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Quick fix for Temperate theme

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Currently the temperate theme is borderline unusable as it got borked by the update.

I sat down for ~2 hours and banged this CSS patch out, it restores most of the missing structure. It still has problems but it's miles better than the current state of the stylesheet.

EDIT:
I continue working on this and latest version is always posted here with older versions kept if you prefer them.

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@media only screen and (min-width: 701px) {
  * {
    box-sizing: border-box !important;
  }
  
  #page-header .headerbar {
    padding-left: 0;
    padding-right: 0;
  }
  
  #page-header .logo {
    padding-left: 0;
  }
  
  #page-header #search-box {
    margin-right: 0;
    padding-right: 0;
  }
  
  li.row {
  	border-bottom: none;
  	border-top: 2px groove #adadad;
  }
  
  li.row:last-child {
  	border-bottom: 1px solid #595959;
  }
  
  li.row > dl {
    padding-bottom: 3px;
  }
  
  li.row > dl > dt {
    padding-top: 3px;
  }
  
  ul.topiclist li.row dl {
  	margin: 0;
  }
  
  ul.topiclist li.row dl .topic-poster .icon  {
    color: black;
    font-size: 11px;
  }
  
  ul.topiclist li.row dl .lastpost .icon {
    color: black;
  }
  
  li.row:hover dd,
  ul.topiclist dd {
  	border-left: 2px groove #adadad;
  }
  
  .forabg,
  .forumbg {
  	background: #3c5830;
    border-radius: 0;
    border: 2px ridge #adadad;
    padding: 0 !important;
  }
  
  .topiclist .header .row-item dt,
  .topiclist .header .row-item dd {
    margin-top: 0;
    margin-bottom: 0;
    padding-top: 6px;
    padding-bottom: 6px;
  }
  
  .topiclist .header .row-item dt {
    padding-left: 6px;
    box-sizing: border-box;
  }
  
  .stat-block {
  	background-color: #848484;
  	padding: 6px 12px;
  	border-style: ridge;
  	border-color: #adadad;
  	border-width: 2px 2px 0;
  }
  
  .stat-block:last-child {
  	border-bottom-width: 2px;
  }
  
  .stat-block > h3 {
  	margin-top: 0;
  	border-bottom-color: #595959;
  }
  
  .stat-block > p:last-child {
  	margin-bottom: 0;
  }
  
  .forumbg.announcement {
  	background: #187bde;
  }
  
  .navbar {
  	border-radius: 0;
  	border: 2px ridge #adadad;
  }
  
  ul.navlinks {
  	border-top-color: #595959;
  }
  
  .post {
  	border-radius: 0;
  	border: 2px ridge #adadad;
  	padding: 0;
  }
  
  .post .inner {
  	display: flex;
  }
  
  .post .inner .postprofile {
  	padding: 6px 0;
  	border-right: 2px groove #adadad;
  	margin: 0;
  	width: 150px;
  	flex-shrink: 0;
  }
  
  .post .inner .postprofile dt,
  .post .inner .postprofile dd {
  	padding: 0 6px;
  	margin-left: 0;
  	margin-right: 0;
  }
  
  .post .inner .postprofile dt {
  	border-bottom: 2px groove #adadad;
  	padding-bottom: 6px;
  }
  
  .post .inner .postprofile dt .avatar-container {
  	margin-bottom: 6px;
  }
  
  .post .inner .postprofile dt .username,
  .post .inner .postprofile dt .username-coloured
  {
      font-size: 1.2em;
  }
  
  .post .inner .postprofile dt .username {
  	color: #000000;
  }
  
  .post .inner .postbody {
  	padding: 6px 0;
  	flex-grow: 1;
  	width: 0;
  }
  
  .post .inner .postbody > div > * {
  	padding-left: 6px;
  	padding-right: 6px;
  }
  
  .post .inner .postbody .content {
  	border-top: 2px groove #adadad;
  	padding-top: 6px;
  }
  
  .post .inner .postbody .content blockquote {
  	margin: 5px;
  }
  
  .post .inner .postbody div .author,
  .post .inner .postbody div>h3:first-child {
    display: inline-block;
  }
  
  .post .inner .postbody div .author {
  	margin: 0 150px 0 0;
  	padding: 2px 0 7px 6px !important;
  }
  
  .post .inner .postbody div>h3:first-child {
  	font-size: 1.2em;
  	margin: 0 !important;
  	padding: 2px 0 7px 6px !important;
  	max-width: 330px;
  }
  
  .post .inner .postbody div .signature {
  	border-top: 2px groove #adadad;
  	box-sizing: border-box;
  }
  
  .post .inner .postbody div .post-buttons {
  	top: 3px;
  	right: 29px;
  	padding: 0;
  	margin: 0;
  }
  
  .post .inner .postbody div .attachbox {
    margin-left: 6px;
  }
  
  .post .inner .back2top {
  	position: absolute;
  	top: 3px;
  	right: 13px;
  }
  
  .post .inner .back2top .top,
  .post .button {
    background: #187bde;
    box-shadow: none;
    border: 1px solid;
    border-color: #84c6ff #0063d6 #0063d6 #84c6ff;
  }
  
