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Post by DiscipleofBob on Aug 1, 2015 20:07:01 GMT -5
I'm going to be working on at least one different skin for the forum. Background, colors, the works. It's still very much a work in progress, but for the sake of constructive criticism I've made it available to members as another option. You can access it in the settings of your profile.
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Post by Stardrifter on Aug 1, 2015 22:16:07 GMT -5
I like the colors a bit more. The UDC picture next to every board is kind of annoying. And the background doesn't go very well. It's huge to the point of being unable to make out what it is. And the gold tint clashes with the colors of the board.
But I do like the color choice.
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Post by DiscipleofBob on Aug 1, 2015 22:45:54 GMT -5
I reduced the size of the logo. Image sizes and orientations on proboards are really finicky and often don't make a lot of sense. Backgrounds are especially bad to try and orient correctly without it repeating and looking very tacky.
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Post by Drake on Aug 2, 2015 13:44:17 GMT -5
Frankly, it's kind of ugly but it already looks way more welcoming.
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Post by DiscipleofBob on Aug 2, 2015 14:28:41 GMT -5
Okay, the people have spoken. It's not working.
When I get a chance I'm going to try and change the 'no new posts' logo and remove the black background, at least for this skin. I'm wondering if they'll look better on a black window.
Designing more than one background will take time. It's also to my understanding that there isn't a good way to get an image to resize based on resolution as far as backgrounds go.
Other ideas I'm looking at trying: This background with a black and gold theme. Lighter green and black with a space / GL theme background. Maroon and black with a red and black background with a Batman TAS background if I can find it.
Header I'm not even going to worry about until the rest of the board is aesthetically pleasing, but I do have some image sources I can use for that when the time comes.
Adrini suggested taking this color scheme and changing the background to a wallpaper of various DC logos. That will take time to construct.
I'll take suggestions if people are offering.
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Post by Drake on Aug 2, 2015 16:58:44 GMT -5
I'd recommend staying away from black or other really dark colors.
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Post by DiscipleofBob on Aug 2, 2015 19:16:46 GMT -5
I'd recommend staying away from black or other really dark colors. Well, for the main windows where all the text is the choices are white on black or black on white. Enough titles on the board use different colored fonts as a style choice that there's not really room to play with that without screwing some stories up.
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Post by Drake on Aug 2, 2015 22:36:34 GMT -5
Black text works. I'm just saying black backgrounds don't.
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Post by DiscipleofBob on Aug 6, 2015 13:44:25 GMT -5
Some new changes to the skin. Haven't gotten around to finding/making a new background yet.
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Post by Drake on Aug 6, 2015 14:51:28 GMT -5
I like the colors. I definitely think the background is what needs work.
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Post by DiscipleofBob on Aug 6, 2015 18:55:48 GMT -5
Second attempt at a background up. Not really a fan of it due to the pixelation of the image. Let me know if the colors are a bit better, or maybe if a tiling image would work better.
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Post by Drake on Aug 6, 2015 19:29:42 GMT -5
Tiles are almost never good, but this image also looks bad.
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Post by DiscipleofBob on Aug 6, 2015 20:45:35 GMT -5
Tiles are almost never good, but this image also looks bad. What about the color scheme? Should I be searching for a background that looks similar in that regard?
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Post by Drake on Aug 6, 2015 20:50:26 GMT -5
Um....yes? Honestly, I'm not an expert. I just kept looking for wallpapers and general looks for ASM until I found one that worked and that everyone liked.
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Post by DiscipleofBob on Aug 6, 2015 21:44:57 GMT -5
Attempt number three: generic blue space background.
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Post by thetrueelec on Aug 6, 2015 21:49:23 GMT -5
I like the colour scheme, if you could find something like this with a better resolution I'd be happy with it.
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Post by DiscipleofBob on Aug 6, 2015 22:01:10 GMT -5
I like the colour scheme, if you could find something like this with a better resolution I'd be happy with it. The previous image was too low a resolution. Is the current one too low for your display?
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Post by thetrueelec on Aug 6, 2015 22:06:58 GMT -5
This one looks great on the computer I'm currently using.
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Post by Drake on Aug 6, 2015 22:39:22 GMT -5
I like it.
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Post by Stardrifter on Aug 6, 2015 22:50:13 GMT -5
This image is really good. Goes with the colors as well. The only thing that's really missing is some sort of title at the top. Even if you don't do a fancy banner, just text saying Ultimate DC or Ultimate DCU or something.
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