Raptorpat Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 OK EVERYONE @viperxmns is working on skins because I am terrible and he is a (f)artist. He has a draft for the default skin and wants people to prove input so he can refine it to the extent capable. After that, maybe tuning up the ASMB theme is on the list too, maybe even additional themeses if he enjoys it who knows?! If willing to humor us, scroll to the themes tab at the bottom of the page and click on the new UEMB copy test and poke around, let him know what you think etc. Goal is a dark-themed site that is easy on the eyes but also looks good and easily identifiable. mucho gracias to anyone willing to help out. (that means "much gracias" in spanish) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raptorpat Posted November 2, 2023 Author Share Posted November 2, 2023 Also direct and theme-related visual problems here instead of the Town Hall thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viperxmns Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 (edited) I am a noob at editing these sorts of things so bear w me, changes to the theme are subtle, wanted to avoid eyebleed so nothing too crazy. Def open to the people's thoughts on wat colors they might like to see used as a theme Edited November 2, 2023 by viperxmns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpgamer Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 I've been on the ASMB Vibes 2.0 theme, switching over to make notes. Personally, more a fan of the lighter grey for post backgrounds, a la ASMB. The black-on-almost-black is a bit much. On the other hand, the ASMB theme has the awful greenish yellow color for things like the top banner, new reply circles, etc. Literally anything is better than that. Blue thread title font is ok, think it's same/similar on all themes? But the green-on-hover is kinda clashy. Square vs circle avatars, not a huge difference, personal opinion and all. There's probably some design philosophy that says circles are more aesthetically pleasing or something. I'd probably lean more towards squares. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doom Metal Alchemist Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 16 minutes ago, rpgamer said: I've been on the ASMB Vibes 2.0 theme, switching over to make notes. Personally, more a fan of the lighter grey for post backgrounds, a la ASMB. The black-on-almost-black is a bit much. On the other hand, the ASMB theme has the awful greenish yellow color for things like the top banner, new reply circles, etc. Literally anything is better than that. Blue thread title font is ok, think it's same/similar on all themes? But the green-on-hover is kinda clashy. Square vs circle avatars, not a huge difference, personal opinion and all. There's probably some design philosophy that says circles are more aesthetically pleasing or something. I'd probably lean more towards squares. Circle avatars started because the intentions were for the avatars were to be the users' faces, nothing more, nothing less. But we don't like that shit here and most of the Internet other than the really huge social media sites don't foster selfie avatars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discolé monade Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 new uemb copy test is nice. is there a difference btwn the old and new version? i can't tell. not a fan of the default and test. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_annoying_one Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 I think Copy Test looks great, but I also really like ASMB Vibes 2.0. I honestly don’t know how to pick between the two. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viperxmns Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, rpgamer said: I've been on the ASMB Vibes 2.0 theme, switching over to make notes. Personally, more a fan of the lighter grey for post backgrounds, a la ASMB. The black-on-almost-black is a bit much. On the other hand, the ASMB theme has the awful greenish yellow color for things like the top banner, new reply circles, etc. Literally anything is better than that. Blue thread title font is ok, think it's same/similar on all themes? But the green-on-hover is kinda clashy. Square vs circle avatars, not a huge difference, personal opinion and all. There's probably some design philosophy that says circles are more aesthetically pleasing or something. I'd probably lean more towards squares. updated based on this feedback, see what yall think, can adjust ofc Edited November 2, 2023 by viperxmns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpgamer Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 Hm, yeah, I'd stick with it. I don't really interact with a great deal more of the site, so not much else to give input on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raptorpat Posted November 3, 2023 Author Share Posted November 3, 2023 ISP4 Dark is the pre-update skin, if there's anything there that looks better color-wise. Some of that is manually coded though, like the alternating light/dark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raptorpat Posted November 6, 2023 Author Share Posted November 6, 2023 hey @[classic swim] do you have any input on tweaking the asmb theme? you are our resident asmb theme expert 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[classic swim] Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 1 hour ago, Raptorpat said: hey @[classic swim] do you have any input on tweaking the asmb theme? you are our resident asmb theme expert Honored to have the title. Just what I mentioned before with the lining of the quote boxes and whatnot. I’m not that critical of it otherwise as my main thing was already resolved within quick time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otakuninja9000 Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 (edited) Why not some kind of black/red/white/gray emo theme? Edited November 6, 2023 by Otakuninja9000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raptorpat Posted November 6, 2023 Author Share Posted November 6, 2023 1 hour ago, Otakuninja9000 said: Why not some kind of black/red/white/gray emo theme? Once we lock in these two "main" themes, we can make more themes to the extent that viperxmns enjoys doing it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnDeRwOrlDpRiNcEsS Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 I still hate the spaceships 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnDeRwOrlDpRiNcEsS Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 Sooo for the ASMB 2.0 This color scheme needs to change. The green is so bright my retinas burn. Need to make UEMB stand out a little bit more. And the grey on grey when replying isn’t very aesthetically pleasing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raptorpat Posted November 7, 2023 Author Share Posted November 7, 2023 I changed the editor to the one other available without having to involve KN to download/install/build anything. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpgamer Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 1 hour ago, UnDeRwOrlDpRiNcEsS said: Sooo for the ASMB 2.0 This color scheme needs to change. The green is so bright my retinas burn. Need to make UEMB stand out a little bit more. And the grey on grey when replying isn’t very aesthetically pleasing. These are probably largely fixed in the "New UEMB Copy Test" theme, which seems to be the one made for making changes to nail things down without constantly changing things for users still on one of the older themes. Pretty sure the spaceships aren't so much a theme thing as a site thing, requiring digging into actual site code, if they can be removed at all.. (much like how I hate the sidebar creating a ton of empty space in large threads..) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viperxmns Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 can vouch, the spaceships aren't something I have any control over seemingly 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
