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!

[K4GAP]

Found another issue. The "Advanced Search" is out of alignment. You can see it here... http://www.livinginkentucky.com

I just noticed the gap is missing below the navbar?

[HighJinx]

really nice style

is there going to be a style update for vb4.1.10 in the future

after my upgrade i got this on the cms, forum is fine

[TheLastSuperman]

Originally Posted by GaryT

Found another issue. The "Advanced Search" is out of alignment. You can see it here... http://www.livinginkentucky.com

I just noticed the gap is missing below the navbar?

Hmm the blue bar of the CMS tells me that either:

1) Your using a older version of this style OR your vB version is older either or there.
2) Your simply didn't install all of the .xml files is using the version for 4.1.8 or above.

Not sure why the search box has a 2-3px border around it either instead of 1px but again, the screenshot tells me you took a wrong turn somewhere .

Originally Posted by HighJinx

really nice style

is there going to be a style update for vb4.1.10 in the future

after my upgrade i got this on the cms, forum is fine

How are you adding those images in the navbar? Remember everyone this style does not automatically sense, adapt, and work out of the box with every modification or style enhancement you try to put in place so some adjustments based on how you have customized your site will be required from time to time.

I feel that many of you using the 4.1.8+ version of the style are simply not installing and merging the three required CMS/Forum/Blog .xml files correctly and that's why I keep repeating to change the same stylevars over and over and over again. Help me help you by reading the instructions carefully .

[K4GAP]

I did a no no and failed to mention that this started after upgrading to 4.1.10 if that makes any difference.

The things I tried before posting about the problem.

1. Downloaded latest version 4.1.8 Compressed and over wrote exsisting 4.1.8. Compressed with all 3 xml's. (did not work)

2. Removed all files and did complete re-install of style using the latest version 4.1.8. (did not work) and, using all three xml's

I'm very familiar with having to use 3 xml's as it makes perfect sense to me.

As you are probably very aware of my site is VERY low traffic, so I'm in no hurry whatsoever.

Thanks for putting up with all the aggravation as I am aware you have other things to do than babysit rookies

[Raedahn]

One of the issues I'm having is that the nav bar buttons don't roll-over anymore, and the text breadcrumbs underneath those buttons are not showing correctly.

http://www.indiscretion-guild.com/forums

[K4GAP]

In order to help solve my issue I'm going to revert my vb to 4.1.8

I am very curious to see if it's in fact a 4.1.10 issue. I'll post results sometime later this evening.

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UPDATE: I did a complete fresh install of 4.1.8 from 4.1.10 and the problem with the missing gap below the navbar is fixed now.

So, It look to me like the problem was due to the fact that this style has not been updated yet and I knew that when I tried it on the latest version of vb.

That's always a problem when the user gets in a hurry to see if the old style will work with the new vb. It's not the modder who is to blame, he did state that the last version of this style was for 4.1.8

[MechCorps]

Hello All,

I'm a vbulletin n00b, so be kind please.

I added the Avenger Blue theme when we installed 4.1.8 suite (my first experience with vbulletin administration). We went through the 4.1.9 upgrade with no problem, but now I have problems after upgrading to 4.1.10. It seems that most of the conflicts are with some of the templates last modified by TheLastSuperman, so 4.1.10 has changed some things which I now need to figure out what does and does not need repair.

There were a handful of Out-of-Date Custom Templates that were successfully merged, which I went ahead and opened (edit) and saved. But there are now 13 templates remaining.

So, using the FireBug Add-On for FireFox, I see that it is identifying vbcms.css is holding the style that needs to be edited and the Out-of-Date Custom Templates page confirms that this is one of the files that has a conflict.

Being the cautious coder, I want to back-up the original code in case I don't like what the upgrade recommends.

I have yet to figure out where the file vbcms.css is in order to back it up.

The other files that have conflicts are:
assetmanager.css
blog.css
editor.css
forumhome_forumbit_level1_post
member.css
navbar (I have found this one!)
popupmenu.css
sidebar.css
vbulletin-chrome.css
vbulletin-formcontrols.css
vbulletin.css
yuiupload.css

So, could I get some guidance as to where to find these css files?

[TheLastSuperman]

Thanks for the feedback everyone! This style is pending a update for 4.1.10, please stand by as I have other things more pertinent to take care of before I'm able to update it properly however it will be soon .

There will be revisions and one new release of this style on the next update:

• 4.1.4-4.1.7 version.
• 4.1.8-4.1.9 version.
• 4.1.10 version will be released.

Stand by
That means be as patient as humanly possible and I'll take care of you all.

[DaninMS]

Love the skin! However, like others I have a problem with the Profile and the Recent visitors bleeding over the box. I scrolled through the thread but I apparently missed the fix or if it was on the future fix list. I'm using 4.1.7 at the moment.

[HighJinx]

Originally Posted by TheLastSuperman

1) Your using a older version of this style OR your vB version is older either or there.

v4.1.8

2) Your simply didn't install all of the .xml files is using the version for 4.1.8 or above.

Forum 1st then cms merge then blog merge


How are you adding those images in the navbar?

this mod https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=233629

hope this it helps

still a top style even with my bugs