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

[Will Farrington]

One more thing I noticed:

Wouldn't it make more sense to have the background tabs use the dark
gray font color currently used on the active tab, and the white font on
the active tab? Right now, it seems like the background tabs are drawing
my focus more than the active tab.

On Mon, 2007-06-25 at 02:14 +0200, RYX wrote:
> 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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