Experimenting with the theme

[Tbone]

The banner is the thing I like the least

Our current one matches our homepage. The new one does not.

[Manic Velocity]

Our current one matches our homepage. The new one does not.

I'm confused by this.  My first attempt at a theme a little over a year ago was turned down because it was too grey without a lot of contrast.  So you created the current theme to address those concerns.  But now looking at the homepage I see a lot of grey and little contrast, which does not match the black and blue of the current theme.

Since we don't yet have an in-game presence, and because we are a secretive group by nature, our website is really the only thing people have on which to base their opinion of us.  We get a lot of props on the quality of the recruitment challenge, which is the result of a lot of hard work from a lot of people.  But that is only one side of the website.  It would not hurt us at all to extend that quality to the side that all of us see every day.

My design is not perfect.  But I know that a collaboration among our very talented web designers could produce an awesome theme that FA can be proud to show off.  And TOR is just around the corner.

[NoCry]

 But I know that a collaboration among our very talented web designers could produce an awesome theme that FA can be proud to show off.  And TOR is just around the corner.

For the benefit of our new guys, Manic is talking about me here.

[Manic Velocity]

 But I know that a collaboration among our very talented web designers could produce an awesome theme that FA can be proud to show off.  And TOR is just around the corner.

For the benefit of our new guys, Manic is talking about me here.

"The Overseas Recruiter"?

It's true.  NoCry is always just around the corner.  Never let your guard down.

[Tbone]

Our current one matches our homepage. The new one does not.

I'm confused by this.

The theme of our site needs to try and stay consistent. Take a look:



See how it matches? Your current banner in no way matches the rest of the site. The current theme is inspired by a minimalistic approach that I actually saw in some Arkham City artwork. Mostly black and white, with the white bleeding into a glow. Any color is very specific.

My first attempt at a theme a little over a year ago was turned down because it was too grey without a lot of contrast.

Your current banner doesn't match the rest of the site and, as you mention, is still too grey:



I told you I can get on board with the rounded borders as long as they are dark enough, and I don't think you can accuse me of not allowing a collaborative environment on this. Take a look at my original inspiration and the vibe I'm trying to accomplish. Also take a look at the graphics we have for /home, /orders, /research, /holovids, etc. All that would need to be changed if the banner was changed, which means the entire style/theme I'm going for would be changing, and I don't want that.

[Manic Velocity]

Like this?



The problem with having too much contrast, that is to say stark black-and-white, is that it's difficult to convey depth without using at least some grey.  The Arkham City artwork uses a lot of grey to define the shadows and curvature of the renders.

[Tbone]

I'm looking at it on my phone at the moment, but that looks like a big improvement. Is it possible to throw up that darker version on a demo site that includes the home page (once you login).

[Manic Velocity]

Here's what it would look like after you logged in:

http://i.imgur.com/uNRlT.png

The black doesn't feel very "angelic" to me.  Seeing our logo in dark tones feels too Sith-y.

[Anamodiel]

I love that banner. However, I'm a little tipsy so that might be biasing me just a little.

[Manic Velocity]

Here's what it would look like after you logged in:

http://I.imgur.com/uNRlT.png

The black doesn't feel very "angelic" to me.  Seeing our logo in dark tones feels too Sith-y.

Bumping this to get T's thoughts.

[ReReminiscence]

Here's what it would look like after you logged in:

http://I.imgur.com/uNRlT.png

The black doesn't feel very "angelic" to me.  Seeing our logo in dark tones feels too Sith-y.

Bumping this to get T's thoughts.

But we can be dark we walk over the thin line between dark and light to preserve the republic.

[Enoch]

One suggestion. Whatever banner gets chosen, can you remove the box around the header wrapper? That way, it's not a box within a box that holds the actual banner.

Kind of like this: http://i.imgur.com/1z7bO.png

[Tbone]

The code for the header is tied into AutoTheme, and we can't find what would kill the border without killing the whole header. The images themselves are tied to all the block images, so if we make them invisible images, we lose the border around everything.

If we use that banner, we should probably switch out the borders as well, yes?

[Broin]

Broin does not like change.

[Ash]

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Do not make Hulk angry

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