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SimpleBlue 3.8.3 - FREE Style from SleekvB Designs · **Released**: 04-13-2009

Skin Info:

A Clean, Simple, Blue (duh) style with a Web 2.0 feel.

Designed by Mad Mikey, CSS Valid.

Comments Welcomed

Install Instructions.

1:- Upload 'simpleblue' to forum root
2:- Import xml through vBulletin AdminCP
3:- Click 'Installed' in the thread you downloaded from

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4:- Click Support Developer if you really, really like these themes.
Screenshot:

Regular: http://i43.tinypic.com/34tbk12.png
*Simple, blue, minimalistic in all aspects*
"Pro": http://i39.tinypic.com/15egspw.png
*Features Community Menu, and Quick links menu*
"SlimpleBlue" : http://i42.tinypic.com/15gxwd2.png
*Slim, Features Quick Links menu and Community Menu, optimised for 800 x 600 viewing*
"SimpleBlue Pro WITH SIDEBAR" : http://demo.parlancia.com/SimpleBlue...barMikeyDe.png
*4 Sidebar blocks with potential to add heaps more and A dynamic news fader block!, Spacing between Categories and posts, big bugfix and code cleanup.*

No PSD's as I didn't use any.

CLICK INSTALLED SO I RELEASE MORE WORK HERE, YEAH?

NOW ACCEPTING DONATIONS. PM ME IF YOU WANT BRANDING FREE.

.::. UPDATE 25th APRIL 2009 .::. ADDED TWO MORE XML FILES, BOTH CONTAIN QUICK LINKS AND COMMUNITY DROPDOWNS, BOTH ARE DIFFERENT TO ORIGINAL DESIGN. .::. MAKE SURE YOU PICK THE RIGHT XML FOR YOU .::.

13 June 2009

Updated things to vB3.8.3 and SimpleBlue Pro WITH SIDEBAR released.

Included: 4 Sidebar blocks with potential to add heaps more and A dynamic news fader block!

Improved since last version (PRO ONLY), Spacing between categories, spacing between posts, better navigation interface.

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Upgrading from an older version of my style.

Overwrite the "yourforum.com/simpleblue" directory with the one in the 3.8.3 zip.
Upload the Language XML (THIS IS NEEDED FOR PARTS OF THE SKIN WHICH ARE CUSTOM CODED TO WORK)
Upload the Style XML and click "Allow overwrite"

If you are unsure, drop me a PM and I shall install the style for a very reasonable price.
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Editting the Dynamic News Content Block

Go to the style manager, and then navbar template, and at the bottom of the navbar template, there is the sidebar blocks. Find and edit the:

PHP Code:


			
fcontent[0]="<b>Congratulations</b><br>Your new skin has been installed. <a href='http://parlancia.com'>Click here to visit authors site</a>";

fcontent[1]="This code is editable via your NavBar template.";

fcontent[2]="News could be put here, refer to the skin release thread for more details.</a>";

everything after the =" and before the last ";

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Editting Content Blocks

Go to the style manager, and then navbar template, and at the bottom of the navbar template, there is the sidebar blocks. Find "" and edit the content, which you should see easily, as it is plain text and not code.

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Update: 6th July 2009 .

Ironed out more bugs (I dunno how there are so many!)
Fixed Sidebar (I really really hope)
Fixed the "white name in profile"
Fixed Profiles for the Slim version (800x600)

Please click installed if you use this. Thanks.

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mikey1991 · #32 04-25-2009, 03:22 PM

There should be one included, to my knowledge.

yep, here it is:

(linked from your site itself, it was already there.)

I don't personally use this thanks hack but is there a setting where you can change the image path?

mikey1991 · #33 04-25-2009, 03:44 PM

Aha, Got it, I know why it isn't working now.

The hack, is looking for a button named 'post_thanks.gif' and our button is called 'thanks.gif'

go in your FTP, and rename

Code:

thanks.gif

located in /simpleblue/buttons

to

Code:

post_thanks.gif

AzH · #34 04-26-2009, 11:14 AM

Mikey, Mikey, he's our man, if he can do a great style, no one can!!

mikey1991 · #35 04-26-2009, 08:22 PM

hah, thanks AzH, I laughed.

Fergal C · #36 04-27-2009, 02:10 PM

Thanks Mikey, that worked perfectly and the button is now displaying.

The member's profile pages (e.g. this one) don't resolve completely at 800x600 screen res, in your 800x600 skin. But there is a lot of info there, perhaps this is something that can't be fixed.

mikey1991 · #37 04-27-2009, 03:05 PM

I don't work at 800 x 600 you see, I work at 1280 x 960, which is probably why my screenshots look big. I'll see if I can hack the user profile template to do something about it.

FYC Racing · #38 04-29-2009, 04:58 AM

I'm having a bit of trouble with making new posts or threads...

no icons. anyone have an idea?

mikey1991 · #39 04-29-2009, 06:50 AM

That would be caused by your images not being in the right directory.

FYC Racing · #40 05-01-2009, 04:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mikey1991

That would be caused by your images not being in the right directory.

Thanks Mikey... I ended up fixing that one. It was actually because i set the default vB style as the parent for the SimpleBlue. Something to that effect anyway.

I got 3 more issues...

First... I'm having trouble with Google Chrome & IE and some of the icons not showing up. Works fine with Firefox though.

Screen Shots:

Google Chrome

Internet Explorer

FireFox

Second... I keep getting the word "Default" under users names. See highlighted area in screenshot.

Third thing... I think it is what you mentioned in your reply. I should be able to figure this one out. But what the heck... I like pictures so here is another screenshot. LOL

Thanks for your time Mickey. Love the skin!

FYC

mikey1991 · #41 05-01-2009, 04:43 AM

Right, That seems to be also a lack of the images. It seems to be calling the "images/icons" folder, which looks like its empty, from your forum setup, it looks like the images you need are in vB/images/icons

heres what you should do, move the vB/images/icons to images/icons on your server. Do the same with your vB/images/smilies (move it to images/smilies)

Etc, just don't modify any of the folders included in the 'simpleblue' file.

You could do the same with your vB/images/avatars, vB/images/ranks, and vB/images/polls, vB/images/rating, vB/images/regimage

just move them all to /images/ (remove the vB)

then tell me if it works

EDIT: OR you can go into the style manager, and where it says images/icons, change it to vB/images/icons, and with all the above listed.

I was thinking of the hard way round -_-

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