Some Changes To The Layout

[bluediamond]

Hi

Things maybe a little strange looking for a few days whilst we play around with the styles etc, nothing will break or stop working so please bear with us for a little while.

Thanks

Dave
JKF Admin

[Little Bird]

As you can see, I have made quite a few changes already. I didn't want to go too far away from what we already had so it isn't a massive difference. However, Dave's buttons are great!

Please keep in mind there is still some fine tuning to be done!

[kjm030584]

buttons are looking good!! :banana:

[kjm030584]

If I can make a suggestion though... Try and keep it so that out posts go on a light colored background. Some of the smilies look a little stupid because you can see white around the edges of the animated ones. And my signature looks a little bit special now.


:pufi: :shudder: :tmbup2: :yawn: :care: :pufi: :k&a:

[bluediamond]

so far looks great kiera, if you wan to use the light brown in the msgs, proberly bet give the rgb settings to kyle and others who have GIF images with transparent backgrounds.

i will do some more buttons on monday

:lalala:
dave.

[Little Bird]

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keep the paler backgrounds but this directly affected text in other areas. It's hard to explain but the way in which you change styles in InvisionFree is both difficult and limiting.

If I change the post background back to the paler colour, then the text will need to be dark which is fine, except that this text colour also affects the colour of the navigation bar which tells you where you are.
E.G. Jewel Kilcher Forum > Non Jewel Related > Help.... and so on.

It also makes this text dark which means you can't see it against the black background. It is the black background that shaped this whole theme, so I decided to change the post background colours to greys instead.

Please don't forget, I am not finished yet. It took a long time to get it to this stage and I needed to do stuff so I couldn't finish it completely.

Both Dave and I have more to do not just with colours but with the buttons too.

[LonelyLullaby]

I understand that you can't choose a light colour but is brown your only option?
The only colour that I was fighting with? :)
Thank you Kiera
When will we be able the get different users forum themes to choose from?
(Why did you have to change it at all if everything was fine with the forum before?)

[Sasafrass452]

Looking good so far! B)

[Little Bird]

Gemma, it isn't brown. It's black & grey with a hint of cream! Anyway, it was more Dave's suggestion to change the background to black, which I liked but once I started, I had to change a bunch of other things for the fonts to work. Anyway, I quite like the theme. we'll keep changing. I am getting more used to the code now.

[WhatWouldJewelDo]

Can we PLEASE change the black to something lighter, i feel like im in a f***ing haunted house. This is why i never post at the mike & justins forum, cause their colors bother me, do you want me to ditch this forum and just use the unedited one??? i hope not.

[doyouwanttoplay]

I do like some of the changes (funky buttons for a start!) but I do sorta agree with the Haunted House comment! (although it is topical what with it being this time of year...)

[bluediamond]

Hey, at the end of the day, its not what the forum looks like, its about the people in here and the functionality.

Bobby, if you dont want to use this forum because of what it looks like you dont have to, no ones forcing you to.

dave.

[doyouwanttoplay]

Oh - one thing I've noticed - at the mo when you look at someone's profile, the headers to the info (Name, Birthday etc etc) are unreadable as they are a similar colour to the background. (As is the "Show all" in the smilies box :read:

[bluediamond]

Originally posted by doyouwanttoplay@Oct 24 2005, 07:50 AM
Oh - one thing I've noticed - at the mo when you look at someone's profile, the headers to the info (Name, Birthday etc etc) are unreadable as they are a similar colour to the background. (As is the "Show all" in the smilies box :read:
That part is being worked on today, you should notice things will get back to normal, ie, bits we've missed etc v. soon.

dave.

[doyouwanttoplay]

Okee dokes :)

Just thought I'd mention it in case it was something you'd missed B)

[LonelyLullaby]

Gemma, it isn't brown. It's black & grey with a hint of cream! Anyway, it was more Dave's suggestion to change the background to black, which I liked but once I started, I had to change a bunch of other things for the fonts to work. Anyway, I quite like the theme. we'll keep changing. I am getting more used to the code now.

