your not in Paris or anything btw are you? Seriously, they may change it, and they may not...all the griping and complaining isnt going to do anything but get people banned if it gets bad enough.....its kind of like me going to work and complaining about the colors of the walls not suiting me....I raise a big enough stink about it..I can find other colored walls elsewhere is what Im gonna get told ;)

no I'm in New Zealand..but I do admire the way the French make no bones about speaking up when they want a change..or when a change is being forced upon them.

Thats just it Stone...you aren't being forced into anything...this sites owner has decided to change his own place of business...he is not forcing you to stay if you dont like it....and others here have proposed ways around this sticky situation that would work temporarily.... And refer back to Stacey's post...she actually said 'down the road they might get some different 'skins if you will' for users to choose from... ~shrugs~ I myself will wait and see what transpires.. ~signs off this thread for the night~

Please, please PLEASE give us back the font size option :( There is a very LARGE percentage of the population who have less than perfect vision. As things stand at the moment..trying to read this new ?IMPROVED?? forum is difficult for many folks :(

"Thats just it Stone...you aren't being forced into anything...this sites owner has decided to change his own place of business...he is not forcing you to stay if you dont like it....and others here have proposed ways around this sticky situation that would work temporarily...." best laugh I've had ok seriously? not being forced. lets loose that idea now. yes we are. why? this is the biggest Poser site around. wanna be in on Poser? you gotta be here. you don't need to have a store here, but you need to read the forums here. so "you aren't being forced into anything..." is laid to rest and while "he is not forcing you to stay if you dont like it.." is quite true, dealing with the poser world forces us to be here. whats next? ahh yes.. "others here have proposed ways around this sticky situation that would work temporarily..." no. I'm not changing EVERY website I goto just for here. did'nt you catch the problem with the suggested ideas? you don't just override here, you override EVERY website you goto. not a solution.

Shardz, dear dear dear misguided shardz. You assume they (the ptb) care what you or I, or anyone of the three dozen or so members that are/have been griping about these changes think. As is evidenced by the fact that there are all kinds of complaints about these changes, and only one perhaps two posts where someone actually liked them but nothing's being said, or done about the complaints. P.S. PTB The forum is still slow for me now.

Beyond that khai I take exception to being told I have to install entirely different software to fix a problem they caused.

Quote - "Ya know guys..its only day 2..why not give it a few days so the programmers can get the bugs out of everything before you start ranting and raving about 'leaving forever' {God, not some more of that..} I dont care for the bright white myself, in fact there are a few things I would prefer changed...and they might get changed on down the road..who knows....but there's no sense in getting all lathered up over stuff like this when a change happens.. Stacey and Sndcastie and the programmers are doing a pretty good job so far imo, trying to keep everyone informed of whats going on....its not "just" YOU here ya know..:glare: Sorry for being such a wasp...actually, no, Im not..."

Umm one post in three days is not "keeping us informed".

We appreciate all the suggestions, comments, etc. We are listening. I read every thread in here and although I may not reply everytime, I am taking notes and paying attention. Things are very busy right now so just know that regardless of whether I make a post after every comment, I am listening, passing on to the programmers, etc. As I stated earlier on the colors, on down the road we are looking at setting up one or two predesigned style sheets so that members could choose in their profile. Thanks

Quote - "Please, please PLEASE give us back the font size option :( There is a very LARGE percentage of the population who have less than perfect vision. As things stand at the moment..trying to read this new ?IMPROVED?? forum is difficult for many folks :( "

I posted this answer in the Poser forum too. (cause I'm so excited that I learned something new)!:blink: If you're using Firefox go to "View" then "Text Size" then "Increase"...voila, bigger fonts. Btw, Firefox is free and easy to get used to.:thumbupboth:

Quote - "We appreciate all the suggestions, comments, etc. We are listening. I read every thread in here and although I may not reply everytime, I am taking notes and paying attention. Things are very busy right now so just know that regardless of whether I make a post after every comment, I am listening, passing on to the programmers, etc. As I stated earlier on the colors, on down the road we are looking at setting up one or two predesigned style sheets so that members could choose in their profile. Thanks"

No unless its to put it back the way it was, leave it alone now, I already begged agiel to make me a style that I can use. So PLEAAAAAAAAAASE don't go and muck that up too, and make the work she did for me all for naught!