Suite Style - Avenger Blue Style by TheLastSuperman

Introducing Avenger Blue

A vBulletin 4.2.1/4.2.2 (Confirmed working on 4.2.3! *Simply select ignore style version when installing style) Suite style from www.innovationbyinstinct.com including some of these features:

• The forumbits, search and other areas have a mouseover hover effect.
• Custom statusicons for forum_new and forum_old.png along with custom pagination and other image replacements.
• Custom toplinks i.e. "Welcome, Username Notifications etc etc" location.
• Custom Login area w/ hover effects.
• Custom Sidebar collapse image replacements etc.
• CMS Widget and Forum & Blog Sidebar styles match 100%.
• CMS, Forum, Blog compatible this is a Suite style and can also be used on Forum Classic naturally.
• Fluid and Fixed Width available!
• Perfect style for resolutions up to 1920 x 1080 or larger!

Demo?
Sure! View Avenger Blue Fixed Width OR Fluid Width Demo.
*Please Note: The Demo site has a custom CMS Layout in place therefor normal CMS layout sites will see a CMS/Articles page resembling the screenshot.

Questions and Answers

Q. So what do we have here?
A. Well that's simple! It's a dark blue style for vBulletin 4.1.4 Suite (or Forum Classic).

Q. Anything in particular that I need to know about this style?
A. Simple - I don't advertise a lot, there are no advertisements shown when I make styles however I do know due to the centering of the logo, if you currently utilize the header ad locations you'll need to make changes if utilizing this style otherwise it will not display properly. *Fix planned for the 4.1.5 version and I'll patch this 4.1.4 version then as well, basically I'll be moving the header ad locations just above the normal below navbar locations to remedy this .

Q. This is 4.1.4 style why did you not release a 4.1.5 version and will you release and keep this updated unlike other styles on here?
A. Yes, unlike some other styles in the past I've released this is branded by our company and we do plan on supporting this style indefinitely.

Q. I see two different downloads available, which one do I use?
A. Simple:

- For vBulletin 4.1.4 through 4.1.7 use the file titled - Innovation_by_Instinct-Avenger_Blue-Compressed.zip
- For vBulletin 4.1.8 use the file titled - Innovation_by_Instinct-Avenger_Blue-vB4.1.8-Compressed.zip
- For vBulletin 4.2.1 and 4.2.2 use the file titled - Innovation_by_Instinct-Avenger_Blue-vB4.2.1-4.2.2-Compressed.zip

Q. I'm using a version for vBulletin 4.1.8 or up, why is the logo not clickable?
A. Well we have navtabs w/ a Home, Forum, and Blog button so why do we need more and more of the same links? Well I know some prefer it so here is a way to make it clickable:

You can utilize the transparent 1x1px transparent image to make the logo clickable again. *Please note this is not a default feature, to make the logo clickable you must edit template header and find:

                    <div class="ablogo" align="center">
<div class="abimage"><a name="top" href="{vb:link forumhome}"><vb:comment><img src="images/avenger_blue/misc/home.png" width="960px" height="150px" alt="{vb:raw vboptions.bbtitle}" /></vb:comment></a></div>
</div>

Remove the <comment> codes as shown in red:

                    <div class="ablogo" align="center">
<div class="abimage"><a name="top" href="{vb:link forumhome}"><vb:comment><img src="images/avenger_blue/misc/home.png" width="960px" height="150px" alt="{vb:raw vboptions.bbtitle}" /></vb:comment></a></div>
</div>

This is how the code should now look:

                    <div class="ablogo" align="center">
<div class="abimage"><a name="top" href="{vb:link forumhome}"><img src="images/avenger_blue/misc/home.png" width="960px" height="150px" alt="{vb:raw vboptions.bbtitle}" /></a></div>
</div>

*If you use a different logo than the stock "Avenger Blue" and your making it clickable via the method above, please change the width="#" and height="#" to the correct values i.e. the same width and height as your new logo .

Q. Why is there a .zip inside the .zip?
A. Well the forums here have a max of 3.0MB file size limit on .zip files so I made it a .zip then added that one into another .zip, this reduced the file size from the 3.17MB down to 2.69MB! Now simply extract the main -Compressed .zip then extract the inside Innovation_by_Instinct-Avenger_Blue.zip and your ready to rock and roll!

Q. You have a link to your site in the footer, can I remove that?
A. You are not allowed to remove the link to our site i.e. "branding" unless you pay for a Branding Free Version. If I find someone running this without the copyright in place I will contact your host and file a DMCA complaint period the end. *Furthermore, we will not host discussions nor reply to any sort of inquiries on here in regards to paid or branding free versions so please do not bring up the subject of either in this thread.

*Click on the images below to view in a new tab/window, once in said window you can click the image again to zoom once more and see it clearer, providing a more accurate representation of the style .

