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Help With My Skin's .maintitle And, Portal text.

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Arwym

Posted: Jun 5 2005, 08:15 AM

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Well, hello! Again I need support, lol. >.<

My skin looks decent, but I want to make the .maintitle look even better. I am talking about the skin I submitted, FFVII: Blue Memories.
The .maintitle image is too flat in comparison to the gradients. Any tips, advice to make the maintitle be not so flat? I am new to photoshop as I had said, there is still many things I need to learn.
I would like to learn to make those cool maintitles like the ones I see in many professional skins.

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Second, I am making a new skin now, and I need help with the text in the portal AND the text of the descriptions for the categories. I don't remember where in the code I should change the color.

Here a link to the portal: http://s9.invisionfree.com/FFX/index.php?act=site

Here is the CSS:

CODE

html { overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: auto; }

form { display:inline; }
img { vertical-align:middle; border:0px }
BODY { font-family: Verdana, Comic-Sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: #000; margin:0px 10px 0px 10px;background-color:#99CCFF; background-image: url(http://img63.echo.cx/img63/7590/ffxskinbg2di.jpg); background-attachment: fixed; background-repeat: repeat; background-width: 1024; background-height: 768; }
TABLE, TR, TD { font-family: Verdana, Comic-Sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: #FFFFFF; }
a:link, a:visited, a:active { text-decoration: underline; color: #0033CC }
a:hover { color: #0033CC; text-decoration: none }

fieldset.search { padding:6px; line-height:150% }
label { cursor:pointer; }

img.attach { border:2px outset #EEF2F7;padding:2px }

.googleroot { padding:6px; line-height:130% }
.googlechild { padding:6px; margin-left:30px; line-height:130% }
.googlebottom, .googlebottom a:link, .googlebottom a:visited, .googlebottom a:active { font-size:11px; color: #3A4F6C; }
.googlish, .googlish a:link, .googlish a:visited, .googlish a:active { font-size:14px; font-weight:bold; color:#00D; }
.googlepagelinks { font-size:1.1em; letter-spacing:1px }
.googlesmall, .googlesmall a:link, .googlesmall a:active, .googlesmall a:visited { font-size:10px; color:#434951 }

li.helprow { padding:0px; margin:0px 0px 10px 0px }
ul#help { padding:0px 0px 0px 15px }

option.cat { font-weight:bold; }
option.sub { font-weight:bold;color:#555 }
.caldate { text-align:right;font-weight:bold;font-size:11px;color: #FFF;background-color: #66CCFF;padding:4px;margin:0px }

.warngood { color:green }
.warnbad { color:red }

#padandcenter { margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;text-align:center;padding:14px 0px 14px 0px }

#profilename { font-size:28px; font-weight:bold; }
#calendarname { font-size:22px; font-weight:bold; }

#photowrap { padding:6px; }
#phototitle { font-size:24px; border-bottom:1px solid black }
#photoimg { text-align:center; margin-top:15px }

#ucpmenu { line-height:150%;width:22%; border:1px solid #000066;background-color: #24AEFD}
#ucpmenu p { padding:2px 5px 6px 9px;margin:0px; }
#ucpcontent { background-color: #24AEFD; border:1px solid #000066;line-height:150%; width:auto }
#ucpcontent p { padding:10px;margin:0px; }

#ipsbanner { position:absolute;top:1px;right:5%; }
#logostrip { border:1px solid #000066;background-color: #66CCFF;padding:0px;margin:0px; }
#submenu { border:1px solid #000066;background-color: #24AEFD; background-image: url(http://img179.echo.cx/img179/1381/ffxskin2ad.jpg);font-size:10px;margin:3px 0px 3px 0px;color:#3A4F6C;font-weight:bold;}
#submenu a:link, #submenu a:visited, #submenu a:active { font-weight:bold;font-size:10px;text-decoration: none; color: #FFF; }
#userlinks { border:1px solid #000066; background-color: #24AEFD; background-image: url(http://img179.echo.cx/img179/1381/ffxskin2ad.jpg); }

#navstrip { font-weight:bold;padding:6px 0px 6px 0px; }

.activeuserstrip { background-color: #24AEFD; background-image: url(http://img179.echo.cx/img179/1381/ffxskin2ad.jpg); padding:6px }

.pformstrip { background-color: #24AEFD; background-image: url(http://img179.echo.cx/img179/1381/ffxskin2ad.jpg); color:#FFF;font-weight:bold;padding:7px;margin-top:1px }
.pformleft { background-color: #24AEFD; padding:6px; margin-top:1px;width:25%; border-top:1px solid #000066; border-right:1px solid #000066;}
.pformleftw { background-color: #24AEFD; padding:6px; margin-top:1px;width:40%; border-top:1px solid #000066; border-right:1px solid #000066; }
.pformright { background-color: #24AEFD; padding:6px; margin-top:1px;border-top:1px solid #24AEFD; }

.post1 { background-color: #66CCFF}
.post2 { background-color: #24AEFD }
.postlinksbar { background-color: #24AEFD; background-image: url(http://img179.echo.cx/img179/1381/ffxskin2ad.jpg);padding:7px;margin-top:1px;font-size:10px; }

