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Smooth Red Style

This style no longer available. New styles to be released for 3.7 when available.

PS: Don't forget to edit the HEADER and FORUMHOME template to replace the adsense with your ads / banners / etc.

Text links can be edited in the FORUMHOME template as well.

Very nice style Mark :)

Brandon, long time no see :)

Thanks. It was sitting around collecting dust, so I thought I'd clean it off.

Thanks, I like it gonna use it as a skin alternate!

Thx installed.. Where do i find/change the Sponsor Links?

Ok.. how do i´change it and put banners 120*60 in it???

HEY darlin'!! GOOD to see you designing and releasing again :D
Don't forget where FAQ is ;)

Sponsor Links are located in the FORUMHOME template. Simply edit that template, and search for Sponsor Link 1. Make sure to change the Link text AND the hyperlink. Currently the hyperlinks are set like:

<a href="#"> Change the # to the link desired.

If you want to put banners in those locations, replace:

Code:

<a href="#">Sponsor Link 1</a>

with

Code:

<a href="bannerdestinationlinkhere"><img src="linktoyoubanner.com/banner.gif"></a>

Hope that makes sense.

Thanks Peggy. Been very busy lately but nice to be back. I'll be sure to stop by, as I'm making a few new themes for release as I find the time. Hope everything is well!

Things are very well Mark, hope they are for you too.
As I said, good to see you designing again!

Awesome style. Thanks.
*installed*

You are welcome. Thanks for the comments!

Does this Style work with vBulletin Version 3.6.7 PL1?

I installed it in my new vBulletin Version 3.6.7 PL1 system, and none of graphics are showing up?

This is probably a newbie question as I don't fully understand how vBulletin works with regards to styles and upgrades as I am starting new from Version 3.6.7 PL1...

Did you uploade the files to your Forum Root?

Yes, Completely 3.6.7 PL1 compatible. As mentioned, you need to upload the images directory, smoothred to your forum root directory.

I figured out my problem - I uploaded the smoothred folder to the wrong location.

This skin does work with v3.6.7 PL1, and it looks great!

Is there a way to turn off the Google Adsense blocks in this skin?

Sure, in the header find:

Code:

<script type="text/javascript"><!--

google_ad_client = "pub-9556872839910172";

google_alternate_color = "DDDDDD";

google_ad_width = 468;

google_ad_height = 60;

google_ad_format = "468x60_as";

google_ad_type = "text";

//2007-06-08: vBulletin Styles

google_ad_channel = "5984012549";

google_color_border = "DDDDDD";

google_color_bg = "DDDDDD";

google_color_link = "FFFFFF";

google_color_text = "FFFFFF";

google_color_url = "000000";

//-->

</script>

<script type="text/javascript"

  src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js">

</script> &nbsp;

and replace it with:

Code:

That will remove it, yet allow you to remember where to put future banners in the header.

Next, edit FORUMHOME

Remove:

Code:

<script type="text/javascript"><!--

google_ad_client = "pub-9556872839910172";

google_alternate_color = "E8E8E8";

google_ad_width = 160;

google_ad_height = 600;

google_ad_format = "160x600_as";

google_ad_type = "text";

//2007-06-08: vBulletin Styles

google_ad_channel = "5984012549";

google_color_border = "E8E8E8";

google_color_bg = "E8E8E8";

google_color_link = "444444";

google_color_text = "444444";

google_color_url = "444444";

//-->

</script>

<script type="text/javascript"

  src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js">

</script>

and replace with whatever content you would like there. Also remember to change the text "Advertisements" in the FORUMHOME template, to whatever you would like to call that block. If you want to remove that entire block...

remove:

Code:

<br />

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" align="center">

 <tr>

  <td><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/sideleft.gif" border="0" alt="" /></td>

  <td class="sidebg" valign="middle" align="center" width="100%">

Advertisements

  </td>

  <td><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/sideright.gif" border="0" alt="" /></td>

 </tr>

</table>

<table class="tborder" border="0" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" width="100%" align="center">

<tr>

<td class="alt1">

<script type="text/javascript"><!--

google_ad_client = "pub-9556872839910172";

google_alternate_color = "E8E8E8";

google_ad_width = 160;

google_ad_height = 600;

google_ad_format = "160x600_as";

google_ad_type = "text";

//2007-06-08: vBulletin Styles

google_ad_channel = "5984012549";

google_color_border = "E8E8E8";

google_color_bg = "E8E8E8";

google_color_link = "444444";

google_color_text = "444444";

google_color_url = "444444";

//-->

</script>

<script type="text/javascript"

  src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js">

</script>

</td>

</tr>

</table>

Hope that's helpful.

