Update: It's now set to the white theme for default, if you want the dark theme then you need to login and change it - so it's not such a shock to regular visitors who don't login.
Welcome to the new and improved GamingOnLinux.com!
What the hell happened? I hear you cry! Fear not the old white design is still available! If you wish to use the old white design simply login, go to your UserCP and change the design dropdown and save.
New Stuff
The designer switcher of course.
Avatars can be uploaded in png and gif form now, no more hard-coded jpg's when it saves the upload. Hope that helps, this was as a result of white-bg avatars looking terrible on the new design heh.
You can now "like" comments. Of course only logged in users can Like a comment.
You can not "dislike" a comment or downvote it and that will never, ever be implemented as I hate downvote systems with a passion since they serve to annoy and cause friction. Any site that uses a downvote system for comments just invites arguments and trolls.
Why? When the newer white design came out there was a lot of people asking for a dark colour scheme, so I am happy to provide! I didn't want to force people into it though, so that's why I did a best of both worlds approach and made a design switcher for logged in users!
If there are other features you would like to see on GOL then let us know in the comments.
Big thank you to Half-Shot for sorting the javascript out for the Like system.
I will also be rolling out some more fun changes in the future, like a simple RPG system based around comments and article submissions. Where you can earn "gold" to buy funny things...and maybe even battle it out with other users (not real-time battles though, silly browser text battles).
Also if you didn't know already I run a G+ Linux Gaming community, in that community anyone can post their own links and it is open to all, be sure to join it and get sharing. It already has a couple hundred members!
As always if you like what we do you can grab yourself GOL Premium or Donate and help us keep going! Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Welcome to the new and improved GamingOnLinux.com!
What the hell happened? I hear you cry! Fear not the old white design is still available! If you wish to use the old white design simply login, go to your UserCP and change the design dropdown and save.
New Stuff
The designer switcher of course.
Avatars can be uploaded in png and gif form now, no more hard-coded jpg's when it saves the upload. Hope that helps, this was as a result of white-bg avatars looking terrible on the new design heh.
You can now "like" comments. Of course only logged in users can Like a comment.
You can not "dislike" a comment or downvote it and that will never, ever be implemented as I hate downvote systems with a passion since they serve to annoy and cause friction. Any site that uses a downvote system for comments just invites arguments and trolls.
Why? When the newer white design came out there was a lot of people asking for a dark colour scheme, so I am happy to provide! I didn't want to force people into it though, so that's why I did a best of both worlds approach and made a design switcher for logged in users!
If there are other features you would like to see on GOL then let us know in the comments.
Big thank you to Half-Shot for sorting the javascript out for the Like system.
I will also be rolling out some more fun changes in the future, like a simple RPG system based around comments and article submissions. Where you can earn "gold" to buy funny things...and maybe even battle it out with other users (not real-time battles though, silly browser text battles).
Also if you didn't know already I run a G+ Linux Gaming community, in that community anyone can post their own links and it is open to all, be sure to join it and get sharing. It already has a couple hundred members!
As always if you like what we do you can grab yourself GOL Premium or Donate and help us keep going! Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Can't say I'm keen on the likes system. Also, the text fields clash with the new theme.You mean the text-area for where you type comments? It's being worked on :)
Also the search box. You should remove all white and change it to something like #EEE.
By the way, there's no feedback when I click the "Quote". I was hoping for an automated scroll down to the text-area. And I see it's an <\a> tag, but since it has no href it doesn't change the cursor in FF. Here's a link on how to change the pointer :P
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Now your logo seems quite pixelated, you might want to make bigger one and scale it down.
*I'm talking about the GamingOnLinux banner*
*I'm talking about the GamingOnLinux banner*
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design is damn nice. waaaay better then previous one
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By the way, there's no feedback when I click the "Quote". I was hoping for an automated scroll down to the text-area. And I see it's an <\a> tag, but since it has no href it doesn't change the cursor in FF. Here's a link on how to change the pointer :PCan't say I'm keen on the likes system. Also, the text fields clash with the new theme.You mean the text-area for where you type comments? It's being worked on :)
I have made it to change the mouse pointer when using the quote link now. Will also look into some sort of on-screen feedback to tell you it has quoted or something...
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I have made it to change the mouse pointer when using the quote link now. Will also look into some sort of on-screen feedback to tell you it has quoted or something...By the way, there's no feedback when I click the "Quote". I was hoping for an automated scroll down to the text-area. And I see it's an <\a> tag, but since it has no href it doesn't change the cursor in FF. Here's a link on how to change the pointer :PCan't say I'm keen on the likes system. Also, the text fields clash with the new theme.You mean the text-area for where you type comments? It's being worked on :)
I have ideas on that already :P
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Loving the new layout, hope it's here to stay.
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I have ideas on that already :P
Just FYI guys, this awesome human has now implemented scrolling to the text-area on quoting, enjoy.
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Although that was a bug, the like system didn't work, it now does so you can like your own comment hah
Did it break again? Doesn't seem to do anything when I click on it :S:
Edit: Just on the light theme by the looks of it.
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Although that was a bug, the like system didn't work, it now does so you can like your own comment hahDid it break again? Doesn't seem to do anything when I click on it :S
Edit: Just on the light theme by the looks of it.
Works for me on both.
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Love dark themes. Esp. orange/black. Guess where I got that from :P
Too much colors though. Dark blue banner, light blue post header, green pager, orange supporter and inbox notifier, red inbox counter...
Report spam etc links need less brightness, green and red must go, don't particularly like light blue. An orange/dark blue/black triad might work imho.
In a nutshell: keep up the good work ;)
Too much colors though. Dark blue banner, light blue post header, green pager, orange supporter and inbox notifier, red inbox counter...
Report spam etc links need less brightness, green and red must go, don't particularly like light blue. An orange/dark blue/black triad might work imho.
In a nutshell: keep up the good work ;)
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For me the fonts don't look great, no hinting/smoothing. Could you add "Open Sans" to the font list?
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For me the fonts don't look great, no hinting/smoothing. Could you add "Open Sans" to the font list?
Fonts look fine here, not sure I understand. They looks smooth from firefox android.
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I really like the dark theme idea! In general the new site is looking great.
I agree with the comment above that there are too many colours though; the black and grey is great, but with the green, multiple shades of blue, off-white for quotes, etc it's a little hectic for me.
anyway, just great to see how far the site has gone; keep up the good work.
I agree with the comment above that there are too many colours though; the black and grey is great, but with the green, multiple shades of blue, off-white for quotes, etc it's a little hectic for me.
anyway, just great to see how far the site has gone; keep up the good work.
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I switched back to the light theme for now because the index for my PMs is currently very hard to read in the default theme, with links as light gray on white. Anybody else seeing this?
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Looks good. I wish more websites used dark themes, it´s much better for my eyes.
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I appreciate dark themes, but as others have pointed out, links are no longer distinct from regular text. Also, nothing appears to happen when I like comments.
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Qantourisc Apr 15, 2014
Avatar updated to work with both styles.
Once I visited this site "lunar eclipse" went trough my mind :p
Personally I prefer white though.
Once I visited this site "lunar eclipse" went trough my mind :p
Personally I prefer white though.
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I switched back to the light theme for now because the index for my PMs is currently very hard to read in the default theme, with links as light gray on white. Anybody else seeing this?
yes, links, tweets, PMs
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