TvB Crastel

[markbolyard]

This style no longer available. New styles to be released for 3.7 when available.

[PitPunks]

I love it, i may try it later :)

[Kaleem]

nice one :x

[mdvaldosta]

Looks nice, though is it just me - or is the fluid fixed also?

[markbolyard]

One download, gives you both fluid and fixed versions of this skin.

[mdvaldosta]

I'm saying your fluid view and fixed view both looks the same.

[markbolyard]

What is your screen resolution. I see two different widths, however I have a widescreen display. In either case, you can change the width in the style settings to whatever you would like it to be.

[mdvaldosta]

1024 x 768 IE6. Nice theme btw - installing it now.

[markbolyard]

Thanks mdvadosta. I appreciate your comments.

[project-Buckfas]

Reserved for install later. Great style, Thanks

[baerwurz]

Very nice Style! :)

But one Question, how can I fix the Width in the last Post Box?

See Screenshot:

[markbolyard]

You can change the width by editing the forumhome_forumbit_level1_nopost template. You will see the following lines of code:

<td class="thead">&nbsp;</td>
<td class="thead" width="100%" align="$stylevar[left]">$vbphrase[forum]</td>
<td class="thead" width="175">$vbphrase[last_post]</td>
<td class="thead">$vbphrase[threads]</td>
<td class="thead">$vbphrase[posts]</td>
<if condition="$vboptions['showmoderatorcolumn']">
<td class="thead">$vbphrase[moderator]</td>

You can adjust the column widths to suite your needs by adding width tags. See example below:

<td class="thead" width="5%">&nbsp;</td>
<td class="thead" width="50%" align="$stylevar[left]">$vbphrase[forum]</td>
<td class="thead" with="50%">$vbphrase[last_post]</td>
<td class="thead" width="5%">$vbphrase[threads]</td>
<td class="thead" width="5%">$vbphrase[posts]</td>
<if condition="$vboptions['showmoderatorcolumn']">
<td class="thead">$vbphrase[moderator]</td>

Adjust the percentages to fit your forums.

[guatdad]

Any waqy to get the logo with JUST the colored background and NOT the the wording on it? The wording IS the background on that logo as it is on the same layer.

[markbolyard]

I will update the file contents momentarily. Once I edit this post to say it's updated, please download the file again and there will be a layered logo. Sorry about that. Same thing happened on the other skin release. I must be saving to the wrong directory :( Thanks for the notice.

[guatdad]

Well...if you do that, then I will install it on my forums ASAP.

[markbolyard]

Zip file has been updated. It now contains a layered logo for your ease of change. Thanks.

[bonjurkes]

i have a problem at footer

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/7154/hatavu8.jpg

when i fix its size problem the width of forum gets smaller :(

[markbolyard]

I would have to see a live version to view the code and determine why it breaks on your forum. I don't know what the black boxes are, and I went to your forum in your profile and did not see it installed.

[markbolyard]

bonjurkes,

After reviewing your site, I see that the footer breaks if the following occur:

Style Selection + Language Selection + Long Forum Name exist. If this is the case, you can move a few things to clean it up.

In the footer template, find:


<br />
<div class="smallfont" align="center">

Will be the first two lines. Replace with:

<br />
<div class="smallfont" align="center">$vbphrase[all_times_are_gmt_x_time_now_is_y]<br />
$vbphrase[powered_by_vbulletin]<br />
$vboptions[copyrighttext]

Now find:

<!-- Do not remove this copyright notice -->
$vbphrase[powered_by_vbulletin]
<!-- Do not remove this copyright notice -->

and remove $vbphrase[powered_by_vbulletin] from this section.

Next find:

$vboptions[copyrighttext]
</div>
</div></td>

and remove $vboptions[copyrighttext]

SAVE TEMPLATE

This will move the copyright text up to the time display area, thus freeing up space in the narrow footer for your selectors and long forum name.

[bonjurkes]

bonjurkes,

After reviewing your site, I see that the footer breaks if the following occur:

Style Selection + Language Selection + Long Forum Name exist. If this is the case, you can move a few things to clean it up.

In the footer template, find:


<br />
<div class="smallfont" align="center">

Will be the first two lines. Replace with:

<br />
<div class="smallfont" align="center">$vbphrase[all_times_are_gmt_x_time_now_is_y]<br />
$vbphrase[powered_by_vbulletin]<br />
$vboptions[copyrighttext]

Now find:

<!-- Do not remove this copyright notice -->
$vbphrase[powered_by_vbulletin]
<!-- Do not remove this copyright notice -->

and remove $vbphrase[powered_by_vbulletin] from this section.

