Change The Background!

**Viking** · 06-25-2005, 19:54

Originally Posted by King Henry V

I like the RTW skin. It's warm and friendly not like the .com which looks like a dungeon.

That`s actually one of the main reasons for why I`m here and not there

**tibilicus** · 06-25-2005, 21:49

I dont like the .com anyway. These forums are clearer and easier to understand.

**Togakure** · 06-26-2005, 05:24

Graphical User Interface design may seem a "no-brainer" to many, but is in fact a complex combination of "art and science." Readability via language; font size, color and style; organization of text and graphics; color coordination, graphics selection and placement, use (or not) of animation ... it's no easy task to design a "good" interface--what is "good" varies from user to user. One of the best types of solutions has been appiled here: skins. They provide users with choices while maintaining certain consistencies that make the board both readable regardless the skin used, and (relatively) easy to maintain for those behind the scenes.

I think the main problem is that many of the board's features are not advertised; new members spend a long time using the stock stuff before discovering they can customize the interface and their "personality" here. Perhaps a sticky describing the many features of this board (not just the skins, but custom titles, avatars, chat, search, etc.) in the Entrance Hall would help new users to discover and use them faster. Maybe it's already there somewhere (I haven't looked) but I thought I'd put this idea forward.

**The Wizard** · 06-29-2005, 17:16

By the way, I like ye olde medieval skinne, or the RTW skin... but I like the skin of the Sengoku Jidai mod (Duke John's... or formerly, wo'eva) the best. Yet I cannot seem to find it in the menu for selecting skins.

So, any tabs on how to use that skin for the entire board, not just upon entering the mod's subforum?

~Wiz

**The Wizard** · 07-24-2005, 14:43

Originally Posted by The Wizard

By the way, I like ye olde medieval skinne, or the RTW skin... but I like the skin of the Sengoku Jidai mod (Duke John's... or formerly, wo'eva) the best. Yet I cannot seem to find it in the menu for selecting skins.

So, any tabs on how to use that (i.e. the Sengoku Jidai mod's own board's) skin for the entire board, not just upon entering the mod's subforum?

I repeat my request... sorry for the spam, but I just love that skin!

~Wiz

**TosaInu** · 07-24-2005, 20:20

The Sengoku Jidai skin is set to be exclusively for that forum. Ask Duke John whether it can become public.

**The Wizard** · 07-24-2005, 20:24

Ok, thanks for your reply.

~Wiz

**therother** · 07-11-2005, 20:18

Originally Posted by TogakureOjonin

I think the main problem is that many of the board's features are not advertised; new members spend a long time using the stock stuff before discovering they can customize the interface and their "personality" here. Perhaps a sticky describing the many features of this board (not just the skins, but custom titles, avatars, chat, search, etc.) in the Entrance Hall would help new users to discover and use them faster. Maybe it's already there somewhere (I haven't looked) but I thought I'd put this idea forward.

I guess the closest things we have to this are the vBulletin FAQ (linked to above), and the as yet incomplete Guild FAQ, which is located in the Entrance Hall.