Forum Styles Feedback

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  1. Dr. Pit Lazarus

    Dr. Pit Lazarus Angelic Web Developer Gold VIP

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    Provide feedback on current and perhaps new forum styles.
    I won't be making changes to Donkie's themes (dark, lite, beta, http://f.devinity.org/u9Ncpd) unless he says something about it.

    Post suggestions and feedback on how I can "try" to improve user experience on our forums. Please don't suggest ridiculous things or go overboard. At the moment, I'm only making styles that are parented from Devinity Dark style (so no styles that have a different layout than Dark). And no, I don't think I can alter or remove Decap's color names/tags so deal with it.

    2016-03-14
    Shoutbox
    __thread creation links, internal/external links are now green
    __main page message box is now 10px taller (160px -> 170px)
    __full shoutbox height is now much taller, 160px -> 400px
    Colors
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    Initial style changes
    Colors
    __primarycolor from #17687C to #5f842f (not actual Devinity Green™)
    __tertiarycolor from #197e97 to #5f842f (server info bars and mod menu)
    __pagebackground from #181818 to #202020
    __contentbackground from #1d1d1d to #1f1f1f
    __primarylighterstill from #1d1d1d to #1e1e1e
    __primarylightest from #181818 to #1f1f1f
    Appearance
    __replaced devinity logos with svg white versions (http://f.devinity.org/KLqsPf http://f.devinity.org/DHIFQ9)
    __disabled the sticky profile sidebar (annoying)
    __modified dark_taigachat.css to remove extra margins from top and bottom of shoutbox
    __modified stafflist.css slightly
    Custom
    __tweaked the quick navigation footer
    __attempted to remove facebook related crap (shh..)
     
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  2. Alex

    Alex Mouth from the South

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    Maybe can we make a feature where we can have a color swatch where we can choose the color we want the forums highlighted?
     
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  3. Donkie

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    Just because you inherit Devinity Dark doesn't mean you can't change stuff. You can change layout and everything.
     
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    Change to Green. (Including Hyperlink on shoutbox and staff page :))
     
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  5. Alex

    Alex Mouth from the South

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    Seeming you didnt reply to me, then I will reenforce with a question.

    Is this possible?
     
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  6. Decap

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    Names are the color they are set to, so for them it will be red.
     
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    I think he's talking about the hyperlinks to the threads.

    My two cents though is that I love green theme, I will never again be able to use default theme.
     
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    Ah, I see what you mean. Color Picker so you can change the layout of the theme. (Green ---> any color you want, lets say pink)
     
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  9. Rick

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    Can you make it so normal player's names are the same as the green colour you use in the theme? And see how that looks in shoutbox ect? People complain about how boring the grey looks.
     
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  10. Dr. Pit Lazarus

    Dr. Pit Lazarus Angelic Web Developer Gold VIP

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    Probably not something I can do, but maybe Donkie can..?
    I changed everything you showed except the leaderboards and server logs link colors because I can't seem to find their css files.

    I did that for a second and it hurts my eyes. I'll turn it back on for awhile.
    Edit: regular colors reverted.
     
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    given this is a fucking stickied thread for some reason can we have somebody work on a lighter theme that looks like a community that doesn't have clinical depression with all the greys?

    surely it isnt me that hates the plain dark greys, surely somewhere between the sad grey and piercing white there are actually nice colours?
     
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    So there are the Seasonal Forum Styles, Halloween and Christmas. I'm using the Halloween one and found some issues with it.

    1. Some Replies don't get shown in the correct (Purple) Color upload_2018-9-2_20-26-41.png

    2. The Staff List has every Moderator with a very Bright Red Background Color which makes it very hard to look at:
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    And the last is a little request, Is it possible to add the Halloween themed Forum Style as a Permanent one called "Purple" for every user?
     
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    Okay thank you for reporting the issues. I was working on the theme yesterday but stopped halfway so everything will be done and finalized before October starts

    And yes I will most definitely consider making it a permanent style
     
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