Updated skin

[SvN]

Just want to check I get this right before I spend hours sorting it. People have been asking for the skin to be made more like the old TTH skin. Which skin are people asking for?

The grey one?
http://i.imgur.com/54BHMJ6.png


Or the blue one?
http://i.imgur.com/6fAK1Cn.png

[GS]

Blue would be my preferred option, but the "Default Style" we have now is quite good.

[Vim]

I think either are fine, as long as the body of the forum is narrower than the one we have now in the default skin.

[Davgooner]

Grey, though not much needs to be done. It's just darkening the body of the posts a bit. There's too much white.

[Giggles]

So long as we have the option to keep the current metro one then it's all good. That top grey one is hideous.

[-james-]

Fairly amusing if we end up with the grey one, which was vBulletin default circa 2002.

[Toby]

I used blue on TD, it looksl/looked a lot better than the grey one.

[Ian]

Blue is better but I'm actually sort of used to this one now.

[Boydy]

Yeah, blue one here as well.

I think that default one on here that people are talking about looks kinda horrible but the biggest problem with it is the lack of fixed width. I don't want it stretching across the whole screen.

[Baz]

Grey, though not much needs to be done. It's just darkening the body of the posts a bit. There's too much white.
Yeah, like this (http://www.thethirdhalf.co.uk/showthread.php?16-New-Skin&p=3315&viewfull=1#post3315). :thbup:

[Mike]

Blue from them. Can we keep this one too though, I like it. (Metro Fluid)

[SvN]

Yeah I'm not going to change Metro in case people want to keep using it. I'll add new options for those that want to change.

[Danny]

From the pair of those it would be blue for me :nod:

[Raoul Duke]

Blue is nicer. The Metro one on here is decent (and has the smaller width layout) but the white is overbearing.

If you're getting fancy, a dark theme would be lovely.

[Boom-Boom]

The blue option would get my vote.

I don't have a problem with the 'default' skin, think it looks really nice.

[Davgooner]

How narrow is the Metro theme? :D

[Mike]

Use the Fluid version.

[Davgooner]

I do. Heard some raving about Metro though. They've outed themselves as wankers.

[ScousePig]

Blue??

Weirdos.

[Toby]

You'd have to have a colossal monitor to find Metro unsettlingly narrow. I use Fluid because I like it filling the screen, but the margins on the standard one hardly seem excessive on my screen.

[Davgooner]

I have two colossal monitors.

[Mazuuurk]

I'm used to this new white/blue one now, probably won't go back :)

[Davgooner]

Just make a skin per poster, based on preferences stated in this thread. Get on it.

[Boydy]

My monitor's 24" and I use the Metro (narrow) one. I don't have my Chrome window maximised though (it's far too big if I do). But even still, with Chrome windowed and the full width Metro one on, it's far too wide. The eye just doesn't read across a screen very well, it's much more suited to reading down.

[Pepe]

Blue is better but I don't mind the current one at all.

[The Merse]

Blue by a mile.

[Davgooner]

I don't have my Chrome window maximised though

I'm going to go for a long walk and try to process this.

[niko_cee]

Default is basically the old shitely blue skin. Do the grey one. It's the classic.

[Yevrah]

The grey one.

We've already got the blue thang going on here anyway.

[Kikó]

Grey one for me as well.

[Yevrah]

Vote in the poll then Kik's.

[Kikó]

Time to close the poll.

[John]

Grey is much nicer.

For those complaining that the width is an issue, change from Metro Fluid to Metro, it's the same skin but narrower.

[Yevrah]

The old guard rocking up to see grey over the line. :drool:

[Luca]

I prefer the blue one, but that's because I can be a creature of habit.

[Toby]

I like the current Metro one enough not to care of the new one is shit, but have to laugh at claims the grey one is actually better looking and not just comfortably familiar.

[Pleb]

This default style is quite nice. If you could somehow get the grey one to coincide with that skin it would be nice.

[Yevrah]

Oh noes, need laughter to cope with different opinion.

[Pleb]

:D

Each to their own.

[Serj]

I like the grey one better. But basically just something like the current "Default Style" one with slightly less width would be nice.

[Toby]

Oh noes, need laughter to cope with different opinion.

