Site Owner tenjuna Posted January 3, 2012 Site Owner Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 I found a company that will port over the original site's Mactastica skin (the one you can see at caintest.com). All of you say you love it and want it, and I totally agree. That's the good news. The bad news? I need $360 to do it. Anyone feel like pitching in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 If it's going to be that much in my opinion don't even worry about it I'm sure you can just find other skins people can choose from for a lot cheaper? I'd send some $ but college is such a bitch making me poor. Sorry cain =/. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator madd-hatter Posted January 5, 2012 Administrator Report Share Posted January 5, 2012 I'd love to help Cain, I really would. However, I'm on unemployment as it is. I'd donate my FG, lit sorc, and java zon to you. I don't know if your still doing the EnzoD2 thing or not but they are pretty sweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sKai Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 Hit me up on facebook as I don't check here often enough... I'll throw 20 your ways. Good job with your last semester of school dude, how much more school do you require to be a RN? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Owner tenjuna Posted January 9, 2012 Author Site Owner Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 I still have a long way to go with finishing school unfortunately. I was able to talk the guy down to $180, but that is still more than I can afford. I guess this will have to wait until my next student loan check comes in a month or so. unless someone wants to step up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Owner tenjuna Posted January 27, 2012 Author Site Owner Report Share Posted January 27, 2012 I spent the last few weeks selling blood plasma (yes really) and I am having the guy work on this now. now nobody can say that I don't have blood sweat and tears in the site Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo Posted January 27, 2012 Report Share Posted January 27, 2012 Consider it paid for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Owner tenjuna Posted January 30, 2012 Author Site Owner Report Share Posted January 30, 2012 Consider it paid for. where were you before I was getting needles shoved into my arm?!??! thanks man, that helps a TON. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joz Posted January 30, 2012 Report Share Posted January 30, 2012 Rofl. Blood, sweat, tears, and gasoline to get to the blood plasma place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mooncaller Posted February 8, 2012 Report Share Posted February 8, 2012 Thank you Cain and Enzo. Your dedication to this project is wonderful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Owner tenjuna Posted February 13, 2012 Author Site Owner Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 I received the first experimental screenshots of the new skin. yeah, I sported wood for a second I will admit it. until I found a long list of problems anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator IAmNumbaOne Posted February 13, 2012 Administrator Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 Oh my - total nostalgia moment... Always going to be issues when using a custom skin, but it looks good so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Owner tenjuna Posted February 13, 2012 Author Site Owner Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 oh I should also add, I am having a dark themed version of the same skin being made, along with a completely custom diablo-themed skin. the first one is cheap, the 2nd one about $450 lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joz Posted February 13, 2012 Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 I know photoshop, can I help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator madd-hatter Posted February 14, 2012 Administrator Report Share Posted February 14, 2012 Beauty. I thought I was the only one that still used imageshack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joz Posted February 14, 2012 Report Share Posted February 14, 2012 Beauty. I thought I was the only one that still used imageshack. There are other options? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
specifics Posted February 14, 2012 Report Share Posted February 14, 2012 [x] Like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SABERSAW Posted February 14, 2012 Report Share Posted February 14, 2012 i like it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liberty Posted February 14, 2012 Report Share Posted February 14, 2012 iso wat diablo themed looks like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Owner tenjuna Posted February 14, 2012 Author Site Owner Report Share Posted February 14, 2012 similar to this: http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2011/327/2/4/concept__lineage_website_by_the_danzor-d4gk3tc.jpg though more diablo-y Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Owner tenjuna Posted February 14, 2012 Author Site Owner Report Share Posted February 14, 2012 the skin is more or less done, and it looks amazing...it looks so much like the original it's ridiculous. I am hoping to have it installed today. I am also trying to get them to do a darker version of the same layout, just for giggles...it's only a little more $, may as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator IAmNumbaOne Posted February 15, 2012 Administrator Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 