Subj : Re: Design and Theming
To   : Lord Gareth
From : Grim Reaper
Date : Tue May 26 2020 13:47:27


 That can always be the hard part, check other BBS's out & ansi's & see what
 catches your eye & what may work for your theme you want your BBS.

 LG> I guess my question is, how did you come up with what you wanted to "do"
 LG> with your board and then how did you go about establishing a solid theme
 LG> around that?  How did your board evolve over time?

 Once your have a theme/name/concept for your board, work around that & make 
 things related to that theme.   Like mine "The Unknown Realm" guess is more
 dark/death theme related, so for me alot theme wise would be death/dark
 type things. Back in 80-90's it was a different era compared to today thats
 for sure.  Back then mine was considered more a "Pirate/Private BBS" back
 then, 0-7 Day warez etc, Most were into files & messages more then doors.
  Now a days im trying to gear it to Messages & Doors, but also need callers
 to find out what works to get those :)

 LG> Also, did you do the ANSI theme design yourself or did you use a group
 LG> like ANSIGARDEN? What tutorials or information on ANSI art design did
 LG> you use to help get started?

 I was never the best at ANSI art, Usually used others ANSI & edited it around
 what i felt worked for my BBS. I also try & leave there signature on them too
 since its only fare they still get the credit for making them, i just
 modified it to work for my bbs after all.
  Trial and error when it comes to making your own,play around with things &
 see where it takes ya.

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