Is the theme of the OC forum a tad outdated and hard to read

[Deleted member 77746]

The theme doesn't matter to me but I have to be honest and say it's a bit pathetic that users can't even upload pics/images directly to the site and instead have to upload pics/images to 3rd partie hosting sites and then link the URLs here.

That's prehistoric internetting lol

Do you know how the websites and hosting / cost works at all?

 

[Deleted member 77746]

Eh? Surely it's just good business practice. Why should OcUK pay both for both bandwidth and storage to host thousands of copies of Jesus.gif, memes and other nonsense?

Because you can't host jesus.gif! You get suspended!

 

[Kainz]

WE DONT LIKE CHANGE

 

[JollyJamma]

WE DONT LIKE CHANGE

I sort of started to tell that after a while.

 

[panthro]

I like it, but can't help to notice that the forum seems to be in gradual decline in terms of active users. It certainly feels that way in the Life section.

 

[Cosimo]

It is clear, simple and the theme is as good as it gets. Compared with other forums this place is close to heaven. No change is necessary.

 

[phil-k]

no problems with the Forum here

 

[montymint]

Would you consider making a white theme available for the masochists among us?

 

[rare]

I like it, but can't help to notice that the forum seems to be in gradual decline in terms of active users. It certainly feels that way in the Life section.

Graphics card section is a hive of activity though if that’s any consolation

 

[JollyJamma]

I like it, but can't help to notice that the forum seems to be in gradual decline in terms of active users. It certainly feels that way in the Life section.

Only natural with the cost of living crisis and most people having upgraded their PC during lockdown.

 

[Hagar]

I like it, but can't help to notice that the forum seems to be in gradual decline in terms of active users. It certainly feels that way in the Life section.

Speakers corner contributors are a bit special.

As regards the forum though. It's grrrrrrreat. (says Tony the tiger)

 

[Efour]

This is the layout i judge all other forums by

 

[throwaway4372]

Just use the theme switcher until you get the grey-blue one, then spend your time worrying about something else.

 

[V F]

Most of the users have been here since the early 2000s. This is our little corner of the old internet, how it used to be. And we like it this way.

Sometimes in certain ways I wish it could go back to the early/mid 2000s. Society and life seemed to be more stable and better. Not this narcissistic world it is today where everyone obsesses over clicks, likes and money.

While some things are better today, so many other things are worse.

Keep the forum as it is. It is the last bastion of a dedicated forum I use. Everything else is all bloody Discord nowadays.

I thought it was all Facebook clones?

 

[Demon]

I'm fine hosting images with free providers like imgur, and I like the dark theme, works well for me.

What other forums are better? Be good to see what I am missing, I hate facebook/twitter/reddit etc, they are harder to read IMO, the layout and attempt to declutter just makes it all disjoint and not easy to follow, or as easy as this place..

 

[Beef Burger]

Do you know how the websites and hosting / cost works at all?

Yes. I've owned/admin 3 websites and moderated on 2 others..

 

[Fluffybob]

I like it just fine now it's black background.

 

[Armageus]

Yes. I've owned/admin 3 websites and moderated on 2 others..

bandwidth and storage aren't really of a concern when you have 5 users however

 

[Deleted member 77746]

Yes. I've owned/admin 3 websites and moderated on 2 others..

Then a site the size of this forum you should know how much it will cost to let people upload their own images.

 

[Deleted member 77746]

bandwidth and storage aren't really of a concern when you have 5 users however

God could you imaging allowing people uploading images here. Would need TBs/PBs of central storage with backups, would be a nightmare!

@Beef Burger has volunteered to pay for us for a server and backup server along with administration costs to be allowed to upload images.

Thanks a lot!

The cost will be 2x engineers @£100K-£150K per year.
Multiple CDN servers configured around the world. - £30K per area that will be..... 15x locations around the world.
+ backup systems.

OcUK Will invoice you in the post. Cheers.