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{{Xiggie|time=17:25, December 16, 2009 (UTC)|talk=Hello there, my fellow KH Wiki editors.

As you should all know, Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep will be out in Japan in less than a month (on the 9th of January), so I think that we should get ready to change the Wiki from this current red Days theme over to a blue BBS theme.

I have made a new Wiki logo that is very similar to our current one; the three main characters and Kingdom Hearts written below them. But this time, I added 'WIKI' below that, and you just tell me how it looks :D

http://i710.photobucket.com/albums/ww103/Xiggie2/logo2.png

OK, Now I also thought about what we could put as the background image (which is currently a checked KH Days pattern). I suggest using this one below, that can be found on the limited edition BBS PSP's:

http://i710.photobucket.com/albums/ww103/Xiggie2/BBStheme.jpg

Now, I've done some image editing to see how it'll look, and I love it :D I changed the red to blue, and switched the logos and background pattern as well as making it a lot lighter so it would be so noticeable. I made two versions; one with a grey background, and one where I colored it slightly blue. Please take a look and tell me what you think:
::[http://i710.photobucket.com/albums/ww103/Xiggie2/BBSTheme-Grey.png BBS Theme - Grey background]
::[http://i710.photobucket.com/albums/ww103/Xiggie2/BBSTheme-blue.png BBS Theme - Blueish background]


Well, how is it?}}
{{JFHavoc|time=[[User:JFHavoc|JFHavoc]] 17:32, December 16, 2009 (UTC)|happy=I think it looks AWESOME! I also think the Grey background looks a little nicer than the blueish one. But that's just my opinion.}}
{{LevL|text=It looks good, both the grey and the blueish background, though I prefer the blueish one.}}
{{Maggosh|text=I approve, good sir.}}
{{DTN|time=20:02, December 16, 2009 (UTC)|text=Impressive, Xiggie, thanks for getting all of this prepared. There are a few comments concerns I have, though:
#Definitely use the grey background; its monochromatic effect is the same as what we have right now, which I prefer to the blue one. Plus, the blue one seems off-tone with the blue headings and logo.
#That blue that you used for the headings looks awfully familiar... is it the same as our previous theme? I was ''really'' hoping for the headings to be a lighter blue, to match the color used in the ''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep'' logo. Not aqua, as that is far too bright, but a pale-ish, lighter blue, rather than the bold, plain blue.
#The logo looks great; thanks for using color in it, and finding a way to incorporate the word "WIKI" into it. If my memory still serves me the way it should, I believe that was an issue when we remodeled for ''Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days''.
#This is the ''English'' Kingdom Hearts Wiki, and therefore, most of our visitors and readers aren't going to be familiar with the Japanese release of ''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep''. Depending of community feedback, perhaps this theme should be saved for the North American release of ''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep''. I know that's what we did for ''Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days'', or perhaps that was because everyone was spending way too much time worrying about a new logo. Luckily, that will not be the case this time.

As of now, nearly all of our administrative and maintenance templates are using characters from ''Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days''. I would like to leave the templates like this, despite that we are changing our theme to one that is not ''Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days''. The reason is that we have no mugshots to put in the templates, and using full renders would make the templates ridiculously large. There also aren't as many main characters to use. Since Organization XIII and the other main ''Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days'' characters are still a large part of the ''Kingdom Hearts'' series as a whole, I would like to leave them in the templates. It seems to me that most of our visitors and readers are still coming here for ''Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days'' information, even though we still have to get a lot of the ''Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days'' information into the articles. I'm mainly talking about weapon stats, abilities, and accessories, which we really need to push the community to work on.

If these requests can be put into motion, I will be very pleased, and in complete favor of implementing this theme.}}
{{EO|time=20:38, December 16, 2009 (UTC)|talktext=I think that it looks better with the blue-ish background. I honestly do. I think we should put it up for Japan's release, so we stay "Up to Date", and we can then commense with template remodels. If it's possible to make Days Sprites or close to it out of the heads of BBS character renders, Xiggie and I will handle this. We've been planning this as our little team pet project for a long time. I think stick to the blue background, and heed DTN's requests for the heading text colors. The gray is just so boring.}}
{{DTN|time=20:53, December 16, 2009 (UTC)|text=Well, I love a good argument.

