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My first custom theme for Vanilla Forums, Please comment.
Hello everyone,
I know bits and pieces of HTML & CSS, and using what I've got I built my first custom theme for Vanilla Forums — it's got a fluid theme that's got a min-width of 980px for 1024px screens and max-width of 1200px for larger screens, all done using CSS.
A live demo is [here]. Please take a look. Any suggestions and feedback are most welcome. (Post your comments HERE.)
The aim was to keep it simple (and not too decorated), but good looking. Please let me know if I am missing something. Thanks!
EDIT: And before anyone asks, this theme is custom-built for Boy Geek. But I plan to make more and make 'em available for free. After all, it just some CSS, why charge for it.
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It looks good, simple but OK. If you didn't know there's styling errors when you click a category.
@amphios : Styling error? Can you provide a screenshot? Is this what you are referring to? (If so, it's not an error — I let it be that way as I had to idea as to how I should style it.)
I thought I was the only Indian down here. Welcome @badleaner.
The theme looks good but I dont know why there are so many grey themes coming for vanilla. I dont see the variety from others except from @422
for feedback -
Binoculars for search box is a bad idea. Replace it with magnifying glasses.
Also I thing the panel background color should be different.
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No, if you click on 'General' itself.
@amphios : Can you refresh the browser? Ctrl + F5, and by the way, which browser are you using?
@aery : They wanted the forum to look a tad-bit playful, whilst keeping it formal / nice. Not too much of anything.
@amphios : looks like it's a cache issue! Logged-in users see it fine. I will clear the cache right away and see if that helps. Thanks for reporting it!
EDIT: Appears to be a bug. It will need some testing
@amphios : Fixed! Take a look when you can, and do let me know what you think. Thanks.
@aery : IMHO — a proper combination of black, white and grey colors in design strains the eye LESS than any other combo. That's why I chose those colors.
I am very new to Vanilla — I installed Vanilla for the very first time just about a week ago (although I was planning to use it for a long time). Besides I didn't use any other theme other than the default blue Vanilla theme.
So, what you said above is probably because most of them wanted a design that's good for the eye?! It's not a coincidence that most designers think the same in some aspects.
PS: Like I said earlier, folks at Boy Geek stressed on a design that's simple and pleasant on the eye. So it is.