The Octotonic mat gets Occupied!

[FifteensAway]

http://steeplechasingzebras.blogspot.com/

I know, photos, photos!  Well, they are at the link.  Start with the Scenery page once you get there to see what this topic is about.  And then, if you want, you can visit the French and Indian War page to see a bunch of my figures on the table with the terrain.

[Brandlin]

arrrrrrgghhhh

i'm sure what you've done is awesome but i simply cannot read your blog because of the garish colours!

also i dont think you're directly linking to the page in question ?

[FifteensAway]

Brandlin, no offense intended but are you possible color blind.  Or maybe your monitor is adjusted different than most.  When I first set up the blog I consulted on this very topic and most folks seemed to find the setup as is just fine.  But I appreciate the feedback.  Maybe later I'll post links to the individual pages and you can at least see the photographs.

[FramFramson]

Links to the individual entries are usually better. Even if the entry you're mentioning is on top of your blog currently, if someone comes across this post a year from now they'll have a devilish time trying to find the entry at that future date, even if you have a well-organized blog.

Also, it is generally good form to include some of the actual content - an image or some body text - as a teaser, over and above just pasting a link and adding an encouraging sentence. Though this is generally up to the discretion of the person posting.

[carlos13th]

Im not colour blind and I have to be honest I don't like the colour scheme either. it doesn't make for a pleasant reading experience.

[Wirelizard]

Not colourblind here, thankfully. Orangey-brown on orangey-yellow really is not a good colour scheme.

Also, which post did you mean to link us to? I can't see anything about a game mat on your front page currently...

[zizi666]

Also, it is generally good form to include some of the actual content - an image or some body text - as a teaser, over and above just pasting a link and adding an encouraging sentence. Though this is generally up to the discretion of the person posting.

+1.

Im not colour blind and I have to be honest I don't like the colour scheme either. it doesn't make for a pleasant reading experience.

And definitly another +1

[FifteensAway]

http://steeplechasingzebras.blogspot.com/p/french-and-indian-war.html

http://steeplechasingzebras.blogspot.com/p/scenery-in-general.html

Okay, above are the links to the two pages in question.  But those pages will still change over time so I'm not sure how to "hold" the links for later days viewers.  Advice on that front welcome.

Hmm, on my screen my backgrounds are a pleasant tan and lightish brown color and text is easy to read.  Pretty sure I used a "stock" color setup to start with but too long ago to recall exactly.  While I hear your concerns, I still wonder if it is the difference between screens and color renderings.  I know this can vary tremendously.  I have two screens at work linked to each other and each renders colors distinctly differently, even with the exact same image displayed.  I use a Mac laptop computer at home.  Maybe that is part of the difference.  Not sure how many of you with the image quality issue are in Europe but maybe there is a technological difference in the locations as well.  I'm in California, USA.

[Wirelizard]

Hmm, on my screen my backgrounds are a pleasant tan and lightish brown color and text is easy to read.  Pretty sure I used a "stock" color setup to start with but too long ago to recall exactly. 

YOur body text is black on a yellow-orange background which is perfectly readable, but your intro blurb ("Where playing with toy soldiers is the whole point..." etc) is yellow-on-yellow. There's no contrast between the text and the background, so while it's readable it's awkward.

Your menu has the same problem, and your links and such down the left-hand column is even harder to read. Swap that text to black on the current background and you're fine, or change the background colour, either way; right now it's all muddy because there's no contrast.

[Brandlin]

Brandlin, no offense intended but are you possible color blind.  Or maybe your monitor is adjusted different than most.  When I first set up the blog I consulted on this very topic and most folks seemed to find the setup as is just fine.  But I appreciate the feedback.  Maybe later I'll post links to the individual pages and you can at least see the photographs.

Nope not colour blind

There's a reason orange on orange isnt a prevalent colour scheme on websites across the world....

I suspect you've not stuck to a web-safe colour scheme and therefore the colour varies enormously device to device. however on my 2 computers and my ipad its offensive to the eye.

[Calimero]

Well I didn't read the text (yet) but that's a lot of terrain options with all those various hills shapes and the mat. Nice work!

[FifteensAway]

Calimero, glad you took time to view and comment on the actual content.  Yeah, my goal was great diversity - and I'm not done yet.

And for the others, I've made some tweaks and adjustments directed at your readability concerns.  Yes, I do listen just been a busy week.