[nirvAnA]

Update! Thanks to some help from paperclip we have already revived the style chooser! If you haven't seen it yet, its at the top left of the site.

It can be seen at the top left and I've added 5 default colors. I do plan to make more changes too, right now it just changes the "thead" and header. What other changes do you guys suggest?

Also will plan to limit the colors down from 5 to the current 3. Just put the pink up for fun and for the girls haha. Also as you can see im just testing all the different backgrounds for fun.

So let me know what are your favourite colors or new colors to introduce and will give it a go.

+ [For those who wanna test their own colors] +

• Easiest to see how the color actually looks like on the page in real time by using firefox and dling this add-on called firebug
• Then just go sc2sea right click anywhere on the page > inspect element with fire bug
• crtl+f look for "thead" > click on the "class=thead" part and you will see some stuff appear on the right
• enter whatever color u want in the background color - it has to be in #123456 format. (i like using http://kuler.adobe.com/#create/fromacolor to find colors)
• Post a screenshot here and if it looks good will put it in

+ [original OP] +

Was thinking of getting some fresh colors for the site. Do you guys think its necessary and if so which colors would be good? Here are two potential ones. Feel free to submit your own!

[AxSGRiM]

I personally like blue but it would be good if we could have the option to chose different colors, idk if thats possible tho

[LordByrnsy]

Teeaaallll!

Quick Comments

FSDele:

+1 ♥ Teal.

[NDG.Stitch]

dark blue looks damn nice.

[Cyanide]

yes! new colours!!
even better if background can change, but that would mean all other colours changing by default according to the theme, along with the ability for users to toggle between themes so that we can "customize" according to our tastes. then again, because this site has user generated content together with bbcodes, i doubt that's possible. i'm just fantasizing. >.<

back on topic, both looks good. but i'm leaning towards silver.

[Syk]

Originally Posted by EveStitch

dark blue looks damn nice.

Yeah, I agree with the dark blue !

[Akilos]

mmmm black? I do like the dark blue though )

[ToRSpartaz]

Idk maybe just have a wide variety of range that people could customise to? Try the bnet colours maybe. Theres probably people out there that have an affinity for the light pink (I know I have mine for Teal )

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Zanderax:

Winning! As per usual.

[TCPKerO]

Dark Blue FTW, and maybe some background stuff

[SLCN.CautioN]

Dark blue would be great as i roam around the site at midnight and white is way to bright especially when all the lights are off and i like to snuggle up

[Cordance]

Im happy with anything that is easy to read, I would rather not grey. Wait I have my typical internet person impersonation CHANGE!!!! NOOOOO!!!! OK now I have that out of my system. The ability to have a default and a changeable option sounds really cool. If its possible at all.

[VB_Blake]

Does anyone think a Black would work?

[ToRMaverick]

I agree with a few of the above posts (Cyanide - Backgrounds) etc. Dark Blue looking too much like another popular SC2 site, which of course looks awsome but we need our own identity.

I would put some slightly darker shades in the backgrounds and darken up the headers. Doesnt have to be black (and yes black does work imo) but this is an example of what i mean... took all of 2 mins in Photoshop so dont go hating on the quality but it shows what I mean. Obviously you would need to lighten up the fonts in the black headers etc.

EDIT: Fixed up the headers and other minor improvements................

Quick Comments

	Frogmite:	click ass
	Satu:	That looks awesome.
	Stallion:	i like this one
	Bloodmyst:	+1 this looks much better
	FaMe:	^ As above
	nirvAnA:	Thanks man! :)
	Maynarde:	The best, should be the only theme imo!

[IcedTea]

Oooh. Black looks pretty good. Out of those two that you showed, the blue one looks better imo. But the ultimate colour would be.. PURPLE. But a dark purple. :P

[SleekDaElite]

I like the black. or any darker colours. A customisable option would be the best, even if it was only 3 or so different options. but i got no idea how hard that would be to implement at all.

[TABottles]

I really like the theme now

[TADivinity]

dark blue is nicer and more distinct in splitting up sections

[breadfan]

I like all the suggestions so far. Maybe you can give us options

[TheGentleman]

I strongly approve of skin options. A default one (whichever nirvana and the admins like most) and 2 or 3 alternatives. You can't please everyone... But you can get damn close.

I'm still ok with one option only however... Implementing "options" is a bit of work after all. If this is the case I'm currently supporting the black theme cause it's easier on the eyes.

[ToRMaverick]

I love my little kiwi's.... wait, what. Dirty bastards!

