New Light Skin - Now With Less Blinding White!

I.M.O.G. · 04-09-12, 08:04 PM

If you'd like to try out a less "dark" version of the forum, please do so by changing the forum skin to "Light V2".

You can change skins by going to User CP>Edit Options and at the bottom, change the selection for "forum skin" to "Light V2". Or just follow this link to make the change: http://www.overclockers.com/forums/p...do=editoptions

This skin inherits all changes made to the default dark skin... This means it is exactly the same, except for color, and stays up to date any time we make changes to the default forum appearance.

Users of the old Light skin (blinding white), may be familiar with updates in the dark skin that never made their way to the light skin. The legacy light skin will not be updated, ever.

Disclaimer: There are some contrast issues with supporting 2 skins. Certain colors work well on the dark skin (lime green, yellow), but do not contrast well with the light skin. These are limitations we can't do anything about, but Light V2 offers a usable alternative for anyone wanting something "less dark".

Scout · 04-09-12, 08:18 PM

I like it, also its dark enough to still contrast with peoples lighter signatures.

good work.

EarthDog · 04-09-12, 09:20 PM

Like! But Like Darker better!

But uhh, I didnt change it to this skin..I can haz black back?

Angry · 04-09-12, 09:23 PM

This totally tripped me out when I hit refresh....

I think I like it so far, Plan on re-skinning the mobile version as well?

edit:

OMG it changed back....! AHHHHH

J/king....but it did change back...?

Sephis · 04-09-12, 09:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EarthDog

Like! But Like Darker better!

But uhh, I didnt change it to this skin..I can haz black back?

Looks like the lighter skin is now the forum default maybe? I ran into the same thing as well, went to user cp and changed to black. Now all is right with the world again.

mbentley · 04-09-12, 09:24 PM

Should be fixed now

I.M.O.G. · 04-09-12, 09:25 PM

Dark is back, looking into retaining black for current users, and setting white for visitors.

Now I know how to get everyone's attention.

If you want to ensure you keep the dark skin, go to options and select dark - regardless of any other settings or configurations, this will ensure you stay dark.

hank123 · 04-09-12, 09:25 PM

man someone must of read that the lighter is better and gets more traffic. That is cool. whatever you all are trying to make money. Keep making the odd changes and the normals wont show up anymore.
Cant stand the light gray. To bright. I think everything blends to much.
Just my impute.

CharlieCS · 04-09-12, 09:26 PM

No need to force it on everyone ! Back to the dark side.

mbentley · 04-09-12, 09:26 PM

I think the light background would be better as long as there are still darker colors in the text areas where you are needing to actually read text.

*edit: Just for clarification, I am just saying as an alternative to the dark, not as the default

Angry · 04-09-12, 09:27 PM

Curious....when WAS the last time the forum had a new skin?

I know the old main page used to be light grab...alot like this new "light" them actually...

I.M.O.G. · 04-09-12, 09:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hank123

man someone must of read that the lighter is better and gets more traffic. That is cool. whatever you all are trying to make money. Keep making the odd changes and the normals wont show up anymore.
Cant stand the light gray. To bright. I think everything blends to much.
Just my impute.

It was a setting mistake, not intended to affect regular/existing users.

Next time, try not being so quick to be a jerk. It's gotten you in trouble in the past, and isn't winning you any friends currently.

Reference this post for what I was trying to do:

Quote:

Originally Posted by I.M.O.G.

Dark is back, looking into retaining black for current users, and setting white for visitors.

FYI, people say all sorts of stuff about what is best for traffic, however traffic isn't directly tied to income due to the way this site is monetized - so your snarky comment is not even accurate. More importantly, I'm looking to make the change so that we can track analytics and see if it improves time on site over the next few weeks... There are those that do believe lighter themes are better for visitors, and I cannot prove that dark is fine without data to support it. We can't have data unless we give visitors a lighter skin.

To reiterate, we aren't looking to change the skin for members, only visitors to run a trial and collect analytics data on our specific audience.

