Icy Phoenix

Just a question I would like some feedback on before I decide whether or not to create theme-groups or add-in styles for IP or both.



Edit:

The purpose of the question is because I like to make different themes and not just different colours of the same style. This means a lot of editing of the .tpl files etc, to create new style-groups; to which anyone could add "child themes" too, using the new layout.

It's also not about how many different coloured Aphrodite, or Pearl themes you use, it's how many different styles you make available for your members at any one time; and at the moment there's only 2 different IP styles available, the rest are just very clever manipulation of the .cfg file and the .css.

And as I would prefer to create NEW themes, I hope that this goes to explain what I'm after and why I want to know more about the users of IP.

Only one

several styles thru out the year.

4 right now. My users use 2 of them, I use the 3rd one and I'll uninstall the 4th one very soon.

I'm planning to add some more...

Greetz!

edit first post and add the poll.

Tell me if I should change something.

I use only one, it's handier

241 in a styles demo board

 

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I think it's better to change Five - Ten option to Six - Ten (because it's already an option called Five)

One style and some changes for xmas days


I always apply some minor changes to the theme, so having many styles would be too much work for me.

i m using 2

one default icy
and one my in work progress based on blue pearl

OMG thats 3 , and i voted for 2

Only one

TheSteffen wrote: [View Post]

edit first post and add the poll.

Tell me if I should change something.

Thanks for the poll.

Could you please change this:

How Many Themes (Styles) Do You Use?

To: What is the MAX Themes (Styles) You are using at any one time?

Only one...

Greets!!

I use all the mg_themes at the same time.

I also have aprodite themes installed but I do not know anybody form my site who uses them.

I've edited the first post, to hopefully explain further the reason and the motive behind the question.

Lopalong wrote: [View Post]

Edit:

The purpose of the question is because I like to make different themes and not just different colours of the same style. This means a lot of editing of the .tpl files etc, to create new style-groups; to which anyone could add "child themes" too, using the new layout.

It's also not about how many different coloured Aphrodite, or Pearl themes you use, it's how many different styles you make available for your members at any one time; and at the moment I think there's only 5 different IP styles available.

And as I would prefer to create NEW themes, I hope that this goes to explain what I'm after and why I want to know more about the users of IP.

If you let me say what I think... The available styles for IP, especially MG's ones, are great.

But watching all the styles for IP released till now, by MG or others, I think they are good, but the general trend is too 2.0 oriented. I mean, phpBB2 had tons of amazing styles, and most of them didn't use so much glossy images IP styles do.

I think it would be nice to release a group of styles a bit subsilver-like (or IPB), if you know what I mean...


Sorry for my english, I hope you understood Please let me know what do you think about it

Vortex wrote: [View Post]

I think it would be nice to release a group of styles a bit subsilver-like (or IPB), if you know what I mean...

Thanks Vortex,

That is exactly what I'm getting at - IP doesn't need 100's of useless themes like those that were made for phpBB, but it does need more different quality groups. And if those groups are added to ColorizeIt, then people can create their own colours per group.

The next question is: Do the themes need to be part of a Mother Group, much like MG_Themes; because if people only use 1 or 2 themes, then space-saving can be ignored as that does tend to complicate the creation of new groups, and maybe that's why there is not an abundancy of available IP themes.?

Dunno! I'm still working on it.

Lopalong wrote: [View Post]

Vortex wrote: [View Post]

I think it would be nice to release a group of styles a bit subsilver-like (or IPB), if you know what I mean...

Thanks Vortex,

That is exactly what I'm getting at - IP doesn't need 100's of useless themes like those that were made for phpBB, but it does need more different quality groups. And if those groups are added to ColorizeIt, then people can create their own colours per group.

I totally agree about this... of course not 100's, but 10's would be possible

Most of phpBB old themes are just color variations, I know, but there are a lot of nice and original themes out there. The thing I wanted to focus on in my previous post was "simplicity". As said, released IP themes till now are beautiful but very complex, some variation could be good

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The next question is: Do the themes need to be part of a Mother Group, much like MG_Themes; because if people only use 1 or 2 themes, then space-saving can be ignored as that does tend to complicate the creation of new groups, and maybe that's why there is not an abundancy of available IP themes.?

Dunno! I'm still working on it.

Myself, I wouldn't care much about space... IP is already a quite big board, if you use it you are supposed to have a quite large amount of webhosting space. I don't think it's easy to keep Icy on a free hosting... but maybe I am wrong in this consideration.

Aphrodite Text is a really simple template.

In any case it is not difficult creating a template for IP... it just requires time.

Anyone who has sufficient free time, can start editing CSS and CFG to create a simple theme.

I'm not into simple themes - and time is something I have plenty of.

I would like to have a simple one too But I think I can do it.

A clean and simple one would help other users to clone it and change little things

2 at the most because of modifying them. Just when I think I found the 2 I like, someone ends up making another dark style theme that grabs my attention and causes me to change 1 of the 2 LOL.. Black Pearl and X-Treme blue are hard to beat for dark style lovers like me atm. Though I highly doubt BP will ever get replaced unless MG throws in some different png's on another black style to get me to change LOL

Hi Ratt,

This is an old thread - you're late - and I've been busy.

http://icythemes.com/ip-demo/

Couple of "Black" ones - - - - LOL!

Lopalong wrote: [View Post]

Hi Ratt,

This is an old thread - you're late - and I've been busy.

http://icythemes.com/ip-demo/

Couple of "Black" ones - - - - LOL!

Thanks alot LOL now I have to install a new style and mod it... That wmp style only available for ip? Very, very nice style, That is really great work!
Black fantasy is really awesome as well. Your very gifted, Great job on those.
Now if I could only find a bb3 download button for them, LOL

Eeeeeeek!



I've spilled the beans to the enemy - and let them in on one of Icy Phoenix's most guarded themes.

Thanks for the compliments. It'll probably be real bitch to convert to phpBB3 though.

lmao0o0o0o0 @ enemy.. Nah I'm sure you can make a bb3 style.. Your really gifted. Would be nice if you considered making bb3 styles so n00bs like me could reap the benefits of showing off a classy style like yours.

Hehehehe!

Your buttering me up is not going to get you anywhere in the hope that I may be coerced into making phpBB3 themes.

I don't know if it's me or phpBB3 - But one of us don't like the other when it comes down to likable or favourite Forum software.

I blame phpBB3 - - - - - - - - - -

Lmao @ butterin up, Can't blame a guy for tryin eh? Either way your doing an awesome job at stylin, keep up the great work.

I voted 1, as I'm removing the extra ones I add now, because, I use Google Ad sense, and can't cumise it for several themes, So I'm going to just use one which gose so I can make my ads look neat on my pages.