Pollage, need your opinion

[fury]

There's a new theme in the works, called Ice Cool. (<a href="usercp.php?s=">user cp</a> \ <a href="member.php?s=&action=editoptions">options</a> \ Style Set)

I've been working on it for about a week or so, customizing all the buttons and changing the layout so that it looks unique. (As of this posting, the <a href="index.php?s=">forum home</a> page, <a href="forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=7">forum display</a> page, and <a href="showthread.php?s=&threadid=2000">thread display</a> page are the only pages that have been customized, but I plan on customizing each and every template in vBulletin)

What I want your opinions about is what style looks better. I know that xibase has been red on grey for most of its second life so to speak, and more recently, red and "mustard" on grey, but I just wanted to ask what everyone thinks. Suggestions as to what would make it better are more than welcome.

And don't hold back, I don't want anyone sugarcoating anything to try to make me feel better. If it looks like crap, SAY it looks like crap, don't say "It's a very well polished collection of feces. But very good feces, very very good feces *hides from the monitor throwing monster*".

 

[s4]

I like the new Ice Cool theme very much. Put it up, already!

 

[PostCode]

A scrolling marguee across the top of the home page that links to the latest threads if that's possible.

 

[Gonzo]

Xibase IS red on grey--the others are nice, they just aren't Xi

 

[Kruz]

I like the ice....

 

[Nixy]

Ice, Ice, Baby!

brainsoft says the all the gold looks too much like Hard|OCP

 

[Nixy]

I think I agree with Gonzo and brainsoft actually. I mean don't get me wrong I LOVE the colours of the Ice one but it's just not Xibase. Red and grey are Xibase and that's what I'm gonna stick with.

 

[PostCode]

Change is good. Static gets old...mundane...same thing day in day out.

 

[Shadowfax]

I'm sorry fury, but I can't really say I like it....it kinda hurts my eyes when looking at it for more than a few minutes.

I'll stick with the good ol' XiBase style, red and grey with blue links

 

[PostCode]

What you might want to do is modify the buttons on the red page to appear like the buttons on the Ice cool page. See how that looks..might be a nice change.

 

[s4]

I hate to say it but I had to switch to the old style myself. Late last night I was surfing the web, and it was too dark to read for very long at a time.

 

[PostCode]

Another thing is the font itself. The font, I believe it's Tahoma, that you use for Ice cool is much nicer than the font used by the default theme...I hate to say that as MS owns that one.

 

[Noite Escura]

You made a good working on all of them fury, but I have to agree with all the folk that say: Xibase is red on grey. I like the "mustard" logo though.

 

[PsychoMark]

An icy theme would be a good idea I think, I'm not emotionally dependant on the red-grey look or anything, but this theme does hurt my eyes.

I think what an ice theme needs is a smooth appearance, yet keep a little bit of contrast to make it easy to spot the different parts. With the current theme that's simply too hard...



[Edit]

Hey, maybe have a contest, let people design one page and give away a lifetime supply of karma to the winner

 

[Q]

I'm going with the ice blue theme for awhile. However, I like the option to be able to switch back, if I change my mind.

 

[Huge]

What Q said.

 

[Gonzo]

you'll all end up back with the red/grey, mark my words

 

[Shadowfax]

I'm sorry to tell you Q, but once you've gone to the other side, there is no way back

 

[kuulani]

I'm gonna switch to Ice Cool right now ... and probably leave it there 'til I get my lazy butt to switch it back