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GENERAL => General chat => Topic started by: Shockwave on July 18, 2009

Title: Time for a new theme for the forum?
Post by: Shockwave on July 18, 2009
Maybe something lightweight and professional looking?

Have a look at these and see what you think..

Title: Re: Time for a new theme for the forum?
Post by: Hezad on July 18, 2009
I really like "blue", "fusillet blue" and "minimal" :) 'just my 2 cents  :cheers:
Title: Re: Time for a new theme for the forum?
Post by: zawran on July 18, 2009
darklight is not bad, minimal is more professional like. So it probably would depend on how "professional" you would want the forum to look.
Title: Re: Time for a new theme for the forum?
Post by: Shockwave on July 18, 2009
darklight is not bad, minimal is more professional like. So it probably would depend on how "professional" you would want the forum to look.

Well, there's no point in me changing the theme to something that drives people away, that's why I am asking everyone here before I do anything.

Do you think that a more professional theme would suit or would it be better to have something a little bit more grungy like we have now?
Title: Re: Time for a new theme for the forum?
Post by: TinDragon on July 18, 2009
I like the darklight one, the others are to plain and samey imho. I like forums that have clean but different looks to the endless number that seem to use a sort of blue setup similiar to the others you posted. Being different you remember the forum more as it sticks out from the norm.

Not sure i explained that well :D
Title: Re: Time for a new theme for the forum?
Post by: Shockwave on July 18, 2009
I was thinking blue because I used blue gradients on the front page, but they are easy to change.. I'll look for some other colour schemes and post them back, maybe we can get a shortlist then and if enough people want the change I'll swap the themes.
Title: Re: Time for a new theme for the forum?
Post by: Clyde on July 18, 2009
I like the darklight ( especially if you can choose from those various colours - ie you get all those 4 in one), and the super blue is pretty cool.
Title: Re: Time for a new theme for the forum?
Post by: benny! on July 18, 2009
Hmm ... do not know to be honest. The shown themes look
nice but in my eyes not really that better than the theme we
have atm.

Generally, I could only say that the overall look could be a bit
more like what this forum is about. So, maybe in a retro-pixel
design, cracktro logo and so on...but I am not a designer at all.

Back to the topic - I think shown templates are not better than
the template we use. So I am fine with the way the forum looks
like right now.
Title: Re: Time for a new theme for the forum?
Post by: slinks on July 18, 2009
Of the options you put up, dark light is the coolest
Title: Re: Time for a new theme for the forum?
Post by: Yaloopy on July 18, 2009
Darklight is nice, not sure about the different buttons it uses, though. The multiple colours feature is great, but it could be a pain making them all work with custom logos and the front page?

I like the darklight one, the others are to plain and samey imho. I like forums that have clean but different looks to the endless number that seem to use a sort of blue setup similiar to the others you posted. Being different you remember the forum more as it sticks out from the norm.

+1. Needs to be far different from the standard SMF/PHPBB themes.
Title: Re: Time for a new theme for the forum?
Post by: Moroboshisan on July 19, 2009
Minimal should be pretty fast (no fancy gfx to load)...
Darklight looks good (not that different from the actual theme BTW)...
Super Blu I really can't tell (just as last option I think)...

other themes looks really "common" and "anonymous"

Since the overall performance of forums (and, generally speaking, websites as well) seems to degenerate due to more and more graphics/flash/ADs... I prefer clean designs to eye-candy sluggish ones; what I'm looking for in a forum are just infos and fast loading pages (some gfx won't hurt of course).
Title: Re: Time for a new theme for the forum?
Post by: Shockwave on July 19, 2009
The best ones are here ;

http://www.tinyportal.net/index.php?action=tpmod;themegallery (http://www.tinyportal.net/index.php?action=tpmod;themegallery)

Please let me know if anyone fancies any of them :)
Title: Re: Time for a new theme for the forum?
Post by: Pixel_Outlaw on July 19, 2009

The first one is my favorite. The second seems bland since there are no different hues, just the same hue with different values. I've never been a fan of black/gray forum backgrounds with neon text either.
Title: Re: Time for a new theme for the forum?
Post by: Shockwave on July 19, 2009
What was the name of the one you liked P_O ? :)
Title: Re: Time for a new theme for the forum?
Post by: benny! on July 19, 2009
The best ones are here ;

http://www.tinyportal.net/index.php?action=tpmod;themegallery (http://www.tinyportal.net/index.php?action=tpmod;themegallery)

Please let me know if anyone fancies any of them :)

Uhh .. even more themes to browse. Nice, I'll have a look at them
later on...
Title: Re: Time for a new theme for the forum?
Post by: Moroboshisan on July 19, 2009
no sorting !!!

just as a reference for everyone to see:

http://www.tinyportal.net/index.php?action=tpmod;themegallery=view;design=68 (http://www.tinyportal.net/index.php?action=tpmod;themegallery=view;design=68)

http://www.tinyportal.net/index.php?action=tpmod;themegallery=view;design=88 (http://www.tinyportal.net/index.php?action=tpmod;themegallery=view;design=88)

http://www.tinyportal.net/index.php?action=tpmod;themegallery=view;design=99 (http://www.tinyportal.net/index.php?action=tpmod;themegallery=view;design=99)

http://www.tinyportal.net/index.php?action=tpmod;themegallery=view;design=26 (http://www.tinyportal.net/index.php?action=tpmod;themegallery=view;design=26)

http://www.tinyportal.net/index.php?action=tpmod;themegallery=view;design=27 (http://www.tinyportal.net/index.php?action=tpmod;themegallery=view;design=27)

I'm in a hurry...
Title: Re: Time for a new theme for the forum?
Post by: Shockwave on July 19, 2009
I really like this one :)

http://demo.tinyportal.net/index.php?demo=liquid (http://demo.tinyportal.net/index.php?demo=liquid)
Title: Re: Time for a new theme for the forum?
Post by: benny! on July 19, 2009
I really like this one :)

http://demo.tinyportal.net/index.php?demo=liquid (http://demo.tinyportal.net/index.php?demo=liquid)

That's pretty cool indeed and the gfx looks scenish.
I could image that a cool logo would also fit in. Nice find!
Title: Re: Time for a new theme for the forum?
Post by: combatking0 on July 19, 2009
The current black/blue theme is comforting, but that's just what I'm used to.

I'm creating a white and blue theme to replace the black theme at my current work place.

If possible, keep the current layout, as the current members will still know where everything is. I think a green theme might be remeniscant of the classic green-screen computers. Though that might be a bit too retro, I don't know.
Title: Re: Time for a new theme for the forum?
Post by: Shockwave on July 26, 2009
*bump*