Skin : "Bulletin 64" for vBulletin 3.5.x [Archive]

b6gm6n

11-02-2005, 10:00 PM

Bulletin 64
A retro skin themed on the classic Commodore 64 (http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=98)

Lovingly reproduces the C64 basic screen/style - Including loading animations and optimized graphics. If you use this skin please click < Install (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/vborg_miscactions.php?do=installhack&threadid=99957) > cheers!

Installation instructions in the zip along with the psd's and fonts.

Check screenshots!

Enjoy.

< Update : 12-02-06 - xml 3.5.3 compliant, new graphix >

-b6

Protoman

11-03-2005, 03:06 AM

that's pretty cool :) you should make an xtree gold one (possibly the best file manager ever made)

007

11-03-2005, 05:58 AM

That is pretty cool. Very nice indeed! Thanks!

sensimilla

11-03-2005, 07:39 AM

outstanding work as always!!! thanks

Snake

11-03-2005, 12:00 PM

Now that's a good skin to use.

Holidazed

11-03-2005, 12:37 PM

This is freaking awesome.

~Speaking as someone who's first computer was a C64.

Anyway, this is fine if I only have one style. However, what if I have many styles? I do not want to overwrite my existing "vbulletin_editor.css" file with yours. Can't I place it somewhere else and use it?

b6gm6n

11-03-2005, 01:20 PM

Anyway, this is fine if I only have one style. However, what if I have many styles? I do not want to overwrite my existing "vbulletin_editor.css" file with yours. Can't I place it somewhere else and use it?

yes this is a problem, but if you use another style you can leave the "vbulletin_editor.css" as is (this will only show a thin blue border around the editor) - glad you liked it!

-b6

Holidazed

11-03-2005, 02:34 PM

yes this is a problem, but if you use another style you can leave the "vbulletin_editor.css" as is (this will only show a thin blue border around the editor) - glad you liked it!
Well, I am not sure I want a thin blue border around all the editor box on all my styles. I think I will just do without it.

I think I have found a bug. In firefox, I can bring up the "new message" window or "reply" window. Anything that happens to have a post message option and it displays fine. However, it will not let me type in the message box.

This is not the case with internet explorer. In IE, everything works fine, but there is an odd "gap" at the top of all the "editor" windows. I have attached a screen shot of what I mean. Is this another issue with not using your css file?

BTW, I checked my other styles, this is not happening with them.

nexialys

11-03-2005, 02:36 PM

AWESOME look... remembers me of the old time i was working on that engine!

Holidazed

11-03-2005, 03:05 PM

What we need is a TRS-80 style, an DOS style and a Linux style.

Holidazed

11-03-2005, 03:42 PM

Well, I got the style online and short of the Firefox issue, it is working.

See for yourself
http://www.dungeonkeepersdomain.com/vbb350/index.php?styleid=23

b6gm6n

11-03-2005, 03:54 PM

I think I have found a bug. In firefox, I can bring up the "new message" window or "reply" window. Anything that happens to have a post message option and it displays fine. However, it will not let me type in the message box.

Hey love your site btw, on the bug issue i think i've seen this before, in FFX sometimes the real-time-wysiwyg editor mode kicks in... (a small editor box appears in the main window at the top) try my site in FFX and see if this happens there, but im unable to reproduce this.

-b6

Holidazed

11-03-2005, 04:09 PM

OK, your site is http://www.x7x7x7.com/ right?

I went there in Firefox and it was not clear what to do. There was only one link and I finally found it. Anyway, I registered and the style seems to work perfectly in Firefox. I have to think it has something with the css file I did not replace.

3 questions and 1 comment:
Comment: Thank your the kind words about my forum.
Question: Can you tell me how to move the "What's Going On" box to just above the forums?
Question: Do you know of any way to make your particular style call the css file from a different path?
Question: What about the odd "space" issue in IE that I reported earlier?

b6gm6n

11-04-2005, 01:08 AM

Question: Can you tell me how to move the "What's Going On" box to just above the forums?

Edit the forum home template (you did that already i see)

Question: Do you know of any way to make your particular style call the css file from a different path?

Im not sure you can, check the forums

Question: What about the odd "space" issue in IE that I reported earlier?

You simply need to click the 'editor mode switch' found on the interface to the top right... or just select 'standard controls' for the interface type via your ACP

-b6

yinyang

11-04-2005, 01:42 AM

b6gm6n

11-04-2005, 01:47 AM

as stated in the other thread, this is ingenius.

now, regarding the smilies, did you want them like that or would you like a custom colored one. i have just the person over at TAZ to help you with that.

