Hey everyone.

People have been asking me for a while now about creating a new theme for the forums. We tried a number of months ago... but nothing came of it. So, I though we could try it again.

So. Why am I telling you this? I want to see who wants a new one and who wants to keep the current one. You do not need to post, just fill out the poll.

If you have a suggestion for a new theme... let me know and I may just use your idea!

Same with me. I'd like to keep it black.

Hahaha. Funny guys All you care about is your eyes... haha. Just kidding.

I agree. The back ground stays black. The text stays white. Your signatures will remain unharmed. I am most concerned to change the forums border and header. We have to stick to UC items... since... these forums do discuss their products... even though the majority of threads are about the LoTR line.

what about that grey area between "United Cutlery Forums" and Kits Face... how about a collage of UC products... maybe the LOTR swords... it may not look good, it was just a thought.

edit: This is my 1000th post, I have joined Flame of the West and Grima... i think i need a life, maybe a job (but hey, this is a great place to spend your free time )

Yeah, 'skins' are a good idea Foe Hammer, but like you, I'm not unhappy with the forums. I wouldn't say no to a nice Dark Red colour somewhere though

P.S. Congrats BladeCollector, you're catching us!

The skin idea is great. I just don't know if it would be entirely practical for me at this moment. Not because I can't, but because updating one now is going to take a lot of work... just communication problems. If I had access to the FTP server... then I could upload the new images and make skins like that. Not only that, but I don't know how much space UCF.com has. I don't want to fill it all up with a few skins.

I'm heading off to BBB in August and I guess that day would be the most practical day to see if anything can be done.

I was thinking of changing the entire header and border... new swords and knives of course! But that will be my surprise.

I can't have to many things in the middle for one reason alone. Everyone has a different resolution. So instead of building it to fit one, it was made to fit all. The middle image is actually just a small strip that is copied over and over again until the two sides hit the edge of your screen. It was made on the smallest res.... but it can e xp and into the highest resolution possible... Smart thinking eh? So... There will have to be a gap somewhere... which means that I can't exactly put things in the middle... tell you guys what. Why don't I make a proto-type... then let you critisize it.

Thats a great idea... but you have to keep in mind that there are other things aside from the LoTR swords. As much as the LoTR swords are probably UC's most popular... claiming fans world wide... LoTR fans and Sword collectors alike.

No offence, it looks good, but its not quite as clean-cut as the current one.

Not to be a stick-in-the-mud, but I like our current design. It's classic and classy. The only thing that might be neat to do is in the title bar area at the top, where it currently says United Cutlery Forums and has Kit's pic. I that were instead a selection of different pictures that change each time you load the page (like lordoftherings.net), that would be nice.

I was thinking that we should change the forum around every so often. Just to mix it up a bit. There would be standards that each layout would have... but obviously different swords and images.

UCForums has a new look!

...well, it's a start!

You're talking about the "UserCP" button right?

Actually, the first thing I noticed was the R.I.P. tomb-stone icon next to the Announcements section. I passed it off as someone must have had a bad day and was upset about UC delays and such. I clicked on "New Posts" as I always do and this time noticed the User CP button. After going through the "New posts", I returned to the front page and realized the R.I.P. icon was actually on other sections as well. My mistake!

Hahahaha.

There is a new theme. Happy Halloween!

HAHA I love it! This is awsome, good job Thorin!

Another face-lift!
Pretty clever, "winterizing" the Yellowhorse logo. I always thought it looked kind of "sunny"...
BTW, I still see a bunch of R.I.P. tombstones- are they really still up or is my computer just using old images?

Haha. I've been meaning to change that. Still kinda funny when you see it.

I'll get something there soon!

Urambo Tauro wrote:BTW, I still see a bunch of R.I.P. tombstones- are they really still up or is my computer just using old images?

*whispers* "I see dead pe-- uh, I mean snowmen...."