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Post by Gen-ik »

brewmiser wrote:
patrikG wrote:[note: copied from my post on "Announcement: PHPDN Forum Changes"]

Personally, I like the phpBB subBlack theme (screenshot),
I am with this one.....I like the darker look, easier on my eyes. :wink:

You must be joking!? That subBlack theme looks too dark and very dated.. in fact any website which uses a pure black background looks very tacky and old.

If white backgrounds bother people so much they should either get their eyes tested or simply leave their dark hermit-like bedrooms once in a while.
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We all have our opinions, but I like black in some situations. In this case I like.

Black is classy! You know, liitle black dress, black cars.....classy.
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i leave my dark, hermit-like bedroom all the time but would still much rather have a pitch-black background to just about anything (sites, apps, wallpaper...). 'scuse me for feeling goth. :)
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Post by patrikG »

A nice thing about phpbb is that users can determine which skin they want to use. Classy goth or shining brightness - your choice. :)
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Post by Gonik »

I personally like very much the Illusion theme.

You can find it here.

You can find a "live" example here for the board index and here for a post view.

preety cool uh? :)
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Post by octa_u_042 »

hehe will find theme as soon as http://www.freesql.org is back up and running :P I have a nice one. :P

:lol:
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Post by microthick »

I appreciate the simplicity of the stock theme. At least there aren't a million images to download.

What I'd appreciate even more though would be a completely text-only theme, with no blaring background colors or images, and text buttons rather than images.
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Hey I'm new to PHP forum. Will anyone give me the details on this. :D

Regards
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Post by charp »

I've looked at just about every single theme on the phpBB site and I truly like subsilver the best. IMHO, all the dark themes are difficult to read and shout, "hey, I'm a site made by a teenager who's into gaming." I think of phpdn as a more adult oriented, professional site. So, my suggestion is to leave the theme alone and have a contest to design a new logo. What do you think?
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Post by John Cartwright »

Please do not dig up 2 year old threads :roll:
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Post by charp »

Jcart wrote:Please do not dig up 2 year old threads :roll:
???? What ????

I only discovered this forum just about a year and a half ago, so I'm not aware of something that took place two years ago. Was there a big brouhaha about the logo? Didn't mean to hit a nerve.
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Post by Chris Corbyn »

charp wrote:
Jcart wrote:Please do not dig up 2 year old threads :roll:
???? What ????

I only discovered this forum just about a year and a half ago, so I'm not aware of something that took place two years ago. Was there a big brouhaha about the logo? Didn't mean to hit a nerve.
You're OK mate, you didn't hit a nerve ;)

feyd started a little competition when he first joined (before he was even a mod or site admin) but it was never taken any further than a bit of fun.

Let the Contest Begin! :P
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Post by pickle »

charp wrote:I've looked at just about every single theme on the phpBB site and I truly like subsilver the best. IMHO, all the dark themes are difficult to read and shout, "hey, I'm a site made by a teenager who's into gaming." I think of phpdn as a more adult oriented, professional site. So, my suggestion is to leave the theme alone ...
I agree 100%. Light themes are always look more professional (in my opinion), and are easier to read. I vote for leaving as is.
Real programmers don't comment their code. If it was hard to write, it should be hard to understand.
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Post by Ambush Commander »

Oh wow... so much discussion gone on here while I was gone! Nooo!
I agree 100%. Light themes are always look more professional (in my opinion), and are easier to read. I vote for leaving as is.
The most important thing is contrast.

Then, black on white is the conventional color theme on almost all websites (Ebay, Google, Yahoo, MSN, etc.)
Keep it black on white.
I appreciate the simplicity of the stock theme. At least there aren't a million images to download.
Images are evil. I don't like images. If you're going to design a theme, don't add too many images.
What I'd appreciate even more though would be a completely text-only theme, with no blaring background colors or images, and text buttons rather than images.
I think that's a bit too minimalistic, however.
As the old saying goes "don't fix want ain't broke".

The site as it now with subSilver is fine.
Actually, it is broken. See this: viewtopic.php?t=34282
well ipb already has 90% of that
Erm... where exactly is the feature list for the next version of PHPBB?
and as of there next release (1.3 or 2.0 whichever they call it)

will kick any forums ass put together with things like unlimited sub forums and much more they have many new things that they will also be bringing out which they have not mentioned at this time. i have seen list and belive me phpbb/2 has not got anywhere near whats on the list which is cool

but cant twist no ones arm so :/

but you wait ipb will ownz you all
For my own website, I use Invision Power Board, so I guess I can say I know what I'm talking about. The biggest problem is that you have to pay for IPB. So I'm still using an ancient 1.3 version, they turned paid on 2.0. What I have to say about IPB is that it's very easy to use, and that it runs like a charm.

Unfortunantely, now that it's gone paid, and I'm a cheapskate, I'm considering switching to PHPBB simply because it's just not maintained anymore (1.3), and my current version isn't easily extensible (my current forum wants spoiler tags, but I have no clue where I'd get those since 1.3 support sites have virtually disappeared).

I'd say stick with PHPBB, the open source solution.
I come here for the information - not the skins. I don't want to take my pick from 100+ skins and then rejoice in the custom colour-scheme I could have for myself. I don't need that.
True. Personally, I think our first priority should be getting the site's skin to validate and to work in Macintoshes.

Now... for the actual skin...

Heh. I don't have anything on hand: never worked with PHPBB. :P
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