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Post by minnie on Dec 14, 2014 23:39:05 GMT -8
I'm making this thread because I've gotten a few PM's asking me to / if I would make premade skins for version 5, since yes, I'd made some for jcink and v4.
In truth, I hadn't planned on it, no. Partially because whenever I saw my premade skins being used, I saw them being in altered in ways that I didn't quite like - yes, I make premades for people to use and customize, but nonetheless, I think most of us can relate to that cringe moment when we see one of our resources altered in ways that either renders it unrecognizable or just in a way that you hadn't envisioned it to be. in general i'm a pretty particular person with skins, and i basically start hating all past skins i've made after i've made 2-3 more. Another reason was that I was hoping that a lack of premades would maybe encourage more coders, etc, because it's kinda sad looking at all these sites just using premades since I always thought skins were a very lovely / unique part of a site.
(to compensate, i've taken on lots of skin requests though to hopefully help out sites that need skins!)
but i'm getting an increasing number of inquiries on whether or not i'll make premade skins, and I suppose I can, and I'll just take extra care to make it a more permanent design with the changeable parts something I'd be okay with people doing whatever with.
I'm posting this thread to see outside of those who pm'ed me, who would like to see more premade skins, and if you would, what kind of skins people are looking for / want?
ex. light skins, dark skins, skins with rectangular banners or more unique layouts (though i'm always tentative to non-simple layouts because it might be harder for people to put their own banner in), textography skins, skins with sidebars or skins with info tables, etc etc.
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Post by EY ✻ BECKET !? on Dec 15, 2014 0:00:51 GMT -8
Totes agree that premades are tons overused. Lots of times I check out sites and they have a premade I've seen ten billion times and I'm like "Oh. Just a modified stock skin." Then the tab is promptly clicked out of. I like unique skins; someday I want to totally code my own, remodels and all. *knits brows* However my lack of stomach when it comes to figuring out remodels for v5 (except for banners, that's just adding things in hehe hoho) makes me a terrible coder, so I find myself having to resort to using premades often. -__- I am defeating the purpose of my life, man.
Anyways. I want to see more dark skins, personally. The darker the better. I've often heard that black tends to overwhelm a web design but It's so sleek. Er, I like hover banners and colors, too, and perhaps a good right sidebar. Prefer it on the right, because I am a leftie and so tend to want all my boards and therefore action on the left. I read also left to right. I dunno if that affects things? Lol. Anything unique and soft on the eyes is good. ^^
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Post by redox-kun on Dec 15, 2014 0:06:04 GMT -8
#offtopic
i mean i'm sure there are people out there who are still interested in learning how to skin shit (coughmecough) but i've seen no full logistics tutorial so far. i'd rather not have to learn html from an engineer dad, thanks.
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Post by minnie on Dec 15, 2014 0:19:45 GMT -8
#offtopic i mean i'm sure there are people out there who are still interested in learning how to skin shit (coughmecough) but i've seen no full logistics tutorial so far. i'd rather not have to learn html from an engineer dad, thanks./ i will teach u to skin / will teach anyone who wants 2 learn / takes ur hand and flies 2 sky / idk if u want to learn skinning from me bc i'm basically stupes and ignore traditional coding rules to do shit easier but the offer is here
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Post by EY ✻ BECKET !? on Dec 15, 2014 0:28:20 GMT -8
#offtopic i mean i'm sure there are people out there who are still interested in learning how to skin shit (coughmecough) but i've seen no full logistics tutorial so far. i'd rather not have to learn html from an engineer dad, thanks./ i will teach u to skin / will teach anyone who wants 2 learn / takes ur hand and flies 2 sky / idk if u want to learn skinning from me bc i'm basically stupes and ignore traditional coding rules to do shit easier but the offer is here
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Post by redox-kun on Dec 15, 2014 0:32:41 GMT -8
#offtopic i mean i'm sure there are people out there who are still interested in learning how to skin shit (coughmecough) but i've seen no full logistics tutorial so far. i'd rather not have to learn html from an engineer dad, thanks./ i will teach u to skin / will teach anyone who wants 2 learn / takes ur hand and flies 2 sky / idk if u want to learn skinning from me bc i'm basically stupes and ignore traditional coding rules to do shit easier but the offer is here i need 2 put some pants on before i go hurtling off into the stratosphere... wait so is learning how to skin NOT like reading an ikea manual? tbh i know nothing...i only kinda understand how classy tags work and i've edited the css in a couple of katya's premades but that's literally it................
