Try to get there, you'll find author's notes by Rucht Lilavivat, Brett King and the great RL artist, Talon Dunning
Joël
Originally posted by Gotten
Well, try again, it's been working OK for me and others posters.
Joël
I find that hard to believe. Dont the webmaters know dark red on black is a very eye unfriendly combination of font colour and background?
Originally posted by Grimfondle
I find that hard to believe. Dont the webmaters know dark red on black is a very eye unfriendly combination of font colour and background?
Huh ? Did you really read the first post ? ;)
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And you can choose different looking board templates (in your member profile).
Are you talking of the FoS site ? I'm not quite sure as none of our templates is like the one you describe.
Joël
Originally posted by Gotten
Huh ? Did you really read the first post ? ;)
Joël
Yes, I was deliberately misinterpreting it to have a whinge about the colour scheme, the implication being the site couldnt really be working if *that* was the colour scheme. Mind you, it isnt limited to FoS, many of the RL sites suffer the same problem. One would winder that they havent had it mentioned before.
Regards,
Grimfondle
Originally posted by Gotten
Are you talking of the FoS site ? I'm not quite sure as none of our templates is like the one you describe.
I just double checked. Yep, often a key word or series of words is done in dark red on a black background and the result is unreadable. We are talking about www.fraternityofshadows.com are we not? You cannot miss the red on the black, nor can you read it.
I am not however a member, so the templates are not relevent to me. But then this is a chicken and egg situation. I am not going to spend time to register with a site that has made its public pages unreadable, why would I put my eyes through that when I could read the real source books by the light of a nearly dead glow worm in the comfort of my own dungeon?
Originally posted by Grimfondle
Yes, I was deliberately misinterpreting it to have a whinge about the colour scheme, the implication being the site couldnt really be working if *that* was the colour scheme
Guess we can't please everybody
Joël
Originally posted by The MadStepDad
Damn, man. Stop hating.
World ending...Hell freezing over...DOOM! DOOM...
I agree with MSD!
;)
Originally posted by Brandi
I don't know what browsers are favored by readers (and I don't want to start a browser war) but if you've got a browser that has a quick-click/keyboard shortcut way to override a webpage's stylesheets, that can help a lot. Opera does this, and while there aren't *too* many pages I've needed to do this to, it can make the reading experience a lot easier.
I can build vast network, configure servers in 27 (count 'em) different versions of UNIX, I can implement master work architectures that bring you the joys of the World Wide Web...But browsers are a complete mystery to me.
I still use Telnet for gods sake.
The point still stands, why do your readers have to eliminate style sheets, or join up and change templates just to make *your* pages readable? Dont you want people to read them?
Originally posted by Grimfondle
The point still stands, why do your readers have to eliminate style sheets, or join up and change templates just to make *your* pages readable? Dont you want people to read them?
The bright red on black style is a 'traditional' Ravenloft style, that the Kargatane created I guess, and it transmit well a feeling of gothic, dread, etc.
That you don't like it is possible, but most do.
You say you hate the style format and that is why you never come to our site ? Well, if you judge a book's content by its cover ...
;)
By the way, we have a 'troubleshooting' section on our discussion board to discuss that kind of problem, and to receive suggestions. That place would be more then appropriate, compared to here.
Joël
Originally posted by Gotten
The bright red on black style is a 'traditional' Ravenloft style, that the Kargatane created I guess, and it transmit well a feeling of gothic, dread, etc.
Um, not exactly their creation :P
Originally posted by Gotten
The bright red on black style is a 'traditional' Ravenloft style, that the Kargatane created I guess, and it transmit well a feeling of gothic, dread, etc.
Joël
I think we disqree on the meaning of the word "bright" in this context. Its dark red on a black background and unreadable. Maybe bright red would be readable, but until you implement it who can tell.
The colour combination works in general, and is very good on books. But the implementation on certain sites is an effective barrier to usage.
Originally posted by Gotten
Du calme, étranger. Vous ne voulez tout de même pas qu'on croit que vous êtes un troll, non ?
You say you hate the style format and that is why you never come to our site ? Well, if you judge a book's content by its cover ...
Joël
On the other hand. ......... I did log in from my mates PC and the pages are prefectly clear and legible. Looks like I must apologise and throw my computer screen on the trash heap and burn all pride in a pyre of shame. because the problem is clearly with my damned machine and not your web site.
Curses and apologies.
Grimfindle
Originally posted by Grimfondle
I still use Telnet for gods sake.
You must mean you use Lynx... right?
I've never heard of ANYONE using telnet for reading web pages-- I didn't even know that was possible.The point still stands, why do your readers have to eliminate style sheets, or join up and change templates just to make *your* pages readable? Dont you want people to read them?
Well, it was already noted that your monitor might be shot to hell, but sometimes people will override style sheets from reasons ranging to the common 'you can't do anything about some people's taste or lack thereof in page colors' to special needs issues (large print for the very farsighted).
Originally posted by Grimfondle
On the other hand. ......... I did log in from my mates PC and the pages are prefectly clear and legible. Looks like I must apologise and throw my computer screen on the trash heap and burn all pride in a pyre of shame. because the problem is clearly with my damned machine and not your web site.
Curses and apologies.
Grimfindle
No problem, you're welcome to the FoS when you will have a new screen
Joël
Originally posted by Grimfondle
On the other hand. ......... I did log in from my mates PC and the pages are prefectly clear and legible. Looks like I must apologise and throw my computer screen on the trash heap and burn all pride in a pyre of shame. because the problem is clearly with my damned machine and not your web site.
No worries, Grimfondle! We're always trying to build upon and improve what we've been doing with the website, and not being able to read the writing is a very legitimate criticism. Unfortunately, there isn't much we can do about your computer screen being the culprit.
As Joel already mentioned, we hope to see you stop by and add your own remarks to the message boards if and when you get a working monitor.
Jason