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!

[OldSchoolDSL]

I really want to love this theme. But it seems that I need to impute so many edits just to get it to work right, not counting any customizations that I already will need to impute.

Having this theme as the child to the default helped a little.

[OldSchoolDSL]

Originally Posted by OldSchoolDSL

I really want to love this theme. But it seems that I need to impute so many edits just to get it to work right, not counting any customizations that I already will need to impute.

Having this theme as the child to the default helped a little.

Never mind. I just noticed the blog and cms xml files that were included.

(Sorry)

[TheLastSuperman]

Originally Posted by OldSchoolDSL

Never mind. I just noticed the blog and cms xml files that were included.

(Sorry)

It's ok, thanks for taking the time to check... and actually reading to find a solution! Sadly many simply post negative comments or try to play on their words and make you feel guilty if your not catering to them and their specific needs or for that matter if you don't release a update daily lol and I hate those who beat around the bush considering I'm more of a straightforward type of guy .

[TheLastSuperman]

Originally Posted by Baja

Superman, thanks for all of your hard work on this theme! The color combination and layout is exactly what I was looking for. Although I really miss the clickable header. I've been using that shortcut for so long that it's become 2nd nature (accidentally clicked on it 20 times in the past couple days).

I also noticed a couple of issues:

1) Blog Comment Background Color





2) Forum Description Font Color

Current version:


Previous version:



P.S. I really like your idea of moving the Thread/Post counts to underneath the forum descriptions. The location of that column on the forum home has always bugged me too. Even moving the Thread/Post column to the right of the Last Post column would be an improvement.

The thread/post counts will be as you see them here on this site:
http://forums.miamibeach411.com/forum.php

So yes the same location you pointed out and suggested . As for the Blog comment backgrounds, confirmed as I did not even have a single blog post up, my "bad" for not checking beforehand please stand by for a update on the 4.1.8 which will also include the fluid width header fix listed a few posts back as well. The description colors... great idea I will change them to grey, it's not going to be white i.e. rgb(255, 255, 255) OR rgb(205, 205, 205) but instead a darker grey i.e. rgb(153, 153, 153) to match the "No New Posts" forum statusicons, that's my thoughts on this before seeing it on-screen, I'm thinking about the darker grey and thanks for the good ideas .

Originally Posted by CharlieDelta

Agreed! :up:

Check out this post for a temp solution. https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=123

This might be a specific blog related css issue, I'll have it fixed promptly for 4.1.8 please stand by for a update.

[cbroughton]

You should put those images in some spoiler tags (old and new perhaps) as it makes the page lag to scroll, but yeah; very nice skin.

[EuroBeat2]

Thank you for all the improvements/corrections you made. Fantastic work! Now we should starting sending you Christmas gifts for well done job!

EB

[TheLastSuperman]

Originally Posted by EuroBeat2

Thank you for all the improvements/corrections you made. Fantastic work! Now we should starting sending you Christmas gifts for well done job!

EB

I haven't updated the blog issue so don't give me too much credit yet lol but asap I promise and thanks for the donation, first one I've ever received off here if memory serves me correctly and I noted so in the mod description - Thanks .

[EuroBeat2]

I checked your style on iPad and fluid occupy only 2/3 of the screen. You might want check it out.

EB

I was able to fixit with overwriting section in additional css per you message at https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=255

You might want to consider putting that fix in your .xml file.

Tx

[Vicros]

I just wanna say that this is one of the best styles for vB4. Im liking the style u did for TechieAnalyst as well. Im hoping maybe one day we can get something like that.

[sjsteve33171]

Really like this skin, Installed it and love it. Very good job.