PS: if anyone needs simple changes like this, you are welcome to PM me. If I have the time, I have no problem in making minor.... that's minor... adjustments like above.

Thank you for your help Mark.

Hi Mark,been waiting for ages for a smooth skin,i am doing a car talk site and this fits the bill...love the sponsers part ;)

1.How do you add those links very top of header
2.what is the size of the sponsers links banners...you no the 9 on forum home

Peter

Quote:

1.How do you add those links very top of header

Are you referring to the AdSense Links? Please clarify what you are asking.

Quote:

what is the size of the sponsors links banners...you no the 9 on forum home

Well, currently they are text links, but if you were to replace them with button banners, I would most likely use 88x31 or at most 120x60.

Monetizing your forum and not having the ads be obtrusive to your members is what I aim for in ad placement. This layout combined with the Welcome Headers hack, and some additional code in the postbit have provided me with great success with AdSense and auctionads.

Thanks Mark,are you saying the text links might be obtrusive..on home page(forum home) or should i say do you think that would be a good idea as your per style.

I was refering to the arcade and vbookie links :)

What advertising hack do you use..sorry about all these questions.

Peter

If you want to ad links to the navigation, like vbookie or arcade, edit the NAVBAR template.

For example, Find:

Code:

                <td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="calendar.php$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[calendar]</a></td>

and after add:

Code:

<td class="vbmenu_control"><a ref="vbookie.php">vBookie</a></td>

<td class="vbmenu_control"><a ref="arcade.php">Arcade</a></td>

As for optimizing your click through rate (For AdSense, etc... Here is what I use)

Install https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=119572 (Welcome Headers, Improve community registrations)

Then replace the WELCOME_HEADERS template content with:

Code:

<!-- // Start Welcome Headers // -->

<!-- google_ad_section_start(weight=ignore) -->

<if condition="$vboptions[wlhon] AND THIS_SCRIPT != 'register' AND THIS_SCRIPT != 'login'">

        

        <if condition="$vboptions[wlhcookie] AND !$vbulletin->GPC['welcomeheader']">

        <else />

        

        <if condition="$vboptions[wlhguest] AND $show['guest']">

                <!-- guest welcome message -->

                <br />

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" width="100%" align="center"> <tr> <td class="tcat" valign="middle" width="100%">

Welcome to the Hollywood News, Entertainment, Sports, and Wrestling at MonksDiner.com.

  </td> </tr> </table> <table class="tborder" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="1" border="0" width="100%" align="center">  <tr> 

        <td class="alt1" width="50%" height="0">

                        <p align="center">

<script type="text/javascript"><!--

google_ad_client = "pub-9556872839910172";

google_ad_width = 300;

google_ad_height = 250;

google_ad_format = "300x250_as";

google_ad_type = "text_image";

//2007-03-24: MonksDiner

google_ad_channel = "9525220802";

google_color_border = "E8E8E8";

google_color_bg = "E8E8E8";

google_color_link = "9A0A0A";

google_color_text = "000000";

google_color_url = "000000";

//-->

</script>

<script type="text/javascript"

  src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js">

</script>

                        </td> <td class="alt1" width="50%" height="0">

                <p align="center">&nbsp;</p>

                                                        <p align="left">

                                                        <a style="color: #506173" href="http://www.monksdiner.com/register.php">

                                                        <font color="#ff0000"><strong>Register For Free and 

                                                        get Full Access!</strong></font></a></p>

                                                        <p align="left">Already a Member? <strong>

                                                        <a rel="nofollow" style="color: #506173" href="http://www.monksdiner.com/login.php?do=lostpw">

                                                        Forgot Your Password?</a></strong>! </p>

                                                        <p align="left">Register to make this box go away.

