The folks at MyBB claim that Beta 4 will be the last release before 1.4 is sent out into the world this weekend. I have mixed feelings about this release. The team has made great progress, squashing countless bugs and refining the interface. There are a few remaining problems that don’t seem to be fixed and likely won’t be. The greatest concerns here are a few cosmetic anomalies that will be a major irritation to administrators and theme developers if left unfixed.
The first issue is small problem with the new editor that I described on the MyBB Community Forums.
The width of the editor (when composing a PM at least) is a problem for people running fixed width themes. The width really should be editable in the template or with CSS. I don’t think this is possible right now, can we make this change?
As seen on my fixed width template, and on the MyBB Community Forums, the editor causes problems where pages are squished and elements overflow.
This is just a suggestion, but it would save a lot of grief for people making themes for their own sites or distribution.
Some good discussion ensued, but it doesn’t look like anything will be done before 1.4 final. Now I, and other theme developers, are left find work arounds or introduce inconsistency into MyBB’s otherwise fantastic interface. I’m investigating methods like a javascript or plugin based patch, but these will likely delay the release of my two fixed width themes N.Design and Dark Intentions. Please hit me up in the comments if you have a suggestion for these problems.
Update: I found a workaround for this problem, and the N.Design 1.4 will be released alongside MyBB 1.4 Final. It will be available on this site immediately, and the MyBB mods site after approval.
I’d like to thank the dozens of people who emailed me about the theme, and also those who installed it on their beta installations.
For those looking forward Dark Intentions: I’m glad to tell that while there will be a delay before release, you should see the theme within the week. Look for an upcoming blog post for more information.