2012-08-11, 17:51 | Link #1 |
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We ever going to get more forum skins? I can't be the only one who's grown tired of the same 1980s PC white or vbbulletin default blue or old animesuki blue?
Is it really that much work to introduce more color variety, at the very least?
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2012-08-11, 19:28 | Link #2 | |
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If you ask me.... it'll be good in pink... or baby blue... Black would make this a game forum... |
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2012-08-11, 21:07 | Link #3 |
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One problem with adding more skins is that it makes it that much harder to pick background colours/gradients that will look nice during banner contests, because the same banners should look nice on all the skins.
That aside, I am thinking that we will wait until the vBulletin upgrade to do skin work, but I think that will still take a while (we haven't had/taken the time to work on upgrading all the plugins yet).
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2012-08-11, 21:23 | Link #4 | |
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2012-10-08, 16:16 | Link #6 | |
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this is fitting for seasonal anime IMO.
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2012-10-09, 23:29 | Link #7 | |
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The pale/puke/off-white color is like what they paint public schools and old hospitals. I've always assumed that was due to our government (in the US) being cheap, and at some time in the foggy past, buying out those ugly colors at a rock bottom price, and then it just stuck over all these years, but the economics behind paint colors shouldn't matter for a website, so I'm puzzled as to the allure of the puke white for the forum.
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2012-10-09, 23:53 | Link #8 | ||
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If you don't like the beige theme, you can always switch to the blue theme. For now those are the two primary choices we offer. The problem is that then you'd have to switch everyone's theme with the seasons... and I'm sure a lot of people would not like that.
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2013-03-28, 23:28 | Link #10 |
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I've recently discovered extensions/addons in browsers like Chrome, that allow you to set (to some extent), the CSS tags for a website.
My first quick and dirty attempt was just to make the site a little less off-white (by going more grey ): Code:
td.alt1 { background-color: #6e6e6e; color: #ffffff; } div.page div { background-color: #6e6e6e; color: #ffffff; } div a strong { color: #ffffff; } td.alt2 { background-color: #6e6e6e; } div.smallfont strong a { color: #ffffff; } #notifications a { color: #ffffff; } div.smallfont div a { color: #ffffff; } span.time { color: #fffcff; } td.alt1Active { background-color: #6e6e6e; } div.smallfont span a { color: #ffffff; } tr td a { color: #ffffff; } div.smallfont { color: #ffffff; background-color: #6e6e6e; } div.smallfont a { color: #ffffff; } td.tcat a { color: #3b293b; } td.sticky { background-color: #000000; } td.sticky div { background-color: #000000; } span span span { color: #d3e016; } li.floatcontainer { background-color: #6e6e6e; } ol.alt1.block_row.list_no_decoration { background-color: #4d4d4d; } span.shade { color: #ffffff; } li.smallfont a { color: #ffffff; } dt.shade { color: #ffffff; } div.visitor_message_body a { color: #ffffff; } #signature a { color: #ffffff; } a.smallfont { color: #ffffff; } ul.list_no_decoration li a { color: #ffffff; } dl.list_no_decoration dd a { color: #ffffff; } div.alt1.block_row.block_title fieldset legend { color: #eeff00; } html { background-color: #6e6e6e; } td.panelsurround { background-color: #6e6e6e; } p.note { color: #000000; } p.repercussions { color: #000000; } div.action_links strong a { color: #ffffff; } div.action_links a { color: #ffffff; } label.show_avatars_ctrl.shade { color: #e1ff00; } label.check_all_ctrl.shade { color: #e3ff0f; } fieldset.fieldset legend { color: #000000; } td.alt1 span { color: #ffffff; } div.constrainedsignature { border-color: #eeff00; } div.controlbar { background-color: #6e6e6e; } td.vBulletin_editor { background-color: #6e6e6e; } #vB_Editor_001_smiliebox legend { color: #e1ff00; } div.smallfont b { color: #ff7dcb; } pre.alt2 { color: #000000; } td.thead { color: #ffffff; } #tag_edit_link { background-color: #878787; } span.smallfont acronym { color: #000000; } div span acronym { color: #000000; } The biggest issue is that posts created with explicit colors for their font may not appear very well, as those colors are choosen by people assuming the white/off-white background (ie: you reply to this post, then select what you wrote, and change the color to dark grey. Anyone using this CSS would have a difficult time seeing what you had written (without highlight the text)). There aren't too many posts like that, so I haven't found it annoying enough to revert to the off-white color, but you have been warned. The obvious solution is to skin what you want, but leave the post backgrounds alone, but since they make up the majority of the site (because, you know, it's a forum), and I am vehemently tired of puke white, I can't leave it alone. When I've got more time on my hands, I will see about a more stylized color scheme. Of course, if you have even the tiniest knowledge of CSS (or open to point and click experimentation), you can make up your own CSS for the site. And, you know, share with the less creative among us. I use the Stylebot Extension for Chrome There are limits to what you can do, as there are elements of the forum that are images, and you can't edit the look of those images, but the process should still allow those of you who want some visual change to the forums an outlet to experiment.
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2013-03-29, 01:31 | Link #11 | |
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I know what the upper banner looks like (It is amazing) and trust me, a darker grey would fit in good. That is one of the suggestions for the colour of the skin at least, since this thread is focusing on skins, nothing more specific. |
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