FreshBlue Template

Hi all,

I've just completed my first free vB template which is called FreshBlue.

Demo Forum: MotoGP Boards

Hopefully it will be useful, let me know what you think.

Cheers,
Dom

Update
I've updated the template to include some statusicons for the forumhome area. You can see them at the same demo link as before and the download link's the same too. If you would prefer to upgrade the template manually (I made a couple of CSS & template changes) then instructions are available here.

Update #2
You can now download FreshBlue for vB 3.6 - see this thread for details and to download.

[Dom.S]

What you want to do is replace $vboptions[bbtitle] in the header template with an image tag or whatever you would like to appear as the 'home' link.

[jellybaby]

Originally Posted by Dom.S

I'm happy to have a look at that for you but at the moment I can't select a different skin at all so can only view things with the standard invision boardish template. That search asks me to log in as well.

Edit: Glad you like it, TomJames.

Sorry I had to change it back as I did something wrong when I was trying to install my hacks!

[jellybaby]

Has anyone else got the problem that when they click on the pull down lists it comes up in a funny place, not where it should?

[Luxury]

Are we allowed to remove the "skin designed by: ..."?

[Ohiosweetheart]

Originally Posted by Luxury

Are we allowed to remove the "skin designed by: ..."?

only for a fee

[Dom.S]

Originally Posted by jellybaby

Has anyone else got the problem that when they click on the pull down lists it comes up in a funny place, not where it should?

I realised that the CSS changes I gave for the fixed width setup aren't really comprehensive enough. I've now got a fixed version of the skin sorted which I should get around to releasing later today, but in the meantime I would suggest you try adding the following at the bottom of the 'additional CSS definitions' area:

/* Fix navbar pop-up menus */
#usercptools_menu, #navbar_search_menu {
	margin-top: -100px;
	margin-left: -160px;
}

(I can't remember if the 'Fix navbar pop-up menus' definition already exists in the full width version of the template. If so, just replace it with this.)

If that doesn't help at all you may want to work on the fixed version of the skin rather than this one, but if you've already spent a lot of time on this I'm sure we can still get everything working properly with your changes.

[jellybaby]

Thanks so much for all your help on this, its much appreciated. Unfortunately that didnt make any difference.

[Dom.S]

Sorry that was no help, jellybaby. I will try and have a look at your forum later.

I have just released the fixed width version which you may find quite a bit easier to work with.

[IceBurn3000]

Originally Posted by jellybaby

Has anyone else got the problem that when they click on the pull down lists it comes up in a funny place, not where it should?

I am also having this problem and the fix Dom gave didnt work.

[Dom.S]

IceBurn, looking at your forum, the problem is that you have content above the navbar. Since the navbar is already negatively positioned in the design in order to fit nicely into the curved corners, things are getting messed up. I would suggest you put the welcome headers stuff underneath the navbar if at all possible.

That said, you can use my fix, I assure you. Might need some different numbers, though. Firstly, I looked at your CSS - you have the 'Fix navbar pop-up menus' in there twice. Most likely once in each of the additional CSS definitions boxes. Delete them both. Once you've done that you have a base and can find the correct negative margins through trial and error. The problem with doing this when you have text content above the navbar (and therefore drop down menus) is that if that text size is increased, your navbar will move down but the menus won't, so there could be some positioning problems.

(is it me or is vB.org a bit dead server-wise atm?)