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Title: New Themes
Post by: EG on December 02, 2004, 01:40:55 AM: Ive just built a new theme based on the colours for the main site

its called lotrmainblue

if you want to use it :-\
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: Dark_Elf on December 02, 2004, 02:03:50 AM: Wooo... that looks kewl ::) But it actually irritates my eyes a little :8o
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: Jezebel on December 02, 2004, 02:24:14 AM: Yeah it is good. Will be better once JEZZ adds her magic touch to it :P Do you want some images for it? :)
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: EG on December 02, 2004, 02:29:38 AM: yeah! be cool! if you can be arsed ;)

thanks ;D
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: Jezebel on December 02, 2004, 02:32:52 AM: I can be arsed! :P I got the whole day tomorrow....no work!

Just one question though, will I need to make two Mark As Read buttons again? And will you need to do any coding to get it right or does it just all run smootly? :P
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: EG on December 02, 2004, 02:40:31 AM: yeah I'll need 2 of those buttons ...

it'll run relatively smoothly... theres just the "Main" image that needs coding in ;)
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: Lúthien Elanessë on December 06, 2004, 07:57:41 PM: WHOA!!! This is FUN-KAY!!! :o :D Great job on the Theme!!! ^___^
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: Unebriwen on December 07, 2004, 12:59:07 PM: lmao! I finally found it :) :[ It looks great! :D

Edit: Though methinks a green skin would look good ;) :P

Edit again: Found the Christmas one! Lmao! Never mind then ;)

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My master is not a realmer on this site
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Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: EG on December 07, 2004, 02:48:36 PM: LOL!

Im still working on the Christmas one... its not quite finished yet!
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: † Gilly † on December 07, 2004, 06:29:17 PM: The blue is very pretty...but it sends my eyes wonky :P

We getting a christmas theme too?

Any more plans in the pipeline?
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: Jezebel on December 07, 2004, 07:08:25 PM: There is an XMAS theme if you look under the skin...thingys... :P

Trust EG to make them look good...I don't know if I can match the buttons to it ;) ::)
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: Lúthien Elanessë on December 07, 2004, 07:26:37 PM: WHOA!!! I really love the Christmas Theme. And I'm JEWISH!!! Anyways, EG you especially did an awesome job on the Christmas Theme. :D
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: EG on December 07, 2004, 09:06:48 PM: waaaah!

ive havent finished it! I havent finished it!
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: Lúthien Elanessë on December 07, 2004, 09:09:51 PM: You haven't? :[ You better be glad that I changed it to the regular LOTR UK Forum Theme! :P I didn't realize that you haven't finished it still though. :o
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: Niniel on December 07, 2004, 10:21:06 PM: oooh very nice EG :D

Me thinks I'll use the christmas one...because then I can start feeling all christmassy :D
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: Unebriwen on December 08, 2004, 01:04:59 PM: Quote from: Elril Galia on December 07, 2004, 02:48:36 PM
LOL!

Im still working on the Christmas one... its not quite finished yet!
looked finished to me! :P :[ lol, but it looks great now :) *pokes the lights at the top*... :o
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: Jezebel on December 08, 2004, 05:27:21 PM: It's not finished. I still got some buttons to make :(
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: † Gilly † on December 08, 2004, 05:40:58 PM: WOW...christmas is looking brilliant 8)
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: EG on December 09, 2004, 04:40:54 AM: There is an enhancement on Christmas Gold, called Christmas Snow...

but a word of warning, unless you have a nice modern CPU, it may slow down your computer a little ;)
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: EG on December 09, 2004, 05:23:43 PM: Durin has made us a fantastic new banner to go with the Christmas Theme ;D
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: Unebriwen on December 09, 2004, 11:04:40 PM: lol, yeah, I noticed, it's bloody brilliant! :o *pokes Jezz for he new buttons* :P
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: Durin on December 10, 2004, 06:00:37 AM: wow,cool banner ;D ::)

that ringbearer font really looks good dont it.
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: angelus on December 10, 2004, 06:20:54 AM: im liking the blue one a lot!

i cant hack the christmass one because im not a very christmassy person :'(
if i had my ducky :wub: i would be but im not :P
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: EG on December 10, 2004, 11:58:33 PM: Added some Snowmen Smilies now :)
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: Unebriwen on December 11, 2004, 10:20:36 AM: Quote from: Eeetle Gonkey on December 10, 2004, 11:58:33 PM
Added some Snowmen Smilies now :)
...and I just got used to the santa ones! :o ???
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: Unebriwen on December 23, 2004, 06:29:57 AM: Just thought I'd let everyone know, the Darksider's Theme is up now :) (ie, black/red/orange) ;) :D So have fun oh ye wicked people :D :) 8) (I'm working on smilies so hopefully we can have darky smilies, too :P *flutters eyelashes at admin*
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: Jezebel on December 23, 2004, 07:00:24 AM: Awwww it's CUTE LOL :P

