thanks everyone for posting....
i see the voting is basically 50/50
that does not help much
my reasoning / thinking about the theme/skin/look & feel:
1) i only want 1, as to not deal with mulitple and not have to worry about people not finding something, etc. etc. multiple is a head for multiple reasons
2) readability is most important - flashy graphics is the least important
3) i would like some graphics and/or a nice look and feel to help promote TF -- as we know first impressions can be/ are important.
4) i like the dark background, as I think it helps things/stuff 'stand out' --- "pop" if you will. NOW its easy to go to far---- but i was thinking the one we suggested does not go to far?
5) i'm positive, we (i) can tweak any colors, small graphics, etc. if we like 95% of a theme... i can get it the other 5% of the way.
6) i do have plans for adding new features/stuff/pages to make the home page more of a portal (yes, the current home page of TF was supposed to be temporary
)
so i want a good layout to grow the site .... the new theme is not JUST for the message board.
7) i would like to do a complete custom one ... but in reality --- spending a lot of time and money --- if only 50% of the members like it... its no good.
i don't mind buying a good, nice theme... finding it is HARD
please... if you have an idea for a theme... post a link to it.
PS> vbseo is coming out with a new theme... i'm looking forward to seeing it???