Since early this year, we've been working on a project to drastically overhaul and improve our website and community by upgrading it to the latest version of the community software that we use, as well as building an all new look and feel and developing enhanced functionality and features.  Despite serving us well over the years, our website had become a little dated and disorganized, and bringing about profound changes is something we've wanted to do for a while.

 

Today, we're pleased to welcome you to the new LCPDFR.com, the culmination of our work on this project, which not only features a ton of improvements, enhancements and changes across the board in Invision Community 4.5, but also introduces a brand new, custom-built by us theme.

 

Our new theme, LSPDFR Retina and its sister theme, LSPDFR Dark (Beta), are fresh, content-centric looks fit for a modern website in 2020.  We've worked hard to prioritize content across the board with a far greater emphasis on images and our members.  Aside from this, our new theme features a far brighter user interface with better contrast and more saturation than before which blends in to a simpler overall style. 

 

Please note that the darker variation of our theme is still in beta, is currently only available to registered members, and there are some elements and colors which are yet to be fully configured.

 

Additionally, there are a number of other changes to the way in which the community works.  @Cyan describes these in full in our LSPDFR on IPS 4.5 Changelog, but here's a summary of the most important changes:

 

Ignore Lists & Blocking

A new opt-in system designed to give creators additional control over their content.  Our enhanced blocking system prevents ignored users from being able to comment on and review both gallery images and files.  This feature can be enabled in your Account Settings.

 

Submission Ratings

Files uploaded by members are now automatically screened according to the member's standing within the community, with certain submissions now eligible for automatic approvals.  You can view your own rating in your Creator Settings.

 

Disable Comments

It's now possible for creators to disable comments when they first upload a new file.  Please do note that files with comments turned off may not be featured as prominently throughout the community.

 

LSPDFR Character Cover Photos

You can now add a cover photo to the profile pages of your LSPDFR Characters, check out an example by @LMS here: https://www.lcpdfr.com/lspdfrsync/character/140-kim-orange/

 

We think that our new website is a giant leap forward for us, and very much hope that you'll enjoy the new LCPDFR.com as much as we have making and designing it for you.

 

Of course, we're very open to feedback regarding both the new features on the website and our new design, and welcome you to share your thoughts or comments with us below.

 

Thanks for reading, and welcome to the new LCPDFR.com!

Sam.

Beautiful work guys!

 

This seems like yesterday and it's crazy to think 8 years have flown by in the blink of the eye. Here's a little throwback to 2012...

 

12 minutes ago, GTAIVCode3 said:

Beautiful work guys!

 

This seems like yesterday and it's crazy to think 8 years have flown by in the blink of the eye. Here's a little throwback to 2012...

 

 

 

That 2011-2015 theme was iconic, and as much as I have tons of nostalgia for that theme and IPB 3.0, it definitely looks very outdated now.

 

I wasn't the biggest fan of the previous 2015-2020 IPB 4.0 theme we used, this new version is a huge improvement. Excellent work @Cyanand other Management. 

Very much is a giant leap forward! So much work went into this and I am very impressed with the finished result! 🙂

I love the new design, fancy!

It looks great!!

Quote

Our new theme, LSPDFR Retina and its sister theme, LSPDFR Dark (Beta), are fresh, content-centric looks fit for a modern website in 2020.  We've worked hard to prioritize content across the board with a far greater emphasis on images and our members.  Aside from this, our new theme features a far brighter user interface with better contrast and more saturation than before which blends in to a simpler overall style. 

so how do we enable this dark mode? or does beta basically mean its locked out to us? 

1 minute ago, Samuel Olson said:

so how do we enable this dark mode? or does beta basically mean its locked out to us? 

 

Click Theme down at the bottom.

found it - its because it was buried that made it hard to find. usually a theme changer is at the top 🤷‍♂️

 

so far loving the dark mode better than the light 😄 

42 minutes ago, Samuel Olson said:

found it - its because it was buried that made it hard to find. usually a theme changer is at the top

Consider it being at the bottom a perk for people who take the time to look around. 😉😂

Looks nice!

I am really in love with the new webiste. It looks way cleaner and more modern. Very nice work.

the new website 10/10 

and love the dark mode

 

hopefully one day I can volunteer my time to Community Moderator team and help this awesome Community and new website 

 

love it, love it, love it 10/10

 

Edited October 16, 20205 yr by J Sterry

I did not expect this.

What a change! The new website looks awesome!

Definitely a change for the better.🙂

Also, the dark mode is sick.

 

Actually, I noticed a 'bug'

While searching, it appears that the color of the word is the same as the dark font search bar color.

Like this.

Only when you highlight it you can see the words you typed.

Edited October 16, 20205 yr by Jeffdadawg

20 minutes ago, Jeffdadawg said:

Actually, I noticed a 'bug'

While searching, it appears that the color of the word is the same as the dark font search bar color.

Like this.

Only when you highlight it you can see the words you typed.

Actually, it appears that even the words on top can't be seen. It can only be seen by hovering over them.

Here is a comparison:

Light Mode

Dark Mode

7 hours ago, Jeffdadawg said:

Actually, it appears that even the words on top can't be seen. It can only be seen by hovering over them.

Its a secret easter egg for people who use the power of left click and drag. 😂😂😂

Edited October 16, 20205 yr by UnknownBastion

3 minutes ago, UnknownBastion said:

Its a secret easter egg for people who use the power of left click and drag. 😂😂😂

Oh wow. Lots of easter eggs this update😂😂

Also, why do I feel do nauseous looking at the Testing Team name color?

7 hours ago, Jeffdadawg said:

Actually, I noticed a 'bug'

While searching, it appears that the color of the word is the same as the dark font search bar color.

 

There's a couple of things like this scattered throughout which we didn't quite get around to changing yet, but thanks for pointing those out.

They'll all be fixed once someone buys me enough coffees to do it 😉

1 minute ago, Sam said:

 

There's a couple of things like this scattered throughout which we didn't quite get around to changing yet, but thanks for pointing those out.

They'll all be fixed once someone buys me enough coffees to do it 😉

That's OK.

Also, can I hook you up? You want Starbucks or Costa?😄