Orange for the win!

If anything cool is happening on the site and it's from the fingers of Schwim, you'll find it here.
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Orange for the win!

Heya to the two of you!

Site got a fresh new look, sorry it took so long to get some flavor back on the site.

Working on bringing the old features back(map, events, etc). I miss the old stuff.

Take care :)
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Re: Orange for the win!

neat look
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Re: Orange for the win!

Super_Randy wrote: March 30th, 2022, 5:16 pmneat look
I'm a sucker for orange and dark mode :D
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Re: Orange for the win!

im down with dark mode. but not totally sold on the orange. it's a little Halloween. and i don't like Halloween. but it's different than every other forum so that's a cool.
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Re: Orange for the win!

Wow, what a bombshell!
The site popped up and I was like blown away.
Very well done Sir!
I like the floating structures in the header pic, they remind me of the classic Asteroids arcade.
Super_Randy wrote: March 30th, 2022, 8:05 pm... it's a little Halloween. and i don't like Halloween...
Funker Vogt would love the color scheme for sure...

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Re: Orange for the win!

And now for the inevitable nit picking...

The emoticons all look like gray haired going bald with sort of white beard stubble. :) :D :lol:
May be there's an easy way to replace the gif-set with files more suitable for the dark background?
Another option may be to refine the transparency of the current files. I can give it a try if you like.
But honestly I think a different set of emoticons would support the cool, edgy, "eccentric" site layout way better. ;)
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Re: Orange for the win!

Scruffy vs. shaved - just a fast & dirty edit - still some stubborn pixels left...

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Maddel wrote: April 1st, 2022, 3:14 am But honestly I think a different set of emoticons would support the cool, edgy, "eccentric" site layout way better. ;)
I noticed the same and had been on a hunt for some alternative icons for the board that would be a bit more.... fun. It seems the board just ran with the forum software's stock icon set.

I installed a set of stock icons intended for dark mode. That should keep us safe from the fuzzy icons in the meantime :)
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Re: Orange for the win!

That looks much better - thank you!
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