SaabWorld site design

[Hirsch]

I like the new theme, but it appears that the other themes have disappeared.

Unless there is more than one place to change themes, I'm only seeing 3 available.

[Aero]

Same thing for me here. I like the Movara theme, but changed over to the Blue one because I can better see the new posts icons

[nordwulf]

I retired a few of the old ones which were mostly the same design but with different header and colors. I'll put them back up again. The different colors for Modern need some more work.

[nordwulf]

Movara is back.

http://saabworld.net/f26/saabworld-s...96/?styleid=66

With many of the vBulletin upgrades, they change something with the styles. This means all themes have to be updated to a certain extent which is a big pain and time consuming. That's why there aren't as many different styles available as there used to.

[nordwulf]

The default vBulletin style is back as well. It's a clean and easy-to-read theme if you just want the basics with a few minor modifications like header color and Real Name and My Saabs fields.

Check it out

[nordwulf]

I removed the black top bar in the header of the default Modern theme to make the header a bit more compact and a cleaner look. If it still shows part of the black bar, refresh/reload the page in your browser and it should take care of it.

I also installed Black Stealth for some testing and see how a dark theme looks with the site. After looking at a computer screen all day, a dark theme is a bit easier on the eyes. Not sure if we make this or another dark theme permament on the site but I like it so far. Especially with the green and white on a black background. It looks a bit like dash lighting in some Swedish cars.

[nordwulf]

Here is a lighter theme based on the Aero X sculpture at the Ice Hotel in 2008. The most difficult part was formatting and lining up the SaabWorld name and to make it somewhat believable the name was actually on that ice wall. It's not perfect and I would like to have it closer to the Move Your Mind letters. But it is what is..

Move Your Mind

[Burnsside42]

Still needs tweeking for sure - but it's a really "cool" idea! If you can get the angle more depth correct and matching the color pattern of the MOVE YOUR MIND then I think it will look amazing!

[Burnsside42]

It's not flowing well with the buttons at the top there.... it's lost it's crisp look it seems.

What if you used the original image with out the saabworld text added and then just place the saabworld on the right side in the blank area in matching font as you did on the wall - and you would be able to make it larger and play with it more.

[nordwulf]

Removing the 2010 seems like a good idea. Perhaps we should bring it back after 10 years or so. We're not using Move Your Mind as our slogan, it is just something we found scribbled on a wall that melted 4 years ago..

I adjusted the site name slightly and added a space to make it easier to read. Adding the Saab World name to the right in the blank area would make it too wide for screens with lower resolutions. I posted a request on another site to see if someone can help to make it look a bit more real but it is as good as it gets for now. I'll keep modifying a few things over time when time allows. Thanks for the feedback.