Micah
We're trying to make it easier to style your campaign and put some intermediate styling in between doing absolutely nothing and going hog-wild with custom CSS. We're hoping that changing the background and selecting a color scheme will go a long ways toward establishing a feel for your campaign. So far it's just a theory, but we decided to put it to the test a little.
Here are two different themes that Drew was able to construct by 1) choosing a background, and 2) changing the color scheme.
h4. Outer Space
!https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/145070/color2.jpg!
h4. Zombie Horror
!https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/145070/color3.jpg!
h2. Random Thoughts
* We're hoping to give the option to change the icons as well. We'd like to put together several icon sets to support different genres/themes.
* We will probably pre-create several color schemes and suggest colors to go with specific backgrounds.
* We're hoping to vastly increase the number of pre-made backgrounds available. Several will be available for all, while others will be restricted to Ascendant only.
* *You can upload your own background image*! This has been requested many times, and we finally have a chance to get to it.
h3. CSS Still Customizable
Finally, just as now, Ascendant campaigns will have the option of writing their own raw CSS. However, hopefully with these color and background options, many people will be able to achieve a good looking campaign with minimal effort.
Comments
~Weasel0
A Parade of Black | ShadowRunHack |
Where I play with CSS code
Just trying to help out.
Is there a plan to allow users to submit their icons/background/colour choices to be included as one of the publicly available themes?
Most of the CSS in my own site is either derived or directly copied from willing users, so I could see where something similar in regards to themes would be popular.
Signs & Portends, Dwarves of Lost Koldukar, In a certain realm
Now, I know it says that there will be the ability to upload background images, and the ability to select prebuilt color schemes, but will we be able to build custom color schemes as well? (I'm thinking something like the color hexes or RGB selectors from Powerpoint.)
~Mae
CotM Selection Committee
I've managed to figure out where the Main Color and Main Color - Dark come into play, but I have yet to find where the Active Color or the Hover Color factor in.
I have also found that links remain the same color (Main Color to be specific) whether they are working/existing or are broken/new and do not change color when I mouse over them.
Also, this seems like a small thing, but near as I can tell the staging side hasn't seen much of a refresh since the end of August.
~Mae
CotM Selection Committee