UbuntuForums does not use current Ubuntu branding

[Paul Sladen]

Brendan Donegan noticed that Ubuntu Forums still uses the pre-2010 three-colour circle-of-friends logo, rather than the current design which features the Ubuntu circle-of-friends inside a circle:

It would be good to get UbuntuForums.org updated to reflect the current Ubuntu Brand and fonts:

  http://design.canonical.com/brand/Logos/UBUNTU%20BRANDMARK_AW/2.%20circle%20of%20friends/Files%20for%20web/PNG/cof_orange_hex.png

A new theme is done for Ubuntu Forums (since 2011-01), but blocked on needing to upgrade to a new version of vBulletin first.

[Ronnie McMaster (ronnie-mcmaster)]

The new forums theme will be included in the vBulletin upgrade, which has been in the works for some time now. I am not sure as to the actual date in which the upgrade will be completed.

[bapoumba (bapoumba)]

The Launchpad login is broken with the new vBulletin version. The upgrade will be scheduled after the login gets fixed, which is not in our hands.

[Paul Sladen (sladen)]

Ronnie, bapoumba: Oooh, does that mean that the new theme is already done, just not deployed?

If not, I just discovered that the string "Ubuntu Forums" is actually used as a example on page 105 of:

  Page 105: "Creating Brand Extensions"
  http://design.canonical.com/brand/B.%20Complete%20Ubuntu%20brand%20guide%20-%20November%202010.pdf

Hadn't noticed that before!

[Mike Basinger (mike.basinger)]

The new theme has been ready since January but requires the current version the vBulletin software,