Okay, it's been a few days now so let me go over a few things now that people are getting better adjusted to the design...
Banner: I'm 95% satisfied with this setup (alternating pic on the left, logo in middle, user panel on right) and it won't be changing in the future. The only changes to be made include a default avatar put in for those who don't have one in order to make the user panel look less bland for them. The green color MAY change as well. Look further below for further details.
Rainbow text: Will be removed entirely once I find a decent hover color for links.
Overall background: This is the one with the ruins/sylph/paladin. This is pretty well set in stone now and aside from minor tweaks, it won't be changed too much in the future.
Scroll background: I've further optimized this by shaving off about 50kb memory from the scroll images. It hasn't seemed to help much in the loading department though sadly. We can either keep this particular scroll background and just make further ninja edits to it or change it to a different parchment type entirely. I actually originally considered using the parchment used on the Avalon forums for the scroll background. It's elegant and snappy/speedy. However, I just didn't want it to seem like I was copying anything (though I'd only be copying myself xD ). Changing to this type of parchment would cause the top forum buttons to not really match too well though.
Beige colors for boxes: This beige color is probably here to stay, aside from -possibly- changing the shade slightly.
Mossy green: The original purpose of the mossy green was to make it seem like moss was growing off from the ruins in the background onto the parchment in various places. I'm unsure if this intended effect was noticed or not or if it's even liked. I'd like more feedback on this. The green could be changed to red or blue instead (red being the likely best choice color-wise), though it may still be not as good. I'd like more feedback on this. Of course, this would also mean that the green link text would have to change as well.
Post borders: The Lodestone-like borders that surround numerous boxes (such as this one that you're reading right now) can be replaced with the universal mossy green (or whatever color is decided on) seen in the forum section list, etc if desired. I'd also like more feedback on this. This would further decrease the number of images needed to load.
I should note that all of these changes, if desired, wouldn't come for another month or two. I'm a bit exhausted and need a break from site design right now. And I also have no desire to keep changing things over and over again. So whatever is decided upon will pretty much be final for the next couple years.
Banner: I'm 95% satisfied with this setup (alternating pic on the left, logo in middle, user panel on right) and it won't be changing in the future. The only changes to be made include a default avatar put in for those who don't have one in order to make the user panel look less bland for them. The green color MAY change as well. Look further below for further details.
Rainbow text: Will be removed entirely once I find a decent hover color for links.
Overall background: This is the one with the ruins/sylph/paladin. This is pretty well set in stone now and aside from minor tweaks, it won't be changed too much in the future.
Scroll background: I've further optimized this by shaving off about 50kb memory from the scroll images. It hasn't seemed to help much in the loading department though sadly. We can either keep this particular scroll background and just make further ninja edits to it or change it to a different parchment type entirely. I actually originally considered using the parchment used on the Avalon forums for the scroll background. It's elegant and snappy/speedy. However, I just didn't want it to seem like I was copying anything (though I'd only be copying myself xD ). Changing to this type of parchment would cause the top forum buttons to not really match too well though.
Beige colors for boxes: This beige color is probably here to stay, aside from -possibly- changing the shade slightly.
Mossy green: The original purpose of the mossy green was to make it seem like moss was growing off from the ruins in the background onto the parchment in various places. I'm unsure if this intended effect was noticed or not or if it's even liked. I'd like more feedback on this. The green could be changed to red or blue instead (red being the likely best choice color-wise), though it may still be not as good. I'd like more feedback on this. Of course, this would also mean that the green link text would have to change as well.
Post borders: The Lodestone-like borders that surround numerous boxes (such as this one that you're reading right now) can be replaced with the universal mossy green (or whatever color is decided on) seen in the forum section list, etc if desired. I'd also like more feedback on this. This would further decrease the number of images needed to load.
I should note that all of these changes, if desired, wouldn't come for another month or two. I'm a bit exhausted and need a break from site design right now. And I also have no desire to keep changing things over and over again. So whatever is decided upon will pretty much be final for the next couple years.
