Choose and vote for new designs !

[Maciamo]

Click on the links below to choose your forum style (design) :

Beige (same as old forum) (http://www.jref.com/forum/index.php?s=&styleid=7)

Crimson-Beige (http://www.jref.com/forum/index.php?s=&styleid=13)

Sakura (pink) (http://www.jref.com/forum/index.php?s=&styleid=11)

Tatami (green) (http://www.jref.com/forum/index.php?s=&styleid=10)

vB3 blue (http://www.jref.com/forum/index.php?s=&styleid=1)

Mac OS (white) (http://www.jref.com/forum/index.php?s=&styleid=12)

Futuristic Black (http://www.jref.com/forum/index.php?s=&styleid=8)

Default Grey-Orange (http://www.jref.com/forum/index.php?s=&styleid=9)

Just by clicking on these links should set them as your default style. Just reclick on another to change your preferences.

Please let me know how to improve these designs or if there are any other style/colours you'd like to have.

Please vote for all the styles you personally like.

[jeisan]

clicking on those doesnt do anything for me besides open the forum in a new window, so im just going off what i remember from the test pages :)

[Maciamo]

Doesn't it change the forum design once you refresh the screen ? For me it works. Even when I log off and in again, the last design I have clicked is kept in my preference.

[jeisan]

nah, even though the url is correct up top no matter the style id # is, it still gives me the forum default.
maybe permissions again?

[Eternal Wind]

take ur time for designs,Maciamo;)

[EscaFlowne]

I went with the old forum style. Beige. i love that one. but i didn't get to see any of the examples. :relief:

[kirei_na_me]

I couldn't see them by clicking on them either...but I kind of like the way it is now.

[EscaFlowne]

you know this anais nin is very "good" kirei! I'm going to have to research more of that.

[kirei_na_me]

She's worth researching, Esca... :-)

[EscaFlowne]

[To do list]
1)talk to neptunemoon
2)research anais nin

Gotcha! :note: I wonder how are they going to fix the design...maybe i by letting us choose to what we wantto set it too in preferences..that is when it gets fixed or would it be like board wide :happy:

[nikki_the_insane]

I love the design the way it is now. Though the old forum style will always hold a special place in my heart. *sniff* It gave it sort of an Asian feel to the forum.

Is it possible to be able to make your own. Add your own background and color scheme and everything? I would deffently deck mine out with a nifty looking Sesshoumaru-Sama background. ^_^

[Maciamo]

As I said, once the buf is fixed, everybody will be able to choose their default style among those listed above (and maybe others).

[Hachiko]

I like Sakura, but it should be done only for April. I wouldn't mind having it all year, though. :p

[Maciamo]

I like Sakura, but it should be done only for April. I wouldn't mind having it all year, though. :p

Actually, this year, the cherry blossoms are very early. The ones near my house are already blossoming since last week (late February !). It's more than a month early. But we also had 20 degrees last Sunday in Tokyo, which is not less unusual for this season.

[Hachiko]

Actually, this year, the cherry blossoms are very early. The ones near my house are already blossoming since last week (late February !). It's more than a month early. But we also had 20 degrees last Sunday in Tokyo, which is not less unusual for this season.

But will the sakuras continue to bloom until the end of April? :clueless:

[Eternal Wind]

I really really love to see cherry blossom!!I love it!!But I don't have a chance to go to japan...:(:(Maybe by the end of this year I'll be going:)

[kirei_na_me]

Ah, sakura. The first sign of Spring. :-) It's time for me to start crawling out of my depression...

[Eternal Wind]

yes!spring is soooo wonderful in japan!!feels so wonderful!:D

[Hachiko]

Spring, to put it succinctly, is a great time to listen to some hard, sentimental surf rock as the sakuras bloom like heaven. A time for mediatation, a time to rekindle relationships, a time for a new beginning to things. A time for monkey-dancing, as well as para-para. A time to be alive again. Alive to bask in the ethos of that lating phrase...Carpe diem.

:love: :rose: :angel: :beer:

[neko_girl22]

Actually, this year, the cherry blossoms are very early. The ones near my house are already blossoming since last week (late February !). It's more than a month early. But we also had 20 degrees last Sunday in Tokyo, which is not less unusual for this season.

