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Title: TremPlus forum theme
Post by: Ingar on May 13, 2011, 05:54:50 pm
I've put a new SFM theme TremPlus together, based on main site layout.
You can test it before I reset the forum default, just change your theme in your forum profile settings.
Title: Re: TremPlu forum theme
Post by: CreatureofHell on May 13, 2011, 05:56:09 pm
Pink granger theme. Go.
Title: Re: TremPlus forum theme
Post by: Asvarox on May 13, 2011, 06:26:08 pm
I think it needs further work

1) The "lighter grey" for odd posts is a bit too bright IMO
2) Text is getting into those metallic borders
3) Quote display would use a bit of work
4) Text in general could be more spaced out (between lines)
5) Heading says "Hello Asvarox" though "Asvarox" is 1/2 of "Hello" size which looks quite bad.
Title: Re: TremPlus forum theme
Post by: Dr. A. Goon on May 13, 2011, 06:46:04 pm
Over by the board name in the index, I just noticed that it displays the name of the post instead of the thread.  Bug or feature?

EDIT: Also, why does modding releases human look away; I feel shunned
Title: Re: TremPlus forum theme
Post by: CorSair on May 13, 2011, 08:00:23 pm
I agree what Asvarox says. Also if possible, can you make text little bit larger, it seems to be quite small in my opinion. Otherwise its awesome.
@ Ingar: How long this theme is avaible? This day or two or more?

Over by the board name in the index, I just noticed that it displays the name of the post instead of the thread.  Bug or feature?

EDIT: Also, why does modding releases human look away; I feel shunned
Because it saw dretch that is incoming, and it will probably eat him.
Title: Re: TremPlus forum theme
Post by: Ingar on May 13, 2011, 09:28:42 pm
@Asvarox:
Yes. Also, the post preview is disturbingly black.

@Dr. A. Goon:
Post name instead of thread name is a feature, it seems the current default forum theme doesn't do it,
but the SMF default theme does (which I have been using).

The human on the mod release board is the icon for "new post in subforum".
Unfortunatly, I don't have a decent granger render, or I'd probably use that.

@CorSair:
I hope to mold this theme into a decent default theme, so I don't plan on removing it  ;D

Title: Re: TremPlus forum theme
Post by: F50 on May 13, 2011, 09:35:50 pm
If you're going to get together a new theme, care to add a report button to temp-trem? Its just one little button!

I really like the top and borders of the new theme. The "new posts"/"no new posts" thing could use some work, the dretches (no new posts) draw a similar amount of attention, and perhaps more attention than the humans (new posts), which is awkward.
Title: Re: TremPlus forum theme
Post by: UniqPhoeniX on May 13, 2011, 10:55:58 pm
Put the name of topic starter under topic name instead of a separate column.
Title: Re: TremPlus forum theme
Post by: c4 on May 14, 2011, 04:43:21 am
The posts have scrollbars.
Title: Re: TremPlus forum theme
Post by: cron on May 14, 2011, 04:48:36 am
(A.) The theme should use 90% screen width to match the other pages on trem.net, and (B.) the quote boxes seem to extend past the column they're in as shown here (http://i.imgur.com/vb0fr.png) (http://imgur.com/vb0fr)
Title: Re: TremPlus forum theme
Post by: F50 on May 14, 2011, 05:49:26 am
Someone specified quote width in pixels as opposed to percent block width : )
Title: Re: TremPlus forum theme
Post by: Asvarox on May 14, 2011, 02:16:39 pm
Uh and yeah, that doesn't really concerns me that much, but I think forum width should be specified by pixels, not percents. I've heard that "relative" sites can be annoyingly hard to read on widescreen monitors (one line of text takes 3-4 sentences). It also gives more control on how the site is displayed on different computers and makes main page and the forum "glue" even more which is neat.

Other than that I really like the theme :)
Title: Re: TremPlus forum theme
Post by: Ingar on May 14, 2011, 02:47:10 pm
Matching the width of the main site and keeping the dragoon at the correct location
proves to be extremely difficult. This theme business is rather tedious work.
Title: Re: TremPlus forum theme
Post by: CreatureofHell on May 14, 2011, 04:33:35 pm
Matching the width of the main site and keeping the dragoon at the correct location
proves to be extremely difficult. This theme business is rather tedious work.
Perhaps you're only a developer because you're the only one willing to do the work...  ;)
Title: Re: TremPlus forum theme
Post by: your face on May 14, 2011, 06:12:21 pm
can I please click on the banner to go home. :(
Title: Re: TremPlus forum theme
Post by: Ingar on May 14, 2011, 06:22:12 pm
Welcome to version 0.2.

Notable changes:
- Swapped dretch and human icons
- Less black, and less contrast in threads
- Some more yellow
- Fixed some broken font sizes
- Prevented Quotes and Code blocks from overflowing
- Merged Subject and Posted By columns

Not yet fixed:
- width issues

Title: Re: TremPlus forum theme
Post by: KillerWhale on May 14, 2011, 06:35:10 pm
You can no longer click the "new" button to go to the latest post you have not read.

