Another style in progress thread

I'm working on my style and I was hoping to get some feedback before I went too far.

It's a very simple style with most changes being colour. The main bulk of it is done but it's the text colours that need changing and maybe the actual font.

Please let me know what you think. Any sort of criticism is welcome :)

Thanks in advance.

rar for those who like rar.

zip for those who like zip.

Krak

Interesting. Its different, I'll give ya that. I feel like I'm about to read a newspaper article or something.

giginger

Hahaha, choice comment :)

Now that you've said it.....

Minisweeper

Any chance of a link to it in action?

giginger

this should do it :)

You should be able to post.

Sign in as guest with the password guess :)

Thanks.

I haven't done the signin page yet but it's on the cards. Then I'll work through the rest :D

Minisweeper

Hmm. I quite like it. It's a bit different to most i've seen. Couple of niggles but i'm sure you'll sort them out as it gets finished. Good work :) Dont forget to add it to the wiki when youre done.

giginger

Thanks for the comments. I'm looking forward to adding it actually :)

Ben

The username and password don't work for me.

giginger

That's because of my bad typing. I should've put
username: guest
password: guest

Sorry.

Ben

I guessed you meant that, and it still didn't work.

Edit: Ok... does now.

giginger

Glad it does now. I checked and double checked :)

Ben

I don't like all the dotted lines. And I think the header text for the sidebar should be black, not red. It looks like it should be clickable when it isn't. Also, I like the hover state for the tabs, but it's not connected to the active and inactive states. Maybe you should change them so they're all similar?

giginger

I was changing those dotted lines to solid and back at many points throught the weekend. Part of me likes them but another part doesn't.
The header text is on my list to change. I've been trying various colours so it's not all black text. I agree about the redness. Looks horrible.

I'm not sure what you mean about the tabs though.
Do you mean that hovering over them should make them appear like the active one or am I completely misunderstanding you.

I appreciate this feedback. I've never "styled" a messageboard before so I'm still learning as such.

Ben

I mean, in my opinion of course, the hover state for the tab shouldn't be wildy different, only subtly so. At the moment the active, hover and inactive states are all quite different.
See the default vanilla style. The active one is white which blends with the page it shows. The inactive one is a blue that matches the background of the header and the hover is a slightly different colour to the inactive state.

And those lines, maybe change them to a solid brown, rather than black?

giginger

I understand you now. That's a very good point. I'll do that line change too. That's a fantastic idea with regards to changing the line colour too. I hadn't even considered that. Thanks.

chimaira

colours aren't to bad, but i don't like the dotted lines. agreed about the navigation buttons, the difference should definately be more subtle.

rayfx

I really like the tab that allows me to hide and reveal the control panel section. But that tab is a tad too close to the "Page Number" display. Probably a bit of margin or padding would do. The "red" colored links don't flow with the rest of the color scheme. Perhaps neutral tones will blend in better with browns.

giginger

Thanks for looking :)

Those dotted lines are definitely going then.

The red is part of the aforementioned text stuff that needs changing :)

rayfx: I see what you mean. I'll have a play.

lech

Hmmm, any online test cases I can load this into Vanilla here without downloading the zip/rar files?

giginger

Sure thing:

this should do it :)

Username: guest
Password: guest

Minisweeper

/me slaps lech with some reading glasses. :P

lech

ahh there we go. wow, that looks a bit funky.

giginger

funky in a good way?

lech

ehh, just kind of funky. not a fan of all the dots and dashes for borders and the color scheme doesn't sit right with me. It seems to clash a bit, but it's a good start. Also there appears to be some issues with your sidebar borders and tab position for the panel hider.

nathan

I can't say I am a dotty person either. It's just not my cup of Tea. it needs a little work in places, but I think those things have been identified. Good work. As mentioned, be sure to add it to the wiki.

giginger

You may be pleased to know that the dots and dashes were removed last night. I haven't uploaded the updated css yet though.
Shame you didn't like the colours but that's the way things go.
The sidebar is because I changed the text and it's size slightly but haven't adjusted it from the default vanilla style. I was having a look at it last night.

Thanks for the input though :)

edit: Thanks Nathan.

nathan

not a problem. it is great to see some new styles coming through. keep up the good work. I should release my boards style. I am just too busy atm though. I am back at school now (as of yesterday), so free time is now a premium.

lech

Just needs some ironing out is all. I would recommend trying some different colors. While it might not be my cup of tea, who knows someone else might love it. :D

giginger

I'm going to stick with the colours for this style but I do have other styles sort of on the go as well that are very different to this one :)
I'm holding off on those for the next revision though. I want to get into the xhtml editing with it.