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#1 Rob38

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Posted 03 March 2009 - 08:42 AM

After the forum upgrade two years ago( I think :p), we lost our custom forum skin. Many times people have asked when the T3A skin would return, and the answer was always uncertain. Well, the skin has finally returned! :dry: Here are the credits for the skin:

Rob38: creator of skin
Dark Lord of the Sith: answering my questions and providing support
TheDeadPlayer: images and color palette from the main site
Hostile: creator of ring images

I now realize why no one wanted to make a new skin. While it had very time-consuming and tedious to create, I hope all the T3A members enjoy the new atmosphere. :p With acitivity increasing rapidly in the past month and a leadership change, what better way to celebrate than with our very own T3A skin! :p

Just one last quick note. The skin is still in development and some things still need to be worked on. If you have any suggestions for the skin or notice something wrong, let me know here.

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#2 Rob38

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Posted 03 March 2009 - 09:27 AM

Just a note, I'm fully aware the skin is not showing up in the main BFME section currently. I don't know why it is not showing up and we will have to wait for someone like DLOTS to help me out with that. So please don't panic or report it as a bug or anything. :dry:

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#3 Nazgûl

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Posted 03 March 2009 - 10:41 AM

Some views, if that's ok... :p

First of all, thanks for the effort. The idea is good, and I kinda miss the old skin. However:

- This is not the old skin, but rather a new one somewhat similar to the old skin.
- This is more red and brownish, whilst the old one was more of red and orange-ish.
- The old/previous version was more easy on the eyes. This one looks good per se, but it's a bit of a strain on the eyes. The fonts tend to get a bit "swallowed"
and certain colors, like strong blue and red (like Project icons, blue and red text, etc) bleed into the background. The GIF smileys have white borders that makes them look a bit "pasted" on these colors...
- CRT monitors like mine, have serious problems mixing colors for small items like this, and the blurring and bleeding gets worse...

I dunno, but I for one will swap locally to the default skin. Not cause this doesn't look good, but cause the default one is easier on the eyes, in the long run.
Again, great effort though! :dry:



EDIT: Uhm... I can't switch skin???

Edited by Nazgûl, 03 March 2009 - 10:42 AM.

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#4 Bart

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Posted 03 March 2009 - 11:15 AM

This is not the old skin, but rather a new one somewhat similar to the old skin.

Fortunately everything evolves :dry:
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#5 Neutron4ever

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Posted 03 March 2009 - 11:22 AM

I like the new skin :dry:

But i also agree with Nazgul on the eyes thing
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Posted 03 March 2009 - 12:08 PM

I logged on today and saw it... Like a blast from the past, with its own feeling to it. Great work Rob!
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Posted 03 March 2009 - 12:14 PM

Nice Surprise takes me back to the old days a bit :dry:
It's good to see T3A back to it's old self,great work.

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Posted 03 March 2009 - 01:02 PM

Argh... purple doesn't fit with this skin...

Anyway great job Rob :dry: it was really needed!
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#9 Ed Of The 3rd Kind

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Posted 03 March 2009 - 01:19 PM

I gotta disagree on the above but maybe it's the HD monitor but everything looks fab and smooth (except for the blue stuff), loving the new (old) look.

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#10 Nazgûl

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Posted 03 March 2009 - 01:21 PM

Uhm, but why can't I change back? Or change to any skin fo that matter? :dry:

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#11 Sûlherokhh

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Posted 03 March 2009 - 01:40 PM

Sweet, what i've been waiting for for quite some time... finally. :dry:
Yeah, some colors are definitely hard to read, and readability has suffered a bit. Nothing that can't be fixed, right?

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Posted 03 March 2009 - 02:41 PM

Very nice :p
It'll have to take a few days to get used to but nice :dry:
I also find it a bit hard to notice what is a topic with a new post and what is not, but i guess thats just me :p

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Posted 03 March 2009 - 03:15 PM

I like it for the most part, but it is a bit intense color-wise. If the background color for posts were made somewhat paler and less saturated, I think it would be a lot easier on the eyes :p .
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Posted 03 March 2009 - 05:25 PM

Uhm, but why can't I change back? Or change to any skin fo that matter? :p

I get the same problem, it won't let me change back to Rev It 2.2. How can I change it? The drop-down at the bottom doesn't work.

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Posted 03 March 2009 - 05:57 PM

You can't. Sorry. Whilst thinking the skin is great, I too prefer lighter white/grey/blueish skins. That said, having already seen it in development, it is growing on me. The main post area is fine, it's the left column that's a bugger...
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#16 Rob38

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Posted 03 March 2009 - 06:20 PM

First, a note to everyone. You can't change the skin. I'm sorry if not everyone likes it currently, but I can't satisfy everyone. ;) This is also why I added a feedback and suggestion section here. The skin is still in development and I'm still making changes to the skin. Hopefully, with enough feedback and tweaking, everyone will enjoy the new skin. ;)

Silly Naz... did you not read the part where I said post all suggestions here. :ohmy: Anyways, sine you posted here, I mind as well respond to it.

Some views, if that's ok... :good:
- This is not the old skin, but rather a new one somewhat similar to the old skin.
- I know it's not the old one. ;)
- This is more red and brownish, whilst the old one was more of red and orange-ish.
- I changed the color palette a bit to match the one used on the main site.
- The old/previous version was more easy on the eyes. This one looks good per se, but it's a bit of a strain on the eyes. The fonts tend to get a bit "swallowed"
and certain colors, like strong blue and red (like Project icons, blue and red text, etc) bleed into the background. The GIF smileys have white borders that makes them look a bit "pasted" on these colors...
- You really need to read my first post. :p . The skin is still in development and I'm addressing the things you said.
- CRT monitors like mine, have serious problems mixing colors for small items like this, and the blurring and bleeding gets worse...
- Not much I can do there. I'm not having any problems reading it.


Sweet, what i've been waiting for for quite some time... finally. :p
Yeah, some colors are definitely hard to read, and readability has suffered a bit. Nothing that can't be fixed, right?

Exactly! :p

Please, everyone post your suggestions in the link I gave.

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Posted 03 March 2009 - 11:04 PM

Excellent Work Rob, I missed this :p

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Posted 04 March 2009 - 12:12 AM

It's like looking into the fires of Mordor itself. I missed it. I'm happy with it. I can't really find much to change. It's alot to take in but that's really how the original skin was.

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Posted 04 March 2009 - 03:18 AM

Great new skin............. may take years to get used to it, but kool :p

EDIT: The blue text is hard to see, but I love postcount, and emoticons have no white borders anymore.

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Posted 04 March 2009 - 04:11 AM

I agree that the blue is hard on the eyes...
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