The blue background makes the whole page seems like there is too much going on; plus, it takes away the "silouette" look that an achromatic coloring scheme provides. A top-background is meant to be very subtle, and not have a large effect on the overall appearance. The grey one, on the other hand, still retains a coloring with the the dramatic black tiles, as opposed to the light grey ones. Plus, you won't entirely lose that shade of blue, as it will be still be in the headings, as I reqeusted.

As for your wish to remodel the templates, I would still rather they remain the way they are. There are many templates to remodel, and yet very few main characters in ''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep''. Ventus, Aqua, Terra, Master Eraqus, Master Xehanort, Vanitas, and the apprentices. There is no way you can stretch that out to fit about twenty templates. Plus, you suggest making an image that is not officially made by Square-Enix; is it not our policy to use ''only'' image created by Square-Enix? There is no reason for Xiggie to have to create several mugshots that will have actually have a poorer quality compared to actual mugshots from ''Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days'' when they won't even look good in the templates. I suggest leaving the maintenance templates as they are, because they already look great, and having to make custom images that won't look as good as what we have now is just redundant and meaningless work.}}
{{JFHavoc|time=[[User:JFHavoc|JFHavoc]] 20:46, December 16, 2009 (UTC)|text=I agree with ENX. We should put this up by the time of the Japanese release.}}
{{yer mom|time=20:58, December 16, 2009 (UTC)|text=Aw that's such a pretty layout Xiggie, no wonder I love <s>stalking</s> visiting your talk page ♥. As for the background choice I'd like the monochromatic one, y'know to keep the same feeling we have now, JUST BBS!! 8D. The date of the new layout release... I agree with DTN in this one, we ARE the English wiki, I mean, we didn't even put in Roxas's Diary the launching of the japanese site for BBS, among other important japanese stuff I don't quite remember atm. 

Finally, about what DTN and ENX mentioned about changing all the templates to BBS sleep forms. I don't quite agree to that. with Days was easy seeing there were mugshots similar to CoM, plus they were available quite in time to play around with them in talk bubbles and templates. Like DTN said I don't think we'll have all the crazy ammount of characters we had in Days, and we don't know if there will be mugshots available or if Square will use other way to make characters talk. I think we should keep the templates as they are right now, and wait to see if we get enough material to modify them later. }}
{{EO|time=21:21, December 16, 2009 (UTC)|text=When you phrase it that way, Yermom... I think gray's the way to go. And now that I think about it, we didn't remodel for ''Days'' until its English release, so I change the vote to wait until it comes out over here.
 
DTN, I'm well aware of the Wiki's Image Policy. I didn't mean "Mugshots", per se. What I meant was cropping the renders to show only shoulders-up, sorta like what you uploaded originally for the Terra, Ven, and Aqua Userboxes. We'd then have to find a way to make it not look completely "crappy."}}
{{Xiggie|time=21:37, December 16, 2009 (UTC)|text=I agree with DTN and Yer Mom on the template matter. Days has a variety of neat mugshots that are great for template use. BBS will most likely be with almost 100% voiced scenes, so we don't have any sprites to rely on from there. Sure, we could cut the official images, but I think that the Days images should stay in place, as they do not only have their variety of characters and their expressions but they also keep the KH Wiki from focusing on only one game theme at a time.

