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Non Gaming Discussions => Off-Topic => Topic started by: nO-One on July 24, 2005, 01:44:10 PM
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Well it\'s been a long time since we\'ve had any change around here. And now that the PS3 is around the corner I thought it might be a good idea if we\'d try to freshen this place a bit.
We\'ve got a bunch of talented designers here, both in the web and 3d arena, and I bet that a whole lot of us could brighten this place up a bit.
I was bored and took the liberty of coming of with a design, just as an idea. Same basic layout but more of a PS3\'ish look, it would seem that grey is going to be big this time around, I\'m going to make some designs for new icons aswell instead of the tired old vBulletin ones.
so here it is.
(https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg214.imageshack.us%2Fimg214%2F4821%2Fpsx2cmockup5ds.th.jpg&hash=4f9590c92b8a4c87f3ac9540d0920dce529423e2) (http://img214.imageshack.us/my.php?image=psx2cmockup5ds.jpg)
Keep in mind that this is just an idea.
:)
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It\'s clean.
Wouldn\'t bother me, although I do like this scheme.
-Dan
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I like having the black. It is a lot less stressful on my eyes.
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I wouldn\'t mind having a selectable template.
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I know the vBulletin system suppoers theme templates.
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Studies show that lighter colored web pages are preferred to darker versions of the same site. Wouuld maybe draw more visitors. I like it too!
When you design the icons see if you can make different ones that look different to the threads you replied to. That always comes in handy on other forums.
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I like the traffic flow now. There are not an insane amount of members but not too few where it is completely dead. We have some dedicated members with somewhat of worthwhile posts. Maybe a bit more traffic would be nice but too much traffic would be bad. I hardly have time to deal with all the threads now and with double the people, I would never be able to keep up.
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won\'t happen because mm\'s a lazy bastard
:)
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no-one
change it to darker colors, make it stretch across the screen 100%, and ill make the change (along with cutting Cerberus\' post count down to 4)
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Originally posted by mm
no-one
change it to darker colors, make it stretch across the screen 100%, and ill make the change (along with cutting Cerberus\' post count down to 4)
I\'d prefer it if you\'d cut it up to 5000 instead.
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Here\'s a version with the current forum colors, and a new shade of blue, kinda glowing black look.
(https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg330.imageshack.us%2Fimg330%2F2559%2Fpsx2cmockup25gb.th.jpg&hash=a652beea2fae8b12881a299207dea573341d4b96) (http://img330.imageshack.us/my.php?image=psx2cmockup25gb.jpg)
I\'m not sure if the top navbar is possible though, I moved the buttons much lower than they are right now.
If the forum suppprts styles we could do a dark, medium and light look. Also if some other have ideas to that would be great.
ohh yeah, Chizz I need them naked pictures for the banner
:)
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Very very nice, very clean and stylish.. I like the darker one.
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Originally posted by EviscerationX
I wouldn\'t mind having a selectable template.
Ditto.
I am more than fine with our current layout and color scheme but a slight graphic upgrade would be interesting. Its too bad you cant have a customizable template (ie, picking colors for each aspect of the site to your liking). That would be neat. That and maybe a few transparencies (without getting carried away that is).
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I like the second one
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The second one is pretty cool. I say lets give it a try and if 30 days we aren\'t completely satisfied, we will return it.
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once you go black, you never go back..;) i\'m diggin\' the second one as well...
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Well the reason most people prefer the black one is because nothing has really changed in that version, but I\'m going to do a medium version as well.
Here\'s one with an idea for icons, new topics, hot topics and no new topics. I think they\'re kinda bland though
(https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg191.imageshack.us%2Fimg191%2F1996%2Fpsx2cmockupicons2xo.th.jpg&hash=35fbd89e75066192c8dab0329e4b1289b2f008ee) (http://img191.imageshack.us/my.php?image=psx2cmockupicons2xo.jpg)
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I prefer the darker looks generally.It doesnt tire the eye as much as white.But the grey is fine I think
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I like them both. But doesn\'t the new bulletin allow you to have mutliple templates? So the user could select which template they like. You have the dark one as the main one.
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Whats that girl o the week forum? How do I get in all those other forums?
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Originally posted by Titan
Whats that girl o the week forum? How do I get in all those other forums?
