FluxBB Update

Pierre · 2015-01-25 06:06:16

Hi all,

I just updated our forums to FluxBB 1.5.8. I refactored our spam protection to use the new addon feature that was introduced in that version. Let me know of any issues.

Greetings,

Pierre

jasonwryan · 2015-01-25 06:14:44

Thanks Pierre.

Full changelog: https://fluxbb.org/development/core/changelog/#1.5.8
(My favourite...)

Pierre · 2015-01-25 06:21:03

For our "fork" I did some minor style adjustments and completed the translations. For those who don't know yet, the code can be found at: https://projects.archlinux.org/vhosts/b … x.org.git/

Trilby · 2015-01-25 12:33:16

I was about to check if anyone else was seeing the same symptoms as me - I gather they are from this update: The styles/theme seem to have a problem. I use the 'cobalt' theme, and this morning all the forum content is constrained in width and not expanding to the browser window size. For narrow browser windows it seems to (mostly) adjust correctly, but not for a fullscreen browser (on a 1280x800 screen).

My first step was to go back to the default archlinux theme, and that one seems fine. I tried 'fire' and 'air', they also looked to have the width constraint, but 'cobalt' also has a few parts where the content was not only constrained in width, but also pushed clear off the right side of the screen (specifically, the frame acknowledging a change in theme after you hit the 'submit' button on the profile -> display settings). EDIT: this same pushed-to-the-right issue is also seen right after submitting a post.

Can others replicate this, or is it just me*? Is this an issue with our themes, or is this a fluxBB issue? Pierre, would you happen to have an idea where to start looking to track this down better?

*note: I'm using firefox. I also just confirmed the same issue with dwb (webkit-gtk2).

sl1pkn07 · 2015-01-25 13:05:07

Also I have the @Trilby problem, only archlinux theme fit to all width of the screen (1920x1080)

edit: three examples:

http://sl1pkn07.wtf/bleh53.png -> air
http://sl1pkn07.wtf/bleh54.png -> cobalt
http://sl1pkn07.wtf/bleh55.png -> archlinux

Last edited by sl1pkn07 (2015-01-25 13:12:55)

Head_on_a_Stick · 2015-01-25 13:11:54

Trilby wrote:

Can others replicate this, or is it just me*?

All themes except "ArchLinux" are width-constrained but not displaced in my system (Intel HD4600, Firefox 35).

Pierre · 2015-01-25 13:45:53

Everything except the Archlinux theme are upstream defaults. No idea why they introduced a fixed with with 1.5.8; but it is intentional. See https://projects.archlinux.de/vhosts/bb … ignorews=1

Trilby · 2015-01-25 14:44:00

Thanks Pierre! With that it was very easy to fix with a userstyle for firefox. Any firefox users can just add this style (I just chose an arbitrarily large value for max width - there might be a cleaner way, but this works):

@-moz-document domain("bbs.archlinux.org") {
.pun { max-width: 100000px !important; }
}

EDIT: this doesn't seem to fix the right-shifted submit-confirm pages, but I don't really care about those.

And of course, caveat emptor - they probably had a reason for putting that max-width in there. But so far I can't see any side-effects.

Last edited by Trilby (2015-01-25 14:45:09)

Awebb · 2015-01-25 15:31:48

That one gives "pun intended" a new meaning.

ukhippo · 2015-01-26 00:40:52

The max-width change is from enhancement #947: Improve Air/Earth/Fire design

Set a max-width. These days, displayes have very wide resolutions, and it is highly annoying to read 1 alinea on just 1 line of text.

ids1024 · 2015-01-26 03:26:55

It is a standard css design practice to limit the text width, based on the belief if that very wide lines are more difficult to read. This is considered a "best practice" in web design, so it is logical that FluxBB would follow it.

Awebb · 2015-01-26 10:20:42

ids1024 wrote:

It is a standard css design practice to limit the text width, based on the belief if that very wide lines are more difficult to read. This is considered a "best practice" in web design, so it is logical that FluxBB would follow it.

...yet the string "fixed width" is prone to derail each and every discussion, no matter where you go.

karabaja4 · 2015-02-04 08:38:28

ids1024 wrote:

It is a standard css design practice to limit the text width, based on the belief if that very wide lines are more difficult to read. This is considered a "best practice" in web design, so it is logical that FluxBB would follow it.

I strongly disagree on this "best practice". This fixed width and white space looks horrible:

http://take.ms/rlrL3

Last edited by karabaja4 (2015-02-04 08:38:49)

ANOKNUSA · 2015-02-04 15:38:09

karabaja4 wrote:

ids1024 wrote:
It is a standard css design practice to limit the text width, based on the belief if that very wide lines are more difficult to read. This is considered a "best practice" in web design, so it is logical that FluxBB would follow it.
I strongly disagree on this "best practice". This fixed width and white space looks horrible:
http://take.ms/rlrL3

Try using a custom stylesheet. Set the "max-width" attribute from the .pun class of elements to 0.

.pun {
    max-width=0
}

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