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It may be just me, but I think some of the old templates are looking a little dated, for example the set header and the infoboxes used in most of our articles. [[User:NovaFlare/Set_header|This]] is just an idea of some changes {{C|and I don't know why the right-hand side of the old set header isn't showing up there, it does everywhere else :S}}. For the set header, instead of the blue gradient, we could alternately go with the background color based on the theme (like bottom background color of the infobox). For the set header:
* The white background is just looking a bit sparse to me, a background might help
* I think we need to ditch the LEGO logo on the side, it doesn't seem to quite fit with the template
For the infobox:
* I think the width, image size, and the way the content is presented is ideal, I don't think we should be messing with it
* The black borders aren't doing it for me though. I think a less strong border (a grey shown in the example) works a bit better. And I've removed the black lines between the cells as they seem to make the infobox look a bit chunky, and instead gone with alternating colours, between the specified background color based on the theme and white (which should go with everything).
* Added some rounded corners in at the bottom, it just looked like it could do with some. I didn't add them to the top, because it didn't look suitable for an infobox (kind of made it look like a bubble instead of a box or something)
Anwyay, let me know what you think, suggest any changes, or make your own designs :) {{User:NovaFlare/sig}} 05:33, 14 October 2013 (EDT)
**Infobox looks great. Love it. Not sure about the gradient or rounded corners on the set header though. Maybe smaller border radii would work, but I'm not sure. --[[User:ToaMeiko|ToaMeiko]] ([[User talk:ToaMeiko|talk]]) 11:12, 14 October 2013 (EDT)
*** I was wondering that myself, just tried it at 10px, I think it looks better {{User:NovaFlare/sig}} 19:33, 14 October 2013 (EDT)
*I like the header and infobox, except for the alternating colors. I just may not be used to them though, and I didn't like the black lines anyway. :P [[User:Berrybrick|Berrybrick]] ([[User talk:Berrybrick|talk]]) 12:10, 14 October 2013 (EDT)
** Yeah, it is a bit of a change :) Just my opinion, but I think having the alternating rows helps to break up the content in the way that the black lines used to, so there's no chance of accidentally reading something like Item No: June 2013 {{User:NovaFlare/sig}} 19:33, 14 October 2013 (EDT)
* I just tried it with the LOTR colours since the it's now based on a LOTR set (see the second infobox) and it looks pretty awful to me. So we may have to look at lightening up some of the colours (is the third example any better?) {{User:NovaFlare/sig}} 19:46, 14 October 2013 (EDT)
:*(The brown makes the white sort of jarring.) [[User:Berrybrick|Berrybrick]] ([[User talk:Berrybrick|talk]]) 21:06, 14 October 2013 (EDT)
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