But as I said before...those buttons are still very unreadable on my screen. It may be because I run on 1280x1024 res...but meh...
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: Unebriwen on December 23, 2004, 07:17:58 AM: Cute?! :o >( *glares* lol, ah well :P So you can't read the buttons? *sigh* I don't know how to fix that for you, sorry hun :'(
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: Åš†å®æ£ Škÿw@£kér on December 24, 2004, 01:20:23 AM: I have mine on Christmas Gold (4 now). Then I'll probably change it back to the 1 I had b4 (The usual red) or I'll change it to BLUE!!!! :laugh: Looks great! :)
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: Unebriwen on December 24, 2004, 02:32:08 AM: lol, well the darky theme is much better ;) :P *cough*
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: Lúthien Elanessë on December 24, 2004, 04:52:22 AM: WOW!!! Awesome job on the Dark theme, I love this one. :D This means we can use the bright font colors and not have to worry. ;) :P
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: Meet_Girl on January 08, 2005, 05:53:55 PM: I'm using the dark theme now ;) love it!

A lot easier on my gothic little eyes lol
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: Waelith on January 08, 2005, 09:36:54 PM: I got the Dark side one on too... It makes my font look so much nicer. But then I am really fussy... oh well. looks great anyway.

Its just nice to have the choice. ;)
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: Mana on February 14, 2005, 01:17:21 AM: I cant wait till the nauggie ones comes ;D
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: Unebriwen on February 14, 2005, 05:28:16 AM: awww.. the darky theme is loved :[ *pokes Waelith* well the Entish theme should be fixed soon enough, I just have to sort out the buttons :-\
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: EG on February 17, 2005, 07:27:25 PM: The Khazad Dum theme is now up :) Concept, banner and buttons by Manaskin, finishing details by me ;)
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: Lúthien Elanessë on February 17, 2005, 08:19:30 PM: OOH!!! I like this new Theme, the Khazad one. :D
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: Unebriwen on February 18, 2005, 07:52:39 AM: Ooh! Well done Mana & EG! :o I'm impressed ;) :D Lol, I might just use it for a while :)

Edit: On the main page two images are apparently there, but don't show up (they have a red x in a white box ::) ).
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: EG on February 18, 2005, 07:59:22 AM: oh yeah!

I knew there was something I meant to change! ::)
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: Unebriwen on February 18, 2005, 08:02:41 AM: lmao! Well it looks awesome, EG! (ooh, I love the on/off buttons! :D )
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: Aiwendil on February 18, 2005, 02:15:54 PM: [color=447799]Oh wow.

All of the themes are looking really cool.

:: Looks around for his own .. ::[/color]
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: Mana on February 19, 2005, 01:30:42 PM: I only did the on and off buttons and banner and the color pick, EG did everyithing else
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: EG on February 19, 2005, 03:02:06 PM: they were half of the fiddly bits Manaskin!
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: Unebriwen on February 20, 2005, 07:20:44 AM: Quote from: Elril Galia on February 19, 2005, 03:02:06 PM
they were half of the fiddly bits Manaskin!
Precisely! I'm sorry if you don't feel adequit, Mana, hun *hugs* but I admire your handy-work :) 8) And well, EG, the 'extras' as you may call them, are rather superb! (hehe, my lime text goes well with the theme ;) ).
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: Jezebel on February 22, 2005, 09:31:52 PM: Just a note on the Gondor theme....the unreadable text has now been changed to black so it's much more readable. I was getting a little tired of having to squint to read something, but everything is more readable now, and all the links have underlines...makes it easier then :)
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: Humiliated on March 01, 2005, 04:21:50 PM: This theme looks alright... Sent my eyes a bit wonky yesturday and I got used to it though..
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: EG on March 01, 2005, 05:08:46 PM: The default site theme has been updated for the SMF format.

