Suite Style - [ThevBNinja.com] Pure Christmas 2012 (Add-ons Snow with options, light, countdown)

Hello everyone,

Christmas is coming and we've decided to bring you guys here an early gift.

The very first Christmas Style that offer you totally flexibility to custom the style with many value add-ons and you got them all for FREE!

Theme features:

• Fixed and Fluid (Note: the Fixed version works best - recommended).
• Theme made for vbulletin 4.1.8 but it should works with ealier 4.1.x versions as well. (Report me if you found any conflict).
• Suite compatiable - CMS / Forum / Blogs
• Custom layout
• Custom logo (included text font and PSD).
• Custom icons.

Theme add-ons:

• Countdown to christmas
• Snow effect
• Christmas Light

Screenshot: via attachment
Live demo : here
Live demo Fluid: here

Installations

• Download and unzip the attachment from vbulletin.org
• Upload folder "xmas" to your forum/ images/styles
• Import the XML, remember to stick "ignore style version" if needed.
• Mark as installed.

Add-ons Installations
1. Snow on your forum with options to control: Demo
Using jquery snowfall from here

• Uninstall the old snow add-on if you did the install by remove this line from "headinclude' template
  
  

  <script type="text/javascript" src="images/styles/xmas/snow/snow.js"></script>

• Download and unrar snow2.zip from attachment.
• Upload the folder "snow2" to yourforum/ images/styles/xmas/
• Go to your ACP/ Styles & Templates/ Search in template/ Search for "headinclude".
• In the end of template headinclude add these line

<!-- Snow by thevBNinja.com -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.6.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
	<script src='images/styles/xmas/snow2/snowfall.min.jquery.js'></script>
	<script type='text/javascript'> 	
		$(document).ready(function(){
			//Start the snow default options you can also make it snow in certain elements, etc.
			$(document).snowfall();
			
			$("#clear").click(function(){
				$(document).snowfall('clear'); // How you clear
			});
			
			$("#round").click(function(){
				$(document).snowfall('clear');
				$(document).snowfall({round : true, minSize: 5, maxSize:8}); // add rounded
			});
			
			$("#shadows").click(function(){
				$(document).snowfall('clear');
				
				
				$(document).snowfall({shadow : true, flakeCount:200}); // add shadows
			});

			$("#roundshadows").click(function(){
				$(document).snowfall('clear');
				$(document).snowfall({shadow : true, round : true,  minSize: 5, maxSize:8}); // add shadows
			});
			
			$("#collection").click(function(){
				$(document).snowfall('clear');
				
				
				$(document).snowfall({collection : '.collectonme', flakeCount : 250});
			});
		});
		 </script>
<!-- End Snow by ThevBNinja.com -->

In template "forumhome" search for

{vb:raw template_hook.forumhome_wgo_pos5}

add above it:

<div id="wgo_snow" class="wgo_subblock section">
<h3 class="blocksubhead"><img src="images/styles/xmas/snow2/snow.png" alt="{vb:rawphrase x_statistics, {vb:raw vboptions.bbtitle}}" />Snow Effect Options</h3>
                <input style="background:#FFF;border: 0 none;" type="button" id="clear" value="+ Click to clear"/>
		<input style="background:#FFF;border: 0 none;" type="button" id="round" value="+ Rounded"/>
		<input style="background:#FFF;border: 0 none;" type="button" id="shadows" value="+ Shadows"/>
		<input style="background:#FFF;border: 0 none;" type="button" id="roundshadows" value="+ Rounded Shadows"/>
		<input style="background:#FFF;border: 0 none;" type="button" id="collection" value="+ Snow Collection"/>
			</div>

You are done. Use the options at the end of statistic box to change the snow.

2. Christmas Light: Demo
- Using christmas light from Schillmania

Download and unrar light.zip from attachment
Upload the folder "light" to yourforum/images/styles/xmas
Go to your ACP/ Styles & Templates/ Search in template/ Search for "headinclude".
In the end of template headinclude add this line

<!-- for the Snowstorm homepage, allow the demo to run on iPhone and mobile devices. -->
<script>snowStorm.excludeMobile = false;</script>
<script src="images/styles/xmas/light/soundmanager2-nodebug-jsmin.js"></script>
<script src="http://yui.yahooapis.com/combo?2.6.0/build/yahoo-dom-event/yahoo-dom-event.js&2.6.0/build/animation/animation-min.js"></script>
<script src="images/styles/xmas/light/christmaslights.js"></script>

In your header template:

After:

<div class="above_body"> <!-- closing tag is in template navbar -->

Add:

<div id="lights">
 <!-- lights go here -->
</div>

Add the following css to your additional.css

/* Christmas Light for vBulleti by thevBNinja */

#lights {
 position:absolute;
 border-top:1px solid #006600;
 left:0px;
 top:0px;
 width:100%;
 height:205px;
 overflow:hidden;
 z-index:1;
 display:none;
}

.xlsf-light {
 position:absolute;
 margin-top:-1px;
}

.xlsf-fragment {
 position:absolute;
 background:transparent url(images/styles/xmas/light/bulbs-50x50-fragments.png) no-repeat 0px 0px;
 width:50px;
 height:50px;
}

.xlsf-fragment-box {
 position:absolute;
 left:0px;
 top:0px;
 width:50px;
 height:50px;
 *width:100%;
 *height:100%;
 display:none;
}

.xlsf-cover {
 position:fixed;
 left:0px;
 top:0px;
 width:100%;
 height:100%;
 background:#fff;
 opacity:1;
 z-index:999;
 display:none;
}

.special {
 display:none;
 font-size:x-small;
 color:#999;
}

In the same additional.css

find

.toplinks {
right: 90px;
}

change it to

.toplinks {
right: 90px;
z-index:999999;
}

You are done!