Now, to answer DTN's "concerns";
#I agree! The blue background brings to much "attention" to itself, and that can be very disturbing. The grey one does not demand much "attention" and makes the logo seem more important, yet, it seems to be too different to fit in with the blue theme... I personally think that it hsould be lightened up a little more, to make it less noticeable.
#Ahh, I see... I just used the blue from the Sapphire theme, and yes, that is the one we used to have. I think it looks OK, but a bit more cyanic color wouldn't hurt :P
#OK, I'm glad you like it :D
#I think that we should do it when the game is published (in japan). If visitors don't recognize the characters in the logo, I think they'll just wanna get informed :P that's not a bad thing :P I think that although we are an English KH Wiki, we are a KH Wiki non the less! and we should put up new information as soon as it's out, no matter if it's in japanese or english :P and when we start pouring in info from the japanese BBS, why not just set up the BBS theme to get us and aour visitors in a BBS mood :D<br>Anyway, I am pretty sure that the Days theme was put up so late because it took us forever to decide on a new logo and overall theme.}}

{{HOO|time=22:08, December 16, 2009 (UTC)|text=I like it a lot and we should definitely the grey version. As for the logo, maybe we could use their faces from the new boxart? Just a suggestion. I would have to see what it looks like before saying yes or no. If we decide to use those images will they be slightly tinted blue like the Roxas, Axel and Xion faces are slightly tinted red-orange. I also agree with the templates. They do not need to be redone especially since they were just redone. Besides, there are no talk sprites in BBS that we can use. The templates should only have COM or Days sprites.}}
{{TNE|time=00:17, December 17, 2009 (UTC)|noel=Mind if I chip in ? ^_^ The logo looks all fine, and I strongly suggest the grey (or very, very light blue) background. Oh wait, what about the front page ? The Journal and all ? We're going to rename it accordingly, right, once BBS is out ?}}

{{BebopKate|time=00:32, December 17, 2009 (UTC)|text=Wow, that looks...wow.  Well done, Xiggie.  I like the gray best; it's more subtle and makes the rest stand out more.  I also like the idea of a lighter blue than our regular sapphire-self so the theme will be noticeably different.  I know Japan gets their release in January, right?  Any speculation (gasp...speculation!) on when we get one?  If it's pretty close, then I say go ahead with it after Christmas; otherwise, I'd wait until the month of release.  And yeah, TNE, I think once the game details come out we should do a little renaming like we did last time.}}
{{Bluer|02:02, December 17, 2009 (UTC)|Just one opinion, kupo, since this doesn't affect a Monobook user such as myself. If we were to instate a gray background, in which most users think are more subtle, we might as well not instate a background color/image at all, kupo. That said, I personally like the bluish background, kupo, and if many do not like it for its unsubtleness, perhaps make it a lighter shade of blue, kupo. Keeping the blue theme entirely seems much better than suddenly donning a neutral gray tone, kupo. Other than that I have nothing more to say,}}
{{TNE|time=09:06, December 17, 2009 (UTC)|noel=Okay, '''light''' blue will be a nice option. ^_^}}
{{TNE|time=09:26, December 17, 2009 (UTC)|noel=I'm not gonna play Merryweather here, but what about Bluer and other Monobook users ? We won't want them to miss out on the fun.

EDIT 09:30, December 17, 2009 (UTC) : On second thought, I'm okay with grey, but I just hope it's visible to all.}}
{{Maggosh|text=I could go either way, but a light blue background would look nice.}}
{{Bluer|13:27, December 17, 2009 (UTC)|I am pretty sure I'm the only one who uses Monobook, kupo. In any case, it doesn't matter what theme this wiki ends up using, kupo, a creative user would be able to make a custom skin for his/her own, just like what I have right now; ye olde skin all pretty in blue,}}
{{JFHavoc|time=[[User:JFHavoc|JFHavoc]] 17:35, December 17, 2009 (UTC)|text=The blue background gives it too much of a color on color look. I don't really like that. The gray background is nice and you can tell it's a background.}}
{{DOH|time=22:59, December 17, 2009 (UTC)|text= Ooooh, pretty!

