Board Thread:The Editors Board (aka Todo)/@comment-4629185-20150701031935/@comment-25844212-20150701074641

Orite, I've forgotten about ads on wikia. Yeah, definitely up the transparency a bit. It was pretty low initially in the test image-- - just 40% opaque. Try 80% opacity for the background with black. It won't be any trouble resizing the image, not that hard BUT I'd imagine it wouldn't be the prettiest. Perhaps a simpler test gradient is in order first?

Edit - holy shit it looks great :v

Edit Edit - http://swansong.wikia.com/wiki/File:AsaBackdrop.png Backdrop that was used in original mockup. Modified original such that it had a little more radiance/appeared brightly lit. Bilinearly resized by 200%.

Edit Edit Edit - uuh, a little more layman Link? You're suggesting (I think) that the background itself be tinted, instead of having the transparent window scripted in...?

Edit Edit Edit Edit - should point out that in original mockup, background gradient color was 24,24,24 instead of completely black. Don't feel too strongly about which is used, but thought I'd put that out there. 0,0,0 IS used for all UI backdrops (including infobox) though.

Edit Edit Edit Edit Edit - like the look of a background image, but given the original scope of the whole thing, it might just be easier to have one site-wide background image, or no background image at all if one can't be fabricated.

RE:FWD:RE:FWD:RE:FWD:RE:FWD:RE:FWD:RE:FWD - So as it happens, orbitron works in internet explorer provided you have orbitron installed. It isn't a default font Peace. Text doesn't 'glow', menu bar at the top doesn't change selections between "On the Wiki", "Wiki Content", "Community", but the dropdown text works fine-- no glow on it either, but your selection's underlined. Live! Chat box is missing, as is Recent Wiki Activity. Background Image lacks a gradient transition. NOTE: All defects listed are for Internet Explorer alone. Current version works perfectly on both Firefox and Chrome.

I wonder if it'd be better for me to put transparency on the background image so it fades into any background color on any browser?