Updated Forumhome screenshot for 4.1.8:

ForumHome:
http://www.innovationbyinstinct.com/..._ForumHome.png

ForumHome Mouseover effect:
http://www.innovationbyinstinct.com/..._MouseOver.png

CMS:
http://www.innovationbyinstinct.com/..._Fixed_CMS.png

Blogs:
http://www.innovationbyinstinct.com/...Fixed_Blog.png

ForumHome w/ Sidebar Active:
http://www.innovationbyinstinct.com/...ctive_Open.png

ForumHome w/ Sidebar Closed:
http://www.innovationbyinstinct.com/...ive_Closed.png

Search Input default colors:
http://www.innovationbyinstinct.com/...nputColors.png

Search Input active/hover colors:
http://www.innovationbyinstinct.com/...olorsHover.png

Postbit colors:
http://www.innovationbyinstinct.com/..._PostStyle.png

New Post icons on forumhome, please note that forums with new posts show a white icon, the old post remains as a grey color:
http://www.innovationbyinstinct.com/...umNewvsOld.png

Login Area when logged out:
http://www.innovationbyinstinct.com/...eLoggedOut.png

Login Area when logged out Hover effect:
http://www.innovationbyinstinct.com/...edOutHover.png

Login Area when logged out Help/Register Hover effect:
http://www.innovationbyinstinct.com/...OtherHover.png

ForumHome New Appearance:
http://www.innovationbyinstinct.com/...rumHomeNew.png

ForumHome New Category Description Hover:
http://www.innovationbyinstinct.com/...ptionHover.png

ForumHome New Hover Effect:
http://www.innovationbyinstinct.com/...meNewHover.png




Donations from:

• Eurobeat2
• Kat-2
• -

Thanks for your support, it's certainly not required however I appreciate the sentiment .


Notes & Update Information can be found here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....82&postcount=2

Restrictions:
This style is not meant for use on http://www.carbonracecars.com otherwise have at it!

*IMPORTANT*

To install the style:

1) Upload the contents of the UPLOAD Folder.
2) If for example you want the Fixed style installed then import the file:
*Please note, if you do not use the vBulletin Suite and have the Forum Classic version you only need to install the file vbulletin-style_Avenger_Blue_Fixed-Forum.xml.
a) Import the vbulletin-style_Avenger_Blue_Fixed-Forum.xml file first.
b) Merge in the vbulletin-style_Avenger_Blue_Fixed-CMS.xml (Options when uploading a style allow you to merge into a existing style, choose to merge this into the new style you just created using the Forum.xml.
c) Merge in the vbulletin-style_Avenger_Blue_Fixed-Blog.xml into the style, this has now updated the style for all three major products and the installation is complete!
3) Enjoy!

[Andur1l]

Hm, the user profile page decided to be weirdly colored with brown text and white backgrounds again. I'm pretty sure it has something to do with Microclassifieds, cause that's the only thing we've been updating outside of the style and considering its crappy code and its inclusion in the profiles .. yeah. Now I've just gotta figure out what it does .. or maybe it'll just return to normal by tomorrow again.

[belowthebelt]

Stunning style, it's beautiful.... totally think you did an awesome job mate.

This is the perfect mix of dark and light text, I went from an all black style to this and the members could not be more happy.

[EuroBeat2]

After upgrading VB from 4.1.7 to 4.1.8 member name in "Today's Birthday" is replaced by word "Array". I also have couple of mods installed like "who has visited today" "who has posted today" and now names are separated by two commas, while in all other installed themes by one comma. Any clue?

Tx.

EB

[K4GAP]

Upgraded to 4.1.8 and looks good!

One question,
I am running both fluid and fixed for my members selection of this style. I have a header I've built for the fixed style that doesn't necessarily fit the fluid style (to narrow). How can I distinguish one header image for the fixed and another image for the fluid? This IS NOT priority but if you have an answer readily available I'd appreciate knowing how to do this.

Thanks'
Gary
livinginkentucky.com

[hexeditor]

Nice style, Updated for 4.1.8??

[EuroBeat2]

Anyone who upgraded VB to 4.1.8 and have this theme installed care to share URL? I would like to know if it is just me having problems? I really love the style so I would like to have it working for my site.

Thank you.

EB

[TheLastSuperman]

Originally Posted by EuroBeat2

After upgrading VB from 4.1.7 to 4.1.8 member name in "Today's Birthday" is replaced by word "Array". I also have couple of mods installed like "who has visited today" "who has posted today" and now names are separated by two commas, while in all other installed themes by one comma. Any clue?

Tx.

EB

You must have some modification installed that interacts with Who's Online, a plugin or something to cause that.

Originally Posted by GaryT

Upgraded to 4.1.8 and looks good!

