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Re: Board Changes
« Reply #150 on: 25 March 2010, 03:15:44 »
Nice...... :O
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Re: Board Changes
« Reply #151 on: 25 March 2010, 03:31:04 »
Well Ultifd, it is not the original theme that was used years back, but I like it and work on making something similar is underway. Here's a quick image of developement so far. You see its only part way done and you can still see the old parts, but its coming.

http://yfrog.com/1xcapturecxup

Looks great!  ;D
But some people (maybe me, I don't know) Might argue about the brightness...or the darkness of the colors...
So we'll see.

Can't wait for the new upcoming theme.  :thumbup:

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« Reply #152 on: 25 March 2010, 03:48:54 »
It looks good so far.
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« Reply #153 on: 25 March 2010, 13:22:53 »
Well, I tried the Glest team for a day or so and it was ok. I wouldn't mind using it all the time.  :thumbup:
But for some reason (I don't remember what now) I switched back to the default theme.

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Re: Board Changes
« Reply #154 on: 25 March 2010, 15:32:29 »
Well Its not done yet, right?
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« Reply #155 on: 25 March 2010, 16:09:27 »
Well, the one I posted a picture of is very much incomplete. Only the header and PARTS of the thing below it (with the avatar, etc) are done, as well as the footer is part way done (though you cant see it in the picture). I am not cloning tucho's theme to a T, but using very similar styles (the differences between the two board types are obvious).

Because firefox doesn't like my computer's flashing windows problem, I had to use safari for my testing, and found its web inspector tool (basically an all in one debugger) to be very helpful. Kudos to apple there!

BTW, a question for one of the Glest Team:

Why was attachments disallowed in the past again? I think it was something about using too much bandwidth or something??? Opinions? :|

@jda: The theme you previewed is indeed quite dark. Wait for this next, more glesty one and try it. BTW, an interesting thing I notice is that change is hard to accept. When the board originally changed, we didn't like the look because we were used to the old one. Eventually we became used to this one, and when I first began creating themes, I noticed that I didn't really like the glest theme because I wasn't used to it. But eventually, I grew used to it (spent a lot of time debugging) and I liked it. I think that when the final theme is implimented, it will have to be used for quite a while before you guys generally accept it (ok, not quite a while, maybe a week, depending on how *stuborn* you are).

@ultifd: The brightness/darkness contrast is very varying, but that's because it is incomplete. I'll need maybe a week or so to finish, depending on how busy I am on the break (already!).
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« Reply #156 on: 25 March 2010, 18:29:03 »
Because firefox doesn't like my computer's flashing windows problem, I had to use safari for my testing, and found its web inspector tool (basically an all in one debugger) to be very helpful. Kudos to apple there![/i]
I thought you were using a PC...? Or is Safari available to PC's now? (Windows, Linux, ???)

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Why was attachments disallowed in the past again? I think it was something about using too much bandwidth or something??? Opinions? :|
Obviously not being a member of the Glest team myself, I can assure you MANY forums hold that position, for the reason you gave, even when they are not related to artwork (which naturally boosts up the said bandwidth usage as well as host storage space)... :P

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@jda: The theme you previewed is indeed quite dark. Wait for this next, more glesty one and try it. BTW, an interesting thing I notice is that change is hard to accept. When the board originally changed, we didn't like the look because we were used to the old one. Eventually we became used to this one, and when I first began creating themes, I noticed that I didn't really like the glest theme because I wasn't used to it. But eventually, I grew used to it (spent a lot of time debugging) and I liked it. I think that when the final theme is implimented, it will have to be used for quite a while before you guys generally accept it (ok, not quite a while, maybe a week, depending on how *stuborn* you are).
"Resistance to change" is an often abused concept (I'm a sociologist BTW). It's correct usage is as a synthesizing concept to where many other concepts/factors converge (which exactly depending on the specific case). Using it as a cause-in-itself is wrong as it is (when used like that) completely seperate from the reality it is suposed to describe. ;)
That said, habits are part of the normal human behaviour. Redundancy helps quick action and also provides a feeling of comfort/security. Nonetheless, it is enthropy that makes things move forward and stuff like ambition and desire cry out for it! ;)
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Re: Board Changes
« Reply #157 on: 25 March 2010, 18:55:26 »
I thought you were using a PC...? Or is Safari available to PC's now? (Windows, Linux, ???)
Safari has been on windows for as long as I can remember...

"Resistance to change" is an often abused concept (I'm a sociologist BTW). It's correct usage is as a synthesizing concept to where many other concepts/factors converge (which exactly depending on the specific case). Using it as a cause-in-itself is wrong as it is (when used like that) completely seperate from the reality it is suposed to describe. ;)
That said, habits are part of the normal human behaviour. Redundancy helps quick action and also provides a feeling of comfort/security. Nonetheless, it is enthropy that makes things move forward and stuff like ambition and desire cry out for it! ;)
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Re: Board Changes
« Reply #158 on: 25 March 2010, 20:25:28 »
It has a bunch of smiles in a row and after it says [more] right?

