Vote On The Styles!
 

Ok, I've uploaded a few pre-made styles and I wanna pick the top 3 or 4 to go ahead and customize to the TFP settings.

Help me decide!

Note: I don't want to make you guys think that these will be the ONLY styles available. I plan on making very basic adjustments to the base TFP style to appease various color scheme needs, but I wont be getting in-depth with the graphics unless someone wants to do that for me.

Also note: The following styles are capable of basic TFP browsing, but the use of some will probably limit the amount of stuff you can do on the TFP at this moment.

1. fromBasics Dark
2. 2Evolve Forest
3. Kirsch
4. I-Bulletin
5. I-Bulletin Purple
6. I-Bulletin Green
7. Eid Mubarak
8. bo20
9. Insignia
10. Candy

Please try to vote for only 3 or 4 max.

i'm using fromBasics Dark right now, and i love it! bo20 has potential, but it's too bright.

I like the i-bulletin - but then I used to use sandstorm and this one is closest to it.

I definitely prefer darker backrounds. They show off the Avatars better and are easier on the eyes. I guess I'm also a bit of a sentimentalist and don't want to stray too far from the previous dark green/blue of old.

I voted for 'frombasics Dark' - I like its simplicity and clean lines. Cool title font too!

Thanks again for all of your hard work.

Insignia, it's the only one that looks proper at 1280x1024, at least at the moment. Plus it's damn cool.

I think dark and simple fits TFP best. If there is a pattern or design it is setting an image for the forum. I chose fromBasics Dark.

I'm using Firefox on Mac, resolution 1024x768...if that is needed and/or helpful.

I'm used to using Dark Cloud, so I like the white text on black/dark background. I like Insignia best because of that and because the margins are smaller. The text should feel free to spread out and stay a while. :p

I'm absolutely IN LOVE with 2Evolve Forest. In my opinion, it's the best forum template I've ever seen, by far.

fromBasics Dark is so awesome.

Definitely fromBasics Dark, its nice and easy on the eyes.

I like the Eid Mubarak, but it could use a different hue and a darker color .. the design is nice though.

i just want something similar to what we had before as the standard theme, none of these do it quite as good

Dark all the way here. Much easier on the eyes and cool too:)

fromBasics Dark is where it's at.

I'm used to the old 'Hardwired' so it's almost the same.

i like insignia best of the lot....but basics is ok if it has a little more definition...i.e. "lines".....xoxoxoo

It looks like the fromBasics Dark is the clear winner so far. Gee, what is it about internet geeks and dark, broody stuff?

If only there were a forum style that displayed Nine Inch Nails and Tool having sex....
:D

Another vote for the Dark one. :)

I-Bulletin and Insignia are my favorites.

The others are either too bright or too tacky for my tastes. Simpler is better.

I vote for frombasicsDark (big surprise), 2e_forest, and I love Insignia which, as someone above mentioned, is the best at high res.

Definitely Insignia, definitely definitely. :D
I-Bulletin (in green) isn't bad... But I have a hard time staring at stark white or black screens, so mellow is better. And the others... just too darned loud.

I personally like bo20 and Insignia. Although, I think some brighter font colors might clash really bladly with bo20, but on the other hand, I think it makes pictures easier to view.

My 2 pennies.

fromBasicsDark is good, but it's too small horizontally... it must be set at a fixed size instead of % of screen or something, which is common among almost all of those.

I like the top 2, but you gotta make so they use up the whole screen, I got a 21 inch monitor so it looks like crap now but hope you fix it:)

Yes - I think Shesus put it well. Dark and simple.

Speaking for myself, I tend to use TFP at night or evening. Somehow the dark colours fit. Also - for more explicit posts/topics, it would sit oddly with me I think - seeing them in bright colour.

But I do think it's good for there to be a couple of alternate options. Oh.... You've already covered that.

Still, I was thinking one dark, one light and one or two, er, "girly".

Does that sound stupid? No offence intended to you women, but (disclaimer bit coming) some women prefer some colours.. that some of us guys don't like. etc etc. You know the rest. Same goes I think with other design elements. Button shape and so on.

