Hello,
As a guest to MM, you are only able to view our default skin, (the way that our forum is displayed to you, images, fonts, color schemes) which curently rotates between the available skins. So you can view all the skin themes we have, click the links below to view the forum index pages.
Cheers
~Cleo
http://forums.mosaicmusings.net/index.php?s=&setskin=1&skinid=142
http://forums.mosaicmusings.net/index.php?s=&setskin=1&skinid=108
http://forums.mosaicmusings.net/index.php?s=&setskin=1&skinid=102
http://forums.mosaicmusings.net/index.php?s=&setskin=1&skinid=106
http://forums.mosaicmusings.net/index.php?s=&setskin=1&skinid=97
http://forums.mosaicmusings.net/index.php?s=&setskin=1&skinid=107
http://forums.mosaicmusings.net/index.php?s=&setskin=1&skinid=127
http://forums.mosaicmusings.net/index.php?s=&setskin=1&skinid=141
http://forums.mosaicmusings.net/index.php?s=&setskin=1&skinid=128
http://forums.mosaicmusings.net/index.php?s=&setskin=1&skinid=129
http://forums.mosaicmusings.net/index.php?s=&setskin=1&skinid=130
http://forums.mosaicmusings.net/index.php?s=&setskin=1&skinid=147
http://forums.mosaicmusings.net/index.php?s=&setskin=1&skinid=131
http://forums.mosaicmusings.net/index.php?s=&setskin=1&skinid=148
http://forums.mosaicmusings.net/index.php?s=&setskin=1&skinid=137
http://forums.mosaicmusings.net/index.php?s=&setskin=1&skinid=132
http://forums.mosaicmusings.net/index.php?s=&setskin=1&skinid=139
http://forums.mosaicmusings.net/index.php?s=&setskin=1&skinid=111
http://forums.mosaicmusings.net/index.php?s=&setskin=1&skinid=114
http://forums.mosaicmusings.net/index.php?s=&setskin=1&skinid=71
http://forums.mosaicmusings.net/index.php?s=&setskin=1&skinid=75
http://forums.mosaicmusings.net/index.php?s=&setskin=1&skinid=145
http://forums.mosaicmusings.net/index.php?s=&setskin=1&skinid=144
http://forums.mosaicmusings.net/index.php?s=&setskin=1&skinid=140
http://forums.mosaicmusings.net/index.php?s=&setskin=1&skinid=104
http://forums.mosaicmusings.net/index.php?s=&setskin=1&skinid=119
http://forums.mosaicmusings.net/index.php?s=&setskin=1&skinid=76
http://forums.mosaicmusings.net/index.php?s=&setskin=1&skinid=67
http://forums.mosaicmusings.net/index.php?s=&setskin=1&skinid=66
http://forums.mosaicmusings.net/index.php?s=&setskin=1&skinid=120
http://forums.mosaicmusings.net/index.php?s=&setskin=1&skinid=146
http://forums.mosaicmusings.net/index.php?s=&setskin=1&skinid=133
http://forums.mosaicmusings.net/index.php?s=&setskin=1&skinid=112
http://forums.mosaicmusings.net/index.php?s=&setskin=1&skinid=113
http://forums.mosaicmusings.net/index.php?s=&setskin=1&skinid=138
http://forums.mosaicmusings.net/index.php?s=&setskin=1&skinid=136
http://forums.mosaicmusings.net/index.php?s=&setskin=1&skinid=135
http://forums.mosaicmusings.net/index.php?s=&setskin=1&skinid=125
http://forums.mosaicmusings.net/index.php?s=&setskin=1&skinid=134
http://forums.mosaicmusings.net/index.php?s=&setskin=1&skinid=143
Hi all,
To make way for some new 'purchased' skins from Skin By Dragonfly, I'm going to delete some of our older skins that do not seem to in use, or are no longer supported with the latest version of IPB.
They include:
Black Crystal
Blue Star
Explicit Dimness
IBR Green
iMac
Magenta
Rustic
Sage
SubBlack
Webber
Zelda
I'll be adding some new ones very soon for the Winter and Holidays ahead.
