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- Thread starter Kama
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That's very annoying, I chose certain style because I have enough of the standard one... Can't you do somethin with this?
TwistedMac
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- 4 Mar 2004
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there was something about ehmm.. the japanese sig forums couldn't be displayed by the modificationerized styles... or sumfin..
jovial_jon
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- 4 Oct 2003
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TwistedMac said:
ah, that explains it!
'Tis the other way round (as I vaguely understand it). In order for the greatest proportion of users to be able to view and enter Japanese the Japanese language forums have a custom set-up. This custom set-up is (apparently) put together via a fixed style so if you used it with your personal style preference you would (probably) find it hard to view and enter Japanese.Kama said:
... think that's enough weasel words in there?
>> Altought I don't understand why change of colours have such an impact
That question is not quite really simple to answer.
A forum like the jref consists of two main parts: the database(s) and presentation part. The latter is also known as "skin", GUI (graphical user interface) or template (there may be some other names for this).
This separation has a big advantage: You can change the look, the visual structure and the charcter set without changing the data.
Programming of the skin generally does not only consist changing of colors, but also the setup of tables, design of buttons and so on. Changing colors means although the need of changing character sets - you won't see blue characters very well on a blue background..... ;-)
The need for using the proper character settings for japanese and taking care of it while programming the layout imho isn't simple task at all.
I'm sure that setting this up correctly is some kind of a difficult task that I won't like to do .....
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That question is not quite really simple to answer.
A forum like the jref consists of two main parts: the database(s) and presentation part. The latter is also known as "skin", GUI (graphical user interface) or template (there may be some other names for this).
This separation has a big advantage: You can change the look, the visual structure and the charcter set without changing the data.
Programming of the skin generally does not only consist changing of colors, but also the setup of tables, design of buttons and so on. Changing colors means although the need of changing character sets - you won't see blue characters very well on a blue background..... ;-)
The need for using the proper character settings for japanese and taking care of it while programming the layout imho isn't simple task at all.
I'm sure that setting this up correctly is some kind of a difficult task that I won't like to do .....
)
sadakoyamamura
Danshaku Sadako
- 30 Dec 2003
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sbv0001 said:>> Altought I don't understand why change of colours have such an impact
That question is not quite really simple to answer.
A forum like the jref consists of two main parts: the database(s) and presentation part. The latter is also known as "skin", GUI (graphical user interface) or template (there may be some other names for this).
This separation has a big advantage: You can change the look, the visual structure and the charcter set without changing the data.
Programming of the skin generally does not only consist changing of colors, but also the setup of tables, design of buttons and so on. Changing colors means although the need of changing character sets - you won't see blue characters very well on a blue background..... ;-)
The need for using the proper character settings for japanese and taking care of it while programming the layout imho isn't simple task at all.
I'm sure that setting this up correctly is some kind of a difficult task that I won't like to do .....
Well I think yours is the soundest explanation I've read.
I agree with you because I also had my chance of well, building a forum. It's not as easy as most of us think. Before you can make eye catching GUI's you have to plan the colors and everything so that they'd blend well. Once you have the skin templates in the database all you have to do is add information on color schemes and the like and yet it still is a complex matter. At least for me it is...
sadakoyamamura
Danshaku Sadako
- 30 Dec 2003
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Oops kinda went off tangent there....
