Skins

[Beskar]

I may not have a lot of experience with vBulletin skins, but it seems like changing the colors in a skin requires nothing more than editing the XML file and replacing the color hex codes to what you want.

Pretty much, just lots of changes like that.

Though to be fair, "picking the right colours" isn't as easy as it sounds. Take your average spouse to pick paint for the walls.

[Raz]

It's looking good.
Just keep the colours soft and I'll be fine. The grey on blue isn't great. And no incandescent yellow on white please. :)

Tweaking colours in base 16 is fun!!

[drone]

With the Guild skin, when viewing fora that have threads with attachments, the formatting gets messed up. For the Watchtower, the "Vbulletin Upgrade" thread is indented and has extra whitespace above and below. I'm guessing it has to do with the inclusion of the attachment clippy icon.

Edit-> and now it's fixed.

[TosaInu]

Pretty much, just lots of changes like that.

And it's not designed by dutch logic, which makes it even harder to me. 'I think I should change this there... no'. I know about things being wrong, but to find the right switch is a different story.

Though to be far, "picking the right colours" isn't as easy as it sounds. Take your average spouse to pick paint for the walls.

That's correct. I'm glad other people do have a better understanding about that.

[Moros]

Wil the rtw skin come back as well? :puppyface:

[Strike For The South]

Wil the rtw skin come back as well? :puppyface:

+1.

[pevergreen]

Hrrmmm interesting.

Had a look at the NTW skin, looks nice.

[Kekvit Irae]

Wil the rtw skin come back as well? :puppyface:

+2

And it's not designed by dutch logic, which makes it even harder to me. 'I think I should change this there... no'. I know about things being wrong, but to find the right switch is a different story.

That's correct. I'm glad other people do have a better understanding about that.

I downloaded a free vBulletin skin (you would not believe how hard it is to find free skins for vBulletin) and browsed the XML file. It's not all that hard to understand, and it's pretty much the exact same as SMF. Since vBulletin is not free, I don't know if you can install two forums on the same site with a license. If you can, install a second forum on the site somewhere as a test forum, and edit the XML file to your heart's content. Tinker with everything.

A few tips for figuring out colors:

1. Light text on light background never works. Even when it's legable, like right now with the yellow on the light blue, it's still not a good idea. Note that light on light makes bold fonts harder to read (try figuring out which thread in a board has new posts without squinting, I dare you). Light text on dark background can hurt the eyes. Dark text on light background is pretty much a standard, and thus wont be as reviled as the previous choices. It's why the RTW skin was so popular. A good choice of colors can make a world of difference. Browsing other forums also gives you a good idea of what makes a good forum skin.

2. Google "color hex codes" for color codes.

3. When in doubt, ask for help. No man is an island, and if you don't know something about the XML file, someone else is bound to have the answer.

[Husar]

Patience is a virtue, even for robot unicorns.

[Kekvit Irae]

Patience is a virtue, even for robot unicorns.

Only if there's HARMONY involved.

[TosaInu]

http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=212

[pevergreen]

In the guild skin, whenever someone quotes something, there is a massive gap of blank space.

[Kekvit Irae]

http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=212

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