Yes she did, and it doesn't hurt your damn eyes. The tree's one is nice but too white.

fromBasics Dark was my no. 1.

It just looks best to me.

I like from basics dark the best... but it would have to be made full width

I like the insignia one also

dont like any of them quite as much as the dark greenish one from before the upgrade...

And fresnelly too, but I didn't notice that on first browse. My apologies.

As was pointed out also.. many of us like the old look. I can't remember if mine was customized or not though. (It was dark green mainly).

Perhaps as a starting point, it'd be nice if there was something with similar elements. To ease the transition for those with an attachment. After all, something about the old site must have resonated with many of the users. Thinking about it from a marketing point of view... best not to abandon your old customer base, even if you are expanding to new areas.

Moving on though. I don't mind insignia. So far.

It does use higher resolutions pretty well. I've got the screenspace, and I never like to see huge margins in my web content. This combo of colors seems to be pretty easy on the eyes too. Darks w/light text burns holes in me eyes. ME EYEES...but this great. Nice fonts too.

I'd have to say pull the trigger on Insignia. It's no 1 with a bullet IMO.

I feel like this is a horse race.

LETS GO FROMBASICS DARK!
WOO INSIGNIA!

frombasicsdark fits me to a T! I love the dark.

Yup. 2e_forest is good too, just wish the side margins were smaller.

I miss the classic old green none of these look anywhere near as good and easy on the eyes.

The only two I really like are 2Evolve Forest and Kirsch. I like the bright open look.

What am I missing with fromBasics dark? To me it looks like a bad myspace page. It needs to be wider, to have gridlines, the links to new posts (in bold) need to be more different to the links to old posts, and the posts' star-ratings should be more visible.

And all that black shows up the greasy fingerprints on my monitor!

I-Bulletin and bo20 for me.

I like Insignia. White text on black backgrounds, like fromBasics Dark hurts my eyes

I really like the I-Bulletin's but I wish they were darker. Insignia and Eid Mubarak are both very nice too.

Back in black I've hit the stash!

I want my green one back :(
It doesnt feel like TFP without it

I agree that dark is good, however I like Insignia far better than fromBasics Dark, much easier on the eyes. FromBasics Dark looks like every other generic forum out there typically frequented by teenagers: very unsophisticated in my opinion. *shrug* Insignia has the benefits of a darker forum for those who like that while also looking significantly more sophiticated/advanced.

I also really like both I-Bulletin (basic) and bo20, they have a nice sleak and smooth look to them.

Insignia gets my vote. Nice, pleasant, my only quibble is that the quick reply box icons are grey on a lighter grey. But I don't use them, so it's alright :)

I prefer darker backgrounds as well, but frombasics dark hurts my eyes and seems a bit boring to me. I like insignia and eid Muburak the best, and the forest one for a light one.

I-Bulletin green has grown on me already. Sometimes its a liitle hard to make out sigs. THe dark one that a lot of people seem to like is my least favorite.

Here's one more vote for the old forest (?) color scheme. Dark. Beautiful. TFP was my refuge from video migraines.

For now I'm using Insignia but it doesn't hold a candle.

I like the I-Bulletin myself. Much quicker then the old version.

I wan't the old theme back as well as some of the people in this thead. TFP feels so weird now~

Insignia gets my vote. I used the old Dark Blue before and this is the closest. fromBasics dark is just too dark. The perfect color for me would be somewhere between Insignia and fromBasics Dark.

One thing I don't like about insignia is background color on the tables with the Date and Post number (hex #9DB0C4) is almost identical to the text color(hex #B8C5D4.) It kinda draws your eyes away from the text and I just keep seeing that Blue bar.

fromBasics Dark is my favorite of the bunch. Although Insignia is nice too.

I really like the lighter styles (Kirch & I-Bulletin), but understand that many others like dark. I hope that both light and dark themes will be available, even if all of the top vote getters are dark.

And I know it isn't on the list, but the standard V-Bulletin 3 is nice as well.

I like the Eid Mubarak one...it looks relaxing.

I miss the old one!!!!!!!!!!!! ::sniff sniff::: I don't do well with changes:(

What is the url to the old one?

