Board Thread:Site Discussions/@comment-26567650-20150422041649/@comment-26567650-20150423002125

Genesjs wrote:

Mystic Monkey wrote:

SonicTheHedgehogDude wrote:

Genesjs wrote:

SonicTheHedgehogDude wrote:

Genesjs wrote:

SonicTheHedgehogDude wrote:

SilverPlays97 wrote: I have an idea for the background: it would be sonic in the same positions in our current background, but with SNN blue background and white silluates of Sonic.

I am for this new design as long as we make templates go with it. We have many templates that are outdated (infobox, continuity headers...), If keep them the way they are then it will make us look unprofessional. It would be for the best our templates are as good looking as our design.

I also think you should consider implementing the ideas on this thread. It makes the wiki look more fluent.

In addition, to commemorate 9/11, we should change out background to black and make our logo black & white with a black ribbon with it on that day (it's the ribbon used to commemorate 9/11). We need to make it clear though factually the wiki started on that day, we do not observe or celebrate it on that day. Yes on everything you've said. I second that yes on everything SilverPlays said. As for SonicTheHedgehogDude's suggestions for the site's new look, I think they look pretty decent -- simple and effective. But these are just for the Wikia skin only, correct? Can any of these suggestions be implemented for Monobook skin users, or can variants be created that'll look largely similar to what is seen in the templates/screenshots, with possibly a few unique designs we can brainstorm on that'll look good for the wider format of Monobook? I don't know about Monobook though. Mystic did suggest if Monobook should be switched to Wikipedia's Vector skin, while I'm divided if we should still keep the classic background or switch entirely to solid NewsNetwork Blue shown on my first screenshots above. I'll admit that a small part of me is also divided on the same issue. Perhaps we could just update a few things in the Monobook skin, like the Sonic News Network icon in the upper left corner of the screen when viewing a page (i.e. change the golds and yellows with greys and silvers, and perhaps use a different symbol besides the blue Sonic Heroes icon shown behind the lettering [It looks similar to the blue icon shown in the title font for Sonic Heroes, to me at least. Exactly similar.].). Keep the changes simple, but to where they clearly compliment the changes being proposed for Wikia skin. Understandable. It be nice if Vector would be the default skin over oasis. Perhaps have a community vote over skin of choice?

Also, it be nice to make more use of the MonoBook backgrounds, both the blue default one and the ones I made for festivities. You know, I'm not sure if I've even seen Vector skin. Isn't it the same skin used by Wikipedia? The skin on Wikipedia is indeed the default Vector skin.