customizing forum look

[vampirefrog]

if you guys can find custom smileys or anything else that we can customize the forum with, go ahead and post here, and I'll try to include them.

[DarkFlame]

A while ago i got annoyed with some of the standard wlm emotes and drew my own to replace the ones i use most often.

http://www.box.net/shared/4orzatrqbe

Do as you wish with them. I can probably make more.

[Apollo]

OMG!  you made those ones? I have some of them on MSN, Sweet! lol

[vampirefrog]

they look almost like ours... don't u have something with an attitude? or something EVILLL!!!

Here's an example from another forum (attachment)

They're not what I want, but they're a good example of 'alternative'

[DarkFlame]

OMG!  you made those ones? I have some of them on MSN, Sweet! lol

Yay they spread.

they look almost like ours... don't u have something with an attitude? or something EVILLL!!!

Here's an example from another forum (attachment)

They're not what I want, but they're a good example of 'alternative'

So you want me to make you some? Well make a list of all the emotions you want shown and I will get right to it!

[vampirefrog]

first, the current forum emotes:

8) :-\

Then, the ones u used in ur pack, like XD and whatnot.

I'm not sure if the set is extendable, I'll look in the forum admin and get back to ya.

Basically I'm tired of the old 'yellow circle with black outline' cliche. But don't copy the style from the other forum either. i think pixelled is fine, but if we have our own style. Also, feel free to use ur own colors. I noticed 'hell' goes well with black and orange/red.

Thanks mate!
Cheers!

[vampirefrog]

Yes, it looks like you can add custom smileys.

Here's the current set attached.

O0

We'll probably ask  you for more as we notice the ones we use and don't have an icon.

Here are some more i thought up:

=)
=D
=O
=OO (larger)
=]
=3 (kitty -- needs variations)
>:3 (nasty kitty)


Oh, and very importantly: be sure the smiley icon matches the characters. For example, yahoo messenger puts a big grin for : D instead of a large smiling open mouth (it adds teeth where it shouldn't).

[Apollo]

any chance of us getting a black and red skin for the forum? similar to the old one.

[vampirefrog]

u can look for an already made skin (google smf themes or something). The current theme is a bit hard to customize... lots of gifs and whatnot...

[Apollo]

Some darker themes
http://custom.simplemachines.org/themes/index.php?lemma=19
http://custom.simplemachines.org/themes/index.php?lemma=1042
http://custom.simplemachines.org/themes/index.php?lemma=1102
http://custom.simplemachines.org/themes/index.php?lemma=93
http://custom.simplemachines.org/themes/index.php?lemma=61

i hope them links stay in working order.

[vampirefrog]

DarkFlame, here are more smileys:

=/
=\
=|


=P (equals pee)

[DarkFlame]

Make a list of all smileys and put it in txt. I will probably get around to it tonight when I'm offline.

[vampirefrog]

just save this page

:) ;) :D ;D >:( :( :o 8) ??? ::) :P :-[ :-X :-\ :-* :'( =/ =\ =| =P =) =D =O =OO (larger) =] =3 (kitty -- needs variations) >:3 (nasty kitty) XD

plus your own, from that box.net folder, which don't seem assigned to any text smileys.

Thanks!

[DarkFlame]

The difference between =D and is?

[vampirefrog]

NONE! EQUIVALENT!

The reason for this is: u can't open your mouth AND your eyes wide. Of course, it could be something weird if u like that, but i guess most people won't mean that. Just regard them as equivalent for now.

Cheers!

[Apollo]

=<>  bearded mustache man

[vampirefrog]

={>

moustachio!

[vampirefrog]

Here are the message icons. These really suck. They are fun to use (in theory), imo.

[DarkFlame]

http://www.box.net/shared/deegijr5xr

I started on it.

I wrote a EULA 

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EULA (HEHE)

:)  smile
;)  wink
:D  big smile / grin
;D  wink + big smile
>:(  angry
>:|  mad (i added this one in as a failed 'angry')
:(  sad
:,( tear (this was a failed sad)
:o  surprise
8)  cool / cool smile / cool beard (:P)
???  TBC (i dont think i did this one...
::)  TBC (wtf a four eyed guy?)
:P  tongue (i sometimes spell it tounge?)
:-[ TBC (dont see how it would differ from sad)
:-X TBC (im assuming this is a kiss?)
:-\ placid (more of a :|)
:-* TBC (whistleing?)



I dont understand how many of these are differant?
I will do the kitty,...and maybe a larger surprise...
But otherwise these are repeats?

=/
=\
=|
=P
=)
=D
=O
=OO
(larger)
=]
=3 (kitty -- needs variations)
>:3 (nasty kitty)
XD

If someone could please provide clarity on anything I've said here,
it would be greatly appreciated. Also i dont generally use emotes
so I'm sorry if they are obvious answers, because I honeslty dont
'follow' the meanings of this kind of crap :P

-DF


[vampirefrog]

noooooooo!!

u made them yellow!!

i said "Basically I'm tired of the old 'yellow circle with black outline' cliche."...

alright, how about I come up with a default smiley and then u do variations on it?

How's this attachment (transparent png):

The bottom thing is the button image. It will replace all the buttons. Or maybe button groups. So I made the smileys to match the buttons. Still not sure whether to use black or white outline.

[DarkFlame]

I don't listen. But the yellow can be changed in a simple re-colouration...

[vampirefrog]

oh here's another smiley we use:

^^

it's a 'tee hee' smiley

[DarkFlame]

That is in the original pack.

What colour would you like the smilies to be?

[vampirefrog]

not sure. I'll have to get back to ya on this one. I have to leave now. Cya!

[DarkFlame]

Now can you get back to me?

[vampirefrog]

alright. let's do it like this:

use this template i attached.

If u can, post as a psd or xcf file, so later on we can modify them all at once. Use the template as a bottom layer, and draw in a layer on top of that.

Be sure to use alpha transparency.

Thanks!

[DarkFlame]

I wish you had told me that before i spent all of 20 minutes making those other ones...

[vampirefrog]

sorry...