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Post by Fate Flyer Fri Aug 14, 2009 11:00 am

Thanks to a bit of some helpful advice, I decided to add our information to the front homepage, so that when people first come to FOG, they know immediately what we are. I also worked on changing the background image to a better one (I think/hope).


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Post by Fate Flyer Fri Aug 14, 2009 11:24 am

I'm also working on the colors a bit. Bare with me if you see crazy changes happening, lol. I can take down FOG for everyone except us Admins while I'm doing maintenance, but I'd rather just leave it up.
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Post by Stion Gyas Fri Aug 14, 2009 11:29 am

I hope it isn't illegal for me to reply... but the thread isn't locked... so...

I like it, very surreal. Very Happy Is it possible to add a fog low to the base of the trees?
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Post by Fate Flyer Fri Aug 14, 2009 11:35 am

Yep, you definitely can respond here to let me know what you think and to provide feedback and whatnot.

Thanks, I'm glad you like it. Smile Sure -- I just added some more fog to the bottom of the image.
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Post by Stion Gyas Fri Aug 14, 2009 11:38 am

Looks very good. Very Happy You could give it a more homely feel by putting Mur out there with a lantern somewhere.
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Post by Fate Flyer Fri Aug 14, 2009 12:04 pm

xD lol Nice.


Here's the old FOG look:
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And now here's this one:
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The text is less harsh on the eyes now, I think, since it's not a bright white and seems to go better with the darker background.
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Post by Fate Flyer Fri Aug 14, 2009 12:10 pm

OH MY GOD.

I just found this amazing website with free wallpapers, and they have some fantastic foggy forest ones. I think I'm going to change the entrance image again. XD
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Post by Ragter the junior greeter Fri Aug 14, 2009 12:15 pm

I feel rather blind...I can't see a difference Sad
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Post by Lara Fri Aug 14, 2009 12:23 pm

I noticed the color changes immediately when I signed on this morning, but at first I thought I was just seeing things. Haha. I like it, Fate. And I like the new homepage, too!
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Post by Adrius Frostglare Fri Aug 14, 2009 12:28 pm

I feel...

shiny...
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Post by Ragter the junior greeter Fri Aug 14, 2009 12:34 pm

I feel stupid x-x
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Post by Fate Flyer Fri Aug 14, 2009 12:48 pm

Glad you noticed it so fast, Lara, and I'm happy that you like it! Very Happy

I just updated the homepage image again, and I really prefer this one now even more than the last. XD


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Post by Reffy Fri Aug 14, 2009 12:51 pm

Just gotta say ... LOVE THE NEW LANDING PAGE <3 It was very surreal and mystic and the groovy coloring on the font was snazzy!

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Post by Guest Fri Aug 14, 2009 12:52 pm

Fate? Just one observation...

Any way we can integrate a 'default color' option into our controls?

Not so that it can be abused or anything, but because I'd rather post a slightly lighter tone than gray. Smile

I honestly just need more contrast in colors, gray on gray is...somewhat headache inducing. Wink

Addendum: Or use the cyan tone you seem to favor. I like the rest a lot, and think it's very nicely done, but I feel the gray on gray text is a little bit off.

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Post by Fate Flyer Fri Aug 14, 2009 1:00 pm

Another reason I didn't want the text to be much lighter is because otherwise it was way too hard to distinguish between the links and the regular text. The links just got lost in the text. (I'm hoping onenitedrive can figure out a way to make all links be bold.)

I'm not sure I can put custom colors into our color choices (but that would be amazing!), so I'll ask onenitedrive tonight. (Thank goodness we have him for these things lol.) If not though, you can always just enter it in yourself. Just type:

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And then put the color code after the #. (If you don't have Photoshop or something similar, here's a site that lists a lot of color codes: http://www.december.com/html/spec/color.html)
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Post by Guest Fri Aug 14, 2009 1:02 pm

Works well enough. I'll just tell everyone in the threads I am el Dictator over that we are now switching to this color.

Viva la revolucion!

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Post by Lara Fri Aug 14, 2009 1:03 pm

Similarly, this has been my 'secret stash' of colors ever since I got my laptop. :3 I love this page.

The gray text doesn't bother me, luckily, since I prefer using the colors for dialogue. So viva la non revolucion!
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Post by Adrius Frostglare Fri Aug 14, 2009 1:04 pm

It's "dictador", not "dictator".

La policia ortographica, al rescate!!!!!
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Post by Stion Gyas Fri Aug 14, 2009 1:11 pm

I love the newest landing, Fate. Very Happy I just keep wondering who left the foot steps. Was it Charlie? O:
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Post by Guest Fri Aug 14, 2009 1:14 pm

Adrius Frostglare wrote:It's "dictador", not "dictator".

La policia ortographica, al rescate!!!!!

Dude, you're lucky I got close to it at all. I learned French and German, not Spanish. Wink

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Post by Adrius Frostglare Fri Aug 14, 2009 1:15 pm

High five for the trilinguals!

*slap*

However, I do admit my French is rather crappy.
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Post by Guest Fri Aug 14, 2009 1:17 pm

Adrius Frostglare wrote:High five for the trilinguals!

*slap*

However, I do admit my French is rather crappy.

Mine isn't great anymore, it needs prompting.

But with a little polish, I'm fluent again.

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Post by Lara Fri Aug 14, 2009 1:19 pm

All you people are lucky, knowing all these other languages. I just learned Italian, and even that's been so long that I barely remember anything from it. Sad


Fate, what's the color that I see when I post in the chat box? That purple-ish one.
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Post by ACK! Fri Aug 14, 2009 1:23 pm

It looks great, Fate. Very Happy I really like the gray font. It's easier, for me at least, to read. X3


edit: Oh man, what you did with the FOG logo and the title of the forum is HAAWWTT. Keep it.. omg plz keep it Very Happy
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Post by Guest Fri Aug 14, 2009 1:42 pm

Fate Foretold wrote:Another reason I didn't want the text to be much lighter is because otherwise it was way too hard to distinguish between the links and the regular text. The links just got lost in the text. (I'm hoping onenitedrive can figure out a way to make all links be bold.)

I'm not sure I can put custom colors into our color choices (but that would be amazing!), so I'll ask onenitedrive tonight. (Thank goodness we have him for these things lol.) If not though, you can always just enter it in yourself. Just type:

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Sounds like he'll need to alter the CSS code again. It always annoyed me that the link colors for forumotion were the same color as the board index links. That made it difficult to choose just the right colors for both theme and posts.

But yeah, if this forum is set to phpBB2 then he should be able to easily edit it, if its BB3, then I'm not quite sure how he'll do that. No Right now you two have this so disguised that I can't quite tell what version it is...

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Post by Ragter the junior greeter Fri Aug 14, 2009 1:55 pm

I only know Spanish...

By the way, I did check out the landing page, it looks nice.
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Post by Fate Flyer Fri Aug 14, 2009 2:08 pm

We have phpBB3, so it sounds like it may not be possible? He'll still look into it though.

Lara -- The chatbox color is the same as this text color, unless you change it.

Thanks, ACK! Very Happy Glad you guys like the landing page.
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Post by ACK! Fri Aug 14, 2009 2:13 pm

Coloring ProSilver on phpBB3 is like... Worse than death.

And your welcome, it looks fantastic now. Smile
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Post by Lara Fri Aug 14, 2009 3:05 pm

No wai. Maybe it's just me...?

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Post by Fate Flyer Fri Aug 14, 2009 3:12 pm

Oh! You mean the chat room, not the chatbox, right? Hmmmm. Lol You can change your color in the chat room too. It should normally be white though.
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