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Re: Hey, graphically-inclined folks...we need some help.

Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 7:02 am
by KC-CarGuy
sweet victory wrote: Mon Jan 06, 2020 7:23 pm Image
That is awesome.

Re: Hey, graphically-inclined folks...we need some help.

Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 11:27 am
by 5chn3ll
Might use that for a new T-shirt...

Re: Hey, graphically-inclined folks...we need some help.

Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 11:35 am
by gnat
5chn3ll wrote: Tue Jan 07, 2020 11:27 am Might use that for a new T-shirt...
I was just thinking about asking Cuda if he'd order a new run of 966 shirts. Just tossed one yesterday morning due to it looking a little like Swiss cheese :(

Re: Hey, graphically-inclined folks...we need some help.

Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 11:39 am
by 32wildbilly
gnat wrote: Tue Jan 07, 2020 11:35 am
5chn3ll wrote: Tue Jan 07, 2020 11:27 am Might use that for a new T-shirt...
I was just thinking about asking Cuda if he'd order a new run of 966 shirts. Just tossed one yesterday morning due to it looking a little like Swiss cheese :(
Have you been bird hunting with V.P. Cheney again?

Re: Hey, graphically-inclined folks...we need some help.

Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 12:01 pm
by gnat
32wildbilly wrote: Tue Jan 07, 2020 11:39 am
gnat wrote: Tue Jan 07, 2020 11:35 am
I was just thinking about asking Cuda if he'd order a new run of 966 shirts. Just tossed one yesterday morning due to it looking a little like Swiss cheese :(
Have you been bird hunting with V.P. Cheney again?
You people don't believe I'm really this acidic in person. The proof is in the shirt!

Re: Hey, graphically-inclined folks...we need some help.

Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 12:57 pm
by Dr_Strangelove
5chn3ll wrote: Sat Jan 04, 2020 4:16 pm Post up here - or, if you're being especially cruel, shoot a PM - so we can start a conversation about how to move the site theme from the early 90's to the late 90's or early aughts.

I may be the only person here who isn't joking so I'll quote you so you see this - do you want the same specs (dimensions) for the header graphic that you currently have? Something bigger/smaller? All the above?

Do you want me to put together options for the light blue area / background?

If I set a deadline of end of January I could probably come up with a bunch of stuff that you can change out quarterly or whatever so that the site isn't so static.

Re: Hey, graphically-inclined folks...we need some help.

Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 1:38 pm
by 5chn3ll
It's 941x175. It was probably supposed to be 940x175 and I pooched the dimensions.

The blue colors are part of the site phpBB theme, which should be tweakable by messing with the styles. I left them blue because changing them would necessitate updating all of the smaller UI components that indicate which threads and posts are read, unread, etc.

Starting with something the same size would be a solid start. I'ma go check out the phpbb theme library and see if anything that sucks less has surfaced since I last went looking.

Re: Hey, graphically-inclined folks...we need some help.

Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 1:51 pm
by 5chn3ll
The phpbb style browser is located here:
https://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/styl ... l/demo/3.2

You can use the pull-down at the top to select another style to preview...currently eyeballing we_universal because it isn't bleu.
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My affinity for all things Strong Bad also makes 1982 attractive, but not really.

Re: Hey, graphically-inclined folks...we need some help.

Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 1:59 pm
by gnat
5chn3ll wrote: Tue Jan 07, 2020 1:51 pm The phpbb style browser is located here:
https://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/styl ... l/demo/3.2

You can use the pull-down at the top to select another style to preview...currently eyeballing we_universal because it isn't bleu.

we.png

My affinity for all things Strong Bad also makes 1982 attractive, but not really.
Oh come on. 1996 is SOOOO much better. It's clearly the demise of MySpace that has led to all the ills of this world!

Re: Hey, graphically-inclined folks...we need some help.

Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 2:03 pm
by gnat