There’s been a lot of talk on the new theme, luckily most of it has been pretty positive.  For those people who want clarification, or are just too lazy to read the comments:

• The logo is not the winning logo from the poll.  The winning logo will be used on Fourtheye in a different way.
• Gravatars are not working at the moment, but they will be back
• Categories and Archives are down due to a Javascript bug.  Will be back in a less javascript dependant way soon, and hopefully a fixed version of the AJAX one will be available later
• The new theme doesn’t like IE6.  I’m not too cut up over this, but might look into it in the future.  Kinda hard for me to test though since I don’t have IE6.
• For those who must use IE6, or just don’t like the new them, you should now see a Theme Switch area in the sidebar where you can pick whatever theme floats your boat.  Note the two wordpress ones are untested so use them at your own risk!
• I will be playing around with the colours in the next few days since I’m not 100% happy with it.
• Comment Karma coming soon….
• Look forward to the “mystery” feature of Fourtheye being released early 2007.  Those of you who know what I’m talking about should do some more work.  Those who want to be part of it (and it involves work) email me.

Lastly, I was thinking of coming up with a best of 2006 playlist as compiled by Fourtheye members.  I’ll be looking for around 20 songs that sum up listening tastes of Fourtheye.  The catch is that all the songs must have been released this year, and that only 1 song from any artist will be included.  I’m going to build a little web application to help with this process, so stay tuned.  Feel free to make nominations below.

Well, at long last the new theme is up. Feel free to reset your cache if you’re not seeing anything.

I welcome any feedback on the theme. I’m especially interested in performance on various speed internet links, and also in different browsers. I’ve only tested on Firefox 2.0 and IE7 so let me know if you see any unusual items.

Things to note:

• All items are now in the right sidebar.
• Items are now collapsible, and should remember your selections via a cookie.
• The new logo be Jonas is now in place. I chose this logo over the winning entry because I felt it was original, and has a style that I felt matched the artistic direction (if you could call it that) of the site. If and when Fourtheye Merch does come to fruition, he will be the recipient of a freebie.

Enjoy, and feel free to send me feedback – good or bad, I promise I’ll take it like a man!

Edit: I think there is a speed issue related to a Javascript bug. Will be looking into it shortly.

Edit2: Looks like the problem is to do with the AJAX Categories and Archives sections.  Have turned them off for now, and will put them back in once I’ve sorted it.