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Re: Opinions Desired (new theme, incoming!)
« Reply #30 on: November 16, 2008, 08:49:33 PM »
Yeah, except if you are using the program itself, not a shortcut, or you have multiple shortcuts all using the internal icon.

I'm not sure exactly how to replace the normal icon yet, but once I figure that out, I'll be replacing the icon itself so that the program will be pointing to the right icon right off the bat.

Basically, I'm sick of seeing things like .

I swear that has to be one of the ugliest damn icons I've ever seen. And being scaled up to 48x48 or whatever vista's default size is makes it just that much uglier. If I replace the Icon in a program itself, even the program will have the proper vista style icon.

But yes, I might end up just linking the shortcuts anyway, if I get lazy, lol.
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Re: Opinions Desired (new theme, incoming!)
« Reply #31 on: November 16, 2008, 08:56:13 PM »
While you're at it, you should make a Spectere.net logo :o

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« Reply #32 on: November 16, 2008, 09:01:32 PM »
That would be cool.
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Re: Opinions Desired (new theme, incoming!)
« Reply #33 on: November 16, 2008, 09:47:46 PM »
Yeah, except if you are using the program itself

Not an issue, since unless the application designer is an idiot it cannot use an icon larger than a given size.  The ALT-TAB screen only uses the 32x32 icon.

not a shortcut or you have multiple shortcuts all using the internal icon.

All you have to do is update the shortcuts in the area that you're going to use.

I'm not sure exactly how to replace the normal icon yet, but once I figure that out, I'll be replacing the icon itself so that the program will be pointing to the right icon right off the bat.

If you update the icon in the executable you'll have to do it every time you update the program.  It's really not worth the time.

While you're at it, you should make a Spectere.net logo :o

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Re: Opinions Desired (new theme, incoming!)
« Reply #34 on: November 16, 2008, 09:54:45 PM »

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Re: Opinions Desired (new theme, incoming!)
« Reply #35 on: November 16, 2008, 10:00:58 PM »
Thanks, but I already have a logo in mind.  One of them simple but effective things I've used for years.

It's just a matter of getting it smushed down into a crappy-looking 16x16 icon for the favicon or a whatever by whatever one for the site itself.
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Re: Opinions Desired (new theme, incoming!)
« Reply #36 on: November 17, 2008, 01:42:59 PM »
Absolutely sexy..I likes it!

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Re: Opinions Desired (new theme, incoming!)
« Reply #37 on: November 19, 2008, 02:08:04 PM »
Starting to change some of the icons now:



It's coming together, slowly but surely.  I love how the anti-aliased everything looks.  Hot damn.  Screw GIFs, alpha-blended PNGs is where it's at.
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Re: Opinions Desired (new theme, incoming!)
« Reply #38 on: November 20, 2008, 01:15:50 AM »
I like the buttons...makes want to push 'em :P

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Re: Opinions Desired (new theme, incoming!)
« Reply #39 on: November 20, 2008, 01:18:54 AM »
Very sexy. Awesome work!

Any idea on how complete the theme is so far?
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Re: Opinions Desired (new theme, incoming!)
« Reply #40 on: November 20, 2008, 02:29:05 PM »
The core CSS is done, as are a little over half of the icons on the main page.  The help page is kinda broken (it seems to have its own set of CSS selectors that I need to update) and the administration page is usable but needs work.  I have run into a few hangups due to some things being hard-coded (like the collapse and expand buttons in various places).  This has proven to be kind of annoying, requiring me to rewrite some of the image selection code in the various templates.  I could just replace the GIFs and call it a day, but I'd rather do the extra work and keep everything anti-aliased.  It's amazing how much better everything looks just with that.

Drawing the icons is probably the most tedious thing for me at the moment.  In order to maintain a consistent look I want to redraw everything so that everything is nicely alpha-blended and fancy-looking.  I don't consider myself particularly artistic with this kind of stuff.  Even though the icons are fairly simple it's hard to say how many of them I'll be able to stand working on in a day.  So, I dunno, we'll see.
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Re: Opinions Desired (new theme, incoming!)
« Reply #41 on: November 20, 2008, 03:46:09 PM »
Yeah, it sounds like that would be rather tedious. Mind you, I wouldn't even know where to start for something like that.
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