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Title: I find the color combination a little bit aggresive
Post by: xcortes on October 15, 2009, 09:06:27 AM: Good luck on the transition though!
Title: Re: I find the color combination a little bit aggresive
Post by: booangler on October 15, 2009, 09:30:37 AM: Doc,

Great start and I like the Fall Colors.

Alan
Title: Re: I find the color combination a little bit aggresive
Post by: SteveH on October 15, 2009, 09:40:35 AM: Kind of "Halloween'ish" to my mind. I think I'd like something a little less 'in my face', but hey, it's your forum!!!

Steve
Title: Re: I find the color combination a little bit aggresive
Post by: Mikey on October 15, 2009, 10:01:40 AM: A new forum....nice!

I see Xavier got here first! ;-)

Mike
Title: Re: I find the color combination a little bit aggresive
Post by: ironbut on October 15, 2009, 10:46:50 AM: Hey you guys!

The color scheme makes me wanta go out and buy some of those peanut butter taffy candies that were wrapped in similar colored wax paper.
I like it. I get a little tired of the same old stuff.
Very cool Dan!
Title: Re: I find the color combination a little bit aggresive
Post by: xcortes on October 15, 2009, 11:24:40 AM: Hey Mikey, what's up?

To Mr "ironbut" (or is it ironbutt?): We use our real names here (gotcha!)
Title: Re: I find the color combination a little bit aggresive
Post by: Dyna Saur on October 15, 2009, 11:51:28 AM: Definitely an eye-catching color scheme, I like it! It has that nice neon glow to it.

(https://forum.bottlehead.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tube-tester.com%2Fsites%2Fnixie%2Fdata%2Fdatasheets%2Fdekatron-anim.gif&hash=d8f327d81ec849ff8019141faa5504beaef1a7e6)
Title: Re: I find the color combination a little bit aggresive
Post by: 2wo on October 15, 2009, 12:13:07 PM: Once a post is read, the Orange it changes to is hard to see against the gray background.

All in all, I like it
Title: Re: I find the color combination a little bit aggresive
Post by: Mikey on October 15, 2009, 02:44:59 PM: Quote from: xcortes on October 15, 2009, 11:24:40 AM
Hey Mikey, what's up?

Nuttin' much....what's up with you?

Believe it or not, I'm having one of my world famous margaritas right now.
Yeah, I know....shocker!

:-)

P.S.: Hi Steve!
Title: Re: I find the color combination a little bit aggresive
Post by: Doc B. on October 15, 2009, 02:53:00 PM: Quote
Believe it or not, I'm having one of my world famous margaritas right now.
Yeah, I know....shocker!

I wasn't sure if you drank Mikey, only because any time I may have gone drinking with you I couldn't seem to remember it the next morning.

Whoa! Almost 6 - Martini Time!
Title: Re: I find the color combination a little bit aggresive
Post by: ironbut on October 15, 2009, 02:54:30 PM: Quote from: xcortes on October 15, 2009, 11:24:40 AM
To Mr "ironbut" (or is it ironbutt?): We use our real names here (gotcha!)

Wise guy!

Hey Mikey, pour me one of those pal.

To give you an idea of how web savvy I am, I have another site bookmarked as "The Simple Machines Forum"! Hmm, I wonder what it's actually called?
Title: Re: I find the color combination a little bit aggresive
Post by: dbishopbliss on October 15, 2009, 03:18:44 PM: I won't take any credit with the current look and feel. I'm helping Doc out with coming up with a new theme or at least toning this one down a bit. Its a big task though... may take some time.
Title: Re: I find the color combination a little bit aggresive
Post by: Doc B. on October 15, 2009, 03:24:09 PM: Yes, don't blame David - I did it and after I saw the result I asked him to help me get this thing looking right! I knew that the look was kind of harsh, but I don't have the time to learn what I need to know to fix it. At the same time I felt like we needed to get this new forum operational. So David will be making changes as his time permits.
Title: Re: I find the color combination a little bit aggresive
Post by: iain42 on October 15, 2009, 06:31:24 PM: I must be sicko whacko because I like the new design. Very nice.
Title: Re: I find the color combination a little bit aggresive
Post by: triode on October 16, 2009, 11:32:47 AM: I think the color little bit to err, Dutch...
How about change the orange to more brownish or beige?
Just me..

Adinoto
Title: Re: I find the color combination a little bit aggresive
Post by: Blooze on October 16, 2009, 12:47:17 PM: I like the layout as that's what I'm used to elsewhere. The orange is a bit much, though. :)
Title: Re: I find the color combination a little bit aggresive
Post by: bobster on October 17, 2009, 11:17:24 AM: I like it all.
Title: The orange on black IS high-contrast
Post by: travisty on October 17, 2009, 01:03:25 PM: The orange on black IS high-contrast.
The white on black (which i appreciate has developed into a BH trademark) has always been a high-contrast eye-burner for me, and now we have orange highlights. Not being forum admin savvy, I'd imagine one could find a softer version of the orange.
And alternating post contrasts could be gray and dark gray?
Title: Re: colors, etc
Post by: chrisby on October 17, 2009, 03:59:33 PM: another forum at which I occasionally post includes individual user options to selection backgrounds, colors, etc. almost like "skins"

there are probably tools in that box with which the site administrators just need to familiarize themselves and activate.
Title: Re: I find the color combination a little bit aggresive
Post by: Grainger49 on October 18, 2009, 03:31:33 AM: Quote from: chrisby on October 17, 2009, 03:59:33 PM
another forum at which I occasionally post includes individual user options to selection backgrounds, colors, etc. almost like "skins"

there are probably tools in that box with which the site administrators just need to familiarize themselves and activate.

Maybe, I hope it is true that the software has user options like that, I really do! But I bet that the two administrators are familiar with the software and Doc likes the Halloween color scheme. It is similar to the old site.

IIRC when Doc set the color scheme there, there was an initial out cry and then everyone got used to it and no one complained.
Title: Re: I find the color combination a little bit aggresive
Post by: Wardsweb on October 18, 2009, 05:21:48 PM: Quote from: Doc B. on October 15, 2009, 03:24:09 PM
Yes, don't blame David - I did it and after I saw the result I asked him to help me get this thing looking right! I knew that the look was kind of harsh, but I don't have the time to learn what I need to know to fix it. At the same time I felt like we needed to get this new forum operational. So David will be making changes as his time permits.

Have him adjust the gamma or brightness to tone down the catagory background picture (catbg). This is found under the themes folder, then under classic, default, etc...depending on which one you're using. Under the theme you will also found your home, help, search, etc... buttons under the English folder. You can change these to match your theme.

I run several fourms using SMF. It is quick simple and best of all it is free. Then again, I do use vBulletin for my really large forums, as it is a lot more robust, but it does cost.
Title: Re: I find the color combination a little bit aggresive
Post by: dbishopbliss on October 19, 2009, 02:41:04 AM: Thanks for the tips. I'm slowly working on the color and layout as I have time. For the record, I'm a developer not a designer. Usually, I take pictures that other people have drawn and turn them in to working applications. So, it may take a while for me to redo all the icons, etc. I'm trying to keep the Bottlehead brand colors while at the same time tone it down.