Re: New homepage image & color updates

[Sighlent]

Pfft who needs to learn a foreign language when you can speak HTML? Of course I can't anyway...but I was just throwing that out there.

I do feel inclined to admit that on the front page, that FOG kinda looks like FOO to me, if you look at it too long. O.O But it looks sooo purdy!

Oh as for who made the footsteps sorry that was me. I get bored at night and often wander about creepy desolate forests to clear my thoughts. I also do crop circles and alien abductions on the weekend. Which reminds me, Fate I think I still have your purse from the other night...sorry it was a come and go sorta ordeal and although it may have felt like a mugging, I can assure you I was not after your wallet.

I just wanted a hug s'all.

LMAO.

[Kalon Ordona II]

Can we have something in between gray and white? I use gray for OOCing in RPs.
Here's a comparison....

testing testing one two three
testing testing one two three
testing testing one two three
testing testing one two three
testing testing one two three

Can I vote for the second one?

White is too light

This seems not quite white and not quite gray. Easier on the eyes without being too dark.

Whatchathink?
You've made the color of links lighter, too, so the between-white-and-gray will match that better.

[Fate Flyer]

Ah, good call, Sighlent. I fixed the G in FOG more, so now it should look a lot more G-ish. XD

O_O Wow, Sighlent. That was YOU? You're my hero. Lulz! Th-Thanks... *snatches purse back* You could just ask next time.



Mmmm, if we go any lighter than this, then the links and the text will seriously be indistinguishable. Trust me, I was playing around with it all morning. D: See, try typing in that lighter grey text and linking to something. Also, the lighter the text gets, the more the contrast, and the more the contrast, the harder it is on the eyes to read.

[Sighlent]

[Ragter the junior greeter]

Uh...I think I remember last night, Sighlent.

I don't think the memories will ever go away.

[Sighlent]

Yeah I think I might have overdone the ethereal beauty with you Ragter, my apologies...don't worry I'm quite positive your eye sight will come back at some point and almost certain that your suddenly new found fear of jello will wear away eventually.

I hope.

If it doesn't well...embrace the fear of the jiggliness!

[Kalon Ordona II]

So like if I link to my role-play in the Advanced Role-play section, it'll be hard to tell? Hmm, this is worth experimenting with.

So if I now compare the same role-play link with the normal color.... we'll be able to see which matches better. ^_^

And just for fun, let's do white, with the same link, yet again. Just so we're thorough.

*previews*

Hmmmm......

I still vote for the between color.
The gray just seems a little too gloomy, to me. *shrug*

[Stion Gyas]

So if I now compare the same role-play link with the normal color.... we'll be able to see which matches better. ^_^

Watch it with bolded links. Makes it all the much better.

So if I now compare the same role-play link with the normal color.... we'll be able to see which matches better. ^_^

Underlined works well, too.

[Ragter the junior greeter]

Oh god the jelly...

It's in my fridge right now, being all...jiggly

Oh, yeah, I just noticed how much darker the text looks...huh.

[Fate Flyer]

I'll get onenitedrive's opinion on the text too tonight (since this is his place too XD LOL). I'll also see if he can bold all links, so we don't have as much of an issue distinguishing them between the text. Finally, I'll have him see if he can add custom colors that we want in the colors to choose from here, to make changing text (to good colors) easier. XD

[Fate Flyer]

So like if I link to my role-play in the Advanced Role-play section, it'll be hard to tell? Hmm, this is worth experimenting with.

So if I now compare the same role-play link with the normal color.... we'll be able to see which matches better. ^_^

And just for fun, let's do white, with the same link, yet again. Just so we're thorough.

*previews*

Hmmmm......

I still vote for the between color.
The gray just seems a little too gloomy, to me. *shrug*

If you make the text lighter than the link color, then it'll be more noticeable, but then we're back to where we used to be pretty much.

[ACK!]

I know you sent me an e-mail, but I post my comments here.

I like the color you have now, but Kalon's suggestion works pretty well too. I suggest maybe polling people to see what they'll say.

If you are able to edit the CSS of the layout, bolding the links should be easy peasy. I agree, it looks really great that way. It's a great option--especially to kick away from even considering the text being white again.

The white on black was a harsh contrast and tended to be a little glaring. I like the colors you're playing with now. We'll get there!

