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Sept 24, 2010 19:50:43 GMT -5
Post by Nacky on Sept 24, 2010 19:50:43 GMT -5
So far there are three skins I've put together, Cassiopeia Burst, Travels and Space & Velvet. The last one being what I set as the default skin (for now) and Sarika can change it later on when we get more added.
I'm still trying to hammer out the kinks and the font on this skin seems to be a lot smaller than I had anticipated. I don't know where and what to do to change font size on this thing. The codes offered at PB Support didn't help at all. I'm going to have to wrangle up some help with that.
I also cannot figure out how to take the border off the news background. And I'm pretty sure that something else has gone wrong somewhere else.
I added more content to a few boards' descriptions just to extend them on the overall menu. I'll be here all week folks!
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Sept 24, 2010 20:10:15 GMT -5
Post by Nacky on Sept 24, 2010 20:10:15 GMT -5
Okay I managed to fix the font size...if it's still too small (or too big) I can change it.
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Sept 25, 2010 1:47:35 GMT -5
Post by Siress Sarika on Sept 25, 2010 1:47:35 GMT -5
Okay, and I fixed the memory gliche in my brain...lol Disregard what I said about the skin not showing up when I logged in. I forgot I had to go in and select the skin within my profile mod's. LOL...I've been out of action running a site that I forgot that tiny thing..DUH SIRESS... The skins look fabu, but the Cassiopeia skin didn't fully load for me. All I saw was a plain purple skin. Just me? Or is that how it's meant to look? The font size is good too btw. Wonderful work Mistress!
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Sept 25, 2010 2:39:33 GMT -5
Post by Nacky on Sept 25, 2010 2:39:33 GMT -5
Greetings my Galactic friend!
Well there is a background image on the "Cassiopeia Burst" skin, but I think I'm hosting it on tinypic, and they have been known either lose images or overimpose them with someone else's photo. So I'll be backing up some photos and links...believe me.
Okay so the font size is good? I still think the very top of the home page has text too small, but maybe that's just me?
Ah, the joys of coding.
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Sept 25, 2010 3:04:24 GMT -5
Post by Nacky on Sept 25, 2010 3:04:24 GMT -5
GNAH! I just noticed, when switching from skin to skin, that the code for the Space & Velvet one carried over into the other two! I'll fix it, if there's a fix for it, that is. Sheesh! This is really...not what I was going for. I'll try again tomorrow.
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Sept 26, 2010 0:50:37 GMT -5
Post by Siress Sarika on Sept 26, 2010 0:50:37 GMT -5
And I thought my own daftness made me laugh...lol...just teasing ya hon. ;-)
It's OKAY, don't stress, I know you'll figure it out. I have total faith in your Mistress.
I'll go back and have another look at the Cassi skin...
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Sept 26, 2010 1:21:49 GMT -5
Post by Siress Sarika on Sept 26, 2010 1:21:49 GMT -5
The skins all look so gorgeous Nacky! Kudos!
But yeah, the board backgrounds will have to be colours suiting the backgrounds, and the text colours will also need to be readable over whatever colour/textures you have in mind for them.
Otherwise, it's progressing with certaintity!
Mushie? You deserve it..(hands her a plate full with mushies of all flavours)
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Sept 26, 2010 1:40:49 GMT -5
Post by Nacky on Sept 26, 2010 1:40:49 GMT -5
YUMMY!
The problem is, I think, the default setting I switched "Space & Velvet" into. I'm thinking we might not be able to have the image background without sacrificing the other skins somehow.
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Sept 26, 2010 1:54:31 GMT -5
Post by Siress Sarika on Sept 26, 2010 1:54:31 GMT -5
Hmmmm...that's a bit of a dilema..don't worry..it'll work out somehow. Just need time to think it over I guess. ;-)
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Sept 29, 2010 20:39:12 GMT -5
Post by Nacky on Sept 29, 2010 20:39:12 GMT -5
Okay Hawke and I worked on the "Space & Velvet" skin and some other issues with the site and got a lot done. The images shouldn't be overlapping into other skins from the S&V one. And for a temporary banner on S&V, Hawke put in the old one.
But I found out that we can have a banner for each skin created! So we don't have to find a way to match one to all skins, we can make banners for any skin theme.
I'll be working on a few other things tonight, so hopefully I can learn more about Hack Manager.
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Sept 29, 2010 22:50:45 GMT -5
Post by Hawke on Sept 29, 2010 22:50:45 GMT -5
I really like the alternating color backgrounds for every post.
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Sept 30, 2010 1:22:52 GMT -5
Post by Nacky on Sept 30, 2010 1:22:52 GMT -5
I re-did and re-uploaded the velvet bg pics, took out the contrast and darkened them up and now it looks really good!
And seemed to have managed to lose the velvet background in the individual posts (so sorry about that Hawke, you can restore that, right?). I did however add to HM so I can work on the other skins.
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Oct 10, 2010 14:27:35 GMT -5
Post by Nacky on Oct 10, 2010 14:27:35 GMT -5
I'm still woring on the Cassiopeia skin everytime I get here and can test various colors. I'm still at a loss as to how to make gradients from background images to fit in foreground images. Maybe an image texture generator is what I really need. Yeah that's what I need, something to make an image from a cropped piece of the image background to slide into the boards... Update: I added a new texture with three differing colors, and changed the inside board colors to match the BSG motif. The purple shade may be too mute/darkish, and the red tint may be too bright, so let me know and I'll fix the tones on that. I also added a few avatars to the avatar selections.
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Oct 10, 2010 23:54:24 GMT -5
Post by Siress Sarika on Oct 10, 2010 23:54:24 GMT -5
Good to hear, Mistress.
I noticed the differing colours when I came on to the site, nice subtle texture you have going there. The red tint is bright, but it looks nice anyway, really.
Shall go and have a look at the avatars.
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Oct 11, 2010 3:07:19 GMT -5
Post by Nacky on Oct 11, 2010 3:07:19 GMT -5
Okay I put a darker tint to the red color at the top, also brightened the blueish colors, so they blend better. Let me know how that works. Then I can start on the 'Travels' skin and then make some more skins after that with the splendid photos you sent me.
I added just two avatars, the one I had for my profile and the one I have on my profile now (Eowyn). I can get some more BSG avatars though, but I would like to add Lord of the Rings, Xena, Hercules, absolutely anything to do with Greek mythology and Egyptian figures. I've been brainstorming lately. Of course sci-fi avatars are a must. I have a few nice pics of Padmé, Luke and Obi Wan from Star Wars, 7 of 9 from Voyager, and Leeloo from the Fifth Element. 7 of 9 and Leeloo are avatars I'd sport on my profile. It'd be perfect for me. Minus the severe hair and the Borg hardware, LOL!
Avatars for other characters can be the two main characters from Labyrinth, The Dark Crystal and City of Ember. Gotta have some for Indiana Jones! I love those movies too! And even avatars for characters like Yogurt and Barf from Spaceballs. Throw everything in there, I say!
Anyhoo, the blueish and golden colors - should they be switched around? I don't know, it's something I can try. Also if you copy and paste your signature, I can dress that up for you, post the new code and let you see how it might look. But I'd need you to copy and paste the code you have in your signature so I have the image links, etc. Then show you how it would look.
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