Blaze 3.7

[Andrew]

I finally had some free time and decided to release a vBulletin 3.7 version of my ever-so-popular vBulletin 3.6 style, Blaze. I plan on trying to support this style as much as possible, but due to the hectic nature of my life, I can't guarantee that it will always be timely. Please keep all support issues within the realms of this thread, and I will address them as quickly as I possibly can :)

If you enjoy my work, please make a donation to support the effort that I put into creating and maintaining my styles here on vBulletin.org. In return for a small donation of $1USD or more, I will allow you to remove the small promotional link that I have placed in the footer of my style.

vBulletin Version: 3.7.3
Demo: Click Here (http://www.chelsea-handler.net/testvb/?styleid=3)

[FMVS]

Thank you

[Brandon Sheley]

Sharp looking Style :)

[ShawneyJ]

nice ;)

[hostlayer]

Images don't seem to be showing up for some reason, I uploaded the blaze directory the same as I have with other themes, any ideas?

[Andrew]

PM me a link to your board, and I'll take a look.

[Crystal Shards]

The same is happening with me. I'm not getting any of the images.

EDIT: Nevermind, I got it. Make sure the directory to the images goes like this: forums/images/blaze/all the files.

~Crystal

[Andrew]

Yeah - My internet went out on me before I could reply, but you just had uploaded the images to the wrong place. If you just upload the images folder in the .ZIP archive right into the root directory of your forum, it should work just fine.

[etechno]

Absolutely a great style :)

[Darkstarproject]

*Installed* - Got all my addons configured with it!

[Andrew]

Glad you all like it!

[Xeder]

Thanks Andew.

Just one thing, I want too make the forum logo link too the forum index, but the logo doesn't link to anything atm, can you please tell me how too get it going.

Thanks

[Andrew]

In the header template, do the following.

Find:
<img src="images/blaze/logo.gif" width="300" height="105" />Replace it with:
<a href="$vboptions[forumhome].php$session[sessionurl_q]"><img src="images/blaze/logo.gif" width="300" height="105" border="0" /></a>

[Xeder]

Ahh you legend! Thanks so much.

Just a bug, if you create a category(act as forum=no) WITHOUT any forums on it, it will screw the whole footer section up of the forum.

[Andrew]

Yeah - It's a drawback to the category spacing modification that I used with the style. It's had that problem since vBulletin 3.0 unfortunately...

[digatle]

On my site, http://www.mtgoservices.com/forums, I have two (2) main categories for forums, General and Services. The General forums looks GREAT but the Services ones doesn't fit the layout. Did I code something wrong?

[Xeder]

On my site, http://www.mtgoservices.com/forums, I have two (2) main categories for forums, General and Services. The General forums looks GREAT but the Services ones doesn't fit the layout. Did I code something wrong?

In your forum options, set Services forum = act as forum = no - It's an option.

You're telling it too be a category.

[digatle]

Brilliant! Thank you for the assistance!

[Andrew]

The .XML file has been updated for vBulletin 3.7.2 - All of the template changes were optional though, so an upgrade isn't mandatory.

[RHWiRED]

Andrew,

Can you please define what optional upgrades you included in your update above?

Cheers,

[pab]

Really like this one so far, will donate if I end up using it ;)

[easytiger747]

Andrew, absolutely love the style but my images does not show. Care to look at www.crewforumfriends.co.uk please?

[FERHAT76]

Thanks. Very nice style.

[pab]

How do I change the way the usernames show up, they are quite big and centered now, but I prefer to have them a bit smaller and to the left (along with the title).

[Andrew]

Andrew, absolutely love the style but my images does not show. Care to look at www.crewforumfriends.co.uk (http://www.crewforumfriends.co.uk) please?My guess would be you uploaded them to the wrong directory. All you have to do is upload the images folder in the archive right over top of the image folder in the root of your forum's directory.

Andrew,

Can you please define what optional upgrades you included in your update above?

Cheers,The changes between 3.7.1 and 3.7.2 are all outlined on vBulletin.com in the release thread. They're all very minor changes, but you can check there to see if any are of importance to you (There's too many to list here.)

