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cherylferraro · #1 01-11-2006, 09:26 PM

This board was converted to vb a couple of months ago and I'm still getting familiar with the software, but so far our users love it. I bought 2 skins which didn't quite work as well as I had hoped so I decided to keep the basic board set up and change the look the old fashioned way. The rest of the site has been around for several years and really needs to be redesigned. My big goal is to use vbadvanced and gars to rebuild the rest of the site around the board.

All suggestions, complaints and ideas are welcome. Thank you in advance for your time...

http://www.browncafe.com/forum

Lizard King · #2 01-11-2006, 10:33 PM

Defauly vbulletin look is always pretty good. What you need i think is custom icons buttons match with your style. Also i believe .thead background image is too bright for this skin. if you choose more pastel color i believe it will look better.

#3 01-11-2006, 11:48 PM

colors are cool, really related to the content of this site... - i may register, i'm a coffee addict... ARGH, this is not the goal of the site... i'm stupid!

anyway, like Lizard King said, using the default skin images and structure is not the best to make yourself unique...

Tony G · #4 01-12-2006, 12:01 AM

I like the scheme, but the default images need to go. They don't match with the colours one bit. Even the links, blue isn't the best colour for the links. With a bit of refining your style will look awesome.

cherylferraro · #5 01-12-2006, 02:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Tony G

I like the scheme, but the default images need to go. They don't match with the colours one bit. Even the links, blue isn't the best colour for the links. With a bit of refining your style will look awesome.

The new graphics are making quite a difference in the look and functionality of the site. Within an hour of uploading a few new graphics I even got an email from a user thanking me for addling the new images.

Thanks very much for the suggestions! Any other input will be greatly appreciated.

cherylferraro · #6 06-23-2006, 09:48 PM

After getting to know the vb software I love it so so much I recently redesigned the whole site around the board. Please check out the new version and let me know of anything that could use improvement.

http://www.browncafe.com/forum

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