Night theme

[Vovchandr]

Is there a night theme available? I looked through options and didn't find one

[JohnCh]

It's possible to create and install a custom theme for the site.  If there is enough interest, I can look into it and scope the full effort once the server upgrade is complete.  That takes priority and is overdue as I have been unable to set aside sufficient time for troubleshooting with the hosting provider if issues arise.  

[Vovchandr]

Thats fair. I was hoping there was a native option that could have been turned on somewhere as some have.

 

If it's too much effort probably not worth it. Not sure how many others are browsing the site late at night in bed long enough to the point where it would be an issue...And even there are others, the use cases for people that would utilize it could be counted on one hand. 

Edited February 1, 2023 by Vovchandr

[JohnCh]

Unfortunately, each theme needs to be created and I'm not certain if offering multiple themes has additional implications other than increasing the test overhead after each update (those can be monthly.)  When I transferred over everything from vbulletin I modified the default theme to match those colors and make the transition less jarring for everyone.  As I recall, there were a surprising number of buttons, text type, and individual page theme colors that had to be identified and entered.  I'm not opposed to doing this but can't make any promises as to when it will happen.  I first need to find the time to figure out how much time it will take  

 

-John

[Vovchandr]

1 hour ago, JohnCh said:

Unfortunately, each theme needs to be created and I'm not certain if offering multiple themes has additional implications other than increasing the test overhead after each update (those can be monthly.)  When I transferred over everything from vbulletin I modified the default theme to match those colors and make the transition less jarring for everyone.  As I recall, there were a surprising number of buttons, text type, and individual page theme colors that had to be identified and entered.  I'm not opposed to doing this but can't make any promises as to when it will happen.  I first need to find the time to figure out how much time it will take  

 

-John

 

Find time to solve time?

 

Is that sort like having a meeting to plan future meetings? 

 

Edited February 1, 2023 by Vovchandr

[JohnCh]

You clearly don't do Program Management as a profession   

[JohnCh]

I just took a look at the theme editor to help identify how much time it would take to do the necessary leg work to determine how much time is required to add and manage a new theme (yes, I am intentionally trying to break your brain).  There are 63 unique buttons, backgrounds, and text types that each have their own custom color setting.  Further, only a few of these have a name that makes it obvious where they appear in the site and how they might overlap with another item.  Given these choices need to work together to keep the site readable in dark mode, this aspect of the job is even more onerous than I suspected.  I'll look into it again after both the server upgrades and my Caterham build are completed.  In the meantime, maybe turn down the brightness setting on your device when using it late at night in bed.  

[Vovchandr]

I got the gist.

 

Please close the ticket...

 

(I was at minimum brightness and night mode on the phone for the record... but when bounching from dark apps onto the all the white favorite of USA7's it is a pretty stark jump)