Chaos Cluster
General Forums => CC General Discussion => Topic started by: Trerro on September 14, 2010, 09:08:20 am
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I was looking through the theme site to find us a good theme. The old one was rather... meh, and it appears it was also very glitchy.
When looking at these themes, it's important to remember what's easy to change and what isn't...
Easy:
-Text colors
-Anything that's a solid color or easily made gradient
-Button images *IF* they're not complex
Hard:
-Overall shapes and layouts
-Buttons that blend in with the images
-Fancy color designs, especially when split into multiple components
Needless to say, some give us more room to work with than others.
Theme:Helios
Link:http://custom.simplemachines.org/themes/index.php?lemma=1
This one kinda reminds me of a dark version of the old dycyn.com skin, and could be good for that reason.
Theme:Monkey
Link:http://custom.simplemachines.org/themes/index.php?lemma=511
This one would definitely need some editing to be at ALL usuable, but it could be a nice, simple, to the point theme.
Theme:Scarlet
Link:http://custom.simplemachines.org/themes/index.php?lemma=1321
This one might actually be a little *too* dark, but it has a nice design to it with minimum extra crap. I'm not a huge fan of the ginormous header at the top, though.
Theme:Shiney Blue
Link:http://custom.simplemachines.org/themes/index.php?lemma=660
This one looks quite easy to code around, and it kinda stands out. I'm not sure if it would *still* stand out with CC colors, though.
Theme:smFox2
Link:http://custom.simplemachines.org/themes/index.php?lemma=1733
It would need some heavy editing, but it's a nice simple theme that we could easily add our own stuff to.
Theme:The Darkness
Link:http://custom.simplemachines.org/themes/index.php?lemma=931
Far less work needed on the colors, and again, nice, simple, easy to work with. Something seems a tiny bit off about this though, and I can't quite place it.
If you want to look for more, here's the site: http://custom.simplemachines.org/themes/
So, what does everyone think of these, and do you see any others we should consider. When choosing, remember that if the text and other minor colors on the theme suck, but the overall design is solid, we can fix it to fit CC.
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I like scarlet and love the darkness but i also think this on is very classy
http://custom.simplemachines.org/themes/index.php?lemma=1504
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I really like the Helios theme, but the one we have at the moment is nice too though.
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Considering the color scheme of the Chaos Cluster homepage, I'm going to go with The Darkness.
Of course, I agree that the current one is nice, too. Actually, I think I prefer it over all the other choices. If you can make the homepage follow the same color scheme, that would be excellent. :)