André Toulon Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 The only thing I can ascertain about the rockers is it's rankable but nothing changes. Like in my profile it says I have 22/22 achievements but I'm still monster mutant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otakuninja9000 Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 On 11/6/2023 at 3:05 PM, Raptorpat said: Once we lock in these two "main" themes, we can make more themes to the extent that viperxmns enjoys doing it. Really? Or are you guys really saying you can't make more themes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raptorpat Posted November 7, 2023 Author Share Posted November 7, 2023 We can make more themes. The immediate job is to tweak up the two main ones, and then it's just a function of time/energy to whip more up beyond that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molarbear Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 (edited) On 11/2/2023 at 2:53 PM, Raptorpat said: OK EVERYONE @viperxmns is working on skins because I am terrible and he is a (f)artist. He has a draft for the default skin and wants people to prove input so he can refine it to the extent capable. After that, maybe tuning up the ASMB theme is on the list too, maybe even additional themeses if he enjoys it who knows?! If willing to humor us, scroll to the themes tab at the bottom of the page and click on the new UEMB copy test and poke around, let him know what you think etc. Goal is a dark-themed site that is easy on the eyes but also looks good and easily identifiable. mucho gracias to anyone willing to help out. (that means "much gracias" in spanish) Ranked Choice voting format 1.New UEMB copy test 2.ASMB Vibes 3. New UEMB (Default) 4.ASMB Vibes 2 (It was awesome at first) -10000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Default and test -Denada Pat fixed it Edited November 9, 2023 by molarbear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raptorpat Posted November 12, 2023 Author Share Posted November 12, 2023 I switched viperxmns' version to the default now people will be forced to engage mwahaha 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raptorpat Posted November 12, 2023 Author Share Posted November 12, 2023 did that change people's theme or do i have to manually reset it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_annoying_one Posted November 12, 2023 Share Posted November 12, 2023 I haven’t noticed anything different on my end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
André Toulon Posted November 12, 2023 Share Posted November 12, 2023 21 minutes ago, The_annoying_one said: I haven’t noticed anything different on my end. Me neither...but I just got here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raptorpat Posted November 12, 2023 Author Share Posted November 12, 2023 ok now 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_annoying_one Posted November 12, 2023 Share Posted November 12, 2023 Affirmative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raptorpat Posted November 12, 2023 Author Share Posted November 12, 2023 ok so direct all complaints to viperxmns, he's our artistic visionary 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_annoying_one Posted November 12, 2023 Share Posted November 12, 2023 I actually kinda dig this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raptorpat Posted November 12, 2023 Author Share Posted November 12, 2023 direct all compliments to him too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_annoying_one Posted November 12, 2023 Share Posted November 12, 2023 I’m sure he’ll see this whenever he comes online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
André Toulon Posted November 12, 2023 Share Posted November 12, 2023 Yes, I see it and I'm depressed now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raptorpat Posted November 12, 2023 Author Share Posted November 12, 2023 you can select the other one again from the themes, I think it's "new uemb old" 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top Gun Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 Not really a fan of the more washed-out blue-gray on this one for unread post icons. They don't draw attention as much as they should. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viperxmns Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 12 hours ago, Top Gun said: Not really a fan of the more washed-out blue-gray on this one for unread post icons. They don't draw attention as much as they should. brightened it up a bit, more similar to the text color now 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insipid Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 I tried messing around with them, and when I thought default would take me back to default . . . my eyes. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raptorpat Posted November 13, 2023 Author Share Posted November 13, 2023 Yeah that's the actual Invision default, some of the difficulty is that some things can't be easily inverted when you make a dark mode and require manual coding. The skin we had on the previous version was a preset customized dark mode option that I manually tweaked. But it worked because there were already things that were manually coded to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still Me Posted November 21, 2023 Share Posted November 21, 2023 Tldr tile this mother fucker I say Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juice McKenzie Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 Being able to change the theme is a cool option. I went with asmb 2.0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpgamer Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 I only just noticed that the thread preview (when you hover over a thread title) has a weird very faint mis-aligned bubble around it. Has that always been a thing? Oh wait, it's actually two bubbles. There's the thread preview box, then right around the edges is a rounded border that's just a few shades darker than background, and around that is another larger rounded border that's closer to the background grey bit still just slightly off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raptorpat Posted April 1 Author Share Posted April 1 sorry @rpgamer I totally missed this, but I am not sure what in the image you're pointing out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpgamer Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 S'ok. Nothing truly concerning, more a curiosity. There's just the faintest of gradients around the thread preview box. I can't even really show it off any better, it's so faint. But if you look close careful at the right side of that image, especially around the corners, you can see some rounded off not-as-blackness just outside the preview box (almost touches the corners, and just a bit outside that is another rounded region of slightly-not-as-dark. Maybe probably a desktop-only thing? I have no idea how/if thread previews work on mobile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raptorpat Posted April 1 Author Share Posted April 1 I'm looking from my PC and I can definitely see it now. I thought there was a smudge on my screen but you're right. Weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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