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Topic Started: Jun 1 2013, 08:05 AM (2,230 Views)
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r3naissanc3r
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Jun 1 2013, 05:25 PM
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The issue comes from using different monitors, which render color differently. When I look at the forum from my work monitor (which is also what I used for adjusting the tones), links are much more conspicuous than when I read the forum from my laptop. The same applies for the slight grays in the various box areas in the forum layout; everything looks exactly white from my laptop.
I'll adjust them to something better later when I work on this again. Having said that, I will probably still not go for such a contrasting color; most likely I will just make links more blue than they currently are.
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Stuff Royal Penguin The Venerable r3naissanc3r, Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall, Earl of Saxony, Earl of Sicillia MdH, KG, ER, ED, EC, EBS, EPS, ESE, EOB, EIN, ESH, ESS, EED, EOI, OR6U, DRM, CD, LC, FNI, DSM, MSM, SCC, KOR, OD, OF, OL, GG Chancellor and Professor of the University of Great Britain and Ireland My stamp collection (donate stamps!) My arms are sexier than NES' Various quotes about me... (click to read) "A socially strange individual." ~ Fenchurch "R3n is a computer - he doesn't type, he just thinks." ~ Westmorlandia "R3naissanc3r's brain is Open Source." ~ Julian Anumia "GoGo SuperR3n." ~ Moleytov "When r3n accuses you of pedantry, you can feel mildly proud." ~ Citizen Tinsy "Poseidon in tights!" ~ Rachel Anumia "r3n - Renegade 3.0 negative." ~ Abacathea "I just said we needed to involve r3n in the paedo/pedo pronunciation discussion and may have alluded to him being a paedofile in order to propagate that discussion." ~ North East Somerset "I'm not an r3n fanboy or anything, I was the only major delegate to vote against his commendation. But that motherfucker knows how to squeeze the WA for all its worth." ~ Altmoras ... and a couple of poems! (click once more) "Many regions and many forums I have seen, Some Invaders, more Defenders, and others in between. From the Pacifics to the Antarctic I spy, from republics to kingdoms my nation plys; Yet although every forum is different and unique, It seems I always find a Penguin who is Greek!" ~ Klopstock
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Anumia
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Jun 1 2013, 05:49 PM
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On the contrast issue: lots of -white- or close to white light colours, with some stark black ones...too much white in general.
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Elias Greyjoy
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Jun 1 2013, 06:04 PM
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I like the white. Looks clean.
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They're not an ally but I don't like it either way. Gotta be sneaky when you're being an asshole.
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SkyDip's actions have, ultimately, destroyed the World Assembly.
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Yea... If you are just going to casually dismiss SkyDip's advice, you are probably not going to get very far at all.
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What Skydip said. This bitchfest is an embarrassment to the Security Council.
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Indi Greyjoy
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Jun 1 2013, 07:43 PM
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Looks good. Question: why is the font in the reply box and the font of posted posts different?
Edit: clarified question.
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Official signature expansion for the curious.
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Vinage Vinage
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Jun 1 2013, 09:14 PM
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Ooo I did like the green Elias posted - maybe an off blue that stands out more?
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r3naissanc3r
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Jun 1 2013, 10:04 PM
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- Indi
- Jun 1 2013, 07:43 PM
Looks good. Question: why is the font in the reply box and the font of posted posts different?
Edit: clarified question. I am not entirely sure either to be honest, given that both areas have the same settings as far as I (and my debugger) can tell. I will change it.
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Ooo I did like the green Elias posted - maybe an off blue that stands out more?
I am thinking of an underlined blue similar to that of the "Law Index" box in the header, but only for posts. The links everywhere else will remain about the same, just a bit more saturated or lighter.
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Stuff Royal Penguin The Venerable r3naissanc3r, Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall, Earl of Saxony, Earl of Sicillia MdH, KG, ER, ED, EC, EBS, EPS, ESE, EOB, EIN, ESH, ESS, EED, EOI, OR6U, DRM, CD, LC, FNI, DSM, MSM, SCC, KOR, OD, OF, OL, GG Chancellor and Professor of the University of Great Britain and Ireland My stamp collection (donate stamps!) My arms are sexier than NES' Various quotes about me... (click to read) "A socially strange individual." ~ Fenchurch "R3n is a computer - he doesn't type, he just thinks." ~ Westmorlandia "R3naissanc3r's brain is Open Source." ~ Julian Anumia "GoGo SuperR3n." ~ Moleytov "When r3n accuses you of pedantry, you can feel mildly proud." ~ Citizen Tinsy "Poseidon in tights!" ~ Rachel Anumia "r3n - Renegade 3.0 negative." ~ Abacathea "I just said we needed to involve r3n in the paedo/pedo pronunciation discussion and may have alluded to him being a paedofile in order to propagate that discussion." ~ North East Somerset "I'm not an r3n fanboy or anything, I was the only major delegate to vote against his commendation. But that motherfucker knows how to squeeze the WA for all its worth." ~ Altmoras ... and a couple of poems! (click once more) "Many regions and many forums I have seen, Some Invaders, more Defenders, and others in between. From the Pacifics to the Antarctic I spy, from republics to kingdoms my nation plys; Yet although every forum is different and unique, It seems I always find a Penguin who is Greek!" ~ Klopstock
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Jun 2 2013, 02:54 AM
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Could you make the links a bold blue?
