The Skin

[Al-Nasir Muhammad]

Okay, firstly do you like the font or is it too hard to read?

Secondly, are the colours good?

Thirdly, is there anything else you would like to see changed with the skin?

Hopefully everybody will post and we'll get some good feedback so thanks in advance!

[Elinor Dantés]

Nice feedback, are you kidding? jks.

I like the board. When you are not logged in, and you view the background as well as the board. There is a lot of dark green.. perhaps a lighter shade. Light colours tend to attract more people because they are.. gosh how do you explain it... more 'out there' maybe... if that is how you can explain it.

When you log in the colours are good, but a main banner constantly there, wouldn't do any harm. The text is fine in my opinion.. I can read it perfectly.

I'm a fence sitter, so as long as people are active and post. I don't mind what changes come about on the board. As long as I am able to read, and navigate myself around fairly easy, I'm happy. I'm not good at giving opinions sometimes they can appear mean. So, please don't take any offence...

[Sancho IV the Brave]

I agree with the lighter green because the site is a bit dark and yes i think the font looks cool but its a little to hard to read.

[Elinor Dantés]

Hmmm…

I am gathering this is the first site you guys have made, and I am sorry if my presumption is incorrect. However, I was just thinking that if this is indeed your first one, and your are still figuring out how to do layouts I might suggest a few things.

With colours: You do not have to stick with the codes that proboards supply you with. Their a countless of other colours out there to use, then the ones provided. You can find millions of sites across the net with different codes, and different colours.

Such as these:
html-color-codes.com/
www.immigration-usa.com/html_colors.html
www.logoorange.com/color/color-codes-chart.php


Also, when choosing colours to work with make sure they contrast together well. Many people are turned off my dark colours, because they find that dark colours and shades tend to have quite a depressing and sad vibe attached to them. This is why a lot of restaurants like to use reds, cause apparently it increases the customers appetite and makes them more hungry. But, I didn’t tell you that.

Really bright and fluorescent colours are also a turn off, because apart from them being “bright” they can also make it hard to focus on the words on the board, and hurt sensitive eyes (screens generally have a bright display, so fluorescent colours are a bit too much). It attracts the attention to the colour, instead of the words, which you really want the people to see.

So, when you choose colours you really want to attract people, as well as make the board seem friendly and approachable. Colours are apparently powerful elements with expressive qualities. Ok, so when choosing colours it is always important to choose a central colour and work around it, with very similar colours, so they don’t conflict and take attention away from one another. (See the bottom of this page for colour values: char.txa.cornell.edu/language/element/color/color.htm)

When choosing font, make sure it is not the twisty whirly type. For those who have only been exposed to English, many cannot truly read that of running writing. It is always best to stay with the common and most usual font “Times New Roman”. That way letters are not easily jumbled. The idea of having a font such is this, is to invite people of all origins and places about the world to the website, so you have to make it comprehensible.

I’m really hoping I haven't jumped into any one’s territory, I just thought I’d help with the colours and such. Just in case. Also, when choosing colours try and match them to those in your main banne. Gives the page a more professional vibe.

[Al-Nasir Muhammad]

I've just finished making a new skin (Eddy made the last one) - it's called Medieval Warfare and it's a lighter green - try it.

Oh, and I've made sites before but the others haven't. They're what I like to call, "Noobs".

[Elinor Dantés]

Sorry, if I put anyone's nose out of line. I just thought I'd be annoying and put a whole lot of stuff on here about colours. Visual Arts is definetly helpful when you do website stuff, so it may even pass onto someone else who is making a website.

lol... nice term for those who are new to the world of website manufacturing.