SceneSource v2: The Cake is NOT a Lie!
Mmmmmmmmmmmm. Cake.
Finally, after our little bit of an attempt at some hype (lol) we’ve decided to roll out our new server, and what better time then to push out SceneSource v2. This is the culmination of a lot of hardwork from NuZZ and Shadowized, as well as some coding by myself and some images courtesy of shiny. We have heard your requests, and while we aren’t going to bring you uploads in posts any time soon, we have added some of the more requested features. Below you will find some more details regarding the new features of v2, as well as the awesome themes NuZZ and Shadow have designed.
Firstly I guess I should say a little about the server. We’ve finally gone all out and gone for a quad core, 8gb RAM. This (we hope) will see us through the foreseeable future, until the time when we need to upgrade again, in which case we would probably be looking at 2 servers by then (expensive slightly…). Anyway, this new server should be a lot faster then the old, especially during peak times when TV is pre’ing and the site would die completely.
Shadowness
Shadowness is our attempt at bringing the flavour of SceneSource’s original theme that has been with us for over 2 years, to the design and feel of this theme. Many elements stay the same, including the sidebar down the right, a navigation bar across the top, and search in the top right. What we have added is some extra width, allowing us to use larger images and more space while writing. Formatting of the posts has altered slightly as well, with the number of comments appearing above the content of the post, rather then below as per version 1. This theme is the new default SceneSource theme, and should been nicknamed “sloth”.
Greysauce
You will find that Greysauce is slightly brighter than the old theme. At the bottom of the page you will notice an experimental “Load more” button. This should (With the help of a plugin called Infiscroll) load the next page underneath the last. It may not be for everyone.
In this theme the tables and blockquotes have been styled with indentation to make such content inside them contrast better.
Dark Greysauce
Dark Greysauce is simply a few shades darker than Greysauce with greater contrast.
Note: The Greysauce theme(s) will not render properly in Internet Explorer. This is because I was too lazy to code for its failing and decided to stick with the modern browsers. It will, however, work with IE9 when that is released, in the future. The theme Shadowness works in all browsers.
Filter Categories
Of course we have heard your cries for a No-TV filter that would exclude these from your front page. Your prayers have been answered, because not only do we give you a No-TV filter, there’s also a No-MP3 filter that will hide these posts when you have zero interest in them! Simply click the designated button and poof! they’re gone.
Theme Switcher
You might think this new theme is super awesome, but there’s more! You can easily change themes by selecting the one you like in the Theme Switcher box to the right. This way you always have SceneSource exactly the way you like it!
We were going to also announce what we thought was going to end your problem of fake links, but we’ve had to push that back as it was lagging the comments, and just wasn’t worth rushing out. Instead, I will take this time to also announce that the format of TV shows is going to change once again to a more stylized and informative format. This should be happening within the next day or two.
Obviously, like any new thing we bring to you guys, its not perfect straight off the bat. Do bare with us while we get through our teething stages, as we will endeavor to resolve and bugs and or problems ASAP. We also encourage commenting on this post if you find any bugs, errors or glitches around the place. We don’t know until people let us know about them. 
Hope you enjoy these new features as much as we are looking forward to providing them for you.
From all of us here at SceneSource, we hope you enjoy your flight, and please remember that the plane may drop out of the sky at any time, so please keep your seat belts fastened and your barf bags near.
P.S. Join the irc channels on Link-net.org!
#scnsrc for chat, while #fpre and #scnsrcpre are prechans!
