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02-08-07, 07:35 AM
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| | Ron Earp Site Administrator
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The GT40 Version 1.0 Style is now in effect on the forum!
You should be looking at a Gulf colored scheme on the forum with a Gulf GT40 image from our very own Al Hirsbrunner in the upper right corner (guess what number car that is/was originally, we'll give you a prize!!!!).
I've tried to lay out the menu items in a logical way for you. The most used items, Forum, User CP, Register, Login/Logout, Search, and Quick Links are on the top menu bar. Quick Links will take you everywhere, New Posts, User CP, etc. so it is easily "grabbed" in the upper right on the top menu bar.
The menu items that are not used as much are on the bottom menu - Support Forum (Donate), GT40s.com Store (coming this month), Member Rides, Chat (new one coming), Gallery, Member List, Calendar, FAQ, and last is New Posts. I know New Posts is used a lot so I put it out to the side on the bottom menu so you can easily get to it, same as Quick Links on the top menu bar.
The icons and buttons on the forum are subtly different and I feel look better. Also, there have been fixes made to the profiles shown on the forum on the right hand side of the screen with threads. The reputation, online icon, and others now stay up with the person's name instead of dropping to the bottom of that box the way it did.
This is the first change in a list of many that will be happening over the coming weeks and I hope you like it. Remember, once all of this is loaded and cached on your computer this skin/look will be just as fast as the old one. But, for those that have to have the old one in a few weeks it'll be installed as a low-res version for dial up users and will be spartan.
We'll be tweaking this look over the next few days in order to improve it because I know it isn't perfect, but it is a new start.
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02-08-07, 08:08 AM
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| | delaneyp Peter D
Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Sydney, Australia GT40: DRB #27
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Hi Ron,
I tried the "User CP ---> Edit Options ---> Forum Skin ---> GT40 Version 1.0" menu trail, but there doesn't seem to be a "Forum Skin" option available in the "Edit Options" page.
No great drama, but I thought it may help with de-bugging.
Kind Regards,
Peter D.
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02-08-07, 08:11 AM
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| | delaneyp Peter D
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Ooops - when I quick-linked to the "todays posts" - lo & behold, there is the new skin (and its very nice) !!
Kind Regards,
Peter D.
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02-08-07, 08:14 AM
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| | Ron Earp Site Administrator
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Sorry about that Peter, I removed the Skin Option, now everyone will be looking at the new skin regardless. I will add that option back in with a low-res version for those that hate the new one.
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02-08-07, 08:17 AM
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| | Mark IV Silver Supporter
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Ron,
The "Gulf color" guys have finally gotten to you!
Looks good, love the painting of 1075...nice to know such a talented person frequents this site!
Rick
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02-08-07, 08:24 AM
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| | roclery 3 Tenths
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Fantastic new look. Certainly eye-grabbing, and that's an awesome new logo.
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02-08-07, 08:27 AM
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| | David Morton Lifetime Premier Supporter
Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Marlow, England. GT40: The Jewel on the Thames: Marlow, Bucks
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Really Neat. | 
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02-08-07, 08:30 AM
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| | JIMMYMAC Lifetime Premier Supporter
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Ron,
Very, very good mate.
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02-08-07, 08:31 AM
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| | Big-Foot Gold Supporter
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Gorgeous!!!! | |
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02-08-07, 09:17 AM
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| | Keith1 10 tenths
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 It looks, er, kinda sexy.... 
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Reason: I got over excited.....
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02-08-07, 11:11 AM
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| | peterjank A Tenth
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Very nice Ron! | |
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02-08-07, 11:31 AM
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| | Bill D I Have No Life
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I love it! Good job!
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02-08-07, 11:43 AM
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| | BenL 6 Tenths
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Originally Posted by Ron Earp The GT40 Version 1.0 Style is now in effect on the forum! | Looks good. Quote: |
Originally Posted by Ron Earp You should be looking at a Gulf colored scheme on the forum with a Gulf GT40 image from our very own Al Hirsbrunner in the upper right corner | If you're going to be using Al's car for the official website image, how about using the colors of his car for the website?
Picking an arbitrary points on the nose, the orange is: #E5732D and the blue is #6FC9FB. | |
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02-08-07, 01:24 PM
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| | YerDugliness Lifetime Premier Supporter
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Great look, Ron, and easy to navigate. Kudos!!
Doug
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02-08-07, 01:45 PM
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| | Brian Magee Bronze Supporter
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Am I the only one who prefered it as it was? Much too bright.
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02-08-07, 02:21 PM
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| | TheDutch Rookie
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Very very nice done. I'm reading the main topics on a day to day basis and i'm realy a skilled user to exploid all functions of the so i did not run into any issues / limitations. But the look and feel is very good and i like the used font and colors !
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02-08-07, 03:24 PM
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| | wbmusarra 10 tenths
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I like it. It seems more like the GT40 site now. Colors are just what we needed.
Bill
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02-08-07, 03:44 PM
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Very very nice Ron 
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02-08-07, 03:57 PM
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| | kenshiro8 I Have No Life
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welldone Ron!!
..and also very nice the idea to choose a model car for the 3/4 image..is wonderful.
Paolo
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02-08-07, 04:30 PM
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| | ahirsbrunner Administrator
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Looks like someone is going to get the prize!
So Paolo, can you tell me the scale and brand? If anyone can it should be you Here is the original pic before the photoshop work:
Regards,
Al
Last edited by ahirsbrunner; 02-08-07 at 09:05 PM.
Reason: added hint
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