NationStates Century Dark Theme

[Bezombia]

Due to popular demand, I've added "Dark Rift (very experimental)" as a theme. This is a Dark variation of Rift: basically Northrop-Grumman's Dark theme, plus a few extra bits at the end, which modifies Rift.

Earlier I said it wasn't possible to do theme variations on non-default themes, but then I remembered it was.

I don't intend to spend much/any more time on Dark Rift until Rift is out of beta, but it seems to be basically usable. Northrop-Grumman may or may not be willing to maintain it.

You're my new favorite poster.

[Bezombia]

Okay so Dark Rift's sidebar is only dark on nationstates.net. On forum.nationstates.net it's the same default color sidebar, but the rest is dark.

I am not understand.

[Bezombia]

Woah it's fixed now. Didn't even do anything.

[[violet]]

Okay so Dark Rift's sidebar is only dark on nationstates.net. On forum.nationstates.net it's the same default color sidebar, but the rest is dark.

Should be fixed now.

[Bezombia]

Okay so Dark Rift's sidebar is only dark on nationstates.net. On forum.nationstates.net it's the same default color sidebar, but the rest is dark.

Should be fixed now.

Indeed. You're my favorite poster again!

[Northrop-Grumman]

Alright, folks. This is something that I'll take a look at doing when I have a chance over the next few weeks. I just briefly glanced through what [violet] put up there for the Dark Rift theme (Thank you! ) and it seems that most things managed to port over relatively ok. But I figure there's loads of old coding on my end that no longer goes to anything that will need to be stripped out and then there's the fixing all the little things I see that don't work exactly right.

[[violet]]

Alright, folks. This is something that I'll take a look at doing when I have a chance over the next few weeks.

Hi N-G!

Rift is likely to have a few more changes, you probably don't want to get too fiddly just yet. But most of it should be stable.

When Rift becomes default, that will toss up a few challenges too.

[The United Neptumousian Empire]

Due to popular demand, I've added "Dark Rift (very experimental)" as a theme. This is a Dark variation of Rift: basically Northrop-Grumman's Dark theme, plus a few extra bits at the end, which modifies Rift.

Earlier I said it wasn't possible to do theme variations on non-default themes, but then I remembered it was.

I don't intend to spend much/any more time on Dark Rift until Rift is out of beta, but it seems to be basically usable. Northrop-Grumman may or may not be willing to maintain it.

Edit: Please note that when you change between Rift and Dark Rift, the first time your Settings page reloads, it still shows the old theme. But once you navigate away from the page, your new choice is in effect.

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[Parhe]

Am I the only one having trouble reading the region name under the flag on NationStates? I'm on Google Chrome. Not sure how to check the version maybe it is Version 39.0.2171.71 m but not sure. it is what showed up when I clicked on "About Google Chrome"

Accidentally posted this in the wrong place earlier.

Also I noticed this overlook-ness. The notifications remain which which clashed harshly with the background.

[Grenartia]

Am I the only one having trouble reading the region name under the flag on NationStates? I'm on Google Chrome. Not sure how to check the version maybe it is Version 39.0.2171.71 m but not sure. it is what showed up when I clicked on "About Google Chrome"

Accidentally posted this in the wrong place earlier.

Also I noticed this overlook-ness. The notifications remain which which clashed harshly with the background.

As does the topbar.

[Yukonastan]

I second the top bar on the forums still being stark white, with darkrift.

[Northrop-Grumman]

Alright, folks. This is something that I'll take a look at doing when I have a chance over the next few weeks.

Hi N-G!

Rift is likely to have a few more changes, you probably don't want to get too fiddly just yet. But most of it should be stable.

When Rift becomes default, that will toss up a few challenges too.

Understood! So far, I've been trying to learn how all of these new pieces fit together, fix some of the more glaring issues (like the Notices page being all white), and stripping out a bunch of old code that was referencing the old side bar.

Accidentally posted this in the wrong place earlier.

Also I noticed this overlook-ness. The notifications remain which which clashed harshly with the background.

As does the topbar.

Working on that particular issue right now. http://i.imgur.com/KI6ca2X.png (And yes, the Max ad on the top left isn't there, but that's just a side effect of running the stylesheet from my computer as opposed to nationstates.net)

I second the top bar on the forums still being stark white, with darkrift.

As far as I know, there's still some weirdness with how the new theme (even without dark) works with the forums, so [violet] may be able to provide more info.

[Northrop-Grumman]

I've been spotting the complaints about the region name being too dark on the nation page and various other issues, so I've took a crack at it and this is what I've got so far with everything: http://i.imgur.com/7Xs3mUa.png

On a side note, my main computer is out of commission for a few days until I reinstall everything on it, so I don't expect much in terms of fixes until the following weekend.

[[violet]]

I second the top bar on the forums still being stark white, with darkrift.

As far as I know, there's still some weirdness with how the new theme (even without dark) works with the forums, so [violet] may be able to provide more info.

Fixed: forum topbar on Dark Rift should have a black background now.

[The United Remnants of America]

As far as I know, there's still some weirdness with how the new theme (even without dark) works with the forums, so [violet] may be able to provide more info.

