Post by pauda » Tue Dec 01, 2020 3:44 am

I kept fiddling with the colors but my theme consistently looks bad. Anybody here knows of a color combination for backgrounds, text, etc. to make it look good?

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Post by JNeuhoff » Tue Dec 01, 2020 5:43 pm

The color scheme will be the least of your problems. You have chosen one of the worst web themes because it is not compliant with OpenCart standards, and it's bloated, and it will clash with many other 3rd party extensions. If you are serious about ecommerce, use a proper and slim SEO-friendly web theme. No end user likes bloated menus and animations when visiting a web site. It has to be fast, and the end user needs to find the relevant information and products quickly without distractions.

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Post by pauda » Wed Dec 02, 2020 1:22 am

I see, but it's not my decision alone to drop journal :/
So until then, I'll have to get the colors right.

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Post by by mona » Wed Dec 02, 2020 3:37 am

To answer the question. Silver is like black, grey or white - everything works well - even gold if used correctly, but the skill / talent is the 'used correctly' part of that statement.

One should not underestimate the power of colour or of css its computing derivative.

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Post by pauda » Wed Dec 02, 2020 5:37 am

by mona wrote:
Wed Dec 02, 2020 3:37 am
To answer the question. Silver is like black, grey or white - everything works well - even gold if used correctly, but the skill / talent is the 'used correctly' part of that statement.

One should not underestimate the power of colour or of css its computing derivative.
The problem is I am artistically inept ;D I can't seem to find out what goes well with what, and it just turns out looking bad.

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Post by JNeuhoff » Wed Dec 02, 2020 5:46 am

The best way is to try out different color schemes. You can use a color picker tool (available on most desktop operating systems) to find the exact color values you like, picked from demo theme pages, and then build your own stylesheet.css. Perhaps these can give you some ideas:

https://www.opencart.com/index.php?rout ... egory_id=1
https://www.opencart.com/index.php?rout ... egory_id=1

Keep it as simple as possible, start with a good background pattern, do a Google search for the latter, e.g. with a search term like 'free silver background patterns'. Don't overload your page with useless graphics or distracting slideshows.

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