the skin is more or less done, and it looks amazing...it looks so much like the original it's ridiculous. I am hoping to have it installed today. I am also trying to get them to do a darker version of the same layout, just for giggles...it's only a little more $, may as well. yay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Owner tenjuna Posted February 15, 2012 Author Site Owner Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 not sure if everyone sees it, skin settings are weird in the admin cp...but it's up and running. I love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Owner tenjuna Posted February 15, 2012 Author Site Owner Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 I need help debugging the skin, I am seeing a lot of stuff so far. I already know about the menus top right, and the avatar area being all messed up. beyond that, looking for missing images, sections that don't match the skin, things that don't align right...that kind of thing. if it doesn't look right, report it! for comparison to the original skin so you can compare, that site is up at: caintest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator IAmNumbaOne Posted February 15, 2012 Administrator Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 beyond that, looking for missing images, sections that don't match the skin, things that don't align right...that kind of thing. I don't think this is as big of an issue with current browsers, but if you guys could do a manual refresh (typically F5 or shift+F5) before submitting any issues that would be great. In earlier days browsers would cache a lot of the data and not necessarily pull new images/layouts when changed. Force refreshing should tell your browser to pull the latest data. Also, it couldn't hurt if you included your operating system, browser, and browser version with any bug reports. Thanks. P.S. Skin looks great so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator IAmNumbaOne Posted February 15, 2012 Administrator Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 1) Is it possible to have the topic title moved down to preserve space? It looks a bit odd with all of the white space floating around. 2) Could this be moved down to make a more localized 'thread buttons' area? 3) I believe this button is missing its bottom border or perhaps it is being overlapped by the item below it. OS: Ubuntu 11.10 Browser: Chromium 16 and FireFox 10 EDIT: Seems that inserting attachments defaults them to thumbnail size. Not sure if you have this set in the admincp as a global option or this is skin specific. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator IAmNumbaOne Posted February 15, 2012 Administrator Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 1) Is it possible to have the topic title moved down to preserve space? It looks a bit odd with all of the white space floating around. 2) Could this be moved down to make a more localized 'thread buttons' area? 3) I believe this button is missing its bottom border or perhaps it is being overlapped by the item below it. OS: Ubuntu 11.10 Browser: Chromium 16 and FireFox 10 EDIT: Seems that inserting attachments defaults them to thumbnail size. Not sure if you have this set in the admincp as a global option or this is skin specific. There also seems to be an issue with alignment on the right side of the quick reply box when quoting another post. It appears that the light-blue 'background' which holds the WYSIWYG tools and reply text area is not large enough to hold all the elements at their current size/location. Will post screenshot if needed. Same OS/browser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator IAmNumbaOne Posted February 15, 2012 Administrator Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 In the moderation options area of a post the 'topic moderation' and 'post moderation' drop downs have different graphics. It appears that the 'post moderation' is the odd man out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Owner tenjuna Posted February 15, 2012 Author Site Owner Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 In the moderation options area of a post the 'topic moderation' and 'post moderation' drop downs have different graphics. It appears that the 'post moderation' is the odd man out. this is the same with the original skin, but I will add to the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Owner tenjuna Posted February 15, 2012 Author Site Owner Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 In the moderation options area of a post the 'topic moderation' and 'post moderation' drop downs have different graphics. It appears that the 'post moderation' is the odd man out. 1) Is it possible to have the topic title moved down to preserve space? It looks a bit odd with all of the white space floating around. 2) Could this be moved down to make a more localized 'thread buttons' area? 3) I believe this button is missing its bottom border or perhaps it is being overlapped by the item below it. OS: Ubuntu 11.10 Browser: Chromium 16 and FireFox 10 EDIT: Seems that inserting attachments defaults them to thumbnail size. Not sure if you have this set in the admincp as a global option or this is skin specific. There also seems to be an issue with alignment on the right side of the quick reply box when quoting another post. It appears that the light-blue 'background' which holds the WYSIWYG tools and reply text area is not large enough to hold all the elements at their current size/location. Will post screenshot if needed. Same OS/browser. will need screenie, I am not seeing this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Owner tenjuna Posted February 15, 2012 Author Site Owner Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 1) Is it possible to have the topic title moved down to preserve space? It looks a bit odd with all of the white space floating around. 