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| The Brass Lounge BBS; Help Needed | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: May 2 2005, 11:28 AM (279 Views) | |
| digifan2004 | May 2 2005, 11:28 AM Post #1 |
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Howdy folks! I need some creative inputs and I think this is a great place to start. As you may or may not be aware I have my own discussion board named the Brass Lounge. Currently I've found it to be too plain. I want to improve it but I keep on coming up blank. I need your help to get the creative juices (No, it's not as bad as it sounds. It's worse! :P) going. For starters I want to set up a different background wallpaper but I don't want to loose the overall theme of the board. Do you have any ideas I might use? Thanks in advance. |
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| Data's Cat's Sister | May 2 2005, 02:08 PM Post #2 |
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Taking this board as an example can you make the bits that are red, green on your board. Then it would match the lettering in your title which may make it look a bit more unified. |
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| Drex | May 2 2005, 03:23 PM Post #3 |
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Go to IFSkinZone.net for some help with creating a skin for your board.
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| captain_proton_au | May 2 2005, 04:03 PM Post #4 |
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Oooh, I think that banner is way too big |
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| digifan2004 | May 2 2005, 04:08 PM Post #5 |
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Take notes. What banner size do you recommend. CP? I am thinking of using photo of our galaxy as the background wallpaper with a brass frame. I had downloaded several choices from the NASA website and in the middle of editing and enhancing them. |
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| captain_proton_au | May 2 2005, 04:32 PM Post #6 |
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^^^ Width shouldnt be over 650, as those on some laptops have low res set pushing the pag into scroll bars, height probably around 100, basically the same size as the Sistertrek one. Big Background pics look cool at first, but take too long to load and get annoying after a while (see- Frimpy's Pub ;)), your best to have a small background pics that tile like we do here |
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| digifan2004 | May 5 2005, 02:38 PM Post #7 |
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I had made some changes to my board. Unfortunately my image host, Photobucket, is offline for maintenance purposes and won't be available for forty eight to seventy two hours. As a result I won't see the changes take effect until Monday.
The editing is completed. I am using the Crab Nebula, one of the most beautiful space images I had ever seen, as the background. My PSP Photo Studio has the option of enhancing it so it can become crystal clear. I am staying with a white on blue highlight bar and white on blue as the overall color theme. I hadn't figure out how to impliment other changes, such as costumize skins, but I am working on them. Stay tune for the result. |
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| digifan2004 | May 14 2005, 10:48 AM Post #8 |
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Updates - Two things. First the Brass Lounge BBS is now closed to the public and I requested all members and visitors to sign in before access. This may slow things down but I need time to rebuild it including purging all the nasty threads in there. The banner had been fixed so it will fill the screen without overlapping it. Second I am working on costume designing and experimenting with some unique icons and characters for the Brass Lounge BBS base on the SisterTrek icons. What do you think of this idea?
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| somerled | May 15 2005, 10:51 AM Post #9 |
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Looked - looks fine to me. |
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| digifan2004 | May 18 2005, 01:58 PM Post #10 |
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Electronic genius
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Thank you. I am continuing working on it. If all goes well, I should have the finished product by the end of the month.
Now if only I can find more members to join my exclusive lounge...
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| digifan2004 | Jul 3 2005, 11:44 AM Post #11 |
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Update - I had just completed laying down the rules and regulations in the Brass Lounge Charter to be posted in a seperate pinned thread. Editing and modifying a message board is much tougher than it seems. I mean if I am not careful I may end up talking to myself. Now that's a scary thought.
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Now that's a scary thought.
1:50 PM Jul 11