Why did the style of my profile revert back to defaults?

Otacon 141.12 · 10-24-2017, 05:23 PM

Hi everyone,

Something strange has happened. A day or two ago, I had customized the colors and style of my profile, but I just now looked at it, and it has been changed back to the default. Also, when I went back in to customize it again, a lot of the customization options are gone.

I first looked for news of a site update before posting this. What did I do to cause this to happen?

jeremy · 10-25-2017, 06:45 AM

I can confirm we didn't do anything on our end to revert the style. Have any other members observed this behavior?

--jeremy

Otacon 141.12 · 10-25-2017, 03:47 PM

Not a big deal, I just thought it was strange. Thanks for the confirmation, though

Otacon 141.12 · 10-25-2017, 05:53 PM

Just to be specific, the first time I went in to customize my profile appearance, I had options to edit the styles of these sections:
major block header
minor block header
primary content areas
secondary content areas
and the appearance of the controls.

I made my profile look like a vintage GUI, but those settings have been lost and now the options I listed are also gone. I don't know if it matters, but I noticed I had those options before I made my first post.

Otacon 141.12 · 10-25-2017, 06:34 PM

I hope you don't mind, but I created a new account to show you what I mean. Apparently you lose abilities to customize your profile appearance once you make your first post. Here are some screenshots of all of the profile appearances that you have before you post, and a link to the profile of the new account I just created in order to show you:

Profile:
https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...drome-1060576/

Screenshot of profile:

Screenshots of customization options before you post:

jeremy · 10-26-2017, 10:04 AM

Thanks for the additional information. There was a bug that inadvertently showed the option to new members with no posts. We've fixed this, and you won't see it until you're in the Senior Member group (where it should be enabled, and will remain enabled).

--jeremy