[EDIT: Just realised, every thread is marked as new, even if it has no new posts.]
Title: Re: TremPlus forum theme
Post by: Ingar on May 14, 2011, 06:43:02 pm
You can no longer click the "new" button to go to the latest post you have not read.
Heh, it's bugged too: it show 'new' everywhere. Will be fixed in the next update.
Title: Re: TremPlus forum theme
Post by: your face on May 14, 2011, 06:43:35 pm
Show unread posts since last visit. ?
Title: Re: TremPlus forum theme
Post by: Ingar on May 14, 2011, 07:09:42 pm
Show unread posts since last visit. ?
That works fine, I moved the "new" icon but I didn't move the actual link around it.

Update
The new icon should work now as well as the button to collapse the header.
I've set it as default theme.
Title: Re: TremPlus forum theme
Post by: Someperson1 on May 15, 2011, 05:07:21 am
Could you possibly change the contrast between the darker grey of every other post and the lines before and after the body of the post so that they are not invisible? it will make a friend :basilisk: appear w/ :granger:
Title: Re: TremPlus forum theme
Post by: kozak6 on May 15, 2011, 07:53:39 am
I still miss the old blue theme.
Title: Re: TremPlus forum theme
Post by: Ingar on May 15, 2011, 11:04:00 am
I still miss the old blue theme.
You can still use it, just choose whatever theme you like in your account settings.
(see preview picture in the first post)
Title: Re: TremPlus forum theme
Post by: janev on May 15, 2011, 04:54:56 pm
It looks like the beginning of a nice theme. A few gripes though. Besides the width issue,

Quote
Last post by Ingar
in Re: TremPlus forum theme
on Today at 10:04:00 AM

^ This area on the main forum page needs some attention. The today/yesterday highlight could be either changed to a different color that stands out more or made a larger font. Alternatively have the "last post" not highlighted. As it is there are too many highlights in too small an area.
Title: Re: TremPlus forum theme
Post by: Meisseli on May 15, 2011, 05:08:06 pm
The theme has a broken [ list]. The "abcd" below should look roughly like:

   a
   b
   c
   d

but instead it shows as:

Title: Re: TremPlus forum theme
Post by: vcxzet on May 15, 2011, 05:45:45 pm
You should add a horizontal line before the post content.
Also margins are too large it wastes too much space.
IMHO you should apply the color theme to SMF default theme
Title: Re: TremPlus forum theme
Post by: David on May 15, 2011, 05:47:02 pm
The theme has a broken [ list]. The "abcd" below should look roughly like:
*SNIP*

That's how it's supposed to be...
Title: Re: TremPlus forum theme
Post by: Meisseli on May 15, 2011, 05:56:37 pm
The theme has a broken [ list]. The "abcd" below should look roughly like:
*SNIP*

That's how it's supposed to be...
Try again...

(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/18542862/images/no.jpg)
Title: Re: TremPlus forum theme
Post by: David on May 15, 2011, 07:04:29 pm
ah, my bad.
Title: Re: TremPlus forum theme
Post by: Ingar on May 16, 2011, 02:52:33 pm
You should add a horizontal line before the post content.
Also margins are too large it wastes too much space.
IMHO you should apply the color theme to SMF default theme

Where do you mean with before the post content?

Title: Re: TremPlus forum theme
Post by: Someperson1 on May 16, 2011, 05:40:03 pm
You should add a horizontal line before the post content.
Also margins are too large it wastes too much space.
IMHO you should apply the color theme to SMF default theme

Where do you mean with before the post content?



It is the line after the title and before the sig
it is the one that I asked you to change the contrast of
possibly on even posts you could have dark grey for the main color and the light grey as the lines if possible
then the light grey for odd posts and the dark grey for the lines
 :granger: ;D
Title: Re: TremPlus forum theme
Post by: janev on May 18, 2011, 01:43:19 am
There seems to be a problem with quoting bold text. Example
ah, my bad.
my bad should be bold
Title: Re: TremPlus forum theme
Post by: Asvarox on May 18, 2011, 03:05:42 pm
It either got fixed or it's something on your side as it looks fine for me ("my bad" is bold in the quoteblock).
Title: Re: TremPlus forum theme
Post by: janev on May 18, 2011, 07:28:21 pm
(http://i.imgur.com/U03yA.png)

It works with other profiles. I dunno where the problem lies.