It's nothing to do with "coping" - as I say I'm happy with current skin and therefore not voting because this doesn't affect me. It's just telling that only the longer standing members prefer the grey one.

[Davgooner]

I didn't even know there was anything other than the grey.

What we really want to do is take it back to the early-2000s styling. :nodd:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

It's nothing to do with "coping" - as I say I'm happy with current skin and therefore not voting because this doesn't affect me. It's just telling that only the longer standing members prefer the grey one.

I wouldn't say I'm a long standing member, I joined in 2007 and I always used the grey style.

[Dquincy]

I would appreciate the grey one for us original members.

The default skin on the new board is close enough to the old blue skin.

[P_3]

Blue for me from the old board, however I'm fairly happy using Metro.

[Mike]

Voted the the wrong one! Oops

[Giggles]

Is the poll only visible to certain members or is this some sort of a whoosh joke?

[Yevrah]

Nope, it's at the top of the page.

Should be visible to all.

[Giggles]

I see an SvN post with two screenshots in it.

[Yevrah]

Yeah, top of the thread, above that.

[Giggles]

Yeah, top of the thread, above that.

Ah I see now. It doesn't show up in mobile view.

[Mike]

Don't think the mobile skin shows polls

[Spoonsky]

I much prefer the gray one.

[SvN]

Okay, so because the consensus is so split, I'll just do both. They're actually very similar anyway, just a few colour changes. I'll do a fluid and fixed width version for each, plus I'll add a fixed width version for the default skin now, in case people want to use that.

So in total we'll end up with:


Metro Fluid
Metro Fixed Width
Default Fluid
Default Fixed Width
TTH Grey Fluid
TTH Grey Fixed Width
TTH Blue
TTH Blue Fixed Width


Hopefully that will sort everyone out and we can stop going on about it.

I'm doing the grey one first.

[CJay]

SvN. :cool:

Top man.

[Luke Emia]

What kind of weirdo likes the grey skin half page? That's all kinds of wrong.

[SvN]

Right, so I've added the grey skin to the list now. It's not an exact reproduction of the TD skin, but it uses the same colours and icons where feasible.

I'd appreciate it if those that wanted it could use it for a while and let me know if there's any pages that look weird, as it's possible that I've missed some stuff.

The blue theme will be added soon.

Edit: I'll keep a list of stuff that needs to be fixed here:

Pagination on thread pages looks crap
Quotes are in the old style
Polls need tidying a bit

[Yevrah]

Top man SvN, I'll give it a whirl now.

[Baz]

Impressive work.

[Yevrah]

Oh that's the shit right there.

[Giggles]

Someone let Sincere know so he can stop being so melodramatic about going blind and sign up.

[niko_cee]

Nice.

[Davgooner]

My word. :cool:

[Samadini]

How do I donate vcash?

[John]

That's blinding work. Superb, SvN.

[Mellberg]

The grey is awesome.

[Mike]

That's some good going right there!

[TG09]

Either for me, i am getting use to this metro one now

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Oh sweet jesus, that is damn good.

Top shit, SvN.

[TG09]

The grey ones is nice! Top work fella.

[Spoonsky]

The grey is brilliant. It's like we never left.

SvN. :hail:

[Dquincy]

Bravo, the grey one is great. If i know how to give you rep points i would. :thumb:

[Magic]

Do people really prefer that horrid grey thing?

[Baz]

Bravo, the grey one is great. If i know how to give you rep points i would. :thumb:http://i.imgur.com/SyKtk7x.png

Click on the two arrows I've circled.

[Dquincy]

Thanks Baz

[Bam]

How do you change the skin?

[Magic]

:face:

[Giggles]

How do you change the skin?

PM Bam.

[Dquincy]

how do you change the skin?

bottom left, menu options.

[Bam]

Cheers Quin. The retro gray :hail:

[leedsrevolution]

Loving the retro grey. This house has become a home.

[Demerit]

Looks exactly like the grey TD skin.

I hated that skin. Metro it is.

[Boydy]

I never liked the grey one either but the blue one is coming. He said he'll do both.

Not keen on the width of the fixed width version of the grey one though. It's quite a bit wider than the fixed Metro one.