Is there a new layout?

[dontleave]

For the main page, or has it always been like thaT?

[squerl]

yar, it's new.

[dontleave]

Forum layout is new too?!?! No? I can't see what im typing though, so its epic winz0r z if I spell enthing wrong.

[squerl]

oops, i'm messing with that right now

[squerl]

so its epic winz0r z

testing

[Revak]

Ugh, it's waay too dark and gives off a bad look I think.

[dontleave]

Italics, Bold and Underline don't work with quotes me thinks. Although, im sure Italics never worked with quotes.

[darksora2323]

TEST

BOLD

ITALIC

UNDERLINE

EDIT: seems to work for me, I was going to get started on those images tonight squerl but I got sleep from owning D-smid all night with dontleave

[dontleave]

WITH QUOTES, AND BY WITH, I MEAN IN.

[darksora2323]

WITH QUOTES, AND BY WITH, I MEAN IN.

O Ok no they never worked

[Asura]

all looks so dark =O

[darksora2323]

all looks so dark =O

And I love it, submit to the dark side

[Asura]

And I love it, submit to the dark side

Yeah but its lke i got old screen xD
gotta buy new one.

[FRAGious]

I don't like it... Ruins the minimalisticly cool look... at least give us a chance to change skins with our profile

[Plankie]

The "Blood" on the main page looks quite cheesy with the emboss effect, and it's not quite as dark as it would have been IRL. But still, looks great. Just minor details that could be better.
Good job

[Stupoider]

I like the black. It's the smex.

[hool10]

It ruins the "we don't give a fuck so it looks like we do minimal work on the site" look. I can actually see stuff now for a change lol. Now we just gotta make it look like a normal forum by adding other sections and other things. Also add seperators in between news posts. Just remember that Turtle Rock regularly visits here so a more orderly nicer looking forum is helping them too. ;-)

[QuotidianTemerity]

I don't like it

[No Shelter]

Its not my fav, but its fine.

[Puscifer]

meh, it looks ok, nice to have a change anyway.

[Bucky]

I reakky dont like the new layout, the banner looks weird. Other then then that i like. Just fix up the banners on forum and website and your done.

[DogTurtle]

Im colorblind and these colors are blinding me anyway.

[squerl]

Thanks for the feedback, although I'm not sure what exactly to change from your comments. If you guys have specific changes, lemmie know. Plankie, if you know of a better way to make blood lemmie know. Bucky, what about the banners?

Color schemes for the forums are easy to change, so gimmie examples and I'll test them out.

[Puscifer]

omfg i have a wicked idea for a layout give me 2 secs............

ill edit this post btw...

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa172/Puscifer0101/zombie.jpg

It would be wicked if someone could photoshop a design like above (black and grey zombie hands on a white background) and maybe add like speckled blood effects too???

its an idea, and i reckon some of u are good enough on photoshop or another program to do it:)

[hool10]

I know nothing about website design, etc. I was thinking the same thing too Puscifer. Only that these zombies (in the background) would be a neat effect too: http://steamreview.org/wp-content/images/turtlerockgame/l4d_logo.jpg (http://steamreview.org/wp-content/images/turtlerockgame/l4d_logo.jpg) We should get together on the chat room now and talk about this lol. *Or better yet just have that as the banner and have the hands as buttons, etc.

[Bucky]

I dont know its just the text for the banner is all blurred out and scrungced up, i really dont like it. I was thinking if i get my photoshop back is to render out the left 4 dead text like above in hool10 post. Then add 411 at the end of it.

[hool10]

Btw, stay in the chat room people! :-p You don't need to be physically talking but stay in the chat so people will think "hmm I wonder what's going on in the chat room..."

[KashMunni]

Whoa! Awesome Change

[SGTPepper]

to be honest i don't like it myself either... new layout hurts my eyes!! @_@ Everything seems to bright and vivid (text color in relation to background) and too heavily textured - (blood and brick wall)

also while u are experimenting with this plz let us do what zTeFaN suggested, because i really liked the old skin too :/.
at least give us a chance to change skins with our profile

well, good luck with the skin :).

[Cool Cat Carl]

I like da new layout.

[Stupoider]

The picture that Puscifier showed looks superb. If that were to be implemented, I wouldn't argue.

[hooray for zombies]

whoa, I just refreshed and everything went black and red, is this on purpose? If so, I am still on the fence as to what I think of it.

[darksora2323]

is this on purpose
lol maybe if you would read.......

