Arlong Park gets a Fishman Island upgrade

Urouge

April Fools went perfectly until the forum didn't come back up at the end of the day with the new upgrade. Rest assured that everything else was an intended joke. The upgrade:

@brennen.exe:

I'm sure you all are seeing that things have changed quite a bit. Well, not so much changed, but it is a little different, and there is much more potential. There is, for example, a more advanced video posting option, allowing you to select from more video streaming sites than just YouTube. There is a more advanced search feature. There is a new visitor messaging feature in your profiles, allowing you to leave notes or have conversations with people. We can integrate with Facebook and twitter, should we choose to do so. There is a donate button on the navbar, for those of you who would like to help us with the monthly server costs. Obviously this news section is new.

There are quite a few more additions, which I am sure you will all get to know over the next week or two, so we all hope you enjoy the changes. In the mean time, if you find anything you believe you should have access to, something you shouldn't have access to, or just something that isn't working, please let a staff member know or leave a comment in this posting.

Check the news tab for more information.

There will probably be a few kinks to work out, but that will come in time. The staff has remained untouched and we've never been on better terms with each other. Hopefully the new theme and the upgraded VB software are worth it.

New skins/themes will be available in the future. They're a lot of work to set up, though, so you'll have to make do with what's available for now.

Zkaiser

So I see that we lost the ability to change skins under this upgrade. Probably because they are incompatible. It leaves a bad taste in my mouth to not have the classic theme available but whatever, it's for a greater good.

wanderer-zero

the new version of vBulletin has a lot of new elements that the old skin simply could not be imported for, though it's possible to remake the old skins for the new forum version, I'd assume it would take some time.

brennen.exe

Right now vBulletin is working on a script that will convert– within reason-- older styles. I've held on to the old styles, but of course they are disabled. I'll try porting them as best I can when I get the chance. I've also started working on a newer version of the CP9 skin, as well as a special mod of said CP9 skin; major problem with it right now is contrast issues (color layout) and divs working with the gradients. Eh, I'm a little reluctant to keep pursuing it, but maybe after some more adjustments I will enable it for the rest of you to try out.

Cyber-Robin

Is it possible to move that little bar at the bottom of the PM page saying how full it is to top of said page, before the PMs? Kinda weird having it at the bottom underneith everything.

Hiroy

Avatars won't save for some reason. I'm assuming it's broken?

Conekiller

Old Youtube embeds aren't working.

I'm assuming there's a new way to do that?

Outerspec

It'll take getting a little used to but I like it.

Gekko135

Good to be back people.

Insider2000

Patience is a virtue, everyone.

@Conekiller:

Old Youtube embeds aren't working.

I'm assuming there's a new way to do that?

Yeah, 'Go Advanced' when you want to post, and there is a new option button above the text box called "Insert Video". You'll be able to insert videos from more than just YouTube.

And yes, it works. At least YouTube does, and the YouTube box is bigger now!

@Hiroy:

Avatars won't save for some reason. I'm assuming it's broken?

Same issue here.

Again, I can keep shirtless Chris Evans a little while longer. I'm not upset. No rush.

MasterKingJC

This post is deleted!

Badass SnoCone

Holy New Forum, batman.

Minh Young Kim

Upgrade is great! well done

Kishido

Awesome but pictere upload for avatars isn't working… But the rest is stunning. Good job guys

Insider2000

Oops. Forgive me for not saying this before.

Thank you for this awesome update. I can't stop running around the forum, looking for fun things to play with.

Gekko135

@Insider2000:

Same issue here.

Again, I can keep shirtless Chris Evans a little while longer. I'm not upset. No rush.

Yeah, i've noticed no avatars I choose can save. I guess i'll be fine for the moment corrupted by the disease.

Zack

@Urouge:

April Fools went perfectly until the forum didn't come back up at the end of the day with the new upgrade. Rest assured that everything else was an intended joke. The upgrade:

No Maam

I want to ask about something.

When I click on "search all posts" the last posts in search I found belonging to myself are from December 2009, but for example when visiting the Bleach thread, my February posts are stil there.

What gives ?

captain usopp

I LOVE the new theme. a lot better than the original. and I liked the original.

No Maam

I just find the rather important "new posts" button seems kind of insignificant here, that's all.

Kishido

Yeah the new theme is awesome… Far better than the old one. I just can't change my avatar

blackness662

Great theme! I love it.

Glowstuff

This new forum skin is great.

Kishido

BTW… Is Jerk forever banned xD. Bring him back xD

EDIT
Wow a lot of others are banned too and Pacer got got banned this moment..: What is going on? I thought this bans were part of the joke... :blink:

Akumu

Love the new skin guys! It's o easy on the eyes; all the colors blend perfectly!

Also, I too am having problems updating to a new avatar…

Great job guys!

Mrs. Iceburg

I think the new skin is beautiful! Also loving the Caribou barrels and Criminal stars

Buuhan1

Found a bug/oversight. If you go into someones profile it lists a post count. It's at zero of course, but they're still there.

taboo

WERE BACK

Insider2000

@taboo:

WERE BACK

pauses ABBA
plays favorite song from one of his all time favorite movies as a child

No Maam

@Buuhan1:

Found a bug/oversight. If you go into someones profile it lists a post count. It's at zero of course, but they're still there.