                                                        </p>

                                                        <p><!-- login form -->

                                                        </p>

                                                        <form onsubmit="md5hash(vb_login_password, vb_login_md5password, vb_login_md5password_utf, 0)" method="post" style="display: inline" action="http://www.monksdiner.com/login.php?do=login">

<SCRIPT src="http://www.monksdiner.com/clientscript/vbulletin_md5.js?v=365" type=text/javascript></SCRIPT>



                                                                <table cellSpacing="6" cellPadding="0" border="0" id="table4">

                                                                        <tr>

                                                                                <td class="smallfont">

                                                                                <label for="navbar_username" style="cursor: default">

                                                                                User Name</label></td>

                                                                                <td style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 9pt; font-family: tahoma, verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif">

                                                                                <input class="bginput" id="navbar_username" onfocus="if (this.value == 'User Name') this.value = '';" accessKey="u" tabIndex="101" value="User Name" name="vb_login_username"></td>

                                                                        </tr>

                                                                        <tr>

                                                                                <td class="smallfont">

                                                                                <label for="navbar_password" style="cursor: default">

                                                                                Password</label></td>

                                                                                <td style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 9pt; font-family: tahoma, verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif">

                                                                                <input class="bginput" id="navbar_password" tabIndex="102" type="password" value name="vb_login_password"></td>

                                                                        </tr>

                                                                        <tr>

                                                                                <td colSpan="2" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 9pt; font-family: tahoma, verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif">

                                                                                <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10px; FLOAT: right">

                                                                                <label for="cb_cookieuser_navbar" style="cursor: default">

                                                                                <input id="cb_cookieuser_navbar" accessKey="c" tabIndex="103" type="checkbox" value="1" name="cookieuser">Remember 

                                                                                Me?</label></span>

                                                                                <input class="button" title="Enter your username and password in the boxes provided to login, or click the 'register' button to create a profile for yourself." accessKey="s" tabIndex="104" type="submit" value="Log in"> 

                                                                                </td>

                                                                        </tr>

                                                                </table>

                                                                <input type="hidden" name="s">

                                                                <input type="hidden" value="login" name="do">

                                                                <input type="hidden" name="vb_login_md5password">

                                                                <input type="hidden" name="vb_login_md5password_utf">

                                                        </form>

                                                        <!-- / login form --></P>                        

                        

                        </td> </tr>  <tr> 

        <td class="alt1" width="100%" colspan="2">

                        <p align="center">

<script type="text/javascript"><!--

google_ad_client = "pub-9556872839910172";

google_alternate_color = "E8E8E8";

google_ad_width = 728;

google_ad_height = 90;

google_ad_format = "728x90_as";

google_ad_type = "text";

//2007-04-24: MonksDiner.com

google_ad_channel = "9525220802";

google_color_border = "E8E8E8";

google_color_bg = "E8E8E8";

google_color_link = "9A0A0A";

google_color_text = "000000";

google_color_url = "000000";

//-->

</script>

<script type="text/javascript"

  src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js">

</script>

</td> </tr>  </table>

<br />

                <!-- / guest welcome message -->

        <else />



                <if condition="is_member_of($bbuserinfo, 3) AND $vboptions[wlhunconfirmed]">

                        <!-- / unconfirmed user message -->

                        <br />

                        <table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">

                        <tr> 

                                <td class="alt1">

                                        <phrase 1="$vboptions[bbtitle]" 2="register.php?do=requestemail" 3="sendmessage.php$session[sessionurl]" 4="$bbuserinfo[username]">$vbphrase[welcome_unconfirmed]</phrase>

                                </td>

                        </tr> 

                        </table>

                        <!-- / unconfirmed user message -->

                <else />



                        <if condition="$bbuserinfo[posts]<1 AND $vboptions[wlhneverposetd] AND !$show['guest']">

                                <!-- never posted message -->

                                <br />

                                <table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">

                                <tr>

                                        <td class="alt1">

                                                <phrase 1="$bbuserinfo[username]" 2="$vboptions[bbtitle]">$vbphrase[welcome_neverposted]</phrase>

                                        </td>

                                </tr>

                                </table>

                                <!-- / never posted message -->

                        <else />



                                <if condition="$wlhtime > $bbuserinfo[lastpost] AND $vboptions[wlhpostmoreoften] AND !is_member_of($bbuserinfo,6,5) AND !$show['guest']">

                                        <!-- hasnt posted lately message -->

                                        <br /> 

                                        <table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center"> 

                                        <tr> 

                                                <td class="alt1">

                                                        <phrase 1="$bbuserinfo[username]" 2="$vboptions[bbtitle]" 3="sendmessage.php$session[sessionurl]">$vbphrase[welcome_postmoreoften]</phrase>

