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DESIGN TIPS
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Add Design To Your Clansite!
Do you want to attract new members?
Make an impression on and off the game server. Making the most of your New Clansite is all part of
attracting and keeping good clan members. We have some tips on how to make quick changes that will make your clansite look sharp
and have fun doing it too.
Step 1:
Create A Title Image:
The Title Image is just that, a larger image at the top of your clansite that acts as a big title for your site.
Using any image manipulation program that can output a .gif or .jpg image, develop your clan's unique "Title Image".
We suggest making the image no larger than 800 X 200. The best size for a title image is more like 575 X 200. Using our suggested image size allows for any screen resolution to work well with your site, even 800x600!
When you upload your title image we check for image size in bytes not pixels. The image must be less than 150K.
A good title image should include your clan's name as well as pictures/imagery that represent the games you play, your philosophy and/or the attitude of your clan to the best of your ability.
Title Image (Customer Example):
NOTE: It is perfectly fine to create a "Title Image" that is nothing more than your clan name using a cool font.
Whatever works! Using no image at all is perfectly fine too. You can always keep the Clantoolz default image as well.
Step 2:
Upload The Title Image:
- Login to your clansite.
- In the top or side navigation click Features.
- Find Admin Section and click it.
- Re-enter password.
- Click on Main Site Configuration
- Find the Title Image Location field.
- Click it's Upload button.
- Click Browse and find your local directory where your Title Image is stored.
- Select the Image and click Open
- Click Upload File
- Wait for Dialog that says Upload Successful.
That is It. You should see your new title image at the top of the page.
Step 3:
Create A Color Scheme:
The Next Step to completing a clansite design is a color scheme. Each Clansite has it's own Admin Section
including a complete set of color control panels allowing for complete color scheme control.
Change font types, font colors, table and cell colors, scroll bar colors, etc...
- Login to your clansite.
- In the top or side navigation click Features.
- Find Admin Section and click it.
- Re-enter password.
- Click on Color Configuration
- Start Experimenting.
- Click on Drop Down Menu Configuration
- Start Experimenting.
- Click on Online Users Configuration
- Start Experimenting.
Each of these three sections has color controls, and the only way to
create the right color scheme for the complete clansite is to experiment with all of them.. (A LOT!).
Color Configuration-
The Color Configuration console or "Main Color Control" is broken up into 5 sections:
- FONTS
- LINK BACKGROUND COLOR
- PAGE COLORS
- HOVER COLORS
- SCROLLBAR COLORS
FONTS:
- Edit all the font parameters (type, color, size, etc..) associated with a clansite in this section.
Think about the fonts you assign! Not all users have the
font set you have. Assigning fonts that are obscure or none existant on most other users machines
without leaving in a common font can be a bummer for other users.
Put all the fonts you include in the order you would like them to degrade.
LINK BACKGROUND COLOR:
- Edit all the link backgrounds using this section.
"A link background is that area right behind a link that will light up with a color when you mouse over the link area."
This color change is in addition to the font changing color and can be independant of font color change for added effect. In this case a blue link background color.
Choose your background colors well here, avoid matching link and background on mouse over. Remember! You can also leave it blank.
PAGE COLORS:
- Edit all universal page color parameters (base, header, catagory, etc...) through this section.
Using the Catagory and Header parameters you can use a solid color (using a color name or number), a background images we have supplied or one of your own designs.
You may point your backgrounds at any external image sources or at an image within your clansite photo album.
The supported clansite backgrounds are accessed through the selector icon button.
Use the Catagory Cell Image and Header Cell Image if you want to use our supplied background gradients. Check out the available choices or develop your own!
HOVER COLORS:
- Edit the forum topic hover colors in this section.
You can also turn this feature off.
SCROLLBAR COLORS:
- Edit the browser scrollbar color parameters with this section.
Drop Down Menu Configuration-
The Drop Down Menu Configuration console or "Top Nav Control" has 10 elements that control the top navigation color scheme.
Online Users Configuration-
The Online Users Configuration console has two color controls related to active member and active leader coloration.
You can set up a color that identifies a member or leader by color in the active users detail. See at a glance who is
there and who isn't by using the Total Online Users: link below your clansite title image. Identify the leaders from the members by color.
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