[ VOTING HAS BEGUN!!! Cast Yours! ] Defintely Needs a BANNER!!! Like Yesterday!

[Mastiffman]

Hey Gang,

 Every other site has a Banner for the top of the site and I was wondering if this was going to happen anytime soon!?

 I have some software that I could use to make a couple banner up of suggestions if you whom are interested wanteed to pitch in and give some ideas.

 I'm sure that we could all come up with a Nice one that would be Asthetically Pleasing upon entrance of the Site. It would be at the Top of Every page...

 What are your Guys Thoughts on this?

 Voting Has Begun!!! Cast your Vote by posting Response with your Single Favorite Banner!                              Voting Has Begun!!! Cast your Vote by posting Response with your Single Favorite Banner!                                Voting Has Begun!!! Cast your Vote by posting Response with your Single Favorite Banner!


 I decided to Bring the Choices of the Banner Vote to the First Post for Ease of Voting. (Thanks Grizzly'sdad fro suggestion this!)

I was trying to match this Banner up with the Logo From the parent Site [Link Below]... http://www.michigan.cichlid.freeservers.com/

On this site the Original Logo Looks like this:


 So I thought that it would be most Respectful to [Keep] the original Basic Design, with a modern touch, and keep some type of oval around the Fish. But this time with Deatiled Full Color Fish... So that's the reason that I feel the Oval and the Actual Fish in the Original Logo would Best Represent the Association! As it has always been... Call me Old Fashioned... 

 Anyway, enough blubbering... LOL- HERE Are the Choices that I made taking into consideration Everyone's Ideas and Thoughts. Maybe we could take a Vote or Start another Thread with a pole to See Which Banner Gets the Most Votes. With Only "one" vote per person! [wink, Wink...]

Banner A: (Original without Star in The State and Orange Font Border)


Banner A-1. (Original with Yellow Font Border for UofM Colors!)


Banner B: (This is Banner A-1, plus a parachromis)


Banner C: (This is Banner B, plus a Discus)


Banner D: (This is Banner A, minus the "MCA Water Mark" and Shadow Drop of Fonts PLUS the parachromis and [Smaller] Discus)


Banner E: (This is Banner D, with an Electric Yellow instead of a Red Empress)


Banner F: (This is Banner E, plus "MCA Water Mark" and Shadow Drop behind the Fonts)


Banner G: (This is Banner A, with Eletric Yellow in logo intead of Red Empress and Slightly Different Font Colors)


Banner H: (This is Banner E, with Shadow Drop behind the Fonts.)


*NEW*
Banner I: (This is Banner E [Marty], with a Solid Lined Oval around the Logo)


*NEW*
Banner J: (This is Banner I, with Red Empress an extra Thin oval line and Drop Shadow behind fonts) *** I think that without a Drop Shadow and no Extra line it Looks to plan and dull for my tastes.***


 Okay. So I hope that we can all come to some type of agreement here. 

 I guess I'll leave it up to Marty to Find a way to Come to a Conclusion. Maybe a Votiong Poll?

EDIT: (Moved from 3 page.)

Okay,
 So I figured for fun I would take the top three Voted for Banners Plus one extra banner and apply it to the Forums Home Page to show what it may "Potentially" look like when added to the Site.

 This may help everyone to have a better idea of the what the future MCA Forum will look like.. Enjoy!

Top Three Banners Voted For.
E.

F.

J.

Bonus Banner (Which is Kind of a mix between a Couple of them.)

I.


 Definitely think that the Drop Shadow Behind the Font is Important too. I would say about 85-90% websites have some type of shadow behind their sites main Fonts. JMO Though! 

EDIT: If you guys think that the Banners Background Should Match the Color Scheme of the Forums Blue a bit more I can Tweak that into the Right Range. Not a Problem. We'll address that once a Banner Alyout has been Perminantly Selected!

[Marty]

If you have the expertise to show me how to place a banner on the board, I'd be more than happy to do so.  I'm learning as I go, and frankly haven't had time to fart around with figuring out how to do so.

