Importing Styles?

[freebase69]

I have a phpbb style I wanted to use on my new vB forums. I was wondering if there was a way to import the CSS into vB without hand coding all the seperate colors etc?

Here's what the code looks like in case anyone has any ideas. Thanks.

/*
  The original subSilver Theme for phpBB version 2+
  Created by subBlue design
  http://www.subBlue.com
*/

 /* General page style. The scroll bar colours only visible in IE5.5+ */
body {
	background-color: #E5E5E5;
	scrollbar-face-color: #DEE3E7;
	scrollbar-highlight-color: #FFFFFF;
	scrollbar-shadow-color: #DEE3E7;
	scrollbar-3dlight-color: #D1D7DC;
	scrollbar-arrow-color:  #006699;
	scrollbar-track-color: #EFEFEF;
	scrollbar-darkshadow-color: #98AAB1;
	font-size: 11px;
}
/* General font families for common tags */
font,th,td,p { font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;}
a:link,a:active,a:visited { color : #006699; }
a:hover		{ text-decoration: underline; color : #DD6900; }
hr	{ height: 0px; border: solid #D1D7DC 0px; border-top-width: 1px;}


/* This is the border line & background colour round the entire page */
.bodyline	{ background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px #98AAB1 solid; }

/* This is the outline round the main forum tables */
.forumline	{ background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 2px #006699 solid; }


/* Main table cell colours and backgrounds */
td.row1	{ background-color: #EFEFEF; }
td.row2	{ background-color: #DEE3E7; }
td.row3	{ background-color: #D1D7DC; }


/*
  This is for the table cell above the Topics, Post & Last posts on the index.php page
  By default this is the fading out gradiated silver background.
  However, you could replace this with a bitmap specific for each forum
*/
td.rowpic {
		background-color: #FFFFFF;
		background-image: url(images/cellpic2.jpg);
		background-repeat: repeat-y;
}

/* Header cells - the blue and silver gradient backgrounds */
th	{
	color: #FFA34F; font-size: 11px; font-weight : bold;
	background-color: #006699; height: 25px;
	background-image: url(images/cellpic3.gif);
}

td.cat,td.catHead,td.catSides,td.catLeft,td.catRight,td.catBottom {
			background-image: url(images/cellpic1.gif);
			background-color:#D1D7DC; border: #FFFFFF; border-style: solid; height: 28px;
}


/*
  Setting additional nice inner borders for the main table cells.
  The names indicate which sides the border will be on.
  Don't worry if you don't understand this, just ignore it :-)
*/
td.cat,td.catHead,td.catBottom {
	height: 29px;
	border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
}
th.thHead,th.thSides,th.thTop,th.thLeft,th.thRight,th.thBottom,th.thCornerL,th.thCornerR {
	font-weight: bold; border: #FFFFFF; border-style: solid; height: 28px; }
td.row3Right,td.spaceRow {
	background-color: #D1D7DC; border: #FFFFFF; border-style: solid; }

th.thHead,td.catHead { font-size: 12px; border-width: 1px 1px 0px 1px; }
th.thSides,td.catSides,td.spaceRow	 { border-width: 0px 1px 0px 1px; }
th.thRight,td.catRight,td.row3Right	 { border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; }
th.thLeft,td.catLeft	  { border-width: 0px 0px 0px 1px; }
th.thBottom,td.catBottom  { border-width: 0px 1px 1px 1px; }
th.thTop	 { border-width: 1px 0px 0px 0px; }
th.thCornerL { border-width: 1px 0px 0px 1px; }
th.thCornerR { border-width: 1px 1px 0px 0px; }


/* The largest text used in the index page title and toptic title etc. */
.maintitle,h1,h2	{
			font-weight: bold; font-size: 22px; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
			text-decoration: none; line-height : 120%; color : #000000;
}


/* General text */
.gen { font-size : 12px; }
.genmed { font-size : 11px; }
.gensmall { font-size : 10px; }
.gen,.genmed,.gensmall { color : #000000; }
a.gen,a.genmed,a.gensmall { color: #006699; text-decoration: none; }
a.gen:hover,a.genmed:hover,a.gensmall:hover	{ color: #DD6900; text-decoration: underline; }


/* The register, login, search etc links at the top of the page */
.mainmenu		{ font-size : 11px; color : #000000 }
a.mainmenu		{ text-decoration: none; color : #006699;  }
a.mainmenu:hover{ text-decoration: underline; color : #DD6900; }


/* Forum category titles */
.cattitle		{ font-weight: bold; font-size: 12px ; letter-spacing: 1px; color : #006699}
a.cattitle		{ text-decoration: none; color : #006699; }
a.cattitle:hover{ text-decoration: underline; }


/* Forum title: Text and link to the forums used in: index.php */
.forumlink		{ font-weight: bold; font-size: 12px; color : #006699; }
a.forumlink 	{ text-decoration: none; color : #006699; }
a.forumlink:hover{ text-decoration: underline; color : #DD6900; }


/* Used for the navigation text, (Page 1,2,3 etc) and the navigation bar when in a forum */
.nav			{ font-weight: bold; font-size: 11px; color : #000000;}
a.nav			{ text-decoration: none; color : #006699; }
a.nav:hover		{ text-decoration: underline; }