                                                </td>

                                        </tr>

                                        </table>

                                        <!-- / hasnt posted lately message -->

                                <else />

                                

                                        <if condition="$vboptions[wlhglobal]">

                                        <!-- / global announcement message -->

                                        <br />

                                        <table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">

                                        <tr> 

                                                <td class="alt1">

                                                        <phrase 1="$vboptions[bbtitle]" 2="sendmessage.php$session[sessionurl]" 3="$bbuserinfo[username]">$vbphrase[welcome_gannounce]</phrase>

                                                </td>

                                        </tr> 

                                        </table>

                                        <!-- / global announcement message -->

                                        </if>

                                        

                                </if>

                        </if>

                </if>

        </if>

</if>

</if>

<!-- google_ad_section_end -->

<!-- // End Welcome Headers // -->

Of course, edit the above code with YOUR adsense, and own forum URLs.

If you are already using AdSense, but don't have Ads in this location, I'm sure you will see a significant boost in your click through rate. Also, although it takes up alot of room in the header, realize once the user registers and logs in, this box of ads / login info disappears. It helps increase registration rates because visitors don't want to scroll half way down a page to get to your content.

Hope that helps.

Thanks Mark...one last thing..i ment the very top right links in your header of your site...not the navbar:)

Now I understand. The links on MY forum... Well, there are a few things I changed to accommodate the links, like reduce the logo image, else the header doesn't align / look right. Below is my actual header template, should you want to use it. You'll need to make / reduce your logo down to 155px by 21px.

Code:

<!-- logo -->

<a name="top"></a>

<table border="0" width="$stylevar[outertablewidth]" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center">

<tr>

  <td style="background-image:url('$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/leftborder.gif'); background-repeat:repeat-y;" height="100%"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/leftborder.gif" border="0" alt="" /></td>

  <td valign="top" width="$stylvar[outertablewidth]" class="page">



<br />

<table border="0" width="$stylevar[outertablewidth]" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center">

<tr>

  <td align="left" width="155"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/logo.gif" border="0" alt="" /></td>

  <td align="right" width="100%">

        <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">

         <tr>

          <td><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/menuleft.gif" border="0" alt="" /></td>

          <td style="background-color:#DDDDDD;" valign="middle" class="navigation">

<a href="index.php">Home</a> &nbsp; 

<a href="http://www.monksdiner.com/index.php?page=rules">Forum Rules</a> &nbsp; 

<a href="http://www.monksdiner.com/index.php?page=advertise">Advertise</a> &nbsp; 

<a href="http://www.monksdiner.com/arcade.html">Arcade</a> &nbsp;

<a href="http://www.monksdiner.com/vbookie.php">vBookie</a> &nbsp;

<a href="http://www.monksdiner.com/vaispy.php">Spy</a> &nbsp;

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You will also need to put these two images into your Misc drectory of this style.

Thanks Mark,i suppose theres no way of putting that on top of the header as want my banner in there...if not no worries will use a double navbar and use advanced navbar.

If you PM me with a temp admincp login, I'll set you up. Easier to do than to go back and forth in this thread ;)

I added the menu to your forum. Just download the attached images above, BUT rename them to menurightsm.gif and menuleftsm.gif

Then upload them to smoothred/misc and change the links in the menu to whatever you like. Will be back online later to take a look ;)

Hi Mark,if i have 9 120x60 button banners will you think that will be okay..and not make the 9 placements sponser links out of place.

Peter

Sure, so long as you keep your banner image file sizes down, shouldn't be a problem at all.

Mark,what Advertise hack do you use mate

Peter

look very nice thanks

I used to use phpadsnew (openads) but it cause site lag. Now I manually place my ads in the templates, which works because I currently have nothing that requires rotation.

Is it possible to put a 120*60 banner over the Adsense to left? And in the bottom of Forum Information?

Sure, Just above the adsense code, place your banner image and url:

ie:

Code:

<a href="sample.com"><img src="link.com/to/your/banner.gif"></a>

might want to put a <br /> tag after just to put some space after the banner...

Mark I got a problem here. I just installed the theme and yes I uploaded the 'smoothred' to the root folder and imported the xml theme, but I am getting a TON of red x's.

Why is this? I am using 3.6.7 PL1

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