Which skins do you use currently?
Stay tuned!
~Cleo
Frosty, Winter and Halloween Lite were added last weekend.
I'll be adding more new purchased skins today.
Enjoy!
Dear Cleo,
I changed skin to autumn harvest. It is fancy compared to my normal choice of simple with easy to read font on background.
Don
Hi Don,
Yes - It's a bit graphic intensive.
I just loaded two more holiday skins, Rudolph and Silent Night, which are also graphically beautiful.
Rudolph (just made it the new board default) is a cute fun skin in traditional green and red colors, with cute "characters" populating throughout. A fun, festive skin, to get our members into that good old Christmas cheer. It will also come with a converter pack to convert the skin to 'regular use' early in 2008.
Silent Night is a beautiful richly textured skin that celebrates the true meaning of Christmas and features handmade original "3 wise men" and the Star of Bethlehem. This skin is perfect for anyone who would prefer to focus on the reason we have that celebration on the 25th of December. It will also come with a converter pack to convert the skin to a 'regular use' Christian Skin early in 2008. *Note: There is an 'error on page' when using IE7 - I reported it to Dragonfly support and will update when resolved - it seems to work fine irregardless and does not produce the error using Firefox.
I am going to load up the 3rd new holiday skin in a few minutes called "Holiday Lite" that should be much better on the loading factor. It's a slippery quick, different, modern design that is slick and stylish for the Holiday Season. This great skin is no resource hog, is super fast loading, and perfect for those who prefer low key simpler style skins to lots of graphics, or in other words "Hold the Cheeez"!
Ok - that's enuf new skins for this month, !
I added today:
Rudolph
Silent Night
Holiday Lite
Dark Techno - Electric
Enjoy!
~Cleo
I luv it when I find something before a coder does, !
The Silent Night skin error is now fixed - one line of code removed and voila - all set!
Tee hee, ah Don, not exactly - I've been tinkering with these forums since MM opened in 2003, but I confess, the coder actually found the line of code after I sent her a bug report earlier today saying something wasn't quite right. All's well now!
and a few of these too...
One more skin added today - Christmas
Driftwood added this morning.
Enjoy!
Luminos and Club added today.
Enjoy!
Hi Cleo,
Your touch of adding skins is akin to adding decorations to and rearranging them on a Christmas tree for ideal appeal.
Don
Hi Don.
Thanks so much! I'm not certain the percentage of members who vary the skins, but I can tell you, I definitely DO! I like to change it up every now and then, keeps from boredom.
I just added a funky new one from the Invisionize.com community skin competition called Nighttime.
Enjoy!
~Cleo
Three more skins added today:
NYE07 - dark purple skin for New Years
Reflections Blue
Tronic Blue
Two more deleted: IngramPJ and Valentine (not compatible)
I'll most likely 'hide' the Holiday skins in a week or two as well.
Enjoy!
~Cleo
Hello all,
There are 8 skins that have upgrades I am performing over the next few hours. So, if you see them being deleted, do not worry - I'm just ridding the old and then adding the new ones back. As I upgrade each, please note that I also add some personilized graphics and hacks as I go, so each skin takes about 15-20 minutes to complete.
I'll reply again when they're all set. The skins are:
Christmas - completed
Club - completed
Dark Techno Acid - competed
Dark Techno Electric - competed
Driftwood - competed
Frosty - competed
Reflections Blue - competed
Winter - competed
~Cleo
The details on the changes I make to each skin (Lori's checklist):
1. Logo Graphic
2. Board Footer HTML (references)
3. Global Board Header Edits - bookstore/ibpc/chat/ links
4. Render Forum Row on Forum Index (hack adds start date to topic starter)
5. Replace default post icon images
6. Add staff and mod graphics
7. Increase text area post size from 11px to 13px in the CSS
Thanks for the forewarning Cleo. As heaven would have it the skin I am using is not on your update list above.
Don
Hey Don,
Which skin are you currently using?
I am currently using Autumn Harvest. Be aware that I seldom ring the bells or blow the whistles. While on this subject, I wish to congratulate you for your personal taste in colors and graphic organization.
