Superman123 Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Hello, I think this board is really something! It breathes professionality. But there is one thing it lacks. Beautiful, clean and modern looking templates! I found one in the marketplace that I liked and that was this one http://community.inv...attlefield-p4f/ It's a little different and does not look like the regular 3rd party template where people just changes colors here and there. There are some really clean and modern joomla/wordpress templates out there, but no ipb template that can match them design wise. This is a wordpress template I just stumbled upon http://www.templatem...demo/36392.html Clean, simple and modern, but that is just one of many good looking templates. Since you probably have the best board out there, why not contact those people who creates these clean and elegant templates in wordpress/joomla (and others) and try to get them to use their creativity on this board? Maybe they dont know of this board? One could always ask :smile: This board deserves it! Btw, the original skin on this board looks really good, far better than most 3rd party templates out there, but the general forum board design can be a little too strict. Just a thought :smile: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Krotek Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 Dude, this is all a question of taste. These 2 templates which you call professional, I call ugly, because they are. Nothing professional there - just some cheesy pictures, gradients and glows. VERY inaccurate. As for current and previous IPB templates - they ARE very much professional. And the newest one is much cleaner, than ever before. So again, you just didn't like it, that's all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jυra Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 Skinbox.net has some modern skins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superman123 Posted December 19, 2011 Author Share Posted December 19, 2011 I know its a matter of taste :) I dont want to step on anybodys toes here, but there are too few good looking skins to choose from IMO... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aiwa Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 I know its a matter of taste :) I dont want to step on anybodys toes here, but there are too few good looking skins to choose from IMO... Then do something about it, make your own... Or hire a custom skin designer and tell them what you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superman123 Posted December 19, 2011 Author Share Posted December 19, 2011 Yes, i'm going to try to make my own, but that is not my point... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aiwa Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Yes, i'm going to try to make my own, but that is not my point... You're point being you just have different taste than others? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superman123 Posted December 19, 2011 Author Share Posted December 19, 2011 No, I think a lot of people would appreciate if they could choose from a wider range of template designs. The general forum board templates designs looks like they are made for internal projects within boring companies, from my point of view. It may sound harsh, but apple did not get to the top by applying the same design as other less good looking phones. I think there is a category of templates missing and I just wanted to make my voice heard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexWebsites Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 ipbforumskins has some nice themes and ehren from there is now working with skinbox I think. There may be a new player in 2012 with some nice vb skins that they are porting over I was told...Keep an eye on for pureipb.com :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmacleo Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 can you make that apple look like you want and not like what it came from factory as? not a valid comparison, the stock skin is bleh to me too, but its functional and (from what I read) easy to build off/from. there is no way they could work functionality and skins constantly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superman123 Posted December 19, 2011 Author Share Posted December 19, 2011 I was more looking for 3rd party template designers, but maybe IPB could hire some true design artists and sell the skins themselves! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aiwa Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 I was more looking for 3rd party template designers, but maybe IPB could hire some true design artists and sell the skins themselves! TBH, I would rather IPB stick to designing the functions that make their product what it is and leave the skinning to 3rds parties. Otherwise, you're always going to get someone like yourself that isn't happy with the design and want it changed. I see where you're coming from, but the battle over personal preference just can't be won. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard.C Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 maybe some designs from HERE could be ported over by their authors :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superman123 Posted December 19, 2011 Author Share Posted December 19, 2011 maybe some designs from HERE could be ported over by their authors :smile: Yes, I for one would like to see some joomla/wordpress (and others) templates ported over by their authors. But would they be interested in doing soo? The customer base is a bit smaller for forum boards... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jυra Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 I would actually buy skins from IPS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Wright Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Well I will have to agree a little here there are a lot of terrible skins on the marketplace but there is also some GREAT ones. Most of the gaming ones aren't very good but most people looking for professional gaming skins go custom. In my opinion no pre-made is professional if you are serious about your site and want to provide a great looking professional skin you should go custom but that's just my opinion. If you want professional pre-mades you want to look for a company that create many of them. If you are looking for Custom don't be afraid to go to some of the smaller company's just find out that doesn't require a full payment upfront and if they do produce something good then its a win-win since your getting a professional quality skin for a cheap price also it encourages new designers to start skinning for IPB since there arent really many decent cheap designers out there, most quit due to the lack of work available since most go to the bigger company with lots of work to show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breadfan Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 The only two skin designers I really apreaciate are DragonFly and IBskin. DragonFly stopped doing IPB skins and IBSkin is still making some really nice skins with "soul" in it..not just let's change some colors here and there but nice textures and graphics which I'm great fan of. Check their link in my signature and see it for yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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