[Fate Flyer]

Thanks for the feedback, ACK. I appreciate it.

We don't have access to the CSS, but we can write our own CSS to take the place of some aspects and features around the message board.

[ACK!]

So I'm still trying to understand how Forumotion works... But if that's the case--have you tried to download phpBB3 and taking the ProSilver CSS file? I'm pretty sure this is just a ProSilver based style... So they may have the same CSS tags. It might not hurt too much to try looking into.

[Dio the Awesome]

I did like the cyan better than just gray, but whatever works.

[Fate Flyer]

ACK, it's like you're speaking gibberish to me. XD Tony's home now and he said it'll be easy to change the links to bold, so I guess he just knows how. So, coolies.

I changed the font a smidgeon lighter...just a tad.

Glad you like the blue, Diodri.

[Fate Flyer]

It looks like you Internet Explorer people see the text and the links nearly exactly the same. In other words, the font looks a lot brighter than it should be. If you use Firefox, the font is a little closer to what it should be, but it's still brighter/lighter than it is in actuality.

See now, if you had a Mac and used Safari or Camino, then your browser would register those colors as what they truly are. Only another reason to switch to Mac. (*cough*Blatantadvertisement*cough*)

[Guest]

So I'm still trying to understand how Forumotion works... But if that's the case--have you tried to download phpBB3 and taking the ProSilver CSS file? I'm pretty sure this is just a ProSilver based style... So they may have the same CSS tags. It might not hurt too much to try looking into.

Hey, ACK. Basically how it works is, I can figure out what the tags are for the DIVS, but I can't directly edit the code. In the control panel there is a box where I can add code which overwrites the original code. It can be a huge pain sometimes, but I learned about this web developer add-on for Firefox that helps me so much with identifying tags. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/60

side note: I made the links in posts bold I'm pretty sure I can't add custom colors to the button though.

[Sighlent]

-Le gasp-

OND was on and I missed it.

Lol.

He's NEVER on...at least not when I am. He's like a phantom. Ooh we could call him the Phantom of the Forum! LMAO.

Ok, ok. I'll stop with my randomness.

[Stion Gyas]

Stion is testing the links: This bolded link goes to this thread.


*Hopes*

EDIT: Works perfectly. Awesome work One.

[Ragter the junior greeter]

I use Firefox, it's tight

seriously, I don't know how it is in other browsers, but I can easily tell the difference between text and a link in Firefox :/

*shamelesspromotionoffirefoxgoeshere*

[Fate Flyer]

W00t, I'm glad, Ragter. I hate it when things don't look the way they should. Onenitedrive uses Explorer and sees the links and the regular text as nearly the same.

[Sorin]

Well... he should use Firefox, They're clearly distinguishable, Firefox makes the links easier to see, you should use Firefox... Not likes it's the best or anything it's just Firefox... so get it...Firefox The better browser.

Oh I like the colors of the power rangers : D

[Ragter the junior greeter]

lol, biggest Firefox promotion I've ever seen

[Sorin]

S-K-I-L-L-Z I know no to to applaud

[Stion Gyas]

I prefer Google Chrome... it looks just fine. But... why are we turning this into an advertisement-spam fest?

Perhaps a font color with a little more blue would work well? A purplish-blueish-gray?

[Ragter the junior greeter]

I rather like that idea

[Sorin]

Google chrome is good to, I find the color is fine, but the purplish grey thing would work.. I think.

Green Power Ranger OUT

[Eternity]

Hey Fate, just throwing up a suggestion here:

First off, I'm totally okay with the way the links look now, but is there any way you could maybe just underline them instead of bolding them, or maybe having like that... dotted line beneath them? I doubt that's possible lol. But, like I said, these are just suggestions.

But it's up to you.



By the way, I love the new font tones and whatnot. It's nice!

[Fate Flyer]

Well, right now, the links are a bluish-white, so I wanted to keep the font more on the gray side, lest (yet again) the links and the main font look too similar.

Actually, we could underline the links instead of bolding them, but I'm not sure about the dotted line. I just thought it should be bold since, personally, I'm not a huge fan of underlined links. I asked onenitedrive what he thought it should be just now, and he said the same thing. He's a website designer major, so I take his opinions pretty seriously when it comes to this, hehe.

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