  .post .inner .back2top .top:hover,
  .post .button:hover {
    border-color: #0063d6 #84c6ff #84c6ff #0063d6;
  }
  
  .post .inner .back2top .top {
    padding: 4px 2px 3px 4px;
  }
  
  .action-bar .button {
    box-shadow: none;
    background: #ffb531;
    border-color: #ffde9c #e79400 #e79400 #ffde9c;
  }
  
  .action-bar .dropdown-visible .button,
  .action-bar .button:hover {
    color: black;
    background: #ffb531;
    border-color: #e79400 #ffde9c #ffde9c #e79400;
  }
  
  .pagination li.active span {
    color: black;
    border-radius: 0;
    background-color: #848484;
    font-weight: 600;
    border-color: #595959 #adadad #adadad #595959;
  }
  
  .action-bar .button,
  .post .button:hover i.icon,
  .post .button:focus i.icon {
    text-shadow: none;
  }
  
  .pagination li a:hover .icon {
    color: black;
    background: none;
  }
  
  input[type="search"],
  .button {
    border-radius: 0 !important;
  }
  
  .action-bar .button,
  .button i.icon,
  .button:hover i.icon,
  .button:focus i.icon,
  .post .inner .back2top .top .icon,
  .post .inner .back2top .top .icon:hover {
    color: black;
  }
  
  .action-bar .button .caret {
    border-color: black;
  }
  
  i.icon {
  	color: #fcc000;
  }
  
  .jumpbox .button {
    margin: 0;
  }
  
  .row .pagination .icon {
    font-size: 9px;
    color: black;
  }
  
  .row .pagination li a {
    background: none;
    border: none;
    color: #fcc000;
  }
  
  .row .pagination li a:hover {
    color: #fcf880;
    text-decoration: underline;
  }
}
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li.row {
	border-bottom: none;
	border-top: 2px groove #adadad;
}

li.row:last-child {
	border-bottom: 1px solid #595959;
}

ul.topiclist li.row dl {
	margin: 0;
}

li.row:hover dd,
ul.topiclist dd {
	border-left: 2px groove #adadad;
}

.forabg,
.forumbg {
	background: #3c5830;
    border-radius: 0;
    border: 2px ridge #adadad;
}

.stat-block {
	background-color: #848484;
	padding: 6px 12px;
	border-style: ridge;
	border-color: #adadad;
	border-width: 2px 2px 0;
}

.stat-block:last-child {
	border-bottom-width: 2px;
}

.stat-block > h3 {
	margin-top: 0;
	border-bottom-color: #595959;
}

.stat-block > p:last-child {
	margin-bottom: 0;
}

.forumbg.announcement {
	background: #187bde;
}

.navbar {
	border-radius: 0;
	border: 2px ridge #adadad;
}

ul.navlinks {
	border-top-color: #595959;
}

.post {
	border-radius: 0;
	border: 2px ridge #adadad;
	padding: 0;
}

.post .inner {
	display: flex;
}

.post .inner .postprofile {
	padding: 6px 0;
	border-right: 2px groove #adadad;
	margin: 0;
	width: 200px;
	flex-shrink: 0;
}

.post .inner .postprofile dt,
.post .inner .postprofile dd {
	padding: 0 6px;
	margin-left: 0;
	margin-right: 0;
}

.post .inner .postprofile dt {
	border-bottom: 2px groove #adadad;
	padding-bottom: 6px;
}

.post .inner .postprofile dt .avatar-container {
	margin-bottom: 6px;
}

.post .inner .postprofile dt .username,
.post .inner .postprofile dt .username-coloured
{
    font-size: 1.2em;
}

.post .inner .postprofile dt .username {
	color: #000000;
}

.post .inner .postbody {
	padding: 6px 0;
	flex-grow: 1;
}

.post .inner .postbody > div > * {
	padding-left: 6px;
	padding-right: 6px;
}

.post .inner .postbody .content {
	border-top: 2px groove #adadad;
	padding-top: 6px;
}

.post .inner .postbody .content blockquote {
	margin: 5px;
}

.post .inner .postbody div h3:first-child,
.post .inner .postbody div .author {
	display: inline-block;
	margin: 0 !important;
	padding: 2px 0 7px !important;
}

.post .inner .postbody div>h3:first-child {
	font-size: 1.2em;
	padding-left: 6px !important;
}

.post .inner .postbody div .signature {
	border-top: 2px groove #adadad;
	box-sizing: border-box;
}

.post .inner .postbody div .post-buttons {
	top: 3px;
	right: 20px;
	padding: 0;
}

.post .inner .back2top {
	position: absolute;
	top: 8px;
	right: 11px;
}

.post .inner .back2top .icon {
	color: black;
}
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Re: Quick fix for Temperate theme

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Killer 11 wrote: 30 Nov 2019 02:17 Currently the temperate theme is borderline unusable as it got borked by the update.