I like this skin alot more.
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Jun 2 2013, 03:12 AM
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I like it!
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Jun 2 2013, 06:48 AM
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- Jun 1 2013, 05:00 PM
What I was thinking actually is also making a second version of the same skin, with a dark background color. Either that, or having an extra field in users' profile where they can pick whatever background color they want; that would require using javascript, though, which I'd like to avoid.
I prefer darker themes in general (lot easier on the eyes), so I would be all for the first option. I really do like the new header though
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Indi Greyjoy
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Jun 2 2013, 08:35 PM
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Looks good. Question: why is the font in the reply box and the font of posted posts different?
Edit: clarified question.
I am not entirely sure either to be honest, given that both areas have the same settings as far as I (and my debugger) can tell. I will change it. Okay, I can see that it's fixed for the fast reply box. However, the problem persists in the full reply screen. Might want to fix that too.
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Official signature expansion for the curious.
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r3naissanc3r
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Jun 2 2013, 10:11 PM
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I fixed the header (regional info and government are now drop-down menus, all of the top row is a link).
I also changed the fonts for links, they now appear like: [url=link]link[/url].
I made the very white-ish grays be a bit darker (from rgb(250,250,250) to rgb(245,245,245)), so that even on monitors with very low contrast they will be distinguishable from total white.
I'll next lokk into fixing the fonts issue, and looking into why custom bbtags no longer work.
Please let me know what you think, especially regarding the header.
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Stuff Royal Penguin The Venerable r3naissanc3r, Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall, Earl of Saxony, Earl of Sicillia MdH, KG, ER, ED, EC, EBS, EPS, ESE, EOB, EIN, ESH, ESS, EED, EOI, OR6U, DRM, CD, LC, FNI, DSM, MSM, SCC, KOR, OD, OF, OL, GG Chancellor and Professor of the University of Great Britain and Ireland My stamp collection (donate stamps!) My arms are sexier than NES' Various quotes about me... (click to read) "A socially strange individual." ~ Fenchurch "R3n is a computer - he doesn't type, he just thinks." ~ Westmorlandia "R3naissanc3r's brain is Open Source." ~ Julian Anumia "GoGo SuperR3n." ~ Moleytov "When r3n accuses you of pedantry, you can feel mildly proud." ~ Citizen Tinsy "Poseidon in tights!" ~ Rachel Anumia "r3n - Renegade 3.0 negative." ~ Abacathea "I just said we needed to involve r3n in the paedo/pedo pronunciation discussion and may have alluded to him being a paedofile in order to propagate that discussion." ~ North East Somerset "I'm not an r3n fanboy or anything, I was the only major delegate to vote against his commendation. But that motherfucker knows how to squeeze the WA for all its worth." ~ Altmoras ... and a couple of poems! (click once more) "Many regions and many forums I have seen, Some Invaders, more Defenders, and others in between. From the Pacifics to the Antarctic I spy, from republics to kingdoms my nation plys; Yet although every forum is different and unique, It seems I always find a Penguin who is Greek!" ~ Klopstock
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Jun 2 2013, 10:20 PM
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To be honest, I despise dark forums, such as Ainur's. This bright, white skin is a lot more welcoming.
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Jun 2 2013, 10:21 PM
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With the offwhite/light blue background I like it.
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Jun 2 2013, 10:28 PM
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With the offwhite/light blue background I like it. Not sure what that's referring to. The new skin? One of Ainur's?
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Stuff Royal Penguin The Venerable r3naissanc3r, Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall, Earl of Saxony, Earl of Sicillia MdH, KG, ER, ED, EC, EBS, EPS, ESE, EOB, EIN, ESH, ESS, EED, EOI, OR6U, DRM, CD, LC, FNI, DSM, MSM, SCC, KOR, OD, OF, OL, GG Chancellor and Professor of the University of Great Britain and Ireland My stamp collection (donate stamps!) My arms are sexier than NES' Various quotes about me... (click to read) "A socially strange individual." ~ Fenchurch "R3n is a computer - he doesn't type, he just thinks." ~ Westmorlandia "R3naissanc3r's brain is Open Source." ~ Julian Anumia "GoGo SuperR3n." ~ Moleytov "When r3n accuses you of pedantry, you can feel mildly proud." ~ Citizen Tinsy "Poseidon in tights!" ~ Rachel Anumia "r3n - Renegade 3.0 negative." ~ Abacathea "I just said we needed to involve r3n in the paedo/pedo pronunciation discussion and may have alluded to him being a paedofile in order to propagate that discussion." ~ North East Somerset "I'm not an r3n fanboy or anything, I was the only major delegate to vote against his commendation. But that motherfucker knows how to squeeze the WA for all its worth." ~ Altmoras ... and a couple of poems! (click once more) "Many regions and many forums I have seen, Some Invaders, more Defenders, and others in between. From the Pacifics to the Antarctic I spy, from republics to kingdoms my nation plys; Yet although every forum is different and unique, It seems I always find a Penguin who is Greek!" ~ Klopstock
"Great congratulations on your recent Commendation. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy or antarctic bird which cannot fly." ~ Small Huts
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Jun 2 2013, 10:30 PM
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With the offwhite/light blue background I like it.
Not sure what that's referring to. The new skin? One of Ainur's? The new skin
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