forum skin...

Peace Alliance · January 23, 2012, 08:24:43 AM

You should check out the in-development forum skin called RWL3. It will give you an idea of the look and feel i have envisioned for rwl3. Note that there is still much to do on it, i haven't changed the header from the 2010 skin i based it off of.

Shadow · January 23, 2012, 09:49:09 AM

I still think hidden fox 09 is your best layout yet. 3 is too bright for me. I don't like sites with white backgrounds usually, they are hard on the eyes.

Kilkenne · January 23, 2012, 10:21:17 AM

Agree with the sentiment that its a bit too bright, but I am attached to the 2009 version.

Peace Alliance · January 23, 2012, 10:47:03 AM

09 is fugly.

Kilkenne · January 23, 2012, 10:51:54 AM

The others are too bright, hurts my eyes to stare at

Briar · January 23, 2012, 10:54:56 AM

Quote from: Peace Alliance on January 23, 2012, 10:47:03 AM
RWL3 is fugly.

fix'd

Peace Alliance · January 23, 2012, 11:37:13 AM

Quote from: Kilkenne on January 23, 2012, 10:51:54 AM
The others are too bright, hurts my eyes to stare at

2010 is too bright? The background is #444444, how hung over are you if that's too bright?

And /most/ websites are on a white background. Facebook, google, youtube, Yahoo, Baidu, wikipedia, windowslive, amazon, and blogger.

windhound · January 23, 2012, 11:40:10 AM

I've grown attached to 2010

Rwl3 is indeed too bright (told ya)

Peace Alliance · January 23, 2012, 11:42:11 AM

It is an adjustment, you switched from one to the other. If you were new to the site it wouldn't be too bright.

windhound · January 23, 2012, 11:45:30 AM

Forum theme should match game theme
Does this mean we're getting the first white-based game theme?

Shadow · January 23, 2012, 11:54:08 AM

Quote from: Peace Alliance on January 23, 2012, 11:37:13 AM
Quote from: Kilkenne on January 23, 2012, 10:51:54 AM
The others are too bright, hurts my eyes to stare at
2010 is too bright? The background is #444444, how hung over are you if that's too bright?

And /most/ websites are on a white background. Facebook, google, youtube, Yahoo, Baidu, wikipedia, windowslive, amazon, and blogger.

2010 is not too bright, it is pretty much the same as 09 but with different shaped icons. I like 09 over 10 because of familiarity. But my dislike for RWL3 theme is not because I am familiar with 09, it really is too bright.

Google is bright, but who spends any length of time actually looking at their homepage?

Peace Alliance · January 23, 2012, 11:56:03 AM

Quote from: windhound on January 23, 2012, 11:45:30 AM
Forum theme should match game theme
Does this mean we're getting the first white-based game theme?

Well geeze, not if there is this much resistance. It's a really good looking design, but I can make it dark if I have to. I just want to make the most approachable design for people who come across the site. Dark theme's are great too though...

As for the forums, I wanted black on white for readability. Check out RWL3 theme now, because I've changed it back to being dark - which completely changes the look and feel... But if there is an SMF addon that allows users to set their BG, then we might be able to come to a middle ground here - especially since this theme looks very nice on many different backgrounds.

Briar · January 23, 2012, 12:07:12 PM

why is this in the spa room and not ,like, development or something

Peace Alliance · January 23, 2012, 12:16:30 PM

Sure. I just figured it would be of little interest so I put it in spa.

So now that I've tried it on a dark BG I'm not sure if the colours are right. The orange looks a lot more like "safety orange" when it's on top of a dark gray.

But at the same time, if you change the background to an image, everything shows up nicely.

Shadow · January 23, 2012, 12:37:18 PM

That's a little better, but the orange doesn't fit.