Um...you\'re just seeing things. That forum doesn\'t actually exist. :sconf:
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Originally posted by EviscerationX
Um...you\'re just seeing things. That forum doesn\'t actually exist. :sconf:
I see it in that picture. I feel so left out :(
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Originally posted by Titan
I feel so left out :(
Don\'t worry...you are. :thumb:
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He added that. Silly little human.
and I like dark a whole lot better in the morning. Nothing worse than when al the lights are off in the house and bammo, bright white screen blasts your eyes.
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I prefer the black design too. Like the others have said, it doesn\'t hurts our eyes as much.
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As one of the few it seems, I actually prefer the light version. Looks nice and clean nO-One, though I\'m missing that banner! :D
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Both look fine to me. A fresh appearance to the forums would be nice for a change. :)
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WHat?!
I\'m so flattered that you guys wanna see me nekkid. Unfortunately, prior convictions prohibit me from ever posing nude again...at least with marine wildlife, which is the only way, really...
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well I\'m not asking for any new shots, but I\'m sure you have some old ones lying around, perhaps from your visit to Florida, you and dolphins doing the dirty.
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Can there be a limited edition DEEPPINK version with extra pictures of chizzy nude for Cerberus , Samwise and Myself ?
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How about upgrading to vB 3.0.7 for starters.
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Originally posted by ooseven
Can there be a limited edition DEEPPINK version with extra pictures of chizzy nude for Cerberus , Samwise and Myself ?
good call
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Prefer the light version.
Board design sucks as it is.
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which is why you\'re not in the web development field
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I just want to see some more action. Add a God Damned mainsite!
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Originally posted by mm
which is why you\'re not in the web development field
Not only that, but I hate the idea of being in the web development field..
Sorry, black is dull. The only thing about the board is the buttons, which if memory serves me correct, was also done by nO-One.
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Originally posted by Living-In-Clip
Not only that, but I hate the idea of being in the web development field..
Sorry, black is dull. The only thing about the board is the buttons, which if memory serves me correct, was also done by nO-One.
The buttons are first off not even really complete (though they do look cool) and secondly, it is the most change the board has seen in years. The button change was what, 3 years ago?
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yep, the set isn\'t really complete, and they were designed to be in a single row, no space between them.
And that\'s the reason why I started this thread, to see if there was any interest in kickstarting this board again, hell as MP said we don\'t even have a main site, but if we can make the boards look brand new again we could get together and make ourselves a new main site.
Now I did promise a medium version, but I\'ve been somewhat busy over the last day or two but I\'ll throw one together hopefully by tomorrow.
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Originally posted by nO-One
yep, the set isn\'t really complete, and they were designed to be in a single row, no space between them.
And that\'s the reason why I started this thread, to see if there was any interest in kickstarting this board again, hell as MP said we don\'t even have a main site, but if we can make the boards look brand new again we could get together and make ourselves a new main site.
Now I did promise a medium version, but I\'ve been somewhat busy over the last day or two but I\'ll throw one together hopefully by tomorrow.
shit, I was willing to do the whole fuggin upgrade myself but it didn\'t seem to take.. Ill help any way I can
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MP, if you want I can give the psd I have and you can tinker around with it, see what you can come up with.
:)
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Originally posted by MPTheory
I just want to see some more action. Add a God Damned mainsite!
There\'s no main site?
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oh wow
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Originally posted by nO-One
MP, if you want I can give the psd I have and you can tinker around with it, see what you can come up with.
:)
Sounds like a plan. You can email it to me if you\'d like
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pm me your email address and I\'ll send it to you.
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I totally love the idea of selectable styles. Vbulletin supports it, and it doesn\'t take long to implement.
This style is so old.
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make a new one then
everyone bitches, yet 2 people do anything about it
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Here\'s a quick design I did here at work...
http://www.pickthepunishment.com/images/psx2c_mockup.gif
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looking good.
here\'s a quickie I did, medium version with a banner idea.
(https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg235.imageshack.us%2Fimg235%2F3368%2Fpsx2cmockup33fo.th.jpg&hash=cd123f17be0d0e8fd3742d50e57b84b8c6b23b67) (http://img235.imageshack.us/my.php?image=psx2cmockup33fo.jpg)
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wall of shame?!?!
