Voodoo Extreme recently redesigned their website to mixed reviews. Many people thought the site was too bright, or the text too small, or generally hard to read. If you don't read VE, please move along, there's nothing to see here.

Anyway, the other day I realized: Hey, we're in the era of user customization! I don't have to sit around and wait for the site to implement custom themes, I can do it myself! So I designed a couple new styles for VE to share with you. Have a look:

I couldn't get this to work in Safari, but most other browsers should work. If your browser doesn't support site-specific styles, it's possible (but unlikely) that other sites will be affected as well. Choose the section below that applies to your browser.

Firefox

First, you'll need to install the Stylish extension, it will add an icon to the status bar. Then click a style in the list below, and click the "Load into Stylish" button.

VE Tinted
VE Slate
VE Classic
VE Large fonts

You can add as many as you want and switch between them as you choose. With Stylish, you can enable multiple styles, so you can combine the "Large fonts" style with one of the others, like in the first example image above. If the colors look funny, make sure you don't have two of the color styles selected. Also, you may have to refresh the page for the styles to fully take effect.

Opera, IE, and others

Most other browsers have a built-in feature for user style sheets. Opera supports site-specific styles, but IE doesn't. Other browsers should be similar to the following methods, but you'll have to figure it out on your own.

These browsers only allow one user style at a time. That means that there are seven files to choose from to get all the color/font combinations. Right-click and save the one you want to use from the list below.

VE Original color with large fonts
VE Tinted | VE Tinted with large fonts
VE Slate | VE Slate with large fonts
VE Classic | VE Classic with large fonts

For Opera: Open Voodoo Extreme in an Opera window. Then click the Tools menu, go to "Quick preferences", and click "Edit site preferences." In the window that pops up, select the "Display" tab. Click the "Choose" button at the bottom and select the style sheet file you just saved. As soon as you click OK your style should be applied!

For Internet Explorer: Click the Tools menu and click "Internet Options." Click the "Accessibility" button at the bottom. Check the box labeled "Format documents using my style sheet" and click the "Browse" button to select the style sheet you just saved. As soon as you click OK your style should be applied!

Conclusion

Good browsers like Firefox and Opera support Base64 images, so they have the option to use stylesheets that don't rely on external hosting. Here are those files if you would prefer to use them:

Base64 styles for Stylish (Firefox)
Base64 styles for other browsers

User styles may seem a bit cumbersome, but at least you'll be able read the site without going blind. Now, if only we could get them to fix all the other missing features! *wink*

Thanks

I'd like to thank GreyWyvern for providing the excellent Base64 Encoder. Also, thanks to the guys at Voodoo Extreme for providing an entertaining gaming community, keep up the good work.