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Classic Merging over the next 12 months

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Last Edited by JBrillSD August 21, 2023 at 02:39 PM
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The Slickdeals community team has been working hard to make Slickdeals the best it can be for over 20 years, and new updates roll out to the community almost every week.

As a part of that effort, we'll be merging the Classic version of Slickdeals with the latest version of Slickdeals over the next 12 months.

You can anticipate the following as part of that platform merger:
  • Access to the Classic version of Slickdeals will reduce over time. This process starts on August 22, 2023.
  • You can expect a variety of improvements to the latest version of Slickdeals, often referred to within the community as "Redesign," specifically intended to make it easier for Classic users to transition to Redesign.
  • The team of engineers and product folks managing the merger will conduct continuous interviews to make sure a variety of community voices and points of view are included. You can sign up for a 1:1 with a team member here [calendly.com].
  • If you primarily use Classic, you will migrate over to the newest version of Slickdeals throughout the next year.

If you primarily use Classic, there's no need for you to take any action. Your current Slickdeals account will remain active and will change to the current, unified experience automatically.

Millions of Slickdeals members are already using the current version of the website, which has dark mode support, improved shopping intelligence, and easier ways to engage with the community.

Change can be hard. Bringing all Slickdealers together into a single experience will enable you to continue to enjoy the latest community features and enhancements.

Thank you for being a member of the Slickdeals community!

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Last Edited by LowRoller September 9, 2023 at 03:12 PM
I'd ask anyone who is truly opposed to this change to schedule a time to talk with someone from SD one on one. Maybe, if we get enough folks to talk to them directly, maybe, just maybe, we can get them to give us a ... hmm... a Classic Clone using redesign. (?)
Here's the link from the OP: https://calendly.com/d/2k8-kg6-hz...th=2023-08

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SlySol
01-24-2024 at 08:43 PM.
01-24-2024 at 08:43 PM.
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I'm on a desktop PC. Don't use this site much on mobile devices. The eye strain is horrible now. I still get the redesign view at that link.
Also, maybe try going to your SD profile icon, then Settings/SiteSettings and change the Forum Skin from "Forum default" to "Hybrid" and see if that changes anything. I'm just looking through the way things are set on mine to see what might help
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01-25-2024 at 04:17 PM.
01-25-2024 at 04:17 PM.
So it's back?
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widgit | Staff
01-26-2024 at 01:53 AM.
01-26-2024 at 01:53 AM.
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I just got hit with the redesign today. Immediately makes me want to not use the site. Clicking classic at the bottom of the page doesn't change anything.

Edit: Nevermind. As soon as I made this post it changed to classic view.

Edit 2: It suddenly switched back to the redesign, and clicking classic view does nothing.
If you're still stuck in Redesign, try going to any non-FP thread on SD (like this one). Then click the Classic View option at the bottom from there, if you didn't already.

If you click the Classic View link from a front page view or a category page or other non thread view pages it doesn't always stick for some reason. But most of the time doing it from thread view seems to stick better.

Edit: If that doesn't work, then try clearing SD cookies and try again.
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iamiamian
02-01-2024 at 02:01 PM.
02-01-2024 at 02:01 PM.
So what's going on with this change now? Are we able to continue to browse using the classic view moving forward or is this just a temporary reprieve? I love being able to scroll down the page with "Unread" flag to the left, whereas on the "Redesign" view, it's almost impossible since the "Unread" flag is on the right.
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02-14-2024 at 01:38 PM.
02-14-2024 at 01:38 PM.
Please see the comment directly after this one.

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02-14-2024 at 01:38 PM.
02-14-2024 at 01:38 PM.
If you were moved to redesign and would like to return to classic, you may do so by scrolling down on this page and then clicking "classic" in the bottom right corner. If you're not sure where to find it, please see the attachment.
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02-14-2024 at 02:54 PM.
02-14-2024 at 02:54 PM.
Thank goodness. Hopefully Classic view stays. No more shenanigans!
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miotch
02-14-2024 at 03:51 PM.
02-14-2024 at 03:51 PM.
Thank you SO MUCH, emceep! Your team is actually listening to the users!
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02-14-2024 at 05:00 PM.
02-14-2024 at 05:00 PM.
Quote from emceep :
If you were moved to redesign and would like to return to classic, you may do so by scrolling down on this page and then clicking "classic" in the bottom right corner. If you're not sure where to find it, please see the attachment.
Thanks. The midnight theme has a few display artifacts. Also, if I try to change the theme in classic view, the panel disappears as soon as my mouse hovers over the dropdown list before I have a chance to change it.
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02-14-2024 at 07:32 PM.
02-14-2024 at 07:32 PM.
Applause Autumn Applause
It's back
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02-15-2024 at 07:47 AM.
02-15-2024 at 07:47 AM.
Quote from sometimes_steve :
Thanks. The midnight theme has a few display artifacts. Also, if I try to change the theme in classic view, the panel disappears as soon as my mouse hovers over the dropdown list before I have a chance to change it.
There are a few known issues with the midnight theme in classic, but at this time, I'm not aware of any plans to fix them in the near future, sorry.

I wasn't able to recreate the panel disappearing issue, but you may want to try from this page instead: https://slickdeals.net/forums/profile.php?do=editoptions
Towards the bottom, there is a 'forum skin' section that should hopefully work for you.
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02-15-2024 at 10:26 AM.
02-15-2024 at 10:26 AM.
Quote from emceep :
If you were moved to redesign and would like to return to classic, you may do so by scrolling down on this page and then clicking "classic" in the bottom right corner. If you're not sure where to find it, please see the attachment.
AWESOME!!!! Well done, and thank you!!!!!
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02-16-2024 at 04:44 AM.
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If you were moved to redesign and would like to return to classic, you may do so by scrolling down on this page and then clicking "classic" in the bottom right corner. If you're not sure where to find it, please see the attachment.
Is this just a temporary stay for those prematurely migrated over before the year was up or is this a permanent change and there is no longer a plan to force non-classic on any of us for the foreseeable future?
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02-18-2024 at 07:01 AM.
02-18-2024 at 07:01 AM.
Quote from emceep :
Please see the comment directly after this one.

Thank you. I had switched from checking SD daily to only visiting to set up alerts. Which is why I'm responding 4 days later.
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03-31-2024 at 11:52 PM.
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Looks like the main site is back to the forced craptacular modern illegible schema. It won't let me override. End of world must be near…
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