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New Theme - Nova Black

Started by Cham, Sep 15 2009 12:41 AM

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Poll: Do you like the new theme? (16 member(s) have cast votes)

Do you like the new theme?

  1. Yes (15 votes [93.75%])

    Percentage of vote: 93.75%

  2. No (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  3. Don't know (1 votes [6.25%])

    Percentage of vote: 6.25%

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  • Cham
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#1
Need feedback on the new theme. Tell me what you think. Also do let me know if anything appears to be broken.

Logo is a little weak, but it's just a place holder until Bard gets the new one done.

I tried to make it high contrast to keep the opacity (because i think it's damn cool looking) and maintain good readability.

One of the new features you should notice is the new menu bar. It's powered by Yahoo's YUI library (ironically enough, I didn't have to change a thing from the default as it goes with the theme rather well I think).

There's also a new Content System powered by vbAdvanced Dynamics. Basically it can take anything and push it through the vBulletin forums (or pull anything from the forums and build a separate table of data for it). It's fully integrated with vBulletin and the CMPS on the front page.

I also spent some time going through the templates and cutting out crap we don't need and re-arranging where stuff is displayed. This will mostly be evident in the Content System mentioned above.

I noticed it was a little slow loading so I optimized it some (4 seconds vs 10 seconds on my connection at work). Let me know if the load time is too long and I'll switch the theme back to the older version until I can get it further optimized.

Edited by Cham, 15 September 2009 - 01:32 AM.

Posted 15 September 2009 - 12:41 AM



  • Phatal
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#2
This is the best theme yet. I love it. It looks sick. The only thing that threw me off was silver nav bar below the logo, that could use tweaking, but I don't know how.

DON'T MESS WITH THE FORUM COLORS THEY ARE PERFECT. (no really, I'm serious).

Posted 15 September 2009 - 01:19 AM

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#3
It's not actually silver, it's white with a gradient so technically it "matches" but I see what you're saying. I left it that color so that it would stand out more.

I also need to go through and update all of the button images to match (But I wasn't going to do that unless people liked the color scheme).

Posted 15 September 2009 - 01:20 AM

#4
I like it. It looks fantastic. I am with Phatal though, on the nav bar. I see what you're saying about it matching Cham, but something about it just seems off. I wish I still had photoshop so I could play around with it and offer some suggestions, but I don't so I can't. Maybe if it was slightly silverish, and the gradient a bit more pronounced? I dunno.

Posted 15 September 2009 - 05:10 AM

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#5
The nav bar is off. I am not sure what color would be better but right now, but the white is too bright and breaks the flow for me.

Posted 15 September 2009 - 05:12 AM

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#6
Agree with nav bar comments. Black back with white text, while boring, will probably be the best solution. Really like what yahoo did, nice find.

Also, I know the new-post notification icons were discussed before but they are much harder to identify with the black theme (I don't have any qualms with them in the default shades of grey theme). I think if you simply remove the gradient background of the icons it would solve the problem.

I know this is a minor complaint as well - but how does it look if in the quick and advanced replies, you make the text white and background black? Because there's such a huge contrast between the black theme and a large white box, it is tough for my eyes to adjust from reading posts to typing a reply.


Other than that it looks great. Very slick. I keep tabbing between the themes and my eyes are definitely more attracted to the black.

Edited by ice, 15 September 2009 - 09:01 AM.

Posted 15 September 2009 - 08:44 AM

  • Jamis
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#7
I like the black better for sure.

Posted 15 September 2009 - 11:03 AM

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#8

ice said:

Agree with nav bar comments. Black back with white text, while boring, will probably be the best solution. Really like what yahoo did, nice find.

Also, I know the new-post notification icons were discussed before but they are much harder to identify with the black theme (I don't have any qualms with them in the default shades of grey theme). I think if you simply remove the gradient background of the icons it would solve the problem.

I know this is a minor complaint as well - but how does it look if in the quick and advanced replies, you make the text white and background black? Because there's such a huge contrast between the black theme and a large white box, it is tough for my eyes to adjust from reading posts to typing a reply.


Other than that it looks great. Very slick. I keep tabbing between the themes and my eyes are definitely more attracted to the black.

You fuckers must be blind. I have no issue with the new post notification icons. I'll probably change the white for "new post" to match the blue. That should make it pop a little more.

I'm going to give it a few days on the nav bar color changes. I personally like the contrast of the white against the black.

Posted 15 September 2009 - 07:36 PM

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#9
I changed the reply box to black with white font. Not bad.

Posted 15 September 2009 - 07:48 PM

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#10
Button set updated with a Glossy Black Set I found on the vBulletin forums.

Posted 15 September 2009 - 11:04 PM

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#11
There's some lame white shit on the corners. Good thing the inept fucker provided the PSD's. I'll get them fixed later.

Posted 15 September 2009 - 11:13 PM

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#12
His PSD's are full of fail. So I found some more buttons and it's the same issue. I think the fuckers just forgot to enable transparency on their images. Guess I'll be making custom buttons myself.

Posted 16 September 2009 - 10:17 PM

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#13
=(

Posted 17 September 2009 - 03:17 AM

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#14
Let me know if there are any performance issues.

Posted 18 September 2009 - 02:13 AM

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#15
Fuck yea new Nova logo!

Posted 20 September 2009 - 01:22 PM

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#16
Buttons should be fixed.

Posted 21 September 2009 - 10:01 PM

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