You should have it just have a button with a smile on it (Showing no smiles) and when you click on it the window pops up with all the smiles on it.
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« Reply #159 on: 25 March 2010, 23:31:42 »
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@ultifd: The brightness/darkness contrast is very varying, but that's because it is incomplete. I'll need maybe a week or so to finish, depending on how busy I am on the break (already!).
   
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« Reply #160 on: 26 March 2010, 00:31:45 »
It has a bunch of smiles in a row and after it says [more] right?

You should have it just have a button with a smile on it (Showing no smiles) and when you click on it the window pops up with all the smiles on it.
Any one think its a good idea?
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« Reply #161 on: 26 March 2010, 01:25:54 »
Yes, Elim, I think it's a great idea, but give people more than 4 hours to reply. ::)
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« Reply #162 on: 26 March 2010, 01:32:43 »
Yeah...or maybe in the area to the left of the posting...box... or maybe not... ::)  :|

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« Reply #163 on: 26 March 2010, 01:34:49 »
I'll go with not, just do Elim's idea and put the one smiley, where the 'smiley' 'smiley' is :cheesy:
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« Reply #164 on: 26 March 2010, 01:36:37 »
I'll go with not, just do Elim's idea and put the one smiley, where the 'smiley' 'smiley' is :cheesy:
Well, does he mean all the smilies? In fact...we don't have too much...  :|

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Re: Board Changes
« Reply #165 on: 26 March 2010, 01:48:19 »
I don't know what eliminator means, but I'll skip that and go right into the awesomeness:

I've finished the new theme, and all thats left is testing compatibility with the glest board (ie: some mods like the spoiler tag may need to be reinstalled). Pictures are below.

I've uploaded to the board, but heavy testing is needed to make sure everything works well. Let's give this about a week of testing (please do try it out! You can set your theme from your profile page).

http://www.mediafire.com/?mwjddmrzmzn
http://www.mediafire.com/?fu5dmjz4fye
http://www.mediafire.com/?l0m2ujgt2m2

The smilies should be fine, as should most things. Will need to know if youtube and spoiler tags work.
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« Reply #166 on: 26 March 2010, 01:51:00 »
Kinda Dark, but it's cool.  :)
Testing.
No Header...
Can you rename your old theme, or delete it?  ::)
...You should have uploaded the images to imageshack...  :|
EDIT: Why is  there a ".........." below the "Home" link?

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« Reply #167 on: 26 March 2010, 01:52:58 »
Kinda Dark, but it's cool.  :)
Testing.
No Header...
Can you rename your old theme, or delete it?  ::)
...You should have uploaded the images to imageshack...  :|
Ugh, did it wrong. I screwed up the header's path, which worked on mine, but not here. Gotta fix that.
I also failed to update the xml with the information... Cease testing, I gotta fix this... Will try again tomorrow.  :(

Also, must fix sticky posts background (how'd I miss that?) as well. Any news about the spoiler and youtube tags?

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EDIT: Why is  there a ".........." below the "Home" link?
That shoes the active tab. Home will have that for the normal parts of the board. Try clicking 'profile'.

EDIT// Oops, also have to fix the color of the quotes. Guess I should test all BBCode..
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« Reply #168 on: 26 March 2010, 02:08:05 »
(click to show/hide)
Spoiler looks better, so it's cool.
Youtube bbcode is fine.
Anyways, good luck.  :thumbup:

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« Reply #169 on: 26 March 2010, 02:18:37 »
Thanks ultifd. Am working on the stable version, but won't be ready till tomorrow.
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« Reply #170 on: 26 March 2010, 04:41:40 »
One the stable version is done tell me and Ill test it.  :)
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« Reply #171 on: 28 March 2010, 00:19:09 »
So... Omega...  :|
Too busy right? Well at least post  ::) or not.  :|
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« Reply #172 on: 28 March 2010, 02:18:11 »
Sorry about that guys. Couldn't get online yesterday... :|

Anyway, it's uploaded now. Please test.

Change Log:
-Fixed the header image. Stupid case sensitivity! I put the path in lowercase (as I always do for web design), but apparently the SMF Theme's folder is titled 'Themes' with a capital T. :confused:
-Fixed colors of quotes, codes and likewise.
-Fixed footer text
-Updated data XML.
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« Reply #173 on: 28 March 2010, 02:26:40 »
So far so good, besides the "black" color in the background.  ::)  :bomb:
and that messes with the white text.
So yeah.  ::)
I'll test more.
eDIT: Yeah, black and gray, not so good...  ::)
and with white text.
heh.
especially with the eyes.  ::)
green and header is good though.  :thumbup:

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« Reply #174 on: 28 March 2010, 02:32:48 »
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eDIT: Yeah, black and gray, not so good...  ::)
and with white text.
heh.
especially with the eyes.  ::)
I'm not sure what you mean. Care to point out an example? ;)
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