I feel so left out... ;)
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I wish I was more familliar with the vbulletin administration. Its hard for me to go too wild with the forum design unless I know the limitations of the actual forum content.
Im working on some icons now :) Ill post them when Im done
BTW: could I get a list from you (mm) of all the full icon names?
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would also be good if you could tell if some of the changes are possible, for example the new nav bar.
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let em change it all mm, great work doods :)
if possible guys get the javascript code so we can change banners on every hit. I\'ll get it if you need me to.
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I think you would have to ask either mm or Bjorn if thats something they want to do... advertisers would be ideal in having a swaping banner ad at the top of the site
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playing around with a viewing forum and some icon ideas.
(https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg191.imageshack.us%2Fimg191%2F3764%2Fpsx2cmockup3a1rq.th.jpg&hash=b0d57ea0d7f9de4c17fd0c4fc3af708daa95e7f0) (http://img191.imageshack.us/my.php?image=psx2cmockup3a1rq.jpg)
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Originally posted by mm
make a new one then
everyone bitches, yet 2 people do anything about it
I rather like no-One\'s designs. And I can\'t do anything about them not being on here.
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no-one has some pretty cool designs that we should atleast add on to designs so members can pick and choose what designs they want.
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I\'m gonna go ahead and make this a sticky, because I can.
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so uhh, sorry I havent helped out much lately.. friggin wedding to be planned... I should have some more free time in about 3 days :)
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Originally posted by MPTheory
so uhh, sorry I havent helped out much lately.. friggin wedding to be planned... I should have some more free time in about 3 days :)
Come on man. You need to prioritize. Your forum friends or your wedding. The choice is easy.
j/k. Good luck
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Im gonna go with this:
(https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pickthepunishment.com%2Fimages%2Fwedding-bannersmall.jpg&hash=c1e3fbc2193ccab766235f72a0844dee80fc15ae)
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She\'s kinda hot.
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Who\'s chad?
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I\'m wondering the same thing.
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ME
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Originally posted by MPTheory
ME
Oh, right.
So which one is you in the pic
:)
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So cute. MP looks like he\'s checking out the photographer :D
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Is that the stripper?
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Hmm she\'s not bad at all there MP...good luck man.
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yeah I\'ve been somewhat busy aswell as of late, but I\'ll be tweaking the designs more soon.
I would like some comments on the medium version and if these changes are even possible on vB forums.
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His wedding was yesterday. I haven\'t seen him on the boards. He\'s rather choose a hot woman over us. Traitor :(
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Originally posted by videoholic
Is that the stripper?
I was thinking Hungarian porn starlet. ;)
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Helloooo Im back.. Been hella busy as of late... Gotta get all the secks in for the next few years.. I hear you dont get any after the first year of marriage, so Ive been stock-piling
And shes my little porn goddess :P
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bump.
no rush though, no one\'s as lazy as me =D
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heh true dat school and work have been keeping me somewhat busy as of late, but I\'ll get another design in here eventually.
If anyone wants the .psd file and play around with what\'s been done just lemme know it would be great if others would chime in.
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The only problem I see using only a PSD file is that I dont know how many feilds we can change from style configuration of vBulletin. I can only guess. Its much esier to come up with a design when you know what your working with...
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true dat, when I started this out I just redid every element on top of the old ones, I just moved the top navbar a little and I still don\'t know if it\'s even possible.
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anyone willing to make me an admin so I can see what we can change on here? :P
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I like the current scheme... that said, if you can set up selectable templates, I can\'t really see how anyone would have a problem with that...
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Question to MP: On the honeymoon, did you do the newlywed tradition? You know, pee in her butt ..
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hehehehe
*drumroll*
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Originally posted by Living-In-Clip
Question to MP: On the honeymoon, did you do the newlywed tradition? You know, pee in her butt ..
Yeah, only we did it Russian style and I peed in her mouth
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This forum doesn\'t work right on my powerbook.
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Will changes ever be made to this site?
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doubt it, people don\'t really seem to be that into it, neither me nor MP knows just how far we can go with the changes and as said before people don\'t really seem to give a fudge
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To be honest, most changes would need to be made from an administrators login. No-One and myself don\'t have those privillages. The sad thing is that a design update could probably be done in a few hours just by changing color settings.