This style did not come with any smiles as you know, so if theres an offer of some one making them for this style i'll be happy to include them.

-b6

Unexplained.tv

11-04-2005, 05:08 AM

Great skin! My first PC was a Commodore Vic 20 and then we went to a C64.. brings back memories!

zappsan

11-04-2005, 07:05 PM

I love the idea.
I'm going to use this style^^

Sal Collaziano

11-05-2005, 02:00 PM

Holy crap! This is too cool! Haha! I used to own a Commodore 64! I'm gonna use this on one of my sites! :p

Sculli

11-06-2005, 08:02 AM

Awesome looking skin. Unfortunately I can't install it as I do not want it to overwrite my images that are stored in /images. I would love to offer this skin to my users if there was a way to have this one and a bunch of others installed at the same time.

Hoffi

11-06-2005, 10:31 AM

It looks really Cool. Not very Useful for my Boards, but I think I will use it in my Testfprum fur fun and for the old Times. My First Computer was also a C64. I still have the little one.

b6gm6n

11-06-2005, 02:33 PM

as stated in the other thread, this is ingenius.

now, regarding the smilies, did you want them like that or would you like a custom colored one. i have just the person over at TAZ to help you with that.

cheers, whatever you would think suitable i'll go for, so good luck and i'll include them with the distro or have them as an add on, thanx

-b6

yinyang

11-06-2005, 04:34 PM

cheers, whatever you would think suitable i'll go for, so good luck and i'll include them with the distro or have them as an add on, thanx

-b6

i'll give shelley at TAZ a ring. her work is exceptional.

Sculli

11-06-2005, 07:25 PM

To make this skin compatible with a board that offers different skins as well, it is just a matter of creating a directory for it and then search and replace the images/ with images/new_directory in the xml file?

Hoffi

11-07-2005, 05:26 AM

It works for me with different styles. I did not overwrite any Images. Just Copy the b64 Directory into your images Folder. So all Images were stored in forumroot/images/b64/...

Sculli

11-07-2005, 07:11 AM

It works for me with different styles. I did not overwrite any Images. Just Copy the b64 Directory into your images Folder. So all Images were stored in forumroot/images/b64/...
So true. No idea how I initially missed that ..., I was still a noob some 24 hours ago, now that I have spend 20 hours setting my board up (conversion from phpbb2) and only 4 hours on sleep, I feel wiser already. ;)

ctsolutions

11-10-2005, 04:32 PM

that's pretty cool :) you should make an xtree gold one (possibly the best file manager ever made)

yeah, xTree Gold Rulez :rolleyes:

I think this skin is better to access with PDA.

awesome, thanks

Mike

PBC

11-14-2005, 01:27 PM

Wow...that style makes me feel...old. :)

thedvs

01-05-2006, 06:40 PM

PLEASE can u update this for vb3.5.3????????

:)

b6gm6n

01-05-2006, 06:47 PM

PLEASE can u update this for vb3.5.3????????

:)

"Ignore style version" doesn't work? - or there's errors?

-b6

thedvs

01-18-2006, 08:37 PM

i hadnt tried it, just wondered because other skins i used the authors had to do some updates etc

Lea Verou

01-20-2006, 06:30 PM

Wow! This is absuolutely fantastic and ingenius!! If I ever make a technology site I know which theme I'll use ;)

Bison

02-06-2006, 02:37 AM

A classic ...

b6gm6n

02-12-2006, 02:27 PM

B64 updated! - cool, will be doing I-Bulletin later on.

-b6

thedvs

02-12-2006, 10:03 PM

you are my hero, thanks dude!

NeitherSparky

08-13-2006, 09:15 PM

Okay this won't work for my site, but I had to stop and tell you that this is, quite simply, the most fantastic thing I have ever seen. Seriously. That is AWESOME.

~Sparky

bwack

08-17-2006, 02:08 AM

on my mac with safari, the fixedsys font defaults to safari's arial or verdana.

am idoing something wrong.

love the look by the way, just can't seem to replicate

thanks in advance
bwack

b6gm6n

08-17-2006, 03:22 PM

on my mac with safari, the fixedsys font defaults to safari's arial or verdana.

am idoing something wrong.

love the look by the way, just can't seem to replicate

thanks in advance
bwack

not, sure... might be just the font does not exsist on your mac or safari cannot render it... :(

-b6