.row1 { background-color: #66CCFF}
.row2 { background-color: #24AEFD}
.row3 { background-color: #24AEFD }
.row4 { background-color: #24AEFD }

.darkrow1 { background-color: #24AEFD; color:#FFF; }
.darkrow2 { background-color: #24AEFD; background-image: url(http://img179.echo.cx/img179/1381/ffxskin2ad.jpg); color:#3A4F6C; }
.darkrow3 { background-color: #24AEFD; background-image: url(http://img179.echo.cx/img179/1381/ffxskin2ad.jpg); color:#3A4F6C; }

.hlight { background-color: #66CCFF }
.dlight { background-color: #24AEFD }

.titlemedium { font-weight:bold; color: #FFF; padding:7px; margin:0px; background-color: #24AEFD; background-image: url(http://img179.echo.cx/img179/1381/ffxskin2ad.jpg);}
.titlemedium a:link, .titlemedium a:visited, .titlemedium a:active { text-decoration: underline; color: #FFFFFF }

.maintitle { vertical-align:middle;font-weight:bold; color:#FFF; letter-spacing:1px; padding:8px 0px 8px 5px; background-color: #66CCFF; background-image: url(http://img177.echo.cx/img177/7047/ffxskinmaintitle2vr.jpg); background-attachment: fixed; background-repeat: repeat; }
.maintitle a:link, .maintitle a:visited, .maintitle a:active { text-decoration: none; color: #FFF }
.maintitle a:hover { text-decoration: underline }

.plainborder { border:1px solid #000000;background-color: #66CCFF}
.tableborder { border:1px solid #000000;background-color:#000000; padding:0px; margin:0px; width:100% }
.tablefill { border:1px solid #000000;background-color: #66CCFF;padding:6px; }
.tablepad { background-color: #66CCFF;padding:6px }
.tablebasic { width:100%; padding:0px 0px 0px 0px; margin:0px; border:0px }

.wrapmini { float:left;line-height:1.5em;width:25% }
.pagelinks { float:left;line-height:1.2em;width:35% }

.desc { font-size:10px; color: #99CCCC }
.edit { font-size: 9px }

.signature { font-size: 10px; color: #FFF }
.postdetails { font-size: 10px }
.postcolor { font-size: 12px; line-height: 160% }

.normalname { font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; color: #003 }
.normalname a:link, .normalname a:visited, .normalname a:active { font-size: 12px }
.unreg { font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; color: #900 }

.searchlite { font-weight:bold; color:#F00; background-color:#FF0 }

#QUOTE { font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11px; color: #000000; background-color: #99CCFF; border: 1px solid #000066; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px }
#CODE { font-family: Courier, Courier New, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11px; color: #000000; background-color: #99CCFF; border: 1px solid #000066; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px }

.copyright { font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif; font-size: 9px; line-height: 12px }

.codebuttons { font-size: 10px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: middle }
.forminput, .textinput, .radiobutton, .checkbox { font-size: 11px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: middle }

.thin { padding:6px 0px 6px 0px;line-height:140%;margin:2px 0px 2px 0px;border-top:1px solid #000066;border-bottom:1px solid #000066 }

.purple { color:purple;font-weight:bold }
.red { color:red;font-weight:bold }
.green { color:green;font-weight:bold }
.blue { color:blue;font-weight:bold }
.orange { color:#F90;font-weight:bold }
</style>
<script language='javascript'>
if ( location.search.indexOf('act=site')!=-1) {
document.write("<style>.tableborder { background-color: #66CCFF; }</style>")}
</script>
<style type="text/css">
</style><center>Skin <b>Final Fantasy X: A New Home</b> created by <a href="http://www.medunian.com"><b>Arwym</b></a> at the <b><a href="http://forums.ifskinzone.net/index.php?act=idx" target="_blank">IF Skin Zone</a></b>.</center><style type='text/css'>

And yeah, the same .maintitle problem with this skin, and any. I need to learn, how to make them look like...3D. I don't want them flat.

Thank you!

Cloud Strife	Posted: Jun 7 2005, 08:11 PM
Member Group: Members Posts: 28 Member No.: 51 Joined: 7-June 05	I really like the skin, but, the text is bright against the blue and makes it very hard to read unless you highlight it...

Shuyin	Posted: Jun 7 2005, 09:22 PM
Member Group: Moderator Posts: 35 Member No.: 52 Joined: 7-June 05	That's the problem I see as well. You might want to experiment with a dark blue or whatnot..that way, you can be able to see at least half of it.

Duveaux	Posted: Jun 8 2005, 01:58 AM
Member Group: Members Posts: 52 Member No.: 22 Joined: 31-May 05	I like the skin, but I would like it more without the bg image

Arwym	Posted: Jun 16 2005, 09:49 AM
New Member Group: Members Posts: 15 Member No.: 28 Joined: 2-June 05	Yeah, but the skin is not ready. I can't finish it until I solve the .maintitle issues. Thanks. Any tips? Tuts? Please... Also, the portal issue. No one's answered my questions and I posted this more than a week ago... This post has been edited by Arwym on Jun 16 2005, 09:50 AM

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