You sure it wasn't Ume (Plum blossom)? Ume comes in white and various pinks and blooms from middle February. Sakura doesn't come here (lower Kyushu - where everything is often earlier than Honshu) until the middle of March.

[neptunemoon]

Isnt there a way that we can each personally customize what we want to see on the forum. I think that would be better. Purple wasnt an option and that makes me sad no just kidding. Oh and hi esca missed ya. PM whenever.

[Hachiko]

Isnt there a way that we can each personally customize what we want to see on the forum. I think that would be better. Purple wasnt an option and that makes me sad no just kidding. Oh and hi esca missed ya. PM whenever.

Neptunemoon! Tadaima~~~! *glomps neptunemoon* :-)

[silver angel]

NEPTUNE!!!! *running glomp/hugs* :D

[neptunemoon]

Aww I feel soo loved. I missed you guys *hugs back* Yea but I say up with the purple screen as to not get off topic lol.

[EscaFlowne]

:bluush: :blush: :bluush:
Neputune how you doing! i'm going to pm you right now! :p

the purple is alright i guess....i prefer a shade of blue :cool:

[neptunemoon]

Ok how bought lavender or a mix of blue and purple cuz you know those two colors go together but I still think we should be able to customize.

[Hachiko]

Of course, purple is what I've been most used to, so if this sticks, so be it. In the words of Sheryl Crow, "A change will do you good." But old-school Beige is a respectable third, paying homage to the description maxim, "Oldies, but goodies."

(This dog needs some shut-eye after a disappointing, and at the same time, uplifting, night. Good-night, everyone.)

[Maciamo]

We have passed to "vB3 Gold" so bugs should be fixed. You can now choose your forum design in the "User CP" => options (or click on the links in the first post of this thread :-) ).

[jeisan]

or one can use the little drop down menu on the bottom left of the page. :cool:

[Maciamo]

umm, yeah. I admit that I failed to notice it ! One good point for Jeisan ! :cool:

[silver angel]

Wooo! Nice colours!^_^

[Hachiko]

All right! Now I can choose the Sakura option! YEAH! Great job Jeisan and Maciamo! :cool:

[nikki_the_insane]

Ick, I hate all the colors. Will you have more colors in the future? And the black seems to have a problem showing some sort of image file or something.

[Keiichi]

I think this Mac one is kind of nice, with the colorful little images. The other ones were a bit plain, but they do seem easier to navigate for newbies.

[Nothingness]

I like the Tatami color.

(the Black background seems not to be working (it will like not show some of the posts).

[jeisan]

All right! Now I can choose the Sakura option! YEAH! Great job Jeisan and Maciamo! :cool:

thanks hachi, but maciamo did all the work, all i did was notice the drop down...

[Maciamo]

Ick, I hate all the colors. Will you have more colors in the future? And the black seems to have a problem showing some sort of image file or something.

What colors would you like to have ? If you know any other forum to show me as an example...

[neptunemoon]

Oh please add a lavender

[Satori]

Oh please add a lavender

Lavender would be nice!

[kirei_na_me]

I would go for some lavender too. Nice, calming effect... :-)

[Elgin]

I kinda like the one right now. Even though I'm color blind and I see blue and white. :p

[Maciamo]

I have created a "lavender" (not sure if it's the colors you imagined ?) design. Tell me what you think and if there are colors you want to change. I think it goes well with the colorful logo. :-)

I can also change the icons and buttons for each style (or create new ones, but it takes longer). Do you prefer the new/old icons (ex. index pages => new or no new messages) and new/old buttons (ex "post reply", "quote"...) ? If you are not sure which ones are new or old, the vB3 style use all the new ones, while the beige style uses all the old ones.

[Satori]

I love the lavender!! I was using the grey and orange before, which was also nice, but I really like the lavender a lot. It's beautiful. Thanks for creating it! I also like the new icons and buttons, unless someone else has some other ideas? :happy:

[Maciamo]

I have also improved a bit the black design. Should look better than before.

[kirei_na_me]

Oh, very nice, Maciamo. I love the lavender. Very pleasing to the eyes. Thank you... :-)

[Winter]

I didnt vote, but I personally like fiery black.

When a site has a black background, it almost gives me a draining feeling. I think that is much more soothing and calming than any lavendar colortone.

[kirei_na_me]

Well, for someone who loves black everything, I don't much like it on here. It looks too Halloweeny. I keep expecting to see jack-o-laterns. It's just something about the orange.

