Christmas theme (Work in progress)

[setishock]

<a href="http://www.animeappeal.com/?styleid=116" target="_blank">http://www.animeappeal.com/?styleid=116</a> Link no longer valid. Please see the link further down this thread.
If you would be so kind as to look just at the forum home page. Other than the obvious default icons, too much, too little, chunk it and start over?

[RobbieZ]

Definitely chunk it..

[JacquiiDesigns]

whoa!
It's a little ... much dude.

[2fast4ya]

The background image is what kills it. I would start by removing it because it makes it hard to focus on anything else.

[setishock]

Theme deleted. I can't seem to make a theme any one likes.

[2fast4ya]

Hey, I didn't think it was that bad - it just needed some work. Don't give up so quickly.

[setishock]

Work has begun on version 2. A lot of css magic is being used on this one.
Arigatou 2fast4ya-san

[setishock]

Version 2 is being kept simple just for gp. However I added a conveyor belt configured slideshow below the navbar in an ad location. Other than it jitters from time to time it works fine.
I am in the process of doing some experimenting wih it. The slideshow calls for static images you have to add in. So I tapped some of the thumbs I use for my wiki links and gave it a go. After changing the height and width of the slider the thumbs are seen in thier correct size, 250 x 188.
But the big experiment was whether or not the slider would work using a link to a rotate.php file I use for the forum sidebar. I have 2 folders in my ftp that get tapped for one of the forum sidebar. Using the links to those 2 folders I replaced the link in the slider setup with the path to both of the folders.
Now when you move around in the forum, 2 of the images change ramdomly. After I get some extra thumb folders setup I'll change the other 3 links so they change also.
Bottom line with this is when you move around or just refresh the browser, you get a whole new set of images to see.

So what do you folks think?

[Lynne]

How about a link to the new one? The one I see right now when clicking the link in the first post is not a Christmas like theme - it's all gray/black (although not bad at all, it's not what I expected).

[setishock]

Sorry about that Lynne. Here's the link > http://www.animeappeal.com/?styleid=117

[Lynne]

I think the banner is a bit large. You can't see any of the content on the site without scrolling down (you have a tall banner and then those scrolling images).

The only thing I really see that is Christmassy on the site is the banner. I like the blue and red colors, but since you can't see the banner when you finally scroll down to the forums, there isn't really a tie-in to Christmas any longer.

[setishock]

You wouldn't happen to know how to reduce the size of that animated gif in the header without losing the animation?

[Lynne]

Try a google search. I remember there are a couple where you can upload the gif and give them the new dimensions.