Forum theme

General discussion about anything related to Transcendence.

What style should we use for the forums?

Absolution (current style)
3
15%
ForumUS
0
No votes
Milk
12
60%
Other (please specify in comments; must be phpBB 3.2 compatible)
5
25%
 
Total votes: 20
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0xABCDEF
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Is it possible to change the color of hyperlink text?
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Seconded on that one. We could use a little more contrast for headers (eg the thread title that pops up above the editor when you make a reply is too dark), URLS and the post-count thing on user profiles. I think the regular text is fine though...and in general I rather like this theme already.


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I like the new theme so far.
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I made some minor changes to the theme:

* I changed the accent color so that links are brighter.
* I made the section headers small (they use the same accent color, so they were too bright)
* I moved the avatar block to the left of a post instead of the right (I think it is easier to see who posted).
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0xABCDEF wrote:
Fri Sep 15, 2017 4:10 am
Not sure if the dark-text-on-slightly-darker-background is intentional but it can be difficult to read.
I agree. ATM it is too hard to read. The text in a post needs to be brighter IMO.

EDIT: Also the scroll bars are hard to see as are the filenames of attached files.

Actually while in the "Edit" screen the text is white (or brighter anyway) and very easy to read!
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