Thanks mclemore.
I could see the find "Postings" under my username (I can't click on anyone else's profile as it gives a you don't have permission error)
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I really like the "Find all threads started by ___" ....
There are a lot of things, particularly with permissions, that isn't tuned yet. I'm actively working on the system. Also, I'm really a fan of the codebase from a programmer point of view. It seems written really well, though is missing some features that we have here. That's one of the reasons we never converted... I didn't want to take a step backwards. Well, now they have almost all the features, but not all. So I've added a hand full of third party add-ons, and well...they aren't written as well. I've spent many hours this week debugging problems and examining code and helping these authors fix their code. The bottom line is that I still don't know yet what plug-ins will stay or go, so users will likely gain some functionality they don't see yet, but could lose other functionality that seemed like a good idea but just doesn't pan out. Write now the biggest 'dead man walking' is the export PM add-on. It seems to be written in a really poor manner. Even exporting 25 messages takes almost 30 seconds, and if it hits 30 seconds it dies with a timeout...
A dark mode would be nice. I love black slick on the current site.
Changed the avatar back to square, looks like my avatar and some others will need to be adjusted to fit properly on the new site.
What about animated avatars? I noticed that they were no longer animated.
2 dark modes have already been added. I think I have a third one I may add too. Existing avatars often look better on the 'Original Square' style than 'Original Style', but in any case, the system does seem to chop off all avatars to make sure they are square.
The system does seem to allow animated avatars. I just tested by uploaded jawhn's avatar. I don't know whether or not they will import though. The default Xenforo system uses PHP's built in GD image library. Processing an animated gif in GD will flatten it. After I did the massive test import, I upgraded Xenforo to use something called Imagemagick instead of GD. So when we do the real upgrade, I'll have to remember to upgrade the image processor before the import, and then we'll see what it does to the images. With luck, it may save the animated images.
Sorta the difference between the "Display Density" option in Gmail... Default vs Comfortable vs Compact.
I understand. We will be using Xenforo 2.1. Third party styles can be found here:
https://xenforo.com/community/resources/categories/styles-2-x.45/ If you can find a dense one that looks good I'm happy to take a look. My main issue is that it shouldn't do much template tweaking. The template modifiers usually can't resist themselves and their sample pages look nothing like the forums we are familiar with. Also, the template modifiers don't lend themselves well to being one of multiple style choices on a forum, as they can create conflicts I'm not prepared to deal with. They work best when they live and serve alone.
Is there a reason why I can't change my signature on the new site?

It's got a placeholder I had when I thought I was out of the hobby a while back instead of my current one and I don't see a way to change it, I've looked everywhere.
No worries... remember, we we cut over I'll re-import everything into the new system so it will be current. Regarding not being able to edit the signature, it was a permission issue. You will be able to edit the signature. I'm beginning to see that from an admin perspective, the system is very unfamiliar. Lots of things have default settings I didn't expect, and lots of things have options that I'm not what they do yet. Everyone pounding on the system and trying things and posting here has definitely been helpful.
OK, now it's getting real. I paid extra for that!!!
As mentioned above... thanks for the Avatar. I just used it on Xenforo's default test admin account (not to be confused with the admin account here). When we go live you can have it back
I did the same thing at first. I agree, a pulldown menu would be more intuitive.
Also, it wasn't clear what 'default' meant at first (i.e., was it the same as any of the choices, or was it its own thing). Better if it had a description of some kind, to delineate it from the others.
On the existing system, the choices are default, grey and black... with default being different they grey or black.
On the new system, it gives you a list of choices, however, at the top of the list it also gives you default. If you choose it, and then look back in the corner it will confirm which one of the four is the default. Right now it is called 'Original Style'. So yes, the default option is in essence listed twice.