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I have begun work on a new theme/style (whichever you prefer). While diggin through some posts and what not, I've come accross some saying how things might change with theming scheme and so forth.
Will these be major changes, or minor? Do you know or is it still to be determined? I ask cause I was wondering if I should hold off on the actual coding until the next release (with the changes).
Or is the next release not for a while, and I should just go ahead with it? If I make the theme now and changes are made to Vanilla will I have to start over, or will I only have to make a few changes here and there? Anything you can tell me would be great.
Oh, and Mark, great work. I love Vanilla, was kind of sketchy at first, but now im in <3. -
There is no set date on the next release, and before it is released the forum goes through beta testing.
I'd call this versions "skins" styles, and the next ones themes, since there will be an actual templating system. I'm pretty sure that if you make a theme now, you will learn much about making themes for Vanilla and you can make the next one for the new version even faster and better. -
Lucky I checked before I posted my reply. I was about to say the same things you just mentioned.
You will be able to edit the xhtml AS WELL as the css in the next rev which is a big theming/ templating plus. -
Ok, thats pretty much all what I had figured. I will go forward with the "style". Thanks.
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not a problem.
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Kosmo marches around
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So I started, heck, almost finished with it... Heres some screenies..
I am thinkin of adding some sort of image header, and maybe a gradient background or something.... not sure yet. There also might be a few things I missed, I need to get my forum errors resolved so I can open it up and have people test it. -
- CommentAuthorMinisweeper
- CommentTimeSep 24th 2005
nice -
looks a bit like dirt :D
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Does it? Havent used it, maybe I'll have to go look at it. I made it to match my site....
http://hatethis.org/ -
heh, I guess it does resemble dirt.
I still like mine better :D (and I think its a tad easier to read) -
i think red on black is hard to read under any circumstance.
It does look nice though. good work. -
I'm more on the side of subtle pastell colors and minor variations in the color theme, it is soothing.
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I am with you Kosmo. But, each to their own. Some people like a darker colo(u)r scheme.
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depends wholey on the shade of red. along with some subtle contrast of what kind of grey, it has to be dark otherwise it tends to blur and blend, but it's not obnoxiously sticking out. Also to be used in moderation :D
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I prefer nice light colour schemes, finding many different shades of black is quite hard, while on the default vanilla theme you can have light blue, light yellow, light pink and all sorts.
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"... I see a Vanilla theme and I want to paint it black"
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Yeah I get what your saying, but I made it to match the rest of my site. Cant have a bright shiny pastel colored forum style when the rest of the site is dark greys/reds and such....wouldnt look right if you ask me. But thats also why you can change your own style! (usually anyways)
Since I moved from San Jose, to Roseville my computer is in a much brighter location, which does make it hard to see things during the day. I will probably be switching color schemes soon, built this to just get rid of the pink/purple/yellow for now.
But I *plan* on making a lot more styles, not just to match my site, in the future.
http://forum.hatethis.org - Stop by, check out the theme, toss any suggestions out if you have any (or post em here). Check out the normal site too, you'll see what I mean by matching... http://hatethis.org -
Oh lordy, that bright red text actually hurts my head. I'm glad I'm not one of your forum members :D
It's not that it doesn't look good, it's just that my eyes are very sensitive to colors and contrasts. -
lol....
I have no forum members :(
Well "if I make it, tthey will come", maybe I'll get some if I toss out some more styles, and themes when they are available. -
Don't feel bad, neither do I, I don't even have a single comment on my blog, even tho I have a nice amount of daily activity on my site.
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Ok so I started another style. You guys talked me out of the other one, it was kind of hard to read... and I like the one I just made a lot better...
Preview:
As always you can check it out at my forum...
I really do plan on getting the finishing touches done so I can release them to the public. I feel that these are more or less just color variations for Vanilla, ah what the hell, who cares.
Im one of those guys that is never satisfied. Im sure I will pop these things out constantly, most probably always like 90% finished (unless someone actually uses one, then I'll fix what I missed). I just hope the new Vanilla changes arent too radical... so I have to remake them all. Not that it matters I guess, I enjoy doing it.
We really need a Style/Theme category... -
Nice theme, good colors, easier to read, still needs finishing touches and it's just a tad crude, but if you put a header image it should smooth things nicely.
We really need a Style/Theme category...
I really agree with you on this one, since I can't contribute extensions with my knowledge of PHP, I could contribute styles and advice. -
- CommentAuthorMinisweeper
- CommentTimeSep 28th 2005
well if someone would just give me my admin powaz back i'd whip one up in no time...
You just cant get the staff these days. -
looking good krak, much better than the last one :)
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well if someone would just give me my admin powaz back i'd whip one up in no time...
You can't be a douchebag and a mod at the same time.
You just cant get the staff these days.
Well you can, but vanilla won't know about it. -
- CommentAuthorMinisweeper
- CommentTimeSep 28th 2005
when ohhello was running i made a 'minisweeper' status that combined the benefits of both the superadmin and the douchebag. It was fantastic. -
You can't be a douchebag and a mod at the same time.
Well you can, but vanilla won't know about it.
Hahaha... funny, But actually he could. Mark could make a special "douchemod" role that has both. -
Woah, minisweeper is an MVP!
Congrats! -
Awesome, now he can make the style category \o/
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- CommentAuthorMinisweeper
- CommentTimeSep 29th 2005
Well, i suppose i could....maybe i dont want to?
*ta-da! -
SWEET!
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What the hell does MVP stand for?
*wants to be one anyway -
I know lech is the only other one. I just did a quick role search.
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hehe :D
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so... what does it stand for?
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MVP as a basketball term means Most Valuable Player, usually given to a player in the winning team, who has contributed the most to the team.
But I doubt it means the same here. -
Most Valuable Person maybe?
Thanks for that Kosmo -
- CommentAuthorMinisweeper
- CommentTimeSep 29th 2005
yeah, i wondered that when lech got it. I'd assumed it was most valuable person or something...so i'm not sure how there can be two of us.
I say lech should be MVP since he's actually useful and i should be LVP/Slave or Douchemod.
But we cant argue with the big man.
*Goes to find other threads to move. -
I regret nothing!
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lol @ douchemod. I've had it only for a little while, mini. I don't abuse it (yet) but pretty much correct stuff and contribute the same as usual. But yeah, we're just jonezy and marks underlings, however we can revolt and change their responses (evil laugh).
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So what are the chanecs of me getting some neat role? Like Librarian, The Documentor that sounds mighty.
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ahaha, lol. Most Valuable Peoples. Its kind of odd not seeing the bar accross the screen for mini's posts. I've gotten used to it.
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To be quite honest, I'm not much of a fan of that tagline appearing in places. I suppose instead an image or something could be put in it's place, but I guess I'll have to wait until I can get my hands on the next revision to really utilize it the way I want to.
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Kosmo votes for text only signatures
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I vote for lack of signatures.
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- CommentAuthorMinisweeper
- CommentTimeSep 29th 2005
i'm with giginger on that one. Heh lech, i hadnt actually noticed i could edit peoples posts...i'm not sure why i didnt just assume it. Couldnt you just hide the tagline with css? -
yes.
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It could stand for: Most Valuable People. Sounds more like it.
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Maybe add the signatures as an extension or option that you can toggle on/off?
In the Mapcore forum that I hang around, we usually post our web portfolios and websites in the signature. But I agree, some sigs with pictures are so freaking annoying.