Welcome Back to Our Atari Forums Community Members!

[Mattlab]

We know that this upgrade was originally slated to take much longer and we apologize for not meeting this goal, we will try next time to stick with the announced timeline. But in the spirit of the holidays we simply couldn’t hold back any longer and wanted to have you all back and enjoying yourselves. Our intent was to bring greater security, features, and layout to our members and mods, and we believe this upgrade does just that! We hope you’ll agree as well, please see below some of the forums new capabilities and features.

• Updated layout and theme
• vBulletin 3.5.2 with better security
• Public and private calendar
• New emoticons (plus the classics)
• Quick links and greater search capabilities
• More flexible warning system with automatic WL removal
• Profile picture option
• Banner ads (minimally and unobtrusively)

Our moderators and some users have helped Matt and the rest of the Atari staff to make sure the transition is as transparent as possible and as beneficial as possible for everyone, and our thanks goes out to them as well for their hard work. You may notice that at present there is no dark theme layout, or perhaps there is something else which you’d like to see done. The dark theme is in the works, so standby for that, and if you have other suggestions, compliments, or bug reports we ask that you post them in this announcement thread. Happy Holidays and thank you for your patience during the change over!

Best Regards,
The Atari Community Forum Team
Atari, Inc.

[bctrainers]

It feels great to be back! :D

[Frogger]

this theme is ug...other than that i guess its ok....

[iNsAnE]

I love the new look!!! I really like it so far!!!

[A-1]

Its really bright. I think im gonna need shades to look at the site now. :cool:

Are there gonna be different layout colors?

[ringman33]

wow i love the new fourms. great job on the upgrade and getting us back in here so soon.:10sur10: :hat::eek2: :mdr2: :up: :up:

[bctrainers]

Read what matt posted about the new skin, and an old dark skin. I think one is in the works. :)

Also, for you all to take a gander at : http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums/Warn.php?do=ViewMyWarnings (Your Warning Viewer)

[Dreadnaught]

I know there are some ideas being tossed around, but where did Matt post about them?

[bctrainers]

I know there are some ideas being tossed around, but where did Matt post about them?

Somewhere near a box of a cube. :atari:

[MonorailMan]

Ahh! The wonders of vB3.5 ;)

[Danrarbc]

I actually like this theme. Although I hate the vBulletin purple that's left over and the default vBulletin buttons (then again, I despise that theme anyway in it's entirety so I'd hate little parts of it too)

[SweetTooth]

now this place looks like every other forum i visit :( i liked the old theme

[Nirvelli]

now this place looks like every other forum i visit :( i liked the old theme
x2.
Seriously.
At least bring the old one back as an option or something.

[Ducatisto]

I guess all of its technical merits surpass the old boards ones but this is akin to a fluorescent light after years of candle. Give me the candle anyday, but of course with the ability of the newer technology :icon14:

I would too like at least to have a choice of theme, guess we can't have our cake and eat it :wink:

[Frogger]

Also, for you all to take a gander at : http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums/Warn.php?do=ViewMyWarnings (Your Warning Viewer)

it appears as though all WL have been reset. :icon3:

[Ryandar]

Yeah, this is way too bright. Can't wait for a somewhat darker, not quite as standard theme to show up.
The new WL thing is nice, but you might want to re-read the list of offenses. One of them is there twice, and you have two explanations in a single "box" as well. Only error I've spotted, then again, I haven't had much chance to explore all the new features yet :wink:.

[Boksha]

I don't really mind the new theme.
I like how we can now login from every page though. Saves me time going back to the frontpage. :smile:
What's with the order the smileys are in though? :weird:

[McTerry]

I miss the Unreal 2 theme. :S

[Pyrothekilla]

ha, I knew it was anupgrade to vB 3.5 :biggrin:

[JAV_Swedish]

http://www.ina-community.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=240
Doesn´t work anymore :(
Wil the ina-community part be fixed or not?

[T@F]

Can someone plz explane what it means by Warning Maturity 365??

It`s a shame,but i still think the wl is stupid realy..

[awaw]

Can someone plz explane what it means by Warning Maturity 365??

I guess it's the time when the wl "times out".

• More flexible warning system with automatic WL removal

btw. where do I see the warning level?

test:


Yeah, double quoting works!


The edit function is the coolness itself, try it out!

[T@F]

frogger allready quoted the link.

Anyway here is the link to view your warnings
http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums/Warn.php?do=ViewMyWarnings

[Mattlab]

Avatars and Profile Pictures are now working. Check out the new features in your UserCP!!

[Pyros]

Can someone plz explane what it means by Warning Maturity 365??

It`s a shame,but i still think the wl is stupid realy..

It means the WL expires after 365 days.

