Brand New Forum Design!

[Tucker]

Hey All!

Well it has finally happened, We have left the blackness of the old forum and spread ourself out into the light of the new! In other words, We decided we needed a change. Although it does give the header logo new meaning, with black on the left depicting the Main Site and white on the right depicting the Forum, and when on the forum the white blends into forum and when on Main Site the black blends into that. (And no it wasn't planned, I am not that creative  ) It is a nice way to look at it though.

This is the testing stage of the forums so there may still be bugs and errors we haven't fixed yet, So if you do find any just reply to this post. But yeah, I hope you all think it looks good and brightens up the place, I have attached a poll to this post so if you would like to cast your vote on your own opinions of the forum then please feel free to do so, As well feel free to reply with your thoughts to the new design, We are really eager to hear feedback on what you think.

Thanks!

P.S. If you could please comment on what you think of the icons that would be most helpful as well (Topic List, Index Forum Icons, Ancient text in them)

Known Issues

• (Cosmetic) Message Icons need replacing because they do not look very good with new design. (They where designed for a black background.)
• (Cosmetic) Need to change Info Center Icon Images (Bottom of Index Page)

[Griff]

I quite like the old one better

But it's nice to have a change 

It's as good as the old one

[Colonel Sheppard]

I like the icons

[Tucker]

I like the icons

lol, Yeah thanks for those by the way  I did replace the main page Icons because they didnt seem very stargaty but the ones for topics look good 

[James Gilfoyle]

Hey tucker,

I like it - much prefer it to the old design 

Love the new banner blendingness...

I think the text size could do with being smaller though, but all in all - nicely done!

[Tucker]

Hey tucker,

I like it - much prefer it to the old design 

Love the new banner blendingness...

I think the text size could do with being smaller though, but all in all - nicely done!

Text size is too big, looks about same as old, how do you mean?

[Robin K]

I've personally never been fond of overly dark forums, it can make reading them difficult, especially on a laptop.  Or that could just be me.  I love the new look for the forum, while keeping the 'familiar face' of the site the same.  Very well done!

[Tucker]

Thanks Robin K, Yeah I knew there would be mixed opinions, So I am giving people the option to either go with old look or new, it is up to them.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE BACK TO OLD THEME

1. Go to your profile
2. Click Look and Layout Preferences on left hand side
3. Look for Current Theme: Oxygen (change) and then click change and you can select a the old theme.

[.Steel]

I agree with, Robin K. I have never liked black or darker forums. Definitely like the new change.

The new banner suits the skin. However, it's good that you have given people a choice with the skin. Not all forums give users a choice.

Nice work with the new skin. Nice to see the change.

[Tucker]

Thanks for your comments Steel  Yeah trying to please everyone 

[ann_blue]

  Sweet! I love the new format, particularly how well it goes with the banner.

Good job, guys! 

[Starpass]

At first look it's like..Whooh! but after the initial shock is over, it looks pretty good. Love having the choice to go back to the black style.
As far as the size of font; it looks just fine as it is. That said, I say.."Good Job Tucker and Company" . As always; you guys do good work.

[martouf]

All I can say is like it you have done a good job keep it up.

[stargatep90]

So far I like it, really good work on it.

Sorry I don't come by that much since I lost my internet at home and the motherboard is bad, I will not have the money to get it fixed or for internet for a long time.

If your wondering I'm at the library and I don't get to all my favorite sites.

[Alex_Mcpherson]

i usually prefer dark forum skins...
For one wheni  use the computer, usually its in the dark so a bright skin hurts the eyes and turning down the contrast/brightness usually means i dont see pictures that well (near-dark colors blend into black, like watching a film thats got a dark scene, and with contrast/brightness down, you dont even see anything.)

A fair number of people have converted locally-stored html pages from dark text on light background to light text on dark background too.

I'm switchin back to old.