Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-15575766-20150726071254

Hi, conceptors!

I want to discuss the wikia's design today. For those of you who are newer around here, you may not know this, but this wikia has kept roughly the same design since maybe 2012. Just look at the buttons and banners on the main page.

If you've been keeping up with the Skype lab, you'll know that OAH, Meta, and I have discussed changing our wikia's general design. I'll let you know more about this below, including some of my thoughts too on which things need an update related to design.


 * The wikia's theme.
 * Background image.
 * My thoughts: I think a light theme would be best because most of Wikia's updates are either for light and dark themed wikias or only light themed wikias. (For example, the global navigation at the top.) Also, there should be no blank space in the middle.
 * Footer colour.
 * Favicon.
 * My thoughts: Should be visible against many background colours. Preferably similar to wordmark, mobile bookmark image, and social network image.
 * Button colour.
 * Background colour.
 * My thoughts: Not sure if we should have transparency, but we can decide that when we see a new background image.
 * Wordmark.
 * Should be easily distinguishable against background colour. Preferably similar to favicon, mobile bookmark image, and social network image.
 * Background image split colour (for larger displays).
 * Templates.
 * Most infoboxes will have a portable version created.
 * Header templates such as the stub template, will all be upgraded to the current template layout.
 * Main page.
 * The "welcome image" (the one that says "Welcome to Bloons Conception Wiki!").
 * Buttons will use the round layout of the header templates.
 * Banners (including the orange right rail headers) will use the square layout of the portable infoboxes, like the orange ones the right rail headers are currently using, but redesigned.
 * Mobile bookmark icon.
 * We'll add one for those of you who want a BCoW button on your home screen or your mobile bookmarks.
 * My thoughts: Preferably similar to favicon, wordmark, and social network image.
 * Social networking avatar.
 * We'll update it with one designed for a Google+ community.
 * My thoughts: Should be similar to favicon, wordmark, and mobile bookmark image. Also, maybe we could use this for our Skype group image,

So what do you think? Feel free to leave any thoughts, such as what you think the background should be like, what the colours should be like, etc. 