Posts w/ new background

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Hey, does anyone else have the problem of it ... being difficult to tell new posts from old posts ( or visited posts from updated posts) ...

So I would propose that old/visited posts be a different color. Perhaps visited posts are more orange, while newly updated posts are brighter/yellower/whiter

thoughts/discussion?

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

I don't have a problem with recognizing new/updated posts, it's all visible on the topic list. Btw does it have anything to do with the new background?

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

There needs to be more contrast between the background and post text as well. Gray on black is not good contrast.

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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

Yeah.  Was much easier to read before.

Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

Agreed, the gray text is too dark.

Reply #5 from Elemental Forums Top

I actually can't see any forum other then the dev journals one from the main page for some reason. Every forum link goes to the dev journals. Using the recent threads works.

 

But yes, the contrast in this scheme is too low for new posts, and especially for text.

Reply #6 from Elemental Forums Top

I actually can't see any forum other then the dev journals one from the main page for some reason. Every forum link goes to the dev journals. Using the recent threads works.
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Use the Flatten Forum Catergories option. Then you should be able to see the rest of the forums besides the dev journals.

Reply #7 from Elemental Forums Top

I've updated the font text colors and adjusted some link colors.  Please do a hard refresh in your browser (Ctrl + F5) to get the changes.  Let me know if it's still too dark or if you'd like to see any more minor color changes for readability. 

Bara

Reply #8 from Elemental Forums Top

It's OK for me now.

Reply #9 from Elemental Forums Top

Thanks. It's much more readable now but I'm still not a fan of black backgrounds.

Reply #10 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting kyogre12, reply 6

I actually can't see any forum other then the dev journals one from the main page for some reason. Every forum link goes to the dev journals. Using the recent threads works.
Use the Flatten Forum Catergories option. Then you should be able to see the rest of the forums besides the dev journals.
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I don't like using that, it makes the list far too busy and full of stuff I don't particularly want to read.

Reply #11 from Elemental Forums Top

The color is better now. I'd prefer brighter still (like the quote text color), but this is readable.

Reply #12 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting Tridus, reply 5
I actually can't see any forum other then the dev journals one from the main page for some reason. Every forum link goes to the dev journals. Using the recent threads works.

 

But yes, the contrast in this scheme is too low for new posts, and especially for text.
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This issue should be resolved now.  See here for details: https://forums.elementalgame.com/390042/page/1/#2703101

Bara

Reply #13 from Elemental Forums Top

Yay! its fixed now.

Thank you stardock. :)

Reply #14 from Elemental Forums Top

Hmm, I think the quote background should be a bit darker...

Reply #15 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting _PawelS_, reply 14
Hmm, I think the quote background should be a bit darker...
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perhaps

Reply #16 from Elemental Forums Top

Just had a quick play in FireBug and made some edits to the style.css file... :)

Looking at one of Brads posts with a lot of text, here is the original:

 

 

And here is one with a bit of tweaking:

Line 451: Added line-height: 1.7;

Line 298: Changed to color: #B0B099;

Line 77: Changed background color to #0C0C00;

So basically shifted the neutrals into the gold spectrum slightly, reduced the contrast, and opened up the leading.

Reply #17 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting Das123, reply 16
Just had a quick play in FireBug and made some edits to the style.css file...

Looking at one of Brads posts with a lot of text, here is the original:

Reduced 88%Original 500 x 500

 


 

And here is one with a bit of tweaking:

Reduced 88%Original 500 x 500

Line 451: Added line-height: 1.7;

Line 298: Changed to color: #B0B099;

Line 77: Changed background color to #0C0C00;

So basically shifted the neutrals into the gold spectrum slightly, reduced the contrast, and opened up the leading.
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I've updated the colors.  Thank you for the suggestions :)

Bara

Reply #18 from Elemental Forums Top

Happy to help. :)

I've got to say, I don't envy you your job. ;)

The .alt is actually looking a little too bright now. I just tried changing line 130 of style.css to #151510 and it seems to sit a bit more comfortably.

Also, the .quote is looking good but the .Article_Quote looks a little too light. Sorry to be a pain.

Reply #19 from Stardock Forums Top

I didn't notice the quotes bit, I've fixed that.  I've implemented your suggestion for the alt styles as well.

And you aren't being a pain.  You're being a great help, as I'm not that great of a designer and unfortunately all of our designers are hard at work on Elemental itself.  So thanks again for the suggestions!

Bara