It shows up fine for me.

The user post search on the other hand…...

Buuhan1

Is it just me, or does the forum load a bit slower? I presume it's normal as it's heavier than the old version.

Insider2000

@Buuhan1:

Is it just me, or does the forum load a bit slower? I presume it's normal as it's heavier than the old version.

A little, but it's been speeding up for me lately.

Urouge

The database probably has to reindex everything. I'd expect it to speed up over time.

Herodadotus

Well, doesn't this look sleek. Well worth the wait. Thanks, guys!

madman

Welcome back arlong park i missed yeh and thanks for the upgrade im really digging the fishman theme.

SonPan

Welcome BAck!!!! I could finally not get bored while on my laptop! I realized diring these past few days how much Arlong park has become an important part of my daily life. I found myself checking if the site was back up almost 20 times a day (sad I know).
Glad your back!!
Love the new skin… although I'm gonna miss the merrygo (simple) banner...

I liked it cause it was something that did SCREAM anime forum when I'm on the site in public.
But I'll deal with it

Nami

Arlong Park.
You became SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO beautiful.

You became a wonderful, wonderful, WONDERFUL butterfly! <3~

Thank you, all the guys who worked on that. You did a great job and I really appreciate it <3~

goes exploring some more

captain usopp

@SonPan:

Welcome BAck!!!! I could finally not get bored while on my laptop! I realized diring these past few days how much Arlong park has become an important part of my daily life. I found myself checking if the site was back up almost 20 times a day (sad I know).
Glad your back!!
Love the new skin… although I'm gonna miss the merrygo (simple) banner...

I liked it cause it was something that did SCREAM anime forum when I'm on the site in public.
But I'll deal with it

yes, but if you think about it, then you scroll down through everyone's childish (sometimes offensive) ava's and sigs.

edit: speak of the devil; nami, I must say, your ava is, er, uh, something else. $:\$

Silence

The new forum looks bitchin'!

Thank you for all your hard work, and thanks for the laughs. You guys went to a lot of effort; and it shows!

Much appreciated, staff.

taboo

@captain:

yes, but if you think about it, then you scroll down through everyone's childish (sometimes offensive) ava's and sigs.

edit: speak of the devil; nami, I must say, your ava is, er, uh, something else. $:\$

Her avatar is what happens when you try to eat paint

Zigee

great work guys. the new forum is beautiful

IceBorg

Awesome AP is awesome.

brennen.exe

@No:

When I click on "search all posts" the last posts in search I found belonging to myself are from December 2009, but for example when visiting the Bleach thread, my February posts are stil there.

I mentioned this in the news posting on the front page, but for those who didn't read it, the posts need to be indexed. To put it in layman's terms, I need to have the forum check for all existing posts and their content so that it knows what is there when it searches. It has gone through partially, thus why you get results at all, but we have over 2,000,000 posts, so the process takes a long time.

@Akumu:

Though, why are you all back to Stars instead of Arlongs? Those were awesome!

@Mrs.:

Criminal stars

People liked the stars, for whatever reason, and they look a little cleaner at that small resolution. Like Iceburg noticed, they were modified to be Criminal stars, so technically they are still One Piece themed. I figured they would work well with this Fishman Island theme in particular (though rank isn't theme specific).

Also, about the Arlong Tattoo, if you clear your browser's cache it will download the new favicon (the icon that shows next to the http://websiteurl), which as you might have figured out is the Arlong Tattoo.

@Buuhan1:

Is it just me, or does the forum load a bit slower? I presume it's normal as it's heavier than the old version.

@Urouge:

The database probably has to reindex everything. I'd expect it to speed up over time.

It's likely a combination of things. The posts are being indexed right now, so the database is pretty busy, and we have a few hundred users online, and there is more content as you said, and… yeah, I'm sure it will pick up speed as time goes by. Your browser is still caching a lot of this as well, which, likely the old theme and forum was cached already so there was less to load. Etc, etc.

Edit: Oh, and I think I know why you are having trouble with avatars. Let me look into it real quick.

Kishido

And what avout all the banned people?

No Maam

And wait, RPGJay is also stil banned.

Kishido

Jerk as well… And Pacer got banned today right after his first post

Dryish

It's a shame to admit it, but even though I expected something like this coming, I fell for it in the beginning. Well played staff. I salute you and my respect towards you guys skyrocketed. Well-planned and highly entertaining events like this one make me love the place even more. Sincerely, thank you.

And great job, Brennen (and jonas). The new forums require getting used to them, but they look great nonetheless. 'Twas a battle bravely fought.

RageaSarus

Nice new look and all, but ummmmm… can the second theme be a little dark?

It's gorgeous, no doubt and all, but I hate the brightness.

I totally miss the "Halloween" theme. :ermm:

Insider2000

They mentioned that they are going to try to bring back the old themes.

Again, patience is a virtue.

Hiroy

Just noticed. The ignore list user commnet box is alot more noticeable this time. No big deal since I'd get use to it. The Report Post icon is still as vague as ever. I suppose some things should not change.

Still looking through the other features. I'm really liking the freindlist and profiles.