I think grey is better, it makes the wiki look different instead of having everything the same color.}}
{{Azul|time=23:49, December 17, 2009 (UTC)|text=Blue: Don't forget me! <small>so I'm the only one who sees the Monobook background >></small> Anyways, I've been so use to a plain white background or image here and there that it doesn't matter if the Monobook is changed or not. That being said, both look really nice!}}
{{DTN|time=20:44, December 18, 2009 (UTC)|text=So, from what I'm seeing, we've decided on a grey background. The colors for the monaco headers are going to be changed to a pale-aqua to match the game's logo's use of the color, as to my knowledge. The new site logo looks gerat, but I remember reading somewhere that someone wanted to see how it would look if Terra, Aqua, and Ventus's faces from the newly released boxart were used. I actually think this might be better, as the image quality would be better. If not, Xiggie's above logo will still do just fine. Other than that, we need to decide to post the new theme when BbS is released in Japan or in North America. Personally, I now will go either way. If we can get the decisions that need to be made decided on that I have mentioned, this theme will be all set to be put into use.}}
{{Xiggie|time=22:35, December 18, 2009 (UTC)|text=OK, so grey background it is :P but I think it could be lighter...

anyway, I think that using the boxart faces would be a bad idea, as Terra and Aquas faces are really small, and Ven is shouting out some kind of a warcry... I don't think it'll be a good logo image...}}
{{DTN|time=09:50, December 21, 2009 (UTC)|text=IenzoTheApprentice made one like that, actually. Doesn't look half bad. I still prefer yours though, even though it has the ".jpg-quality marks" on it. You can see it on [[User talk:Bluerfn|Bluerfn's talk page]]. So, what needs to be decided on and finalized for use are ... <small><small>(See, BebopKate, I remembered the ellipsis rule.)</small></small>
*time of execution
*are we okay with the logo Xiggie has presented us?

Otherwise, the background (grey) has been decided on, as well as the Monaco headers' color (cyanic, to match the ''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep'' logo).}}
{{TNE|time=10:32, December 21, 2009 (UTC)|noel=I'm good with the logo. A much improved version of what I had in mind, so yes ^_^}}

{{GS|time=17:39, December 21, 2009 (UTC)|text=It all looks awesome, the only issue I have is with the quality of the faces on the logo.  I'm sure we could get a much better quality version of their faces than that.  You might want to get one of them flipped so that they aren't all facing the same direction too.

Other than that, great design plan Xiggie.  I'm fine with either background.}}

{{Ataradesu|time=21:33, December 21, 2009 (UTC)|text= Well, a few points :

1 - We might be English wiki, we still update everything based on whatever is released. BBS is the main game of the three new ones, and since all its informations are capital to the KH universe, and that all the fandom will at least, check out vids of story and gameplay (or actually play it, I think a lot will get the Jap version, I, for instance), and use the wiki to understand what's going on. So it might be interesting to update the site design with the Jap Release. The US version could arrive very late since there are a lot of scenes to dub etc...

2 - The "box cover art" logo looks bad because the proportions aren't respected, and the light effect on the "Kingdom Hearts" looks weird. I think it could look cool.

3 - There is definitely a better version of the artwork Xiggie used. }}
{{Xiggie|time=23:15, December 21, 2009 (UTC)|text=Well, [http://images.playfrance.com/4/4915/artwork/zoom/3632.jpg this] is the best one I could find... it is slightly better.

I think I could actually use the images from the game cover instead of those from the promotional artwork, since it has been released in high enough quality. Do you want me to give it a go?}}
{{GS|time=23:50, December 21, 2009 (UTC)|text=There's this one, though it isn't as big.

http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll242/reckless_nonsense/Stocks/birthbysleep.png

You can try the boxart though.}}
{{TNE|time=01:09, December 22, 2009 (UTC)|noel=Might as well use the smaller one, since the wiki logo size is going to be no more than 200px... right ?}}
{{Xion4ever|time=20:18, December 23, 2009 (UTC)|text=This is out of place, but since we decided against creating new templates (for warnings and such), what about the welcome template? ENX and myself have been working on one for a little bit; it needs reviewing but its a start. Even if it isn't used, would we change at least the welcome template? Thanks!}}


Omamus: we could wait for the ultimania cover art.

