[Release] Windows XP Style

*sigh*
I cant beleive I'm doing this

Here is my windows XP style

Demo: http://www.andrewnelson.org/test/forum/?styleid=1

if you have any problems
post them here
or

msn: lysol__@hotmail.com
aim: BrianStrCrft


Good luck

[Nairb]

oops, forgot to post the file o_O

[Rufus69]

hehe thought you said you was gonna sell it :p

[Nairb]

If i were to sell it, there would be a greater chance of being sued by MS
:(

[Cypher720]

lol...we dont want that to happen!

great style man!

[Tony G]

Are you sure there's no risk releasing this for free too?

[imported_Keyser S?ze]

Nairb if it makes u feel any better, vb2 styles wont work in vb3, so i dont think anyone would buy it anyway, even tho it is a fine style, i think SD sould make a style of the mouth around here, for fine style such as this one

and what happened to the sweet cloud BG?

[Brad]

If M$ has a problem with it they will contact him and ask for it to be removed. Im sure he wont be getting sued if he removes it when/if the time comes.

[imported_Keyser S?ze]

Oh boy, man, u linked all images to your site directly,

it should be like- images/xp/imagename.gif

u got them all like this- http://www.andrewnelson.org/test/forum/images/xp_logo.gif

i mean i havnt even uploaded my images yet and all of them work, that could kill your bandwidth having all these ppl with all those linked images off your site, i suggest u fix that and update the zip eh?

[Tony G]

Originally posted by Keyser S?ze
Nairb if it makes u feel any better, vb2 styles wont work in vb3, so i dont think anyone would buy it anyway, even tho it is a fine style, i think SD sould make a style of the mouth around here, for fine style such as this one

and what happened to the sweet cloud BG?

There is still alot of time until vb3 would be finalised and when most users would switch. Lots of people won't want to run a beta.

[Nairb]

Originally posted by Keyser S?ze
Oh boy, man, u linked all images to your site directly,

it should be like- images/xp/imagename.gif

u got them all like this- http://www.andrewnelson.org/test/forum/images/xp_logo.gif

i mean i havnt even uploaded my images yet and all of them work, that could kill your bandwidth having all these ppl with all those linked images off your site, i suggest u fix that and update the zip eh?



Isnt that the only image like that?
and anyways, later when i get home...
i'll redo what needs to be done, and i'll zip the logo.psd file in there

[imported_Keyser S?ze]

no, see, let me explain, i uploaded this style file to my test board, and did not upload any images at all, none, uploaded no imafes, and right now on my test board everything eorks perfectly, all images are linked to your site, heres a few but not all

http://www.andrewnelson.org/test/forum/images/xp/user_cp.gif

http://www.andrewnelson.org/test/forum/images/xp_mid.gif

http://www.andrewnelson.org/test/forum/images/off.gif

http://www.andrewnelson.org/test/forum/images/vb_bullet.gif

jope that clears that up

also does anyone else notice this is not centered properly, any way to fix that?

[imported_Keyser S?ze]

im not complaiging in any way as i love this style very much, just saying im surprised the way the read me is, says to just upload here and your done, thats not the case at all, been tacking down image paths all day, also there are a few hacks it seems that will need to be installed to get this fully working, i relize u cant include the hacks themselves, but the names would be nice, otherwise got to guess at it ya know :(, anoher thing the zip i missing more than half the imges needed, i relize alot ae from the default set, but IMO, its bad to do that, because then maybe if someone no longer has that set, cuz whatever reason, just better safe thn sory, just my opionion

i love the way you did the forum header, like 5 images, must have taken forever, really nice,

like i said before,grwat style [love]

[Zehlek]

Thanks a lot Nairb

[Nairb]

I'll try and get it all sorted out now, just came back from 12 hours in Toronto :S

[imported_Keyser S?ze]

hey man i got it mostly fixed if u want that

AIM- Ice0wnzj00

[Popa'Doc]

hmm nice work bro
i personly won't use it
but good work

[imported_Keyser S?ze]

well, IMO this style needs a better button set, some are nice, others are just the boring default buttons :(

thats about it

[Nairb]

yea, actually
I'm home from school today
I'm redoing everything that needs to be done :)

[Kikyourt]

Meh, I don't know about this style.I give it a 3/5. I DO NOT think that you should pay money for it. Anywho, seeing as it is free thats okay. I would never use this style tho coz it looks too defaulty, otherwise, cool.

