USe variables for site scheme colours, allowing users to change their colour scheme

[matgb]

Title:
USe variables for site scheme colours, allowing users to change their colour scheme

Area:
Site Scheme

Summary:
Allow users to pick the colours used within their preferred site scheme, probably by setting the existing colourschemes as default variables, allowing people to skin the site as they wish without the need for many many site scheme colour scheme requests and suggestions.

Description:
Me, I love Gradation, and can handle Tropo Purple, but the rest of the colours do little for me, and I actually find Tropo Red a little offputting. I do like the paler off white background colour though, means I don't have to worry about getting a headache if I have to login from the homepage.

If the extant schemes are kept as main supported colour schemes, but users are able to change the colours to whatever they wish, this would prevent the need for extra schemes for those with different preferences, and allow people that prefer one menu structure with a different colourscheme to adapt.

I'm told a block on having different schemes is logo design, but if all logos are there as a checkbox option on that page, we can accept extra submissions of diffferent coloured logos, within reason, but people can pick shecmes that complement the logo, I'd have no problem with having the red logo on Gradation TBH, might even prefer it.

There have been at least two suggestions I've seen recently for different types of site scheme preferences, this would pretty much eliminate the need for extra schemes (and the work that entails updating each), and allow much more flexibility.

Poll #4512 USe variables for site scheme colours, allowing users to change their colour scheme

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 60

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Should be implemented as-is.
48 (80.0%)

Should be implemented with changes. (please comment)
2 (3.3%)

Shouldn't be implemented.
1 (1.7%)

(I have no opinion)
9 (15.0%)

(Other: please comment)
0 (0.0%)

Comments

[azurelunatic]

Cannot one rebuild images in the correct color, server-side, or would that be too much of a general strain on the system? I am thinking that at the time the colors are set, the system would check the place to see if there is already an image generated in that color, if there is not one, build one, and if there is one, use that one.

[branchandroot]

I've never really explored any of the software that can do that kind of thing, so I'm not sure. I'd be afraid of that being a really massive hit to the system when this is first implemented.

[denise]

We could quite easily do an image swap, yeah.