Fixed: forum topbar on Dark Rift should have a black background now.

Thanks, Violet! Without you, NS would be a be a jumble of broken code.

[Dracolich]

This is fantastic, loved the new Rift look but hated giving up Dark, big thank you to everyone working on this
Looking forward to the region name fix.

Would also like to mention I'm getting weird little corners on my region/civil rights/economy/political freedom/regional influence
Browser is Chrome on Windows 7

[Escalan Corps-Star Island]

The "Like" button for RMB posts seems to be missing or unreachable on Dark Rift. (That or I'm somehow unable to see it.)

EDIT: The "Notices" dropdown is also still white, but with white text. This causes an interesting effect, as you can imagine.

[Parhe]

A few things.
Screenshot.
The newspaper looks odd. I am not entirely sure but I do not believe it was like that before. The notices are difficult to read. Bar the links it is too white to see comfortably. Lastly is it possible to make the links "pop" out to when hovering over it as with Notices? I thought it already did but I have horrible member and might have fabricated the memory.

[Northrop-Grumman]

This is fantastic, loved the new Rift look but hated giving up Dark, big thank you to everyone working on this
Looking forward to the region name fix.

Would also like to mention I'm getting weird little corners on my region/civil rights/economy/political freedom/regional influence
Browser is Chrome on Windows 7

(Image)

Yeah, I caught that one and it's already a part of the fixes that I'm working on. See: http://i.imgur.com/7Xs3mUa.png

The "Like" button for RMB posts seems to be missing or unreachable on Dark Rift. (That or I'm somehow unable to see it.)

EDIT: The "Notices" dropdown is also still white, but with white text. This causes an interesting effect, as you can imagine.

From what I can see by comparing the HTML source on both Rift and Dark Rift, the Like button is missing entirely. Rift: http://i.imgur.com/xe9IF2I.png Dark Rift: http://i.imgur.com/UvL7Nuq.png [violet] would probably be able to tell us more.

As for the Notices window, I've been working on that too: http://i.imgur.com/KI6ca2X.png

A few things.
Screenshot.
The newspaper looks odd. I am not entirely sure but I do not believe it was like that before. The notices are difficult to read. Bar the links it is too white to see comfortably. Lastly is it possible to make the links "pop" out to when hovering over it as with Notices? I thought it already did but I have horrible member and might have fabricated the memory.

I see what you mean about the newspaper. Flipping back and forth between Dark and Dark Rift, the top and bottom of the dark newspaper were coded directly into the HTML in Dark, as opposed to just laying the CSS over on top. Looks like that didn't get ported over for Dark Rift.

Notices: See previous answer about the readability issue. Also, I don't believe the links popped out before.

[[violet]]

From what I can see by comparing the HTML source on both Rift and Dark Rift, the Like button is missing entirely. [violet] would probably be able to tell us more.

Flipping back and forth between Dark and Dark Rift, the top and bottom of the dark newspaper were coded directly into the HTML in Dark, as opposed to just laying the CSS over on top. Looks like that didn't get ported over for Dark Rift.

Fixed these two!

[Bezombia]

The background for Notices aren't blackened in the dark theme.

[Northrop-Grumman]

The background for Notices aren't blackened in the dark theme.

As for the Notices window, I've been working on that too: http://i.imgur.com/KI6ca2X.png

[Bezombia]

You see this is why I should read threads before I post in them ;-;

[Northrop-Grumman]

And updated.

Dark Rift Changes - 2014-12-21
- Lightened nation pretitle on nation page
- Removed white corners on Region and Regional Influence boxes on main nation page
- Lightened backgrounds on Region, Nation Stats, and Regional Influence boxes
- Darkened unselected nation navbar icons and description text, lightened selected icon, and removed icon shadow on hover
- Removed shadow on side and banner bar, darkened on-hover background, and lightened icons on hover
- Lightened "Latest Forum Topics" on sidebar and removed bright background on hover for thread titles
- Lightened background for NationStates name at top of sidebar
- Rounded corners, lightened Notices and Dossier popup boxes, and adjusted them lower
- Darkened entries on Notices popup boxes and Notices page
- Adjusted the Switching Nations popup box lower
- Lightened background, removed shadows, and added borders for sidebar popout menus
- Lightened background and darkened borders for tables on Banners page
- Darkened telegram recipients on FAQ
- Fixed white background for regional "World Factbook Entry" title
- Removed coding pertaining to old sidebar

EDIT: And welp, it looks like something went wrong with the RMB reply box. Not quite sure how since I didn't change anything having to do with that. I'll get that fixed!

[Abstergo Industries Inc]

Before I get on this, I have one thing to say: N-G, the Dark themes are the best thing to happen to NS since P2TM. 'Nough said.

With that out of the way, I just discovered that while trying to edit settings with Dark Rift (nation type, demonym, etc), the text box goes black, unable to be read without clicking out of the box or highlighting the text. Though they work, both of these methods are obviously somewhat annoying.

I just popped in because I found this out 5 minutes ago. Thanks for the hard work and all.