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    * New Official DirectAdmin Skin - Feedback Requested

    Hey guys,

    All you DirectAdmin users seemed to have been voicing a similar complaint (and luckily, it was only one complaint, and it was purely cosmetic). Well...DirectAdmin listened and hired me to design the new official skin. I've been hinting to some users that it was coming soon, but I couldn't say anything about it, but we're totally ready to go here, and I'm pretty happy to be sharing this with everyone.

    I'd like to get everyone's feedback on the new official skin, which can be demo'ed on one of our machines here:

    http://froop.serveio.com:2222/

    User: demo_admin
    Pass: demo

    All feedback is desired, if there's something you'd like to see, just let me know and we're going to consider it.

    Thanks for your input!

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    Are you going to integrate Installatron?

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    Wow, that looks awesome!

    /me wants to switch to DA now...

    One suggestion I could make is to make the text on the top buttons a bit bigger. Kinda hard to read at high resolutions...


    Otherwise, looks great.
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    Originally posted by cMark
    Wow, that looks awesome!

    /me wants to switch to DA now...

    One suggestion I could make is to make the text on the top buttons a bit bigger. Kinda hard to read at high resolutions...


    Otherwise, looks great.
    I must agree that the text is a bit small, other than that it looks really good. IF you can optimize the grafics and make it a bit crispier and shinnier then it would be a plus. Its kind of odd seeing the side status bar on the right, its usually on the left. I couldnt see the entire account status in 1 full window and i had to use the scroll bar which was kind of annoying. This is creative criticism and I wish you the best of luck. Good job.
    Last edited by RogelioH; 04-08-2004 at 11:31 PM.
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    WOW WOW WOW!!!!!!

    I want it!
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    Thanks for the comments so far, I'll go over everything with Mark and John and we'll see what's going to be changed. As far as the small text on the buttons go, that is a bit-font, anything larger than 8pt looks REALLY messed up, and any other font small enough to fit in those buttons will look somewhat distorted.

    I can't really say when it's going to released official, that's up to Mark and John, but I hear there's other things being released along with the skin (things may have changed since we last spoke about that though).

    Installatron can easily be supported, I think Phil and I are both pushing for some sort of add-in system so 3rd party software is easily integratable.

    Thanks for teh comments ! Keep them coming!

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    Bahhh, The user id and pwd are not working for me. I think it might be related to some weird proxy issues I've been having though. Can't wait to see it.
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    Vey clean and professional. I like the status bars on the right side. Look forward to using although using persephone skin and is also a very nice improvement as well, with installatron integrated.

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    Its beautyful!!! Awesome skin.

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    Although I don't use DA, this theme is nicely done.

    Will it be available as part of DA or will it be an extra charge? And is this theme for: SeverAdmin, Reseller, Client - All?

    Down the road I have thoughts of using DA and wouldn't mind at all, using this theme.
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    Those icons sure looks nice!!!
    Did you create them yourself?
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    Very nice, are they free download....the skins i mean

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    I think it will come as a standard skin inthe next release.
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    CPanel and Ensim...here we come with DA
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    1) Username and passwords work - check that you don't have capslock on.

    2) This will be the new default skin.

    3) This skin is applied on all levels (check the demo, you can access all sub-levels)

    4) Icons were purchased from a very skilled icon designer.

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    It is very nice skin

    How long does this skin load on 56k users? It is important to make sure it is suitable for the 56k users as well.

    Maybe you could add an option - "Broadband" and "Dialup", so a user could select which option to select to make skin load faster (with less graphic on "Dialup" option).

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    Can anybody access www.directadmin.com site today?

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    nope

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    Originally posted by Darktwist
    It is very nice skin

    How long does this skin load on 56k users? It is important to make sure it is suitable for the 56k users as well.

    Maybe you could add an option - "Broadband" and "Dialup", so a user could select which option to select to make skin load faster (with less graphic on "Dialup" option).

    I was using a 56k connection when I tried it and it loaded quickly. It is is a a very nice skin indeed.
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    Originally posted by albatroz
    Can anybody access www.directadmin.com site today?
    Nope, it has been down for me since yesterday.. Hope all is ok over there.

    Regards,
    Phil

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    Everything is always ok over here. Site should be visible to everyone now.

    Back on topic, any more comments on the new skin? We want to make sure there is a general consensus before implementing it.

    Mark
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    DirectAdmin:
    If you are happy with skin, are you going to implement it next version of DirectAdmin?

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    Yes, it will probably come out within the next 1-3 releases, free of charge. The old style (ugly) skin will still be there of course, because there are many novice users out there who would be quite confused by the skin changing.

    Mark
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    Definitely a good thing to put Mark

    My customers will love it!
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    Nice looking skin!

    Only issue for me is the text on the top icon bar: it's too small.

    Actually, also I'm not sure I like how the new alternating background colors are set up. I prefer the power_user skin's list and list2 color values.

    Overall though, it looks great! Keep up the good work.
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