change of colors

[tjwoosta]

so i was just thinking

while yall are busy giving people eye cancer and all, why dont you make a dark color scheme?

one to keep i mean (as like an alternative to the original)

i have wanted a dark ubuntu forums for a long time now

i have even tried a few userscripts i found but they all seem so ugly to me

so i propose that you should make a darker forums

maybe dark grey or something

take a look at the alternate arch fourms color scheme, see how its nice and dark and easy on the eyes

something along those lines would look awesome (except with ubuntu colors instead of blue)

[joshh88]

I second that. I usually browse here at work and a darker theme would be nice, since that beige color scheme is the same as the wall in here.

[Excedio]

I third this.

Maybe even make it look like "DarkRoom." One of the themes that comes with Ubuntu.

[0per4t0r]

Well, maybe they could keep both themes, and users could choose their favorite in the user control panel. I've seen lots of forums that do this, and it keeps everyone pretty happy. We should try this before we do a site-wide change. If people like it, then they can ask for it to be the default theme.

[MaxIBoy]

This would probably be the best forum theme of all time:
http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/8474/uforumselinks.th.png (http://img25.imageshack.us/my.php?image=uforumselinks.png)

In fact, it wouldn't be such a bad default color scheme for Ubuntu, either.

[Dr Small]

I agree. I love darker colors, and they are just easier on my eyes in my dim lit room.

[jenkinbr]

so i was just thinking

while yall are busy giving people eye cancer and all, why dont you make a dark color scheme?

one to keep i mean (as like an alternative to the original)

i have wanted a dark ubuntu forums for a long time now

i have even tried a few userscripts i found but they all seem so ugly to me

so i propose that you should make a darker forums

maybe dark grey or something

take a look at the alternate arch fourms color scheme, see how its nice and dark and easy on the eyes

something along those lines would look awesome (except with ubuntu colors instead of blue)
+1

I like the whole idea.

[s.fox]

I would also value a dark theme.

[jenkinbr]

One thing I like to do is to invert the colors using compiz using the Negative plugin.

Really makes the forum look neat.

(searches for the screenshot I posted in The Banning Game a while back...)
Bummer. Gone with the thread :(

[kellemes]

Best would be a theme-switcher and give people a few themes to choose from.

[frodon]

It's not mandatory for you to wait, you can use the color of your choice modifying the css sheet (user side) through firefox extension.
e.g. :
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=18322

I'm sure that if you search a bit you might found someone who already did a custom user side css sheet for ubuntuforums.

[s.fox]

Thanks for the link.

[jenkinbr]

It's not mandatory for you to wait, you can use the color of your choice modifying the css sheet (user side) through firefox extension.
e.g. :
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=18322

I'm sure that if you search a bit you might found someone who already did a custom user side css sheet for ubuntuforums.
Thanks for that.

Can't do that at school, though...:(

[tjwoosta]

ok guys

i finally got around to making a custom user style for ubuntu forums

its far from perfect, but i think its much better then many others i have tried

to use, just install the stylish firefox add-on and download the style from here (jsut click load into stylish)

http://userstyles.org/styles/16624

[tjwoosta]

speaking of which

does anybody know how to change the color of the input boxes ?

or the weekly reminder box at the top?

or any of this other stuff that i have pointed to?

[tjwoosta]

YES!!

i finally figured it out

i just did a mojor update guys

i fixed all of the announcement box and reminder box and thread label boxes colors as well as some minor changes to text colors



TO UPDATE:

right click on the stylish icon and choose manage styles, then click find updates

[jenkinbr]

Nice! I'm liking the screenshots, but cannot install the addon at school. :(

[tjwoosta]

yea, its probably not a good idea to install stylish at school, but if you get the chance at home you should try it out


anyway here is a link to the thread with the updated version i did today with all the images replaced and colors fixed

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1117974

right now i have like three threads running about the same thing so im trying to get them all in one place, if you have any further comments or questions please leave them in the thread i linked