[nirvAnA]

Yup having style options is definitely the right way to go.

Right now the two popular colors are black and dark blue. A third color would be nice, any suggestions?

Quick Comments

	mGGDrGooSe:	Green! or Pink xD
	Asrathiel:	...purple...
	IcedTea:	DARK PURPLE! :D

[Stallion]

Originally Posted by nirvAnA

Yup having style options is definitely the right way to go.

Right now the two popular colors are black and dark blue. A third color would be nice, any suggestions?

need a girly option get some purple/pink option like that stallion overlay :P

[breadfan]

Originally Posted by nirvAnA

Yup having style options is definitely the right way to go.

Right now the two popular colors are black and dark blue. A third color would be nice, any suggestions?

Red

Originally Posted by Cyanide

I thought it wouldn't be possible. As an example, if I had a black theme and you had a white theme, my formatting of posts would be a problem for you wouldn't it? I'm referring to theme as in, the entire background of the website is dark, not white.

Let's say I create a post with fancy BBcodes and what not, that would look splendid on my end. I use white fonts because it would look nice on my black themed setup, wouldn't it not be able to show up on your end?

It'd be fairly simple from a technical standpoint, and the advantage is that once done it would be very easy to expand into many different themes

I don't think there's an option with black post backgrounds - it's just black header bars and a darker grey background

[Cyanide]

Originally Posted by TheGentleman

Implementing "options" is a bit of work after all. If this is the case I'm currently supporting the black theme cause it's easier on the eyes.

I thought it wouldn't be possible. As an example, if I had a black theme and you had a white theme, my formatting of posts would be a problem for you wouldn't it? I'm referring to theme as in, the entire background of the website is dark, not white.

Let's say I create a post with fancy BBcodes and what not, that would look splendid on my end. I use white fonts because it would look nice on my black themed setup, wouldn't it not be able to show up on your end?

[nirvAnA]

Thats true cyanide, thats why atm im just looking at changing the main header colors so posts still look good for all

[nirvAnA]

Thanks to some help from paperclip we have already brought back the style chooser! If you haven't seen it yet, its at the top left of the site.

It can be seen at the top left and I've added 5 default colors. I do plan to make more changes too, right now it just changes the "thead" and header. What other changes do you guys suggest?

Also will plan to limit the colors down from 5 to the current 3. Just put the pink up for fun and for the girls haha. Also as you can see im just testing all the different backgrounds for fun.

So let me know what are your favourite colors or new colors to introduce and will give it a go.

+ [For those who wanna test their own colors] +

• Easiest to see how the color actually looks like on the page in real time by using firefox and dling this add-on called firebug
• Then just go sc2sea right click anywhere on the page > inspect element with fire bug
• crtl+f look for "thead" > click on the "class=thead" part and you will see some stuff appear on the right
• enter whatever color u want in the background color - it has to be in #123456 format. (i like using http://kuler.adobe.com/#create/fromacolor to find colors)
• Post a screenshot here and if it looks good will put it in

To fix: Will change the clock color text to white probably
Will try to change the inner colors too to something compatible like ToRMaverick's image

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Quick Comments

breadfan:

I am totatlly using pink

[AxSGRiM]

omg haha pink, imo the banners have to go ;p

[IcedTea]

I tried changing it to purple using firebug. A dark purple with black theme would look pretty badass. Also, it seems that every second page you click, the theme changes. Im not a fan of the banners at the top. They look a bit tacky. xD But yeah. Dark purple with a dark black background would look cool. :P

Quick Comments

	Antel0pe:	lol. wtf is rogue talking about in the chatbox?
	nirvAnA:	thanks!

[ToRVenom]

Repping the pink!

[breadfan]

maybe a bit more of a browney-brown rather than the current greyish brown? something around #24201d. I like all the options and could see myself using all, the only problem is the banner area

[VB_Blake]

I'm loving the pink and the dark grey/black. Awesome feature

[FsDronesInJail]

i like the black.. trendy~~

[inFeZa]

god this site has gone full retard colours.

[TheGentleman]

I like the new options for colours but I can't say that I like the textured backgrounds up in the banner.

Quick Comments

Flamga:

Agreed, but its nice regardless :D

[Zanderax]

The themes are great but mine keep flicking between themes each time I change pages

Quick Comments

	Maynarde:	Me too :S
	NOM:	^this

[inFeZa]

CHANGE IT BACK

thanks

[TAminimat]

I don't think this works on apple products btw

[NOM]

I thought I was on weed when I first noticed this change.

