| umm.. most templates are standard, as in.. ALOT of code was stripped out of them from preivous skins "like the last one" which have actually streamlined the site significantly. Additionally, there is 1 flash file, that does not load an image until it's needed. The flash file is actually highly optimized and used by several thousand sites around the globe in a much more robust manner. I have toned that done alot also.
The background image is dark because it's in line with skin it's shown for.
I'll consider placing the option to have the flash header ON or Off in the usercp. This may speed up your experience. Relatively speaking, this skin compared to the old skin is far "speeder" then before. With less graphics loading per page, less custom code in each template - compared to the default skin that comes with vbulletin. And the server loads over the last 3 days has been noticably lower. |