Black and Gold 3.5

As promised I have ported over my popular Black and Gold style from vB 3.0.X to vB 3.5 and I have also made some minor changes to it. I received a lot of requests to apply the category spacing modification to the old version; however, due to time constraints I was never able to get that completed but have included it with this release (If you would like a version without this please let me know and I can release it as well.) I also modified a few of the images but the majority of them remain the same as in the previous version.

As always please let me know of any issues with the style - I tested it pretty thoroughly and wasn't able to find anything out of place but I have missed things before.

Update 3/05/2006 Version 1.50
* Updated the .XML file for vBulletin 3.5.4.
* Added reworked status icons for the threads courtesy of dvsDave.

Update 11/20/2005 Version 1.40
* Updated the .XML file for vBulletin 3.5.1.
* Current users need just revert the two templates that changed since 3.5.1.

Update 10/24/2005 Version 1.30
* Added new IM icons created by Lecter - No changes made to the XML file.

Update 10/08/2005 Version 1.20
* Fixed display problem when using outer table widths of anything other than 100%
* Modified "forumhome_forumbit_level1_nopost" template.

Update 9/29/2005 Version 1.10
* Added "attach.gif" and "spelling.gif" to the "/images/bgold/editor/" directory.
* Added matching subforum status icons.
* Modified "forumhome_forumbit_level1_post" template.

Live Demo: Click Here
Column Alignment Fix: Click Here
Installation Instructions: Click Here

[Andrew]

Originally Posted by biagrin

hey great skin - ive been using this one for about 8 months (since 3.0.7). i have a problem now though - how do i align the posts and threads columns on forumhome

In the "forumhome_fourmbit_level1_nopost" template you need to set a width="XX%" value for all of the table cells. If you don't understand what that is let me know and I will post a replacement template for you - I had someone else request how to do that as well.

[biagrin]

thanks andrew - i appreciate the quick response

[MarkyLeonard]

Excellent work!!!

[teamgofast]

installed!!!!

[Lecter]

I decided that I prefered text buttons instead of the send to friend and printer icons, so I created them.

I'm attaching them on the chance anyone else would like them.

Enjoy!

Lecter

[optrex]

I've noticed the "last post" area's are all different widths.

Can you tell me how to make them all the same so that they fit the widest title?

[Andrew]

In the "forumhome_forumbit_level1_nopost" template you need to set a fixed width for the last post column. I don't have the style installed on my new developement forums at the moment or I would give you a more detailed explanation. Let me know if that doesn't make sense and I'll try and post a new template entirely that you can just copy and paste.

[Lecter]

Since I am interested in this as well, I looked at "forumhome_forumbit_level1_nopost" and the only line I could find with last post in it was:

<td class="thead" width="175">$vbphrase[last_post]</td>

If I change width="175" to width="500" there is no change. If change it to width="50%" all but the first forum are affected.

Is there another line that should have a fixed width applied to?

Lecter

[Andrew]

In forumhome_forumbit_level1_nopost find:

	<tr align="center">
	  <td class="thead">&nbsp;</td>
	  <td class="thead" width="100%" align="$stylevar[left]">$vbphrase[forum]</td>
	  <td class="thead" width="175">$vbphrase[last_post]</td>
	  <td class="thead">$vbphrase[threads]</td>
	  <td class="thead">$vbphrase[posts]</td>
	  <if condition="$vboptions['showmoderatorcolumn']">
	  <td class="thead">$vbphrase[moderator]</td>
	  </if>
	</tr>

And replace it with:

	<tr align="center">
	  <td class="thead" width="41">&nbsp;</td>
	  <td class="thead" align="$stylevar[left]">$vbphrase[forum]</td>
	  <td class="thead" width="175">$vbphrase[last_post]</td>
	  <td class="thead" width="60">$vbphrase[threads]</td>
	  <td class="thead" width="60">$vbphrase[posts]</td>
	  <if condition="$vboptions['showmoderatorcolumn']">
	  <td class="thead" width="125">$vbphrase[moderator]</td>
	  </if>
	</tr>

You might need to alter the individual widths to suit your forum, but for the most part this should fix the spacing problem. Please keep in mind though that if you have a thread title that is really long (Like a URL) it will still throw the alignment out of wack and that is unavoidable.

[optrex]

Thanks Andrew,

You gave me the clue I needed. I copied the whole of the forumhome_forumbit_level1_nopost file from my default style to your style and it sorted it