vb.org Archive - View Single Post - Styling vB4 is a lot harder than styling vB3

aileron79 · #12 12-29-2010, 07:28 AM

I was kind of stunned when I just tried to change the color of various elements. Some colors can be changed in style vars, others in templates. Some colors are even not defined at all, so changing i.e. the background color of the forum to black, one will have black text drowning in black background as some text boxes are just transparent. Some colors are specified in rgb(x,y,z)-syntax, others as #xxyyzz hex color codes which makes it quite difficult to find an replace colors all over the forum. Apparently, there is no logic at all behind the style system.

Admittedly, the longer I work with vB4, the more I am disappointed - and that's not just about the styles.

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