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Dang. You all make me feel like crap as I have no artistic talent whatsoever.....

But maybe I'll make a theme next summer, since I won't have school. No school=More time. I do have an idea for what I would do. But it is highly probable that it will end up looking like crap. As most of my ideas do.

  • 12.01.2005 3:38 PM PDT

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Chairleg Productions presents: 'Console Wars' and 'Games as Art?' (also on Halo Waypoint).

This theme do not eat

  • 12.07.2005 4:09 AM PDT
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Nice GP!

... It sounds like I'm talking to myself.
-TGP-

  • 12.07.2005 4:18 AM PDT
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Wow nice theme Gods Prophet.

Now if only I was intelligent to know what "Soffish" was all about.....

  • 12.07.2005 4:26 AM PDT
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My friend, you would not tell with ſuch high zeſt
To children ardent for ſome deſperate glory,
The old Lie: Dulce et decorum eſt
Pro patria mori.

Heh, classic GP, classic. I knew someone had to do it at some point. :D

  • 12.07.2005 6:27 AM PDT

Discipline is my Sword,
Faith is my Shield,
Do not leap blindly into uncertainty,
And you may live to reap the rewards.

"The Important Thing Is To Never Stop Questioning,"

Soffish! Great Theme. I think I'm in love.

  • 12.07.2005 10:21 AM PDT

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Chairleg Productions presents: 'Console Wars' and 'Games as Art?' (also on Halo Waypoint).

Thanks guys. Still not sure about the arrow images but meh.

[Edited on 12/7/2005]

  • 12.07.2005 10:38 AM PDT
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I don't about other people, but I don't have photoshop.

I found a site that lists 500 colours along with their hex values.

http://cloford.com/resources/colours/500col.htm
Fairly useful, though there aren't enough blues.


HELP: I cannot find the background (ie the whole page) colour section in the styles.css folder. What is it called, and where approximately is it? That typewrite style font is really hard to read.

[Edited on 12/8/2005]

  • 12.07.2005 8:31 PM PDT

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Chairleg Productions presents: 'Console Wars' and 'Games as Art?' (also on Halo Waypoint).

BodyBackground.gif (near the top usually but it depends on what order you've specified in your folder).

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I don't about other people, but I don't have photoshop.

I found a site that lists 500 colours along with their hex values.

http://cloford.com/resources/colours/500col.htm
Fairly useful, though there aren't enough blues.


HELP: I cannot find the background (ie the whole page) colour section in the styles.css folder. What is it called, and where approximately is it? That typewrite style font is really hard to read.

  • 12.08.2005 5:39 AM PDT
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Slow down - is it in the styles.css folder, where you specify the colours, or is it in the images section. Do you type in the code for the colour or do you copy and paste an image.

  • 12.08.2005 10:22 PM PDT

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Alrighty. So, go back to your main folder. Now open the "images" folder and locate a file named "BodyBackground.gif". That file is what's going to be used to create your background.

So now if you go and open up that file in the program which you're using, you will..well, should see a blue strip extending from the left hand side (you might have to zoom in a bit).

*At this point i'd like to remind you that you should be working in RGB mode If you're not, you really ought to change it because it's going to make your life loads easier.

That blue strip is going to be automatically copied down many times to create the entire left hand side section background (just like you can see the blue background here in these forums).

If you now go and select the area that that blue strip covers (be careful to select the area, you might want to zoom in), you can colour it in anyway you want, or you can use an image.
Now there's something important you need to remember here, and i quote:

That blue strip is going to be automatically copied down to create the entire left hand side section background

Therefore, if you decide to place an image in replace for that blue strip, whatever you can see of the image in that strip, is going to be copied down many times and this can lead to very undesirable results. So be careful.

If you now zoom in and go to about the centre of the BodyBackground image, you should see some grey/brown strips. Take a look now at the right hand side of this forum. Yup, those brown/grey strips are what is used to make that track. So what you can now do is go edit those strips in anyway you want really. You can perhaps keep the track feel, but use different colours or maybe have an image placed so we'll see images all the way down and so on...

*It is important to remember that that section will behave in exactly the same way as the left hand side; it's going to be copied down multiple times.

Now as for the rest of the background on that right hand side, well, it's the stuff that surrounds these tracks. So, if you want, you can go change the rest of that image with your own colours or place an image there.

Once you're done, Save for web (i.e. save it as a .gif file) and replace the existing BodyBackground file. Now you can go back to your ThemeBuilder.htm file and press F5 (refresh) and you should see your background change.
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Ok, so that's the basics. Once you get a bit better you might want to be aware that you don't necessarily have to stick to pre-defined areas in that file, and you can do whatever you like with it really. With that i say thank you for reading and i hope you haven't fallen asleep (i get carried away sometimes).

  • 12.09.2005 2:23 AM PDT
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Thanks for the above but how do I change to RGB mode?

  • 12.09.2005 3:31 AM PDT

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Posted by: colonelkarnelno2
Thanks for the above but how do I change to RGB mode?


Depends what program you're using. If you're using Photoshop, click "Image" > "Mode" > "RGB Mode"

Other programs may be similar to this.

  • 12.09.2005 7:53 AM PDT

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where is "coke" when you need him.

  • 12.09.2005 10:21 AM PDT
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nvm

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  • 12.09.2005 11:31 PM PDT

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Sorry to post again, but thanks to Sir Fragula, my theme just got interactive.

Link

  • 12.11.2005 8:26 AM PDT

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This theme do not eat

Thats very cool!

  • 12.12.2005 8:42 AM PDT
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I love all of these. I hope they get accepted. Good job on all of your hard work!

I've thought about it, and I'll never get around to making a theme. If I get a custom avie, it will be for avies or maybe the karma system.

But, I've always wanted a Snow-type theme. Based around Assault on the Control Room or maybe Sidewinder. The banner would be a screen shot from it. A tank rolling, bullets flying. A battlefield. The background would be mainly white, with maybe some blue, etc to make the effect of snow. The text would probably be black.

What do you think of that idea? I would love for anyone to take it and implement it, as I like the desire and artistic talent to make it. So, should you like it, feel free to make it.

  • 12.13.2005 4:44 PM PDT

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Stupid Question But, How Do You Make One ?

  • 12.18.2005 2:25 AM PDT
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Go to the Septagon Stickies thread, there is a guide there.

  • 12.18.2005 9:30 AM PDT

Hail the SI. Keep It Clean

*pulls out a deck of cards. pulls one card out that says WTC?*

  • 12.21.2005 1:32 AM PDT

"I pledge to punch all switches, to never shoot where I could use grenades, to admit the existence of no level except Total Carnage, to never use caps lock as my "run" key, and to never, ever, leave a single BoB alive."

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sweet theme dude...

  • 12.25.2005 7:34 PM PDT
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My friend, you would not tell with ſuch high zeſt
To children ardent for ſome deſperate glory,
The old Lie: Dulce et decorum eſt
Pro patria mori.

I've just updated my update to the original Themebuilder. The "New Topic" button included was inaccurate. Essentially it lacked the transparency that the button on the real site includes. I fixed it.

Themebuilder Mk 3

Oh, and I've made a new theme: Keyes

  • 01.04.2006 11:15 AM PDT
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Urm... Whats that screaming head stuck in the wall, thing...

  • 01.04.2006 11:47 AM PDT
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My friend, you would not tell with ſuch high zeſt
To children ardent for ſome deſperate glory,
The old Lie: Dulce et decorum eſt
Pro patria mori.

That's Captain Keyes' Flood-brain form.

  • 01.04.2006 6:32 PM PDT