We did away with our heavily customized forum skin and just went with the default, with our own header and footer added. Then I changed the colors of that skin to make a dark version. It required a few lines of code in custom.css and it's not quite finished, but the results are really good. This is the best our forum has ever looked, and it's also the lowest-maintenance its ever been.

The integrated GIFs, little changes like the rounded border around the reactions display, and other subtle improvements have made this update really nice. My community site feels lightweight, responsive, and alive. It definitely feels more like a "social community" than a boring old forum.

Edited October 14, 20204 yr by Interferon

The 4.5. version revolutionised the forum world imo. It is the best. They really did a wonderful job.

 

little changes like the rounded border around the reactions display, and other subtle improvements have made this update really nice

I've had it for several years on 4.4