Red/Gray Forum Theme

[Deleted User]
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edited December 2011 in The Clubhouse
List of current requests:



    Completed Changes
    1. Widescreen Version
    2. fix remaining blue rollover images
    3. new smilies :cheesygrin: (add more to quick post?)
    4. Thread icons (envelopes bad)
    5. Hard to distinguish Karma/News/etc from regular threads.




    I'll be tackling these as time allows. If you have more suggestions pm or post in the thread. I'll to update this list when I can.
    original post:

    Hi Guys, I'll be switching over the forum to the basic red/gray theme that I've been working on. It isn't 100% completed, however it is at a point which I felt it was good to push live.

    If you have any suggestions please vocalize them below. There are a bunch of small icons that are still blue and this is because they need new images. These will get fixed, hold tight for now.

    If there are any suggestions for additional themes please let us know. Know that these will take time and we appreciate your patience.

    Also, remember you can always switch back to the VB4 default theme by using the quick theme selector at the bottom left of the page in the footer. We will be keeping the multiple theme options on.
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    • Toolfan66
      Toolfan66 Posts: 17,223
      edited September 2011
      I love it!!! Much Better!!!!

      Thanks!!!
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    • Upstatemax
      Upstatemax Posts: 2,664
      edited September 2011
      So far I'm loving the new colors.

      Thanks for all the hard work guys!
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    • brettw22
      brettw22 Posts: 7,624
      edited September 2011
      Where that selector is is where the Widescreen option was as well........Will the widescreen or not options be built into that so the list would be something like this:

      vb4 default theme
      vb4 widescreen
      red/gray theme
      red/gray widescreen
      comment comment comment comment. bitchy.
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    • disneyjoe7
      disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
      edited September 2011
      I like it.

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    • [Deleted User]
      [Deleted User] Posts: 0
      edited September 2011
      brettw22 wrote: »
      Where that selector is is where the Widescreen option was as well........Will the widescreen or not options be built into that so the list would be something like this:

      vb4 default theme
      vb4 widescreen
      red/gray theme
      red/gray widescreen

      This. Probably won't be until sometime next week that the widescreen is available.
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    • heiney9
      heiney9 Posts: 25,165
      edited September 2011
      Mucho better, now I can actually discern bold from non-bold so I can see what are new posts and not new posts. Before with the bluish/gray I had to stare to see bolded print.

      H9
      "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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    • SCompRacer
      SCompRacer Posts: 8,493
      edited September 2011
      Much better! Thanks! If the other colors were supposed to be calming, it didn't work for me...:biggrin:
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    • Conradicles
      Conradicles Posts: 6,079
      edited September 2011
      I did really like the "Green" For Sale, and the "Red" SOLD.
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    • zombie boy 2000
      zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
      edited September 2011
      I normally don't chime in with these matters, but I really like this new design. Great work.
      I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
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    • Demiurge
      Demiurge Posts: 10,874
      edited September 2011
      Red/Gray Forum Theme

      That's great, Nick, but when are you going to fix the colors?
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    • Joe08867
      Joe08867 Posts: 3,919
      edited September 2011
      I like this much better. The blue was tough on the eyes. Thanks guys for all your hard work.
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    • BeefJerky
      BeefJerky Posts: 1,320
      edited September 2011
      Much better! Thanks!
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    • mole'
      mole' Posts: 3,160
      edited September 2011
      awesome new look.....
      mole'
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    • Face
      Face Posts: 14,340
      edited September 2011
      Much less dreary than the old red/black, looks great!
      "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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    • KrazyMofo24
      KrazyMofo24 Posts: 1,210
      edited September 2011
      Definitely an improvement easier to read through posts now and looks better.
      Setup:

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    • wayne3burk
      wayne3burk Posts: 939
      edited September 2011
      belly belly nice
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    • shack
      shack Posts: 11,154
      edited September 2011
      Please fix it so that whenever there is a list of posts that the topic is larger than than the name of the OP, stating date, time, etc. The topic should be the most prominent part of the listing IMO.
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    • mhardy6647
      mhardy6647 Posts: 33,769
      edited September 2011
      Thank you.
      Some consistency in life is greatly appreciated! :-)
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    • nadams
      nadams Posts: 5,877
      edited September 2011
      Little thing I noticed... links are not underlined until you mouse over them. Before, they would be underlined by default, so you could tell it was a link when you were browsing through the post. Now it just looks like the rest of the text.
      Ludicrous gibs!
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    • bobman1235
      bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
      edited September 2011
      nadams wrote: »
      Little thing I noticed... links are not underlined until you mouse over them. Before, they would be underlined by default, so you could tell it was a link when you were browsing through the post. Now it just looks like the rest of the text.

