Sebastien Penet

Hello,
 
After much deliberation, I'm quite sad to announce that Olivier will be leaving Skinbox as of now. It has been a well-thought decision. Although he loves design, he has always disliked coding, and does not feel he is able to fulfil his duties here anymore. Rest assured, he won't leave you alone and Skinbox will continue to function as a skin provider for IPB.
 
I will remain at Skinbox like I have always been. My role won't change - I will still be in charge of interactive development and more technical things - plus overall management. And Ehren will join forces to replace Olivier. You all know he is the founder of IPBForumSkins - but his arrival at Skinbox won't change anything as for his other business. He will work with me to bring Skinbox to its former level of quality which has been reaching terribly low levels in the past few weeks.
 
We will focus on getting the skins updated so they are compatible with IP.Board 3.2.x. Brave will be released quickly after the publication of this announcement.
 
I hope this announcement answers any questions that may have arisen over the past few weeks. We will be striving for a smooth transition, and aim to finally have the skins upgraded in a timely manner.
 
Thank you.

Hello,

As you may have noticed, we are experiencing a lot of issues with our current infrastructure. Problems have gotten worse and worse lately so we decided to move onto a more performant setup. It is currently being scheduled with our new provider. The move will most likely occur within the next 48 hours but we will keep you updated through this topic and twitter.

A few hours of downtime should be expected.

Thanks for your comprehension.

Hello,

It took time but we finally decided of a schedule for the release of our skins. As a reminder, our skins are being massively improved as part of our "batch update". Elegant has already been updated and Viril is part of this new generation of skins.

Here is our schedule for upcoming releases:

• Elegant, Viril and our new skin - announced a few weeks ago - Caja will be released on Wednesday with full compatibility with all updated IPS addons.
  
• Brave, Warrior, Underground, Blood and Source will be released on March, 25th with full compatibility with all updated IPS addons.
  
• Magnetic, Mystic, Velvet, Cielo, Surface and Joie will be released on April, 1st with full compatibility with all updated IPS addons. However, these skins will also receive another update some time afterwards. Don't be surprised if they don't have all the promised improvements at first.

We apologize for the delay in providing you with a detailed schedule. However, we needed some time to gauge our workload and see what to do first. This is a massive update and it needed some deep thinking before committing to any schedule.

Regards,
S. Penet.