Working on the forums theme

Lifesaver · Post by **Lifesaver** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 6:10 pm

There was nothing wrong with the orange. Like I said, it was a nice autumn theme. The gray is fine, though.

dirtbag · Post by **dirtbag** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 6:16 pm

It looks fine, KMAN...

Besides, it's your site, do what you like...

Pay no attention to ak, we don't

ak70g2 · Post by **ak70g2** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 12:57 am

kman wrote:You'd better watch it, ak70g2 or I'll switch all the colors over to pink and tell everyone it was your request.

I really don't give a damn on the colours, all I care is military food on your site...

dirtbag · Post by **dirtbag** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 1:17 am

durch Ihre Aufträge, mein Führer

YouTube · Post by **housil** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 6:49 am

kman wrote:Ok...well let me take back part of that last comment. I gave it one last try and managed to replace the ugly green color with a nice, dark tan.

I'm not 100% happy with the new colors so I might do a little more tweaking tomorrow.

What do you guys think? Looks better? Eye-sore?

I came home this morning from a 24 hrs shift and though I´m horrible tired as I see everything in other colors than usually...

C-rats · Post by **C-rats** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 10:59 am

Good Morning Kman!

I've been MIA for a couple of days...... What the hell happened to the site color? This "new" (?) lite greenish/yellow SUCKS !

(just in case I wasn't clear about that...... it bites the Big One) Yiiiiiiiiiiiick!

Take it away! It's hurting my eyes! (and you know how bad my eyesight is)

Post by **kman** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 11:34 am

Ok C-rats, help me out here. The best help you could provide is if you have better color recommendations - like specific HTML color codes I could try. But I know that I'm in no way a graphics designed so I won't hold it against you if you aren't. :-)

So short of better recommendations, can you tell me exactly which parts you don't like? You describe green and yellow but I'm not sure which areas you mean.

Check out this pic (click it for a bigger version):

Is it the area with A, B, C, or D?

C-rats · Post by **C-rats** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 12:17 pm

Hmmmmm.... OK, here goes.....

"A" seems to be the original "white" background ---- no problem there.

"B" color seems washed out with white (not as green as before). Poor contrast.

"C" ..... "tan-ish/green"? Poor contrast / definition with rest of page.

"D" Oh yuck, this is the "yellowish/green" that's turning my stomach.

I think the best way for me to describe the overall coloration of the forum page is "washed out". The color contrast is really poor (I've viewed these both in bright back light and dim lighting now). The only color which is sharp is the dark chocolate brown colored "bars" used to separate the Reply boxes.

Clear as mud now?

Post by **kman** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 12:20 pm

Hmmm....C and D are the same colors I'm using on the main site. Do they look as bad there in your opinion?

Good comments on the contrast. Looks like I'll have to tweak the colors a little more.

C-rats · Post by **C-rats** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 2:54 pm

Kman: Maybe not as bad only because there are pictures and other (more vibrant) colors on the pages as well ---- such as the dark green used in the menu toolbar or hot-links. For sure (IMHO at least) the forum pages just look plain "blase". But remember, I'm the one with the seemingly poor eyesight.

(now where did I park my `Deuce and a half?)

`rats