Next find:

$vboptions[copyrighttext]
</div>
</div></td>

and remove $vboptions[copyrighttext]

SAVE TEMPLATE

This will move the copyright text up to the time display area, thus freeing up space in the narrow footer for your selectors and long forum name.


thanx for help, but now it is too narrow, i want it to be wide, like before i fix the footer.

do i want much thing?

[markbolyard]

Not sure I follow what you mean? I see your changes, and other than you have $vbphrase[all_times_are_gmt_x_time_now_is_y] twice, it looks very nice. Please elaborate of what you mean by to narrow. The changes above don't affect the width of the style.

[bonjurkes]

yesterday i play with code before i sent message and did something like that

first pic is before and other pic is after your code.

[markbolyard]

If you would like to PM me a temp admincp username / pw, I'll be happy to fix it for you.

[markbolyard]

Ok, I now see why this doesn't appear to be fluid. In the templates, if you would like this style to fill your screen, search for these two images:

images/c2/c2_01.jpg
images/c2/c2_05.jpg

Change the width tag from "141" to "10" and this will remove the large padding on the left and right borders.

bonjurkes, I have already fixed your forum layout. Should appear much wider now. Thanks.

[markbolyard]

Zip file contents has been updated with corective xml files. The fixed and fluid versions no longer look alike. The fluid will expand full width.

Thank you.

[markbolyard]

If you happen to use this skin, but have no way to change the forum title (logo) just send me a pm with the info you want, and I'll edit the logo for you. Should you want something other than text there, then you may need to email me additional graphics. My email is located in my profile under MSN contact.

Also, if you find the footer to expand because you are extended copyright notices, I'll assist in cleaning that up too.

Thanks for all of those that have made comments, and those that have used my styles.

[markbolyard]

If you happen to use this skin, but have no way to change the forum title (logo) just send me a pm with the info you want, and I'll edit the logo for you. Should you want something other than text there, then you may need to email me additional graphics. My email is located in my profile under MSN contact. Thanks for all of those that have made comments, and those that have used my styles.

[VBUsers]

is the PSD included?

[markbolyard]

PSD for the logo is included. Sorry but I do not release full PSD's with my styles.

[AtomixPain]

Very nice style indeed mark..one of the best styles i've seen so far (lol..should be paid :D) i made it my default...:)

however is it possible to get an "arcade" and a "home" button to suit my forum ? or if u can release the psd for creating one, i would be grateful. :)

thanks a lot, cheers for the awesome job

[markbolyard]

Atomixpain, See attached. I have added the header button PSD for you to change / add whatever button options you would like.

Thanks for the comments.

[AtomixPain]

Thanks a lot mate..:)

[mdvaldosta]

Question, on your demo the postbit is much nicer (avatars etc. on the left side as opposed to the top). It's not like this when you actually install the template though.

[project-Buckfas]

You need to change your settings to postbit legacy.

In vBulletiin admincp

vBulletin options --> Style & Language Settings --> Use Legacy (Vertical) Postbit Template

Set this to yes.

[mdvaldosta]

Sweet, amazing that was so easy. Thanks.

[markbolyard]

You need to change your settings to postbit legacy.


In vBulletiin admincp

vBulletin options --> Style & Language Settings --> Use Legacy (Vertical) Postbit Template

Set this to yes.

This is correct. Thanks project-Buckfas for assisting him ;)

[mikelbeck]

I've got this skin installed here: http://www.northeastbracketracing.com... The only issue I have is that in the navbar it shows "Your PM box is % full." without a number there. I thought it was because the "pmpercent" variable wasn't in the vbAdvanced global variable list, but that's not it.

Any ideas?

[markbolyard]

Can you PM or post a screenshot of where this is occuring. I have viewed this style on my demo board and have no errors like this. Thanks.

[mikelbeck]

Here's a screenshot.

[Sky-Board]

At first i want to thank you for this great style :) i really like it. And i'll add it regularly to my Forum. But now the question: Is it possible to get some kind of .psd file(s) where i have the single buttons not the whole navbar ? I want to translate the Buttons to german but it doesn't work because some german words are too long. any idea how to get a german navbar with 2 extra buttons ?

cu !

[markbolyard]

Absolutly, Would be happy to provide that. Stick around for 5 minutes and I will post them here for download.

