Hey there fuzzies!

We are here with a cozy holiday banner update! ☕

This loafy cuteness banner was made by  nuggetkun!
Be sure to bombard their shouts for this fantastic piece or flood their comments on the original here.

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⭐COMMUNITY BANNER ENTRY INFO⭐

Please use the tag FABanner2025 in your keywords so we can easily locate submissions!

With the end of the year coming up, if you create a banner design meant for after Jan 1st please use the new tag FABanner2026. To be clear- using the new tag will not mean those with 2025 are no longer considered. We may still pick some from previous years as so many wonderful banners have been submitted!

What are community banners?

Our Community Banners are where artists submit banner ideas throughout the year and, if chosen, they will be featured as the site's default banner for a minimum of one week—sometimes longer if it fits a season or holiday. There is no set amount of banners that we choose. We may pick 3, or 12, or even 42! Remember to add FABanner2025(or 2026) to your tags for us to easily locate submissions. We ask that at least one of the mascots is featured, but preferably both of us. Focus must be primarily on the mascots. All banners must meet General Rating guidelines to be considered. Banner sizes are fixed at 1850x300 pixels.

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We have some more news we'd like to mention while we have your attention!

Back in 2019 we first announced we'd be retiring the Classic UI, eventually making it no longer available. Classic currently causes many issues and slowdowns for the team as we add new features and update the site. It doubles the amount of work that has to be done as Classic and Modern are different code bases. In addition, Classic just cannot support many of the new updates we've been working on. This has resulted in Classic users being unable to use modern features. Our techs ran the numbers and currently only 4.6% of all active accounts on Fur Affinity still use Classic. On 09/22/2025 we announced that all new accounts after that post would no longer be able to access Classic while it was being depreciated.

Whenever we implement a new feature for the Modern UI, we make a point to remind everyone that constructive feedback is always welcome—especially from the dedicated Classic users—so we can continue to refine Modern. We are going to be more vocal about those reminders. Without constructive feedback, we cannot know what you like or dislike about the UIs. We need community feedback so we can keep making the improvements the community wants!

To make feedback as successful as possible, we have a few ground rules:

1. Feedback and critique must be constructive. Comments like "It's ugly," "I don't like it," or "keep Classic" are valid opinions, but they aren't constructive feedback. We need examples and explanations. An example of constructive feedback would be "I don't like it because the text is hard to read because it doesn't have enough contrast."

2. Scope:
- Features that Classic already has that Modern doesn't.
- Features that Modern already has but how those features could be better.
- If you want to suggest new features for Modern, please submit a Trouble Ticket under the General > Feedback category.

3. Do not plead for Classic to stay. Maintaining Classic is making it impossible for our coders to make meaningful progress on anything else. Classic needs to be retired.

4. Fur Affinity rules and conduct expectations still apply. Remember to be kind and excellent to each other in the comments.

Together we hope we can make some solid improvements for everyone to enjoy!

Some feedback we’ve gotten from tickets, comments, and our official Discord so far:

• ​Classic Light colors moved to Modern/Accessible Color Palettes​
(Being looked at by Tech)
• ​USER GALLERIES​
• ​Mini Gallery returned to Centered position ​
• ​Gallery Folders Changed to Better position or create "See Folders" button.​
• ​"You Are Here" indicator in mini-gallery navigation.​
• ​Minimalist Modern Skin​
• ​SPACING ISSUES​
• ​Verticality/Scrolling Concerns ​
• ​Empty Spacing​
• ​Unified Button Sizes/Format​
(This section includes the buttons in the comment area of FA)
• ​Font Sizing/Scaling concerns​
• ​Page Stats in-line with Page Profile or similar design adjustments ​
• ​Lack of mobile API for functioning mobile version​
• ​LINKS​
• ​Visited/Un-visited link distinctions​
• ​Remove the dotted underline ​
• ​Ability to hide Header/Nav Bar​
• ​Thumbnails instead of Full Resolution​
(You can adjust this already in Account Settings > Image Full View. You do have to input your password to update these settings, we are working on removing that requirement for UI swapping.)
• ​COMMISSION TAB​
• ​Create/Reset Display/End Comm Edit buttons misaligned​
• ​Mobile: Commissions area is cut off without a way to view it​
• ​Stylistic Mismatch of Input Boxes​
(users cites Slate Theme this is the most noticeable between Account Settings vs. Site At Large)
• ​NOTES SYSTEM​
• ​Legend for Priority Coloration/Clearer Coloration​
• ​Overall Style Update​
• ​Adjusting Icons to look clearer in 4k​
• ​Drop-down for Emoticons (Make them easier to find)​

Note this list is not complete and will be adjusted as needed. Some suggestions might not be possible to implement at this time, but will be kept for future reference.

We will be working on improving Modern with this feedback in mind and have a live beta site for FA+ users to test out before being pushed to all users. When the update is released to all users, an official end date for Classic will be announced. This project is a big undertaking and may take a couple months, so we appreciate your patience and support while we work on improving FA for everyone!