new site

[Rick]

I feel less connected with this new site design for some reason.

[Canardia]

Everyone has the free will to choose whatever skin they like

 

I use the IP.Board skin because it has nice blue and green tones (which are no complementary colors, but use a more difficult 7th dissonance (which is harmonic in itself though)), and makes you feel like you have room to breathe (it's wider, because it scales with the browser window, while the Leadwerks skin is fixed width).

 

Also what I have learned is that only truly artistic skilled people dare and can make colored sites. People who can't find harmony and are very insecure about their artistic expressions, just use dull and gray tones. See Andy Warhol:

[Josh]

You probably feel that way because the status updates and recent blog entries aren't shown on the main page. In order to fit them in, we may need to either make the page very wide, or stretchy. It might be a month before the site is complete, but I will see that these features are included in the final design.

[Scott Richmond]

It needs to be stretchy IMO. I hate fixed width forums. I can understand static websites like your main page, but a forum needs to be 100% comfortable for the user to read and interact with. I don't see why you wouldn't just use IP.Board as a template for a new color scheme and banner.

[Leo]

Also what I have learned is that only truly artistic skilled people dare and can make colored sites. People who can't find harmony and are very insecure about their artistic expressions, just use dull and gray tones. See Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol didn't have people to browse through lots of content while staring at his paintings, and IMHO was actually looking for the opposite result, a sensorial extravaganza, since he took inspiration from the abstract expressionists of his era. There are certain conventions in templating which convey a particular feeling to the user, which in this case should be "hey, that's a great and well supported development engine", and that's the only thing I am looking for; it's more design than art, and I never intended to artistically experiment with it let alone compete with such mind blowing icons.

 

It needs to be stretchy IMO. I hate fixed width forums. I can understand static websites like your main page, but a forum needs to be 100% comfortable for the user to read and interact with. I don't see why you wouldn't just use IP.Board as a template for a new color scheme and banner.

Hi DJDD, this skin was intended to seamlessly integrate with the main website, in order to give everything a cohesive look. I'll surely make a simpler, variable width skin in the near future based on IP.Board for the users who prefer this choice, but I think the default one should still be based on the website layout or first time users will feel like leaving the website when entering the community.

[Leo]

Hi there, I've just added a variable width template which keeps the overall look intact (tentatively named "Leadwerks Wide"), aimed at everyone who finds useful to have recent updates on the main community page.

[Leo]

Did some minor modifications on both templates, corrected some visualization problems in IE7, and added a forum path as suggested by wh1sp3r.

[wh1sp3r]

hehe, now, It's cool

 

perhaps, there could be same skin, but with different colours everybody can choose own.

[VicToMeyeZR]

Now if you could get a custom page with IP.Board, then you could do away with the "Main" site completely.. Would be better IMO.

 

I thought they had custom page ability. I could be wrong.

[Josh]

Now if you could get a custom page with IP.Board, then you could do away with the "Main" site completely.. Would be better IMO.

 

I thought they had custom page ability. I could be wrong.

That's exactly what we're doing. We have the ability to add various feeds into the html pages, so the whole site will be more interactive and interesting.

[VicToMeyeZR]

[Leo]

I've added the searchbar on both templates. About the colours, I can add more skin sets once we've done tuning up everything.