Getting a new vBulletin skin.

[Shaggy]

I have just had some start to develop me a custom vBulletin skin for this site. I vBulletin skin is a the look the forum has. It won't be this plan white look anymore. I will keep you all posted on ho wit looks. :D

[Squall85]

sounds good

[ShadowHeart]

Hope it will look good :)

[LoKuS]

This is good and all, but i think we should worry about getting more members then the skin color of the board.

[FFnut]

We've been worrying about member counts for too long. It's time for a skin change.

After this comes Shaggy's online RP thing, and then the site itself! Full speed ahead, Cap'n Shaggy!

[Arkacia]

A nice looking skin may well attract more members by luring lurkers and guests into signing up. The more attractive the site is, the more people will take notice of it ;).

I do hope the new skin will be a nice dark one :).

[Shaggy]

We've been worrying about member counts for too long. It's time for a skin change. After this comes Shaggy's online RP thing, and then the site itself! Full speed ahead, Cap'n Shaggy!

Exactly!! :)


A nice looking skin may well attract more members by luring lurkers and guests into signing up. The more attractive the site is, the more people will take notice of it ;). I do hope the new skin will be a nice dark one :).

Exactly!!!! :)

[Gumdrop]

Good work Shaggy ;)

[Shaggy]

Well he has the front of the forum almost done. He sent me a image of it. Do you all want to see it or just wait til I actually get it uploaded on to the forum? :)

[LoKuS]

Let's see it.

[Wezzy]

i think it sounds good as well. This may be the wrong thread to post this but mentioning somewhere on the site on the frontpage that it is free to sign up and everything might help because i never sign up unless i have an instinct that it's free and i was a fan of this site before it was a forum so i kinda guessed :)

[Shaggy]

Here it is..

[Squall85]

thats looks sweet

[Arkacia]

That looks great :).

Those dark colours will be a lot easier on the eyes than all this white.

[Squall85]

when is it gonna be up

[Zerlina]

It looks good, but at the same time I'm insulted and feel like I wasted my time. Unless there's a reasonable explanation, next time don't ask me any favours.

[Shaggy]

He is still working on it. I hope in a few days I can get it all up. Then I can put all the hacks I want on this forum, like the RPG and alot of other goodies...:)

[Shaggy]

It looks good, but at the same time I'm insulted and feel like I wasted my time. Unless there's a reasonable explanation, next time don't ask me any favours.

I'm sorry Zerlina. I love your header, but it was cheaper for me to have him do it rather then him working around yours. I will pay you for your time on the header you made for me. I hope your not mad at me. :(

[LoKuS]

looks good, nice job.

[ShadowHeart]

Looking good, Shaggy :)

[alfaitha]

It looks hot, Shaggy... ut do you think that next to the threads' names, you could add a little icon, or logo. I think that would e nice

[Shaggy]

Here is a newer mockup...

[Arkacia]

My personal opinion is, I really like that skin. Its going to look great when its up :).

Don't know if I should be saying this here, but after FFnet is finished, is there any chance of getting a similar but different (so the two sites don't look the same) skin for Randomgames? :D.

[Shaggy]

LOL, I thought you were happy with what RandomGames.com looked like now Ark? :p

I will get to that skin next. ;)

[Arkacia]

I do like the colours you did on RG, but that skin looks really good and something similar, but not the same, would improve it even more :).

[Shaggy]

They're done with it. Will be getting the file tomorrow. Hope you will all like the new skin. :)

Ok Ark, I will see what they can do for RandomGames.com.. :)

[Shaggy]

What??? No one cares anymore.. :p

[Squall85]

chill shaggy some ppl are just coming back from a busy day at work, or hidding their kids after Jackson was found not guilty lol

[LoKuS]

Nice.

[Shaggy]

chill shaggy some ppl are just coming back from a busy day at work, or hidding their kids after Jackson was found not guilty lol
I'm on ice!!!

Well here it comes!!! The skin is here! :eek:

[Arkacia]

It looks fantastic :D.

Only thing I've noticed and this is not a complaint, just an observation, is the font has shrunk :p.
I'll have to start wearing my glasses while on this site now :D.

[Shaggy]

I have noticed that too. I will ask them to see how I can up the text size a bit. :)

[ShadowHeart]

Hey, you gave me a shock when I came here :p Looking great!

Just one thing - the smileys seems to be made for white backgrounds only, so their edges look grainy..

[Gumdrop]

Not bad =)
I love the banner but I prefer lighter skins..still getting rid of the defult was a good move!

[Wezzy]

It's looking brilliant Shaggy nice work!

EDIT:i have noticed that you have gotten the threads and posts mixed up: it sais for general ff discussion 350 odd threads and 42 posts...shouldn't it be 42 threads and 350 odd posts?

[LoKuS]

Looks great, good stuff.

[~Hidan~]

Yay!! Thanks for finally getting it all up ^_^

[Zerlina]

It looks great!

While you're updating the forum, would you mind taking the character limit off of the RPG board? Sometimes I have to make three posts just to get all of it in.

[FFnut]

Cor, blimey! The new cushion's got me speakin' Cockney!

Heh, just kidding. You'll definitely need to up the font size, though. Other than that, this thing is looking absolutely beautiful.

And yes, I've researched the cockney-ism up above - Pin and Cushion, Pin rhymes with Skin.

[Shaggy]

It looks great!

While you're updating the forum, would you mind taking the character limit off of the RPG board? Sometimes I have to make three posts just to get all of it in.

I'm on it. :)

[Spiff]

Thumbs up, Shaggy!

nice work.

[Lydia]

hey shaggy looks neat....hows the skin going for the other forum? ;) i love your avatar too....its hilarious!

[Shaggy]

Hey Lydia, glad you joined over here too. The main guy was able to finish this one, but the other person doing ff's skin is the one that is having the connection problems. So no new skin yet.

[Lydia]

oh ok....i guess ill let you get away with that ;) looking forward to seeing it!

you got a really neat skin here too!

[Squall Leonhart]

Just wondering what did the old skin look like?

[Squall Lionheart]

I like this one & want to keep it that way.......

[Squall Leonhart]

Yeah but I just want to see the old one

[Squall Lionheart]

......What....

[Tiny Bronco]

Whats a Vskin or whatever?

[Squall Lionheart]

Its what you are seeing in front of you right now.......

[Tiny Bronco]

Like a background?

[Squall Lionheart]

it's a part of it....it consists of colors and general form mainly.......

[Tiny Bronco]

Gotcha. I'd like one.

[Squall Lionheart]

Gotcha. I'd like one.

.......
you probably didn't since that when it's set evreybody sees it the same way......same when its changed.....(moderators option only)

[Shaggy]

It was the default vB skin. Nothing special at all.

[ChocoboMan]

does anybody knows how to get a new bulliten skin

[Arkacia]

Yep, google "vbulletin skins" and check out the results. Most of them have to be paid for, but there are some free ones around too.

[richboywonder]

i wasn't here to see the old skin but i'm sure this one looks better.

[Arkacia]

This one is much better than the default skin.

Anyway, I think this thread has served its purpose considering the new skin has been up for months now.

*thread closed*