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New Forum Style?

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So, I'm not sure if we'll be able to get the old Style off the other server (it's not essential to site function).
If you like this one, that's cool. If you have any suggestions for another phpBB style, though, or color scheme, etc. please discuss here.
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Re: New Forum Style?

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There are a bunch of styles here: https://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/styles-2

Make sure to try out their demos on your mobile or tablet or whatever if you use that; maybe we can find one that doesn't have the problems of the last style.

I kind of like this style:
https://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/style/artodia_simplicity/demo/3.1

(you can change the styles at the top the preview them in the frame on that page)
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Re: New Forum Style?

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I think the one you picked is probably the best, brimstone. If we used it, could you change the colors on it so that its red or grey instead of green?
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Re: New Forum Style?

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Cirion Spellbinder wrote:I think the one you picked is probably the best, brimstone. If we used it, could you change the colors on it so that its red or grey instead of green?
Do you not like green? :mrgreen:
This is a vegan forum, after all.

We can change the colors. One main color, and an accent color would probably be needed.
Any suggestions?
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Re: New Forum Style?

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I like this one:
https://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/styl ... e/demo/3.1

I also like the one you linked, brimstone, but i hate this shade of green. Some suggestions: (you can use colorpicker.com)
#44AB2B
#2A661B
#26940A
#71B061
#558549

I think any of those would work fine. I particularly like the 2nd, 3rd and last one.
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I like doing green. This is a nice one: https://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/style/khaki/

And this one has a cool design, but I didn't get a full screen look: https://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/style/green_vision/
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Re: New Forum Style?

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brimstoneSalad wrote:Do you not like green? :mrgreen:
This is a vegan forum, after all.
I was worried it wouldn't fit with TVA's logo, but now I realize that doesn't matter because we changed the forum name!
brimstoneSalad wrote:We can change the colors. One main color, and an accent color would probably be needed.
Any suggestions?
Awesome! :D
Here are some color suggestions:
Primary / Secondary
Primary / Secondary
Primary / Secondary
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Re: New Forum Style?

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I experimented a bit. The accent color in the theme is meant to highlight something (like unread posts), so it needed to be bright.

What do you think of green and orange, something like this:
green&orange.jpg
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brimstoneSalad wrote:I experimented a bit. The accent color in the theme is meant to highlight something (like unread posts), so it needed to be bright.

What do you think of green and orange, something like this:

green&orange.jpg
That looks good, it's easy on the eyes and seems functional.
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Re: New Forum Style?

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I think it's pretty sweet!
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