Habbo Central (New Official Fansite) Stolen Layout from Retro Fansite

[ghhghgh]

The title basically explains it all, brand new official site http://habbo-central.net stole basically their entire layout from another website. But not just any website, a retro hotel fansite!

*REMOVED*

The proof is shown by looking at the websites, and also by something very interesting: If you open up developer tools for chrome (or any other browser with the function), and you look at the index code, you actually find the name of the site they took the layout from!



Also if you were on the site a couple days ago, when it was recently announced official, you could still have seen some problems with the main site (lots of graphical bugs and weird looking text). I think this was because they were still editing the actual layout after taking it.

Now this also may just be a case where they asked for the layout (which I hardly believe any fansite would just give out their layout), but still, official fansites should not be getting involved with retros and visiting them and their affiliates! Another possibility is that they took a free layout from one of those free fansite layout sites, and just happened to have YouBoon in the code. But again, very unlikely.

And that's all I guess.

Edited by e5 (Forum Super Moderator) - Please do name name/link to retro sites, even with spoilers, thanks!

[Bloop]

I saw your tweet but if this is true, extremely appalling for an OFFICIAL fansite.



On another note, they probably won't last long anyway.

[xxMATTGxx]

I saw your tweet but if this is true, extremely appalling for an OFFICIAL fansite.



On another note, they probably won't last long anyway.

It's true, both websites have pretty much near enough the same layout. So it's either a free template they have both used from someone or someone has stolen it from each other. But the screen shot that shows:

<!-- YouBoon -->  

Is on the Habbo-Central site for sure.

[MKR&*42]

Wtf that's pretty disgraceful if they were the ones who stole it tbh? Hope Sulake have been informed

[Bloop]

Wtf that's pretty disgraceful if they were the ones who stole it tbh? Hope Sulake have been informed

Hmm, giving me ideas :--------------)

[Scotland]

Shame its been ripped

[Joe]

It's a trash of a fansite anyway - no real use of a fansite, has nothing different and don't think it will either in the future. Hopefully Sulake will not only remove them from the official list but also make sure they're no longer a fansite.

I do get annoyed, sorry. Wish fansites had a little creativity nowadays, that's all.

[ghhghgh]

Update: Habbo-Central seems to be offline. Maybe to change their layout?

[xxMATTGxx]

Update: Habbo-Central seems to be offline. Maybe to change their layout?

You wouldn't normally park the domain name to carry out changes on your website. But who knows what their plan is.

[Bloop]

Update: Habbo-Central seems to be offline. Maybe to change their layout?

I vaguely remembered them saying on twitter they're changing their layout or sth. Oh no I missed the chance .