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Erik · Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 2:18 pm Post subject:

I tried that yesterday, however the result didn't look as seamless as it should be. Perhaps I did something wrong, will try it again.

Tweek · Friend of The Great Tree Joined: 23 Jun 2004 Posts: 134

http://labs.grey-skies.net/relto/

took a little jiggering to get the the background to line up right, seems a bit brown now, but I can change that depending on what colour layout is wanted.
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Durin Mephit · Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 4:21 pm Post subject:

I agree that it is a bit too brown. Cool

Tweek, I'm also looking to you for addressing the rest of the color scheme details as well, if you could.

BTW: I believe the current design could work with a "top background" that could be a lighter shade than the "bottom background" below the banner. Just an idea.

(The lilac color of Rel.to, for anyone who hasn't guessed, is drawn from the color of the sky shown in the open Relto book.)
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Tweek · Friend of The Great Tree Joined: 23 Jun 2004 Posts: 134

I showed you the rough mockups of the "thinner" layouts

http://labs.grey-skies.net/relto/mocks/

Do you prefer the thinner layout or the wider one?
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Durin Mephit · Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 9:10 pm Post subject:

What do other people think? I could go with either type of design.
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janaba1 · Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 2:01 am Post subject:

Depends on the layout you choose, I believe... I'd go with the thinner
one in case of visible tables as shown on Tweek's example or your
Rel.to with the wider one... Maybe the wider one would be more
comfortable for you, so that you're free in filling in the contents...

What do I prefer? Oh my, not so easy... I think, I'd prefer the wider one
or like Erik's http://www.thecitadel.nl/relto/ (the picture should be
adjusted to the size of the tables) along with your pink or our green ...
Besides that, Erik's picture is more nice, not too brown... Very Happy

dcos · Great Tree Member Joined: 21 Feb 2006 Posts: 1174

I love all three of the colour scheme mock ups Tweek has done, they're all in keeping with the Relto feel and are very aesthetically pleasing.

Green- was actually my favourite on first viewing, although it is quite close to the colouring on TGT forum.

Grey- makes me think of Phil's relto and the cavern, I'm quite fond of light text on dark, it is easier on the eye. I'm not sure if this scheme isn't a bit too downbeat?

Pink - This one to me most creates the impression of Relto, it is not too bright and not too dark, almost creates the impression you're reading the information off the Relto mist.... somehow Razz

. On balance this one is my favourite.

Great work again guys. Can't wait till it is done Very Happy

Szark · Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 8:37 am Post subject:

As I am look at them side by side, the Green one is pleasing to the eye. I still like the Lilac (Pink) though, It is so chilling makes you want spend the time to look at the page instead off glancing at it. I am not too keen on the Dark (Grey). Short banner works best. I have a 22" 16:10 screen and I never have the window opened fully, but thats me.
Hope this helps
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Erik · Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 10:03 am Post subject:

I'm also in favor of the fixed width page. Otherwise the page would be overly stretched on big widescreen monitors.

And jana, the reason why the header is wider than the tables in my design is to make the page look better on monitors with a wide of exactly 1024px.
But don't judge mine, because it's probably going to be replaced by something cool by Tweek. Razz

So you should compare the thinner lay-outs to the wide lay-out. Wink

Right?

And Marten, if the thinner lay-out is going to make it, what about letting the user select a color on the preferences page? Smile

And I was thinking of something else... I personally don't feel like we should make a distinction now between IC and OOC. It would have been good, but with Uru closing, I think we can better leave it. Many websites are both IC and OOC anyway, only a few are purely IC or OOC. And I think that with the closure, people won't be making a fuss any more about IC and OOC.

Durin Mephit · Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 2:01 pm Post subject:

Moiety Jean · Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 2:36 pm Post subject:

In colors, I like the pink (lilac). In width, I'm torn. I like the stretchy version but I think I'd rather see the color of the banner become solid at the left and right edges instead of the gradient that it is.. the gradient makes it look smeared to me. Maybe I'm just weird.
But for the body of the page it seems like the width cap would be best, to keep everything neat and contained.
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Erik · Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 3:00 pm Post subject:

Languages

Icon is shown if a website is in a language other than English. If a website is in a foreign language and in English, an English flag will be shown as well.

Used these icons:
http://www.famfamfam.com/lab/icons/flags/

janaba1 · Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 3:21 pm Post subject:

Oh, this is very beautiful, Erik... /clap Very Happy

And as I've mentioned before, I like your less brown Rel.to picture.
I also love the Great Tree description... Wink

Durin Mephit · Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 4:56 pm Post subject:

Very cool, Erik!
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Erik · Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 9:42 am Post subject:

User preferences are working...

Well, sort of. Wink

We don't have a final style yet, but I implemented a theme selector any way. It changes the background of the page to green or grey. The result of a theme switch is quite ugly now, but it's only to demonstrate how the function works.

And language filtering is working. Try it out. Wink

Hope you like it, feedback is welcome of course.