Purple!!! A little darker, perhaps, but PURPLE!!! =)

the fromBasics Dark would be OK, but the margins are entirely too wide and there's no discernible difference between read threads and unread threads...

vbulletin 3 has nice small margins and you can tell what's been read and what hasn't easily... yeah it's a little bright but it's been so damn gloomy lately a little bright is needed... Just less purple...

The voting results seem to be age-specific so far. Some of us older users should still be able to use the simpler formats such as Kirsch and Eid Mubarek. Just something to consider. Thanks for all your work Hal. I really like the vbulletin3.

Insignia is my favorite so far, although I-bulletin is nice.

More dark-colored themes please :) They're easier on the eyes.

any of I-Bulletin is nice, and I try to forum troll in higher res, so the wider styles are preferred.....

Insignia does it best for me so far. looks the best on 1200x1024 and I like the darker colors, much easier on the eyes.

My favorite is 2evolve forest, but the basic dark is quite nice as well.

I've minimally revived the old TFPv4 style.. ya know.. the green one. However a lot is broken, so just be aware. I'll probably reconstruct it under a different style ID, so just be aware that if you use it now, you may have to reconfigure it later.

Insignia is by far the coolest one here. I like it a lot! reminds me the most of the old green. :)

Yea Halx I am still a fan of the old v4 style, but that might be because I was used to it and no one likes change..... right?

Hal, I seem to be stuck with the experimental skins. Is there a means to get back to the skin that came up automatically with your upgrade. There were great features there.

Thank you again for all your work.

Pen

At the bottom of every page is a pulldown menu for you to select your favorite style.

I'm deleting Candy, Kirsch and I-Bulletin Green/Purple to just clean things up on my end.

I'm getting used to Insignia. I liked the contrast better with the old style but this could grow on me.
Thank god. Candy was Satan in wonderland.

I like the insignia and I just started using gant style and I'm kinda liking that too except there are some things I cant read.

A few days in now, I've gone back to good ol' green. In the end, frombasics dark just didn't do it for me. As much as I liked its title graphic and border, I missed having the boundries extend to the width of the browser window, and I didn't like the text styles on the index pages.

You can call me dull if want, but I likes what I like.

I dont like any of the new ones....I'll be sticking with the green one I've always used

Yeah, I went back to the old style.

It just isn't TFP otherwise.

I like the new colors. I voted for eidmubarak, but changed to Insignia. I'm a sucker for anything bluish or grayish or something....

It's so funny....I've always been a fan of the original (TFP Green), but I didn't read all of this thread and didn't realize that was what it was called. I changed the style just to see what the others looked like, then got frantic when I couldn't figure out how to get back to TFP Green (again, not knowing what it was called, and it doesn't look green to me, anyway). I really got physically uncomfortable until I found it again. Then it was like a weight lifted from my shoulders. This is pathetic. :lol:

Pu-LEASE can you bring back the purple?!? I won't ask for any changes to it either, I just loved having purple! Pu-LEASE?!? :D

I went thru all the styles, but ended up with the good ole green. Like snowy said, it just isn't TFP otherwise.

Tried the "fromBasics Dark" for a few days and it was OK but since you made the ol' "TFP Green" available again I'm back on it and prefer it over all the others.

Now that I've given them all a more thorough run through, I'm diggin bo20 quite a bit, but the flashing icons on the main forum page drive me nuts, so it's still got to be 2evolve forest for me.

I also prefer the lighter styles, however I don't like the really bright ones.


My favorite theme was the desert/tan as it was light, but not too bright. Hopefully it will return?

Check out II.F in this thread for the latest, greatest, and possibly last news here.

Of all the styles currently available, I like I-Bulletin best. I wish I had the chance to try the purple, though, since I discovered the available styles a little late...

I prefer warmer colours but nothing too bright. I'm sort of an in-between guy, I guess...

I also like styles that don't artificially narrow the content (they have wide margins, I guess?) . It's just a waste of screen real estate and I prefer the larger font...

to old to change now.....TFP green....the old style suits my old eyes!!!


...THANKS !!! XOXOXOO BOBBY