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Hahaha' date=' you know exactly what I mean dude, I was using iOS7 as an example, smartass!! :poke:[/quote'] :)
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I have a request...Please change the brown coloured cartoon shrimp on the logo. It reminds me of a cockroach. lol!
I think it's cute! It's a Riffle Shrimp!
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Oh yeah! I didn't notice the little "fanning hands" I don't know another way to put it lol

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There is a fair bit of stuff I want to bring to the forum and unfortunately, you can't install on the old version and simply port to the new. None of the old modification code is transferable. What is the modification code? Well, it's stuff like those trophies, post likes, user tagging, newest posts etc.... Each mod we have here is around $150 - $200 to buy (license + brand removal fee). It wouldn't be prudent to keep throwing money at an older version of the software when we would need to pay again for the eventual upgrade. Rather, whilst we have minimal number of mods, a more economical approach is to do the upgrade and then invest in the mods as this version will be around for a while.

Which leads me into the new look and feel. Not sure where the facebook similarities are coming from as my facebook looks nothing like the forum? The old interface and the new are chalk and cheese, not to mention the ton of enhancements under the hood of the new version. The newer version is a lot "cleaner" in design and consistent with the new offerings of all the major players in forum software - it's not limited to just who makes our forum software.

The reality is that people don't like change, I've seen it with every version of Windows since Windows 3.0. Embrace change, it can offer more opportunities. This forum is world class (we are only a few thousand posts behind shrimpnow) and deserves to be running with the best engine under the hood. I have no doubt that there will be some teething issues, but we'll get through them.

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So SKF would be one of the first forums running with this version too! I think I am getting the hang of the new look forum now after playing for a couple of hours! Few bugs to fix but it will be great once we are all familiar again.

Talk about changing Windows, what about the crazy changes to Office programs, arrrgh!! :)

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Oh yeah, have I done something wrong. My title used to read Moderator, now I am just **********. Thought you may have been swearing at me from a distance!! :)

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So SKF would be one of the first forums running with this version too!
In the hobby' date=' yup definitely one of, if not, the first to move to VB5.x. I suspect everyone was holding back to see who would jump first and see the fall out. A lot of people in the hobby don't like change. :help:
Oh yeah, have I done something wrong. My title used to read Moderator, now I am just **********. Thought you may have been swearing at me from a distance!! :)
No, not sure what's up with that?? But don't take this the wrong way, it's the least of my worries. LOL
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No, not sure what's up with that?? But don't take this the wrong way, it's the least of my worries. LOL
LOL. It would be great if that was the only thing you were chasing up right now! Keep up the good work Nogi!!
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Not a fan. I hope with the tweaks it ends up somewhere close to the original.
Sorry but not keen on this new format, i will give it time and see how it goes, maybe i just need to adjust to something new.
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I have a request...

Please change the brown coloured cartoon shrimp on the logo. It reminds me of a cockroach. lol!

Haha, Kristy! I agree with you (although I think it looks more like a mole and the one in the middle looks like a dog)

But seriously. I really don't understand why the logo had to be changed. I always was very impressed with the design of the old one, it looked really professional.

The new logo make the forum look like a site for kids.

Not a fan at all! Please give us the old logo back! Please, please, please, pleeeeeeeeze!

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I too saw the brown riffle shrimp and thought it looked like a cockroach, the old logo looked very professional. This new logo reminds me of Dot of Dot and Keeto the mosquito cartoon.

And my status or ranking is now a shrimp noob?

I know we need change and it usually ends up being a good thing, but this new format is confusing and with the issues that need tweaking frustrating.

I am sure that everything is being done as quickly as possible to get everything back on track.

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Someone probably spent a lot of hours on the new logo so be nice!

I like the new logo myself!

Keep up the good work Nogi!

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It's amazing that none of these issues presented when we spent time, over the last couple of weeks, trialling the new version. It seems to be settling down now and Nogi has managed to get us over some of the bigger hurdles. It wont be long before it's all running smooth. From the amount of posts and updates, we all seem to be navigating around quite well.

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I had the riffle lightened up and swapped it with the zebra. Click on image for larger version.

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It looks great either way to me! Was happy with version one! Cheers

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Nice one Nogi! They say you can't please all of the people all of the time, but you're achieving very close to that! Great idea! Can I add a suggestion to everyone, prior to next forum change, if buying and selling, make sure in your communications with each other, maybe buyers should ensure they provide sellers with contact phone number when providing your address details. I am sure all will work well, from what I have seen, but best to have a backup solution just in case!

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The difference in the next update will be that a brand new database is being created so this one will remain unchanged. Worse case, we still can get read-only access to the old (this) forum.

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hanging there guys nogi tried his best to fix the forum and surely even make it better :)

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Ok upgrade will happen this weekend sometime. Facebook will have regular updates while site is down.

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To change to the old SKF theme, right down the bottom of the page is a link that says "Change Theme" - enjoy

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