[FusionWeb] [Web] Theme proposal/idea/mockup

[RYX]

Am Sonntag, den 24.06.2007, 19:27 -0400 schrieb Will Farrington:
> Absolutely ace. I like it a lot.
Thanks :) ... Glad to hear that. I have just updated the home-mockup
according to the current startpage, now it looks a bit less ugly.

> 
> On Mon, 2007-06-25 at 01:09 +0200, RYX wrote:
> > Am Sonntag, den 24.06.2007, 11:36 -0400 schrieb Will Farrington:
> > > Alright - good to hear! Can't wait to see your revised mock-up. =)
> > Here it is :)
> > 
> > Only small changed yet. I changed the tabs to "traditional" style. The
> > active tab is now dark gray, hovered tabs should become silver/aluminium
> > like. 
> > 
> > The forums are now plum-colored - it stands for the "fusion" between
> > "compiz blue" and "beryl red". The Home-page should stay blue (only my
> > feeling though). Maybe the Plugins should become orange
> > (fire/fusion-color) and the wiki green (color of hope) - I am open to
> > suggestions here.
> > 
> > I have created a basic Home-placeholder (a quick and ugly one :)) so you
> > can switch between the two pages with back/fore and see the tabs "live".
> > 
> > Links:
> > 
> > http://www.ryxperience.com/compiz/theme/test2.html
> > http://www.ryxperience.com/compiz/theme/test2_home.html
> > 
> > Rico
> > 
> > > 
> > > On Sun, 2007-06-24 at 17:27 +0200, RYX wrote:
> > > > Am Sonntag, den 24.06.2007, 10:38 -0400 schrieb Will Farrington:
> > > > > Only a few concerns at the moment:
> > > > > 
> > > > > HEADER AREA + NAVBAR:
> > > > > 
> > > > > The bar with the "Forum" etc links will be readily doable in vB. We'd
> > > > > probably want to have them evenly spaced out for ease-of-use though
> > > > > (which can be done via simple CSS).
> > > > Good to hear (and yes, we can do that). I haven't done a hover/active
> > > > effect yet, I guess it would be best to use some rounded rect with the
> > > > "area-color" or some shades of gray.
> > > > 
> > > > > The bar with Control Panel etc. will probably need to be slightly
> > > > > reworked to better work with vBulletin (for purposes of usability), but,
> > > > > for the most part, will be readily doable as well.
> > > > Cool. I can change things as needed. I had a quick look at the
> > > > template-system and it looked very nice and flexible so I am sure we can
> > > > make it fit. I already have a general idea of how the divs/blocks can be
> > > > structured.
> > > > 
> > > > > Also, I think the tabs might look better if, when focused, they still
> > > > > appear to come from the header image area. Right now it looks like the
> > > > > focused tab is coming out of the top of the window itself, which looks
> > > > > odd in comparison to all the other tabs coming from the header image.
> > > > Yes, Guillaume said the same. I thought it's just uncommon (maybe a bit
> > > > unique). But I'll make another version with the tab coming out of the
> > > > header to see what looks better.
> > > > 
> > > > > GENERAL LAYOUT:
> > > > > 
> > > > > I think the forum layout area could offer a bit more separation between
> > > > > the forums. Naturally, vB also tends to show information to the right
> > > > > (such as last post, number of posts, number of threads, moderators),
> > > > > most of which is optional. Still, I feel that at the very least, a
> > > > > couple of those statistics would be well-served by being in the
> > > > > forumhome/forumdisplay templates.
> > > > Definetly. I only scratched the surface of the central area, it wasn't
> > > > really meant as a serious proposal (but it looked too empty without it).
> > > > 
> > > > > COLORS:
> > > > > 
> > > > > While I normally absolutely hate dark themes, I don't know if it's the
> > > > > magic of Rico doing his work, or the Tango color palette, but I really,
> > > > > really like this theme, in spite of my usual preferences.
> > > > Thanks :D ... I see it exactly as you (maybe that's the reason?).
> > > > 
> > > > > I do, however, think some people even more zealous about their colors
> > > > > than I might also like a light theme to go along with the current one
> > > > > (vBulletin offers a simple dropdown at the bottom left of all pages for
> > > > > such in instance that allows users to change themes on the fly (it's
> > > > > still possible via the Options though) using browser cookies).
> > > > I also planned to make a light-version of the theme. It should be enough
> > > > to simply change the inner area and the outer background (the very dark
> > > > gray) to a silver/aluminium tone. Then we can change the CSS to dark
> > > > text and everyone can use the style he/she prefers.
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks for your suggestions :)
> > > 
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