We've been looking at a few new skin options for the forum, but we want some input from the members as to what they like.

If you have any ideas please post a small preview pic of the skin in this thread, as well as a download link so we can test it out.

IMHO I'm quite partial to the attached ones: the first is basically an enhanced version of the default skin, and the other is a nice clean green one.

Ideally i think we should stick to something subtle, so that we don\'t ruin the easy on the eye interface that the vault has.

Here are two links of skins that i think would go well wit the board

 skin_1.jpg ( 143.26k ) Number of downloads: 153


 skin_2.jpg ( 204.6k ) Number of downloads: 153


[email="http://s7.invisionfree.com/TrySkinForum115/index.php"]The First One[/email]

The Secound One

The cool blue one is my personal favourite atm

Rusty: Is it going to go down to a vote? and it will be good to have a change every once in a while

This post has been edited by RenegadeNukes: Aug 31 2007, 04:22 AM

I like the first one Nukes' posted. Its a subtle enhancment of our current blue skin. It will give us a good look without completely changing the board

The secound one aint that great though

I don't like either of those. Sorry nukes. The first two in Rusty's post are pretty kewl though. I still like our current one too.

Depends how many people would vote I suppose: no good if only three people vote and we end up with a crap skin.

It'll probably come down to a couple of options in this thread and then the staff will make a decision. We can then give the skin a test run.

BTW the first one in Nuke's post is ok but a bit hazy to me. Personally I don't want to move too far away from the original (hence my first option): we don't want another Tech Vault on our hands

Your first option rusty, i reckon is too dreary and would work well if we were the official forums of allied steel manufacturing etc.



sorry what was that? I wasn't here to see the tech vault

I'd say the current one is better than any of the ones posted for the simple reason that it has a range of complementary but discrete colours. The ones posted are either too different, in the case of each of your second ones, or too flat in colour depth in the first ones.

I'm with RevQ on this one. I still like the current one better than all of em



My idea, let everyone stick down whatever they want, then let the staff shortlist it down to less than 10 (pref 5) options. Then we can have a vote

If we are going to change the skin. Why not do a new look and change it completely.

The enhancement idea is a bit skewed as the stuff we can find is so similar that we might as well just stick with our current skin.

lmfao

I'd sooner gouge my eyes out with a claw hammer then visit v9 with those.

remember folks, we have the ability to allow you to choose your own skin.

n other words, if we have 3 skins loaded, you can set your preference to any of them.

However something to note to everyone, users and staff alike.

Every skin will need to be customised to include every single plug in and enhancement we have added.

IPB does not come standard with a shoutbox, member history and all the cool features which we have as extra, all need to be included or amended with every skin as the skin files call the functions of the new features.

Some php coding is required to make them work.

What's wrong with the current one?

We have had skins before in the very distant past, and they were all customised to the board and looked great, BUT no one ever used them to my knowledge.

They were almost a complete waste of time for the poor guys who did all the coding to implement them.

I have no problem whatsoever with the skins idea, and if people are genuinely interested in them, then there will be some value in trying it again, but...
Personally, I wont change, I love this current skin simply because it has always been this skin. All the way back to the day I joined, this has been my favourite.

I love the skin and don't see a need to change

Butr since people asked for input i tried to help

A skin chooser is nice - i think one of the main reason why people think that a change is needed is because we look like most ipb board

So? If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck but can disembowel people from twenty metres, it's not a duck. We may look like other boards, but we aren't. Does the look really matter?

lmfao

I was quoting Rusty on it

That wasn't a taunt aimed specifically at you, it was just a thought that occurred to me and seemed relevant. Besides I would never be so crass as to use a duck analogy in a taunting message, I'm too much of a nice guy for that.

No offence taken.

Well lets see what is going to be the end result of this thread. I'm all for a skin selector though

My main reason for wanting another option for skins is to give us a different look to the majority of the other IPB boards out there. It just makes us stand out as an individual forum.

But as Paul said, there will have to be some tweaks before we can implement one, if we choose to do so.

I'll play around on the test board and see if this is all worthwhile.

Ah, so the skins are for individual users to use?

A skin change wont affect everyone?

If so, great!

I like the current one personally.