Josh Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 IPBForumSkins.com is designing the skin for "Werkspace 2.0". Our existing skin is the result of several different people's work. IPBForumSkins was able to do a few small fixes for me in the past and they gave the best results, so I decided to hand the whole design over to them. Their instructions are to make a clean, professional, Web 2.0-ish design for the site. I will post updates in this thread and ask for your feedback, since I don't have an eye for design. The links below can be referred to as progress is made: Skin in progress: http://www.ipbfocus.com/skins/skinchange.php?id=64 Default IPB skin, for comparison: http://community.invisionpower.com 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...
Josh Posted December 20, 2011 Author Share Posted December 20, 2011 The first update has been posted. Use the "skin in progress" link above to view it. Please post any general feedback you have, but keep in mind that work on it has just begun. 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...
Rick Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 I like it. It's bubbly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted December 20, 2011 Author Share Posted December 20, 2011 I see Rick's account has been hacked by a 15-year-old girl. 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 December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 They stole all your menus... thief I tell ya.. Looks good so far. I can't believe you didn't hire my company. See how ya are! B) 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...
Rick Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 I see Rick's account has been hacked by a 15-year-old girl. Everyone knows the real game devs are 15 year old girls. B) I like the bubbly look. Like MSN Messenger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted December 20, 2011 Author Share Posted December 20, 2011 I like the bubbly look. Like MSN Messenger. Yep, that is the style nowadays. The new YouTube site design is actually a really good example of that style. They stole all your menus... thief I tell ya.. B) Looks good so far. I can't believe you didn't hire my company. See how ya are! You guys do IPB skins? The skinning system is pretty difficult, it's not just regular CSS. The black bars kind of bother me. Here are a couple alternatives. What do you think?: We can change anything, including the entire layout, but it has to be decided now. 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...
Josh Posted December 20, 2011 Author Share Posted December 20, 2011 I rounded the header corners and made the header dark gray instead of black. Please tell me what you think. 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...
L B Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Bubbly is the style nowadays? No, bubbly is "Web 2.0" and all the buzz words you may associate with it. The web isn't glossy bubbles anymore, it evolved to be cleaner, flatter, and more content oriented. Look at the redesigns over at Google - Gmail, YouTube, G+, even Google itself. Look at Vimeo, Twitter. Show me the bubbles. I don't dislike the presented design, it's good, but if it's not modernized it won't last for as many years as you'd wish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted December 20, 2011 Author Share Posted December 20, 2011 Let's define our terms. I think what Rick means by "bubbly" is this: Not this: Glossy it out, flat gray monochrome with a slight emboss is in. Do you agree with that? I don't dislike the presented design, it's good, but if it's not modernized it won't last for as many years as you'd wish. How is it not modernized? I am open to criticism, but it needs to be specific. 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...
flachdrache Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Web2.0 is more a technical term - look at html5. If one is going to write a quote, one writes a quote and not a small headline in quotes. PS : iam out-of-business for quit some time now - but i believe its all about being "barrier-free" ... it can be better interpreted/translated. Quote AMD 64 X2 Dual 5k - 4GB - XFX GForce9800GT - nv196.21 - WinXP Sp3 zBrush4R2 - Silo2Pro - Unwrap3DPro - Gile - MaPZone2.5 Xxploration FPS in progress ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flachdrache Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 The first two links you posted do pretty well describe the difference between current and new standarts in terms of layout ... everything used to be a treenode which might be going to be more open "at a glance". Quote AMD 64 X2 Dual 5k - 4GB - XFX GForce9800GT - nv196.21 - WinXP Sp3 zBrush4R2 - Silo2Pro - Unwrap3DPro - Gile - MaPZone2.5 Xxploration FPS in progress ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L B Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Web2.0 is more a technical term - look at html5. If one is going to write a quote, one writes a quote and not a small headline in quotes. Web 2.0 is a marketing term. HTML5 is a technical term. @Josh: I guess it all falls within the radius of your rounded corner, heh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted December 20, 2011 Author Share Posted December 20, 2011 Replaced "Products" menu item with "Home" icon. I want the site to just focus on selling Leadwerks3D, and the word "Home" looks strange, so I used an icon. Eliminated icons in header for sign in, create account, etc. 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...
flachdrache Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Web 2.0 is a marketing term. HTML5 is a technical term. That might was planned but Web 2.0 is right now ... while HTML5 is 2years away. Quote AMD 64 X2 Dual 5k - 4GB - XFX GForce9800GT - nv196.21 - WinXP Sp3 zBrush4R2 - Silo2Pro - Unwrap3DPro - Gile - MaPZone2.5 Xxploration FPS in progress ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted December 20, 2011 Author Share Posted December 20, 2011 Here's another revision with some small changes: 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 December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 You guys do IPB skins? The skinning system is pretty difficult, it's not just regular CSS. Yes, but our WP, IPB developer is pretty busy anyways, doing sites for an advertisement agency.. Its all good, just playing with ya anyways. I like the bigger icon and buttons for "Web2.0" The small stuff is what everyone is getting away from. like this http://whmcs.com that's the style I like. 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 December 20, 2011 Author Share Posted December 20, 2011 And then I have this, with the heavier bar: 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 December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 ^^ thats better 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 December 20, 2011 Author Share Posted December 20, 2011 This inserts the section title into the top of the page, to break up the three horizontal bars. It's redandunt to have the word "Forum" on this page, but the forum thread title will appear on other pages in the same manner, so this is consistent: 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...
Josh Posted December 20, 2011 Author Share Posted December 20, 2011 This gets rid of the bottom bar in the header, which I felt like was creating too many stacked bars. Here's the same design, with the heavier dark bar: 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...
Clackdor Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Prefer more black bars to draw the eye to categories on the page. Would prefer a black bar over status window also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 More bubbly icons! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted December 20, 2011 Author Share Posted December 20, 2011 I think this is the final image I will send the designer. 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...
Thomas Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Black bars over the boxes on the right side also would look better. Just this big, black 'thing' over every category is not what i really going to like on the first view. And maybe the bars a little brighter Quote LINUX: Viagra for the PC. running Slackware GNU/Linux since 1996 Linux Developer Windows is a 32 bit shell for a 16 bit extension to an 8 bit Operating System designed for a 4 bit microchip by a 2 bit company which can't stand one bit of competition You can protect yourself from the 12/21/12 thing by not using the US short hand date format 21/12/12 ... Nope, that doesn't work 12/12/21 ... Doesn't work either Crisis averted... EVE-Online exclusive 21-day trial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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