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Topic Started: Jun 1 2013, 08:05 AM (2,230 Views)
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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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On the contrast issue: lots of -white- or close to white light colours, with some stark black ones...too much white in general. :P
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I like the white. Looks clean.
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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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Ooo I did like the green Elias posted - maybe an off blue that stands out more?
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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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Could you make the links a bold blue?

I like this skin alot more.
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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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r3naissanc3r
Jun 1 2013, 10:04 PM
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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.
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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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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To be honest, I despise dark forums, such as Ainur's. This bright, white skin is a lot more welcoming.

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With the offwhite/light blue background I like it.
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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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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 :P
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