NEW SITE

[AndrewT]

*remembers to change text colour to beige*

I can see why the colour scheme is yellow and black (ties in with the Blonde thing) but from a design point of view it doesn't really work on the forum.

I'm no expert, but I don't know why we've lost the choice of layout schemes - surely this new one could have just been added as another option and those of us who wanted to use it, could.

[londonpokergirl]

lol  Heid is in vegas, and rest of em in bed  

[Sheriff Fatman]

I've been reading for 10 minutes and I can feel the strain on my eyes.

The white boxes that opened up when I went in to post a message nearly blinded me!

Nice idea to change the colours but I'm afraid it doesn't work in practice.

Sheriff

[4KingNutz]

i think its very nice and aslo have no probs reading it

[charmaine]

I'm squinting and hurting my eyes 

[dik9]

Well done at the brave move to modernise the forum. However when I woke up and logged on slightly drowsy, I thought I was on The Hendon Mob forum, until I realised that it was harder to read for some reason? Switching between the two now and THM has a much lighter grey background. When THMs new forum was launched, there was much the same debate on there, but you do get used to it. It coincides with theblondepoker site very well, but IMO people are making a very valid point, I would prefer the background darker with light writing or keep it as it is with a lighter grey background. The eye strain comes from the lack of distinction between foreground and background. My eyes are shot anyway so what would I know The site itself is ggggrrrrrrrreat!!!!!!

[AndrewT]

Well done at the brave move to modernise the forum.

That's the thing though - the forum itself hasn't been modernised. As far as I can see, the functionality is exactly the same as before - it's just the colour scheme that's been changed.

We previously had a range of different styles to choose from that the forum could be displayed in - we've woken up this morning and had a garish scheme forced upon us.

I've had a poke around the main site and it looks good - the design works well there because, for the most part, the yellow/black design is only around the edge. On the forum it doesn't - Bream, Sparks, see if you can reenable the layout choices we had before.

[Scottish Dave]

I think it looks fantastic & have no probs reading it 

i was just about to say, am i the only one that finds it great, no problem reading any posts at all.

love the colour scheme

[Bream]

Alternative theme details here....

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=8468.0

[AndrewT]

Bream has given us another option - try Blonde2 in your layout preferences - it removes the yellow text and makes all the writing black on a light background - it won't give you a headache.

EDIT: - er, yeah, what Bream said.

[RED-DOG]

I don't like the new colours for the forum, I find the yellow headlines difficult to read, and my old mincers struggle to cope with the lack of contrast between the black texton a gray background

I think the main page is spot on, I would much prefer it if the forum used the same format

Either that, or give us the option (Individually) to change it back  

[marcro]

Bream has given us another option - try Blonde2 in your layout preferences - it removes the yellow text and makes all the writing black on a light background - it won't give you a headache.

EDIT: - er, yeah, what Bream said.

The Blonde2 option is an improvement and should be set as the default.

[Scottish Dave]

Bream has given us another option - try Blonde2 in your layout preferences - it removes the yellow text and makes all the writing black on a light background - it won't give you a headache.

EDIT: - er, yeah, what Bream said.

The Blonde2 option is an improvement and should be set as the default.

i disagree

[RED-DOG]

I've changed to blonde 2 (which is great) but I seem to be seeing post made in other formats in other colours? is that supposed to happen?

[Scottish Dave]

I've changed to blonde 2 (which is great) but I seem to be seeing post made in other formats in other colours? is that supposed to happen?

Red i think this is because some posters have manually changed there font colours to compensate for the dark backgrounds on 'Blonde1'