Forum:Christmas Logo

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G'day everyone. I know it's jumping the gun a bit, but while we're on the subject of logo variations, what does everyone think about my proposal for a logo for Christmas? I started working on this when LiR introduced his proposal for the Halloween logo (click link to see what I'm talking about), so I thought I could put in a proposal for a Christmas one. Ho ho ho...?

Anyway, comments below, please! Thanks. ―The Tim Man ^{(Infinite Histories • Galactic Crucibles • The Sims Wiki • Hallows Maleficent • Why I'm here in the first place)} 09:29, October 3, 2014 (UTC)

Discussion

Ho Ho Ho! I like it. We should really give you the title of "Logo Designer"! --I am k6ka ^{Talk to me!} _{See what I have done} 10:57, October 3, 2014 (UTC)

Very nice design. However, the gray/white lettering on "Wiki" doesn't stand out very well against the current Mosaic header. We'd need to find a special Christmas-themed header, most likely, in order to make this work. Alternatively, perhaps you could apply a thin black outline/shadow around the word, to help it stand out? Another very nit-picky thing on what it overall an excellent logo... the snow accumulated below the logo maybe should be textured a little bit, so it doesn't just look like a blob of white at the bottom. I tried to do this myself using your png but I couldn't easily separate the snow from the white Wiki. Did you design your logo using the original logo file, or by working off our logo png? -- LostInRiverview ^{talk ~ blog} 17:03, October 3, 2014 (UTC)

I downloaded all the original logo project .xcf files from LostLabyrinth's website, and I worked on it from there. That's also how I created the TSP logo. ―The Tim Man ^{(Infinite Histories • Galactic Crucibles • The Sims Wiki • Hallows Maleficent • Why I'm here in the first place)} 21:54, October 3, 2014 (UTC)

I absolutely support this. Ѧüя◎ґ (talk) 14:46, October 4, 2014 (UTC)

This is great! I support this as well. Nikel _{Talk – Vote!} 07:01, October 5, 2014 (UTC)

Yeah, I like it, but how often will we change the theme of the wiki in 3-month span? Nikel _{Talk – Vote!} 07:22, October 5, 2014 (UTC)

Most of the challenge is in coming up with a theme design. Actually implementing a design once it's created is pretty easy. Personally I think the logo looks fantastic, even without any additional theme changes. But, I would also support making a wider Christmas/holiday theme. I think some of the changes we've made for the (proposed) Halloween Theme could be made here as well, e.g. changing the main page headers, border colors, button and menu colors, and the color of the background. Bear in mind as well that we might be looking at different background or header images come Christmas, if this thread ever produces a clear result. -- LostInRiverview ^{talk ~ blog} 07:00, October 6, 2014 (UTC)

I wonder if we can re-implement the snow effect we used last year. I'm not too fancy with it since it slows down my browser, but I guess it's not a bad idea either. Nikel _{Talk – Vote!} 11:20, October 6, 2014 (UTC)

There was a snow effect last year? I don't remember it. -- LostInRiverview ^{talk ~ blog} 17:54, October 6, 2014 (UTC)

I loved the snow effect. That would be a neat idea to bring back. Ѧüя◎ґ (talk) 03:06, October 10, 2014 (UTC)

There was. I didn't remember if it was implemented wiki-wide or if you have to enable it manually in your own .css though. Nikel _{Talk – Vote!} 10:25, October 10, 2014 (UTC)

Ho ho ho!

I changed the mosaic around a bit, adding christmas hats for everyone! :D What does everyone think about it? ―The Tim Man ^{(Infinite Histories • Galactic Crucibles • The Sims Wiki • Hallows Maleficent • Why I'm here in the first place)} 23:32, October 15, 2014 (UTC)

As I've said on IRC:

[19:34:41] <k6ka> It's funny, but at the same time I'm not sure if that's the best
[19:35:48] <k6ka> Adding Santa hats to the Sims on the current mosaic almost... looks like something done with MS Paint

Could we do something with The Sims 4? After all, it is the newest game in the series, even if many of the older players dislike it. --I am k6ka ^{Talk to me!} _{See what I have done} 23:46, October 15, 2014 (UTC)

I agree with k6ka. The Santa hats don't look good. Nikel _{Talk – Vote!} 11:35, October 16, 2014 (UTC)

I don't think a TS4 Christmas mosaic would really work, since the game doesn't have any content related to Christmas...or winter for that matter. Perhaps we could have multiple mosaics, maybe for the purpose of reflecting the song "12 Days of Christmas" or simply a collection of images that are take turns being displayed every few days? ―The Tim Man ^{(Infinite Histories • Galactic Crucibles • The Sims Wiki • Hallows Maleficent • Why I'm here in the first place)} 10:04, October 20, 2014 (UTC)

I think it's a creative idea, but from a practical standpoint it probably wouldn't work. Aside from the fact that we'd have to create multiple images, any change to the wiki navigation background image (aka the mosaic header) has to be done in MediaWiki:Wikia.css. It would fall on the admins to make the change manually every day or couple of days, when the image changes. - LostInRiverview ^{talk ~ blog} 10:41, October 20, 2014 (UTC)