How do I change the way the usernames show up, they are quite big and centered now, but I prefer to have them a bit smaller and to the left (along with the title).That'd be in the postbit or postbit_legacy template. Just do in an in-text search for username, and you should find the section you need to edit.

[Forum Lover]

outstanding mate.

[pab]

edit: found it already didn't know there was a search option in the styles template.

[mesdar]

very nice
i like it

Installed

[michaelcrook]

I love the theme, and it's installed, but how do I keep the sidebar present at all times, not just on the index?

[Andrew]

You'd have to move it from the forumhome template and into the header template. The only problem with this is that the statistics and such only work on forumhome, so the sidebar will have some errors on any other pages (I'm sure a coder to write something to globally build those items, but that's beyond the scope of my expertise.)

[dcputernut]

Andrew we love the templete.....

Have a quick question though..we would like to put some banners on the left side of forum..under the "Control panel" and "forum stats" is it possible???

I have looked in the left colum adverts templete but that doesn't seem to work. and...where do i change the top navagation bar font colors...i did it thru templete manager, but it's not showing changes for that top.

Thanks

edit....ok found where to add in the left side parts we wanted...but still stuck on the top nav text color

[dcputernut]

ok found that too....thanks for great looking template.

[Chase]

wow great style! Looks fantastic!

[Chase]

How can you make it so the forum statistics are in it's normal spot, in the "what's going on" area"? I want to use this style but I don't want a side bar.

[Andrew]

You'll have to go in and make some changes on the forumhome template. You'll have do to delete the table column with the sidebar in it, and you'll have to cut and paste the portions missing from the Who's Online box out of the vBulletin Default style.

[Chase]

What if I just revert the forumhome template? Will that work or will it just mess it up?

[Andrew]

I'm not honestly sure, as it's been quite a while since I coded this style. You can try reverting the template, but I would definitely make a backup of the existing template before you do just in case.

[RHWiRED]

Indeed.

Andrew, I must say. This is one of the best vBulletin skins I've ever seen. Here's why:


Simple
Neat
Clean
Smooth
Coded Good. No template errors and such..
You update it regularly


I would very much like too see similar designs in different colours too. Maybe one without the left login column? Some of my users didn't like that (even though I do).


Cheers,

[burningassistan]

Hey Andrew, I'm having a weird problem, the style is only showing up on some computers even with same operating system, browser etc. For most users none of the formatting shows up. What am I doing wrong?

[dcputernut]

Hi again....

I want to add the leftcolumn_advertisement to the home page but can't find out how to add it.

I know it needs to be added to HOMEPAGE templete but I can't figure out what code to put in to make it work. I have tried
$ad_location[leftcolumn_advertisement] and

$leftcolumn_advertisement

to the homepage...but it doesn't work...is there something i am missing???

[alan-kun]

Wow, it's a cool design, I'll use it on my forum, thank you :)

[Andrew]

You're very welcome! Glad you like it :)

[Andrew]

Hey Andrew, I'm having a weird problem, the style is only showing up on some computers even with same operating system, browser etc. For most users none of the formatting shows up. What am I doing wrong?Sounds like you've uploaded the images directory incorrectly or not at all. Make sure that it's in the proper location (the root directory of your forum), and that should fix your problem.

Hi again....

I want to add the leftcolumn_advertisement to the home page but can't find out how to add it.

I know it needs to be added to HOMEPAGE templete but I can't figure out what code to put in to make it work. I have tried
$ad_location[leftcolumn_advertisement] and

$leftcolumn_advertisement

to the homepage...but it doesn't work...is there something i am missing???I'm not really sure that I understand what you're talking about here. Is this a mod you're adding? The hooks for the vBulletin ad locations should all be there in the templates already.

[burningassistan]

Sounds like you've uploaded the images directory incorrectly or not at all. Make sure that it's in the proper location (the root directory of your forum), and that should fix your problem.


Awesome, thanks so much!

[dcputernut]

I'm not really sure that I understand what you're talking about here. Is this a mod you're adding? The hooks for the vBulletin ad locations should all be there in the templates already.

The hooks for the top and bottom ads are there...but I can't find the left column ads hooks anywhere...and dont' know what and where to put them.

