Danny Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 TF is reaching a stage in its life with the new ipb2.2 coming out soon which means the skin will need totally reworking from scratch. The question is what would you like to see? Colors? Design Ideas? Features? All serous comments will be considered.Also if anyone fancies themselves as a budding gfx designer and fancies at designing a new skin contact me HERE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomR Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 I like the colour scheme youve got going on to be honest. Maybe a black/grey skin? The blue is bright, mut smart and still fairly subtle, so i like that.You know where on the member list you've got posts/member number/name etc? can you add a location box to that so you can sort the list by ascending/descending alphabetical member location? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
will Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 Keep it the same? The skin is perfect the way it is! Is it necessary to change the skin ? Or is it change for the sake of change? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan6061 Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 I like it how it is. Trials riders don't like change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ogre Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 darker skins? tends to hurt my eyes if the room is dark etc. maybe a way of reporting new members if you think they should be validated? obviously only members can do it so new members don't recomend eachother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munkee Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 i liked the old skin that had the hope or the chris king in the top right, was a bit darker .. loads nicer and winter is coming so would be well themed being darker. darker skins? tends to hurt my eyes if the room is dark etc. maybe a way of reporting new members if you think they should be validated? obviously only members can do it so new members don't recomend eachother. report button Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haz Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 Darker would be nice, I quite like forums with black or dark blue backgrounds, with white font over the top, sometimes a bright white and light blue page isnt what you want to see.Other than that, I like it the way it is, it's nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 Before anyone goes off suggesting features like a NMC report button or some shit, i do believe Danny is only talking about looks and layout.I think you should Web 2.0-esque it, solid colours, lots of colour, excellent typography, center it around the portal and give people more of a reason to use the news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 I don't mean to sound like a twat, but the skin is the last thing that needs chaging on the fourm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan6061 Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 Ooh, if we're on about changes, one thing that annoys me, is when there's a large image uploaded, and makes me have to scroll horizontally to read posts. Any way of changing that? I quite like how the forum is now though, I didn't really like the darker skin before. The light one seems friendlier. A dark one feels all weird and too 'underground'. Hard to explain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 I don't mean to sound like a twat, but the skin is the last thing that needs chaging on the fourm.Well what do you think needs changing before the skin?Little pictures for the for sale/wanted section i guess... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Extreme_biker0 Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 I think you should make it 3d so you can walk around and the threads would be like doors you go into and read the posts on the walls or something.But no white writing on a dark background. That negative stuff is gonna cause some serious loss of vision for those who visit the forum too often for their health already, me included. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si-man Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 Well what do you think needs changing before the skin?Little pictures for the for sale/wanted section i guess... yep, that would be handy.Mentioned that the other day, noone took any notice though i dont think, ahwell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 yep, that would be handy.Mentioned that the other day, noone took any notice though i dont think, ahwellI'm not talking about product pictures.Thats near on impossible without majorly hacking the forum. The forum was designed for discussion, not tell sell stuff and so on, so isn't setup to have stuff like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Extreme_biker0 Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 Oh, and remove the advert from the lo-fi version if it doesn't breach the terms of the advertising contract. That *f**king* thing gave me such a high *f**king* gprs bill last month you wouldn't believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 (edited) Well what do you think needs changing before the skin?Well something needs to be done with the forsale / wanted section.The skin for tf is fine. Why change it?...actually, after re-reading, it looks like the skin has to be changed so nevermind. Edited November 20, 2006 by JT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted November 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 Thanks for the comments people.The skin HAS TO be recoded from scratch so i thought while i'm at it we might as well change a few things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anzo Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 Agreed with the dudes who said 'Darker Colours', too bright. I'm colourblind and a lot of the blues look white on here, its not until I piss about with colours on my monitor can I notice it.Which means that its hard to distinguish from one post to the next (although exaggerating slightly), so a darker shades (greys blacks) or even a darker shade of blue would suffice - colourblind friendly website Also, more posts per page! (unless thats a personal option in the control panel?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavyn. Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 i'd like to see a mac style skin the one where it looks sort of metalic that would be cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Extreme_biker0 Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 i'd like to see a mac style skin the one where it looks sort of metalic that would be coolEasy to make it look tacky that way. I think the current design, since it was first implemented was very nice and quite up-to-date.The way forward is blocks of colours, low contrast, etc, which pretty much sums up the way the site is now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poopipe Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 Easy to make it look tacky that way. I think the current design, since it was first implemented was very nice and quite up-to-date.The way forward is blocks of colours, low contrast, etc, which pretty much sums up the way the site is now.I'm with him, although perhaps a little bit of a coloured accenting might tart things up a little (yellow/orange always work nicely with the sort of blues you're using at the moment)and yeah - none of that white text on black background stuff, it's a health hazard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredrico Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 Why not have 2 skins, this one as it is and then a darker one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan6061 Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 Why not have 2 skins, this one as it is and then a darker one? There's the 'classic' skin aswell..got o home page, then at the bottom you can choose. That's darker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Extreme_biker0 Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 (edited) Why don't people post some screenshots of colour schemes they'd like?Can't be that hard to change the current one in paint?!In fact, here's a proof of concept!That's how i would like it. Edited November 20, 2006 by Extreme_biker0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Kearns Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 I say bring that old black skin back, you know the black one with the king hub in the corner, but still keep this one and give people the option of which one they wish to use, i miss that skin, loved it.I would really appriciate that if you brought it back.Cheers.Dan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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