[peliROJO]

this is really hurting my eyes. I will return when there is a darker theme. Thanks for the upgrades, though. :downcast:

[Wocko]

It feels better but I miss the Unreal 2 theme. (I know a new darker is in the making) however the U2-theme was the best color scheme I've ever seen in a forum. So if possible please bring it back. :)

[tmb11]

now this place looks like every other forum i visit :( i liked the old theme

I kinda miss the old forums, these forums are now like everyother forum I visit.
this is dumb, i just found out that now we can't just do two qoutes, we have to have a message too :frown: Definitly liking the old forums better.

[Pyros]

If you're going to make a post, it is usually expected that you actually have some new content, so I can see why the software does that :p

[T@F]

It means the WL expires after 365 days.

Arh thats cool,i supposed:smile:
At least we have a chance of getting rid of them now:smile:

Ty pyros...

[Zezima]

Boo I hate the new theme for the other theme options can you give us the old atari back?
:D

[-NGS-]

i dont like a few things- ive been on a vbulliten board before

1. i dont like how if you want to quote a post, it immediately takes you to the add reply screen.
2. actually thats pretty much it hehe

love it! (except for the quoting!!)

[bctrainers]

Boo I hate the new theme for the other theme options can you give us the old atari back?
:D

Quit Complaining! :bored: It's being worked on .............. it will come sometime soon.

[JosEPh]

An old dog now has to learn new tricks.

Meh.

Now where did I put those rose colored glasses?

Here Smilie, smilie......where do you?

Where's those confounded smilies?

:specialdriver:

:160:

[andrew12]

I just want to say great job of upgrading the forum! :smile:

[pedro90]

whats up

[Frogger]

Quit Complaining! :bored: It's being worked on .............. it will come sometime soon.

its too bad in this day and age there is no way to set up a test database and get everything working first before upsetting the masses...maybe some day in the distant future..

[Knux]

nice thing, finally some update on a version of vB I know , with quick reply and so :smile:

....I just miss the old dark blue style... think it could be back one day ? :wink:

[Mattlab]

Just wanted to update everyone on the forums status. Many of the bugs have indeed been fixed or will be soon. If you are still having issues with something please send me a PM.

Also with regards to the darktheme. We may have this ready this week but we are still working on it so no promises.

I will post a list of fixes sometime Friday mostlikely if not sooner.

Thanks,
Mattlab

[Scooby-Doo]

Now all of the boards I visit that use vBulletin look consistent with each other. And even though the original dark blue goes back as far as I can remember, the new theme is quite endearing.

Many thanks to the admins.



It doesn't matter to me, just as long as the people stay the same.

[Nirvelli]

Just wanted to update everyone on the forums status. Many of the bugs have indeed been fixed or will be soon. If you are still having issues with something please send me a PM.

Also with regards to the darktheme. We may have this ready this week but we are still working on it so no promises.

I will post a list of fixes sometime Friday mostlikely if not sooner.

Thanks,
Mattlab
I found a bug. It says "Powered by vBulletin Version 3.5.2" at the bottom.
Why did we have to upgrade in the first place?
As they say, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" and the old forums definitely weren't "broke," as far as I could tell.

[Pyros]

I found a bug. It says "Powered by vBulletin Version 3.5.2" at the bottom.
Why did we have to upgrade in the first place?
As they say, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" and the old forums definitely weren't "broke," as far as I could tell.

There were several issues with the old boards that needed to be corrected, and this one offered a solution to it. There certainly was a need to upgrade.

[Danrarbc]

I found a bug. It says "Powered by vBulletin Version 3.5.2" at the bottom.
Why did we have to upgrade in the first place?
As they say, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" and the old forums definitely weren't "broke," as far as I could tell.
Security holes = broken.

And quite frankly I'm glad I can use a modern forum rather than something which was, and feels like it was, written 5 years ago. Sometimes there is no harm in upgrading just to get new features, even if what you have now isn't broken. Especially if upgrading doesn't break anything.

(and a skin you don't like isn't broken IMO, although bugs are an issue - which they are fixing)

[Nirvelli]

There were several issues with the old boards that needed to be corrected, and this one offered a solution to it. There certainly was a need to upgrade.
Mind expanding on this?
(just curious).

[Hellcat2k3]

Mind expanding on this?
(just curious).
I'd guess the security issues and vB 3.5's ability to use a secondary database have been the main issues.

Then the admin options, support and maybe even some addons might have had something to do with it....

Just a guess however....

[Add_x101]

Like the new layout. Its clean and bright:cool:

:icon14: :biggrin: :biggrin:

[Plumb_Drumb]

nice update :) The new look is making me feel lost almost, but I'm sure I'll get used to it.

The new vBulletin is the best part.
Good job.

[dethmanrulz]

feels odd without the old colour theme.... I'll get used to it..... still odd though.... I wish tehre was an option to use that instead....