[Halfeatendonkey]

OH YEAH ! EMO STYLE !!!

[voidfox]

They went from "simple yet effective" to "make your eyes bleed"

I'm not down with the new design - too hard to read and it's too busy.

Here's hoping they go back to a cleaner look.

[dontleave]

I like the forum look, but the main page could be different.

[hool10]

Well what we need to do is for you people to give suggestions on what to do about it. Get in the chat and talk about it.

[Revak]

I believe the front page now looks cheesy and unprofessional. I loved it before, nice and simple. And the colors, I think you should never have dark colors everywhere. Again, gives off a bad look I think. Change is good, but I'd vote for changing it back.

[hool10]

I got a really good cs: s zombie mod server. The people are friendly and they have tons of donated skins with tons of fun maps. 217.163.31.11:27015 is the ip if your interested. Anyways their forums have almost the right look but it needs to be brighter: http://www.vs3-clan.co.uk/forums/index.php

[lilsamuraijoe]

IMO, White on black is never a good thing. Your layout needs more breathing space (white).
I like the images though! : D

[darksora2323]

Anyways their forums have almost the right look but it needs to be brighter: http://www.vs3-clan.co.uk/forums/index.php
just like that

[Shrubberyjsc]

Change is good

Yeah. It looks pretty good.

[basic]

ew. no offense but the new layout is very fugly =\

bring back the old one and maybe add some zombie outlines to fill space?


heres something i threw together last night:
URL (http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/4005/l4d411bannerhd2.jpg)

if somebody likes it and wants to mess around with it, i can give you the psd:

[Puscifer]

The picture that Puscifier showed looks superb. If that were to be implemented, I wouldn't argue.


yea i had a go myself with Paint but its not the best, u could do somthing way better with photoshop or some other program:P

[Antman]

meh, looks ok, but is it just on mine, or the guy in the title on main screen (francis?) been decapitated?

[squerl]

meh, looks ok, but is it just on mine, or the guy in the title on main screen (francis?) been decapitated?

Can you take a screenshot? The internet would be a much better place if all browsers adhered to the standards.. :(

basic: Send me the psd (squerl@left4dead411.com). I don't like the left part and I really don't want to use the official logo, but the zombies on the right could be something cool.

[hool10]

L4d411 banner contest? That looks superb basic except for the zombies on the right. Please post your desktop resolution folks. I'm betting Antman is running a funky resolution or something. I'm running at 1680x1280 with normal color settings. It could also be like your gamma, etc colors of your screen not properly set including the brightness of the LCD bulb on your monitor. So make sure those are all properly set on your monitor!!!

[basic]

alright squerl, i emailed it to you, lemme know if you don't get it.

i can also make some more of those zombies if you'd like.

thank you hool10 - i'm no artist but i've been using photoshop long enough that i can make some decent things. gotta love computers

[Bucky]

man i hope there isnt a contest, i dont have photoshop now :(

[Shrubberyjsc]

contest

Yeah!

A contest!

[hool10]

Let's see what creations we get from halflife2.net: http://www.halflife2.net/forums/showthread.php?p=2 388837#post2388837 (http://www.halflife2.net/forums/showthread.php?p=2388837#post2388837) They recently had a banner contest too and kicked arse. Amazing artists they have there.

[Rannos]

We need Sigs now or else this all looks...odd...

[darksora2323]

Let's see what creations we get from halflife2.net: http://www.halflife2.net/forums/showthread.php?p=2 (http://www.halflife2.net/forums/showthread.php?p=2) 388837#post2388837
hmmmm well lets hope for somethin good

[gorgoth]

Hmmm. I liked it more simplistic. I like the black background, and that zombie hands idea is good.

[Armored_Zombie_Cow]

DO NOT LIKE IT AT ALL...ITS WAAY too dark....i liked the casual feel...now it makes me depressed

[lilsamuraijoe]

Empty space is a good thing when it comes to web design and too much black is never considered a good thing.

[hooray for zombies]

well, at least links show up in red now

Edit: oooooo and a shiny new section (with a shiny new symbol!)

[Antman]

Quoting: Antman
meh, looks ok, but is it just on mine, or the guy in the title on main screen (francis?) been decapitated?

Can you take a screenshot? The internet would be a much better place if all browsers adhered to the standards.. :(


ha, nvr mind, i was capped, and the banner at the top was the very last thing to load, had to wait like 5 mins for it to load... i dont usually wait that long on the main page lol