New Forum Layout Ideas?

Discussion in 'Public General Chat' started by PhoenixDog, Jun 22, 2008.

  1. Jeb
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    true, but when I logged out, you were still looking to not have to do the actual theme work (cutting,php hacking) , but just the layout stuff.
    If you get something on the testsite though it's easy enough for me to import that to the main site though ;)

    I have yet to see a theme though that was lots of hacking of the vb code that was done quickly.
     
  2. Zarash
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    I would like a darker colour as the background lameofdog autumn idea sounds good
     
  3. lameofdog
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    autumn/military earth tones

    some some rustic reds and oranges mixed with tom coyote brown, matte black, and olive drab.
     
  4. Zarash
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    Like your signature that would be a nice colour scheme with a bit more contrast
     
  5. lameofdog
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    Use the autumn colors to contrast the dull military colors. Only problem I'm having is what color the text would be to stand out of the forums.
     
  6. Zarash
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    A gold would stand out good against the dull colours
     
  7. lameofdog
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    Yes but then you have to consider do you want to spend all day long staring at gold text? I personally enjoyed the readability of the old forum color scheme. dark background ( that wasn't quiet black ) and light text ( I think was some form of grey ). The whole layout was easy on the eyes.

    More important to me than the color of anything is how easy on the eyes the pages are going to be when I'm sitting in my room at 1:36 in the morning on a Saturday night with all my lights off.

    For example the current color scheme was killing my eyes last night when i was reading through some post, but something completely reverse this scheme wouldn't be to bad on my retinas. :)

    ie - inverted

    Something like that makes my eyes happy. Cept I'd make the white text grayer.
     
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    -Less Sub Forums FTW. This is a Gaming community last I checked, not spamming community.

    -Post Counter, get rid of this crap. Spam FTL -

    -Country Flags under your avatar +

    -Title "medals" for game leaders above their avatar (all games the same) +

    -Totally new theme for the skin, lets shake things up a bit +

    -More violent Smilies! I want a demon cow mowing down smilies with an ax that says "Moo!" while he's doing it. +
     
  9. lameofdog
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    /signed

    steelshanks FTW
     
  10. PhoenixDog
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    I wholeheartedly support this point, and give it the PDog Stamp of Approval!
     
  11. Zarash
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    For sure on all of those things
    Demon cow ftw
     
  12. Earley
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    Please, please sweet jesus please let's pick a new fresh color scheme for the 21st century. The darky dark moody mojo is so 1998.
     
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    That and everyone at work think you look at porn because you have a black screen.
     
  14. Kyoji
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    yeah, I was designing thw site until yesterday when I was told to make a forum layoyut. 90% of the layout is done, just need some new icons then the hacks/addons. I posted a few more addon ideas, if you want to take a gander.
     
  15. PhoenixDog
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    I like this layout right now. Very slick =)
     
  16. Vanguard
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    Holy crap I was actually listened to, when I said something about orange text.
     
  17. PhoenixDog
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    Yeah, the orange on black is very easy to read, and the gray helps subdue everything a bit.
     
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    Yea I like this layout its simple but it looks good to me changing the post box to grey or black would be good
     
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    Ahaha wow post box is now an eyesore
     
  20. PhoenixDog
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    How do you mean?