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(Message started by: bgsgfan on Sep 8^th, 2002, 3:32am)

Title: Gridiron fonts, color scheme, etc.
Post by bgsgfan on Sep 8^th, 2002, 3:32am

At another site I saw people slamming the appearance of this site. [smiley=shootmyself.gif]

Personally I think the low contrast font color to background creates less eye strain than black on white. I have no problem at all with the font selection or anything else. In fact, I have no clue what the complaining is about - however I am curious what yenz think.

Title: Re: Gridiron fonts, color scheme, etc.
Post by Marshall_Law on Sep 8^th, 2002, 3:45am

It's not too bad, although the green is a little too bright. The green does strain my eyes a little when I first enter the site, but I get use to it after 5 or 10 minutes. [smiley=gotanidea.gif] These smileys rock!

Title: Re: Gridiron fonts, color scheme, etc.
Post by StegRock on Sep 8^th, 2002, 5:44am

In fairness, though that is NOT what I am in the mood for, I think they were referring to my home page for the GBRFL, located at http://www.fantasyfootballer.com/. It is a little funky, but it is a HOBBY site! Compared to some others of that genre, it is pretty darn good. Of course, compared to a full-blown FF info site, well,... That even stands for this right now. I am just a hobby site as it stands with a league site and a message board.

::)

I will say this, also, though. I like my fuckin' color scheme; my friends, the GBRFLers who know how much heart I put into this, like and, moreover, appreciate it, and I have heard overall positive feedback from visitors. I want this to look like football, not tupperware. Green, brown, black, white (lines), splashes of red, yellow and orange, now that is football! I like colors! This goes for my league's web site, too, actually! For those who don't, I say look at a rainbow and tell me God doesn't shine through that. Call me a feetsy-pajamas-wearin' kid with crayons for all I care! That's who I am. I am not afraid of who I am and I don't hide behind aliases!

...Okay, maybe smilies, though! [smiley=rollinwithlaughter.gif] (I just love that little guy!)

Title: Re: Gridiron fonts, color scheme, etc.
Post by Venom on Sep 14^th, 2002, 3:34pm

OK, Steg ( [smiley=alcoholic.gif])
How about breaking out a crayon for the "10 most recent posts page"? It's your site and all, but white text on light gray table backgrounds are harsh.

Title: Re: Gridiron fonts, color scheme, etc.
Post by StegRock on Sep 14^th, 2002, 10:49pm

on 09/14/02 at 15:34:25, Venom wrote:

OK, Steg ( [smiley=alcoholic.gif])
How about breaking out a crayon for the "10 most recent posts page"? It's your site and all, but white text on light gray table backgrounds are harsh.

Venom,

This is kind of a clusterfuck with this set-up. The background for that is set according to the "News Fader", BUT the text is set according to something different. I don't want to change the background for the "News Fader" because that is the only color on which I can (kind of) get all NFL-team colors to show. On the other hand, if I change the text color control for that from white to black, that really fucks things up. To be honest, I have never visited that page. I will see what I can do, but know that that is going to be a bit complicated to solve. :-[

Title: Re: Gridiron fonts, color scheme, etc.
Post by StegRock on Sep 15^th, 2002, 7:36am

DONE... manually, but I found the code that needed tweaking... fairly quickly, I must say! :D

NOW, IS THAT SERVICE, OR WHAT?! ;)

Title: Re: Gridiron fonts, color scheme, etc.
Post by PhantasyPhilly on Sep 15^th, 2002, 10:28am

Heh... didn't even know there WAS a 10 most recent posts page...?

Title: Re: Gridiron fonts, color scheme, etc.
Post by bgsgfan on Sep 15^th, 2002, 10:34am

on 09/15/02 at 07:36:40, StegRock wrote:

DONE... manually, but I found the code that needed tweaking... fairly quickly, I must say! :D

NOW, IS THAT SERVICE, OR WHAT?! ;)

Wow! :o

Title: Re: Gridiron fonts, color scheme, etc.
Post by bgsgfan on Sep 15^th, 2002, 10:35am

on 09/15/02 at 10:28:33, PhantasyPhilly wrote:

Heh... didn't even know there WAS a 10 most recent posts page...?

Look at the bottom of the main page (the board listing).

Title: Re: Gridiron fonts, color scheme, etc.
Post by Venom on Sep 16^th, 2002, 9:23am

Ahhhhhhh, 'ats a much a better on the eyes. :D

Title: Re: Gridiron fonts, color scheme, etc.
Post by StegRock on Jun 13^th, 2004, 3:03pm

Another old-timer comin' up with lunch here today...

And, the debate rages on...

(responses to posts I made at the YaBB forums)

colors = [smiley=thumbsdown.gif]
http://www.yabbforum.com/community/YaBB.pl?board=showcase;action=display;num=1085778823;

colors = [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
http://www.boardmod.org/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=showcase;action=display;num=1086819568.

Funny, especially when you consider the responses in "light" of the (respective color schemes of) the two forums... The responses, one could argue, are kind of predictable. [smiley=crystalball.gif]

It's all in the eyes of the beholder. [smiley=shrug.gif]

Title: Re: Gridiron fonts, color scheme, etc.
Post by bgsgfan on Jun 13^th, 2004, 4:04pm

on 06/13/04 at 15:03:52, StegRock wrote:

[smiley=laugh.gif] [smiley=rollinwithlaughter.gif]

I lost it when I went to the second site. Yeah, kinda predictable.

Title: Re: Gridiron fonts, color scheme, etc.
Post by StegRock on Aug 3^rd, 2004, 8:02pm

Interesting related material accessible via the following thread:

http://www.internetstitute.com/cgi-bin/forum/YaBB.cgi/YaBB.cgi?board=4;action=display;num=1091537096.