You will notice that the little moving arrows, next to the Main ¦ Home ¦ etc bar, when clicked on will shrink and unshrink the information boxes :)
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: EG on April 24, 2005, 05:36:16 AM: Hobbiton theme has been released :)
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: Theo on April 24, 2005, 06:23:28 AM: The Hobbiton theme is awesome! ;D

Though even with a fast connection like mine it was a little messed up by the animated buttons at the top of the page.. :-\
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: Jezebel on April 24, 2005, 06:25:51 AM: Quote from: Child of the Wilderness on April 24, 2005, 06:23:28 AM
The Hobbiton theme is awesome! ;D

Though even with a fast connection like mine it was a little messed up by the animated buttons at the top of the page.. :-\

I agree....they were a little slow on loading for me too

That's going to be killer on dial ups :-\
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: EG on April 24, 2005, 02:07:52 PM: yeah I know

I did put a warning on the theme itself

Lets see how it goes, and I might un animate them..
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: Beleriel on April 24, 2005, 04:13:34 PM: I think the Hobbit theme is brilliant! *changes to it immediately*

However, even though I think the animated buttons are cool, they do slow it right down, and I have a fast connection. I think that people with dial up wouldnt be able to use it at all.

Shame, cos the buttons are really good. But, imo it would be impractical to keep them. :(
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: Lessa on April 24, 2005, 06:24:21 PM: I love it EG thank you.

Lessa
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: EG on April 25, 2005, 02:36:46 AM: No probs! been working on it for 3 days!

ive deanimated all the top buttons, bar the Home one.... so it should be easier for everyone to load now :)
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: Theo on April 25, 2005, 05:17:27 AM: That is much better, EG.. Thanks for changing them.. :)

Though like Bel said, tis such a shame that it wasn't practical because they were really cool!
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: EG on April 25, 2005, 05:20:02 AM: yeah... well maybe I can make 2 versions... one with the animations, for those who can cope!

I downsized the one animation remaining too.. and it doesnt seem to hvae taken away its effect... so that may be one way round it :-\

dunno... the whole theme is graphic heavy :-\
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: Jezebel on April 25, 2005, 05:26:45 AM: Even people on faster connections were experiencing problems with the time it took for them all to download....each image was around 170k each. It might not have been so bad for people who are on 1 megabyte (or better) connections, but it certain was dragging with a 512k connection :-\
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: EG on April 25, 2005, 05:31:29 AM: yeah Im on a 2meg connection. Not all were that large...

anyway, Ive halved the size of the remaining one to 70Kb... so there shouldnt be probs with that alone.

HEY! you gotta try these things :) Looked cool I thought :)
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: Jezebel on April 25, 2005, 05:35:16 AM: I like the idea of having one without animated and one with animated buttons....

At last people have the oppurtunity to choose whichever one...

But won't it cause a lot of bandwidth problems? Especially if a lot of people use that theme?
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: EG on April 25, 2005, 05:37:39 AM: possibly...

ah! be one for the future i think :)
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: The Flying Monkey on April 29, 2005, 01:05:34 AM: The Hobbiton theme is fantastic. I love the plates of food, and the animated buttons.
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: Waelith on May 02, 2005, 04:13:26 PM: Erm, The default theme is now the darkside Theme. Lol. Is that meant to be? :t: ;D
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: Humiliated on May 02, 2005, 04:15:22 PM: Yeah, Waelith, hun, I noticed that too, I posted in a topic and it suddenly went all dark.. :ph34r: I had to squint to see the names of the boards..

But it looks nice I must say, all the stars below Mythical ranking swirl now too..
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: EG on May 02, 2005, 05:00:12 PM: yeah! we're going to feature the different themes as the default ones.... from time to time :)
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: Nadia, Goddess Of War on May 02, 2005, 05:05:29 PM: EG, it looks nice. my signture picture stands out with the black background.
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: Waelith on May 02, 2005, 05:06:34 PM: Wow, thats a cool idea! :e: Loving the archery smiley dude! :e:
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: EG on May 02, 2005, 05:07:27 PM: ITS AN ELF SMILEY!!!