2) Could this be moved down to make a more localized 'thread buttons' area? 3) I believe this button is missing its bottom border or perhaps it is being overlapped by the item below it. OS: Ubuntu 11.10 Browser: Chromium 16 and FireFox 10 EDIT: Seems that inserting attachments defaults them to thumbnail size. Not sure if you have this set in the admincp as a global option or this is skin specific. I also noted this, though I am not sure how to address it yet, since there will be a space contention for topics with longer titles and smaller screen resolutions. I still have to develop for 1024x768 unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator IAmNumbaOne Posted February 15, 2012 Administrator Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 In the moderation options area of a post the 'topic moderation' and 'post moderation' drop downs have different graphics. It appears that the 'post moderation' is the odd man out. 1) Is it possible to have the topic title moved down to preserve space? It looks a bit odd with all of the white space floating around. 2) Could this be moved down to make a more localized 'thread buttons' area? 3) I believe this button is missing its bottom border or perhaps it is being overlapped by the item below it. OS: Ubuntu 11.10 Browser: Chromium 16 and FireFox 10 EDIT: Seems that inserting attachments defaults them to thumbnail size. Not sure if you have this set in the admincp as a global option or this is skin specific. There also seems to be an issue with alignment on the right side of the quick reply box when quoting another post. It appears that the light-blue 'background' which holds the WYSIWYG tools and reply text area is not large enough to hold all the elements at their current size/location. Will post screenshot if needed. Same OS/browser. will need screenie, I am not seeing this. Upon further investigation it only appears to be an issue with Chromium (not firefox, but maybe others?) when utilizing resolutions that are less then 1024(ish)xX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator IAmNumbaOne Posted February 15, 2012 Administrator Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 1) Is it possible to have the topic title moved down to preserve space? It looks a bit odd with all of the white space floating around. 2) Could this be moved down to make a more localized 'thread buttons' area? 3) I believe this button is missing its bottom border or perhaps it is being overlapped by the item below it. OS: Ubuntu 11.10 Browser: Chromium 16 and FireFox 10 EDIT: Seems that inserting attachments defaults them to thumbnail size. Not sure if you have this set in the admincp as a global option or this is skin specific. I also noted this, though I am not sure how to address it yet, since there will be a space contention for topics with longer titles and smaller screen resolutions. I still have to develop for 1024x768 unfortunately. Understood. Is it possible to add ellipses to topic titles that would require over X resolution to display? I.e. "Mactastica Skin Redux is super fantastic awesome" would become Mactastica Skin Redux is super fantas..."? Then you could always utilize the rest of the 1024px width for the standard buttons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Owner tenjuna Posted February 15, 2012 Author Site Owner Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 I would rather have extra white space to be honest...no point in having a title if you can't see all of it. I am currently thinking of just adding title info to the bar that currently says "32 replies to this topic" or making a bar for it, or reducing font size...idk something. I am going to forward all of this to the developer for his thoughts. we have a month to fix everything so keep em coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator IAmNumbaOne Posted February 15, 2012 Administrator Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 I would rather have extra white space to be honest...no point in having a title if you can't see all of it. I am currently thinking of just adding title info to the bar that currently says "32 replies to this topic" or making a bar for it, or reducing font size...idk something. I am going to forward all of this to the developer for his thoughts. we have a month to fix everything so keep em coming. The white space is not nearly as bad when the topic reaches multiple pages as that renders directly below the title. So, I suppose we can strike number issue "1)" from my image. As for the "Follow this topic" item, I would still like to see this moved next to the "Go to first unread post" and "Reply to this topic" area (Issue "2)"). And of course issue "3)" is still present. Is it possible to get buttons made for "Report", "Blog This", "Unapprove", "Delete", "Edit", and "Go to first unread post"? I believe they are currently just html text links. The same would be nice for the "Back to [forum]" link. Also, the "PREV", "NEXT", "<<", and ">>" buttons looks a little odd compared to everything else, but this may be intentional as to look similar to the "Page x of x" font. