I'll miss all the themes old wincustomize has!!!
Tuesday, November 30, 2004 by joetheblow | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
I like the new layout on the new wincustomize, but for more than 2 years the old wincusto has been home.
I am going to switch themes like crazy until the final day!!!
https://www.wincustomize.com/index.asp?Cmd=themes
You should too!!!
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Reply #22 Wednesday, December 1, 2004 8:50 PM
I will meet everyone at our new home though.
Reply #23 Wednesday, December 1, 2004 10:21 PM
Are all the threads from here going to be their? Or are they just gonna go down with the ship?
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Reply #26 Wednesday, December 1, 2004 11:49 PM
Yea, I'm going to miss this site too.
But I'm not going to miss its slowness. Or it's excessive complexity. We've all gotten used to it but the current site is a nightmware for new users. Links everywhere for things that most users don't know or care about.
And sure, the top authors and top downloads show on the main page here, but on the new site skinners get much more celebration. The top authors on a per section basis show up when you go to the library.
Go to the Litestep section here and the to authors ar ethe same as every page.
Go to th elitestep section on the new site http://www2.wincustomize.com/Skins.aspx?LibID=6 and you see the top authors of just the litestep section (Jafo #2
The current site doesn't have any concept of tutorials. New site will have tutorials on a per section basis.
Old site had no concept of letting non-skinners participate. If you were't a skinner, you had very limited means to contributing. Now, we have top article writers, top tutorial writers, top website advocates, etc.
And for those who just want to visit skins and theme,s the site is much simpler, much cleaner.
Let's say you just want WindowBlinds skins. Which is simpler? (check the library views)
https://www.wincustomize.com/skins.asp?library=1
or
http://www2.wincustomize.com/Skins.aspx?LibID=1&mode=1
The holiday themes and universal metal themes and such will come in time. We had to coe up with a new look first and then look ta adding different themes that would change the site during the course of the year.
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Reply #27 Thursday, December 2, 2004 4:04 AM
| But I'm not going to miss its slowness. |
When is it going to be faster? The two sites are equally slow now.
| The holiday themes and universal metal themes and such will come in time. |
Yay!
Reply #28 Thursday, December 2, 2004 4:31 AM
I too will miss the site themes. Maybe one day we will get them to return when we figure out a better way to implement them.
Reply #29 Thursday, December 2, 2004 9:36 AM
...***uses his mind melding powers to get the admins to pick a darker color scheme**(but actually just gives him self a headache)... 
....ok ok ok i will recolor it my self...**starts coloring screen with crayons**if these things melt im guna be maaaaddd...grr.... 
Reply #30 Thursday, December 2, 2004 12:37 PM
Reply #31 Thursday, December 2, 2004 12:49 PM
I understand keeping it simple for new users, but would it be possible sometime in the future to create an option for some of us to use sort of an "advanced" version of the site? Maybe a combination of this one and the new?
| #28 by Janitor T-Man - 12/2/2004 4:31:37 AM The new site will have themes that only the admins can change. Like a Christmas theme or some other holiday. |
So, what about those of us who want to keep the same theme all the time instead of having someone else decide what we'll use each day? Not that you guys would be chagning that often, but, you get the point right? (I just have to be a pain in the butt). Although, for a while here it seemed a different theme every couple of days back when I was using the default theme.
Reply #32 Thursday, December 2, 2004 1:18 PM
The new WinCustomize will be like 99.9999% of other sites where the people who run the site decide how it looks.
This is being done for performance reasons. The more people who use it, the more it can be cached.
Someday we hope to add per user themes for subscribers but that's not on the horizon at this time.
Reply #33 Thursday, December 2, 2004 1:27 PM
I got the christmas theme working for me!!!
Reply #34 Thursday, December 2, 2004 5:29 PM
| The new WinCustomize will be like 99.9999% of other sites where the people who run the site decide how it looks. |
Ok, I know by that you simply mean that the admins will be running it, and not the users. Really, quite understandable.
Unfortunatley, it reads like you mean that this site will be just like 99.9999% of the other sites on the web. period.
Sylva runs away now
Reply #35 Thursday, December 2, 2004 8:02 PM
It read that way to me too.. but I know that is not what he is saying
Nice couch Sylva
Hey, I just thought of an idea!
Let wincustomize have a sub domain with different website styles. that way an admin controls it while we still get to choose what we like!
so it could be christmas.wincustomize.com
or
universalmetal.wincustomize.com
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Reply #36 Friday, December 3, 2004 1:10 PM
Reply #37 Friday, December 3, 2004 9:53 PM
besides, who here is called christmas or universal?
Well, maybe it would get a little mixed up I guess...
Reply #38 Friday, December 3, 2004 11:33 PM
No I mean we'll be like 99.999% of sites in the sense that we are going to switch to a PHP based site in which the template is randomly taken from various sites. One day it'll look like google, the next Hotmail.
Generic is the goal!
Reply #39 Friday, December 3, 2004 11:41 PM
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Reply #21 Wednesday, December 1, 2004 6:16 PM
I just don't see these themes being ported over to the new wincustomize. Could be wrong, but I don't see it being ported over.
I remeber when that theme was made and some siad how do you turn the animation off!
Me, I like... ney, love the new site. Poplular skins on top, next the daily shot and featured skin, next news...
yeah paxx the site is bigger. More forums, more personal user sites, WAY MORE ways to interact.. its a little crazy... I LOVE IT!!!
But I will miss the themes!!!! I don't like blue, I like GREEN (a leaf green)