Alternating Colored Rows in vBulletin 4

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Attachment 125935

1. Edit template forumhome_forumbit_level2_post

Add the following code at the top of the template.

<vb:if condition="$altrow =& $GLOBALS['altrow']"></vb:if>
<vb:if condition="!isset($altrow)">
    <vb:if condition="$altrow = 0"></vb:if>
</vb:if>
<vb:if condition="++$altrow % 2 == 0">
    <vb:if condition="$rowClass = 'alteven'"></vb:if>
<vb:else />
    <vb:if condition="$rowClass = 'altodd'"></vb:if>
</vb:if>

Credit for the above code goes to William and forumthemes.

Now change the first line (first line before inserting the above code) from

<li id="forum{vb:raw forum.forumid}" class="forumbit_post L2">

to

<li id="forum{vb:raw forum.forumid}" class="forumbit_post L2 {vb:raw $rowClass}">

2. Edit forumhome_forumbit_level1_post / _nopost

Add the following at the top of forumhome_forumbit_level1_post and forumhome_forumbit_level1_nopost template.

<vb:if condition="$altrow =& $GLOBALS['altrow']"></vb:if>
<vb:if condition="$altrow = 0"></vb:if>

3. Edit Stylevars

Edit forumrow_firstentry_background and forumrow_background stylevars and make it transparent by deleting Background Color and Background Image.

4.Edit CSS

Now add the following CSS in the additional.css template.

.altodd {background-color:#eee;}
.alteven {background-color:#fff;}

You can customize the above CSS as per your needs.

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For having alternating colors for your threads add the following code at the top of the threadbit template.

<vb:if condition="$altrow =& $GLOBALS['altrow']"></vb:if>
<vb:if condition="!isset($altrow)">
    <vb:if condition="$altrow = 0"></vb:if>
</vb:if>
<vb:if condition="++$altrow % 2 == 0">
    <vb:if condition="$rowClass = 'alteven'"></vb:if>
<vb:else />
    <vb:if condition="$rowClass = 'altodd'"></vb:if>
</vb:if>

And then edit the first line of the code as follows.
Change

<li class="threadbit {vb:raw thread.statusstring}

to

<li class="threadbit {vb:raw $rowClass} {vb:raw thread.statusstring}

Edit CSS

Now add the following CSS in the additional.css template.

.altodd {background-color:#eee;}
.alteven {background-color:#fff;}

You can customize the above CSS as per your needs.