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator IAmNumbaOne Posted February 15, 2012 Administrator Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 I would rather have extra white space to be honest...no point in having a title if you can't see all of it. I am currently thinking of just adding title info to the bar that currently says "32 replies to this topic" or making a bar for it, or reducing font size...idk something. I am going to forward all of this to the developer for his thoughts. we have a month to fix everything so keep em coming. The white space is not nearly as bad when the topic reaches multiple pages as that renders directly below the title. So, I suppose we can strike number issue "1)" from my image. Could the <BR> be removed after the <DIV> area allocated for the title block? This would remove at least one line (15px) of unneeded (IMO) white space. The padding for the <DIV> elements seems to be enough spacing to keep things neat. Tried it out in inspect element and it seems to look/function fine (at least when viewing a topic). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator IAmNumbaOne Posted February 15, 2012 Administrator Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 I would rather have extra white space to be honest...no point in having a title if you can't see all of it. I am currently thinking of just adding title info to the bar that currently says "32 replies to this topic" or making a bar for it, or reducing font size...idk something. I am going to forward all of this to the developer for his thoughts. we have a month to fix everything so keep em coming. Is it possible to get buttons made for "Report", "Blog This", "Unapprove", "Delete", "Edit", and "Go to first unread post"? I believe they are currently just html text links. The same would be nice for the "Back to [forum]" link. I don't believe this should be to hard because IIRC these are not typical button images, but rather objects with the button text passed into them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Owner tenjuna Posted February 15, 2012 Author Site Owner Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 I would rather have extra white space to be honest...no point in having a title if you can't see all of it. I am currently thinking of just adding title info to the bar that currently says "32 replies to this topic" or making a bar for it, or reducing font size...idk something. I am going to forward all of this to the developer for his thoughts. we have a month to fix everything so keep em coming. The white space is not nearly as bad when the topic reaches multiple pages as that renders directly below the title. So, I suppose we can strike number issue "1)" from my image. As for the "Follow this topic" item, I would still like to see this moved next to the "Go to first unread post" and "Reply to this topic" area (Issue "2)"). And of course issue "3)" is still present. Is it possible to get buttons made for "Report", "Blog This", "Unapprove", "Delete", "Edit", and "Go to first unread post"? I believe they are currently just html text links. The same would be nice for the "Back to [forum]" link. Also, the "PREV", "NEXT", "<<", and ">>" buttons looks a little odd compared to everything else, but this may be intentional as to look similar to the "Page x of x" font. adding to list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Owner tenjuna Posted February 15, 2012 Author Site Owner Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 I would rather have extra white space to be honest...no point in having a title if you can't see all of it. I am currently thinking of just adding title info to the bar that currently says "32 replies to this topic" or making a bar for it, or reducing font size...idk something. I am going to forward all of this to the developer for his thoughts. we have a month to fix everything so keep em coming. The white space is not nearly as bad when the topic reaches multiple pages as that renders directly below the title. So, I suppose we can strike number issue "1)" from my image. Could the <BR> be removed after the <DIV> area allocated for the title block? This would remove at least one line (15px) of unneeded (IMO) white space. The padding for the <DIV> elements seems to be enough spacing to keep things neat. Tried it out in inspect element and it seems to look/function fine (at least when viewing a topic). done, but it looks fugly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator IAmNumbaOne Posted February 15, 2012 Administrator Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 I would rather have extra white space to be honest...no point in having a title if you can't see all of it. I am currently thinking of just adding title info to the bar that currently says "32 replies to this topic" or making a bar for it, or reducing font size...idk something. I am going to forward all of this to the developer for his thoughts. we have a month to fix everything so keep em coming. The white space is not nearly as bad when the topic reaches multiple pages as that renders directly below the title. So, I suppose we can strike number issue "1)" from my image. Could the <BR> be removed after the <DIV> area allocated for the title block? This would remove at least one line (15px) of unneeded (IMO) white space. The padding for the <DIV> elements seems to be enough spacing to keep things neat. Tried it out in inspect element and it seems to look/function fine (at least when viewing a topic). done, but it looks fugly... Eh? Perhaps a break is necessary, but 15px seems like a bit much. IMO no <br> looks better then the 15px <br> - could just be me though. What resolution/screen size are you using? If your PPI is higher then mine it may not look as nice... