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Post by sukotsuto on Jan 30, 2007 2:40:47 GMT -5
New Forum Skin - Blue Moon! If it's a little amateurish, sorry about that. This is just the first time I seriously tried to create a forum skin using my favorite color: Blue, while trying to maintain the outer space theme of the one a745 made. You can change the skin when you modify your profile just in case you missed it Anyway, would you like this to be the default color to be seen by unregistered users interested in joining? Any suggestions for new forum skin or improving this one go ahead and say it
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Post by PanbanRichard on Jan 30, 2007 9:49:53 GMT -5
Not bad, I like how the blue blends with the background, feels ALOT like Invisionfree. It's good so far though I suggest having custom icons for reply, new posts, etc.
Other than that, I was just thinking of keeping this as an extra skin for people to use. If this was shown to unregistered users, they might not think this is a Tales oriented forum by the skin. Though it's probably a low possibility, you never know if the skins may take away attraction.
Though I wouldn't mind, it's all your decision. I'm just speaking my mind out so some of this may not make sense. XP[/font]
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Post by sukotsuto on Jan 30, 2007 11:14:42 GMT -5
Heheh comment appreciated man ;D Yeah I have to know the url for the images for unread/read thread/board stuff of the previous one. I was also thinking of asking a745 (if I catch her online again, though I can also wait 'til she reads this) in turning this board into a news and announcement board instead so that we can announce not only the upcoming main site overhaul, but also any non-site major changes (like these forums).
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Post by a745 on Jan 31, 2007 4:04:17 GMT -5
Hmm, yeah I kinda like it, just have to make a few adjustments with the font colors and stuff because it was kind of hard to read for me.
And my only concerns are Bunnywisk's buttons and SV's posts. Bunny-chan's work doesn't fit much with that skin, so we may have to ask her to make new ones, and SV's posts are always in green, so wouldn't it kinda look awkward?
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Post by sukotsuto on Jan 31, 2007 4:13:48 GMT -5
Yeah... I kinda thought of that since I've been working on making the fonts match the colors for a long time, though I still can't fine-tune it right. Hex code for the right colors will be totally appreciated. Seeing that the bg image is a tiled wallpaper from the Front Mission series (if any of you play Front Mission 3 or Front MIssion 4, tell me ;D ) I might change it using someting tales related... but first, anyone has any "blueish" tales pictures to be used as background image? As for the buttons, let's ask bunnywisk if it's okay for her to work on buttons again! I might work on it again tomorrow though. My mind's not too fresh today
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Post by PanbanRichard on Jan 31, 2007 10:00:38 GMT -5
Personally, I don't mind bunnywisk's buttons up there, to me they seem like they fit. Maybe it's because of my weird sense of style. o.o
As for my font, maybe I'll change them to standard green if we manage to keep this. It'd look something like...[/font]
...This. I don't mind changing, since Green is green no matter what shade its in. =P
EDIT: Though now looking at this green... I think I made it worse. XP[/font]
For a BG image, maybe someone can layer a light blue gradient over some Tales characters. Just a suggestion, though I know you guys would do better than me so I won't even try. XP
Now that you mention it... The link colors blending with the BG image a bit... That's why I don't like using BG images for webpages, cause no matter what, every color will always blend with it (Unless you use a table background color, but of course you can't do that in forums. =P).
But, let's see what you'll come up with in the next change.[/font]
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Post by Picup on Jan 31, 2007 18:29:43 GMT -5
<.<; SV's post actually blend really well with the new background....
But, I think the blue is a bit.. bright in my opinion... And like a745 said, the buttons don't go right with the blue-ness.
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Post by sukotsuto on Jan 31, 2007 19:45:41 GMT -5
Maybe I should change the link and visited link colors to something yellowish, peach or orange? Not sure how to what colors to use to change the post background colors though... anyone wants something like this?: Screenshot of the forum skin: Original skin: kazuyauk.proboards16.com/It's our old NeoGeoForLife forums using proboards (the site I'm a moderator on and as part of NeoGeoforLife.com staff. We now have an integrated forum in the site so we're no longer using this one).
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Post by PanbanRichard on Jan 31, 2007 19:56:17 GMT -5
I guess that'd be OK, but don't let it replace your Blue Moon one, I wanna see if you can elaborate on this. Since this is your first skin after all. =P[/font]
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Post by RYN-chan on Feb 2, 2007 6:58:20 GMT -5
nice new forum skin!
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Post by Natsumi on Feb 2, 2007 15:43:24 GMT -5
I like it, but a lot of things are hard to read against the blue, and BunnyWisk's site buttons don't fit well with it. x.x Maybe you should use something larger for the background image? It repeats a little too much, and the "Low Earth Orbit Satellite System" text repeats itself a bit too much. Keep "Abyss" as the default skin, I'd say.
Even though the site's name is "Abyssal Chronicles," maybe there should be a forum skin with characters from Tales other than Abyss? When the new site layout comes around, the randomized banners'll spread through the entire Tales spectrum, and maybe there should be a forum skin or two that reflects that. Just a suggestion...
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Post by a745 on Feb 4, 2007 2:33:34 GMT -5
I like it, but a lot of things are hard to read against the blue, and BunnyWisk's site buttons don't fit well with it. x.x Maybe you should use something larger for the background image? It repeats a little too much, and the "Low Earth Orbit Satellite System" text repeats itself a bit too much. Keep "Abyss" as the default skin, I'd say. Even though the site's name is "Abyssal Chronicles," maybe there should be a forum skin with characters from Tales other than Abyss? When the new site layout comes around, the randomized banners'll spread through the entire Tales spectrum, and maybe there should be a forum skin or two that reflects that. Just a suggestion... Yeah... It WOULD be cool to make skins for each Tales game! Let me and suko talk about that when we have the time. BTW, Natsumi, have you sent the guides yet?
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Post by Natsumi on Feb 4, 2007 11:08:20 GMT -5
Not yet. I will later today, though, I promise. [/busy and lazy] You wanted Symphonia and Legendia skills, right? And something else that I forgot?
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Post by a745 on Feb 4, 2007 22:29:43 GMT -5
Thanks~! Uh, Abyss titles?
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Post by Natsumi on Feb 5, 2007 16:58:16 GMT -5
Titles? All I have info on are costume titles... I could've sworn I said that... I sent you the Legendia and Symphonia skill guides last night. Did you get them?
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