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Post subject: Re: New AU Layout Posted: May 2nd, 2011, 3:10 pm |
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Joined: 16 March 2006 Posts: 20465 Location: Gondolin Country:
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I love it. I'm wondering if maybe we could make our usernames (on the left (<-) a different colour though, instead of the same colour as the rest of the text? Just either a brighter or darker colour, something that stands out differently from the rest of the writing.
The buttons are so pretty! And I definitely need to make myself a greener banner now... hehe.
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Post subject: Re: New AU Layout Posted: May 2nd, 2011, 3:23 pm |
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Joined: 03 May 2005 Posts: 4717 Location: Middle-earth Country:
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Haha, yes, my sig/avvie set was meant to match the old layout. It looks terrible with the green, doesn't it? I need a catch-all set if we're going to have multiple skins... I might prefer a little less yellowy a green, maybe a little lighter and spring-ier, but I do love how it looks currently. Except for my graphics not matching whatsoever
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Post subject: Re: New AU Layout Posted: May 2nd, 2011, 3:35 pm |
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Joined: 30 December 2006 Posts: 3507 Location: Over the Edge of the Wild Country:
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WHOA! It's green! Very shiny and pretty! Good job, Eru But I do agree that something slightly less yellow-y might look better. Also, this is going to take some getting used to. But I like it. Change is good EDIT: Arwen, would it be a good idea to post in the Announcement section explaining to people that this can be done and how to do it? Because obviously not everyone will be looking here for it. You've probably already thought of that, but I figured I should mention it just in case
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Post subject: Re: New AU Layout Posted: May 2nd, 2011, 3:39 pm |
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Joined: 10 July 2005 Posts: 23149 Location: Where there are handsome heroes and sexy villains.. all that need some lovin' ;) Country:
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Post subject: Re: New AU Layout Posted: May 2nd, 2011, 3:49 pm |
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Joined: 30 December 2006 Posts: 3507 Location: Over the Edge of the Wild Country:
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I actually think the darker of the greens used on the post backgrounds is really pretty. But then I like dark greens better than light greens. Also, I logged out and checked - guests get the blue background. And in my opinion, go ahead and add it to site news. It's not exactly something that needs to be kept secret The main site background needs to follow as soon as possible, though.
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Post subject: Re: New AU Layout Posted: May 2nd, 2011, 3:58 pm |
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Joined: 01 May 2011 Posts: 627 Location: Plastic Beach, Golden State Country:
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I really like the new skin just the way it is. These shades of darker green have always been my preferred green so I love it! I feel like I just walked out of an ice cave into a lush tropical rain forest! Especially with everyone's different colors in their signature graphics. Really nice job, Erulissë! Perhaps the default forum theme should be changed to this one. I also think the buttons are very pretty!
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Post subject: Re: New AU Layout Posted: May 2nd, 2011, 4:01 pm |
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Joined: 03 May 2005 Posts: 4717 Location: Middle-earth Country:
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Guests don't have a user control panel and therefore can't select which forum skin they'd like to use. Therefore the blue skin, which is still the default, is what they'll see. Personally I think we should wait until everyone's had a chance to give input on the new skin and we get it perfect until we make it the new default. But I can post a forum announcement and let people know that they can go for a test spin Have we come to any conclusions about whether we want to give registered users the options of choosing from multiple skins, or whether we want to keep it to a single one?
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Post subject: Re: New AU Layout Posted: May 2nd, 2011, 4:08 pm |
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Joined: 30 December 2006 Posts: 3507 Location: Over the Edge of the Wild Country:
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Well, in my opinion, now we've got this new one, I don't think many people will want to keep the blue one with the winter-y header. So if we were to give multiple options, it would have to be different color schemes of this particular one, maybe ones that pick up different colors from the header. But really I don't think we need more than one.
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Post subject: Re: New AU Layout Posted: May 2nd, 2011, 4:13 pm |
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Joined: 04 February 2006 Posts: 9445 Location: Southeast of the Northern part of West Hyglemr Country:
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But, it isn't hard to keep old skins, is it? I see no reason why we can't just keep the old one. Some people did mention that they liked the blue, and if it isn't a problem to keep it around, they should be able to have that option.
You just have this one as the default, and there you go.
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Post subject: Re: New AU Layout Posted: May 2nd, 2011, 4:19 pm |
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I agree that the green one ought to be set as a default once it's all finished so we get some ... I dunno.. some sort of consistancy-ish.... However, I don't have a strong opinion on whether or not people should be able to choose from multiple skins. I'm not the skin-changing type anyway but if people want to use another skin than the default layout, I don't mind. They'd just have to live with the minor nuisance of peoples graphics possibly not matching their chosen skin.. but that's about the worst that could happen as I see it.
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Post subject: Re: New AU Layout Posted: May 2nd, 2011, 4:31 pm |
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Joined: 10 July 2005 Posts: 23149 Location: Where there are handsome heroes and sexy villains.. all that need some lovin' ;) Country:
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Post subject: Re: New AU Layout Posted: May 2nd, 2011, 4:36 pm |
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Joined: 01 May 2011 Posts: 627 Location: Plastic Beach, Golden State Country:
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^I agree. I think keeping the blue is a good idea and new skins should correspond with the main site's layouts. And personally, the matching between members' graphics and the forum skin itself does not bother me at all, unless something looks absolutely horrendous and atrocious against the other.
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Post subject: Re: New AU Layout Posted: May 2nd, 2011, 4:38 pm |
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Post subject: Re: New AU Layout Posted: May 2nd, 2011, 4:40 pm |
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Joined: 01 May 2011 Posts: 627 Location: Plastic Beach, Golden State Country:
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Me, too. ^^
Ooh, I forgot, is there any way to make links within posts stand out more? I know they can be easy to spot when people post the whole HTTP address but when BBcode is used, it is a little hard to tell what is link or text.
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Post subject: Re: New AU Layout Posted: May 2nd, 2011, 5:34 pm |
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Joined: 28 April 2008 Posts: 1524 Location: Somewhere in space... Country:
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^Am I being a muppet by saying change the font size/make it bold? That's always a good way of making things stand out, links or not.
Don't think I've actually posted in regards to the revival yet Better change that.
It's so... green
That's helpful, isn't it?
Proper reply; It's absolutely gorgeous with the header/buttons, and you've done an awesome job on it, but I agree with those who think it's a bit too dark. I like this bit [the reply box] and I do like the rest of it [after a brief moment of ] but some of the green is fairly dark for a layout that's meant to be spring-like.
I do like the default link colour though, if that's relevant. Maybe if this green is staying the default text colour could be lighter though? I find it a bit difficult to read, but that could just be me.
edit: aww, my lightblue text colour clashes that's going to take some experimenting now to find something that fits
double edit: it's so weird seeing certain people's own default text colour [not the right way to put it, but I couldn't think of another way ] on the green. Same colour, but it looks so different
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Post subject: Re: New AU Layout Posted: May 2nd, 2011, 5:48 pm |
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Joined: 01 May 2011 Posts: 627 Location: Plastic Beach, Golden State Country:
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*Ennostiel* wrote: ^Am I being a muppet by saying change the font size/make it bold? That's always a good way of making things stand out, links or not. It is (and I have done that here ), but it would be nice if it could just be the link default and we wouldn't have to bold and enlarge the font every time for links.
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