Varos has a very symmetrical look, giving her a strange, unearthly beauty. Her favorite form has grey eyes and red hair. She usually seems quite calm, with the shadow of a smile on her lips and a hint of a frown around her eyes.
Post by Varos Talantos on Aug 22, 2015 13:12:11 GMT -5
Hello everyone,
We are currently redesigning the skin, and entire layout of Distension, with the help of our lovely member, Kazzy.
Of course, member input has always been very important to me. So, I was wondering if anyone had ideas. What do you think the new design needs? A sidebar, like we have now, with stats and all that pretty stuff? Hovering mini profiles or banners? Tabbed sections? What do you think would be useful, or even just lovely aesthetic wise? Should the site be completely green and pink? Whatever the idea, we'd love to hear it.
Feel free to reply to this announcements with any serious suggestions you may have!
-Varos
Last Edit: Oct 7, 2015 19:19:46 GMT -5 by Varos Talantos
I find the current layout to be great, after growing used to it. All of the most important, and most sought out, information is easily accessible. My only suggestion would probably be to have a gentler background, like a deep grey?
Post by Nesley Isaiah on Aug 24, 2015 21:11:15 GMT -5
Since this isn't getting much attention, I'll list some specific questions. First off, this is the link to the testing site: distensiontesting.proboards.com/
The new theme is going to be a gift for Distension's 5th anniversary in 3 months, so there's no big rush.
Nothing on it can be considered final or finished, as It's mostly me tossing ideas back and forth with myself. This way, you guys can see how it's going and point out things that should be changed.
The current color scheme is also to be completely ignored, as I just put different shades of gray to be able to tell what's what.
Now then... Some specific ideas I'd like:
1. What should go on the mini-profile? I've got the base for it up. The first tab is for a 200x300 picture, while the last two are currently empty. Custom fields already decided on with Varos are points, skills, stats, MP3, and post number. I figure I should also put the 150x150 avatar on there somewhere. Anything else?
2. What do you guys think of the designs of the board listing and info center? Anything that should be changed?
3. So far I've only toyed with fonts on the info center and title bars. How do those look?
4. What do you guys think for color schemes? Varos suggested reds, greys, blues, black, that sorta thing. What colors do you think should go where?
5. There's gonna be a sidebar, of course. Which is why it's positioned to the left. What all should go on the sidebar? The banner could also be a hover banner. If that would be a good idea, what all should go on there?
Last Edit: Aug 24, 2015 21:12:38 GMT -5 by Nesley Isaiah
Post by Julian Clark on Aug 26, 2015 19:40:01 GMT -5
It is swickedly awesome. Let me get down to giving my personal opinions as the answers to your questions.
1) You've already got that one fixed up with Varos' suggestion. Also, making that extra panel for Draconians was a genius idea. I suggest having a section for the type of Dragon put in the blank space on that one.
2) I think that the designs are alrighty. They are very orderly and it allows for ease of access to what everyone will need.
3) They look alright. And I'm sure it'll be different once the color scheme is added, but a border around the words in the titles would be greatly beneficial.
4) I agree with Varos. Nothing too bright or flashy as it can be distracting or painful.
5) I believe that the kind of info that on the current designs sidebar would be best. It gives people, especially new additions, a quick place to see all of the most important info when it comes to creating and maintaining a character.
Ummm... Other than that I have nothing to say. I don't really know what all goes into designing a site, or what would even really make for a good design... But I like what you've done so far. Thank you so much for doing this.
Post by Nesley Isaiah on Aug 27, 2015 0:00:17 GMT -5
Thanks for the input! c: Any and all is appreciated
Here's some more things to discuss along with the earlier questions.
What about user profiles? Keep in mind that I can have them look and display information in almost any way you guys can come up with. On one other theme I made, I dressed the user profiles up as ID cards, which I adored. Can you guys offer any ideas, or should I design them similar to the other parts so far, with a bunch of rectangles stacked together?
And, well... I think that's all I have at the moment. I'm currently finishing up the mini-profiles, and then I'm going to do the sidebar stuff, but. User Profiles! So much potential. Gimme ideas. For reference here's two from themes I've done in the past for friends. Warning, they're much lighter colored. Example 1 and Example 2
Post by Marcus Drago on Sept 5, 2015 11:57:53 GMT -5
I really like Example 2 other than example 1. Of course, some of the information in example 2 will need to be replaced with skill list and ability list. It's great for me because it is a little more basic. Example 1 does give me a few more things to add for my profile, and it might be the best option for people who wish to have a little more of themselves known, but Example 2 is simple, and since I am a simple kind of guy, I would go for that.
