Happy 19th Birthday TSS! Here's Some New Forum Skins!

[Dreadknux]

Well well well. It's been a while since I posted an update here, isn't it!? Howdy folks, how's it going?  

Today - 24 October (as it now is in the UK - don't you Americans get me on a technicality now! ) is a special day in the SSMB/TSS calendar. Namely, that it's this website's birthday! We launched in the Year 2000 - when everyone was just getting over the non-threat of the Y2K Bug, The Matrix was the biggest movie on the planet and everyone was catching on the Y2K aesthetic.

That makes us 19 YEARS OLD. Whaaaaaat. This site is four years older than me when I first launched it. o_o;

The next year will be the big 2-0, so I'm plotting some things for us all to do during that time. In the meantime, I thought I'd give this forum a little love as I realised that I had spent so much time tarting up the main site that the SSMB needed a new lick of paint.

So here we are! A brand new, modern 'Sonical' theme for 2020! Do you like it? I spent a lot of time tweaking it for mobile use as well, so please let me know your feedback (any bugs should be reported in the Feedback and Bugs forum as per usual). And... for those of you that like your Night Mode settings, I also created a new 'Sonical Dark' theme too!

All of the existing SSMB character themes will be converted into this new modern style soon, but for now I'm keeping them up just in case you really like the Shadow theme or something... But Sonical will be the new default, and I really recommend Sonical Dark too. I hope you enjoy them!

Please feel free to celebrate our birthday with us in any way you like! I know how creative this forum can be! If you fancy making anything - art, music, banners, whatever - or if you want to just write some fancy words - please be my guest. I love hearing about your experiences on this site.  

Anyway, I'm off to have a bit of a lie down and paw through some old topics and news stories. Happy Birthday TSS!

[tailsBOOM!]

Happy anniversary Dreadknux!!! (It's in 5 hours for me but for you it's now)

[Zaysho]

Any more reminders of how many years have past I will turn to dust.

New skins looking clean, Dread!

[Indigo Rush]

Happy anni, TSS! Love the look, and looking forward to seeing what other cool things are coming for the big 20th!

[StaticMania]

Old, it's the oldest.

Anniversaries are for getting old and celebrating it.

~Happy 19th~

[Polkadi~☆]

The new theme’s looking slick, Dreadknux! It really feels modern here now!

Just one minor suggestion, wouldn’t the news articles be better as a row at the top of the boards, like how they are on the main page? It takes too long to scroll down to the new topics and status updates otherwise...

Other than that, if I were to read the tabs at the top of the page correctly, this forum is now the Knuckles Stadium Message Boards. You’re welcome.

[Ryannumber1gamer]

The new theme is looking brilliant, a very nice modern sleek look that generally looks nicer to use. Absolutely can't wait til the other themes are updated so we can get the other colour schemes on this.

Other than that, Happy Anniversary TSS! Next year it's gonna be time for TSS: Generations with Classic Sonic Stadium and Modern Sonic Stadium!

[blueblur98]

man, this new theme is slick!

happy anniversary, TSS!

[BlueSpeedster]

Yo! So thankful for that, I already see Sonical 2020 on the other tab and it looks great! Here's for 2020!

[DarkRula]

Certainly looks better on Sonical Dark. Nice work, and I'll be awaiting the 20th celebrations.

[Rabid-Coot]

Looks mostly great, my only complaint is the forced round avatars.

[Badnik Mechanic]

This is the year we get the Smash Cards!

[Tara]

Do I get an anniversary present?

[Strong Bad]

Happy birthday, TSS! Thanks for makin this thing a million years ago, @Dreadknux. Was one of my first forums back in the day, good times for sure.

[TheOcelot]

Congrats on reaching 19 years.

Really digging the new Sonical dark theme.

Here's to the next 19 years 

[Solister]

Weird that SSMB is older than me, but what more to say aside "Happy Birthday" to the home website from the board I access every day?!

Loved the new theme and can't wait to see Shadow's theme aka "All of Angst" on this new mode.

Talking about new themes, as also this sorta an old request of mine, I would love to see STK maniacs on SSMB (It's only available on TSS). Can I get a little of hope to see this?

And once again, Happy Birthday TSS!

[Eurisko]

Happy 19th , LOVE the new themes!

[Muscles Maximum]

New theme is nice and clean which is great. Though my one (probably minor) complaint is that it's no longer as obvious what page you are on when reading a thread. Here's an image from the catfish theme.

The page you're on is highlighted with a black border that makes it super clear where you're at.

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Now though that's totally gone and I find myself forgetting what page I'm currently on.  

I mean yeah there's the super light text beside the pages that shows you what page you are on but my brain just can't focus on it and it's so easy to gloss over.

[Monkey Destruction Switch]

Congratulations! It's great that the site is still thriving to this day. New theme is rad

[Blue Blood]

On 10/24/2019 at 12:50 AM, Polkadi~☆ said:

Just one minor suggestion, wouldn’t the news articles be better as a row at the top of the boards, like how they are on the main page? It takes too long to scroll down to the new topics and status updates otherwise...

Seconding this. I've been exclusively accessing the boards through my phone for the past few weeks, and the new skins work brilliantly on there. But having just logged on via my PC, the news articles and statuses seem misplaced. Great updates otherwise!

[DJ EAR]

Have a fantastic 2020 TSS! ^_^