!!! We Have a Second Color/Design Scheme Available !!!
 

I now have such a very nice-looking interface for these forums with cool transitional effects ... looks VERY NICE and sophisticated. I find the colors soothing and relaxing --- an important consideration for me...

Head to the very bottom of the page -- you will see a box with "default".. just click on the "arrow down" to reveal optional choices. Maybe more will be added?? :rolleyes:

Thanks so much, DocJohn!! ;)

I really like this chestnut layout. It looks very nice. I'm going to use it.

Thanks once again DocJohn.

This is very nice!
 

It is easy on the eyes... looks different enough to avoid confusion with OBT and is easy to read.
I am using it now, as a matter of fact!

Thanks so much...this must be why we were down for a few minutes yesterday?

There is a little square in the upper left of the PMs and posts that blinks.

What does that mean? I've never seen that before.

thanks DocJohn
 

I really like this chestnut colour option too!:)

MrsD.........I dont have a blinking square:confused: so not too sure what that might be

It's nice...quite bright.

I still like Doc John's psych central look, and one other that someone posted once that used blues/aquas, kinda like looking at the ocean and sky all at once.

the blinking square
 

This is one of the cool things available with this great interface DocJohn got for us --- when we return to a thread, the blinking squares tell us what posts there are new ones - ones that weren't there on our previous visit to the thread. Keeps us from getting lost, so to speak. :p

Oh, there are nice goodies.. - Theresa

well...
 

after all that work to update my banner yesterday....now I need a new
one! :p

This new format is very nice, and I will be changing this sig soon too, maybe tomorrow
when I have more time. Can't have a "clash" now can we? LOL

I like it. It is pretty :)

I'm glad there are new options available, but I checked out the chestnut and it's not my cup of tea....

Thanks DocJ for keeping the default as an option too :D

the default - blue now... chestnut eventually?
 

Hi, Wittesea ... given your lovely purple tone avatar, I can see your feeling like that -- but I do hope that DocJohn sets THIS style/color interface as the "default" with the other as an alternative choice.

I tried switching back to blue, and experienced a dreadful surge of anxiety. I am so glad that we can move on and become a totally new and different forum in yet another way. And I hope newcomers can, from now on (or someday in the months ahead), come here and have no color confusion at all. And if they select blue of their own accord, there is obviously no problem at all. But they may not want to give up all the bells and whistles feeling.

I Just LOVE this interface, this skin... GORGEOUS. And I would never have believed I would love anything that was "brown". :p
-Theresa

It's my understanding that the "default style" blue is the default color for the vBulletin software itself.

So I think that when there are choices available, the "default style" will always be called the default because it is the name the software folks have given to the color scheme.

Personally, I don't care what colors are the forum default, as long as there is a choice avaialble so that people like me who can't stand color can continue to use a style/color scheme that is easy on the eyes.

My dislike of the chestnut has nothing to do with the color itself, it's all about how easy it is on my eyes, and the chestnut shades made my eyes feel wonky (which would lead to a headache if I kept it there).

Anyway, choices are good... so I'm just happy to see choices avaialble :D

I agree - CHOICES are GOOD !!! And I do understand how you describe the chestnut color scheme was rough on your vision -- there are certain websites that do that to me, too. - Theresa

i wonder why the page is wider with the switch to tan...won't fit on my screen?
bizi

I like the chestnut, but It is a bit bright for me. My eyes would get very tired viewing it for long. I actually wish it were more chesnut color, which would be a bit darker and easier on the eyes.

I think I'll stick with the default for now, but choices are good.

Thanks,

For me it's the opposite... when I switch to the tan/chestnut color scheme it makes everything more narrow (everything, meaning the list of threads, the posts themselves, etc..)

For me, in the default blue the pages fit my screen perfectly.... but in the chestnut everything narrows and is only at the center of my screen leaving lots of blank areas on the left and right sides (which is another reason why I disliked the chestnut theme).

The other difference I noticed is that the fonts are different with the different color themes. In the default blue the font is 'normal' and easy for me to read.... but in the chestnut theme the fonts are different and harder to read.

This is why choices are good - because everyone has a different opinion of what a 'good' color is and what a 'good' font is.

I have the same problem as Liz - the chestnut theme is narrower on my page/screen and harder on my eyes.
So more scrolling to read all.

brown color
 

I like the brown color. Thanks for working your magic to make the site a little different.

Jean

It is too wide for my screen also. I'm looking forward to possibly other color choices. Is there a limit to the number of choices we can choose at any one time?

The problems with shifting size - too wide or too squished together - is based on what "brand" of browser you use - Microsoft, AOL, Opera, Firefox, Netscape or others (like the ones on Mac). Not much you can do.
-Theresa

As with font differences and sizes, on IE, you can go to tools- internet options - accessibility and click ignore all fonts, then go to fonts and change it to what you want. Then if you want your fonts larger, go to View and click text size and click larger or largest.

I have done this because the text is too small on the internet and this site. So no matter what color background you use, your font/text is the same as you have chosen.

Thanks for pointing this out -- and thanks for making it available.

My eyes just said: "ooh, aah" as the blue faded and the beige moved in. ;)

Nice change.

Hi Dottye, So nice to see you here. I haven't seen you in the MS forum, though. Where do you post, the most.:)

Ya know, I think I've changed my mind. I have been using the chestnut this evening and so far I like it. It is bright but so is the blue. I may go to my computer and darken my view a bit.

Thanks Doc.:)

I love the new color scheme. Of course, I always enjoy change. I could never afford to redecorate, so my only avenue of change was to move the furniture. My poor hubby never knew what it would be like when he came home!! Oh, how magical is the computer, when you can change your color scheme, redecorate your desktop, etc, with the click of a mouse button! Ain't life wonderful!! :D
Hugs,

Hi, Sally, good to see you, too.

Usually I'm looking for help/hints in the Peripheral Neuropathy forum -- you're right, I don't often end up at the MS forum on this board.

Just force of habit, I guess. ;O)

I think it is very interesting
 

how people are perceiving the new skin.

I don't see "brown"... I see a lavender tan side panels (I too have the narrow
format) with gray/light blue/lavender inside colors.

I think this is because of some monitors and how they are set up. I have
a high resolution flat screen, for graphics, so I see color, not brown. Some readers here might try adjusting their monitor settings.

I really like the white text areas. I always disliked the toned ones on
the default. I wear trifocals and I can see better against the white
background.

I really like the tones used on this skin, the Chestnut. They are calming and
elegant. And it is also good, that a choice is available. So folks have
the ability to choose their own comfort levels.

I wonder if other skins could be made available too. And will the regular blue one we have be the default to people who stop by?

Hugs.

((Lois)) LOL you sound like my mom. You never know when you go there how it will look next. Changes her furniture around constantly

I have an EzBoard where I try to entertain my people with new themes now and again. Freshen the place up with a new 'coat of paint'.

Wow...just wanted to say I switched to the tan...so much more calm...I love it!

While that is true, an admin/owner can make OTHER skins the actual default for their forum. So while the standard BLUE skin that comes out of the package with vb is always called the default style, it's not always the default skin that people log into. For example, my forum has a primary called The Blues...and in my admin panel, I told it to use that for everyone who loads the *default* skin. However, I also have the Default Style listed in there and it's the one vb made for me.

Mine is also a high resolution flat screen with the graphics adjusted for the light in the room...since I work on graphics, I have to have them as true as possible and mine is a light tan on the sides with a slightly darker tan in the message section along with white. Actually, the side panels are EAE8D3 according to PIXIE . That's the HTML code for the color. Liz