(http://i.imgur.com/oq1ma.jpg)
Title: Re: TremPlus forum theme
Post by: Undeference on May 18, 2011, 08:51:50 pm
The styling of .quote b is correct (font-weight: bolder), but not getting applied because of the size, x-small, which is probably bad anyway. Don't play with the size of quoted text and bold text will be bold.
Title: Re: TremPlus forum theme
Post by: janev on May 18, 2011, 09:06:09 pm
Mmmkay, basic PEBCAC it is then. The bold comes back when I hit ctrl +. Oddly enough I didn't think my text was all that small.  :laugh:
Title: Re: TremPlus forum theme
Post by: Pazuzu on May 18, 2011, 11:01:44 pm
I'm not sure how many features are still being ported, but just FYI, the {list} tag doesn't work.
Title: Re: TremPlus forum theme
Post by: Ingar on May 19, 2011, 03:08:25 pm
Title: Re: TremPlus forum theme
Post by: Meisseli on May 19, 2011, 05:56:28 pm
Woo, lists
Title: Re: TremPlus forum theme
Post by: kozak6 on May 20, 2011, 08:00:09 am
It's obnoxious how the indicator for a thread with new posts is sandwiched between the thread author's name and the number of pages.  It makes it hard to spot threads with fresh posts.
Title: Re: TremPlus forum theme
Post by: Menace13 on May 21, 2011, 01:53:42 am
It's obnoxious how the indicator for a thread with new posts is sandwiched between the thread author's name and the number of pages.  It makes it hard to spot threads with fresh posts.
Indeed, I have been having this problem, too.
Title: Re: TremPlus forum theme
Post by: David on May 21, 2011, 09:36:15 am
It's always been like that...
Title: Re: TremPlus forum theme
Post by: Menace13 on May 21, 2011, 05:56:15 pm
True, but the [NEW] button for TremPlus kinda blends in with the background, so having it after everything would be better. Alternatively, make it more visible.
Title: Re: TremPlus forum theme
Post by: Mustard on May 24, 2011, 05:05:43 am
It's obnoxious how the indicator for a thread with new posts is sandwiched between the thread author's name and the number of pages.  It makes it hard to spot threads with fresh posts.
Indeed, I have been having this problem, too.
Also, the shade of brown for a new topic is extremely close to an old topic.
Title: Re: TremPlus forum theme
Post by: Ingar on May 24, 2011, 11:27:44 am
At the moment the message index looks like the attached screenshot.
(That is, in my development environment)

I think it's better, I'm just not sure yet if it is best.
Title: Re: TremPlus forum theme
Post by: Lakitu7 on May 25, 2011, 07:44:38 pm
Agreeing with "the New icon is too small and blends in too much", but it is a minor gripe with what is otherwise an excellent job. Thanks for the hard work.
Title: Re: TremPlus forum theme
Post by: Menace13 on May 26, 2011, 06:40:39 pm
Agreeing with "the New icon is too small and blends in too much", but it is a minor gripe with what is otherwise an excellent job. Thanks for the hard work.

Couldn't have said it better myself.

Great work Ingar!
Title: Re: TremPlus forum theme
Post by: Heli on May 28, 2011, 05:54:25 am
I love that you are putting effort into the forum so thanks for that.  The text, however, is very hard to read....  Perhaps make it bigger.  There's something with the contrast which isn't quite right for the eyes.

Thanks!

PS. From a color scheme perspective, it looks great :)
Title: Re: TremPlus forum theme
Post by: vcxzet on May 29, 2011, 12:49:59 pm
There's something with the contrast which isn't quite right for the eyes.
agreed but (sane) people don't read posts on forums (for hours).
you should do the same
Title: Re: TremPlus forum theme
Post by: c4 on June 04, 2011, 11:35:11 pm
the banner at the top should be a link to the index page.
Title: Re: TremPlus forum theme
Post by: Ingar on July 13, 2011, 11:42:25 pm
I messed a bit with the board and messageindex,
the yellow official star replaces the "new" icon :P
Title: Re: TremPlus forum theme
Post by: Haraldx on July 14, 2011, 09:54:21 am
I liked the previous one more to be honest...  :-\
Title: Re: TremPlus forum theme
Post by: KillerWhale on July 14, 2011, 10:55:51 pm
Yeah, I'm not a fan of the star. I don't think it's intuitive enough.
Title: Re: TremPlus forum theme
Post by: OhaiReapd on July 16, 2011, 07:15:04 pm
Well, what he could do is put the NEW in the official star. I'm not sure how that would look though.
Title: Re: TremPlus forum theme
Post by: Asvarox on July 16, 2011, 09:39:26 pm
I think putting the star where currently the turret is would work well. Not sure where to put turret though, I'd remove it all together as I don't think it's that useful. Or it could switch - if there are new posts, use a star that would take you to the first new post, if there aren't - use a turret that'd take you to the latest post.

Uh and yes I'm a fan of "NEW" button too, though I'd really like to see the above idea in action.
Title: Re: TremPlus forum theme
Post by: Haraldx on July 17, 2011, 09:56:37 am
I think putting the star where currently the turret is would work well. Not sure where to put turret though, I'd remove it all together as I don't think it's that useful. Or it could switch - if there are new posts, use a star that would take you to the first new post, if there aren't - use a turret that'd take you to the latest post.

Uh and yes I'm a fan of "NEW" button too, though I'd really like to see the above idea in action.
Amen, brother.
Title: Re: TremPlus forum theme
Post by: Ingar on July 18, 2011, 01:52:11 pm
I think putting the star where currently the turret is would work well. Not sure where to put turret though, I'd remove it all together as I don't think it's that useful. Or it could switch - if there are new posts, use a star that would take you to the first new post, if there aren't - use a turret that'd take you to the latest post.

Uh and yes I'm a fan of "NEW" button too, though I'd really like to see the above idea in action.

A very interesting propopsal, thanks :)