2011-07-11, 12:28 PM
So... I thought I'd throw open to comment a mockup I've been working on for a forum I've recently started... but first a little background info...
I've recently started a forum catering to owners of classic Minis (the car, not the skirt, although photos of those are welcome too!).
I wanted something a bit different (bright, multi coloured, retro), clean, easy to navigate, where everything has its place, and there is no useless fluff filling up the forum.
This mockup is somewhat mini-centric, using colours from the 1970s that the cars were painted in. Colours like 'Am Eye Blue', 'Hairy Lime Green', 'Home on th' Orange' and 'Plum Loco Pink'. Hence the forum is quite um... bright... and a little bit 'retro'. A lot of the icons are mini themed too. The mini related stuff would be removed when released, replaced with more generic styled stuff. It does have a modern twist, with styling cues from a famous alternative PC manufacturer
Finally, I have no experience theming MyBB. So expect a lot of questions. Have done a little with phpBB, as well as some other programs that aren't forum or web related.
So keeping all that in mind, and the fact that this is purely a mock-up until I can stop procrastinating enough to actually start modifying some css and templates....
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Tim.
I've recently started a forum catering to owners of classic Minis (the car, not the skirt, although photos of those are welcome too!).
I wanted something a bit different (bright, multi coloured, retro), clean, easy to navigate, where everything has its place, and there is no useless fluff filling up the forum.
This mockup is somewhat mini-centric, using colours from the 1970s that the cars were painted in. Colours like 'Am Eye Blue', 'Hairy Lime Green', 'Home on th' Orange' and 'Plum Loco Pink'. Hence the forum is quite um... bright... and a little bit 'retro'. A lot of the icons are mini themed too. The mini related stuff would be removed when released, replaced with more generic styled stuff. It does have a modern twist, with styling cues from a famous alternative PC manufacturer
Finally, I have no experience theming MyBB. So expect a lot of questions. Have done a little with phpBB, as well as some other programs that aren't forum or web related.
So keeping all that in mind, and the fact that this is purely a mock-up until I can stop procrastinating enough to actually start modifying some css and templates....
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Tim.