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Jun 26, 2007 14:00:28 GMT -5
Post by ch00beh on Jun 26, 2007 14:00:28 GMT -5
This topic is to discuss lollipops and trees and... oh wait, no, it's to discuss skins. I think there's already a skin topic somewhere around, but i dunno where it went. So what forum skin do y'all use? I'm personally a fan of Machine. I might be a bit biased though. Sometimes I also use Space. Again, I might be a bit biased. >.> This thread can also be used to announce new skins or changes and stuff. For example, I'm now announcing that I'm in the process of making the Inferno skin. I'm also not sure if I announced that I fixed the colors of Space to be more aesthetically not killing. As soon as I finish my comic, I'll get to finishing Inferno
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Jun 26, 2007 14:36:37 GMT -5
Post by Tout-Perd on Jun 26, 2007 14:36:37 GMT -5
I switch between NeoExodus, APCARP, and January. I like the slightly brighter color schemes because they tend to work fairly well with all of the features, and just seem rather soothing.
(Anybody else remember the pre-fix NeoExodus? It was like all bright oranges! GAH!)
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Jun 26, 2007 14:47:57 GMT -5
Post by Beelzebibble on Jun 26, 2007 14:47:57 GMT -5
The only one for me is the Pohatu-themed layout.
Although it does make the Pope's white-background posts damn difficult to read, it is otherwise a highly pleasant color scheme.
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Jun 26, 2007 14:51:45 GMT -5
Post by Krazy Glue on Jun 26, 2007 14:51:45 GMT -5
I have no clue what the name of the skin i use is... Ive not bothered to change it at all...
The bulk of the page is white/just off white with blue tabs and stuff... Its easy on the eyes...
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Jun 26, 2007 15:07:43 GMT -5
Post by Tout-Perd on Jun 26, 2007 15:07:43 GMT -5
Rupe uses Exodus Classic.
ALL FEAR POPE, SKIN TERRORIST!
(Choobs, Skin-Counter-Terror Unit)
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Jun 26, 2007 15:10:54 GMT -5
Post by ch00beh on Jun 26, 2007 15:10:54 GMT -5
*frags Pope a la Counterstrike* Lolz, noob.
I've found that dark background with light (but not white) text is the easiest on the eyes. The thing about white backgrounds is that it's too harsh on the eye because there's so much white everywhere. I mean, if you think about it, white is where the monitor if emitting full values of red, blue and green from a single point.
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Jun 26, 2007 15:55:45 GMT -5
Post by Krazy Glue on Jun 26, 2007 15:55:45 GMT -5
True, it is nicer to have a dark screen, but I personally like having a white background on some things just because its like reading a book or whatnot.
Go me for using exodus classic.... >_>
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Jun 26, 2007 15:57:01 GMT -5
Post by ch00beh on Jun 26, 2007 15:57:01 GMT -5
A white background on a computer is like staring at a lightbulb.
White paper (like a book) is good.
Hmm... maybe I can make a "book" skin of some sorts eventually.
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Jun 26, 2007 16:00:09 GMT -5
Post by Krazy Glue on Jun 26, 2007 16:00:09 GMT -5
Lightbulbs are fun to stare at.... Not as much fun as staring at the sun... but you know, it gets you there!
Its like drinking alcopops... takes longer to get drunk than if you drank the spirits straight... but it still gets the job done....
I should just shut up shouldn't I....
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Jun 26, 2007 16:16:10 GMT -5
Post by Tout-Perd on Jun 26, 2007 16:16:10 GMT -5
Yeah, a book skin would be nice. Cream color, with a sort of paper-grain background. (If Steph did it, she'd put a newsprint background just to be cruel. )
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Jun 27, 2007 0:30:52 GMT -5
Post by Ocelot on Jun 27, 2007 0:30:52 GMT -5
I use the Mafia Skin. I tend to favor the more darker skins which are very few with its only addition being Machine which I use sometimes when I feel a little on the wild side.
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Jun 27, 2007 0:34:55 GMT -5
Post by Popebenedict on Jun 27, 2007 0:34:55 GMT -5
I enjoy the Atari skin, but I used the machine one for a while, it was cools, but the atari is still my favorite for some reason. Plus, my white post color looks awsome on it I just love reading my own posts.
