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Patrick
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Joined: 28 Aug 2005
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Location: Harbinger, NC, U.S.A.
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~HG~
Joined: 25 Sep 2005
Posts: 422
Location: Australia
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I find the SubSilver theme is generally used by free servers offering phpbb forums and when you see it that tends to tell me that someone is not that professional with what they are offering.
I modify all my boards to suit the theme of the sites. Some templates I have designed myself, others I have used another template and then redesigned it to suit my own requirements.
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Dj
Joined: 24 Sep 2005
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Location: St. Joseph, MO
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On my phpBB communities I upload many skins, and let the user decide which skin they like best.
On my vB communities, I modify the default theme so that all the information (i.e. User Name, location, post count, etc..) is on the left hand side, like in phpbb, and of course, I modify the logo.
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Sephiroth
Joined: 12 Oct 2005
Posts: 45
Location: London
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| Posted: 10/19/2005, 2:43 am Post subject: Custom Skin |
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| As i am reletivly new to the whole phBB forums i am sticking with Subsilver for the moment but trying to customise it to give it some originality although i do have another skin users can choose to use - AlexisBlue |
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Skaidon
Joined: 04 Oct 2005
Posts: 143
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Capmaster
Joined: 11 Oct 2005
Posts: 132
Location: Albuquerque, NM USA
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subSilver is wildly popular and supported my mods. I think it's because it is so easy on the eyes.
I've been on some heavily customized sites where the admin unwisely has a color scheme like yellow text on a dark purple background, or some such nonsense. Most adults don't see any appeal on a "gee whiz" color explosion template. They just want to read and post 
Remember "KISS"?
Keep It Simple, Stupid 
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Teknomancer
Joined: 19 Sep 2005
Posts: 335
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OK, since I started my forums just a few days back. I'll begin by saying that any forum I start or will start in the future will never ever have the default theme of the software be it, subSilver for phpBB or default/classic for SMF or the purple one for vBulletin.
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Capmaster
Joined: 11 Oct 2005
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Location: Albuquerque, NM USA
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I've added PinkVibes (for the ladies), subTrails (very nice) and Actionpoint to my forum, in addition to subSilver. It seems to satisfy everyone now, although the vast majority still use subSilver.
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dojo
Joined: 03 Sep 2005
Posts: 276
Location: Romania, Timisoara
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I have changed my icgstation theme for the second time. Now I bet no one can recognize the initial look
I start from defaults and then go crazy. I always modify ... everything ...
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eXcursus
Joined: 25 Oct 2005
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3 is the magic number - one dark, one so-so, the other light.
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