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Owner tenjuna Posted February 15, 2012 Author Site Owner Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 1280x1024 and actually I am developing the site for this resolution now, if someone is still using 1024x768 they likely aren't using this site. I moved things around a little, it looks a lot better now. the global message box wasnt helping either so I removed it for now...it's nice to have but people can just read the announcements forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator IAmNumbaOne Posted February 15, 2012 Administrator Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 1280x1024 and actually I am developing the site for this resolution now, if someone is still using 1024x768 they likely aren't using this site. I moved things around a little, it looks a lot better now. the global message box wasnt helping either so I removed it for now...it's nice to have but people can just read the announcements forum. Space is good, but the flow seems a bit off. Could the box that the "x replies to topic" be expanded to include all topic operation? These would include follow, reply, go to first unread, and the page navigation - should help keep things organized and improve the transition from the title to the thread controls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Owner tenjuna Posted February 15, 2012 Author Site Owner Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 I moved that bar to break up the white space...and again I don't want to crowd up that bar you want everything moved to...plus I would have to fix it for the forum view as well. idk I am going to stop tinkering and just talk to the dev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator IAmNumbaOne Posted February 15, 2012 Administrator Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 1280x1024 and actually I am developing the site for this resolution now, if someone is still using 1024x768 they likely aren't using this site. I moved things around a little, it looks a lot better now. the global message box wasnt helping either so I removed it for now...it's nice to have but people can just read the announcements forum. Space is good, but the flow seems a bit off. Could the box that the "x replies to topic" be expanded to include all topic operation? These would include follow, reply, go to first unread, and the page navigation - should help keep things organized and improve the transition from the title to the thread controls. I'm thinking something like: <box> [<<] [PREV] Page [currentPage] of [totalPage] [currentPage] [NEXT] [>>] [x] replies to this topic ----whitespace---- [Go to first unread] [Follow this topic] [followers] [Reply to this topic] </box> Hopefully my pseudo code is readable... EDIT: Forgot an entry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator IAmNumbaOne Posted February 15, 2012 Administrator Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 I moved that bar to break up the white space...and again I don't want to crowd up that bar you want everything moved to...plus I would have to fix it for the forum view as well. Understandable, but that bar seems to be dedicated to topic specific information so it would be a fitting place for topic controls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator IAmNumbaOne Posted February 15, 2012 Administrator Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 I made a couple quick (and extremely cruel) examples of how I imagine this would work. I believe #1 (with proper coding/spacing, not just me throwing things around in chrome) is pretty clean and functional. Thoughts? 1: 2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Owner tenjuna Posted February 15, 2012 Author Site Owner Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 aha nice I see what you mean now...I like the first one I will see what I can do there I think what I will do is get rid of all the "to this topic" and just do follow reply bump etc...that should help with space Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator IAmNumbaOne Posted February 15, 2012 Administrator Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 aha nice I see what you mean now...I like the first one I will see what I can do there I think what I will do is get rid of all the "to this topic" and just do follow reply bump etc...that should help with space Sounds like a plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator IAmNumbaOne Posted February 15, 2012 Administrator Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 aha nice I see what you mean now...I like the first one I will see what I can do there I think what I will do is get rid of all the "to this topic" and just do follow reply bump etc...that should help with space Sounds like a plan. Perhaps we should consider doing the same at the forum level as well? Obviously the buttons/links are different, but it is the same idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator IAmNumbaOne Posted February 15, 2012 Administrator Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 3) I believe this button is missing its bottom border or perhaps it is being overlapped by the item below it. It appears all of the buttons of this type are missing this boarder. They seem to be controlled via CSS and if I'm reading the CSS properly (lack of spacing when downloading SUCKS) it appears that the bottom boarder width is set to 0px. I assume this is intentional, but I'm not entirely sure why... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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