Rick Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 I feel less connected with this new site design for some reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canardia Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 Everyone has the free will to choose whatever skin they like I use the IP.Board skin because it has nice blue and green tones (which are no complementary colors, but use a more difficult 7th dissonance (which is harmonic in itself though)), and makes you feel like you have room to breathe (it's wider, because it scales with the browser window, while the Leadwerks skin is fixed width). Also what I have learned is that only truly artistic skilled people dare and can make colored sites. People who can't find harmony and are very insecure about their artistic expressions, just use dull and gray tones. See Andy Warhol: Quote ■ Ryzen 9 ■ RX 6800M ■ 16GB ■ XF8 ■ Windows 11 ■ ■ Ultra ■ LE 2.5 ■ 3DWS 5.6 ■ Reaper ■ C/C++ ■ C# ■ Fortran 2008 ■ Story ■ ■ Homepage: https://canardia.com ■ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 You probably feel that way because the status updates and recent blog entries aren't shown on the main page. In order to fit them in, we may need to either make the page very wide, or stretchy. It might be a month before the site is complete, but I will see that these features are included in the final design. Quote My job is to make tools you love, with the features you want, and performance you can't live without. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Richmond Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 It needs to be stretchy IMO. I hate fixed width forums. I can understand static websites like your main page, but a forum needs to be 100% comfortable for the user to read and interact with. I don't see why you wouldn't just use IP.Board as a template for a new color scheme and banner. Quote Programmer, Modeller Intel Core i7 930 @ 3.5GHz | GeForce 480 GTX | 6GB DDR3 RAM | Windows 7 Premium x64 Visual Studio 2008 | Photoshop CS3 | Maya 2009 Website: http://srichnet.info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 Also what I have learned is that only truly artistic skilled people dare and can make colored sites. People who can't find harmony and are very insecure about their artistic expressions, just use dull and gray tones. See Andy Warhol Andy Warhol didn't have people to browse through lots of content while staring at his paintings, and IMHO was actually looking for the opposite result, a sensorial extravaganza, since he took inspiration from the abstract expressionists of his era. There are certain conventions in templating which convey a particular feeling to the user, which in this case should be "hey, that's a great and well supported development engine", and that's the only thing I am looking for; it's more design than art, and I never intended to artistically experiment with it let alone compete with such mind blowing icons. It needs to be stretchy IMO. I hate fixed width forums. I can understand static websites like your main page, but a forum needs to be 100% comfortable for the user to read and interact with. I don't see why you wouldn't just use IP.Board as a template for a new color scheme and banner. Hi DJDD, this skin was intended to seamlessly integrate with the main website, in order to give everything a cohesive look. I'll surely make a simpler, variable width skin in the near future based on IP.Board for the users who prefer this choice, but I think the default one should still be based on the website layout or first time users will feel like leaving the website when entering the community. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 Hi there, I've just added a variable width template which keeps the overall look intact (tentatively named "Leadwerks Wide"), aimed at everyone who finds useful to have recent updates on the main community page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 Did some minor modifications on both templates, corrected some visualization problems in IE7, and added a forum path as suggested by wh1sp3r. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wh1sp3r Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 hehe, now, It's cool perhaps, there could be same skin, but with different colours everybody can choose own. Quote -= Phenom II X4 965 3.4Ghz - ATI HD5870 - 6 GB DDR3 RAM - Windows 8 Pro 64x=- Website: http://www.flamewarestudios.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicToMeyeZR Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 Now if you could get a custom page with IP.Board, then you could do away with the "Main" site completely.. Would be better IMO. I thought they had custom page ability. I could be wrong. Quote AMD Phenom II x6 1100T - 16GB RAM - ATI 5870 HD - OCZ Vertex 2 60GB SSD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 Now if you could get a custom page with IP.Board, then you could do away with the "Main" site completely.. Would be better IMO. I thought they had custom page ability. I could be wrong. That's exactly what we're doing. We have the ability to add various feeds into the html pages, so the whole site will be more interactive and interesting. Quote My job is to make tools you love, with the features you want, and performance you can't live without. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicToMeyeZR Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 Quote AMD Phenom II x6 1100T - 16GB RAM - ATI 5870 HD - OCZ Vertex 2 60GB SSD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 I've added the searchbar on both templates. About the colours, I can add more skin sets once we've done tuning up everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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