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FreshBlue · **Released**: 08-08-2006

Following the Gold release of 3.6, here is an updated version of my FreshBlue template.

Demo: Link
Download: See attachment.

I have not had a great deal of time to test this yet, but given that FreshBlue for 3.5 has had no reported problems for a very long time and the only changes have been the necessary 3.6 updates, everything should be working perfectly. If not, just let me know in this topic.

As before you are welcome to use this template on as many sites as you wish at no charge, but please leave the 'designed by' note and link in place. Thanks.

Enjoy!

Dom.S · #12 08-10-2006, 11:58 AM

Well when I say 'similar' I don't mean that similar. The header is a custom design solely for MacFora.com, but if you would like a quote for a header design that would suit your forum then just send me a PM with your forum URL and any additional info and I'll get back to you ASAP.

Dom.S · #13 08-10-2006, 12:50 PM

I have managed to get FreshBlue working with vB Advanced with the exception of the forum title. Where you would normally see the forum's name in bold to the right of the

image it is completely blank. See http://vaya.ws/forum/cmps_index.php?styleid=3

If anyone has experienced this problem before and knows of a fix, please let me know. Once I've got that sorted I will release an XML file which you can merge into the FreshBlue template, containing the necessary vBA modifications.

Ignore the following, it turns out the vBA problems are easily fixed without template changes. See this post for details.

Edit: Looks like the missing title is down to my vBA installation rather than the style (the bug seems to occur even with the default style), so I've attached the vBA XML file to this post (Attachment 51918). To install it, just go to Download/Upload Styles, select the XML file, select FreshBlue for the Merge Into Style option and then click import. Job's a good 'un.

eether · #14 08-10-2006, 01:06 PM

this skin looks great, good job

Kirk Y · #15 08-10-2006, 07:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dom.S

Well when I say 'similar' I don't mean that similar. The header is a custom design solely for MacFora.com, but if you would like a quote for a header design that would suit your forum then just send me a PM with your forum URL and any additional info and I'll get back to you ASAP.

I don't need the actual design -- I was just wondering if you could provide the HTML used to get said design.

Thanks for the vBA update.

Edit: Umm, vBA still looks messed up. It's not as messed up as it was before the update, but it's still doesn't look as it should.

Dom.S · #16 08-11-2006, 07:49 AM

Sorry about the vBA update. My fault for releasing something on a whim, without doing any testing (it works perfectly in firefox). I'll see what I can do with that.

Re the HTML and so on, I really can't offer any aspect of the MacFora work. Simply because the markup/images/CSS has all been completed for a single client who wanted a custom look for their forum and I cannot then go releasing aspects of the project to 3rd parties. I hope you can understand and appreciate that I'm only standing by the agreement that I would have with anyone who I complete custom work for.

Kirk Y · #17 08-11-2006, 07:51 AM

That's fine, I ended up just sticking our logo beneath the navbar, looks perfect.

vBA is pretty darn close in Firefox -- the left columns are still being squished by the central columns, though.

Dom.S · #18 08-11-2006, 08:58 AM

vBAdvanced problem solved at last.

It turns out the software doesn't like the spacer_open and spacer_close and was missing them out, which resulted in a bit of a mess to say the least. To solve this, go to your vB Advanced settings page and add spacer_open and spacer_close as 'Portal Output Global Variables'. Live demo here and browser test results here.

Please ignore the template change I posted, it's no longer necessary. If you have applied it simply go to the FreshBlue templates and revert the template named 'adv_portal' from the group named 'templates'.

Kirk Y · #19 08-11-2006, 09:14 AM

Yay! Looks perfect, thanks Dom.

Edit: Hey what's BrowserCam? Does it allow you to test a site based on multiple browsers -- without actually having to have said browser!?
Edit... again: Aww, you have to pay for it. Well, so much for that.

iatbm · #20 08-13-2006, 09:15 AM

Great skin !! Very nice and simple. Can you make fixed one or is it easy to do so yourself ?

Jayphen · #21 08-14-2006, 02:17 AM

Here's what I've done with your skin mate, hope you like it.

http://medio-core.com/forum

As you can see, I've modified it quite heavily (still working on it now)

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