Mikelbeck, Unfortunatly, I do not know what is causing the % problem on your forum. I'm not familiar with vbadvanced, and I haven't had this issue on any other install, so it's difficult to say why / what the cause of that is. If I do come accross a fix, or if you do, please post it here. Thank you.

Mark

[markbolyard]

Here is the layered navbar for this forum skin. Hope it helps!

[Sky-Board]

Cool, thanks a lot. And now to the second Problem: The thing with the "forumhome_forumbit_level1_nopost" doesn't work for me. 50% and 50% works but it's not how i want it to. And giving the last-post-table a fixed value doesn't work either... :( How is this solved in the Standard-vB Style ? I can't find a solution for that.... :(

cu !

[Sky-Board]

Here is the layered navbar for this forum skin. Hope it helps!

Sorry for double post but this isn't the thing i mean. I translated it to German so you know what i mean. Would you make me some fitting buttons ?

[cyberphr]

Nice work :)

[mikelbeck]

Mikelbeck, Unfortunatly, I do not know what is causing the % problem on your forum. I'm not familiar with vbadvanced, and I haven't had this issue on any other install, so it's difficult to say why / what the cause of that is. If I do come accross a fix, or if you do, please post it here. Thank you.
Mark

It's not just vbAdvanced, it happens on all pages on the site.

[miner]

I like this style very nice colors...

thanks...

[markbolyard]

Thank Miner ;)

[Death Star]

Thank you, this is a wonderful style! :D

[framer]

Thanks Mark for all you hard work on this skin. A real class skin.

I expect to go live on a in about a week, 1st test of the import tomorrow but it looks real nice. It's been a real steep learning curve over the last 10 days. I've been a UBBclassic driver for 8-9 years and am still using the flat file system. I should have switched years ago. I'm looking forward to using this software for quite awhile.

framer:)
The Picture Framers Grumble
thegrumble.com

[markbolyard]

Thanks Framer. Wish you best of luck on your forum! If you need any help, feel free to contact me.

[ish]

newbie here - Hi!!
i'm having a go at my first multi-styles today and like this style - i've uploaded and installed - installation was a dream - looks good too!
problem is: i had previously installed a couple of hacks, i.e. The Welcome Headers Hack, and i also had Google adsense ads showing in my default style......... well, now i don't. The default style still shows them, but the new uploaded styles don't - do i have to re-do all the hacks/mods for each style?!

that's gonna be some chore if that's the case!!

[markbolyard]

Depends on the hacks / mods installed. You won't have to reinstall the mods / hacks, but you may need to go back and make the template edits for each hack. Do a inventory of what you installed, and review the install documentation per mod. Chances are, there are only a few mods that actually required a manual template edit.

[ish]

"Welcome headers" seems to be working on all new styles as do some adsense ads (first and last threads), but only adsense beneath navbar and forumdisplay are missing - i'll sort them out

i've added a couple more of your skins too!! take a look! - www.pixaforum.com (http://www.pixaforum.com)

[markbolyard]

Very nice :)

Currently my coders are working on commercial skins for our new skin store, but hopefully I'll be releasing some more freebies soon.

As always, thanks to everyone who has used one of my skins, and those that have regged on my forum...

[spazz191]

I think, I confused myself :knockedout:
I edited the navbar_buttons.psd file o the way I wanted it but it doesn't look right. When I went to upload it, I noticed the one that is the original is individual files. Did I do something wrong?

[markbolyard]

Yes, they are in fact individual files. The easies way would be to edit the psd, then open the origional images and copy your new button over the old so it lines up correctly. I'm not sure of you skill set in photoshot, but you could also slice the image to the needed size and overwrite the origional images.

[spazz191]

Thats well above my Photoshop ability. :confused: I think I will make due with the default. I will not un-install it though because I really like this style

[framer]

This places a specific banner on a specific forum. I have companies sponsor specific forums and need to display their ads on specific forums. I've not seen this code anywhere else so I posted it here as it was written for this skin.

1st use your graphic editor to add your banner ad to c2_04.jpg and rename it to a unique name.