[Nairb]

What do you mean by "defaulty" ?
Suggestions and comments are greatly appreciated, so I can do a better job on my upcoming style "The Mac OS" style :)

[Nairb]

Ummmm Okay
I've fixed mostly everything
And I added a few new images
Refer back to the 2nd post for the new version

[BLaRmuS]

could someone make a email button

[imported_y2dan]

Great, thanks man.

[MacKenzie]

Added this style to my forums. I like :)

However, I found two problems... the email button seems to be missing, and on the postbit, the user's name is a link that goes to your forums. Would I assume you meant for that to link to the member's profile?

[Nairb]

yea
i fixed it, i guess i should reupload it :D

[Dean N Steve]

Wow this is suprisingly nice :)

Well done mate ! :D

- miSt

[BLaRmuS]

ok well all you did nairb is upload a default email button could you make one that whould fit?

[Nairb]

here is the email button

[imported_Keyser S?ze]

a new and improved "get info" template would be great on this style

[Nairb]

Actually, me and Rufus are working on something like that :D

[BLaRmuS]

thx alot for the email button

[BLaRmuS]

ohh and you should release your new postbit instead of the old on adn put it in this style

[Nairb]

here is the updated stuff:



NOTE*: you must upload the xp folder to vb root/images/themes/


so the path is:

http://www.yoururl.com/vb root/images/themes/xp/

[imported_Keyser S?ze]

couple thing Nairb if u make a updated zip then you should put it in your first post IMO, otherwise ppl will come, install the first post, then later see u had a update, makes them install wice, and how about some screenshots and list of what all is new

:D

[Nairb]

Uh, if they dont read through the posts.. it's their fault...

and here is a screen shot of the postbit now:

[imported_Keyser S?ze]

**** man that rocks!!

[BLaRmuS]

yes you put it in there man thank you :)

[a43079]

nairb you did a good job on this style bro....

[blahh]

first i wanna say your style is really good.

i installed this style on vbulletin 2.2.9 and im having some probs..wonder if you can help:
under the styles pull down menu there`s nothing although i have 3 styles.

and when the mouse pointer comes over a description nothing shows up

and 1 more thing..the forums are all together..llike in 1 table or something

[Nairb]

Link?

[Jean147]

Great work. Although you have to fix many things. :)

BTW where did you have this select Style on the forumhome Mod from?

[Brad]

The style drop down can be found in the template modifications forum. There are two released. one forces you to add each new style to the code by hand, the other will pull them automaticly.

[Nairb]

I'm pretty sure I listed the hacks I used?

[imported_CeeJaylxZ]

I luv this theme, but I only found one problem. (That I couldn't fix myself)

On the "Search Template" The images seem to be trying to download from your server. :(

If you could help me. I'd highly appreciate it;) Thanx

[Nairb]

hmmm, I dont remember doing much modification to the search template?

I'll have a look at it

[imported_CeeJaylxZ]

One more thing... do I need to edit anything to get the Statistics enabled?

[Nairb]

You need the hack...

[Orfejs]

It's so boring. Xp Candy style ... for girls only. That's what I think. Does anybody agrees with me?

[Mickie D]

hi could someone tell me what i need to edit to fix this problem i am having with my catorgories :(

have a look at the picture and tell me if i can fix this with a template mod or something :)

[Nairb]

ok, in the template forumhome level 1 nopost

find the part where it says $forum[title] or whatever it is(my fourms are down, i cant check it)
and in the td tag that, that is in find the "width="120" (i think) and make it w/e u want

[Mickie D]

thanks very much for the speedy reply i have tried from 100 all the way up 2 400

all it does is move the green bar along but i think it has something to do with the text it has droped down :( and it should be more in the middle like in my other pic (the welcome and the first forum catorgorie)

all my catorgories are the same all the way down :( but they should look like the 2 at the top you can see.

