Thanks, downloadsuk. Unfortunately, that document contains errors, hasn't been updated since last year, is very incomplete and most of all: Neither this document, the manual or any other source provided by IB contains a system that links up the stylevar names with names of obvious text strings used in the elements we are working on.
Even with a stylevar system which is as incomplete as the current system is, a proper, searchable document would help a lot.
It should have been this simple: If I want to change the font, background or hover-values for the area which says "Post New Thread", "Who's online", "Quick Reply" or "Permission Groups", I should be able to type in that text somewhere, eg. in a pdf file, and find a page which explains all stylevar names and parameters related to eg. "Who's online" or "Permission Groups".
I'm pretty sure the lack of such a simple document, which could be created in a few days, costs IB a lot of money, because now many confused users send in support tickets instead, which leads to a situation where each of these questions has to be responded to manually, by a paid employee. It's a lose/lose situation for everybody.
This, a thousand times this.
vb4 has so much potential, but I'm now a good 6 months after upgrade purchase and I still don't have my test site looking decent enough to upgrade my real site. I've been patient because I keep thinking that with so many unhappy customers that they fix these problems, or at least put out some updated documentation. I understand that new software is going to have bugs, but this is rediculous. And yes, I'm cranky after spending about 3 hours chasing one single stylevar value that if I could edit a css file manually it wouldn't have taken 1/2 an hour.
I have the question up on the .com site, but does anyone know how to change the hover background color for the navbar (ie, Quick Links). Wow, I never realized that vb.org hasn't upgraded to vb4 either. Things that make you go hmmm.
08-09-2010, 10:52 PM
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