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Font size.

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k77/22rp

New member
After TFL went down for about 30 minutes the font is really big. Is this permanent and can I change it myself?
 
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George Hill

Staff Alumnus
In Internet Explorer, go to VIEW, then FONT SIZE, and then select the one you want.

You can also change the font by going to TOOLS, INTERNET OPTIONS, FONTS... and selecting the font of your choice.
 
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TheBluesMan

Moderator Emeritus
The font size is still really screwy for me. I did what George said, but it didn't help exactly.

I can decrease the font size to what it used to be in most areas, but it also decreases the size of the text on all the buttons and here in the text field. This also changes the width of each page, requiring me to pan right to see the right-most columns of each page.

I wonder if something has been changed recently... :confused:
 
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Mike Irwin

Staff
Blues,

Yep, I'm having the same "problem."

Actually, not much of a problem, as I like the font a little bigger, and if I change the font size globally, it causes problems with some sites I go to.
 
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Mal H

Staff
I noticed a font change also this evening after TFL came back from the shutdown. However, in my case the font is smaller and is a different font altogether - looks like Times Roman or a similar font, used to be Arial or Helvetica I think.
 
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Airwolf

New member
Same thing here on the fonts. I'm running Opera 6.01 on Win98. The change happened after the site came back up. No chanes on my system or at any other sites I visit, just TFL.
 
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Rich Lucibella

Staff
It has to do with an old hack that we had. It needs to be customized and reinstalled with each new version of the software.

With this upgrade, we return to the defaults. It may require a change for some of us (me included), but it'll standardize us with 1,000 other working vB sights in future.

Please make the necessary corrections in your browser.
Rich
 
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nashgill

New member
Font size has increased for me as well. Makes the boards look not so neat and tidy as they did before. Global changes in my browser are a bad idea as that will change other sites visited. If you say it must be this way, then it must be this way. Just another vote for the smaller font size.

Also the visited link text color change is no longer working. Previously when a thread was visited the link text color changed to a different color, it no longer does this making it very difficult to find where you were on the list of threads. Can this be brought back?

Also want to say job well done. I am in the network security field and know what a job you have completed in the past week. Just wanted to express my thanks and gratitude for all your hard work.

Thanks.
nashgill
 
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Rich Lucibella

Staff
OK, here's the deal:
I agree that you shouldn't have to create special settings for TFL.

Hacks to the software can be instituted but they are a real PITA to maintain. The vB people are real responsive to suggestions from their customers, and, when it comes to issues like fonts and layout, all vB customers will have the same input.

In short, we need to try to figure out what is in our html that's causing the problem I need help with this, particularly from HTML knowledgeable sources. (Just now, I'm working to get the S.W.A.T. secure server up and running).

Please go to http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/index.php and check to see if you have the same problem. If not, it would be real helpful if someone could compare the source codes to determine the disparity on this end.
Thanks much
Rich
 
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Jorah Lavin

New member
Rich, I think it is a missing CLASS in your CSS

I glanced at the code, and each part that has text we write is enclosed in class=nf tags, but the class isn't defined in the header STYLE block.

I think I also saw a class=sf style in there. Find the template with the class block, and add the needed .class code, everything will probably go back to Arial...

-Jorah
 
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Rich Lucibella

Staff
Jorah-
Can you cut and paste a snippet example of the problem. It'll make it much easier for me to search the templates. "I think I saw" frightens me. I'm not an HTML expert and that could have me tinkering for a full day....a day that I really can't spare.

Thanks for the quick response.

Rich
 
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nashgill

New member
Unfortunately not. I don't see a difference. I don't see the style class defined either.

In the top of your html page you have the class section where you define your styles for the pages. There is no 'nf' or 'sf' classes defined. In your body you have the following:
<font class="sf">Maximum size: 204800 bytes</font>
but the class 'sf' is not defined at the top of the page. I think that is what Jorah is speaking about.

Hope that helps. Still not a good explanation, I'm afraid.
nashgill
 
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spark@onestopknifeshop.com

Wise Guy
Rich - This will get you back to what you had before. Go to the admin control panel.

Under Styles, click on the Modify link. Your style sets should show up.

Click on the "Fonts / Colors / Etc" link. Either click on the "Fonts" link, or scroll down to it.

Under Main Font: Face, put "verdana, arial, helvetica" minus the quotes. Under size, put 2

Repeat for Small Font, only under size put 1

Click the save changes button.

That should fix it immediately. If not, I'll get you fixed up. Email me for more info.
 
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nashgill

New member
On the other site they are specifically setting font size on each line.

<font face="verdana,arial,helvetica" size="1" >Find out the latest news about vBulletin here</font>
 
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