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!

[TheLastSuperman]

Originally Posted by GaryT

Your sites fluid version looks good now. I don't run the fluid version. I'm in no hurry. The Grandkids are still here for a few more days so I can't spend much time on the pc anyway

Hmm try replacing your .ablogo definition in additional.css with this one:

.ablogo {
        min-width: 100% !important;
        min-height: 156px !important;
        background: #0c121e;
        background-color: #0c121e;
	background-image: url(images/avenger_blue/misc/background_top.png) !important;
	background-repeat: repeat-x !important;
	background-position: center top !important;
	background:{vb:stylevar header_background};
        margin-left:-{vb:math 946/2}px !important;
        margin-right:-{vb:math 948/2}px !important;
	-moz-box-shadow: -3px 3px 3px {vb:stylevar shadow_color} !important;
	-webkit-box-shadow: -3px 3px 3px {vb:stylevar shadow_color} !important;
	box-shadow: -3px 3px 3px {vb:stylevar shadow_color} !important;
        overflow: hidden;
}

For me it's fixed and on the demo, this should sort yours and will be included in the next revision but let me know if otherwise .

[glen290]

Originally Posted by TheLastSuperman

That is related to how you've modified the sidebar to show quotes as well quotes, it has nothing to do with this style however let's see if I can't help .

Using the link in your signature and changing styles I now see the issue, it could simply be the stylevar for the sidebar width.

AdminCP > Styles & Templates > Style Manager > Style Variable Editor > *Scroll to find: Sidebar > In that family of stylevars edit the top one which is forum_sidebar_width

Try increasing it from 270 in increments of 5 i.e. next try 275 as width, keep saving and refreshing until the sidebar block scrollbars are gone. The issue is the content within the sidebar blocks is wider than the allowed size (based on current width of 270+padding) and therefor adding in the scrollbar to ensure all content is displayed.

Alternatively you can add this to additional.css which should adjust that custom div class you have going (showing the quotes as quotes in the sidebar is the actual area making it too wide), you can do this by editing additional.css and adding this at the very bottom:

.blockrow div.livewall_preview {
    margin-right: 6px;
}

margin-right is what we are adding here.

Let me know .

Tried both of those and still the same, bit strange....

[K4GAP]

Originally Posted by TheLastSuperman

Hmm try replacing your .ablogo definition in additional.css with this one:

.ablogo {
        min-width: 100% !important;
        min-height: 156px !important;
        background: #0c121e;
        background-color: #0c121e;
    background-image: url(images/avenger_blue/misc/background_top.png) !important;
    background-repeat: repeat-x !important;
    background-position: center top !important;
    background:{vb:stylevar header_background};
        margin-left:-{vb:math 946/2}px !important;
        margin-right:-{vb:math 948/2}px !important;
    -moz-box-shadow: -3px 3px 3px {vb:stylevar shadow_color} !important;
    -webkit-box-shadow: -3px 3px 3px {vb:stylevar shadow_color} !important;
    box-shadow: -3px 3px 3px {vb:stylevar shadow_color} !important;
        overflow: hidden;
}

For me it's fixed and on the demo, this should sort yours and will be included in the next revision but let me know if otherwise .

It closed up the gap quite a bit. Looks like there is approx 15 to 20 pixels left but, shouldn't this issue be fixed so that minimum page width is at least somewhere around 1000 before a side scroll will appear?

[TheLastSuperman]

Originally Posted by GaryT

shouldn't this issue be fixed so that minimum page width is at least somewhere around 1000 before a side scroll will appear?

Yes, why yes it should but I'm being rather stubborn and want it to work my way - in the end I'll give in and do some type of fix .

[mitch84]

I noticed some slowness on forumhome with scrolling, or it is only on my board?

[K4GAP]

See if it does the same thing here.

[mitch84]

yes, that is similar. That misses fluidity, that jerk I think in the vertical scroll

[K4GAP]

I've actually noticed that. I get it on other sites that have transparent bodies to let the background show through. Now that I know it's not only me, I feel better ... kinda

[TheLastSuperman]

Originally Posted by GaryT

It closed up the gap quite a bit. Looks like there is approx 15 to 20 pixels left but, shouldn't this issue be fixed so that minimum page width is at least somewhere around 1000 before a side scroll will appear?

I've sorted this on my localhost version .

Originally Posted by mitch84

I noticed some slowness on forumhome with scrolling, or it is only on my board?

This is due to the above i.e. a larger image (file size) being served instead of a 1px using repeat-x.

It's been fixed, I tested the fixes on a new variant of this one, Avenger and I should have time to include this in a new revision to Avenger Blue well this weekend I'll see if I can spare some time tonight to revise it .

[mitch84]

ok, thank you