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[teamplasma]

Originally Posted by Twiggy

Hmm...

Wow, Dark Illusionist's getting pretty old as I keep using it, and I can't seem to find something that looks modern, clean, and suitable for night viewing (something light-on-dark).

Think someone could try a hand on a new forum skin?

(No, don't say Windows High Contrast. That's system-wide.)

I offered to help with one. But I will inform you know, I have no idea how to construct the forum part. But, that is an offer, I dont really care that much if you dont want me to. Maybe LD could, she is very talented at banners.

[The Spirit of Time]

Originally Posted by teamplasma

I offered to help with one. But I will inform you know, I have no idea how to construct the forum part. But, that is an offer, I dont really care that much if you dont want me to. Maybe LD could, she is very talented at banners.

Contact Cat privately. Cat is too busy with many projects that he would forget what is getting posted in this thread. Contact Cat and ask him of the requirements and see if you have the skills needed. Usually, Cat takes care of the coding, so it shouldn't be a problem if you don't know that.

[teamplasma]

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Me and LD think that it is about time for a date update.

[Cat333Pokémon]

Originally Posted by Twiggy

Hmm...

Wow, Dark Illusionist's getting pretty old as I keep using it, and I can't seem to find something that looks modern, clean, and suitable for night viewing (something light-on-dark).

Think someone could try a hand on a new forum skin?

I personally am not too fond of "modern" layouts. They often have too many graphics, and are not worth the effort of browser testing, including mobile browsers. Even if I did make one, I wouldn't make it the default. I prefer simplicity and functionality over fashion.

Originally Posted by teamplasma

2011

Oh wow, I forgot that thing didn't update on its own. Regardless, fixed.

[Twiggy]

Originally Posted by Cat333Pokémon

I personally am not too fond of "modern" layouts. They often have too many graphics, and are not worth the effort of browser testing, including mobile browsers. Even if I did make one, I wouldn't make it the default. I prefer simplicity and functionality over fashion.

I think there's more to it when it comes to a "modern" layout. You could even take the general vB 3.x forum skin's base layout, and only tweak the colours and images in use, and you can end up with something that is both appealing and simple.

Also, as an aside: Fix the hotlinking ban. Whatever it is, it's also affecting images that are merely linked with URL tags. Nice way to ruin stuff...

[Absol]

Flesh out the MLP skin. Looks a bit old, sometimes fails to render. Thrre's a lot more ponies that could be used in a lot more places.

[Cat333Pokémon]

Yeah, that skin is pretty bad. When I made it, I had no interest in any of the pony stuff, so I didn't know what to put in it.

[teamplasma]

We have both mentioned this before: What about an achievement system. It is like getting a badge, but not like getting a pokemon rank. It is for preforming certain tasks. It is just a fun fun thing to aim for.

But I know nothing about coding and stuff, so I couldn't judge what could/couldn't be done.

[The Spirit of Time]

I am not sure exactly how it would work, but is it possible to carry a scavenger hunt in a forums?

[Cat333Pokémon]

Originally Posted by The Spirit of Time

I am not sure exactly how it would work, but is it possible to carry a scavenger hunt in a forums?

I think I actually was about to try this once, where you had to find a certain number of "objects" hidden around the forum. The top winners would get special VRAC pets. Maybe I should actually go through with it this time.

[PokeRemixStudio]

Originally Posted by teamplasma

We have both mentioned this before: What about an achievement system. It is like getting a badge, but not like getting a pokemon rank. It is for preforming certain tasks. It is just a fun fun thing to aim for.

But I know nothing about coding and stuff, so I couldn't judge what could/couldn't be done.

I guess Cat wasn't willing to say this for the 5th time, but we used to have one of those, but it didn't work for technicality reasons.
He said it was broken. I'm not sure though, as I only remember the Experience and the Awards being broken. The forum would give you an achievement for making 10 posts, 100 posts, uploading a photo, etc.

That was an automated achievement system. What you might have in mind is a system of manually-distributed achievements, like with Smogon. Like you would probably have an achievement for managing the Victory Road RP. I don't see anything wrong with that, but I bet Cat is paranoid about forum-breaking features at this point.

[Cat333Pokémon]

Originally Posted by PokeRemixStudio

I guess Cat wasn't willing to say this for the 5th time, but we used to have one of those, but it didn't work for technicality reasons.
He said it was broken. I'm not sure though, as I only remember the Experience and the Awards being broken. The forum would give you an achievement for making 10 posts, 100 posts, uploading a photo, etc.

That was an automated achievement system. What you might have in mind is a system of manually-distributed achievements, like with Smogon. Like you would probably have an achievement for managing the Victory Road RP.

You are correct.

Originally Posted by PokeRemixStudio

I don't see anything wrong with that, but I bet Cat is paranoid about forum-breaking features at this point.

It's not really paranoia, but moreso laziness. I'd rather put my coding towards projects like VGVids, but when I think of how much work I have left in that, I slink back to playing Pokémon or Borderlands or something else.

[Twiggy]

Is it possible to allow editing of thread titles by the thread creator even if not staff?

[Cat333Pokémon]

I'm not sure. I do know this is something I looked for before, though, and could not find anything.

[Twiggy]

Originally Posted by Cat333Pokémon

I'm not sure. I do know this is something I looked for before, though, and could not find anything.

I do know of some other vB3 forums that do have this functionality, so you might want to consider asking for help from other forums.