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I have not looked in a day or so but it would be great if we had several more forum color/style themes to choose from. I have no clue how hard that is to provide just sayin. One person commented on FB that this one looks exactly like Peevey or some such other forum. That is not an issue for me, just reporting. I tried and don't really like the dark theme so much and this bluish silver one is certainly ok...but it would be nice if other options existed too. I also honestly don't care for the "Rocks The World" part of the title either, the first one was way better IMO (I know, bitch bitch bitch) My 2 cents. It seems just a tad over the top, of course none of this will keep me away!
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GaryH wrote: Mon Apr 19, 2021 11:14 am I have not looked in a day or so but it would be great if we had several more forum color/style themes to choose from. I have no clue how hard that is to provide just sayin. One person commented on FB that this one looks exactly like Peevey or some such other forum. That is not an issue for me, just reporting. I tried and don't really like the dark theme so much and this bluish silver one is certainly ok...but it would be nice if other options existed too. I also honestly don't care for the "Rocks The World" part of the title either, the first one was way better IMO (I know, bitch bitch bitch) My 2 cents. It seems just a tad over the top, of course none of this will keep me away!
As I said in a recent announcement:
As you all probably know, I basically threw this board up in a few hours. I haven't really had time to investigate the many themes that are available.

Many of you have more experience using phpbb sites than I do, so please use the Suggestions Forum to tell me what themes you prefer. phpbb allows the administrator to install many themes and let the users decide which one they want to use.
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One person commented on FB that this one looks exactly like Peevey or some such other forum.
The reason it looks like thousands of other sites is because this is the default theme (see the first line).

Themes are easy to add. What themes do people want? That is the question. My original post is asking for that information. If you know of a phpbb forum that has a cool theme, give me the URL and I'll try to find that theme and install it.
I also honestly don't care for the "Rocks The World" part of the title either, the first one was way better IMO It seems just a tad over the top, of course none of this will keep me away!
It's supposed to be over the top. It's supposed to justify the domain being "behringer world" without making it seem like this thing is trying to fool people into thinking it's an official site. The idea is for people (and the owners of the name) to instantly recognize what is going on, and hopefull think it would do more good than harm. I'm open to suggestions.
(I know, bitch bitch bitch) My 2 cents.
I don't mind complaints at all, but a complaint must come with at least a suggested solution in any situation that involves opinions.

Thanks Gary.
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I kind of did offer a suggestion...what it was when you started. The Unofficial Behringer User Forum worked for me. The Martin guitar user forum (fondly known as UMGF) is one of the most used and respected guitar forums out there with a similar simple name, and has been forever. No problem MJ, you da boss :-) just very glad you did this at all. You can call it whatever you like!
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Fair enough Gary.

Oh, I wish I was the boss.... lol
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Check now. I found several that were loosely based on the default theme. Some of them are mostly color changes. Go for it!
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Thanks! Tried on several, using Pro Silver at the moment. Will test drive for a bit!! Great to have choices.
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i'm using prosilver Special Edition. it works well with global dark mode on my browser.

There is a downside to having all these themes: logo files and extensions. A logo has to be created and installed in each theme or else you get the stock logo. This is a big reason why almost none of the other boards have installed more than 1 or 2 other styles (that phpbb calls themes). Extensions sometimes are style-specific. so, you might lose some board functions by using a non-standard style. however, most styles are derived from prosilver and as such they inherit properties that allow extensions to work with them. but you still have to install logos.

We don't have a logo anyway.
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