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The sad thing is that a design update could probably be done in a few hours just by changing color settings.
That wouldn\'t be a forum redesign...that would be playing with color settings.
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http://www.pickthepunishment.com/forum
http://www.theartofwarguild.com
both created using the same software, and with the exception of the headers, everything was changes by color. There are probably 1000s of forums created using vBulletin. Changing the color would be a redesign.
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You have a lot of free time on your hands.
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PFT. I wish I did. I NO free time anymore. :(
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Being married does tend to ruin your life .
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actually, my lack of time has nothing to do with the wifey. Mine has to do with work. Im going crazy with web and graphic design projects.
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Originally posted by mm
no-one
change it to darker colors, make it stretch across the screen 100%, and ill make the change (along with cutting Cerberus\' post count down to 4)
MM said he would make the change have you guys tried to email him?
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Well as far as I know, no design has been selected, I\'ve made three variations so far and MP one, if people actually want this then I can go ahead and slice down the design so it can be made.
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When do you think would be a good time for the switchover? Thanksgiving?
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i wanna see my post count dammit
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click on your avatar
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Originally posted by THX
When do you think would be a good time for the switchover? Thanksgiving?
I think New Years would be cool. New year, new forum look, new era. This background has been used ever since I was a little n00b. However, I do like the black background because it is easy on the eyes to read and you don\'t have a bright thing hit your eyes.
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I agree on keeping it dark. Easy on the eyes.
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Originally posted by EviscerationX
I agree on keeping it dark. Easy on the eyes.
Much like Samwise ;)
Even if its like a dark blue or something. Just anything that isn\'t bright. Just my two cents. :)
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Almost 6 years of looking at this design...kinda feel a need for change.
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are yall really gonna change it?
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No.
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The administrators are too lazy :p
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too lazy or always too drunk?
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Neither, they have better things to do with their time then to tinker with a dying forum.
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tinker?....uh
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maybe if we fix it up it could be a piece of crap
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Originally posted by DeAnna
tinker?....uh
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=tinker
I think the IQ in this place is dropping too....
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Originally posted by Phil
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=tinker
I think the IQ in this place is dropping too....
your mom goes to college
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i knew what you meant but i just dont think i\'ve ever heard anybody under 75 say that
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Originally posted by DeAnna
i knew what you meant but i just dont think i\'ve ever heard anybody under 75 say that
oh! is that an old person joke?
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i dont think so...
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cause I haven\'t heard anyone the age of 10 say that...
BOOYAH!
Man I\'m on fire tonight!
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jesus christ, spam much?
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Originally posted by Phil
jesus christ, spam much?
Have you ever eaten spam? Spam is VERY underrated. I don\'t think you give spam enough credit. To be serious for a moment, I haven\'t posted like this in a long long time. Back on topic though. When you try and use spam as an insult to me, it goes in one ear and out the other. I really don\'t take offense to it, in fact, It\'s more like a compliment, cause I really like spam. In fact, I know at least 2 other people that like spam, and they treat "spam calling" as a compliment as well. Maybe next time you go around antogonizing spammers, you should ask yourself, is spamming really such a bad thing? Isn\'t spam just another word for love? Let\'s face facts, spam is the new information. Just like 40 is the new 20. Sometimes we mix these things up. It\'s an honest mistake, and I forgive you. No need to apologize, I have a feeling by the time your done reading this you\'ll have already righted your ways.
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I don\'t have access to the servers so I can\'t do any style updates.
New look would be fine by me as long as it stays black/dark grey.
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hey vid...just wondering did you ever get your website done? can i get a link....
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Personally i think it is easier on the eyes being dark
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Originally posted by DeAnna
hey vid...just wondering did you ever get your website done? can i get a link....
Not reallly. I changed it, but I have to fix it in flash to make it load faster. Just don\'t have time to finish it. Maybe next week I\'ll play.
http://www.pre2postproductions.com
only thing I\'ve messed with is the resume and links. Still need to put something on the title screen. Don\'t any of you flash gooroos want to do it for me?
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Originally posted by DeAnna
i knew what you meant but i just dont think i\'ve ever heard anybody under 75 say that
I say tinker :confused:
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Kitchywompus.