Don
Thank you!
I like that one too Don. It was the first one I purchased from thatwebsite, SBD (skin by Dragonfly) and now I've been adding all these others from her forum as well (did a 6 mo. special membership that allows me to download any skin for a one-time $90 fee). Once the subscription ends though, I'll have to renew or will not be eligible for any further upgrades to those particular skins...
Dear Cleo,
Knowing I would have to shell out more to maintain initial purchase would save the initial price. Most of us know the trend is to extract a periodic rental fee for product or service. I liked it better when we paid up front and prayed for product durability.
Most of us also know that planned obsolecence is profit. Most of my application programs are dinosaurs like MicroSoft Word 2000, and a checkbook software that ceases support every three annual revision updates. Professional softwares expect hundreds and sometimes thousands of dollars for annual revisions.
If and when MM pulls back to basics for sensible economy, I will not be chagrined to give up the pleasure of Autumn Harvest skin.
Thank you for being among those paying the piper to allow mooches, such as myself, to partake.
Don
Yes, I can see how that could add up to quite a profit! This is a special membership, which basically entitiles me to download any skin package on site (with 2 exceptions, the i-tab ones) and use them on MM. Once the subscription ends, there will be no more support on the 'free skins' I downloaded, is how it boils down.
Not all is lost! For the skins I purchased beforehand, the support continues for as long as MM is up and running. The skins in that bucket are conveniently Autumn Harvest, Antiquity, Frosty, Winter and Halloween Lite.
I shall endeavor to remember Halloween Lite as a whistle to blow this coming spook season.
You can see that I am not immune to ringing some bells sometimes.
Don
The skin upgrades are now complete.
I added a new skin too while I was at it - Stone.
Enjoy!
~Cleo
Easter Madness added today.
Enjoy!
Spring Fling! skin added today (same template as Easter Madness)...
Enjoy!
Hey Lori!
Wow you do so much around here! lol I haven't had time to check them all out yet but I do like Club, IBR_Beige and of course, Star Spangled! I get the chance and I'll check out the other new ones.
Thank you for all the little extras you do!
Cathy
Thanks Cathy!
I just added Halloween today.
Enjoy!
~Cleo
One more skin added today:
Lavendar
Enjoy!
Cleanskin - Chalis skin added today.
Smooth green tones...
Enjoy!
~Cleo
Aloha Summer! skin just added.
A nice soothing seabreeze kind of skin - teals and tans.
Enjoy!
~Cleo
I've just added a lot of the generic avatars of "Dragonfly skins" to the MM avatars selections found in your control panel.
Enjoy!
~Cleo
TWO new skins have been added today specifically for the Christmas season, and a third for alll year round.
The first is called Xmas No Tab and is graphically a 'copy' of the other new one, titled I-Tab Xmas. The I-Tab Xmas skin is a different spin on how the categories are viewed on the page. There are tabs across the top and once you've clicked on a category's tab, the sub forums will display for that category to you. Also the pull down menus are evident for member and community links (upper right).
These are very cool skins and I got a great deal on the purchase price (normally the I_Tab skins are $50 each, but I got the 3 pack for $20 last night) - the third skin that came with the purchase is called I-Tab BlueSteel, uses the same color scheme as I-Tab Xmas and is another I-Tab version skin. I'll load that one later.
Enjoy!
~Cleo
NB: I-Tab BlueSteel has been added to the skin selector.
I just copied across two more holiday skins I got free of charge at the IPS site, thanks to http://www.skinbydragonfly.com/forums/index.php?showuser=54, the designer!
Deck the Halls
and
Poinsettia Holiday
Enjoy!
~Cleo
Hey all,
I just added a new skin today called "Easter Chicks". Check it out!
~Cleo
I've just received the following e-mail from our friends at Skin by Dragonfly:
Lori,
In essence, what effect does it have for M. M.?
JLY
Hi John,
It has no effect at MM as I didn't upgrade our forum software to version 3.1.x as I frankly just don't like the look of it. I was also able to save the $50 annual support fee as well (July) by NOT upgrading.
Cheers,
~Cleo
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