Ok i don't give a D*** but i like both i say we need new stuff we need a change so i want change and i say we vote for it.--Zach 02:51, December 31, 2009 (UTC)
{{Xiggie|time=11:38, December 31, 2009 (UTC)|talk=well, I've made two new versions of the logo, but I still find the first one the best, if I can just get it redone using a better image...

http://i710.photobucket.com/albums/ww103/Xiggie2/logo4.png
http://i710.photobucket.com/albums/ww103/Xiggie2/logo3.png

and since the [http://i710.photobucket.com/albums/ww103/Xiggie2/checkedpattern.jpg BBS pattern] was officially released a few days ago, I redid the main page preview: [http://i710.photobucket.com/albums/ww103/Xiggie2/Newlogo2.png New Logo 1] - [http://i710.photobucket.com/albums/ww103/Xiggie2/Newlogo1.png New Logo 2]}}
{{MC|time=Time to draw!|happy:i like this idea! i vote aye!}}

{{Khgurl|text= I prefer the blue background over the gray one, it's more vibrant. And for the logo, I like the 2nd one. I'm not very familiar but I would like to state my opinion.}}
{{EO|time=14:37, December 31, 2009 (UTC)~|talktext=I actually prefer your first draft of the logo, Xiggie. And if I had to choose from these two, I'd pick the first one. The second one fits a tad better, but it just looks akward, what with portions of Terra's head cut off :(}}
{{BebopKate|time=18:43, December 31, 2009 (UTC)|text=@Xion4ever & ENX: I think the welcome template is fine to change.  That's a little different than the others.}}
{{MasterAqua|time=19:07, December 31, 2009 (UTC)|text=I think the grey will do fine! If you guys do this when the japaneese version comes out, if you havn't already , I would bring in some translators to translate all the japaneese. I would love to help out in anything I can!I can draw, make banners, etc. I would love to help out if anything is needed!}}
{{Xion4ever|time=19:31, December 31, 2009 (UTC)|text=Alright, thanks Kate! ^^ The rough draft for the welcome template can be found [[User:Xion4ever/Atelier|here]] (at the bottom). Ignore the other templates, if you would, just focus on the welcome template. It should be noted that this is a rough dough and should be treated as such; comments/concerns should be posted on this page. Thanks!}}
{{DTN|time=21:03, December 31, 2009 (UTC)|text=I've looked at the welcome template you've created, Xion4ever, and it needs some minor tweeking, since it wasn't entirely based off of the design our current welcome template has. When the time of executing this new theme comes, I'll make the necessary modifications.}}
{{Xiggie|time=18:34, January 1, 2010 (UTC)|talk=I like the sound of welcome template change, but I have some problems with the one you've presented... I don't really think that the grey color is very welcome-y, and we must also try to keep all the templates similar in design (like we've had a 3px border on every template so far). I suggest using a blue or cyanic color for the Welcome template, as it will be more BBS-ly. Allow me to demonstrate:}}

{|style="background: skyblue; color:black; border: 3px solid mediumblue; -moz-border-radius: 10px; font-size:95%; width: 95%" align="center"
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{{Xiggie|time=18:34, January 1, 2010 (UTC)|talk='tis just an idea...}}
{{Xion4ever|time=19:02, January 1, 2010 (UTC)|text=Cool, nice job. As I said before, they are rough edits and should be treated as such. So, what about the Welcome ip template?}}
{{EO|time=19:56, January 1, 2010 (UTC)|talktext=I like it, Xiggie, but (and I can't believe I'm saying this) It's too much blue. Blue-on-black doesn't float with me... Might I also suggest using the Boxart instead?}}
{{DTN|time=02:28, January 2, 2010 (UTC)|text=I personally prefer this to the boxart, it provides an image with more characters. Looks good, but we may want to change it to a white background. As for the Welcomeip template, since that is such a "watered down" version of the welcome template, it should be left alone, as will be the rest of the administrative and maintenance templates.}}