Dear Tempers,

The GBAtemp Team is happy to present the Fifth version of GBAtemp (this isn't even its final form!). TJ and I have been working on it for months and it's finally ready for you to use. There are tons of changes so I will only highlight the biggest ones, and you'll discover the rest by yourself over time.

A new homepage
We have created a brand new customizable and modern homepage. Its layout can be adjusted to fit your personal preference - move your mouse over the "Home" menu item and click "Customize your portal" to make your changes.

New site skin
We have updated the site and forum skin to look more modern with new colors and fonts. Both skins have been updated (light & dark). We are still working out the kinks, we are aware of a few minor issues, not everything's perfect yet but in time we'll get there!

Mobile friendly browsing
Finally you can browse GBAtemp on your mobile devices... without Tapatalk! Our new skin is fully responsive, just try it, it looks fantastic! All site features are supported, including the dark theme.

Ask GBAtemp!
If you have been around long enough you already know what this is. But for the others: Ask GBAtemp is a place where you can ask simple questions and get direct answers, in a similar manner to Yahoo Answers. There are already thousands of questions back from a few years ago, and it's now time to get back at it! Go ahead and ask your questions if you've got any.

Board upgrade
We have updated our forum software to the latest version, and this brings a lot of improvements on all fronts. The biggest and most noticeable improvements are:
- a new message editor supporting image paste and drag & drop
- watching a forum to get notifications when new posts are made
- multi-quote and selective quoting
- thread-wide bans... whoops, this is going to come in handy for the mod team
- online status indicator on avatars

We hope you will enjoy browsing the new and improved GBAtemp. Feel free to reply to this thread to give us feedback. Many thanks to tj_cool for doing most of the work!

A discussion forum has been created to centralize discussions revolving around GBAtemp v5. Click here to access it! We have already created several thread about known issues.

Costello & the GBAtemp Team

 

[Cyan]

I really love the new multiquote !
you can even reorder them before replying

 

[the_randomizer]

The only thing I would change is having the recent thread more easily accessed, other than that, looking good!

 

[zero2exe]

I just came into the main page and my first thought was... Did my internet crash again and didn't finish loading the page?

Regardless I'm excited to find out about the new features

 

[Deleted User]

The default homepage layout was a little too busy for me, I'm glad we can customize it!

 

[WiiUBricker]

Pretty awesome upgrade. Though I would prefer the Verdana font instead of Open Sans.

What do you mean? We still have https, I'm on it right now.

Currently there are two versions of GBAtemp. One with https and one without. See http://gbatemp.net and https://gbatemp.net. You are not being redirected to https from a http link.

 

[the_randomizer]

How do we customize the homepage?

 

[Xuman]

Great Job! Looks Neater than before

 

[Mr. Mysterio]

How do we customize the homepage?

Hover your cursor over the home tab while you're logged in.

 

[Cyan]

The only thing I would change is having the recent thread more easily accessed

yes, me too.
having to seacrh in the "forum" drop down menu and find and click "new post" is not easy. Well, now I know where it is.
A button on the portal, maybe in the "recent content" block could be useful.

 

[the_randomizer]

yes, me too.
having to seacrh in the "forum" drop down menu and find where to click is not easy.
A button on the portal, maybe in the "recent content" block could be useful.

Would it feasible to re-implement this? I don't know if it's too late to ask @Costello or not.

 

[Armadillo]

Don't like it. Just another site using giant squares to make it easy for sausage fingers on a touch screen to use.

 

[Deleted member 473940]

With a bit of customization, it looks lovely !
I like it

 

[VinsCool]

wow very cool! mobile browsing is much more confortable!

 

[the_randomizer]

Please please make the recent threads easier to access! Thanks!

 

[VinsCool]

Please please make the recent threads easier to access! Thanks!

so much this! I press that button every 5 minutes xD

 

[cherryduck]

This is ugly as sin on my mobile, hope it's better when I get home and use my PC. Where's the recent posts bit gone? :-(

 

[Mr. Mysterio]

This is ugly as sin on my mobile, hope it's better when I get home and use my PC. Where's the recent posts bit gone? :-(

Sorry, but it'll look worse on your PC.

 

[the_randomizer]

so much this! I press that button every 5 minutes xD

Well since my suggestions will likely be buried and fall on deaf ears (i.e no one giving a damn), I just made a toolbar shortcut leading to the recent threads URL http://gbatemp.net/find-new/21285278/posts

 

[Deleted User]

The theme thingy I usually use with Tempstyle Dark works with the new site layout, too!
https://userstyles.org/styles/77518/gbatemp-v4-dark

Spoiler: This is how it looks with GBATemp V5

 

[mightymuffy]

Just logged on to the home page now and thought WHAT THE!! - thought I'd been hit with spyware and got a popup!!
Me likes change anyway, good to see something fresh, will have a more thorough plink-a-plonk with it when I get the time.