[Regalblue]

I think the banner should be a Parachromis species (I'm not picky on which one) eating a Mbuna.   

[Mastiffman]

Hey Gang,

 Every other site has a Banner for the top of the site and I was wondering if this was going to happen anytime soon!?

 I have some software that I could use to make a couple banner up of suggestions if you whom are interested wanteed to pitch in and give some ideas.

 I'm sure that we could all come up with a Nice one that would be Asthetically Pleasing upon entrance of the Site. It would be at the Top of Every page...

 What are your Guys Thoughts on this?

 Well, I'm working on something right now that will reflect the logo of the Parent Site... Should be ready in a day or so...

[Mastiffman]

If you have the expertise to show me how to place a banner on the board, I'd be more than happy to do so.  I'm learning as I go, and frankly haven't had time to fart around with figuring out how to do so.

I think the banner should be a Parachromis species (I'm not picky on which one) eating a Mbuna. 

 Okay, So it was a little Faster than I expected... So let me know how it turned out...
I Copied the Logo idea from the main site but altered it a bit... http://www.michigan.cichlid.freeservers.com/

Let me know what you all think... I tried to match the colors together with the site and fish in the logo. So if you like it, maybe take a vote or something to see if everyone else agrees that it suits the site and we'll figure out how to post it IF it's possible. If people are against it, then we'll see what else we can come up with for a Site Banner. Once again, please keep in mind that this only took me a few hours or so to whip up out of thin air... (newer software)

 P.S. The Cyphotilapia Gibberosa in the Logo Is One of my Bigger Male Moba's out the F1 Colony that I have. 

EDIT: CHOICES ARE LATER IN THREAD

[Regalblue]

Not bad

Still needs a Parachromis though. Or at least a big CA bruiser.
  I have a few pictures if needed.

[GrizzlysDad]

The banner looks really nice either way but......
IMHO I think the fish selection would look nice with a little more color variation.  Maybe replace the Protomelas taeniolatus with a Labidochromis caeruleus "Electric Yellow".
And I would be happy to donate a picture of Godzilla (Vieja argentea) to appease the "Bruiser" request by Blair...even though it's a wimpy SA, not a CA  .

[Regalblue]

Argentia are Central&  he'd be perfect

[Mastiffman]

Not bad

Still needs a Parachromis though. Or at least a big CA bruiser.
  I have a few pictures if needed.

The banner looks really nice either way but......
IMHO I think the fish selection would look nice with a little more color variation.  Maybe replace the Protomelas taeniolatus with a Labidochromis caeruleus "Electric Yellow".
And I would be happy to donate a picture of Godzilla (Vieja argentea) to appease the "Bruiser" request by Blair...even though it's a wimpy SA, not a CA  .

 Thanks for Commenting on it...

 I want to address the Logo as it was takin from the Main site and is representing the Original Logo from that site as closely as possible.

 Here is what it looks like.



So I was trying to make it look as Accurate as Possible... I'm not sure if the Bottom Cichlid is a Salvini though in the Original.. What do you guys think?

if you guys want to offer up some Sweet and Detailed pics for me to add to the Banner I'll see what type of effort I can put into incorperating them into it...

Love the Jaguar by the way...

[Mastiffman]

Also if you could... Send the Pics of Interest to my Email: [email protected]

[mightieskeeper]

Hey Andrew could the fish be really swimming?

[mightieskeeper]

The Banner is Cool!

[Mastiffman]

The Banner is Cool!

Hey Andrew could the fish be really swimming?

 Thanks and Unfortunately no. But Cool Idea. That would take some Flash integration and I think that it would take away from the overall quality of the detail...

[Mastiffman]

Okay, Here are two other ideas. one has a parachromis added and the other has that and a Discus Added...

DELETED- Adding pics to one post to choose from. Look for it later in thread.

[Rob S]

Looks awesome Andy