Change The Background!

[Total War Merc]

Me and all my mates hate the page background of the forums, it is horrible and makes the forum look unporfessional. It would be better if you used a colour insead of a texture. (Just a helpful tip)

[Duke John]

I took the background from R:TW to tie the forum with the game, as in having the same style. Perhaps you could send a letter to CA that their backgrounds make the game look unprofessional, or does it only apply to forums?

[Kaiser of Arabia]

You do know you can change the forum skin?
I'm using Sword Dojo

[Ser Clegane]

How exactly does it make the forum look "unprofessional"?

[tibilicus]

Well what's your idea of "Professional"? Just wondering. And yes you can change the backround of the forums as Kaiser mentioned.

[Total War Merc]

Calm down, it was only a suggestion

forget i said anything

[IrishMike]

While i use the old MTW guild skin, cause thats what i got used to. I thought the RTW skin, makes the place look very nice, and quite Professional. Mabey its just me.

[tibilicus]

I am sorry total war merc i am very hot headed tonight. i opologise for my over reaction.

[ichi]

The Shogun skin AKA Sword Dojo is really nice, easy on the eyes and very mellow, plus it reminds me of the glory days . . .

ichi

BTW the Rome skin is also very appropriate, it is quite formal and looks great

[NimbleNota]

I rather qutie like this skin

[IliaDN]

While i use the old MTW guild skin, cause thats what i got used to. I thought the RTW skin, makes the place look very nice, and quite Professional. Mabey its just me.

[Quietus]

I agree the background kinda stabs the eye. IMO it is too dark (brown). Perhaps something much lighter.

edit: Also, how about changing the RTW forum skin logo to a more colorful one:

(400x160 pixel, 34 kb).

instead of this:



That was resized from the original (800x320 pixel). IMO that larger one would be really nice in the front page of the site as well.

[King of Atlantis]

I love the background. It is much more appealling then any other forum i know of. INfact all of the other total war forums look sloppy to me now after getting use to this one.

[Big King Sanctaphrax]

That's really nice Quietus, but the lettering is a bit out of kilter with the rest of it. A different style, perhaps? I'm not sure the metal works too well.

[Drisos]

Sword dojo for me. It's such a great skin!

[Craterus]

I've tried out all of them. I like the MTW skin but I'm used to the RTW one now, so I won't change. Sword Dojo is also a very nice skin.

The worst skin, imo, is the Black. White writing on Black background, that gives me a headache.

[doc_bean]

The worst skin, imo, is the Black. White writing on Black background, that gives me a headache.

I use it. I like white on black and in fact use it in other programs too. Bright white tends to give me headaches.

But maybe it's time I try another skin, no use letting having all those options if you don't use them.

EDIT: Sword dojo does look rather nice

[King Henry V]

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

[Quietus]

That's really nice Quietus, but the lettering is a bit out of kilter with the rest of it. A different style, perhaps? I'm not sure the metal works too well.

Thx. What texture/color(s)/font type for the lettering then? Red/Yellow/Black sort of scheme or colors to mix with the brown background?

[Viking]

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]

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

[Togakure]

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]

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

[therother]

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.

[Babij]

It's not that hard to find. Anyone who takes the time to go through the options panel will come across it.

BTW I use black because it's dark and evil... Mwahaha!

[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]

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

[The Wizard]

Ok, thanks for your reply.



~Wiz

[edyzmedieval]

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

The .com indeed looks like a dungeon, and the RTW skin is warm and friendly, as you said. That's why I left the .com, because of the dungeon feeling.

[The Hun]

Black is best. White letters are easy to read and black background has no glare. All are ok but black is nicest IMO