[Super Trunks]

Good Job guys, it really looks nice! I haven't been on for a while, so when I first got on, I thought I typed in the wrong Web Adress. That is until I saw thw Atari Logo! Well anyways, good job!!!:atari:

[Emmet Otter]

A "forum jump" option would be nice to have at the bottom of the pages to quickly get around then having to have to scroll back up and out. Other forums have this option which is convenient.

[SteeleCanyonRat]

I like it!

[JamesCN]

Good upgrade... Theme colors don't really bother me; I have seen much worse combiations than blue, silver and white. Quick reply is also a nice plus.

[ProAsm]

For the younger generations with 20/20 vision, this new forum might be great but for the "elder" it sucks real bad and I see several companies are changing to it which is very sad.

[CarlosXE]

It looks very, very, VERY clean.

VB3.5 rocks so hard it isn't funny, good decision on the upgrade folks. :D

[disTant eCHo]

Found a few problems in one of the paragraphs on the "my warnings" page:

"Please note that we do not allow sexual avatars, images in signatures, racist remarks, or signatures text & effects that span more space then 75 pixels tall by 795 pixels wide on a 1024x768 resolution. Avatars should also be 5 lines or less."

795 pixels, and Avatars @ 5 lines could cause some confusion. Justa heads up! :up: :cool:

[awaw]

Anyway here is the link to view your warnings
http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums/Warn.php?do=ViewMyWarnings

Right, but where to see the other's warning level?

[bctrainers]

Right, but where to see the other's warning level?

You can't now.

[949475]

This place stinks! I can't go to my main acount. I had to use all new imformation to get here to speek. Let me on my petercoti acount or i will NEVER COME HEAR AGIAN!

[Nirvelli]

Found a few problems in one of the paragraphs on the "my warnings" page:

"Please note that we do not allow sexual avatars, images in signatures, racist remarks, or signatures text & effects that span more space then 75 pixels tall by 795 pixels wide on a 1024x768 resolution. Avatars should also be 5 lines or less."

795 pixels, and Avatars @ 5 lines could cause some confusion. Justa heads up! :up: :cool:
How can an avatar be # lines? And why does the resolution matter? Also "signatures text & effects" should be "signature text & effects".

[petercotijr]

949475:
ooppppppsssssssssssssssssss. Sory I put dowen #. It's petercotijr

[awaw]

You can't now.
:( Can I at least see if someone's banned?

[Sinnthetika]

yeah I can't wait for the dark theme. This looks a little like the first forums I had for BFP:Fatal Rage when I was 16 (and sucked at setting up nice looking forums) . I'm sure the new features behind this icky theme are solid though.

[Smood]

I miss the Unreal 2 theme. :S

+ 10000

Unreal 2 theme was the best. Mattlab bring back U2 THEME!! PLEASE

[Mattlab]

The Classic Atari Forums Theme a.k.a. the darktheme is now Live!

We have tried to make this theme as close to the original as possible as the current forums software would allow. We hope everyone enjoys the new Classic Atari Forums Theme we have uploaded. Thank you to all those who helped make this theme possible especially forum member Psilon for laying the foundations of this great theme.

We hope to create more themes and maybe even give users a chance to create their own themes sometime in the near future...more news on this will follow.

Users may choose their themes using the drop-down menu found at the bottom of the forums.

I also want to take this time to announce that the Forums Search Index is now working again. All threads and posts have been re-indexed and will now show up when you search for something.

Regards,
The Atari Community Forums Team

[ProAsm]

The Classic Atari Forums Theme a.k.a. the darktheme is now Live!Thanks Mattlab, this is now just great.
Just one small item, in the Reply box, can you change the Black text on Blue background... a little hard to see :)

[JAV_Swedish]

Darktheme rocks, thank you! :) :up:

[»madMar†y»]

Is it only possible to view the last 500 posts you've made with this new Forum?

Right, but where to see the other's warning level?
You can't now. Yes you can ..... When you look into the public profile it's below the user ID

example (http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums/member.php?u=237859)

[Mattlab]

I moved the two posts about the Flashback to the flashback forum. Check there for support. :) http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=507508

Happy Holidays everyone!

[bctrainers]

Is it only possible to view the last 500 posts you've made with this new Forum?


Yes you can ..... When you look into the public profile it's below the user ID

example (http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums/member.php?u=237859)

Since i have made that post, it was enabled. ;)

[»madMar†y»]

Hehe ..I already found it a bit strange you did'nt seem to know this;) :up:

[hannah]

I dont like this website this way... how do u go to the chat room?! Can we have the old way back????!!!!

[Mattlab]

cripz for life

Your post was moved to the DBZ CC forum. :)

Click on the following link to be taken to it. http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=507921