[iMSystem]

[nirvAnA]

Theme persistence - I tested it on chrome/firefox and it worked fine last night. Those having problems please let us know the browser/settings you are using. Its not supposed to keep alternating colors on different pages so its a bug we're gonna look at fixing.

Theme options - Remember the only reason it was implemented was because people requested it! If you don't like them you don't have to use them and can just be on the original one. (assuming u dont get the bug)

Headers - Justs a temporary thing i put up. Would it be better with just the default plain banner or some other banners? Let me know! Those with firebug can play around with it here

#header {
	background:url(http://URL) repeat-x top left;
	height:142px;
}

[ROOTPetraeus]

Can we take away the fishes and shit from the blue theme?

[nirvAnA]

Done!

Crtl + F5 to refresh

Quick Comments

ROOTPetraeus:

awesome!

[VoxMSI.Rogue]

can you make a green one

[xGKingdelete]

loving the pink theme

Quick Comments

	SLCN.NXZ:	HAH GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY
	TheGentleman:	Not gay... only pros use the colour pink ;)

[faithHunter]

Originally Posted by SQL.delete

loving the pink theme

I can't believe Nirvana actually added in pink XD

Also, the new site banners are pretty cool as well.

[ToRMaverick]

I think the black theme would look better with a lighter colour in the top header. Makes poor diablo and the clock just disapear.... with a few tweaks to each option I think you are onto a winner.

And for those that dont do change so well..... keep the default to the original colour

Cant twist you arm to try out darkening the background slightly for the black theme.... you know you want too!

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Cyanide:

lol, i'm all for making the background darker too! >.<

[neKo]

Black and yellow black and yellow

[MezjE]

black looks amazing! good stuff

[Delraich]

I am not so convinced by the silver theme. Any chance you could look at a brushed metal look or something a bit more modern?

Quick Comments

Cyanide:

i like this

[x5_Namakaye]

i just use the standard blue as personal preference, but like the idea!

[nirvAnA]

Thanks Delraich!

updated with the closest one un copyrighted one i managed to find, how does it look? Keep the suggestions coming! Will update when i can

[Cyanide]

Perhaps one of this could qualify for the black one
Edit: Oh dear, looks more grey than black... Lol...

[nirvAnA]

Thanks cyanide, implemented!

Themes still need to be tweaked quite a bit, but i really like how the silver looks atm.

Quick Comments

	Delraich:	yeah, I am happy with the silver too :)
	ToRMaverick:	Yeah, even thought I was all for black. I use the silver one as it currently looks the best!

[Delraich]

The clock text needs to go white for the black theme - it dissappears otherwise.

[TheGentleman]

Time to provide some useful feedback.

Behold a image detailing items I believe should be changeable. They've been given approximate names so I can easily reference them.



You will never please everyone... unless you give the choice to people. So here's my suggestion... if you're going to put time into the visual aspect of this website.

Add a new option under the profile options of this site. It can be laid out approximately as so:

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{Radio Button 1} Pre-set Theme:

Select Theme: [Drop Down Menu V (Theme list: (Default; Ocean; Steel; Dark; Pink))]

{Radio Button 2} OR Custom Theme:

Background: [Drop Down Menu V (Colour list)]
Primary Colour: [Drop Down Menu V (Colour list)]

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Small text colour will be black or white based on the darkness of the background colour (in the case of #7F7F7F choose black text).

Small hypertext colour ... not sure what to do with that one, probably same as small text colour but with an underline (looks neater imho).

Primary Text Colour should be black or white based on the darkness of the primary colour.

Colour darkness can be determined using a simple mean average formula.
e.g. #C0FF91 -> rgb(192,255,145) -> (192 + 255 + 145) / 3 = 197. If the average number is greater than 127 (255 / 2 = 127 = 7F) use the colour black otherwise use the colour white.

Edit: I suppose an example is in order.

Background: Orange
Primary Colour: Green



Note: While editing a version of this website for the image above I noticed some opaque images which could prove problematic for the above implementation. Simply replacing those opaque images with semitransparent images like what I did for the grey shading underneath the menu/divider... see below:



Alternatively a set of pre-made imagine associated with each of the available colour options.

Anyway just food for thought

Quick Comments

nirvAnA:

Thanks so much man! :)

[nirvAnA]

paperclip has helped correct the issue with theme not persisting. anyone getting random themes still please let us know