      When you say links do you mean links within posts? This hasn't been true for some time; i've had to manually underline links in my posts (using [ u ] tag) for a long time now....
      If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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    • coolsax
      coolsax Posts: 1,824
      edited September 2011
      I like it as well.. looks good.. thanks for all the hard work you do for the Forum Patrick.
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    • slowhat
      slowhat Posts: 50
      edited September 2011
      it looks so much better than the calming blue that made me agitated. well done, sir.
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    • maximillian
      maximillian Posts: 2,144
      edited September 2011
      Kudos! Looks great. Thanks for making some of the items I complained about stand out more.
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    • heiney9
      heiney9 Posts: 25,165
      edited September 2011
      shack wrote: »
      Please fix it so that whenever there is a list of posts that the topic is larger than than the name of the OP, stating date, time, etc. The topic should be the most prominent part of the listing IMO.

      I agree, if this can be fixed put it on the list.

      H9
      "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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    • falconcry72
      falconcry72 Posts: 3,580
      edited September 2011
      Looks good! :smile: but...

      too much white for me. A lot of white space = a very bright computer screen.

      Can you make the background a gray tone? (preferably dark gray):wink:

      I'm talking about the areas to the sides of the posts, between posts, and at the top and bottom of the page.


      Thanks for all the hard work!:smile:
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    • TECHNOKID
      TECHNOKID Posts: 4,298
      edited September 2011
      nick p wrote: »
      Hi Guys, I'll be switching over the forum to the basic red/gray theme that I've been working on. It isn't 100% completed, however it is at a point which I felt it was good to push live.

      If you have any suggestions please vocalize them below. There are a bunch of small icons that are still blue and this is because they need new images. These will get fixed, hold tight for now.

      If there are any suggestions for additional themes please let us know. Know that these will take time and we appreciate your patience.

      Also, remember you can always switch back to the VB4 default theme by using the quick theme selector at the bottom left of the page in the footer. We will be keeping the multiple theme options on.
      Great job Nick & Patrick! I did not want to get involved too early with comments since I knew you guys would be very busy trying to tweak the new REV but if you are ready now for our inputs...

      Since I realise I am a priviledge guess of Polk audio on this site, I pretty well go with the flow (despite being an old **** that like most in that cathegory that have a bit of a hard time to get used to changes. :redface: ). However, my main concern was the fact that I had to work extra hard to see what I was doing (with or without glasses). Yet this seem to have improved greatly but could potentially still be improved. It is nice to be able to see who the posters are which was improved (but seems like someone is now complaining about it). Reading posts and typing replies is slightly better but could still be improved (perhaps whiter page and darker letters (contrast) :frown: ). Not as important but the emoticons don't mean much too me until I point at them to see which is which. Right now, I simply try to avoid them as it is too tedious for me to work with them (however, an humble comment is that those emoticons look rather chepo compared to the old version. :redface: )
      heiney9 wrote: »
      Mucho better, now I can actually discern bold from non-bold so I can see what are new posts and not new posts. Before with the bluish/gray I had to stare to see bolded print.

      H9
      Looks like our vision might be somewhat the same level. :redface: (don't mind the red face, I am getting used to where this one is located now.. ;) )
      KrazyMofo24 wrote: »
      Definitely an improvement easier to read through posts now and looks better.
      +1! This is hopefully the only area I hope I will focus is ease of reading, when the new REV was introduced, I really had vision issues to the point is was tirering and giving me headaches.

      Patrick and Nick, thanks again for your hard work and coming up with improvements in such a short time. Now, we Polkies should do our part, be patient and encouraging! ;)

      Cheers!
      TK
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    • heiney9
      heiney9 Posts: 25,165
      edited September 2011
      falconcry72 wrote: »
      Looks good! :smile: but...

      too much white for me. A lot of white space = a very bright computer screen.

      Can you make the background a gray tone? (preferably dark gray):wink:

      I'm talking about the areas to the sides of the posts, between posts, and at the top and bottom of the page.


      Thanks for all the hard work!:smile:

      Once you get the wide screen option, I would think the above would become a non-issue

      H9
      "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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    • halo71
      halo71 Posts: 4,602
      edited September 2011
      Hows about a hot pink background with some purple thrown in somewhere? :biggrin:
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    • halo71
      halo71 Posts: 4,602
      edited September 2011
      Just kidding.....I like it much better now.
      --Gary--
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    • brettw22
      brettw22 Posts: 7,624
      edited September 2011
      heiney9 wrote: »
      Once you get the wide screen option, I would think the above would become a non-issue
      The widescreen won't address the amount of white void space.......

      I get what he's saying, but it's one of those things on the 'when we get to it' type of request list.........
      comment comment comment comment. bitchy.
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