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    Prehistoric Bitchslapper Sarahfeena's avatar
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    Default Let's figure out what to do with the front page banner

    First, I want to say how much I appreciate the work pepperlandgirl is doing on the front page! If we want to make our membership grow, I think she is definitely taking us in the right direction.

    If we really want to make it effective, though, we have to make it welcoming to people who visit it. We need a unifying look for the whole site. I know that opinion on baldy up there is divided, but whether we continue with him or come up with another logo/banner, we really need to decide and get it up on the front page!

    I wish I could do graphics stuff, but I haven't the first clue. Is there anyone else who can help with this?

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    Yeah, we really need to get a consistent theme going throughout the site. It seems obvious that cmyk has abandoned us ( ), so we should look elsewhere.
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    Could we kill Baldy and the green as step one then?

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    Well, if we have something to replace it with, yeah.
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    I'd like to keep baldy if possible, but maybe change the colorscheme.

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    I played with the ol' selective coloring a bit, and came up with this.



    I think that'll look pretty on the front page.
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    I voice my support for purple baldy.
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    I like the purple! Let's go for it.

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    Well, can we revote on skins maybe? There might be a customizable banner we can all agree on that comes with a skin? I'm...not fond of baldy to be honest. There seem to be a lot of photographers here, what about rotating the banner to use submitted (maybe voted on every so often) photos taken by members? That way it better shows the spirit of this place.

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    I like purple baldy way better than green baldy.

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    What's wrong with baldy? I think his sharp look presents a smart feel to our front page.

    Changing the green background wouldn't be a bad thing, but why purple when we could match our prosilver blue?

    Also, we should dress him up for holidays.

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    Beebs, the original creator of the banner has gone AWOL on us, so we don't have the file we need to be able to manipulate the color easily. Pepperlandgirl tried to make it blue, but it didn't turn out very well. She decided to do purple at least for the front page, which has kind of a neutral colorscheme anyway.

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    Quote Originally posted by Zabigail
    Well, can we revote on skins maybe? There might be a customizable banner we can all agree on that comes with a skin? I'm...not fond of baldy to be honest. There seem to be a lot of photographers here, what about rotating the banner to use submitted (maybe voted on every so often) photos taken by members? That way it better shows the spirit of this place.
    Changing skins is a lot of work. I don't think anyone is willing to do this in the summertime. I don't know if CRSP would be willing to change or add one come fall/winter but the he did make it clear he is not willing at this time. BTW: We have 3 techs and we're all Northern Hemisphere. CRSP, CatInASuit and myself. I know I have far more time in the winter.
    Quote Originally posted by Sarahfeena
    Beebs, the original creator of the banner has gone AWOL on us, so we don't have the file we need to be able to manipulate the color easily. Pepperlandgirl tried to make it blue, but it didn't turn out very well. She decided to do purple at least for the front page, which has kind of a neutral colorscheme anyway.
    Can someone that actually likes baldy, contact CMYK and ask him for the right file? He may be more than willing to Email it over.

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    Default Re: Let's figure out what to do with the front page banner

    Not changing skins, changing banners. Is that a lot of work?! I was thinking maybe every other month, if not every month, and hold a contest to vote on photos submitted by members to decide which would grace the banner next. Again, using member submitted photos would better reflect the spirit of this place than baldy, IMO. ETA: Ok, I was confusing, I did mention revoting on skins in the off chance that there was a banner we could all agree on that came with a skin. But *THEN* I suggested something that would take less work, that being to use the photographs for the banner. Hope that makes more sense now.

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    Quote Originally posted by Zabigail
    Not changing skins, changing banners. Is that a lot of work?! I was thinking maybe every other month, if not every month, and hold a contest to vote on photos submitted by members to decide which would grace the banner next. Again, using member submitted photos would better reflect the spirit of this place than baldy, IMO. ETA: Ok, I was confusing, I did mention revoting on skins in the off chance that there was a banner we could all agree on that came with a skin. But *THEN* I suggested something that would take less work, that being to use the photographs for the banner. Hope that makes more sense now.
    Changing banners might be a good idea. I believe Giraffe board uses more than one and they have changed them. Of course first we actually have to have a first banner that is up in the 4 styles or skins and the front page. :wink:

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    Quote Originally posted by beebs
    What's wrong with baldy? I think his sharp look presents a smart feel to our front page.

    Changing the green background wouldn't be a bad thing, but why purple when we could match our prosilver blue?

    Also, we should dress him up for holidays.
    FWIW, beebs somebody can change Baldy to whatever color they like to post on the forum itself, I don't care. But right now, we have a horrible banner on the front page, and well, it's horrible. That's why I'm going to use purple baldy on the front page--I'm not saying he should be used on the board, and I don't care if he is.
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    I think that's a great idea, pep. We don't have anything better at this point, and we need something that identifies us.

    Ideally, it would be nice to change baldy's background to match each skin, but that might be a tall order. Maybe I'll see what I can do about contacting Cmyk.

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    Default Re: Let's figure out what to do with the front page banner

    Quote Originally posted by Sarahfeena
    I think that's a great idea, pep. We don't have anything better at this point, and we need something that identifies us.

    Ideally, it would be nice to change baldy's background to match each skin, but that might be a tall order. Maybe I'll see what I can do about contacting Cmyk.
    If he sends the file with the layers it should become easy for Pep. The other option is somewhere CM YK posted the original Public Domain picture of Baldy and the banner could be rebuilt.

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