/* titles for the topics: could specify viewed link colour too */
.topictitle			{ font-weight: bold; font-size: 11px; color : #000000; }
a.topictitle:link   { text-decoration: none; color : #006699; }
a.topictitle:visited { text-decoration: none; color : #5493B4; }
a.topictitle:hover	{ text-decoration: underline; color : #DD6900; }


/* Name of poster in viewmsg.php and viewtopic.php and other places */
.name			{ font-size : 11px; color : #000000;}

/* Location, number of posts, post date etc */
.postdetails		{ font-size : 10px; color : #000000; }


/* The content of the posts (body of text) */
.postbody { font-size : 12px;}
a.postlink:link	{ text-decoration: none; color : #006699 }
a.postlink:visited { text-decoration: none; color : #5493B4; }
a.postlink:hover { text-decoration: underline; color : #DD6900}


/* Quote & Code blocks */
.code {
	font-family: Courier, 'Courier New', sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: #006600;
	background-color: #FAFAFA; border: #D1D7DC; border-style: solid;
	border-left-width: 1px; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px
}

.quote {
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: #444444; line-height: 125%;
	background-color: #FAFAFA; border: #D1D7DC; border-style: solid;
	border-left-width: 1px; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px
}

[bigcurt]

a PHPBB style is a totally different thing than vB..I expect the only way is to hand change all the variables and things like that by hand 0_o.

~Curt

[Gio~Logist]

Look at the variables in that file and edit the original vb style by inserting the colors mentioned in the phpbb style.

Place this

body {
	background-color: #E5E5E5;
	scrollbar-face-color: #DEE3E7;
	scrollbar-highlight-color: #FFFFFF;
	scrollbar-shadow-color: #DEE3E7;
	scrollbar-3dlight-color: #D1D7DC;
	scrollbar-arrow-color:  #006699;
	scrollbar-track-color: #EFEFEF;
	scrollbar-darkshadow-color: #98AAB1;
	font-size: 11px;
}

In the headinclude template, replacing the body tag that is already there.

I hope this helps.

[freebase69]

Originally Posted by gio~logist

Look at the variables in that file and edit the original vb style by inserting the colors mentioned in the phpbb style.

Place this

body {
	background-color: #E5E5E5;
	scrollbar-face-color: #DEE3E7;
	scrollbar-highlight-color: #FFFFFF;
	scrollbar-shadow-color: #DEE3E7;
	scrollbar-3dlight-color: #D1D7DC;
	scrollbar-arrow-color:  #006699;
	scrollbar-track-color: #EFEFEF;
	scrollbar-darkshadow-color: #98AAB1;
	font-size: 11px;
}

In the headinclude template, replacing the body tag that is already there.

I hope this helps.

I tried that and it didn't work. What I did do was manually match color by color as best as I could. All in all everything turned out just fine. I just wish there was a way to import a style but then again I see the differences in the over all code.

One thing I am curious though is importing a font and how to make the backround an image and not a color. I added the path to the image on the main CSS but it only covered half the page and didn't really look good. THe biggest thing I want to know is how I can use a different FONT other than the ones that default in.

Thanks again for the help.

[deathemperor]

Originally Posted by freebase69

I tried that and it didn't work. What I did do was manually match color by color as best as I could. All in all everything turned out just fine. I just wish there was a way to import a style but then again I see the differences in the over all code.

One thing I am curious though is importing a font and how to make the backround an image and not a color. I added the path to the image on the main CSS but it only covered half the page and didn't really look good. THe biggest thing I want to know is how I can use a different FONT other than the ones that default in.

Thanks again for the help.

you are asking for how to convert a phpBB style to vb.

For newbies it is no simple, and also it is hard to explain.

I can tell you how to make

body {
	background-color: #E5E5E5;
	scrollbar-face-color: #DEE3E7;
	scrollbar-highlight-color: #FFFFFF;
	scrollbar-shadow-color: #DEE3E7;
	scrollbar-3dlight-color: #D1D7DC;
	scrollbar-arrow-color:  #006699;
	scrollbar-track-color: #EFEFEF;
	scrollbar-darkshadow-color: #98AAB1;
	font-size: 11px;
}

for vb but then other things may look weird.

This is how:

Styles & Templates -> Style Manager -> Edit Main CSS of the style you wish to.

Edit: Body

In Standard CSS Attributes -> Background enter: #E5E5E5 , in Font Size enter: 11px. In Extra CSS Attributes add these value below the current value:

	scrollbar-face-color: #DEE3E7;
	scrollbar-highlight-color: #FFFFFF;
	scrollbar-shadow-color: #DEE3E7;
	scrollbar-3dlight-color: #D1D7DC;
	scrollbar-arrow-color:  #006699;
	scrollbar-track-color: #EFEFEF;
	scrollbar-darkshadow-color: #98AAB1;

hope this helps.

[freebase69]

I got it working by hand coding all the colors. No biggy. I know trying to convert a phpbb style is a pain. I can vouch for that. hehe

If you hit my link to my site you can see how it turned out.

Here's the original style for PHPBB

Here's my site

The only thing I am curious about now is how to upload or import a font.

Thanks

[deathemperor]

if you follow my instructions above, you can find some inputs where you can set the font there. try changing those.