Site Configuration

Guru of Nothing said:
Talk to me more about the username bolding. See mine as an example. I'm not sure what I want (or if I'm even interested).

I don't really know what this means, but I'm updating a field called Username CSS and for the current setup I specified the following:

font-weight: bold;
color: #C4CED4;
text-shadow: -1px -1px 0 #000000, 1px -1px 0 #000000,
-1px 1px 0 #000000, 1px 1px 0 #000000;

If any of you geeks speak this lingo, hit me with suggestions. Whatever we do, it will begin as a one-size fits all exercise, so can't please everyone today.
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CSS for...

Text is Bold, color of text is a hex that equals blue-grey, and text has a css-filter for a drop shadow.
 
LeBowen said:
Have you tried fiddling with the theme?
For me the #1 priority should be getting the silver and black scheme, looks like a Mavs forum with this one. :LOL:
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I have - and it's a good thing I don't have immediate access to sharp knives, because it makes me stabby. I actually did create a SilverAndBlack theme, but I'm not really sure it accomplished anything desireable. I'm gonna move theming this joint up to the top of my priority list. Apologies in advance for any random eyesores that pop up.
 
scott said:
If there is a way for individuals users to customize that would be great. It's not a big deal, but I'm actually not a fan of 100 posts/page.
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Agree. I think 25-30 replies per page is better imho
 
LeBowen said:
Have you tried fiddling with the theme?
For me the #1 priority should be getting the silver and black scheme, looks like a Mavs forum with this one. :LOL:
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Mine is a black and silver theme... maybe it's your individual settings?
 
koriwhat said:
If you have any css-website questions don't hesitate to ask.
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Appreciate it. I mean I kind of get the gist of what is happening, but definetely interested in suggestions for the settings. My concern is my judgement. I might be as bad at this as others are with music.
 
Guru of Nothing said:
I have - and it's a good thing I don't have immediate access to sharp knives, because it makes me stabby. I actually did create a SilverAndBlack theme, but I'm not really sure it accomplished anything desireable. I'm gonna move theming this joint up to the top of my priority list. Apologies in advance for any random eyesores that pop up.
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No worries, as koriwhat says, I'm sure a few of us could lend a hand if needed.
Xenforo has a lot of options, I'm member of another xenforo forum and it looks top tier with all the theming, widgets and whatnot.
For example it also has square avatars and registration date, post count under it.
The desktop theme is also wider, this one leaves a lot of unused space.

But we'll figure that out over the few months, it's just luxury stuff. Maybe even buying a theme wouldn't be the worst thing, $30 or so isn't much of a cost.
And we should pitch in for the server costs, you shouldn't be paying it all by yourself.

What matters is the we get most of the regular members back and that we have a functional forum since the season is starting soon and I'd die if I had to resort to realgm or reddit. :D
 
scott said:
Mine is a black and silver theme... maybe it's your individual settings?
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Really? Mine is set to silver black but it looks the same as default. It's dark but more dark blue than anything
 
Neuromancer said:
Really? Mine is set to silver black but it looks the same as default. It's dark but more dark blue than anything
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I switched over to the dark theme momentarily and I can see the "Mavs" similarity. I'm using the light theme and it's silver and black.
 
Neuromancer said:
Really? Mine is set to silver black but it looks the same as default. It's dark but more dark blue than anything
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The new silver and black theme has been created, but that's just a name for it, no settings have been changed, that's why it still looks default.
 
There is a SilverAndBlack theme along with default, but toggling between the two AND toggling between dark and light modes is unkind to my brain (dark gray font on black background for the style chooser is what I see, and just barley) , but it appears that SilverAndBlack combined with light mode gets a little Spursy (not a lot).

I've got some high hopes for a Spurs Dark theme if we can get the white and silver to pop on a black background
 
I'm not volunteering, but I think it might be helpful for you to get some trusted admins to help you out with some of these changes, GoN? Someone who is good at coding and can just pop this stuff out?
 
scott said:
I'm not volunteering, but I think it might be helpful for you to get some trusted admins to help you out with some of these changes, GoN? Someone who is good at coding and can just pop this stuff out?
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It's on my to-do list to recruit some help. I've got a few SSL issues to sort out first accessing the admin panel. Hope I have time to address it tomorrow. So far, Chat GPT has been pretty helpful.
 
Thank you for the hard work to set up this forum, @Guru of Nothing!

If you're looking for a helping hand or volunteers, I can assist you with the basics - haven't ever managed a community Forum, but it shouldn't be too different from designing the layout of a website and its components, surely doable with some practice.

I have only two suggestions to make - first, the Dark Theme is all blue for some reason despite me selecting the "SilverAndBlack" theme; and secondly, I'd love to attempt to import the old emotes from ST to replace the bland emojis used by the forum - though I don't know if that's possible without some access to the original ST website/code :(
 
Sugus said:
Thank you for the hard work to set up this forum, @Guru of Nothing!

If you're looking for a helping hand or volunteers, I can assist you with the basics - haven't ever managed a community Forum, but it shouldn't be too different from designing the layout of a website and its components, surely doable with some practice.

I have only two suggestions to make - first, the Dark Theme is all blue for some reason despite me selecting the "SilverAndBlack" theme; and secondly, I'd love to attempt to import the old emotes from ST to replace the bland emojis used by the forum - though I don't know if that's possible without some access to the original ST website/code :(
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Thanks. I've got a support ticket open to clear up an issue with accessing the Admin Control Panel, but as soon as I get it sorted I'll see what it takes to enilist help on this site - especially with theming.
 
Style choices. Currently have three choices: default (I will not touch), SilverAndBlack, and Espuelas.

SilverAndBlack is pretty meh compared to where I hope to get it to, but I'm not touching it either now so as to leave alone the user experience. Espuelas was just created and I will be using it to conduct science experiments, so use at your own peril. My aim is to flesh out the Espuelas style with a dark mode (predominately black) and a light mode (predominently white and silver), eventually resulting in two stlye choices (each with light and dark mode).

We shall see.
 
Ok, I'm about 80% of the way there trying to create Espuelas dark mode (light mode to follow). Currently dealing with trying to identify all resulting dark font/links on dark backround, but otherwise it's pretty easy on the eyes.
 
Guru of Nothing said:
Ok, I'm about 80% of the way there trying to create Espuelas dark mode (light mode to follow). Currently dealing with trying to identify all resulting dark font/links on dark backround, but otherwise it's pretty easy on the eyes.
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Currently testing the Espuelas theme and it's nice! The comment boxes being grey clashes with the white text color, but otherwise I love the "Spursian" color pallete. Great work!
 
Just comparing the shades of silver.
(I don't see why wouldn't image embedding be enabled as long as max size is limited.)

https://imgur.com/a/1YCGX7M

I'd say change the post font color to black.
 
Personally I'm a fan of the Silver & Black theme on Light Mode (I usually rock in Light mode across most websites, tbh). The font of the header links (Forum, What's New, Media, Resources, Members) just needs to be a different color. Currently it's like a dark purple on black and is barely visible.
 
scott said:
Personally I'm a fan of the Silver & Black theme on Light Mode (I usually rock in Light mode across most websites, tbh). The font of the header links (Forum, What's New, Media, Resources, Members) just needs to be a different color. Currently it's like a dark purple on black and is barely visible.
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That's been the big challenge with adjusting the theme. It's fairly easy to get the overall color scheme going, but then it's kind of like whack-a-mole trying to chase light fonts on light backgrounds (and dark on dark too). Gonna persevere and sell these styles to a Raiders board for a million dollars when it's finished.
 
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