One question,
I am running both fluid and fixed for my members selection of this style. I have a header I've built for the fixed style that doesn't necessarily fit the fluid style (to narrow). How can I distinguish one header image for the fixed and another image for the fluid? This IS NOT priority but if you have an answer readily available I'd appreciate knowing how to do this.

Thanks'
Gary
livinginkentucky.com

Profiles look decent now Gary? If you look at how I did it you'll see it's a work around so I hope your good there and as for your different header try this:

Edit template header and find:

                    <div align="center"><a name="top" href="{vb:link forumhome}"><img src="{vb:stylevar titleimage}" alt="{vb:raw vboptions.bbtitle}" /></a></div>

All you need to replace is the {vb:stylevar titleimage} variable you see inside the img src code with your new image url so it displays .

                    <div align="center"><a name="top" href="{vb:link forumhome}"><img src="images/avenger_blue/misc/a_different_blue_avenger_logo.png" alt="{vb:raw vboptions.bbtitle}" /></a></div>

Originally Posted by hexeditor

Nice style, Updated for 4.1.8??

Should work fine on 4.1.8 although I have not tested, Gary as you can see above says it works fine however Eurobeat states he has a issue although in Eurobeats case I believe it's simply modification related. Remember it's a quick and simple install/check it out/uninstall with styles so give it a shot and report any issues that come up otherwise enjoy!

Originally Posted by EuroBeat2

Anyone who upgraded VB to 4.1.8 and have this theme installed care to share URL? I would like to know if it is just me having problems? I really love the style so I would like to have it working for my site.

Thank you.

EB

Again... I believe it's modification related, you can try these two methods to check:

1) Create a totally new default style, if it's fixed then we know for sure it was something in the style i.e. a change implemented in 4.1.8.
2) If the problem still persists after creating a new default style ^ then simply disable your plugins by following these instructions;

You can disable hooks (modifications and plugins) by doing the following:

Edit config.php and add this directly below <?php:

define('DISABLE_HOOKS', true);

Example:

<?php
define('DISABLE_HOOKS', true);
/*======================================================================*\
|| #################################################################### ||

Now save and upload that to includes/ and overwrite the original config.php. Now check to see if the array error still persist, if so you can now disable the modification you believe is the culprit until a update is released. Once disabled remove the added line you included in config.php and re-enable your other modifications .

[EuroBeat2]

Originally Posted by TheLastSuperman

Again... I believe it's modification related, you can try these two methods to check:

1) Create a totally new default style, if it's fixed then we know for sure it was something in the style i.e. a change implemented in 4.1.8.

It didn't help. Same problem.

Originally Posted by TheLastSuperman

2) If the problem still persists after creating a new default style ^ then simply disable your plugins by following these instructions;

After disabling it still didn't do nothing. Double commas appear in your style. Paul M who designed some of the plugins I used suggested Thats because it still have the old css in your custom theme that adds the comma, this was removed from default vb 418.

"Array" issue only occurred when using your style. All other styles I have installed including default had the birthday name and age correctly displayed. So I do not know what to do.

EB

[TheLastSuperman]

Originally Posted by EuroBeat2

It didn't help. Same problem.



After disabling it still didn't do nothing. Double commas appear in your style. Paul M who designed some of the plugins I used suggested Thats because it still have the old css in your custom theme that adds the comma, this was removed from default vb 418.

"Array" issue only occurred when using your style. All other styles I have installed including default had the birthday name and age correctly displayed. So I do not know what to do.

EB

[S]Wait for a update, I'll install 4.1.8 in the staging site on my pc (localhost etc) and see about the issues and release a update asap.[/S] Edit: Please see below.

[TheLastSuperman]

Originally Posted by EuroBeat2

It didn't help. Same problem.



After disabling it still didn't do nothing. Double commas appear in your style. Paul M who designed some of the plugins I used suggested Thats because it still have the old css in your custom theme that adds the comma, this was removed from default vb 418.

"Array" issue only occurred when using your style. All other styles I have installed including default had the birthday name and age correctly displayed. So I do not know what to do.

EB

Hmm... try re-importing the style and the reason I say that is I installed a 4.1.8 test site last night, today I imported the same style in the .zip here and look below, it works fine.



^ That's a completely new 4.1.8 forum, nothing changes basically I installed the Avenger Blue style right after installing the forum, old css aside there's no issues for me? What OTHER modifications do you have installed, or it might be better if I ask, what modifications on your site are not by Paul? I would start looking there and check your plugins as well. If it were truly just a css issue I would see double commas right after installing the style, as you can see in the screenshot provided that is not the case.

Tested using:

- Apache 2.2 & PHP Version 5.3.8 on Windows 7 Ultimate
- vBulletin 4.1.8