[Nairb]

PM me on msn or aim

msn: nairb@stylinvb.com
aim: BrianStrCrft

[MuteNoMasenko]

The links don't work ne longer maybe if some1 has downloaded this style they could post up a screenshot, i just really am curious as to what it looks like.

[Genius _2k2_]

i don't see the shoot so i tried it on my localhost
thanks a lot

[poolking]

Problem solved, style looks good. :D

[dstruct2k]

Because of the absence of a screenshot, I'm gonna post one that's only half-installed. This is what you'll see if you install the style on a NON-hacked site. (ie: default vB)

I'm in the process of making it vBPortal compatible now. :D

[dstruct2k]

I'm having big problems making it vBPortal-compatible.... I may have to scrap this project, or just use the images in my own rendition of the XP style. (I'll copy the working Default, and make the required changes to it)

I will still include your credits at the bottom of the page, so I hope that my plan isn't a problem. :D

[Nairb]

Go for it, but show us after what you come out with

[dstruct2k]

Gladly. I'm rebuilding the styles now. :rolleyes: Might take me a day or two to sort this all out though... I've got 3 styles called Windows XP installed. (Orig, v2, and the new v3) I'll get v3 working properly (because right now all it shows is the default template but with the XP images) and then zip+post, and give a screenshot and live demo. :D

I'll be very busy for the next few hours!

[dstruct2k]

Rebuild complete!!! :D

Hope you all like it! :cool:
Screenshot.jpg (http://24.77.228.66/images/styles/XPv3.jpg)

[dstruct2k]

Live Demo: Here! (http://24.77.228.66/forums/index.php?styleid=3)

(If you've used the above link, and want to remove the forced setting of "styleid=3", just click here (http://24.77.228.66/forums/index.php?styleid=).)

[attroll]

I love the XP Style. But isn't the members avatar suppose to show up under the welcome in the box? I went into the template in Forum Homepage Templates/forumhome and it looks like this:

<td bgcolor="{secondaltcolor}" align="center" valign="top" width="100">$avatarimage</td>

I can not understand why it does not work. Can someone help me?

[attroll]

Ok. I figured it out. I did the following changes:

LOCATED:
<td bgcolor="{secondaltcolor}" align="center" valign="top" width="100">$avatarimage</td>

REPLACED WITH:
<td bgcolor="{secondaltcolor}" align="center" valign="top" width="100"><img src="avatar.php?userid=$bbuserinfo[userid]"></td>

and it worked.

[romanticyao]

If i were to sell it, there would be a greater chance of being sued by MS
:(

lol. thanx anyway, great job!

[Klypso]

the link doesn't work for me

[dstruct2k]

Which link? All of mine died because my host changed, I'm fixing them now.

I've also rebuild the style again... Too many hacks to remove though, if anyone has: arcade quiz store vb story vB Portalmy style is perfect for you now. Otherwise, it's got tons of un-necessary templates in it for a re-release.

[MrNase]

why 9 ;)
http://24.77.228.66/forums/index.php?s=&styleid=3 :)

it's a cool style but i won't use it because i don't like the 'normal' windows XP style but good work :)

one lil thing:
the header of the left-hand boxes...are they final?
They look like not belonging to the site ;)

[dstruct2k]

Actually... Yeah, I updated all my numbers, it's not 9 anymore.... lol

And all the sidebar headers are just temp images, I didn't bother making them XP-themed as well, although I could...


Uhhh, expect a new version soon. :D

[pHpLords.Com]

Do you have this one for vB3 or just 2?

[Zachery]

try reading the first post 12-04-2002, 09:59 PM

i think it was just for vb2 :) you would be able to mod it without much difculity tho

[imported_MaDCaT75]

What's wrong with this style? I just uploaded it and all its images but all of them show up as red x?