Neuromancer · 04-09-12, 09:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hank123

man someone must of read that the lighter is better and gets more traffic. That is cool. whatever you all are trying to make money. Keep making the odd changes and the normals wont show up anymore.
Cant stand the light gray. To bright. I think everything blends to much.
Just my impute.

Actually most recent news is that white and colored backrounds other than black use more power. but some people still like it. (i can see it if you have no light in your room)

thideras · 04-09-12, 09:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hank123

man someone must of read that the lighter is better and gets more traffic. That is cool. whatever you all are trying to make money. Keep making the odd changes and the normals wont show up anymore.
Cant stand the light gray. To bright. I think everything blends to much.
Just my impute.

Hank, you can manually set the theme to "Dark" in the control panel, which will always force this for you. That is how I have mine configured and I didn't see it "switch" when it was accidentally changed. I think you are being a bit harsh, considering it wasn't on purpose.

Audioaficionado · 04-09-12, 09:41 PM

Lime green is as hard to read on the V2 as the blue is on the dark theme.

Still love the "#333333" dark theme the best so far.

I.M.O.G. · 04-09-12, 09:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Audioaficionado

Lime green is as hard to read on the V2 as the blue is on the dark theme.

Still love the "#333333" dark theme the best so far.

The yellow's are tricky too on the light skin. Pretty much anything bright that looks good on dark, has bad contrast on light. Like this (its hard to tell its a paperclip on the light skin, but its clear in the dark skin):

Quote:

Originally Posted by Angry

I think I like it so far, Plan on re-skinning the mobile version as well?

No, the mobile skin is all we got, no different mobile styles - it can be a bit of work maintaining different skins, and mobile still only accounts for about 8% of visits. It is notable however that our mobile visits from last March to this March grew by about 150%. However there will be a new mobile web platform which we may see on this site by the end of the year or early next (not an app/tapatalk, custom developed).

04-09-12, 08:04 PM	Thread Starter #1
I.M.O.G. Glorious Leader Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Rootstown, OH	New Light Skin - Now With Less Blinding White! If you'd like to try out a less "dark" version of the forum, please do so by changing the forum skin to "Light V2". You can change skins by going to User CP>Edit Options and at the bottom, change the selection for "forum skin" to "Light V2". Or just follow this link to make the change: http://www.overclockers.com/forums/p...do=editoptions This skin inherits all changes made to the default dark skin... This means it is exactly the same, except for color, and stays up to date any time we make changes to the default forum appearance. Users of the old Light skin (blinding white), may be familiar with updates in the dark skin that never made their way to the light skin. The legacy light skin will not be updated, ever. Disclaimer: There are some contrast issues with supporting 2 skins. Certain colors work well on the dark skin (lime green, yellow), but do not contrast well with the light skin. These are limitations we can't do anything about, but Light V2 offers a usable alternative for anyone wanting something "less dark". __________________ The OC Forums Way We are a team. We are a community. We are a fellowship made strong by mutual respect and shared dedication to the task of enriching all who come here. The OC Forums Thank You Thread Put your computer to work for our OC Forum Teams! Try out our POST TEMPLATES, they save you time answering common questions! I spend half my money on CPUs, GPUs, and Liquid Nitrogen. The other half I waste.
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04-09-12, 09:25 PM	Thread Starter #7
I.M.O.G. Glorious Leader Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Rootstown, OH	Dark is back, looking into retaining black for current users, and setting white for visitors. Now I know how to get everyone's attention. If you want to ensure you keep the dark skin, go to options and select dark - regardless of any other settings or configurations, this will ensure you stay dark. __________________ The OC Forums Way We are a team. We are a community. We are a fellowship made strong by mutual respect and shared dedication to the task of enriching all who come here. The OC Forums Thank You Thread Put your computer to work for our OC Forum Teams! Try out our POST TEMPLATES, they save you time answering common questions! I spend half my money on CPUs, GPUs, and Liquid Nitrogen. The other half I waste.
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