Thanks and I hope that you will :)
Considering how many people disagree with each other I think what you've suggested about individual themes that we can choose from a great idea. And honestly that's what I'm waiting for. Just please try to include a blue one in there :)
I think that will solve all of the problems. I love the layout as well. It's much better than the old one. The only thing that bothers me is the colouring here
And Dave honestly.. so many people have been alienated from here for so many reasons.. even another forum was started.. lets try all to just get along
I think that Bobby is irreplaceable :care:
Im still hoping that you guys will reconsider and please make the background light
Look at how many people have either suggeted it or asked for it :)

[bluediamond]

We are still slowly changing the theme, it MAY stay black, it MAY not. However, whatever the style thats decided we can change it as we go along.

The main problem we have had before when we used the background image was the loading time, although it was nice to have a pic etc, it did mean complications.

Of course all your input to what we choose is usefull, but at the same time, please remember that just saying things like 'oh i dont like pink because it reminds me of barbie who i hate' isnt going to really cut. So please, again, be constructive. Myself and Kiera, Kyle & Andrea put a lot of time and effort into running and managing this forum.

Thanks

Dave.

[doyouwanttoplay]

Worry ye not, the admin team's efforts are appreciated :)

(I agree with the Barbie comment for the record :P :lmao: )

[WhatWouldJewelDo]

Umm... I was joking.

Anyways, I really liked the old colors, but I agree that it was time for a change. I think we should add a little more light green and blue to match the new buttons (which I love). I think the best thing is to start a poll thread, which enables members to vote what colors they want the forum to be.

[bluediamond]

Ive done as much as i can today, going to leave the buttons until tommorow now.


:lalala:
Dave

ps, you'll now be able to link from the topbar email etc, if theres anything anyone would like up there, please let me know.

[kjm030584]

OMG OMG ZOMG..... I love the blue.... I <3 <3 <3 it :wub:

[WhatWouldJewelDo]

me too!

[doyouwanttoplay]

Oooh - lookin' groovy now :)

Reminds me a tad of the old colour scheme on the Official UK Jewel Forum back in the day *wipes away a tear*

:)

[Little Bird]

yeah there are still some remnants of the grey theme so please bear with us as we finalise the theme. It is still not completed!!!!

[bluediamond]

i second that

[LonelyLullaby]

Oh you guys it looks gorgeous right now I agree with everybody
The coloring is perfect with the black and the blue (and white) It's just very pretty
Especially the header when I opened the page I gasped
The black and the blue look very nice :) I'm with Kyle I absolutely :wub: it

[cindywats1967]

Hey Kiera

I love the new layout, it looks great, well done.

cindy
xxx

[Little Bird]

Thanks. Joined effort between myself and Dave actually.

[Veilingmeat]

Ay, think its about time i said something about the new layout.
Kiera & Dave....'hats off to ya' jolly nice job ;) i luuurve it i do yeees!!!

It just suddenly dawned on me..god i'm sooo slow noticing things these days, you could shoot me in the gut and kill me, and in about 3 days time i'd realise i'm actualy dead :P

[michaelsjewel]

i really really like the new layout - though the dark color with the harsh contrast of the text is a bit extreme and is wobbly on the eyes - try dimming the text a little and it'll be perfect ;)

[bluediamond]

Micheal

Do you mean the Higher Ground text ?

dave.

[michaelsjewel]

i'm talking about the white text where there are posts - you know - and also where the topics are listed on the main pages - it's a very harsh contrast and therefore hard on the eyes to keep focus -

[Little Bird]

The text was actually a pale blue. I have toned it down again with a slightly darker shade of blue. Don't really want to make it any darker than that or it will clash.

I think it looks better actually. Agree?

[michaelsjewel]

i dunno - maybe it's just the way the blue in the background is such a vivid blue - anyhow - i still think the layout looks kewl -

[Little Bird]

Thanks. Glad you like it!