Can I get this in blue (#335588) instead of green?? :D

I don't think vbseo owns the colors (I could be wrong here), so the only claim they really have is the use of thier name.

Besides the vBseo logo is just a flipped Nvidia logo with circles instead. Same colors and everything there as well....

http://nvidia.com

Yep, thats probibly why VBSeo uses the "cloned" NVIDIA logo :erm:

So guys, stop making a fuss about this.. your making a fool of yourself and your good name..

First of all thanks BSMedia, Mike and anyone else backing this up. Anyone trying to shoot down this theme is just a hypocrite....You call foul play when a vb related company theme is released, but not one foul play was called when a facebook theme was released. Both are companies, both are themes that are clones. Why the sudden change?

As for the licensing agreement; I agree, I made a mistake and I appologize to vBulletin. There's quite a few rules; not everyone picks up on them the first time. I won't make the same mistake twice and have been changing any outgoing links fto my test server to a demo picture or a sample site of someone downloading the style.

The worlds competitive place. You must have the nicest theme to stay on top or you will be at a disadvantage. Take McDonalds vs. BurgerKing for example. They share many of the same attributes, surely this is not a coincidence. You can get the same items practically on the menu, the colors are very similar with just different logos. You don't see them bickering at each other. Every site needs the same opportunity to be competitive on the web today, and I am providing this opportunity to those who see it. If your offended by any means, contact me via msn at dave@buypoe.com and we can discuss this further. This is a support discussion, not a bickering conversation.

Good luck to everyone building their sites and their endeavors.

I have re-uploaded.xml file. Let me know if you have problems.

I can't test my themes on my main installation of vbulletin since it modified too much. It looks fine on my testing server. Anyways, let me know if it works.

I wonder if vbulletin complained when people made vbulletin retro skin clones?
Of course not.
Its silly.
I cant believe the pettiness going on here.

hi Dave, what about my proposal here?

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....8&postcount=29

BTW I'm with you. Complaining about copying a color from another standard VB theme is simply ridicolous...

Thanks for this great style!
Kiss.

I'll check it out and get back to you. My schools starts up again tomorrow (FSU) so production will be slower.

OMG come on kids does it really matter about colors? The theme is just a default with color changes, now making a custom skin with custom coded navbar and other add ons and then having someone make a clone would be something worth arguing about. Anyone could have added green and black coloring to there vb 4 site would you go after them to? I think vbseo should stick to making there new seo 3.5 and not get caught up in dumb fights over color changes to the default skin because vbseo is not a skin maker they are the #1 seo maker for vbulletin.

@skin creator threads title could have been different to avoid this and the skin lack originality but not to your fault new vb has new template engine and style vars so no one right now is making awesome and innovative skins yet for vb4.

Thanks pein87 for the support. Furthermore, it says to be specific when titling your theme, and my theme name instantly lets people know what their about to click on. Why beat around the bushes.

Love the work! Don't forget me please! I was first! ;)

Image preview links updated. Check em out xD

Excellent . Reserved. :up:

Installed!!! :up:

Great theme mate, and top effort - don't listen to those bagging your theme vBSEO don't own the colors, or the layout or even their logo as previously stated it is a rip of nvidia (yeah real genious creation there).

They then still charge an arm and a leg for something that in coming versions of vbulletin is going to be obsolete anyway so continue making the themes you want etc don't worry about them they will go out of business while your still making the rest of the vbulletin community who are not so petty happy.

Exactly mer aus, I'm not a fan of vBSEO with their overpriced products either that continuously expire. xD This is free so enjoy everyone.

Can i get this theme so that its not fixed ?

Yes, see attached.

Thank you so much !

Are you going to be updating it to support the new vars for the usercp etc ? when 4.0.1 is released?

What happened to the blue???? ;)

Customizing the entire theme in blue will require addition work, if you would like it customized for your site please see our theme shop.

