Forum Aesthetics

Subject: Re: Forum Aesthetics Sat Apr 07, 2007 7:20 pm

So, it appears that I am the only one here who liked the old layout better.....

Gorram democracy... mumble...grumble....
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Subject: 'Real men wear pink' Sat Apr 07, 2007 7:22 pm

Greetings.

I've been lurking on the LJ 'forum' reading up, and ive noticed how some disagree with the chosen quote.

Here's my suggestion. have a few images, all with different quotes, that are randomly dragged up to be the header. Unfortunately i have no idea how difficult/easy this would be to implement.

if not to hard a task, you could even get a big thing going, a suggest a quote kind of thing.

Subject: Re: Forum Aesthetics Sat Apr 07, 2007 7:32 pm

The quote should be "Bask in my monocular glory."

I, for one, prefer this new-fangled white design, though what I'd like best is something with a tad more personality.

Subject: Re: Forum Aesthetics Sat Apr 07, 2007 7:39 pm

one other thing. i seem to be encountering a few things in what im assuming to be spanish? buttons, like the one that shows if your line.

Shivering Isles Resident Joined : 27 Mar 2007 Posts : 9475

I'm still trying to figure out why some of these things are in spanish (or french, or something).

And as for the "the background is nice, but I'd like a bit more personality": we were just trying to settle on what coloration we're going to have for the background, but we still have to figure out what we'll use for icons and such. If anyone can make their own set of icons for this forum and post them, they'll be voted on. Otherwize, I'll make my own buttons Twisted Evil

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Subject: Re: Forum Aesthetics Sat Apr 07, 2007 11:53 pm

I like the off-white background better than the dark blue one that you had on before. And it'd be cool if the quotes could be rotated. Surprised

Subject: Re: Forum Aesthetics Sun Apr 08, 2007 10:35 am

I just joined yesterday, but to be honest, I liked the way the forum looked yesterday better...This is realy bland. The only thing that I thought could use a change (and I didnt even mind them) were the red and green "buttons" beside the post titles.

Joined : 07 Apr 2007 Posts : 89

This is done in VBulletin, right? Doesn't VBulletin allow for multiple style sheets that the users can switch between? The white one seems okay, but people have expressed interest in the D-Blue/Blue background and a Black/Black one may turn out useful.

As for the quote, how hard would it be to have a rotating one? Maybe it could even be random per page, instead of random per day.

Shivering Isles Resident Joined : 27 Mar 2007 Posts : 9475

No, this is not V-Bulletin, so the individual user cannot chanege how they view the site. And, while it may be possible, I have not found a way to have individual headers for each category.
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Joined : 07 Apr 2007 Posts : 89

Maybe this could solve the one-skin-only problem?

I'm not very familiar with forum software, unfortunately.

Shivering Isles Resident Joined : 27 Mar 2007 Posts : 9475

Ah, no, sorry. This forum isn't text based (or, if it is, the only interface I use is not a text based on). Sorry, but I can't/don't know how to get into the code. If I did, there would be a "quick reply" option available.
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Subject: Re: Forum Aesthetics Sun Apr 08, 2007 6:26 pm

Shivering Isles Resident Joined : 27 Mar 2007 Posts : 9475

Okay, now you guys need to start submitting buttons/alerts that we may use on this forum, since the symbols I was using weren't sufficient.

Edit: Oh, wait, what if I just used the symbols alone, without the big blocks around them?
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Subject: Re: Forum Aesthetics Sun Apr 08, 2007 8:19 pm

I had a further idea on my rotating quotes idea.

you could have a few 'character banners'

ie one with a picture of donovan and his 'real men wear pink'
and a spark one with 'DEATH FROM ABOVE!!!'
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Shivering Isles Resident Joined : 27 Mar 2007 Posts : 9475

Well, if Link can photoshop some pictures, I wouldn't mind using them. I could rotate them once every week.
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