[Uncle Frank]

Well, for someone who loves black everything, I don't much like it on here. It looks too Halloweeny. I keep expecting to see jack-o-laterns. It's just something about the orange.

I said the same thing to my wife; it looks like Halloween!!

Frank

:blush:

[nikki_the_insane]

Oooo, the lavendar is a beauty though I don't like the strong vibrant puples that were used for the heading box thingy. Could you possibely do a pastel layout?

[Satori]

Oooo, the lavendar is a beauty though I don't like the strong vibrant puples that were used for the heading box thingy. Could you possibely do a pastel layout?

Hopefully in ADDITION to the dark purple, because I love the purple! So please don't change it!!

[jeisan]

i like the old darkblue/white design from a year ago.

also the nihongo forum is always in the default colors...

[Glenn]

Yeah, and I wish that it weren't. I like the vB3 blue, and don't care so much for the black and orange.

[nikki_the_insane]

The black has a cozy feeling to it even though it does look Halloween-ish. Yet I don't think any other color besides orange would really work for it.

Besides, it matches my 'level of posts' belt. :happy:

[Maciamo]

also the nihongo forum is always in the default colors...

That is because of the encoding. I had to choose one style with Japanese encoding and opted for the default.

[Hypertokyo5]

I did it, and it worked for me! HOW COOL! can we change whenever we want?

[Maciamo]

I did it, and it worked for me! HOW COOL! can we change whenever we want?

Yes, and as Jeisan mentioned, you can change the design from any page using the menu at the bottom-left of the page.

[Hypertokyo5]

So, Is This Going To Be Here From Now On?

[Maciamo]

Yes, now it's definitive. There could be new styles in the future, but the menu at the bottom will always be there. No worries. :-)

[sadakoyamamura]

I voted for tatami because it's one of the lucky colors of 2004 (i say this with a smile...)

[TwistedMac]

i vote pink.. cuz i love pink stuff... PINK UP THE WORLD! GAHAHA!..
stuff that shouldnt be pink:
my clothes (with the possible exception of a shirt)
my appartment's walls
my furniture

EVERYTHING else should be pink.. aslong as i have my nook to get away from the pinkiness now and then =P

[neptunemoon]

Yeah lavender thanks so much I am sooooooooooooo happy. Satori purple just rocks.

[Satori]

Yeah lavender thanks so much I am sooooooooooooo happy. Satori purple just rocks.

I agree!! Yay!! Lavender/purple!!!!! It goes so great with most of the avatars, too!! Kirei_na_me's purple eye goes great with it!!, as does my avatar and Maciamo's and lots of others. Really cool!! It made all the difference!! :-)

Hey, by the way, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, NeptuneMoon!!! We're both Aries and I remembered that your birthday was in March--although sorry this is late!!! :-) I noticed that Lineartube's birthday was in March too, but forgot to wish him a Happy Birthday too!!! :-( Sorry!!!

[neptunemoon]

Thanks is your bday up soon this month. Happy birthday. Purple aries chicks forever !!!!!!!!!!

[Satori]

Thanks is your bday up soon this month. Happy birthday. Purple aries chicks forever !!!!!!!!!!


My birthday was March 30th and yours was March 26th--I'm right behind you!!! :-) Yay, Aries!!! (We're not into birthdays or anything, are we?!! LOL!!) :-)

[Ten'shi-no-Shippuu]

:sing: Sakuraaaaa.........Sakuraaaa.......yayoiiii....... . :sing:

[Lina Inverse]

vb3 blue is nice (not more). Don't like the other ones, especially not the Gray one :relief: (except for the tiny bit orange in it)

I've done a design myself, take a look:

[Maciamo]

Hi Lina,

How did you make this design ? Do you have the file or is it just coloured on photoshop or something. If you have the Vb file, please send it to me so that I can implement it. Otherwise I will create an orange style. :-)

[Lina Inverse]

Hi Lina,

How did you make this design ? Do you have the file or is it just coloured on photoshop or something. If you have the Vb file, please send it to me so that I can implement it. Otherwise I will create an orange style. :-)
I used PhotoImpact to color it just so you get the general idea. If you send me that vb file and the related images ("Post reply" button, "Quote" button etc.), I'll create a proper color scheme :haihai:
Ok, I could probably save the button images right here from my browser, but I have no idea how I could get that vb file... :relief:
Please mail it to LinaInverse (a) vorsicht-scharf.de

...
Ok, I've looked at the browser cache now and found pretty much all the images (except for the little computer icon in the lower left, which only mods have as jeisan said).
I also found a css file named "style-71ee499e-00001.css" which reads inside:
/* vBulletin 3 CSS For Style 'Vb Blue' (styleid: 1) */
and defines all the colors 'n' stuff. Guess it's that file you mean by "vb file", right?

