About about a fancy-smancy banner.

LoBlo · 05-29-06, 08:26 PM

Hey Neal and Subsim crew. What'd think about adding a fancier banner at the topic of the forums instead of the radio console.... maybe something like this type http://www.scifi-meshes.com/forums/ only submarine related....Maybe something like a surfaced sub with its radio mast up....

some not so good examples, but in the gist of the idea... (also needs cropping of course)
http://www.combatindex.com/hardware/.../ssn21_03.html
http://www.combatindex.com/hardware/...ssn774_14.html
http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...ncedSail-1.jpg
http://www.combatindex.com/hardware/...ssn688_01.html

Or something else that more eye catching... saving room for the sponser banners of course.

Onkel Neal · 05-29-06, 08:39 PM

That's a good idea, I'll query some of the sub-artists and see if they have any ideas.

LoBlo · 05-29-06, 08:40 PM

On a side note: Some of SubGuru's wallpapers have a nice look that might serve as a nice banner. Try his US subs Wallpaper with attention to wallpaper ssn_47 and ssn_46

http://www.subguru.com/multimedia.htm

LoBlo · 05-29-06, 09:03 PM

Hm... I just realized that each forum type has its own banner. Just for clarity I was referring to the banner on the SmartDark style.

Here's another vBulletin example (at least I think its VBulletin) of a nice banner layout, from Relic's forums http://forums.relicnews.com/index.php? Adds at the top, then a lenghtwide banner above the forum sections with the Relic logo.

The original ScifiMeshes.com that I showed has sorta of the opposite with the logo as the uppermost banner with possible sponser banners arranged below that.

EDIT: Bah! I typo the thread title... its supposed to be "how about a fancy-smancy banner" not "about about". Can thread title editing be implemented in the current forums like the last forums had?

05-29-06, 08:26 PM	#1
LoBlo Subsim Diehard Join Date: May 2006 Location: Texas! Posts: 971 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 3	About about a fancy-smancy banner. Hey Neal and Subsim crew. What'd think about adding a fancier banner at the topic of the forums instead of the radio console.... maybe something like this type http://www.scifi-meshes.com/forums/ only submarine related....Maybe something like a surfaced sub with its radio mast up.... some not so good examples, but in the gist of the idea... (also needs cropping of course) http://www.combatindex.com/hardware/.../ssn21_03.html http://www.combatindex.com/hardware/...ssn774_14.html http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...ncedSail-1.jpg http://www.combatindex.com/hardware/...ssn688_01.html Or something else that more eye catching... saving room for the sponser banners of course. __________________ "Seek not to offend or annoy... only to speak the truth"-a wise man Last edited by LoBlo; 05-29-06 at 08:29 PM.

05-29-06, 08:39 PM	#2
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,293 Downloads: 534 Uploads: 224	That's a good idea, I'll query some of the sub-artists and see if they have any ideas. __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

05-29-06, 08:40 PM	#3
LoBlo Subsim Diehard Join Date: May 2006 Location: Texas! Posts: 971 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 3	On a side note: Some of SubGuru's wallpapers have a nice look that might serve as a nice banner. Try his US subs Wallpaper with attention to wallpaper ssn_47 and ssn_46 http://www.subguru.com/multimedia.htm __________________ "Seek not to offend or annoy... only to speak the truth"-a wise man Last edited by LoBlo; 05-29-06 at 09:21 PM.

05-29-06, 09:03 PM	#4
LoBlo Subsim Diehard Join Date: May 2006 Location: Texas! Posts: 971 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 3	Hm... I just realized that each forum type has its own banner. Just for clarity I was referring to the banner on the SmartDark style. Here's another vBulletin example (at least I think its VBulletin) of a nice banner layout, from Relic's forums http://forums.relicnews.com/index.php? Adds at the top, then a lenghtwide banner above the forum sections with the Relic logo. The original ScifiMeshes.com that I showed has sorta of the opposite with the logo as the uppermost banner with possible sponser banners arranged below that. EDIT: Bah! I typo the thread title... its supposed to be "how about a fancy-smancy banner" not "about about". Can thread title editing be implemented in the current forums like the last forums had? __________________ "Seek not to offend or annoy... only to speak the truth"-a wise man Last edited by LoBlo; 05-29-06 at 09:18 PM.