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Post by Mikéy on Nov 13, 2012 17:09:30 GMT -5
Anybody ever stare at the News Ticker for any news? Well stare now. You might just discover something completely awesome!Nice job, fAB! [and whoever else put forth effort into making it~] It resembles the Main Site design quite well. Now I just wish I could figure out how to make the Main Site actually stick to V5. It reverts back to V4 if I don't revisit after so long. But, that's not what this topic's about! Comment, Question, and Complain about the Forum's System Theme! In case anybody's never done it, go to your profile options and modify your profile, scroll down to Account Preferences, and near the bottom under "Forum Skins," you can change from V4 to V5.Come to think of it, the "Colon P" emotikobun seems to be broken in V5, as a heads up.
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Post by Kyle on Nov 13, 2012 17:21:24 GMT -5
Cool! Now we've got... MMLS' equivalent of the... silver desktop theme for Windows XP.
What? That's what it reminds me of! :22:
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Post by Buster Cannon on Nov 13, 2012 17:59:22 GMT -5
Wow, this is definitely some impressive work fAB! It's sleek, easy on the eyes, and the glowing system icons look amazing. This is easily my favorite forum skin in the 8 years I've been here. :13: That said, the tongue smiley (the one that goes ) doesn't seem to work on this skin. Not sure if it's the image itself or just this particular skin.
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Post by Chiz on Nov 13, 2012 18:08:38 GMT -5
For what it's worth, Terraformer has built-in equivalents for all 16 'original' emotikobun, from X0 to XF, in the order they're shown. XA is the 'tongue' one: :XA:
It also looks like I'll need to update TF for the System skin. Right now it should be falling back to V3 colours and theme. Easy enough to do, and gives me an excuse to roll out a few bugfixes I've had sitting around for a while.
Nice to see v5-System is finally up. Could v5-Reaverbot be close behind?
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Post by fAB on Nov 14, 2012 11:24:19 GMT -5
Good to know some people are enjoying this. I spotted it in a dark, forgotten corner of my to-do list the other night and went at it. I'm not sure if V5 Reaverbot is worth it. It would complete the set, but people didn't really seem into it when it appeared on the main site. Maybe later.
Oh, and thanks, I've fixed the tongue smiley.
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Post by Pitch on Nov 14, 2012 11:37:59 GMT -5
Hey, cool.. As someone who's been looking forward to this forum skin since V5 launched on the main site, I'm glad to see it's finally ready. (Much longer than that and I would've had half a mind to hack it up myself. ;P) Pretty sweet design. I love the use of the glowing System emblems (reminiscent of the glowing Reaverbot eyes from V2), and the forum stats icon, and especially love the Fire Horokko down there — that's a nice touch. (The birthday icon is... confusing, though.) — Ooh, and as Mikey just pointed out to me, the PM/Email and Homepage profile icons are pretty great too. — Other than that, it's just pretty great all around. The colors work well together, for the most part. Everything looks very sleek and clean (appropriate for a System theme, I think :35:). I wouldn't mind ditching the V3 skin for this. (SPOILER;even my custom V3 skin) Very cool. Great job, fAB! For what it's worth, I'd like to see the Reaverbot theme just for completeness's sake. I wouldn't mind trying it out on the forums. It just doesn't feel like there's much to it on the main site.
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Post by fAB on Nov 14, 2012 17:37:14 GMT -5
Thanks, guys! Sorry about the wait, Pitch. ^_^;; I've cleared birthday icon field, which defaults it back to the old Proboards look instead of that irrelevant new one they stuck in there. And, what's wrong with it? It's not like it's a piece of art or something, just a simple metal shine type of background. *shrugs*
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Post by Dashe on Nov 14, 2012 20:58:33 GMT -5
I like the stars. They make me feel omniscient and give me a potentially lethal sense of superiority. I also can't stop ogling the inbox and contact info icons. I'm pretty sure this is the first time they've changed. Ever.
I'm going to go back into my inbox and look at the non-yellow envelopes some more now.
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Post by Chiz on Nov 14, 2012 21:44:45 GMT -5
v5system-enabled version of Terraformer sent off; should be in your inbox, fAB. For all those wondering, this is how it'll look once it's enabled: I think the v5-System skin could very well replace v3-Sterile for me, and I really love v3-Sterile.
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Post by Mikéy on Nov 15, 2012 20:50:44 GMT -5
Chiz redirected my attention back to the screenshot a second time, since he was sad that Truner was the only one who responded. I think you laughed just the right amount, Truner. Everybody take another look!
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Post by Cere on Nov 15, 2012 21:00:46 GMT -5
Noticed it. Probably shouldn't have been drinking water when I did.
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Post by Pitch on Nov 16, 2012 12:29:11 GMT -5
Since everyone loves the different icons, I made some some (rather sloppy, quick 'n' dirty) messenger icons that fit the theme a little better, if you have the ability to change those. Nothing fancy, just recolors, but it was bothering me. Especially the MSN one. I got so sick of seeing that damned MSN icon. In 2012, that jagged-ass-edged icon just isn't acceptable any more. I imagine there's probably a better set out there, or you could probably come up with something better yourself, but for the meanwhile I've got these injected into the boards with hax'd stylesheet*. At least, on my machine anyway... :14: * Thanks, ZFGoku for being having every type of messenger, being at the bottom of the Member list, and being one of only three users to actually have ICQ! (Even though you were probably just using Trillian..)
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Post by Loken on Nov 16, 2012 16:26:48 GMT -5
I gotta say I'm liking this skin alot, I don't know if it beats V4 But I'm gonna use it for a long while. Also, the staff building has a spa? I guess that's where all the mods are these days.
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Post by ravenf6 on Nov 17, 2012 17:33:29 GMT -5
I must say I'm enjoying this skin, it has the cold and sterile atmosphere of Elysium, but the colors feel pretty cozy. A nice change of pace, this one.
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Post by Bean on Nov 30, 2012 23:15:10 GMT -5
I'm with Loken on this. I'm not sure if it's better, but they're definitely comparable. I like the whole chrome effect going with it. I'll be using this new one for now. Mm-hmm.
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