[Lina Inverse]

I've got all the pics done now :haihai:
Now waiting if I should edit that css file, or if you need something else :?

[silver angel]

I really like that design! Mellow, soft and not hard on the eyes. *thumbs up*

[Lina Inverse]

I really like that design! Mellow, soft and not hard on the eyes. *thumbs up*
Thanks. Just wait a little more, I'm just working on some leftover images (PM inbox etc...), while Maciamo is setting up the colors.

[Lina Inverse]

Got all the pics done now and sent them over to Maciamo :haihai:

[Maciamo]

Here you go, Lina. I have created the "child of orange" style :-)

[Lina Inverse]

Here you go, Lina. I have created the "child of orange" style :-)
Really looks awesome! :cool: :bravo: :happy: :cheer: :win: :thankyou:
The flag works now as well, btw.


edit: I've looked around now and everything looks fine, with two exceptions:
- the "Quote" button doesn't display, instead there's a small bubble :relief:
- the "Edit" button has the wrong color and also an ugly white border at the top

I've attached the proper versions of the two buttons. Please fix it.

edit2: Also, the post icons (below the compose window) are still those from the vb blue style. Orange post icons were included in the zip file I sent you.

[Lina Inverse]

Ok, now that that's fixed as well, there's just one last thing: in the current logo (in the upper left), the kanji are a little hard to make out :relief:
So I made a new logo that's a little bigger, where you can clearly recognize them. I've attached it below.

[Riven]

I didn't tryed lavender. Nice one but too flashy for my eyes :p
I like the orange one. Good job.

[Lina Inverse]

I didn't tryed lavender. Nice one but too flashy for my eyes :p
I like the orange one. Good job.
Glad you like it :haihai:

[Buddha Smoker]

I like the Blue one....just wish the flag worked on it. My next choice is the Tatami one.

[TwistedMac]

i'm using Lina's orange one.. only problem is it doesn't work on some forums =/ like the "learning japanese" one.. or was it the "learning english" one?.. i'm too lazy to check before pressing "reply" -_-

[Lina Inverse]

i'm using Lina's orange one.. only problem is it doesn't work on some forums =/ like the "learning japanese" one.. or was it the "learning english" one?.. i'm too lazy to check before pressing "reply" -_-
Now there's one with a good taste :bravo:
I heard that there was something special about the Japanese forums, so they couldn't have custom schemes :(
The picture post forum uses a different forum software designed for posting pictures, which apparently doesn't support custom schemes :relief:

[TwistedMac]

funny thing is i got it by accidentally clicking the link in your sig and thought "hey, this is pretty sweet! i'll keep it"

[TimF]

I am also using Lina's format I think it is sweet I got it by messing around in the User CP lol.

[Lina Inverse]

I am also using Lina's format I think it is sweet I got it by messing around in the User CP lol.
Good to hear that people are actually using my scheme :cool:

[seaweedhair]

I agree, I love the orange but I also think the pink is cute. It doesn't seem to be consistent though. Does it need to be done every time you sign on or is there a way of keeping it so that every time you sign on it is the same color? Just curious.

[Lina Inverse]

I agree, I love the orange but I also think the pink is cute. It doesn't seem to be consistent though. Does it need to be done every time you sign on or is there a way of keeping it so that every time you sign on it is the same color? Just curious.
Once you select a design (i.e. at the bottom to the left in the design chooser), it is remembered for all further logins.

[Glenn]

You can also set you default style in the User CP -> options. ;-)

[jeisan]

if you set the style in the user cp it will be remembered in your profile as the default so if you log out then log back in it will switch to the one you chose.
using the selecter near the bottom left of every page will set that as your color until you log out and then it will revert to the forum default (orange-grey) that is unless youve set a different color in your user cp.