*shoots Waelith down* :e: :e:
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: Humiliated on May 02, 2005, 05:18:01 PM: Awesomeness!! First the tree one.. I likes -> :t:

But an arrow shooting one? :e: *dances*

Congrats EG, muchly liked!
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: EG on May 02, 2005, 08:59:05 PM: Theo made the tree one. Aiwendil made the wizard.. and I made the elfy one :)
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: Aiwendil on May 03, 2005, 12:43:48 AM: Hehe, my wizard .. ^* :P
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: Hyllyn on May 03, 2005, 02:13:30 AM: Can someone tell me how to get rid of the Darkside theme? there's this Darkside theme before I even get logged in, so I assume it has been set up as a default but I really really don't like it :P ;D
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: EG on May 03, 2005, 02:23:38 AM: as soon as you login your theme will change to the theme that you have chosen

Go to your Profile
choose Look, Layout options
"change theme" and choose (Change) then chose the theme you want :)
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: Hyllyn on May 03, 2005, 02:29:50 AM: Yeah that bit I know, however before login in, is that the default theme for good?
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: EG on May 03, 2005, 02:45:43 AM: no as explained earlier... we'll be changing them every now and then
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: Tellyn on May 07, 2005, 03:22:50 PM: I've done it once but I want to know how you change the skins please.
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: EG on May 07, 2005, 03:56:48 PM: GO into your profile and choose
Look and Layout Options
there at the top it says which theme you are using and next to it is something that says (change)

click on (change) and you'll get the list of themes available
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: Tellyn on May 15, 2005, 10:24:01 PM: I forgot to say thank you!
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: EG on July 27, 2005, 05:40:06 PM: Ive created a PINK theme.. with a new style menu system.

Click Here to view (http://www.ageofthering.com/forum/index.php?theme=18)
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: Isodia on July 27, 2005, 07:36:38 PM: .
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: Lúthien Elanessë on July 28, 2005, 12:31:38 AM: I love the new theme, it's pretty! :D I especially love the buttons. ^_^
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: Theo on July 28, 2005, 02:42:14 AM: -splutters and chokes- You can't see my font!! :( You all will just have to highlight.. ::) :P

The theme is PINK! ;D

It's kinda bright.. :P But I love the buttons.. :D :wub:

Except there's an admin button up there.. :8o And both login and logout buttons show up at the same time.. :-\
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: EG on July 28, 2005, 03:34:46 AM: they do, but they wont all be clickable
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: Jezebel on July 28, 2005, 03:39:15 AM: Quote from: EG on July 27, 2005, 05:40:06 PM
Ive created a PINK theme.. with a new style menu system.

Click Here to view (http://www.lotrukforum.com/forum/index.php?theme=18)

How come that link is still pointing to LOTRUK?
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: Theo on July 28, 2005, 03:44:05 AM: Quote from: EG on July 28, 2005, 03:34:46 AM
they do, but they wont all be clickable

-nods- Yes, I realized.. :D I is be in smart.. ;D :P
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: EG on July 28, 2005, 03:57:43 AM: Quote from: Jezbo on July 28, 2005, 03:39:15 AM
Quote from: EG on July 27, 2005, 05:40:06 PM
Ive created a PINK theme.. with a new style menu system.

Click Here to view (http://www.lotrukforum.com/forum/index.php?theme=18)

How come that link is still pointing to LOTRUK?
lol!

deliberate mistake I tell you! ;)

(thanks Jezz!)
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: EG on September 21, 2005, 03:47:25 AM: Just put up the "old" Lord of the Rings UK theme, that we had on that site for many years, when Lord Sauron was around.

Thanks to GG! for the inspiration and the banner ;)

(http://www.ageofthering.com/forum/Themes/lordoftherings/images/thumbnail.gif) (http://www.ageofthering.com/forum/index.php?theme=19)
Lord of the Rings
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: Lessa on September 21, 2005, 02:34:38 PM: Ah blast it now not sure which to use the new old one or the blue one :(

Lessa
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: Gollum on September 21, 2005, 04:01:57 PM: Are those old flames still around that used to surround the main banner on the lordoftherings UK theme?

But I really forgot about all these themes, so I'm going to have to go and investigate them all.
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: EG on September 21, 2005, 06:34:15 PM: yeah the flames are still around,, but they werent on the original original theme.. so wasnt sure whether to put them back up :-\
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: Isodia on September 21, 2005, 10:52:42 PM: .
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: Aiwendil on September 21, 2005, 11:58:30 PM: Wow! The old theme really does bring back some memories. :'(
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: Isiong on September 26, 2005, 03:04:06 AM: I so love the new pink theme, it totally rocks, loving the work! :wub:
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: ~London~ on October 01, 2005, 12:25:59 AM: Is the user info thing at the top of all the themes?
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: EG on October 01, 2005, 12:34:47 AM: yes, but it is something you can hide away, by clicking on the arrow below it and to make it reappear, the arrow above
Title: Re: New Themes
Post by: Lúthien Elanessë on October 07, 2005, 09:28:18 PM: I just saw the old theme and I was all excited. Thank you for putting it in!!! :D I'm probably going to be using this for a while.