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Augh! Where\'s the black! Once you go black you can never go back!!
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arg.... this is going to take getting used to
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I don\'t htink I like it. I\'m not used to it and its too white.
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Jesus Christ, how am I supposed to post if I can\'t look at the screen?
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All the admin has to do is download a theme, put it in the theme directory, and choose it from a drop-down menu. There\'s even a way to let the user select their own theme.
Stop fretting
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Augh! Where\'s the black! Once you go black you can never go back!!
i luv this guy!...;)...oh and i hate this color scheme...now it looks just like all the other sites out there..:mad:....bring back the original look....like Vid stated update the look if you want but keep the black and grey theme...
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i luv this guy!...;)...oh and i hate this color scheme...now it looks just like all the other sites out there..:mad:....bring back the original look....like Vid stated update the look if you want but keep the black and grey theme...
Its blue dumb dumb ;)
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Aaaahhhhhhhhhh, better.
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Now it feels like PSX2Central. BTW, Bjorn, what made you update it? Just curoius.
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Must...fix...buttons...and smilies...and everything else...to match...background. :eek: I like the updated look though. We need a new logo, me thinks.
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Fuck people, did God create the universe in one day?
Bjorn just got the software and started updating it. Give the brotha a break. We ain\'t channing shit until we chat about it.
And yes, I know.. Jesus created the universe.
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Bjorn just got the software and started updating it. Give the brotha a break.
Obviously. Everything will come together as time goes on. And with the rebirth of the main page, this site should become more and more active...or at least I hope so.
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Obviously. Everything will come together as time goes on. And with the rebirth of the main page, this site should become more and more active...or at least I hope so.
True. Right now, this site is just as active as my sex-life.
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I have a question. How are people changing their status? I\'m just a \'registered user\'. How do I change it to something else like back to \'chizzy\'s slave\' or something cooler?
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I lost my custom title as well. Something must\'ve happened during the switch because I can\'t find a place for custom name changes. Perhaps there\'s a mod needed for that with this new version of VB.
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Wow
This needs work.
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I lost my custom title as well. Something must\'ve happened during the switch because I can\'t find a place for custom name changes. Perhaps there\'s a mod needed for that with this new version of VB.
The admins can enable this option in the adminCP. Updating it has reverted to the default setting which is off.
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anyone who keeps complaining, jokingly or not, will feel clyde\'s fury
you can bet on that
we\'re not doing this so the scamps can run around to point at shit they don\'t like
custom titles are working, colored names/titles are not
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jeez, bitching about the small stuff. I say too all those who bitched about custom titles, we give them one... a gay one
ohh, wierd, the post count is there my god how I haven\'t even thought about that for a while. Guess mm turning it off a while back did work as intended
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custom titles are working, colored names/titles are not
The option for custom colored names/titles is there, but it doesn\'t seem to be be showing up and there is no option for custom titles. But it\'ll take as long as it takes to get all the wrinkles in the system ironed out and I\'m fine with that.
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I say the next whiney ass who complains about something missing should lose an avatar or something. Did you pay for this board? Did you put your time into it? No? Then shut up and enjoy.
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Does donating money to Bjorn count? Pull that stick out of your ass.
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anyone who keeps complaining, jokingly or not, will feel clyde\'s fury
you can bet on that
we\'re not doing this so the scamps can run around to point at shit they don\'t like
custom titles are working, colored names/titles are not
I guess I\'m just blind. Where can I customize the title? I dont\' see it in the control panel :(
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I guess I\'m just blind. Where can I customize the title? I dont\' see it in the control panel :(
You can\'t yet, maybe it is set to on for the admins but not for regular members. That\'s the thing with this version of vBulletin, you can have different settings for different usergroups and they would all have to be switched on.
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You can\'t yet, maybe it is set to on for the admins but not for regular members. That\'s the thing with this version of vBulletin, you can have different settings for different usergroups and they would all have to be switched on.
So mm lied. He said it was working :(
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So mm lied. He said it was working :(
prepare to feel the wraith....
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bring back the private messaging to
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to what?
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I think he forgot to add an extra "o" at the end :p
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welp it\'s been 7 months and we\'re still black.