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We can make it the default once we have customised it with the logo etc.

New old style skin added to the skin dropdown in the bottom left-hand corner.

A beta version of the old style classic blue skin has been released so we have uploaded this to the site. Being a Beta version, it's not perfect but it should be a welcome change for those of you that didn't like the new default Invision skin. You can select this skin in the dropdown box in the bottom-left hand corner of the screen 'IP.Board Classic Blue (Import)'. At the moment this is just the basic skin without any HPC customisation so there is no hpc header or top navigation etc.

If any of you had been experiencing upload problems with avatars etc then these should now be resolved.

When running 3rd party software we are very restricted as to what we can and can't change. Some issues have been addressed in the latest minor bug fix upgrade released by Invision which we have implemented but the major issue relating to the skin is something that we are still waiting to be released.

It annoys me when people don't read the explanations that are posted and keep on asking the same old questions!

It was a server outage. I'll ask the techies to post an explanation as I don't have any further information. Here you go: http://www.housepricecrash.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=128972

We are running version 3.0.4 so this issue should be fixed. Can you check please and confirm if it is still an issue.

We've been told that the old skin is coming 'soon'!

We're still chasing this skin, unfortunately it's being done by the Invision community and not Invision themselves so we are not being given any timescales.

We can't roll back to the the old forum, end of story. We are waiting for the old style skin to be released, we are chasing this and as soon as it is we will install it

We're still trying to get hold of the old style skin. The Invision community are reluctant to release it as it's still a bit buggy. However, there are loads of forums in the same situation as us so there is a lot of pressure for them to release it. Hang in there folks, hopefully it won't be much longer!

PMs are now back.

Your PMs (Personal Messages) should hopefully be coming back in a day or so. There is a rebuild tool that we are running when the forum is not so busy that should convert the old messages into the new format.

We use Invision Powerboard for our forum software and we try to keep up to date with the latest released version both for security reasons and functionality. We have always upgraded to the latest version, the only difference this time is that it is a bigger upgrade than usual moving from version 2.something to version 3 . The forums skin is just the default one for now. This isn't a design choice by us, it's just what comes with the package. There is a new skin that has been developed by the Invision community (not us) which is designed to look very closely like the old forum skin although not exactly. It hasn't been released yet as a download but as soon as it is then we will add it to the site and you will then be able to choose to use that one or the current one by selecting in the bottom left hand corner of the screen. This is where the Lo-Fi skin can also be found for those of you wanting to use that one. If you want to check out what the 'new style old skin' will look like then head over to http://community.invisionpower.com/ and then select "IP.Board Classic Blue" in the bottom left hand corner of the screen.

The performance issues should now be resolved as the techies have sorted out the clustering issues

No, that's not right, the old stylesheet might be cached in your browser. Try deleting your cache and temporary files.

Thanks for finding this, we'll have a look at implementing this as an additional skin choice.

We use Invision Powerboard for our forum software and we try to keep up to date with the latest released version both for security reasons and functionality. We have always upgraded to the latest version, the only difference this time is that it is a bigger upgrade than usual moving from version 2.something to version 3 . The forums skin is just the default one for now. This isn't a design choice by us, it's just what comes with the package. We can change this over time, the main thing was to just get it in and working for now as this was a huge task in itself given the size of the website. The issue with quoted posts is being steadily rectified in the background but is a process that will take some time to go through the database. Keep your feedback coming and we will make some tweaks over the coming weeks.

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The Special K Ad has now been removed.

We'll try and get it removed.

We'll try and get it removed as I agree that it's annoying.

We have had to remove to thread following a letter from the solicitor of Seven Continent Invest. Please do not discuss matters to do with this company on this website.