I know the hook should go into the home page templete. but not sure where and how to add them for it to work.

[Andrew]

Do you mean a hook to put an advertisement in the left column that I added to the style? I don't think vBulletin has such a hook by default, so you would have to add it manually in the forumhome template.

[dcputernut]

Do you mean a hook to put an advertisement in the left column that I added to the style? I don't think vBulletin has such a hook by default, so you would have to add it manually in the forumhome template.

Yes, and the style has a "left column ad" templete...but how do you add it to forumhome

[OS Master]

Glad to see this style has been updated. Keep up the good work!

[Donkon]

nice i like this template!

[OS Master]

Hi, it seems as though visitors who are using 1024 x 768 or 800 x 600 resolutions experience a horizontal scrollbar. This occurs in IE and Firefox.

I use Opera, and even on those resolutions don't see a horizontal scrollbar. I think it has to do with the "Last Post" table, as some are bigger than others.

[combs]

Any way to make the sidebar appear on the right instead of the left side? Great skin tho, thanks!

[Jase2]

How would I move the sidebar to the right?

[Andrew]

Hi, it seems as though visitors who are using 1024 x 768 or 800 x 600 resolutions experience a horizontal scrollbar. This occurs in IE and Firefox.

I use Opera, and even on those resolutions don't see a horizontal scrollbar. I think it has to do with the "Last Post" table, as some are bigger than others.You've added a mod of some sort that's doing this. The style running on my development board doesn't have this issue in Internet Explorer 6 or 7, Firefox, or Google Chrome under Windows XP, and it doesn't have any problems under Firefox, Safari, or Opera under Mac OS X 10.4 either.

Any way to make the sidebar appear on the right instead of the left side? Great skin tho, thanks!Just move that column in the forumhome template. You'd just be moving it from near the top of the template to near the bottom of the template in the table structure.

[Jase2]

Just move that column in the forumhome template. You'd just be moving it from near the top of the template to near the bottom of the template in the table structure.

Could you please explain a little there...I don't understand. Which bit of code in the forumhome template? And would we move it right to the bottom of the template to make it appear on the right?

Also, how would I move the logo to the right ever so little? Too near to the border for my liking. I'm fairly sure some % needs changing. :)

[Jase2]

I'm trying to remove the sidebar, but it messes the whole style up. This is the bit I removed, yet the style doesn't show full width:

<table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
<tr>
<td width="250" valign="top" style="padding-right: 15px;">
<table cellpadding="8" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" align="center" style="border: 1px solid #000000;">
<thead>
<tr>
<td class="tcat" colspan="2"><if condition="$show['guest']">Login<else />Control Panel</if></td>
</tr>
</thead>
</table>
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center" style="border-top: 0px;">
<tr>
<td class="alt1">
<if condition="$show['member']">

<div class="smallfont">
<strong><phrase 1="$bbuserinfo[username]" 2="member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$bbuserinfo[userid]">$vbphrase[welcome_x_link_y]</phrase></strong><br />
<phrase 1="$pmbox[lastvisitdate]" 2="$pmbox[lastvisittime]">$vbphrase[last_visited_x_at_y]</phrase>
<if condition="$show['notifications'] AND $show['popups']">
<div><span id="notifications"><a href="usercp.php$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[your_notifications]:</a> <strong>$notifications_total</strong></span></div>
<script type="text/javascript"> vBmenu.register("notifications"); </script>
<else />
<if condition="$show['pmstats']">
<div><phrase 1="$vbphrase[unread_x_nav_compiled]" 2="$vbphrase[total_x_nav_compiled]" 3="$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[private_messages_nav]</phrase></div>
</if>
</if>
<if condition="$show['pmwarning']"><div><strong><phrase 1="$vbphrase[pmpercent_nav_compiled]">$vbphrase[your_pm_box_is_x_full]</phrase></strong></div></if>
</div>

