Why can't we change the theme?

[timfire]

As in, the look of the forum? Just wondering.

[Clinton R. Nixon]

As in, the look of the forum? Just wondering.

Ask Ron.

As for my opinion, it's that you guys never asked this sort of stuff before I changed the forums to better software and so I'm baffled as to why you want to - or if you did before, why you didn't speak up.

[Ron Edwards]

Hiya,

It's important both to Clinton and to me that everyone experiences the Forge the same way.

Best,
Ron

[Shreyas Sampat]

Care to explain that in more detail, Ron?

As you know, it's pretty much an unenforceable goal, and I can't see any purpose behind it other than, "I like it that way."

I'm not, like, objecting to that reason, I just find it somewhat mysterious and hope that you will illuminate.

[Ron Edwards]

Nope.

Best,
Ron

[Paganini]

Clinton & Ron,

Um, I'm a little confused, both by the question and by the answers. I never asked about this sort of thing before the forum software change change because... I didn't need to. I had the ability to change the theme with the old software. At least, the color scheme and fonts I was displaying were different from the default. It seems like the original question could be a bit clearer too... maybe by "theme" timfire is asking about the actual page layout or something.

[timfire]

I never asked about this sort of thing before the forum software change change because... I didn't need to. I had the ability to change the theme with the old software. At least, the color scheme and fonts I was displaying were different from the default.

Yeah, that was one of reasons I asked about the new software. But if that's the way Ron & Clinton want it... OK. The current theme is usable, though I wouldn't call myself a fan of it.

It seems like the original question could be a bit clearer too... maybe by "theme" timfire is asking about the actual page layout or something.

In this regard, "theme" is a techincal term. IPR uses the same software for their forum, and there, if you go "Profile" >> "Look and Layout Preferences", the software gives you the option of changing the current "theme". I don't know how wide spread the use of the word "theme" is, but I know Wordpress also uses the term to describe the general look/layout of a site.