I sat down for ~2 hours and banged this CSS patch out, it restores most of the missing structure. It still has problems but it's miles better than the current state of the stylesheet.
If you don't mind, could you post a before-and-after screenshot?
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Re: Quick fix for Temperate theme

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Don't expect miracles this was just a couple of hours of hacking it at 2 am
My main goal was to bring the borked line colors under control, re-add structure to posts(header, sig and profile sections) and nuke the rounding as it's completely against TTD style.
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Re: Quick fix for Temperate theme

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Re: Quick fix for Temperate theme

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I like the changes on those screenshots.
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Re: Quick fix for Temperate theme

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Index I think loops better as ie now, using a lighter colour for headers.
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Re: Quick fix for Temperate theme

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I'll probably redo the frames in the index/board views to match TT look better than it is now as I am not too happy with that bit myself.
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Re: Quick fix for Temperate theme

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To be honest, I don't see what makes the current "borderline unusable" compared to the after. For the most part, it's just a slight variation in the color scheme, which isn't objectionable but does nothing to actually make the site "usable". The one difference I don't like at all is with widening the left column on the forum posts. It doesn't need to be so wide and I'd prefer to give the screen space to the posts, especially posts which are highly formatted or contain code. It just makes it easier to read posts. I'm also not a fan of returning to 2000-era boxy tables, as it makes the site look peculiarly outdated, but that's a minor quibble.

Have you tested your CSS layout in a mobile browser? That is really the biggest issue, mobile is where more (maybe even most now?) of the traffic will come from, it is quite important that the CSS changes do not degrade usage in mobile browsers.
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Re: Quick fix for Temperate theme

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The biggest problem with the current look is the lack of structure to the post, honestly I find it hard to separate signatures from posts at a glance, the subject and profile also having no division just makes it look unformatted and further hinders readability. Then you have the obnoxiously clashing colors (white borders on gray boxes look really bad) and the rounding of corners.

If you want a more modern spin on this type of theme then it kind of needs a redesign from the ground up, the base colors just don't work with design that is in fashion now. This halfway mashup of pro-silver and the old theme is really really hard to look at and I doubt it will ever trully work. If we are to keep a theme that resembles the game with the colors that we have now then the only real way to roll is to just commit to the style fully.

The current code I threw here was just a test but since I see some people like the changes(it has many problems and I did not put a second of time in making it responsive) I'll put in some more work and keep this updated.
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Just posted a new version.

This version is a lot more comprehensive, brings back the old style buttons and whatnot.
I also isolated all custom css to not apply to mobile version thus breaking nothing on that end.

I have not focused on new post interface or user settings but those do not appear to be broken to me, I'll get to it later.
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Re: Quick fix for Temperate theme

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Those buttons just don't work on this current theme that'd be a step back for sure. Honestly, I think it looks fine as it is now. I've not had any issues with readability, in fact I didn't even notice the missing border lines.
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Re: Quick fix for Temperate theme

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Killer 11 wrote: 30 Nov 2019 20:09 ... honestly I find it hard to separate signatures from posts at a glance...
I'll agree, I wouldn't mind some more physical separation between posts and signatures.
If you want a more modern spin on this type of theme then it kind of needs a redesign from the ground up...
This is exactly what Owen wishes to avoid, because a future upgrade of the software will likely break a significant custom re-design. Unfortunately phpBB has chosen to move away from allowing end-users from radically changing the layout. There's too much that's baked into the templates now to make that easy or sustainable.
The current code I threw here was just a test but since I see some people like the changes(it has many problems and I did not put a second of time in making it responsive) I'll put in some more work and keep this updated.
Thank you for the work you've put in so far. If you get everything worked out I'd be supportive of adding this as another theme ("Old School TT-F")

If you really want to go all-in, we currently do not have a proSilver-based winter holiday theme. ;)
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Re: Quick fix for Temperate theme

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kamnet wrote: 01 Dec 2019 06:56 If you really want to go all-in, we currently do not have a proSilver-based winter holiday theme. ;)
Now that's a good point, the decorations should be up right now but I don't have any to put up. :(

Thanks for your work, Killer 11. The first set of changes you posted I think look fairly decent. I do agree with some of the replies though that some of the changes in proSilver/the new TT theme are intentional - e.g., not being as 'boxy', fewer lines, etc. Bringing back the old-style buttons I'm not completely sure about - if they're purely CSS and 'degrade' nicely on mobile then it may work.

I have a test server set up with a dummy phpBB board and a copy of the theme. Somebody else had volunteered to work on it a little while back but they never found the time to look at it. I'd be happy to give you access and you can apply your changes there for us to test out?

Also, if anybody does want to knock up a winter theme based on the new style, then I'll likewise happily give you access (and a copy of the old theme files)!
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Re: Quick fix for Temperate theme

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Killer 11 wrote: 30 Nov 2019 02:17 Currently the temperate theme is borderline unusable as it got borked by the update.
If this is still something you would be interested in helping with (see my last post) let me know!
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