<else />

<!-- login form -->
<form action="login.php?do=login" method="post" onsubmit="md5hash(vb_login_password, vb_login_md5password, vb_login_md5password_utf, $show[nopasswordempty])">
<script type="text/javascript" src="clientscript/vbulletin_md5.js?v=$vboptions[simpleversion]"></script>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="$stylevar[formspacer]" border="0" align="center">
<tr>
<td class="smallfont" nowrap="nowrap"><label for="navbar_username">$vbphrase[username]:</label></td>
<td><input type="text" name="vb_login_username" id="navbar_username" size="20" accesskey="u" tabindex="101" value="$vbphrase[username]" onfocus="if (this.value == '$vbphrase[username]') this.value = '';" class="textfield" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="smallfont" nowrap="nowrap"><label for="navbar_password">$vbphrase[password]:</label></td>
<td><input type="password" name="vb_login_password" id="navbar_password" size="20" tabindex="102" class="textfield" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" class="smallfont" align="center"><label for="cb_cookieuser_navbar"><input type="checkbox" name="cookieuser" value="1" tabindex="103" id="cb_cookieuser_navbar" accesskey="c" />$vbphrase[remember_me]</label> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<input type="submit" value="$vbphrase[log_in]" tabindex="104" title="$vbphrase[enter_username_to_login_or_register]" accesskey="s" class="textfield" /></td>
<tr>
</table>
<input type="hidden" name="s" value="$session[sessionhash]" />
<input type="hidden" name="securitytoken" value="$bbuserinfo[securitytoken]" />
<input type="hidden" name="do" value="login" />
<input type="hidden" name="vb_login_md5password" />
<input type="hidden" name="vb_login_md5password_utf" />
</form>
<!-- / login form -->

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

<br />

<table cellpadding="8" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" align="center" style="border: 1px solid #000000;">
<thead>
<tr>
<td class="tcat" colspan="2">Forum Statistics</td>
</tr>
</thead>
</table>
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center" style="border-top: 0px;">
<tr>
<td class="alt1">
<div class="smallfont">
<strong>Forum Members:</strong> $numbermembers<br />
<strong>Total Threads:</strong> $totalthreads<br />
<strong>Total Posts:</strong> $totalposts<br />
<br />
There are currently <strong>$totalonline</strong> users browsing the forums.
$template_hook[forumhome_wgo_stats]
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>

Am I missing something?

[AusFire]

Hello,

I have installed this skin, www.code5.aussiefirefighters.org.au

But where has all the options gone that are up the top of the default skin such as User CP FAQ member List Calandar New Posts Search Quick LInks Log Out etc??

Thanks, Chris.

[SoFresh]

I didn't use the full theme but I used the colors and images on the default vb theme... thanx :)

[vigliarolo12]

some of the images wont show up and i uploaded it from the images file.

my site is aox-gaming.com/forums

aim is kingyankee13

i will change the style when u aim me so i can show you what i mean

[vigliarolo12]

i fixed that, but now when people post it isnt lined up like it should be

[dragoncub]

Awesome Skin

I'm using it now on my forum. Thanks for providing the .psd files I changed up some of the icons.

Check it out.

http://gphoneing.com/forum/index.php

[inspiration100]

Very nice! Thanks for the skin designer!

[Brother Malachi]

Does anyone have this skin working on 3.8?

[sarum]

Does anyone have this skin working on 3.8?

i would like to know that too

[Chase]

Can you make a "Thanks" image?

[Andrew]

<i>I intend to update this for vBulletin 3.8</i>, but I'm not sure when I'll get the chance. Hopefully it will be within a week or two, but that depends on how much schoolwork I have. I'll send out an update here when the new version is posted.

[Brother Malachi]

Sweet. I'll be waiting :)

[Brandon Sheley]

The demo doesn't work anymore :(
would like a 3.8 version as well :)

cheers

[thealpha]

Anymore news on a 3.8 version? Anyone tried this version on 3.8?

[Prettyeyes4you]

I would like to see a demo.
3.7
does anyone have one?

[Crystal Shards]

I hope you update this to 3.8 soon! It's one of our board's favorites. =)

[zirzirnet]

But where has all the options gone that are up the top of the default skin such as User CP FAQ member List Calandar New Posts Search Quick LInks Log Out etc??

Thanks, Chris

[Crystal Shards]

You should be able to revert.