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Post by redox-kun on Dec 15, 2014 0:35:28 GMT -8
ALSO ALL THESE DOLLAR SIGNS MAKE SKINNING LOOK SCARIER THAN IT HAS TO BE
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Post by ROGUE on Dec 15, 2014 0:43:40 GMT -8
#offtopic i mean i'm sure there are people out there who are still interested in learning how to skin shit (coughmecough) but i've seen no full logistics tutorial so far. i'd rather not have to learn html from an engineer dad, thanks./ i will teach u to skin / will teach anyone who wants 2 learn / takes ur hand and flies 2 sky / idk if u want to learn skinning from me bc i'm basically stupes and ignore traditional coding rules to do shit easier but the offer is here teeeach me?
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Post by DARKEE on Dec 15, 2014 1:42:44 GMT -8
i want to see more textography skins and more skins with a floating cbox because floating is funny more percentage widths too
if it's not too much hassle you could also include a dark version/light version of a skin
and then people can choose between two board mods (though there is a default one too)
or somethin'
legit though, i'd be all up in any skinning/design tutorials you make because i feel like it'd be useful to actually be able to code v5 skins
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Post by redox-kun on Dec 15, 2014 2:09:45 GMT -8
a floating cbox because floating is funny idk why but i laughed irl
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Post by minnie on Dec 15, 2014 2:31:41 GMT -8
low key hate floating cboxes.
i also dislike: hover mini profiles, when people don't use padding (it's a god-given gift to mortals ok), when static sidebars are cut off because my screen resolution is smaller than the coder's, TINY TEXT LIKE BRUH THE SMALLEST A FONT SHOULD EVER BE IS 9PX IF YOU WANT PPL TO EVER READ IT BRUH.
but yeahhh i should get to making a skinning tutorial sometime but it just takes a while to formally write everything out ughhh. (in the meantime if anyone wants to learn v5 coding / skinning real quick, just shoot me a PM and i can teach you super fast on skype; i taught lots of people v4 skinning whee)
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Post by DARKEE on Dec 15, 2014 2:51:46 GMT -8
hover mini-profiles are overused tbh but sometimes they're okay, if they're done right
also, challenge for you: make the ugliest skin you can. make it have everything you hate on a skin
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Post by EY ✻ BECKET !? on Dec 15, 2014 8:51:58 GMT -8
also, challenge for you: make the ugliest skin you can. make it have everything you hate on a skin Er... for me I would just link you to the proboards default skin or 95% of the skins on the proboards library, including the one of my own. Because I ABSOLUTELY HATEEEEEE that blue and white, and the default layout.
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Post by GARDEN on Dec 15, 2014 13:44:31 GMT -8
i don't even want to touch PB skinning in a biohazard suit. like, people tell me it's so easy and once you get the hang of it, it's nothing but lord have mercy there are too many symbols and tabs and this and that. i'd honestly love a tutorial series from anyone that just breaks it down super simple like i'm a five year old.
that aside, i would love to see some premades from you. i always like your stuff. i'd just put something that's like "yo don't fuckin change this if you don't know what you're doing".
i really like unique layouts. i'm going to be a bit of a jerkoff for a moment, but one of the things i hate about RL sites is that all the skins look the same. they follow the same formula and rarely have a truly unique feel. but i also rly like simple, minimalist skins so eyy.
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MOTHER OF THE MAGICAL GIRLS
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Post by SIFR on Dec 15, 2014 14:04:56 GMT -8
Percentage widths, typography, and simplicity.
Also more non-hover mini-profiles.
And a tutorial on how to put together a mini-profile that doesn't suck ass.
And a tutorial on how to actually change that butt ugly info center.
Actually can we just get a bunch of info center and mini-profile templates?
Second thought, I'm tempted to really start a series on how to edit all this stuff cause this is really lame for people to figure out.
Also, just a tip, but I generally don't even pay attention to the Advanced Colors and CSS panel. I plug my colours I actually want into the visual editor, and then proceed over to the Layout Templates and put all of my CSS for Forum Layout, Mini-Profile, Board Mods, etc into that.
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