Black and Blue Style
 

Hello, all!

I finally decided to release a style. It is a vB 3.6.5, 951 pixels fixed width, dark blue and deep gray/black style. I developed this theme on my test installation on my PC, so unfortunately there is no live demo, but I've attached a couple of screenshots. The theme has been tested with FireFox 2.0, Internet Explorer 6 and 7, and Opera 9.0.

I tried to make it so customizing it is a relatively painless procedure. In the header template, I commented where you can add your own logo, 468x60 ad code, and customize the links (Link1, Link2, etc.).

Included in the zip file are the xml file, button PSDs and icons with a dark matting.

There is no theme copyright in the footer, or any links to any sites of mine. Please, though, do not redistribute or sell the theme.

I'll support it as time allows, and I'll do my best to keep it up to date with each new vB release. If you wish to hire me to do extra customization on it, such as develop a logo, change the buttons, statusicons, etc., just send me a PM.

Please remember to "Mark as Installed"! Bonus points if you decide to throw a donation my way. :p

1-12-2007:
Added the PSD for the layout to the zip file.

5-03-2007:
Added a fluid version of this style. The installation instructions are the same, except for the obvious file name differences. Additionally, the fixed version of this style has been adjusted so that you can set your logo graphic in the "Title Image" field of the style manager, instead of having to edit the header template.

9-10-2007:
Updated the .xml files for vB version 3.6.8.

Installation Instructions:

1. Unzip the "blackandblue_fixed-style.zip" file.
2. Upload the two folders, "icons" and "blackandblue" in the image directory to your forum's image directory.
3. In your admincp, click "Download/Upload Styles" under "Styles and Templates".
4. In the "Import Style XML File" section, browse for the file, "bb-fixed-style.xml" included in the zip file and click the "Import" button, leaving the rest of the options at their defaults.

Enjoy!

very nice style installed

Excellent! I've been keeping my eye open to see if you'd release some of your work. Will install soon!

Can we get a PSD file for the header images or for the entire layout if possible?

Thanks.

Hey very sexy stlye, i like!!

Very nice.... installed.

But can someone help me how and where to add the image link to the logo.
I have tryed evrything, but with no luck.

Replace that bit of code with this:
That will allow you set to set the logo in the Title Image field in the style manager.

Added to the zip file. :)

I have figured it out before your post, thanks anyway.

Installed on my board (www.houston-dsm.org/forums) and it looks/works great in IE6 and IE7... but Firefox users are having trouble with the navbar.

Screenshot from a FF user is attached... any ideas? :)

Edited to add: The user who took the screenshot is on FF 1.5. I realize the style was tested in 2.0. Is there a fix so this will work in FF 1.5, or do I get to tell my user his browser is outdated and he's SOL?

Edit 2: I also have a FF 2.0 user telling me it's doing the same thing for him.

I like it alot. Thx!

I have this running on my site now, if anyone wants another site to compare.

What font style is that you used on the buttons?

That's odd. Do you have any plugins installed which affect navbar functionality?

Arial Black. :)

I have iTrader, vB Banner Rotator (by frapegliko), and your style installed. That's it as far as mods go. I don't believe any of those should affect the navbar. vB 3.6.4

In fact, users are telling me that with this as my board's default style, there is no way to log in when the page is viewed in Firefox.... see below:

here is another users screen shot from that forum. This user is on Firefox 2.0

Is this the banner rotator you have installed? https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=129418

If so, did you add the $GLOBALS[bannerads] bit to the style's header or footer? If not, that might be the cause.

I installed this yesterday and it is great. The only thing I have noticed is that smilies have a white halo around them because of the dark background color. Any idea on a work around for that? Is there a smilie set for dark colors with a transparent background instead of white?

I didn't include any smilies because most folks use smilies of their own choosing anyway. There are tons of free smilies to be found on the web, though, as well as free smiley sets here.

wow very beautiful

Thank you so much!

Yup, I added $GLOBALS[bannerads] in place of the "sample ad" banner that comes with the style.

I think this was my screw-up. When I first installed the template, I wanted to rem-out the "Link 1 - Link 2 - Link 3 - Link 4" stuff, since I didn't have any links to throw in at that time.

See code below. I added the tag in green, but forgot the tag in red. It worked correctly in IE and I didn't give it a second thought at the time. That'll teach me to install mods at 2am. :o

That is the only difference I can think of between the default style and this one. The default style also has the $GLOBALS[bannerads] on it, but the default style works correctly.

I am betting MSIE would read the (incorrectly modded) HTML differently than FF. FF appears to be reading it as "remark tag is still open". That would certainly mess with the navbar.

Thanks for the help, I will let you know if that code change (adding the close-remark tag) doesn't fix the problem. I'm betting it will fix it.

EDITED TO ADD: Confirmed with a FF 1.5 user. The fix worked. Yay! :)

Thanks for the help - and for the awesome looking style.

-- James

Excellent work.. Thank you.. What do I need to do to put a picture on the top left intead of the text. Thanks

looks nice thanks but i notice now i have a white box with a X inside of it I guess this is called buttons search, quick links. How can i currect this

Glad you got it lined out, James!

In this bit of code in the header template:
Replace the text "Your Logo" with the link to the image you want to use. Alternately, you can follow the instructions in this post.

Did you upload the "buttons" folder in the "blackandblue" directory? If so, double-check to make sure you uploaded it to the proper location per the installation instructions.

Thank you, this is one of the best looking skins I've seen in a long time. Everything went smooth, but I am having minor problems when the postbit is set to legacy...the blue borders stopped wrapping after the first post. Is there a fix for this? Thank you, and keep up the excellent work.
(See attachment for what I'm referring to)

I got most of this working, I uploaded everything according to the instructions, however I am not getting the title images (header_1.jpg, etc..) to display. I applied the changes you have listed above and I understand how to get the logo in there, but any idea why the header images are not showing up?

URL for the board is http://www.misfitsrc.com

OK.. Update.. It looks like it is working on the forums section however it is not working on the vBadvanced side of things... looking into it now, but any suggestions?

OKay.. figured it out.. I just had to copy the images, etc.. to the root of the domain and it picked it up with the dynamic pathing in the script.

All is working well now... great looking style by the way!

I'm doing a conversion from SMF to vB finally, and I wandered over here looking for a good style for vB. The second thread I clicked on happened to be this one, and It's absolutely perfect.

Thanks for this! :)

<a href="http://www.ranger-retrocenter.com/forums/index.php" target="_blank">http://www.ranger-retrocenter.com/forums/index.php</a>

Love this style. One quick question: how do I edit the "Link1 Link2 Link3 Link4" text? I've searched around for it, but I cant seem to pin it down.

Any help?

Oh, wait, I read the first post and figured it out. Stupid me :)

very nice , thanks .

i really like fluid styles... but this one stands out.. it is really nice.... installed and will feature as the default theme

Installed on ArcadeForum -- I finally decided to go for a new look and this caught my eye. I'll probably do a little customization, but it is a very nice skin. :up:

Can someone tell me how to make this span the width of my browser. I love the skin its just a bit too narrow for me.

Anybody?

Well, I just installed it- no problems (knocks on wood)! We love this skin- Thank you! I had to change the StatusIcons, to better suit my application, though.

http://www.therogueforums.com/imageh...ackandblue.jpg

This is a very smooth, very clean skin- I highly recommend it. Any chance of a red version of this?

Possible full width version at all? :)

Any word on an update?

Same here :) Have got it installed, but would love to see a fluid version :D