Way back when Ubuntu 10.04 was released Canonical changed the branding of Ubuntu to the orange/purple combination which I kind of like so why more than one year later the Ubuntu Forums still look like this:
So why the long wait?
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6I would have used Sexy in the question but joey trademarked it – Allan Aug 19 '11 at 11:45
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Foolishly I left my User ID in the screenshot which means I will be getting hate mail from OMG fans :( – Allan Aug 19 '11 at 16:17
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Here's a nice stylish/stylebot user style that brings it a lot closer: http://userstyles.org/styles/40915 – andrewsomething Aug 19 '11 at 20:18
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if they can do a userstyle why cant they style the actual site? – Allan Aug 19 '11 at 22:01
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There appear to be several technical issues impeding the progress of the new Ubuntu Forums theme. From a thread back in 2010 an Ubuntu Forums staffer confirmed there were several mock-ups made but goes on to outline there are "technical issues" with vBulletin that are hindering it's progress.
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1Agree - latest thread I've found was back in feb this year - same "vbulletin" issue - but the promise it will be in-place when the new forums hardware was in-place- well the hardware is there - but no new theme :( http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1686078&highlight=theme – fossfreedom Aug 19 '11 at 12:10
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