-Also, I will be accommodating for updates occurring with vbulletin4.0x


Remember to mark as installed! over 168 downloads, 23 installs, don't forget xD

Can you let us know when it's ready to go with 4.0.1 so i can upgrade :-)

Its more than just an issue of colors, its an issue that he copied almost the exact colors (There is little different between the palettes used, I just checked them).

Also, the logo is a dead give away where he got his 'inspiration'. While its a simple logo, the placement is identical to vBSEO's style, even as far as using 'with' for the logo. I'm pretty sure I haven't seen ANY other style use that 'with', because most other people aren't trying to sell their product thats integrated with vBulletin.

Also, the tab styling is ALSO nearly identical to vBSEO, again, with only a small difference in the shade of the color you used.

The only difference is rounded corners, and a margin, other than that, you ripped the design completely.

While its not that big a deal, because vBSEO is based off the basic vB4 design, there's still the issue of you posting it here, and not even mentioning what inspired you to design it.

Also, offering to rip other designs is just morally wrong, and as a 'designer' (With this incident, I wouldn't even consider you one), you should know how taboo other designers find it.

EDIT: Also, vBSEO probably is at most inspired by nVidia, but that logo style is actually very common... I mean honestly, the logo is made up of 3 circles, separated in half into two colors, with a square background. Its not exactly original.

Was there really any need for that ? considering 99% of the styles on the internet are rips of another after all how many of use are using the same theme as vbulletin.com ?

Lol? Someone asked for a look-alike theme, and I delivered...if you have a problem, contact me on msn via Dave@buypoe.com. This thread is for support only. Thank-you. <3 < 3

Best of luck!

Uninstall.........

Not really an issue, colors aren't exclusive to any website or person.

I didn't look very close, but it looked like a standard header graphic location to me? Even vBulletin.org has their header in the top-left of their skin.

Again, looks like default vBulletin navbar, with the colors. But the issue of reusing colors was address in point #1

Then the reason for your post was...?
Probably the only valid point of your entire rant. But since the only thing he really took was colors, did he really take anything?

Okay, but than this style is at very most inspired by vBSEO, the colors are very common actually, and nVidia actually uses them on their site as well.

Thanks BSMedia...so many haters, they need to go back and read previous posts.

For those that just post before they read:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....5&postcount=44

Some other look-alikes...why aren't you hating here? Did they not do as good of a job?
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=229058

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=211863

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=198863

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=208000

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=227788

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=208449

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=222875

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=221814

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=208788

I've compiled a list in less than 5 minutes of some of the many clone themes out there on vbulletin.org. Theres a ton more that people have made on vbulletin but I don't have the time to just go through them all.

Give me a 1 star on this theme, but honestly, you and I know that's a false rating. The theme is so perfect in its resemblance your astonished and it seems like its the first time people are getting angry. Is this theme's clone right on target and your mad because it's a legit clone. Take a look at all the themes above I listed. So next time you want to hate on this theme, hate on those links too, and see what people think about what you say. Stop embarrassing yourself.

Oh right, you don't consider him a designer, lets compare them to your designs and we can judge for ourselves...

get away angry people and congratulate him for make his own skin...

Well i have supported the designer from the start, and am so please he has updated it to work on 4.0.1 ;-)

I really don't understand what's the problem and why there are so many haters out there. Dave has released a good free theme and only the colors are inspired to VbSeo so what's the problem? Why, instead of just judging don't try for ourselves to create a theme?

i get this

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2010/01/79.jpg

what is the problem?

Installed. Would love to have a skin that match with deviantart.com color scheme. Thanks.

Please limit your responses to support issues regarding the style.

Any other issues should be discussed in PM with the author or if needed reported to staff.

Love the skin, but I would like to change the main background colour/image, where and how would I do this ?

You can change the main background pic by going to style vars > Doc_background

If you wish to add an image, theres a function within doc_background to attach an image.

Works for everything but CMS. If I go to the CMS page it reverts to the original theme.