//this is stock code to find
<table width="100%" height="100" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" background="images/c2/c2_03.jpg">

<tr>

//left title banner
<td width="100%"><a href="$vboptions[forumhome].php$session[sessionurl_q]"><img src="images/c2/c2_02.jpg" alt="Site Name" width="304" height="100" border="0"></a></td>

//custom code added
// forum home banner page
<td><if condition="$foruminfo[forumid]==NULL">
<a href="http://your_link_to_banner_ad.com.com">
<img src="images/c2/c2_04-u.jpg" alt="Picture Title" width="465" height="100" border="0" align="right">
</a></if>

// forumID 1
<td><if condition="$foruminfo[forumid]==1">
<a href="http://your_link_to_banner_ad.com.com">
<img src="images/c2/c2_04-x.jpg" alt="Picture Title" width="465" height="100" border="0" align="right">
</a></if>

//if you want a place holder for a forum without a banner at this time
<if condition="$foruminfo[forumid]==7"></if>
// all the forums you want

</td>



</tr>
</table>

// please remove any comments




************************************************** ************************************************



//footer
//find code
<if condition="$vboptions[privacyurl]"><a href="$vboptions[privacyurl]">$vbphrase[privacy_statement]</a> -</if>
<a href="#top" onclick="self.scrollTo(0, 0); return false;">$vbphrase[top]</a>&nbsp;
</strong>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</table>


//add footer banner code, I'm just using stardard banner ads on the footer.


<table width="100%" height="100" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" background="images/c2/c2_03.jpg">

<tr><td width="100%" align="center">
//forum home page =NULL
<if condition="$foruminfo[forumid]==NULL">
<a href="banner_link_url.com">
<img src="path/file_name_of_footer_ad.gif.gif" alt="graphic title" width="450" height="80" border="0" align="center">
</a></if>

//forumID == 1
<if condition="$foruminfo[forumid]==1">
<a href="http://your_link_to_footer_ad.com">
<img src="images/ads/Gbottom.gif" width="450" height="80" border="0" alt="Wizard Ad" align="center">
</a></if>



//place holder for a forum without a footer ad at this time
<if condition="$foruminfo[forumid]==4">four</if>



</td>
</tr>
</table>


// again please remove any comments from code
// Any width and height's need to be corrected for your graphics


Got the board up yesterday with the new this skin, users love it. Thanks Mark for all your hard work making me look like the hero. The Picture Framers Grumble (http://www.thegrumble.com) I wish you success in your business start up.

[smallest]

looks like this is missing the "Forum / Last Post / Threads / Posts" header bar on the content table of the main vforum page.

ex. : http://www.smalleranimals.com/vforum/

[markbolyard]

Framer, thanks for that added info for adding a banner. Your forum looks great!

smallest, (& framer) now that I noticed, you are right. On your forum, that bar is missing. http://www.talkvbulletin.com/?styleid=7 if you see the demo, it works, as it does on the other boards I have had the chance to see.

I needed to take my wife to the hospital today for an emergency, and I'm just checking mail right now. when I return to a PC I will look into this further for you.

Thank you.

[framer]

Never noticed that. I'll look into it. Hope the wife's OK!

framer

[BJORNE]

Your are without the best maker of skins here, BUt, you should do something with that bug that cause them to load on side first and then get a center view, else all your skins look great

[JimmyN]

Good work with the skin, very professional and clean looking, thanks

[markbolyard]

Thanks for the kind comments.

[VaaKo]

I'm having al little problem, please take a look at the image below:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2006/10/9.jpg (http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k82/FITL_2006/starac.jpg)

I hope there's a fix for it!

[aj8690]

*clicks install*

Thank you markbolyard!!! I really, really like this template. I actually bought a template for $30, but now I am using yours! I like it better!

I want to add a "Donate" button to the navbar. I made an image that says Donate on it, and it is 73 x 31 pixels, but my question is how do I add it? What changes do I need to make to the navbar template? Please tell me step-by-step. I want the Donate button to be after the search button for not logged in users, and I want it to be after the quick links button but before the logout button for logged in users.

Thanks in advanced!!! I really like this!

[Juanto]

Very easy on the eyes any well done! This is my new Default theme ;) ;)

[kewlpack]

Love this Style/Theme.

Is there any way to shrink the space between the first forum list and the buttonbar/header? It's as if there is a stray line break in the code somewhere - but how do I check (not a PHP guru at all)?

See my site for what I'm talking about: http://forum.thestompbox.net/index.php (select Crastel theme)

[kewlpack]

Here are two examples of the spacing issue:

In this clip, you can see where the forum spacing is glitched - setting one forum area on top of another...
http://www.thestompbox.net/miscfiles/images/forumspacingissue.gif

In this one, you can see the extra space between one forum and another...
http://www.thestompbox.net/miscfiles/images/extraspaceissue.gif

How can I check the code for any extra line breaks or whatever HTML would cause these layout issues?

Any help is appreciated.

[markbolyard]

I'm updating this to 3.6.8 and will try and clean up the code. Check back in a few days for the latest version. Thanks.