3. Countdown to Christmas: Demo
This will add a very simple countdown on your site, it made it to fit this xmas skin and I love it to be simply, if you are looking for more fancy countdown (bigger with effect), just wait, I'm working on a template modification for this.. Now here we go

In your "header" template:

Find:

<div id="header" class="floatcontainer doc_header">

Add below:

<SCRIPT TYPE="text/javascript" LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!--

dateFuture = new Date(2011,11,24,0,00,0); //set time

function GetCount(){

        dateNow = new Date();                                                                        //grab current date
        amount = dateFuture.getTime() - dateNow.getTime();                //calc milliseconds between dates
        delete dateNow;

        // time is already past
        if(amount < 0){
                document.getElementById('countbox').innerHTML="Merry Christmas!";
        }
        // date is still good
        else{
                days=0;hours=0;mins=0;secs=0;out="";

                amount = Math.floor(amount/1000);//kill the "milliseconds" so just secs

                days=Math.floor(amount/86400);//days
                amount=amount%86400;

                hours=Math.floor(amount/3600);//hours
                amount=amount%3600;

                mins=Math.floor(amount/60);//minutes
                amount=amount%60;

                secs=Math.floor(amount);//seconds

                if(days != 0){out += days +" day"+((days!=1)?"s":"")+", ";}
                if(days != 0 || hours != 0){out += hours +" hours"+((hours!=1)?"":"")+", ";}
                if(days != 0 || hours != 0 || mins != 0){out += mins +" min"+((mins!=1)?"":"")+", ";}
                out += secs +" until Christmas!";
                document.getElementById('countbox').innerHTML=out;

                setTimeout("GetCount()", 1000);
        }
}

window.onload=function(){GetCount();}//call when everything has loaded

//-->
</script>
<div style="color:#FFF;font-weight:bold;margin-left:110px;margin-top:10px;position:absolute;z-index:20000;" id="countbox"><!-- Countdown by thevBNinja --></div>

Done!


Copyright:

• Used some graphics from site5. We have approval from them to do that.
• Template designe and code by thevbninja.com. You are free to re-post, releases it anywhere outside vb.org but you Must keep the copyright text in the footer of theme.

We've worked hard on this to bring you a real good theme so if you enjoy and use it in your forum, please

*** Mark it as installed ***

*** Rate it 5stars ***

*** Nominate it ***

like or even a thanks is means a lot to us so we can continues release free themes here at vb.org.

Also donation is very welcome, we can't not give you any extras thing as we're giving out all the features here as free, but we will give you a warm thank you and the right to remove our copyright text on the theme.

Lastly, Merry Christmas Early and Wish you a Merry Christmas and may this festival bring abundant joy and happiness in your life!.

Regards,
ThevBNinja Group

Q&A

[S]Q: Why don't you make a more fancy background?
A: We don't want your site will be something with load of graphics and full of colors.
You may want to do the background yourself with related content to your site. Anw if the request is high, I will make it.[/S] As requested, a SET of background will be available soon, mark as install to get the latest update.

Q: Does these add-ons slow down my forum?
YES and YES. I do not recommend you to use it expect the count down script. Or you can put it in your site just for one day like Xmas. It should be better.

Q: Why don't you intergate all these add-on to the style, it save us ton of time!
A: Because I want you are the one who decide what's needed for your site, each of add-ons here can be release as a seperate template mod but I included them all here for you, you can get exactly what you need faster and easier.

History:
21.11: Addon Snow version 2 with the options to turn on/ off, rounded snow, add shadow to snow.
20.11: Addon Countdown to Christmas
20.11: Addon Christmas Light added.
19.11: Addon Snow falling on your forum added.
19.11: Update fluid version
18.11: Releases

[Joemadden1989]

Hi there,

Does anyone know why the lights fail to show up correctly? They are see able for some people but not others..

I have the countdown but not the snow mod.

Thanks

Joe.

[kylek]

Originally Posted by Joemadden1989

Hi there,

Does anyone know why the lights fail to show up correctly? They are see able for some people but not others..

I have the countdown but not the snow mod.


Thanks

Joe.

Could be the screen resolutions they are using. On our site anyone using 1024 x 768 the lights do not show plus the banner is a bit screwed up though that may be our fault with the logo.png we made. Strange thing is by moving mouse across where lights should show you do see the breaking lights. On higher resolutions they show with no problems.

On the fluid demo it does the same, lights show, set screen res to 1024, refresh page lights disappear.

[Maxii]

pls help

[Mamma Scarlett]

Maxii: I'm not quite sure if I understood your problem correctly? Is it that the forum is too wide? If so, try to go to to your admin panel and go to starvare on the christmas-style. Then search for "doc" and find "doc_width". Try setting this to 90% and see if it fixes your problem. I hope this is what you ment, because this is a screen resolution problem. If you set it to 90%, it will adapt to different screens. I had this problem on my iPad.

[Mamma Scarlett]

Hmmm... Or is it just the bottom that is to wide?

[Maxii]

yes its too wide

[Mamma Scarlett]

Did you try the doc_width? I'm not sure, but mabye it will fix all.. Worth a try...

[The Rocketeer]

I hope The Ninja can come up with the new updated version of this style with all the backgrounds and features soon, Xmas is just 15 days away..

[sweetpotato]

Thank you for the nice theme. I have it works nicely except for the light

[kylek]

Anyone have this problem when using lights with the style?

I have tested this on our site and when the lights are installed the insertion of smilies gets screwed up, also you cant accept a friends request when asked to accept. When we switch over to a Xmas style with no lights everything works fine.