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Jun 27, 2007 8:57:13 GMT -5
Post by kazkame on Jun 27, 2007 8:57:13 GMT -5
wow....
eitherway how does one make a skin ?
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Jun 27, 2007 10:27:50 GMT -5
Post by ch00beh on Jun 27, 2007 10:27:50 GMT -5
Ocelot, I fixed Space to be a good dark theme. Also, Inferno will be a dark theme soon.
And Kaz, to make a skin, you gotta buy it from the EP thing and tell Lee, Babs, Loogs, or me that you want a skin, and you need to tell us what you want it to look like. I dunno how the others will do it, but I'll ask you for the specific colors you want for each part of the board (text color, header color, etc) and you get to make a banner (or ask me to make one for your own specifications, but I don't really get unpaid commissions done in a timely fashion). If you asked me to make your skin, and the colors you specified turn out to be an unsightly abomination, I may take the liberty of fixing them a bit.
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Jun 27, 2007 10:30:18 GMT -5
Post by kazkame on Jun 27, 2007 10:30:18 GMT -5
ok i'll start working on the ideas
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Jun 27, 2007 10:31:04 GMT -5
Post by bulbaboy on Jun 27, 2007 10:31:04 GMT -5
I use the December skin since Sly is on it but I haven't browed the skins in awhile so I need to go over them again.
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Jun 27, 2007 10:31:59 GMT -5
Post by kazkame on Jun 27, 2007 10:31:59 GMT -5
umm pope's text doesn't appear on space
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Jun 27, 2007 10:51:02 GMT -5
Post by ch00beh on Jun 27, 2007 10:51:02 GMT -5
That's because it's white. ¬_¬
Like I've said before, install my greasemonkey script to fix up Pope.
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Jun 27, 2007 12:34:31 GMT -5
Post by Loogs on Jun 27, 2007 12:34:31 GMT -5
hey look everyone, new skin! Winter Retroland! Penguins! I like PENGUINS
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Jun 27, 2007 12:45:52 GMT -5
Post by Popebenedict on Jun 27, 2007 12:45:52 GMT -5
Wow, that's actually a pretty nice skin. I was expecting it to be gay... but I kinda like it. It's dark, yet has that light feel to it, and its nice with my white posts thrown in there. I might stay with this one for a little bit, its kinda like Atari... but different. And of course, who doesnt like penguins?
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Jun 27, 2007 12:52:44 GMT -5
Post by Baboon on Jun 27, 2007 12:52:44 GMT -5
<3
I think I have a new skin.
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Jun 27, 2007 12:54:46 GMT -5
Post by Loogs on Jun 27, 2007 12:54:46 GMT -5
That´s why it´s Winter RETROland. It was MEANT to be in an Atari-style. However, I gave everything a winter theme. The smilies all have earmuffs and scarves. Babs, you just like the penguins under your name.
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Jun 27, 2007 12:58:19 GMT -5
Post by Baboon on Jun 27, 2007 12:58:19 GMT -5
>.> <3
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Jun 27, 2007 13:03:20 GMT -5
Post by ch00beh on Jun 27, 2007 13:03:20 GMT -5
I was about to make a mildly indifferent statement about how Pope shouldn't use 'gay' as a demeaning word, but then I realized in context of penguins, that skin could indeed have ended up disgustingly 'happy', so I'm not. Anyways, I'm generally not a fan of the whole glowing lines skins, where the headers / posts / what-have-you are all the same color as the background.. They feel weird.
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Jun 27, 2007 16:04:28 GMT -5
Post by Ocelot on Jun 27, 2007 16:04:28 GMT -5
Aww how cute, look the little penguin smiley things there so adorable....I mean how queers that penguins are for little kids. Mafia is the mans Skin. It's rugged yet sexy. Yea Sexy in that rugged kind of way...*whispers to himself* Aww this penguins sad and this happy smiley penguins gonna come over make you feel all better.
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Jun 27, 2007 16:14:18 GMT -5
Post by ch00beh on Jun 27, 2007 16:14:18 GMT -5
Machine is the manly man's skin. It just transmits the message "Look at me, I know how to make a car run."
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