Author Topic: Forums themes and what not  (Read 1120 times)

Ramsus

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Forums themes and what not
« on: April 20, 2006, 02:49:33 am »
As far as the current theme goes, I dub thee "Creamy Zeal 0.2." I've attached a screenshot below for future reference. The name comes from the fact that it's all cream-colored, and the Zeal image in the upper-right hand corner is part of the theme. So when the main site updates that image to something else, it'll still be Zeal with this theme.

Versions 0.4 and 1.0 should feature progressively more dreamy Zeal-related icons/images, like Masa and Mune. I'll also have to work on the colors quite a bit.

Anyway, I mostly just stripped away all of the unnecessary styles from the default theme and tweaked things a bit. This is just the first step in creating new styles, so if you have any requests/ideas, feel free to post them.

Also, be sure to check your forum look/feel preferences and what not in the profile section. There's a good bit you can customize.

EDIT: Anyone know what happened to those buttons CuteLucca made? The ones that go with the Chrono Trigger system menu type brushed metal look? Those would go well with a dark theme (Chrono Trigger System?).

Also, making new buttons for a Zurvan 2.0/TrueZeal theme might take a while (SMF has a lot more little images...).

I guess, if anyone has any icons/buttons/sprite art to contribute for parts of a theme, just post an attachment here. Feel free to post specific hex color schemes as well.

EDIT 2: Maybe I should call this theme "Creamy Mushroom Soup."

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Re: Forums themes and what not
« Reply #1 on: April 20, 2006, 05:47:02 am »
The Chrono Cross dialogue frames were ripped also, so if they can be used (though most of them are fancy)... I guess Chrono Trigger themes are easier to do and kind of cooler though (those little sprites are pretty neat!).

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Re: Forums themes and what not
« Reply #2 on: April 20, 2006, 05:51:22 am »
I can work with fancy, but making something out of a tiny video game dialog frame could be hard. That's an idea though. I'll just have to take a look at them later.

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Re: Forums themes and what not
« Reply #3 on: April 20, 2006, 09:30:23 am »
Naturally, it looks ten times better with anti aliased text...

All those images should be in the images directory under the Classic template.

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Re: Forums themes and what not
« Reply #4 on: April 20, 2006, 06:33:54 pm »
Naturally, it looks ten times better with anti aliased text...

All those images should be in the images directory under the Classic template.

Oh, there was a subfolder named lang_english. I completely overlooked it...

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Re: Forums themes and what not
« Reply #5 on: May 19, 2006, 07:35:34 pm »
I always wanted something that made the board look more like either of the games' menu screens or something...When I get my comp back I'll probably look through and grab some screens or something to see if there's anything good enough to work with...

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Re: Forums themes and what not
« Reply #6 on: May 19, 2006, 09:47:59 pm »
Ooh with 16 bit graphics!